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STANDARD EDITION
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THOMAS NELSON & SONS
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and editions in conformity with it pubUshed by Messrs. Thomas Nelson
& Sons and certified by this indorsement, are the only editions author-
ized by the American Committee of Revision.
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Old Testament Company.
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PREFACE
A FEW statements need to be made respecting the origin of this edition
of the Revised Version of the EngHsh Bible.
In the course of the joint labors of the English and American Revisers
it was agreed that, respecting all points of ultimate difference, the English
Companies, who had had the initiative in the work of revision, should have
the decisive vote. But as an offset to this, it was proposed on the British
side that the American preferences should be published as an Appendix in
every copy of the Revised Bible during a term of fourteen years. The
American Committee on their part pledged themselves to give, for the same
limited period, no sanction to the publication of any other editions of the
Revised Version than those issued by the University Presses of England.
There still remained the possibility that the British Revisers, or the
University Presses, might eventually adopt in the English editions many,
or the most, of the American preferences, in case these should receive the
approval of scholars and the general public. But soon after the close of
their work in 1885 the English Revision Companies disbanded; and there
has been no indication of an intention on the part of the Presses to amalga-
mate the readings of the Appendix, either wholly or in part, with the text
of the English editions.
The American Revision Committee, after the publication '
Revised Version in 1885, resolved to continue their organization, '
regarded it as a possibility that an American recension of t^xj, ,^ ,.,
Revision might eventually be called for. Accordingly tb65'l)v c-nsist-
engaged more or less diligently, ever since 1885, and esjyedanlv
year 1897, in making ready for such a publication. The j n,
scholars, both in Great Britain and in the United States, ha t"
proved the American preferences that it now seems to be exj). yf
issue an edition of the Revised Version with those preferences embe ; ord-
the text. !,^{g
If the preparation of this new edition had consisted merely i|i UU
mechanical work of transferring the readings of the Appendix to the te^t,
it would have been a comparatively easy task. But the work was in pdint
of fact a much more elaborate one. The Appendix was itself in need of
revision; for it had been prepared under circumstances which rendered
fulness and accuracy almost impossible. This work could of course not be
taken in hand until the revision was concluded; and since it required a
careful consideration of discussions and decisions extending over a period
of many years, there was need of many months' time, if the Appendix was
to be satisfactorily constructed, especially as it was thought desirable to
reduce the number of recorded differences, and this required the drawing
of a sharp line between the more and the less important. Manifestly such
a task would be one of no little difficulty at the best. But when the time
came for it to be done, the University Presses deemed that the impatient
demand of the British public for the speedy publication of the Revision
must be respected; and they insisted on a prompt transmission of the
Appendix. Prepared under such pressure and in such haste, it was obvi-
ously inevitable that it should be marked by grave imperfections; and the
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correction of its errors and the supplementing of its defects has been a
work of much time and labor.
When the Appendix was originally prepared, an effort was made to
pave the way for an eventual acceptance of the American preferences on
the part of the English Presses, by reducing the number of the points of
difference to the lowest limit, and thus leaving out much the larger part
of the emendations which the Revisers had previously by a two-thirds
vote pronounced to be in their opinion of decided importance. In now
issuing an American edition, the American Revisers, being entirely untram-
melled by any connection with the British Revisers and Presses, have felt
themselves to be free to go beyond the task of incorporating the Appendix
in the text, and are no longer restrained from introducing into the text a
large number of those suppressed emendations.
The remainder of this Preface has especial reference to the Old Testa-
ment. Nothing needs to be said about the various particular proposals
which are found in the Appendix of the English Revised Version. But
some remarks may be made concerning the General Classes of changes,
therein specified, and also concerning those emendations in this edition
which are additional to those prescribed in the Appendix.
I. The change first proposed in the Appendix — that which substitutes
"Jehovah" for "Lokd" and "God" (printed in small capitals) — is one
which will be unwelcome to many, because of the frequency and famili-
arity of the terms displaced. But the American Revisers, after a careful
'consideration, were brought to the unanimous conviction that a Jewish
''stition, which regarded the Divine Name as too sacred to be uttered,
o longer to dominate in the English or any other version of the
iment, as it fortunately does not in the numerous versions made
missionaries. This Memorial Name, explained in Ex. iii. 14,
ohasized as such over and over in the original text of the Old
designates God as the personal God, as the covenant God,
revelation, the Deliverer, the Friend of his people; — not merely
.actly "Eternal One" of many French translations, but the ever
tielper of those who are in trouble. This personal name, with
- ealth of sacred associations, is now restored to the place in the sacred
^xt to which it has an unquestionable claim.
The uniform substitution of "Sheoi" for "the grave," "the pit," and
"hell," in places where these terms have been retained by the English
Revision, has little need of justification. The English Revisers use "Sheol "
twenty-nine times out of the sixty-four in which it occurs in the original.
No good reason has been given for such a discrimination. If the new term
can be fitly used at all, it is clear that it ought to be used uniformly.
The use of " who" and " that" for " which," when relating to persons,
should commend itself to all as required by grammatical accuracy. The
same remark applies to the substitution of "are" for "be" in indicative
clauses, the omission of "for" before infinitives, and the change of "an"
to "a]' before " h" aspirated. The latter change was made in the English
Revision of the New Testament, but not in that of the Old. Likewise we
have uniformly adopted the modern spelling in place of antiquated forms.
No one would advocate the resumption of the exact orthography of the
edition of 1611. The mere fact that in a few cases an older form has
happened to be retained constitutes no reason for its perpetual retention.
II. Inasmuch as the present edition dift'ers from the English Revision
not simply in presenting in the text the American preferences as given in
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the Appendix, a few remarks may be made with regard to the additional
variations which will be found to exist.
1. As has already been intimated, this edition embodies a very con-
siderable number of renderings originally adopted by the American Old
Testament Company at their second revision (and so by a two-thirds
majority), but waived when the Appendix was prepared. These repre-
sent the deliberate preference of the American Company; but, for reasons
already assigned, they were not included in the Appendix.
2. Partly coinciding with the foregoing is a number of alterations
which consist in a return to the readings of the Authorized Version. While
in some cases the older readings, though inaccurate, seem to have been
retained in the English Revision through an excessive conservatism, in
others they have been abandoned needlessly, and sometimes to the injury
of the sense and the sound. In such cases fidelity to the general principle
that has governed us has required us to give the preference to the rendering
of the Common Version. Among the many instances of these restorations
we may note: Ex. xx. 4, 13; Lev. xix. 22; Ps. xlviii. 1; civ. 26; cxiv. 4;
cxvi. 11; Prov. xiii. 15; iVm. vi. 5.
3. Sometimes we have found occasion to recede from proposals origi-
nally made, when a more careful and mature consideration required us
to do. so. Besides individual cases, like Ps. Ixviii. 8; Ezek. v. 13, may be
mentioned the fact that the requirement of the Appendix, that "be
ashamed" should everywhere be changed to "be put to shame," has been
found to need qualification. While the change seems desirable in a major-
ity of the instances, it is by no means so in all. We have therefore re-
tained "ashamed" in a large number of passages; in some, however, we
have preferred "confounded" as better suiting the connection.
4. Very many of the instances in which we have gone beyond the
literal requirements of the Appendix are alterations demanded by consist-
ency. Changes were originally proposed in certain passages only, though
the reason for the changes equally recjuires them to be made in numerous
others. Thus at Ps. xxxiii. 5, and in twenty-four other places, "justice"
was to be put for "judgment." But it is manifest. that in a multitude of
other passages there is equal need of the same alteration. We have accord-
ingly undertaken to introduce it wherever the Hebrew word plainly has
this abstract sense. For the same reason we have substituted " ordinance "
for "judgment" in the numerous passages, like Lev. xviii. 4, where the
word denotes, not a judical sentence, threatened or inflicted, but a law of
action. This rendering of the Hebrew word is found in the Authorized
Version in some instances, and has been introduced by the Revised Ver-
sion in a few more; but, since the English word "judgment" in common
use never denotes a statute or command, it is manifestly desirable that
"ordinance" should be used wherever the Hebrew word has this meaning.
Similarly, the English Revision in a few cases, and the Old Testament
Appendix in a few more, put" despoil " for " spoil." But the same reason
which holds for those few is equally good for the numerous others in which
this word occurs. The word "spoil" in the Authorized Version repre-
sents a great number of Hebrew words, some of which denote " lay waste,"
"ruin," or "destroy," rather than "despoil"; and as "spoil" has nearly
lost in popular use its original meaning, and is liable to occasion mis-
conception, we have replaced it by "despoil," "plunder," "ravage,"
and other terms, each as best adapted to the connection.
In like manner we have carried out another alteration which was
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made to a limited extent by the English Revisers — the distinction between
the words "stranger" ("strange"), "foreigner" ("foreign"), and "so-
journer." These renderings correspond fairly well to three distinct
Hebrew words; there is no good reason why the correspondence should
not be made uniform throughout. Likewise we have carried out con-
sistently the substitution of "false," "falsehood," and other terms, for
"vain," "vanity," where the meaning of the original requires it. Here
too a beginning was made by us in the Appendix. Many other examples
might be adduced.
Here may be mentioned also that changes made for the sake of eu-
phemism have been considerably increased. It has not been possible in
every case to find an appropriate substitute for terms which in modern
times have become offensive; but when it has been possible, we have
deemed it wise to make the change. Some of the words, as, for example,
"bowels," are tolerable when used in their literal sense, but offensive
when employed in a psychological sense. Thus, no other word would be
appropriate in 2 Sam. xx. 10; but in Jer. iv. 19 or Lam. i. 20 to retain that
term would be both unpleasant and incorrect. The conception of the
writer is not really reproduced by a literal translation. The Hebrews
were accustomed to attribute mental actions or emotions to various physi-
cal organs, whereas in English such a trope is limited almost entirelj^ to
" heart" and " brain." There is nowhere any occasion for using the latter
of these in the Bible; consequently it is almost unavoidable that "heart"
should often be used as the translation of different Hebrew words. All
scholars know that the Hebrew word commonly rendered "heart" is used
very largely to denote not so much the seat of the emotions, as the seat of
thought. It is rendered in the Authorized Version more than twenty
times by " mind," and might well be so rendered much oftener.
The word "reins" is one of those which in the Old Testament is used
in 'a 'Jiisychological relation. This word was retained by the English
Revisers, and was also left without mention by the American Revisers
when they prepared their Appendix. But if the synonymous word "kid-
neys" had been used in these passages, there would be an earnest and
unanimous protest. In favor of the continued use of "reins," therefore,
one can only urge the poor reason that most readers attach to it no mean-
ing whatever. We have consequently regarded it as only a consistent
carrying out of our general principle when we have uniformly substituted
" heart" for it, whenever it is used in a psychological sense.
In this connection it may be remarked that, while the English Revis-
ers, yielding to the urgent representations of the Americans, voted to sub-
stitute "its" for "his" or "her" when relating to impersonal objects not
personified, the substitution was so imperfectly made that we have had
occasion to supplement the w^ork in some two hundred cases. ^
Furthermore, the general intention of the American Revisers to elimi-
nate obsolete, obscure, and misleading terms, has been more fully carried
out by replacing some expressions which were left unmentioned in the
Appendix; e. g,, "boiled" (Ex. ix. 31), "in good liking" (Job xxxix. 4).
5. Closely connected with the foregoing are certain additional altera-
tions which have seemed to be required by regard for pure English idiom.
We are not insensible to the justly lauded beauty and vigor of the
style of the Authorized Version, nor do we forget that it has been no part
of our task to modernize the diction of the Bible. But we are also aware
that the rhetorical force and the antique flavor which we desire to retain
do not consist in sporadic instances of uncouth, unidiomatic, or obscure
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phraseology. While we may freely admit that the English of the Scrip-
tures can, as a whole, hardly be improved, yet it would be extravagant to
hold that it cannot be bettered in any of its details. What was once good
usage is often such no longer; and we can see no sound reason for retain-
ing such expressions as "smell thereto" (Ex. xxx. 38), "forth of" (instead
of "forth from"), "inquire at" (1 K. xxii. 5), "a fool's vexation is heavier
than them both" (Prov. xxvii. 3), or " when ... he be jealous over his wife"
(Num. V. 30) . These are only a few of the many instances of phraseology
which there is the best reason for amending.
A change of a more general kind is the introduction of a greater degree
of consistency and propriety in the use of the auxiliaries "will" and
" shall." The latter is certainly used to excess in the Authorized Version,
especially when connected with verbs denoting an action of the Divine
Being; and the two are also often very inconsistently used, as may be
observed in such a striking case as Ps. cxxi. 3, 4.
Again, the attempt to translate literally from the original has not in-
frequently led to Hebraisms which had better be avoided. Many of these
have indeed become, as it were, naturalized in our language, and need not
be disturbed. But others must be called bad and outlandish. Thus, in
Ezek. XX. 17, we read, "mine eye spared them from destroying them,"
which is a very literal translation of the Hebrew, but very poor English.
Scarcely more tolerable is the expression, " that they may be to do the
service" (Num. viii. 11), which also comes from over-literalness. To the
same class belongs the phrase " by the hand of," as used after such expres-
sions as "Jehovah spake" (or, "commanded"), e.g., in Num. xxvii. 23.
This is indeed the literal rendering; but the Hebrew really means simply
"through" or "by means of," and is in the majority of these instances in
the Authorized Version rendered "by," but sometimes "by the hand of."
Manifestly the simpler form is every way preferable; and the change, if
any is made, should be in this direction, whereas in the English Revision
"by" is, in nine cases out of forty-two, changed to "by the hand of."
Similarly, " in the land," in Deut. v. 16 and in several other places, has been
changed in the English Revision to "upon the land"; but as ''land" is
here equivalent to "country," "in the land" is clearly the most appropri-
ate. In both these groups of cases we have everywhere adopted the
idiomatic English, rather than the slavishly literal, rendering.
6. In introducing certain translations different from those of the Eng-
lish Revised Version, and also not directly or implicitly required by the
Appendix, we have been governed by the conviction that, in cases where
accuracy and perspicuity clearly required an emendation, we were fully
warranted in resorting to it. We have been careful, in making these altera-
tions, to consult the best authorities, and especially the recent carefully
revised versions of the German, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and
Norwegian Bibles. Few certainly will object to such alterations as are
found in Deut. xxxii. 14; Judg. v. 20; Is. xxx. 32; xxxv. 8; Hos. xi. 2;
Mic. i. 6. We have also not hesitated to insert "the" before "Jordan"
and other names of rivers. Likewise, as the English Revisers had with
good reason removed the fabulous "unicorn" from the Old Testament, so
we have removed the equally fabulous "dragon," as also the "arrow-
snake" of the English Revision (Is. xxxiv. 15) — an animal unknown to
zoology, the term having obviously been adopted through a too literal
translation of the German word "Pfeilschlange."
7. Another particular in which we have to some extent deviated from
ihe requirements of the Appendix relates to our treatment of the refer-
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ences in the margin to the readings of ancient versions. On account of the
extreme difficulty of correcting the Hebrew text by means of those ver-
sions, we originally decided that it would be better to make no reference
to them at all. The case is radically different from that of the New Testa-
ment, where the variant readings are mostly found in Greek manuscripts of
the New Testament itself. The authorities referred to in the Old Testament
are translations from the Hebrew; and though the date of these translations
is more ancient than any extant manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, yet
there is no means of verifying with certainty the text of these translations;
and one can never get beyond plausible conjecture in attempting to cor-
rect the Hebrew text by means of them. It is one thing to admit that
the Hebrew text is probably corrupt here and there; quite another, to be
sure how to rectify it. In the English Revision there are frequent refer-
ences in the margin to the ancient versions. The most of these seem to us
at the best of trivial importance, and have been dropped. A few represent
only a different vocalization of the Hebrew. A certain number, however,
have to do with variations of some importance and such as may, with
considerable probability, be conjectured to represent the original Hebrew.
We have therefore retained a little more than one""-sixth of the references
given in the English Revision, but have been careful to designate which
of the ancient versions contain a specified reading, instead of making the
vague, and often inaccurate, statement that "some" or ''many" ancient
versions present the reading in question.
8. In preparing the headings we have intended, by means of brief but
descriptive terms, to enable the reader to see at a glance what the general
contents of each page are. Everything that might seem to savor of a
questionable exegesis has been carefully avoided.
9. Considerable attention has been paid to the paragraph divisions and
to the punctuation. While the English Revisers did well to abandon the
older way of making a paragraph of each verse, they often went to the
opposite extreme of making the paragraphs excessively long, leaving in
some cases whole pages without a break, as, for example, at Gen. xxiv. and
Num. xxii.-xxiv. We have revised the paragraph divisions throughout,
making them generally shorter, and sometimes altering the place of the
division.
In the matter of punctuation, we have aimed to remove many incon-
sistencies found in previous editions, and also, while retaining the general
system adopted by our predecessors, to make the book conform somewhat
more nearly to modern usage. One result is a considerable reduction of
the number of colons, which are often replaced by semicolons, occasionally
by periods or commas. In some cases a change of punctuation h^s modi-
fied the sense; as, e.g., in Gen. ii. 5; xiv. 24; Ezek. xxix. 9, 10. We have
also made much more frequent use of the hyphen than has been made in
previous editions. In many instances we have recurred to the punctuation
of the Authorized Version, especially where the English Revisers have
departed from it out of an undue regard to the pausal accents of th('
Massoretic text; as, e.g., in Lev. vi. 7; Zech. xi. 16.
Further particulars respecting the points of difference between this
edition and the English Revision of 1881-1885 may be learned from the
Appendix to the Old Testament, which is published in the first edition
of this version of the Bible.
Earnestly hoping that our work may contribute to the better under-
standing of the Old Testament, we commend it to the considerate judgment
of all students of the Sacred Scriptures.
THE NAMES AND ORDER
BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
PACK
Genesis .... 1
Ecclesiastes . . . .
Exodus
60
Song of Solomon
Leviticus
109
Isaiah
NUMBEIIS
145
Jeremiah
Deuteronomy
197
Lamentations
Joshua
241
EZEKIEL
Judges
270
Daniel
KUTH
300
HOSEA
I. Samuel
304
Joel
JI. Bamuel
343
Amos
I. Kings
376
Obadiah
II. Kings
414
Jonah
I. Chronici.es
451
MiCAH
II. Cheonicles
485
Nahum
Ezra
526
Habakkuk
Nehemiah
538
Zephaniah
Esther
556
Haggai
Job
565
Zechariah
Psalms
606
Malachi
Proverbs
707
PACK
742
751
757
817
883
l891
\953
972
980
984
991
992
994
999
1002
1005
1008
1010
1020
THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES,
COMMONLY CALLED
GENESIS
God's Work of Creation
Iln the beginning God created
the heavens 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
^moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be Hght:
and there was hght. 4 And God saw
the hght, that it was good: and God
divided the Hght from the darkness.
5 And God called the hght 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 ^fir-
mament 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 firma-
ment: and it was so. 8 And God
called the firmament Heaven. And
there was evening and there was
morning, a second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters
under the heavens be gathered to-
gether unto one 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, herbs
yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing
fruit after their kind, wherein is the
seed thereof, upon the earth: and it
was so. 12 And the earth brought
forth grass, herbs yielding seed after
their kind, and trees bearing fruit,
wherein is the seed thereof, after
their kind : and God saw that it was
* Or, 7>His brooding upon
2 Heb. expanse.
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 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 heaven to give light upon the
earth: and it was so. 16 And God
made the two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the
lesser light to rule the night: he made
the stars also. 17 And God set them
in the firmament of heaven to give
light upon the earth, 18 and to rule
over the day and over the night, and
to divide the light from the darkness :
and God saw that it was good. 19
And there was evening and there was
morning, a fourth day.
20 And God said. Let the waters
swarm with swarms of living crea-
tures, and let birds fly above the
earth ^in the open firmament of
heaven. 21 And God created the
great sea-monsters, and every living
creature that moveth, w^herewith the
waters swarmed, after their kind,
and every winged bird after its kind :
and God saw that it was good. 22
And God blessed them, saying. Be
fruitful, and multiply, and fill the
waters in the seas, and let birds
multiply on the earth. 23 And there
was evening and there was morning,
a fifth day.
24 And God said. Let the earth
bring forth living creatures after
their kind, cattle, and creeping
things, and beasts of the earth after
their kind: and it was so. 25 And
' Heb. on the face of the expanse of the heavens.
GENESIS 1.26—2.19 Qod's work of creation, Man made, and placed in Eden
God made the beasts of the earth
after their kind, and the cattle after
their kind, and everything that
ereepeth 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 Kkeness: and
let them have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the birds of
the heavens, and over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that ereepeth 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 dominion over the fish
of the sea, and over the birds of the
heavens, and over every living thing
that hnoveth upon the earth. 29 And
God said. Behold, I have given you
every herb yielding seed, which is
upon the face of all the earth, and
every tree, in which is the fruit of a
tree yielding seed; to you it shall be
for food : 30 and to every beast of the
earth, and to every bird of the
heavens, and to everything that
ereepeth upon the earth, wherein
there is ^life, / have given every
green herb for food: and it was so.
31 And God saw ever^^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 heavens and the
earth were finished, and all
the host of them. 2 And on the
seventh day God finished his work
w^hich he had made; and he rested
on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made. 3 And
God blessed the seventh day, and
hallowed it; because that in it he
rested from all his work which God
had created and made.
4 These are the generations of the
heavens and of the earth when they
were created, in the day that Jeho-
i Or. ereepeth 2 Hcb. a living soul.
vah God made earth and heaven.
5 And no plant of the field was yet
in the earth, and no herb of the field
had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God
had not caused it to rain upon the
earth: and there was not a man to
till the ground; 6 but there w^ent up
a mist from the earth, and w^atered
the whole face of the ground. 7 And
Jehovah God formed man of the
dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living soul. 8
And Jehovah God planted a garden
eastward, in Eden; and there he put
the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made Jeho-
vah 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
know^ledge of good and evil. 10 And
a river went out of Eden to w^ater the
garden; and from thence it w^as
parted, and became four heads. 11
The name of the first is Pishon : that
is it w^hich compasseth the w^hole
land of Havilah, w^iere there is gold;
12 and the gold of that land is good:
there is bdellium and the ^onyx
stone. 13 And the name of the
second river is Gihon: the same is it
that compasseth the whole land of
Gush. 14 And the name of the
third river is ^Hiddekel: ihiit is at
which goeth ^in front of Ass^Tia.
And the fourth river is the Eu-
phrates. 15 And Jehovah God took
the man, and put him into the gar-
den of Eden to dress it and to keep
it. 16 And Jehovah God comman(!e 1
the man, saying. Of every tree of 1 '» ;
garden thou may est freely eat :17 b > :
of the tree of the knowledge of got ( ■
and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: fci
in the day that thou eatest there©!
thou shalt surely die.
18 And Jehovah God said, It is
not good that the man should be
alone; I will make him a help ^meet
for him. 19 And out of the ground
Jehovah God formed everv beaat of
3 Or, beryl
* That is, Tigris,
' Or, toward tht east of
4 Or, dnswcrina to
Woman made from Man. Temptation and Disobedience of Adam and Eve. GENESIS 2.20 3.18
the field, and every bird of the
heavens ; and brought them unto the
man to see what he would call them :
and whatsoever the man called every
living creature, that was the name
thereof. 20 And the man gave
names to all cattle, and to the birds
of the heavens, and to every beast of
the field; but for ^man there was not
found a help meet for him. 21 And
Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to
fall upon the man, and he slept; and
he took one of his ribs, and closed up
the flesh instead thereof: 22 and the
rib, which Jehovah God had taken
from the man, ^made he a w^oman,
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 ^Woman,
because she was taken out of ^Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his
father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife: and they shall
be one flesh. 25 And they were both
naked, the man and his wife, and
were not ashamed.
3 Now the serpent was more
subtle than any beast of the
field which Jehovah God had made.
And he said unto the woman. Yea,
hath God said. Ye shall not eat of
^any tree of the 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
^God, knowing good and evil. 6 And
when the woman saw that the tree
was good for food, and that it was
a delight to the eyes, and that the
tree was ^to be desired to make one
wise, she took of the fruit thereof,
and did eat; and she gave also unto
her husband with her, and he did
eat. 7 And the eyes of them both
were opened, and they knew that
they were naked; and they sewed
fig-leaves together, and made them-
selves ^aprons. 8 And they heard
the Voice of Jehovah God walking
in the garden in the ^^coolof the day:
and the man and his wife hid them-
selves from the presence of Jehovah
God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And Jehovah God called unto
the man, and said unto him. Where
art thou? 10 And he said, I heard
thy ^voice in the garden, and I was
afraid, because I was naked; and I
hid myself. 11 And he said. Who
told thee that thou was naked.?
Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof
I commanded thee that thou should-
est 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 Jehovah
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 Jehovah
God said unto the serpent, Because
thou hast done this, cursed art thou
^^above all cattle, and ^^above every
beast of the field; upon thy belly
shall thou go, and dust shall 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: he shall ^"bruise thy
head, and thou shall ^^bruise his
heel. 16 Unto the woman he said,
I will greatly multiply thy pain and
thy conception ; in pain thou shall
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 com-
manded thee, saying. Thou shall
not eat of it: cursed is the ground
for thy sake; in ^^toil shall thou eat
of it all the days of thy life; 18 thorns
1 Or, Adam
'- Or, all Ihe trees
2 Heb. builded he inlo.
6 Or, nods
8 Or, girdles
11 Or, from among
3 Heb. Isshah.
' Or, desirable to look upon
9 Or, sound
12 Or, lie in wait for
* Heb. Ish.
10 Heb. wind.
1' Or, sorrow
GENESIS 3.19 — 4.22 Their Expulsion from Eden. Cain and Abel. Murder of Abel
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 ^Eve; because she was the
mother of all living. 21 And Jeho-
vah God made for Adam and for his
wife coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And Jehovah God said, Be-
hold, the man is become as one of
us, to know good and evil; and
now, lest he put forth his hand,
and take also of the tree of life, and
eat, and live for ever — 23 therefore
Jehovah God sent him forth from
the garden of Eden, to till the
ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and
he placed at the east of the garden of
Eden the Cherubim, and the flame
of a sword which turned every way,
to keep the way of the tree of life.
4 And the man knew Eve his
wife; and she conceived, and
bare Cain, and said, I have ^gotten
a man with . the help of Jehovah.
2 And again she bare his brother
Abel. And Abel was a keeper of
sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the
ground. 3 And in process of time
it came to pass, that Cain brought
of the fruit of the ground an offer-
ing unto Jehovah. 4 And Abel, he
also brought of the firstlings of his
flock and of the fat thereof. And
Jehovah had respect unto Abel and
to his offering: 5 but unto Cain and
to his offering he had not respect.
And Cain was very wroth, and his
countenance fell. 6 And Jehovah
said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth?
and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shall it not be
lifted up? and if thou doest not well,
sin coucheth at the door; and unto
thee shall be its desire; but do thou
rule over it. 8 And Cain ^told Abel
his brother. And it came to pass,
1 Heb. Hamah, that is, Living, or Life.
2 Heb. kanah, to get. * Heb. said unto.
when they were in the field, that
Cain rose up against Abel his brother,
and slew him.
9 And Jehovah said unto Cain,
Where is Abel thy brother? And
he said, I know not: am I my
brother's keeper? 10 And he said,
What hast thou done? the voice of
thy brother's blood crieth unto me
from the ground. 11 And now
cursed art thou from the ground,
which hath opened its mouth to
receive thy brother's blood from thy
hand; 12 when thou tillest the
ground, it shall not henceforth yield
unto thee its strength; a fugitive
and a wanderer shalt thou be in the
earth. 13 And Cain said unto Jeho-
vah, ^My punishment is greater
^than I can bear. 14 Behold, thou
hast driven me out this day from
the face of the ground; and from thy
face shall I be hid; and I shall be a
fugitive and a wanderer in the earth ;
and it will come to pass, that whoso-
ever findeth me will slay me. 15 And
Jehovah said unto him, Therefore
whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance
shall be taken on him sevenfold. And
Jehovah appointed a sign for Cain,
lest any finding him should smite
him.
16 And Cain went out from the
presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in
the land of ^Nod, ^on the east of
Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife;
and she conceived, and bare Enoch:
and he builded a city, and called
the name of the city, after the name
of his son, Enoch. 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 2!illah. 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
♦ Or, Mine iniquity
* Or. than can be forgiven
8 That is. Wandering.
^ Or, in front of
Cain's Descendants. Birth of Seth. Descendants of Seth GENESIS 4.23 — 5.29
Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, ^the
forger of every cutting instrument
of ^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 ^I have slain a man ^for
wounding me.
And a young man for bruising me:
24 If Cain shall be avenged seven-
fold.
Truly Lamech seventy and seven-
fold.
25 And Adam knew his wife again;
and she bare a son, and called his
name ^Seth: For, said she, God
^hath appointed me another seed in-
stead 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 Jehovah.
5 This is the book of the gen-
erations of Adam. In the day
that God created man, in the like-
ness of God made he him; 2 male and
female created he them, and blessed
them, and called their name ^Adam,
in the day when they were created.
3 And Adam lived a hundred and
thirty years, and begat a son in his
own likeness, after his image* and
called his name Seth : 4 and the days
of Adam after he begat Seth were
eight hundred years: and he begat
sons and daughters. 5 And all the
days that Adam lived were nine
hundred and thirty years: and he
died.
6 And Seth lived a hundred and
five years, and begat Enosh: 7 and
Seth lived after he begat Enosh
eight hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters: 8 and all
the days of Seth were nine hundred
and twelve years: and he died.
9 And Enosh lived ninety years,
and begat Kenan: 10 and Enosh
' Or, an instructer of every artificer
2 Or, copper (and so elsewhere)
3 Or, / will slay
* Or, lo my wounding, And a young man to my hurt
6 Heb. Sheth. « Heb. shalh. ^ Or, Man
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 Maha-
lalel eight hundred and forty years,
and begat sons and daughters: 14
and all the days of Kenan were nine
hundred and ten years : and he died.
15 And Mahalalel lived sixty and
five years, and begat Jared: 16 and
Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared
eight hundred and thirty years, and
begat sons and daughters: 17 and all
the days of Mahalalel were eight
hundred ninety and five years: and
he died.
18 And Jared lived a 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 Methuselah three
hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters: 23 and all the days of
Enoch were three hundred sixty and
five years: 24 and Enoch walked
with God: and he was not; for God
took him.
25 And Methuselah lived a hun-
dred eighty and seven years, and
begat Lamech: 26 and Methuselah
lived after he begat Lamech seven
hundred eighty and two years, and
begat sons and daughters: 27 and
all the days of Methuselah were
nine hundred sixty and nine years:
and he died.
28 And Lamech lived a hundred
eighty and two years, and begat a
son: 29 and he called his name
Noah, saying, This same shall '^com-
fort us ^in our work and ^in the toil
8 Heb. naliem, to comfort. " lleh./rom.
GENESIS 5.30 7.1 corruption of Mankind. Noah and his Sons. Noah Commanded to make an Ark
/6
of our hands, which cometh ^because
of the ground which Jehovah hath
cursed. 30 And Lamech Hved 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 wa§ ^ve hundred
years old: and Noah begat Shem,
Ham, and Japheth.
And it came to pass, when
men began to multiply on the
face of the ground, and daughters
were born unto them, 2 that the
sons of God saw the daughters of
men that they were fair; and they
took them wives of all that they
chose. 3 And Jehovah said. My
Spirit shall not ^strive with man for
ever, ^for that he also is flesh: ^yet
shall his days be a hundred and
twenty years. 4 The ^Nephilim
were in the earth in those days, and
also after that, when the sons of
God came in unto the daughters of
men, and they bare children to
them: the same were the mighty
men that were of old, the men of
renown.
5 And Jehovah saw that the
wickedness of man was great in the
earth, and that every imagination
of the thoughts of his heart was only
evil continually. 6 And it repented
Jehovah that he had made man on
the earth, and it grieved him at his
heart. 7 And Jehovah said, I will
^destroy man whom I have created
from the face of the ground; both
man, and beast, and creeping things,
and birds of the heavens; for it re-
penteth me that I have made them.
8 But Noah found favor in the eyes
of Jehovah.
9 These are the generations of
Noah. Noah was a righteous man,
and ^perfect in his generations:
Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah
begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and
1 Heb. /ro7M.
2 Or, rule in Ace. to Sept., Vulg., and Syr., abide in
3 Or, in their going astray they are flesh
* Or, therefore
6 Or, giants See Num. 13. 3.'3.
- 6 Heb. blot out. ^ Or, blameless
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 cor-
rupted their way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The
end of all flesh is come before me;
for the earth is filled with violence
through them; and, behold, I will
destroy them with the earth. 14
Make thee an ark of gopher wood;
^rooms shalt thou make in the ark,
and shalt pitch it within and with-
out with pitch. 15 And this is how
thou shaft make it: the length of
the ark three hundred cubits, the
breadth of it fifty cubits, and the
height of it thirty cubits. 16 A
^light shalt thou make to the ark,
and to a cubit shalt thou finish it
^^upward; and the door of the ark
shalt thou set in the side thereof;
with lower, second, and third stories
shalt thou make it. 17 And I,
behold, I do bring the flood of waters
upon the earth, to destroy all flesh,
wherein is the breath of life, from
under heaven; everything that is in
the earth shall die. 18 But I will
establish my covenant with thee;
and thou shalt come into the ark,
thou, and thy sons, and thy wife,
and thy sons' wives with thee. 19
And of every living thing of all flesh,
two of every sort shalt thou bring
into the ark, to keep them alive
with thee; they shall be male and
female. 20 Of the birds after their
kind, and of the cattle after their
kind, of every creeping thing of the
ground after its kind, two of every
sort shall come unto thee, to keep
them alive. 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 Jehovah said unto Noah,
Come thou and all thy house
into the ark; for thee have I seen
8 ileb. nests. » Or, roof 1° Or, from above
The Ark entered. The Flood comes. The Waters abate
righteous before me in this genera-
tion. 2 Of every clean beast thou
shalt take to thee seven and seven,
the male and his female; and of the
beasts that are not clean two, the
male and his female: 3 of the birds
also of the heavens, seven and seven,
male and female, to keep seed alive
upon the face of all the earth. 4 For
yet seven days, and I will cause it to
rain upon the earth forty days and
forty nights; and every living thing
that I have made will I Mestroy from
off the face of the ground. 5 And
Noah did according unto ail that Je-
hovah 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 wafe, and
his sons' wives with him, into the
ark, because of the waters of the
flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of
beasts that are not clean, and of
birds, and of everything that creep-
eth upon the ground, 9 there went
in two and two unto Noah into the
ark, male and female, as God com-
manded 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 foun-
tains of the great deep broken up,
and the windows of heaven were
opened. 12 And the rain was upon
the earth forty days and forty nights.
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, ai^d every beast after its
kind, and all the cattle after their
kind, and every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth after its
kind, and every bird after its kind,
every bird of every ^sort. 15 And
they went in unto Noah into the ark,
two and two of all flesh wherein is
Heb. blot out.
2 Heb. wing.
GENESIS 7.2—8.5
the breath of life. 16 And they that
went in, went in male and female of
all flesh, as God commanded him:
and Jehovah shut him in. 17 And
the flood was forty days upon the
earth; and the waters increased, and
bare up the ark, and it was lifted up
above the earth. 18 And the waters
prevailed, and increased greatly up-
on 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 upward did the waters prevail;
and the mountains were covered.
21 And all flesh died that moved
upon the earth, both birds, and
cattle, and beasts, and every ^creep-
ing 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 on the dry
land, died. 23 ^And every living
thing was ^destroyed that was upon
the face of the ground, both man,
and cattle, and creeping things, and
birds of the heavens; and they were
^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 a
hundred and fifty days.
8 And God remembered Noah,
and all the beasts, and all the
cattle that were with him in the ark :
and God made a wind to pass over
the earth, and the waters assuaged;
2 the fountains also of the deep and
the windows of heaven were stopped,
and the rain from heaven was re-
strained; 3 and the waters returned
from off the earth continually: and
after the end of a hundred and fifty
days the waters decreased. 4 And
the ark rested in the seventh month,
on the seventeenth day of the month,
upon the mountains of Ararat. 5 And
the waters decreased continually
until the tenth month: in the tenth
3 Or, swarming thing that swarmeth
* Or, A nd he destroyed every living thing
6 Heb. hlotied out.
GENESIS 8.6 — 9.10 The Raven and the Dove. Noah leaves the Ark. God blesses Noah
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 dove found no
rest for the sole of her foot, and she
returned 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 dove out of
the ark; 11 and the dove came in to
him at eventide; and, lo, in her
mouth ^an olive-leaf plucked off: so
Noah knew that the waters were
abated from off the earth. 12 And
he stayed yet other seven days, 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 month,
the waters were dried up from off the
earth : and Noah removed the cover-
ing 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 from the ark, thou, and
thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons'
wives with thee. 17 Bring forth
with thee every living thing that is
with thee of all flesh, both birds, and
cattle, and every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth; that they
may breed abundantly in the earth,
and be fruitful, and multiply upon
the earth. 18 And Noah went
forth, and his sons, and his wife, and
his sons' wives with him: 19 every
beast, every creeping thing, and
1 Or, a fresh olive-leaf
every bird, whatsoever moveth upon
the earth, after their families, went
forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar
unto Jehovah, and took of every
clean beast, and of every clean bird,
and offered burnt-offerings on the
altar. 21 And Jehovah smelled the
sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his
heart, I will not again curse the
ground any more for man's ^sake, for
that the imagination of man's heart
is evil from his youth; neither will I
again smite any more everything
living, as I have done. 22 While
the earth remaineth, seedtime and
harvest, and cold and heat, and
summer and winter, and day and
night shall not cease.
9 And God blessed Noah and
his sons, and said unto them.
Be fruitful, and multiply, and re-
plenish the earth. 2 And the fear
of you and the dread of you shall
be upon every beast of the earth,
and upon every bird of the heavens;
with air wherewith the ground
Heemeth, and all the fishes of the
sea, into your hand are they deliv-
ered. 3 Every moving thing that
liveth shall be food for you; as the
green herb have I given you all.
4 But flesh with the life thereof,
2vhich is the blood thereof, shall ye
not eat. 5 And surely your blood,
fhe blood of your lives, will I require;
at the hand of every beast will I
require it: and at the hand of man,
even at the hand of every man's
brother, will I require the life of man.
6 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 multi-
ply; 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, behold, I establish my covenant
with you, and with your seed after
you; 10 and with every living crea-
ture that is with you, the birds, the
2 Or, sake; for the
' Or, creepeth
Covenant of the Rainbow. The Curse of Canaan. Noah's Posterity GENESIS9.il 10.11
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 be-
tween me and you and every living
creature that is with you, for per-
petual generations: 13 ^I 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 re-
member 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 flesh
that is upon the earth. 17 And God
said unto Noah, This is the token of
the covenant which I have estab-
lished between me and all flesh that
is upon the earth.
18 And the sons of Noah, that
went forth from 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 over-
spread.
20 And Noah began to be a hus-
bandman, and planted a vineyard:
21 and he drank of the wine, and
was drunken; and he was uncovered
within his tent. 22 And Ham, the
father of Canaan, saw the nakedness
of his father, and told his two breth-
ren without. 23 And Shem and
Japheth took a garment, and laid
it upon both their shoulders, and
went backward, 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 ^youngest son had
done unto him. 25 And he said,
Cursed be Canaan;
A servant of servants shall he be
unto his brethren.
26 And he said.
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of
Shem ;
And let Canaan be ^is servant.
27 God enlarge Japheth,
And ^let him dwell in the tents of
Shem;
And let Canaan be ^his servant.
28 And Noah lived after the flood
three hundred and fifty years. 29
And all the days of Noah were nine
hundred and fifty years: and he
died.
1 r\ Now these are the genera-
I V7 tions of the sons of Noah,
namely, of Shem, Ham, and Ja-
pheth: and unto them were sons
born after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer,
and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,
and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz,
and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And
the sons of Javan: Elishah, and
Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5
Of these were the ^isles of the nations
divided in their lands, every one
after his tongue, after their families,
in their nations.
6 And the sons of Ham: Cush, and
Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
7 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and
Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah,
and Sabteca; and the sons of Raa-
mah: Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And
Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be
a mighty one in the earth. 9 He
was a mighty hunter before Jehovah :
wherefore it is said. Like Nimrod a
mighty hunter before Jehovah. 10
And the beginning of his kingdom
was Babel, and Erech, and Accad,
and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
II Out of that land ^he went forth
Or, / have set
2 Or, younger
5 Or, coasllands
3 Or, their * Or. he shall
8 Or, went forth A sshur
GENESIS 10.12 — 11.11 Noah's Posterity. The Tower of Babel. Confusion of Tongues
into Assyria, and builded Nineveh,
and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah, 12 and
Resen between Nineveh and Calah
(the same is the great city) . 13 And
Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim,
and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14
and Pathrusim, and Casluhim
(whence went forth ^the Philistines),
and Caphtorim.
15 And Canaan begat Sidon his
first-born, and Heth, 16 and the
Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the
Girgashite, 17 and the Hivite, and
the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 and
the Arvadite, and the Zemarite,
and the Hamathite: and afterward
were the families of the Canaanite
spread abroad. 19 And the border
of the Canaanite was from Sidon,
as thou goest toward Gerar, unto
Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom
and Gomorrah and Admah and Ze-
boiim, unto Laslia. 20 These are
the sons of Ham, after their fami-
lies, after their tongues, in their
lands, in their nations.
21 And unto Shem, the father of
all the children of Eber, ^the elder
brother of Japheth, to him also were
children born. 22 The sons of
Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Ar-
pachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 And the sons of Aram: Uz, and
Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And
Arpachshad begat Shelah; and She-
lah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber
were born two sons : the name of the
one was ^Peleg; for in his days was.
the earth divided; and his brother's
name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan
begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and
Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 and
Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 and '*Obal, and Abimael, and
Sheba, 29 and Ophir, and Havilah,
and Jobab : all these were the sons of
Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was
from Mesha, as thou goest toward
Sephar, the ^mountain of the east.
31 These are the sons of Shem,
after their families, after their
1 Heb. Pelishtim.
- Or, the brother of Japheth the elder
* That is. Division.
4 In 1 Chr. 1. 22, Ebal. » Or. hill-country
tongues, in their lands, after their
nations.
32 These are the families of the
sons of Noah, after their genera-
tions, in their nations: and of these
were the nations divided in the
earth after the flood.
And the whole earth was
11
of one ^language and of one
'speech. 2 And it came to pass,
as they journeyed ^east, that they
found a plain in the land of Shinar;
and they dwelt there. 3 And they
said one to another. Come, let us
make brick, and burn them thor-
oughly. And they had brick for
stone, and ^slime had they for
mortar. 4 And they said. Come,
let us build us a city, and a tower,
whose top may reach unto heaven,
and let us make us a name; lest
we be scattered abroad upon the
face of the whole earth. 5 And
Jehovah came down to see the city
and the tower, which the children
of men builded. 6 And Jehovah
said. Behold, they are one people,
and they have all one language;
and this is what they begin to do:
and now nothing will be withholden
from them, which they purpose to
do. 7 Come, let us go down, and
there confound their language, that
they may not understand one an-
other's speech. 8 So Jehovah scat-
tered them abroad from thence
upon the face of all the earth: and
they left off building the city.
9 Therefore was the name of it
called Babel; because Jehovah did
there ^ ^confound the language of all
the earth: and from thence did
Jehovah scatter them abroad upon
the face of all the earth.
10 These are the generations of
Shem. Shem was a hundred years
old, and begat Arpachshad two years
after the flood: 11 and Shem lived
after he begat Arpachshad five hun-
dred years, and begat sons and
daughters.
• Hcb. lip.
'' Heb. words.
8 Or, in the east
' That is, bitumen.
10 Heb. bald, to confound.
10
Descendants of Shem. Tcrah's Family. Abram with Lot goes to Canaan GENESIS 11.12 12.10
of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai
his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's
wife; and they went forth with them
from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into
the land of Canaan; and they came
unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And
the days of Terah were two hundred
and five years: and Terah died in
Haran.
-i Q Now Jehovah said unto
1 Jmd Abram, Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and
from thy father's house, unto the
land that I will show thee : 2 and I
will make of thee a great nation, and
I will bless thee, and make thy
name great; and be thou a blessing:
3 and I will bless them that bless
thee, and him that curseth thee will
I curse: and in thee shall all the
families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram went, as Jehovah had
spoken unto him; and Lot went
with him: and Abram was seventy
and five years old when he departed
out of Haran. 5 And Abram took
Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's
son, and all their substance that
they had gathered, and the souls
that they had gotten in Haran; and
they went forth to go into the land
of Canaan; and into the land of
Canaan they came. 6 And Abram
passed through the land unto the
place of Shechem, unto the ^oak of
Moreh. And the Canaanite was
then in the land. 7 And Jehovah
appeared unto Abram, and said.
Unto thy seed will t give this land:
and there builded he an altar unto
Jehovah, who appeared unto him.
8 And he removed from thence
unto the mountain on the east of
Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having
Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the
east: and there he builded an altar
unto Jehovah, and called upon the
name of Jehovah. 9 And Abram
journeyed, going on still toward the
^South.
10 And there was a famine in
the land: and Abram went down
12 And Arpachshad lived five and
thirty years, and begat Shelah:
13 and Arpachshad lived after he
begat Shelah four hundred and
three years, and begat sons and
daughters.
14 And Shelah lived thirty years,
and begat Eber: 15 and Shelah
lived after he begat Eber four hun-
dred and three years, and begat sons
and daughters.
16 And Eber lived four and
thirty years, and begat Peleg: 17
and Eber lived after he begat Peleg
four hundred and thirty years, and
begat sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years,
and begat Reu: 19 and Peleg lived
after he begat Reu two hundred
and nine years, and begat sons and
daughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty
years, and begat Serug: 21 and Reu
lived after he begat Serug two hun-
dred and seven years, and begat sons
and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years,
and begat Nahor: 23 and Serug
lived after he begat Nahor two
hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and
twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 and Nahor lived after he begat
Terah a hundred and nineteen years,
and begat sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years,
and begat Abram, Nahor, and Ha-
ran.
27 Nov/ these are the generations
of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Na-
hor, and Haran; and Haran begat
Lot. 28 And Haran died before his
father Terah in the land of his nativ-
ity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And
Abram and Nahor took them wives :
the name of Abram's wife was Sarai;
and the name of Nahor's wife,
Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the
father of Milcah, and the father of
Iscah. 30 And Sarai was barren;
she had no child. 31 And Terah
took Abram his son, and Lot the son
11
^ Or, terebinth
2 Heb. Negeb, the southern tract of Judah.
GENESIS12.il — 13.18 Abram sojourns in Egypt. Deceives Pharaoh. Returns to Canaan
into Egypt to sojourn there; for the
famine was sore in the land. 11 And
it came to pass, when he was come
near to enter into Egypt, that he
said unto Sarai his wife. Behold now,
I know that thou art a fair woman
to look upon : 12 and it will come to
pass, when the Egyptians shall see
thee, that they will say. This is his
wife: and they will kill me, but they
will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray
thee, thou art my sister; that it
may be well with me for thy sake,
and that my soul may live because
of thee. 14 And it came to pass,
that, when Abram was come into
Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the
woman that she was very fair. 15
And the princes of Pharaoh saw her,
and praised her to Pharaoh: and the
woman was taken into Pharaoh's
house. 16 And he dealt well with
Abram for her sake: and he had
sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and
men-servants, and maid-servants,
and she-asses, and camels. 17 And
Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his
house with great plagues because
of Sarai, Ab ram's wife. 18 And
Pharaoh called Abram, and said.
What is this that thou hast done
unto me? why didst thou not tell me
that she was thy wife? 19 why saidst
thou. She is my sister, so that I took
her to be my wife.^ now therefore
behold thy wife, take her, and go
thy way. 20 And Pharaoh gave
men charge concerning him: and
they brought him on the way, and
his wife, and all that he had.
-| Q And Abram went up out
1 O of Egypt, he, and his wife,
and all that he had, and Lot with
him, into the South. 2 And Abram
was very rich in cattle, in silver,
and in gold. 3 And he went on his
journeys from the South even to
Beth-el, unto the place where his
tent had been at the beginning,
between Beth-el and Ai, 4 unto the
place of the altar, which he had
made there at the first: and there
Abram called on the name of Jeho-
vah. 5 And Lot also, who went
with Abram, had flocks, and herds,
and tents. 6 And the land was not
able to bear them, that they might
dwell together: for their substance
was great, so that they could not
dwell together. 7 And there was a
strife between the herdsmen of
Abram's cattle and the herdsmen
of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite
and the Perizzite dwelt then in the
land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot,
Let there be no strife, I pray thee,
between me and thee, and between
my herdsmen and thy herdsmen;
for we. are brethren. 9 Is not the
whole land before thee.^ separate thy-
self, I pray thee, from me: if thou
wilt take the left hand, then I will go
to the right; or if thou take the right
hand, then I will go to the left.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and
beheld all the ^Plain of the Jordan,
that it was well watered every
where, before Jehovah destroyed
Sodom and Gomorrah, like the gar-
den of Jehovah, like the land of
Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.
11 So Lot chose him all the Plain of
the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east:
and they separated themselves the
one from the other. 12 Abram
dwelt in the land of Canaan, and
Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain,
and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
13 Now the men of Sodom were
wicked and sinners against Jehovah
exceedingly.
14 And Jehovah said unto Abram,
after that Lot was separated from
him. Lift up now thine eyes, and
look from the place where thou art,
northward and southward and east-
ward and westward: 15 for all the
land which thou seest, to thee will
I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
16 And I will make thy seed as the
dust of the earth: so that if a man
can number the dust of the earth,
then may thy seed also be numbered.
17 Arise, walk through the land in
the length of it and in the breadth
of it; for unto thee will I give it. 18
And Abram moved his tent, and
Or, Circle
12
Four Kings war with Five in the Vale of Siddim. Capture Lot
GENESIS 14.1—14.24
came and dwelt by the ^oaks of
Mamre, which are in Hebron, and
built there an altar unto Jehovah.
UAnd it came to pass in
the days of Amraphel king
of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar,
Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and
Tidal king of ^Goiim, 2 that they
made war with Bera king of Sodom,
and with Birsha king of Gomorrah,
Shinab king of Admah, and Sheme-
ber king of Zebuoiim, and the king of
Bela (the same is Zoar). 3 All these
^joined together in the vale of
Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
4 Twelve years they served Che-
dorlaomer, and in the thirteenth
year they rebelled. 5 And in the
fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer,
and the kings that were with him,
and smote the Rephaim in Ash-
teroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in
Ham, and the Emim in ^Shaveh-
kiriathaim, 6 and the Horites in their
mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is
by the wilderness. 7 And they
returned, and came to En-mishpat
(the same is Kadesh), and smote all
the ^country of the Amalekites, and
also the Amorites, that dwelt in
Hazazon-tamar. 8 And there went
out the king of Sodom, and the
king of Gomorrah, and the king of
Admah, and the king of Zeboiim,
and the king of Bela (the same is
Zoar); and they set the battle in
array against them in the vale of
Siddim; 9 against Chedorlaomer
king of Elam, and Tidal king of
Goiim, and Amraphel king of
Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar;
four kings against the five. . 10
Now the vale of Siddim was full
of ^slime pits; and the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and
they fell there, and they that re-
mained fled to the mountain. 11 And
they took all the goods of Sodom
and Gomorrah, and all their vic-
tuals, and went their way. 12 And
they took Lot, Abram's brother's
* Or, terebinths. ^ Or, nations.
' Or, joined themselves together against.
* Or, the plain of Kiriathaim. ^ Heb. field.
* That is, bitumen pits.
son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his
goods, and departed.
13 And there came one that had
escaped, and told Abram the He-
brew: now he dwelt by the ^oaks of
Mamre, the Amorite, brother of
Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and
these were confederate with Abram.
14 And when Abram heard that his
brother was taken captive, he led
forth his trained men, born in his
house, three hundred and eighteen,
and pursued as far as Dan. 15 And
he divided himself against them by
night, he and his servants, and
smote them, and pursued them unto
Hobah, which is on the ^left hand of
Damascus. 16 And he brought back
all the goods, and also brought back
his brother Lot, and his goods, and
the women also, and the people.
17 And the king of Sodom went
out to meet him, after his return
from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer
and the kings that were with him, at
the vale of Shaveh (the same is the
King's Vale). 18 And Melchizedek
king of Salem brought forth bread
and wine: and he was priest of ^God
Most High. 19 And he blessed him,
and said. Blessed be Abram of ^God
Most High, ^possessor of heaven and
earth: 20 and blessed be ^God Most
High, who hath delivered thine
enemies into thy hand. And he
gave him a tenth of all. 21 And the
king of Sodom said unto Abram,
Give me the persons, and take the
goods to thyself. 22 And Abram
said to the king of Sodom, I have
lifted up my hand unto Jehovah,
^God Most High, ^possessor of heav-
en and earth 23 that I will not take
a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor
aught that is thine, lest thou should-
est say, I have made Abram rich:
24 ^^save only that which the young
men have eaten, and the portion of
the men that went with me, Aner,
Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take
their portion.
7 Or, north. » Heb. El Elyon.
9 Or, maker.
1" Or, let there be nothing for me; only that b'c.
18
0£NCSIS 15.1 — 16.6 Jehovah's Promise to Abram. Sarai and Hagar. Expulsion of Haear
-| ^ After these things the word
1 O of Jehovah came unto Abram
in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram:
I am thy shield, ^and thy exceeding
great reward. 2 And Abram said,
0 Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give
me, seeing I ^go childless, and he
that shall be possessor of my house
is Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And
Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast
given no seed: and, lo, one born in
my house is mine heir. 4 And, be-
hold, the word of Jehovah came
unto him, saying. This man shall
not be thine heir; but he that shall
come forth out of thine own bowels
shall be thine heir. 5 And he
brought him forth abroad, and
said. Look now toward heaven, and
number the stars, if thou be able to
number them: and he said unto him.
So shall thy seed be. 6 And he
believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned
it to him for righteousness. 7 And
he said unto him, I am Jehovah
that brought thee out of Ur of the
Chaldees, to give thee this land to
inherit it. 8 And he said, O Lord
Jehovah, whereby ghall I know that
1 shall inherit it.^ 9 And he said unto
him. Take me a heifer three years
old, and a she-goat three years old,
and a ram three years old, and a
turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.
10 And he took him all these, and
divided them in the midst, and laid
each half over against the other:
but the birds divided he not. 11 And
the birds of prey came down upon
the carcasses, and Abram drove
them away.
12 And when the sun was going
down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;
and, lo, a horror of great darkness
fell upon him. 13 And he said unto
Abram, Know of a surety that thy
seed shall be sojourners in a land
that is not theirs, and shall serve
them; and they shall afflict them
four hundred years; 14 and also that
nation, whom they shall serve, will
I judge: and afterward shall they
1 Or, thy reward shall be exceeding great
, 2 Or, go hence
come out with great substance.
15 But thou shalt go to thy fathers
in peace; thou shalt be buried in a
good old age. 16 And in the fourth
generation they shall come hither
again : for the iniquity of the Amor-
ite is not yet full. 17 And it came
to pass, that, when the sun went
down, and it was dark, behold, a
smoking furnace, and a flaming
torch that passed between these
pieces. 18 In that day Jehovah
made a covenant with Abram, say-
ing. Unto thy seed have I given this
land, from the river of Egypt unto
the great river, the river Euphrates :
19 the Kenite, and the Kenizzite,
and the Kadmonite, 20 and the
Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the
Rephaim, 21 and the Amorite, and
the Canaanite, and the Girgashite,
and the Jebusite.
1r^ Now Sarai, Abram's wife,
yj bare him no children: and
she had a handmaid, an Egyptian,
whose name was Hagar. 2 And
Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now,
Jehovah hath restrained me from
bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my
handmaid; it may be that I shall
•''obtain children by her. And Ab-
ram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took
Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid,
after Abram had dwelt ten j^ears in
the land of Canaan, and gave her to
Abram her husband to be his wife.
4 And he went in unto Hagar, and
she conceived: and when she saw
that she had conceived, her mistress
was despised in her eyes. 5 And
Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong
be upon thee: I gave my handmaid
into thy bosom; and when she saw
that she had conceived, I was
despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge
between me and thee. 6 But Abram
said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid
is in thy hand; do to her that which
is good in thine eyes. And Sarai
dealt hardly with her, and she fled
from her face.
3 Heb. he builded by her.
14
Birth of Ishmael. Covenant of Circumcision
7 And the angel of Jehovah found
her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the
way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar,
Sarai's handmaid, whence earnest
thou? and whither goest thou? And
she said, I am fleeing from the face
of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the
angel of Jehovah said unto her.
Return to thy mistress, and submit
thyself under her hands. 10 And
the angel of Jehovah said unto her,
I will greatly multiply thy seed, that
it shall not be numbered for multi-
tude. 1 1 And the angel of Jehovah
said unto her, Behold, thou art with
child, and shalt bear a son; and thou
shalt call his name ^Ishmael, be-
cause Jehovah hath heard thy afflic-
tion. 12 And he shall be as a wild
ass among men; his hand shall be
against every man, and every man's
hand against him; and he shall dwell
^over against all his brethren. 13 And
she called the name of Jehovah that
spake unto her, ^Thou art ^a God
that seeth : for she said. Have I even
here looked after him that seeth me?
14 Wherefore the well was called
^Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between
Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son:
and Abram called the name of his
son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourscore and
six years old, when Hagar bare Ish-
mael to Abram.
1^ And when Abram w^as
/ ninety years old and nine,
Jehovah appeared to Abram, and
said unto him, I am ^God Almighty;
walk before me, and be thou per-
fect. 2 And I will make my cove-
nant between me and thee, and will
multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And
Abram fell on his face: and God
talked with him, saying, 4 As for
me, behold, my covenant is with
thee, and thou shalt be the father of
a multitude of nations. 5 Neither
1 That is, God heareth. 2 Qr, to the east of
' Or, Thou God seesl me
* Heb. El roi, that is, God of seeing.
* That is, The ivell of the living one who seeth me.
6 Heb. El Shaddai.
GENESIS 16.7—17.16
shall thy name any more be called
'^Abram, but thy name shall be
^Abraham; for the father of a multi-
tude of nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding
fruitful, and I will make nations of
thee, and kings shall come out of
thee. 7 And I will establish my
covenant between me and thee and
thy seed after thee throughout their
generations for an everlasting cove-
nant, to be a God unto thee and to
thy seed after thee. 8 And I will
give unto thee, and to thy seed after
thee, the land of thy sojournings, all
the land of Canaan, for an everlast-
ing possession; and I will be their
God.
9 And God said unto Abraham,
And as for thee, thou shalt keep
my covenant, thou, and thy seed
after thee throughout their genera-
tions. 10 This is my covenant,
which ye shall keep, between me and
you and thy seed after thee: every
male among you shall be circum-
cised. 11 And ye shall be circum-
cised in the flesh of your foreskin;
and it shall be a token of a covenant
betwixt me and you. 12 And he
that is eight days old shall be cir-
cumcised among you, every male
throughout your generations, he
that is born in the house, or bought
with money of any foreigner that is
not of thy seed. 13 He that is born
in thy house, and he that is bought
with thy money, must needs be
circumcised: aud my covenant shall
be in your flesh for an everlasting
covenant. 14 And the uncircum-
cised male who is not circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul
shall be cut off from his people; he
hath broken my covenant.
15 And God said unto Abraham,
As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt
not call her name Sarai, but ^Sarah
shall her name be. 16 And I will
bless her, and moreover I will give
thee a son of her: yea, I will bless
7 That is, exalted father.
3 That is, father of a multitude.
9 That is, Princess.
15
GENESIS 17.17 — 18.16 Birth of Isaac promised. Abraham's Household circumcised
her, and she shall be a mother of
nations; kings of people shall be of
her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his
face, and laughed, and said in his
heart. Shall a child be born unto him
that is a hundred years old.^ and
shall Sarah, that is ninety years old,
bear.^ 18 And Abraham said unto
God, Oh that Ishmael might live
before thee! 19 And God said. Nay,
but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee
a son; and thou shalt call his name
^Isaac: and I will establish my cove-
nant with him for an everlasting
covenant for his seed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard
thee: behold, I have blessed him, and
will make him fruitful, and will
multiply him exceedingly; twelve
princes shall he beget, and I will
make him a great nation. 21 But
my covenant will I establish with
Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto
thee at this set time in the next year.
22 And he left off talking with him,
and God went up from Abraham.
23 And Abraham took Ishmael his
son, and all that were born in his
house, and all that were bought
with his money, every male among
the men of Abraham's house, and
circumcised the flesh of their fore-
skin in the selfsame day, as God had
said unto him. 24 And Abraham
was ninety years old and nine, when
he was circumcised in the flesh of
his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his
son was thirteen years old, when he
was circumcised in the flesh of his
foreskin. 26 In the selfsame day
was Abraham circumcised, and Ish-
mael his son. 27 And all the men
of his house, those born in the house,
and those bought with money of a
foreigner, were circumcised with him.
"1 O And Jehovah appeared un-
1 0 to him by the ^oaks of
Mamre, as he sat in the tent door
in the heat of the day; 2 and he
lifted up his eyes and looked, and,
lo, three men stood over against
him: and when he saw them, he
1 From the Heb. word meaning lo laugh.
2 Or, terebinths
ran to meet them from the tent
door, and bowed himself to the
earth, 3 and said, ^My lord, if now
I have found favor in thy sight,
pass not away, I pray thee, from
thy servant : 4 let now a little water
be fetched, and wash your feet, and
rest yourselves under the tree : 5 and
I will fetch a morsel of bread, and
strengthen ye your heart; after that
ye shall pass on: ^forasmuch as ye
are come to your servant. And
they said. So do, as thou hast said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the
tent unto Sarah, and said, Make
ready quickly three measures of
fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.
7 And Abraham ran unto the herd,
and fetched a calf tender and good,
and gave it unto the servant; and
he hasted to dress it. 8 And he
took butter, and milk, and the calf
which he had dressed, and set it
before them; and he stood by them
under the tree, and they did eat.
9 And they said unto him. Where
is Sarah thy wife.^^ And he said,
Behold, in the tent. 10 And he
said, I will certainly return unto
thee when the season ^cometh round;
and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have
a son. And Sarah heard in the tent
door, which was behind him. 1 1 Now
Abraham and Sarah were old, and
well stricken in age; it had
ceased to be with Sarah after the
manner of women. 12 And Sarah
laughed within herself, saying. After
I am waxed old shall I have pleasure,
my lord being old also? 13 And Jeho-
vah said unto Abraham, Wherefore
did Sarah laugh, saying. Shall I of a
surety bear a child, who am old.f^
14 Is anything too ^hard for Jehovah.'*
At the set time I will return unto
thee, when the season ^cometh round,
and Sarah shall have a son. 15 Then
Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not;
for she w^as afraid. And he said,
Nay; but thou didst laugh.
16 And the men rose up from
thence, and looked toward Sodom:
3 Or. O Lord
* Or, for therefore
6 Heb. liveth, or, reviveth.
6 Or, wonderful
16
The Doom of Sodom. Abraham's Intercession. The Angels visit Sodom GENESIS 18.17 — 19.8
and Abraham went with them to
bring them on the way. 17 And
Jehovah said, Shall I hide from
Abraham that which I do; 18 seeing
that Abraham shall surely become
a great and mighty nation, and all
the nations of the earth shall be
blessed in him? 19 For I have known
him, to the end that he may com-
mand his children and his household
after him, that they may keep the
way of Jehovah, to do righteousness
and justice; to the end that Jehovah
may bring upon Abraham that
which he hath spoken of him. 20 And
Jehovah said, ^Because the cry of
Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and
^because their sin is very grievous;
21 I will go down now, and see
whether they have done altogether
according to the cry of it, which is
come unto me; and if not, I will
know.
22 And the men turned from
thence, and went toward Sodom:
but Abraham stood yet before Je-
hovah. 23 And Abraham drew near,
and said. Wilt thou consume the
righteous with the wicked .^^ 24 Per-
adventure there are fifty righteous
within the city: wilt thou consume
and not spare the place for the
fifty righteous that are therein.^
25 That be far from thee to do after
this manner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked, that so the right-
eous should be as the wicked; that
be far from thee : shall not the Judge
of all the earth do right .^^ 26 And
Jehovah said. If I find in Sodom
fifty righteous within the city, then
I will spare all the place for their
sake. 27 And Abraham answered
and said. Behold now, I have taken
upon me to speak unto the Lord,
who am but dust and ashes: 28 per-
adventure there shall- lack five of
the fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy
all the city for lack of ^ve? And he
said, I will not destroy it, if I find
there forty and five. 29 And he
spake unto him yet again, and said,
Peradventure there shall be forty
1 Or, Verily
found there. And he said, I will
not do it for the forty's sake. 30 And
he said. Oh let not the Lord be
angry, and I will speak: peradven-
ture there shall thirty be found
there. And he said, I will not do
it, if I find thirty there. 31 And
he said, Behold now, I have taken
upon me to speak unto the Lord:
peradventure there shall be twenty
found there. And he said, I will
not destroy it for the twenty's sake.
32 And he said. Oh let not the Lord
be angry, and I will speak yet but
this once: peradventure ten shall
be found there. And he said, I will
not destroy it for the ten's sake.
33 And Jehovah went his way, as
soon as he had left off communing
with Abraham: and Abraham re-
turned unto his place.
i Q And the two angels came
Ac/ to Sodom at even; and Lot
sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot
saw them, and rose up to meet
them; and he bowed himself with
his face to the earth; 2 and he said,
Behold now, my lords, turn aside,
I pray you, into your servant's
house, and tarry all night, and wash
your feet, and ye shall rise up early,
and go on your way. And they
said. Nay; but we will abide in the
street all night. 3 And he urged
them greatly; and they turned in
unto him, and entered into his house;
and he made them a feast, and did
bake unleavened bread, and they
did eat. 4 But before they lay
down, the men of the city, even the
men of Sodom, compassed the house
round, both young and old, all the
people from every quarter; 5 and
they called unto Lot, and said unto
him. Where are the men that came
in to thee this night .^^ bring them out
unto us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out unto them to
the door, and shut the door after
him. 7 And he said, I pray you,
my brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters
that have not known man; let me,
I pray you, bring them out unto
17
GENESIS 19.9 — 19.31 wickedness of the Men of Sodom. Lot delivered. Cities destroyed
you, and do ye to them as is good
in your eyes: only unto these men
do nothing, ^forasmuch as they are
come under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And
they said. This one fellow came in
to sojourn, and he will needs be a
judge: now will we deal worse with
thee, than with them. And they
pressed sore upon the man, even
Lot, and drew near to break the
door. 10 But the men put forth
their hand, and brought Lot into the
house to them, and shut to the
door. 11 And they smote the men
that were at the door of the house
with blindness, both small and great,
so that they wearied themselves to
find the door.
12 And the men said unto Lot,
Hast thou here any besides.? son-
in-law, and thy sons, and thy daugh-
ters, and whomsoever thou hast in
the city, bring them out of the place:
13 for we will destroy this place,
because the cry of them is waxed
great before Jehovah; and Jehovah
hath sent us to destroy it. 14 And
Lot went out, and spake unto his
sons-in-law, who ^married his daugh-
ters, and said. Up, get you out of this
place; for Jehovah will destroy the
city. But he seemed unto his sons-
in-law as one that mocked. 15 And
when the morning arose, then the
angels hastened Lot, saying. Arise,
take thy wife, and thy two daughters
that are here, lest thou be consumed
in the ^iniquity of the city. 16 But
he lingered; and the men laid hold
upon his hand, and upon the hand
of his wife, and upon the hand of
his two daughters, Jehovah being
merciful unto him : and they brought
him forth, and set him without the
city. 17 And it came to pass, when
they had brought them forth abroad,
that he said, Escape for thy life;
look not behind thee, neither stay
thou in all the Plain; escape to the
mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them. Oh, not
1 Or, for therefore
* Or, punishmcttt
2 Or, were to marry
SO, ^my lord: 19 behold now, thy
servant hath found favor in thy
sight, and thou hast magnified thy
lovingkindness, which thou hast
showed vmto me in saving my life;
and I cannot escape to the moun-
tain, lest ''evil overtake me, and I
die: 20 behold now, this city is near
to flee unto, and it is a little one.
Oh let me escape thither (is it not a
little one.f^), and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him. See, I have
accepted thee concerning this thing
also, that I will not overthrow the
city of which thou hast spoken. 22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I
cannot do anything till thou be
come thither. Therefore the name
of the city was called ^Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the
earth when Lot came unto Zoar.
24 Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom
and upon Gomorrah brimstone and
fire from Jehovah out of heaven;
25 and he overthrew those cities,
and all the Plain, and all the inhabi-
tants of the cities, and that which
grew upon the ground. 26 But his
wife looked back from behind him,
and she became a pillar of salt. 27
And Abraham gat up early in the
morning to the place where he had
stood before Jehovah: 28 and he
looked toward Sodom and Gomor-
rah, and toward all the land of the
Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the
smoke of the land went up as the
smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God
destroyed the cities of the Plain,
that God remembered Abraham, and
sent Lot out of the midst of the
overthrow, when he overthrew the
cities in which Lot dwelt.
30 And Lot went up out of Zoar,
and dwelt in the mountain, and
his two daughters with him; for he
feared to dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt
in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the first-born said unto the
younger, Our father is old, and there
is not a man in the earth to come in
* Or, O Lord « Or, the evil
6 That is. Little. Sec vcr. 20; ch. 14. 8.
18
Birth of Moab and Ben-ammi. Abraham in Qerar. Deceives Abimelech GENESIS 19.32 — 20.17
unto US after the manner of all the
earth: 32 come, let us make our
father drink wine, and we will lie
with him, that we may preserve
seed of our father. 33 And they
made their father drink wine that
night: and the first-born went in,
and lay with her father; and he
knew not when she lay down, nor
when she arose. 34 And it came
to pass on the morrow, that the
first-born said unto the younger.
Behold, I lay yesternight with my
father: let us make him drink wine
this night also; and go thou in, and
lie with him, that we may preserve
seed of our father. 35 And they
made their father drink wine that
night also: and the younger arose,
and lay with him; and he knew not
when she laj^ down, nor when she
arose. 36 Thus were both the
daughters of Lot with child by their
father. 37 And the first-born bare
a son, and called his name Moab:
the same is the father of the Moab-
ites unto • this day. 38 And the
younger, she also bare a son, and
called his name Ben-ammi: the same
is the father of the children of
Ammon unto this day.
C}r\ And Abraham journeyed
jm^yj from thence toward the land
of the South, and dwelt between
Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned
in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of
Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and
Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and
took Sarah. 3 But God came to
Abimelech in a dream of the night,
and said to him. Behold, thou art
but a dead man, because of the
woman whom thou hast taken; for
she is a man's wife. 4 Now Abim-
elech had not come near her: and
he said. Lord, wilt thou slay even
a righteous nation .^^ 5 Said he not
himself unto me. She is my sister .^^
and she, even she herself said. He
is my brother: in the integrity of
my heart and the innocency of my
hands have I done this. 6 And
God said unto him in a dream. Yea,
^ know that in the integrity of thy
heart thou hast done this, and I
also withheld thee from sinning
against me: therefore suffered I
thee not to touch her. 7 Now
therefore restore the man's wife; for
he is a prophet, and he shall pray
for thee, and thou shalt live: and if
thou restore her not, know thou
that thou shalt surely die, thou, and
all that are thine.
8 And Abimelech rose early in the
morning, and called all his servants,
and told all these things in their ears :
and the men were sore afraid. 9
Then Abimelech called Abraham,
and said unto him. What hast thou
done unto us.^^ and wherein have I
sinned against thee, that thou hast
brought on me and on my kingdom
a great sin.? thou hast done deeds
unto me that ought not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said unto Abra-
ham, What sawest thou, that thou
hast done this thing .^^ 11 And Abra-
ham said. Because I thought, Surely
the fear of God is not in this place;
and they will slay me for my wife's
sake. 12 And moreover she is
indeed my sister, the daughter of
my father, but not the daughter of
my mother; and she became my
wife: 13 and it came to pass, when
God caused me to wander from my
father's house, that I said unto her.
This is thy kindness which thou
shalt show unto me: at every place
whither we shall come, say of me.
He is my brother. 14 And Abim-
elech took sheep and oxen, and
men-servants and women-servants,
and gave them unto Abraham, and
restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And
Abimelech said. Behold, my land is
before thee: dwell where it pleaseth
thee. 16 And unto Sarah he said.
Behold, I have given thy brother a
thousand pieces of silver: behold,
Hi is for thee a covering of the eyes
to all that are with thee; and ^in
respect of all thou art righted.
17 And Abraham prayed unto God:
and God healed Abimelech, and his
wife, and his maid-servants; and they
Or, he
2 Or, before all men
19
GENESIS 20.18—21.27 Isaac born.
bare children. 18 For Jehovah had
fast closed up all the wombs of the
house of Abimelech, because of
Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Q 1 And Jehovah visited Sarah
^ i- as he had said, and Jehovah
did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
2 And Sarah conceived, and bare
Abraham a son in his old age, at the
set time of which God had spoken to
him. 3 And Abraham called the
name of his son that was born unto
him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his
son Isaac when he was eight days
old, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was a hundred
years old, when his son Isaac was
born unto him. 6 And Sarah said,
God hath ^made me to laugh;
every one that heareth will laugh
with me. 7 And she said. Who
would have said unto Abraham,
that Sarah should give children
suck? for I have borne him a son in
his old age.
8 And the child grew, and was
weaned : and Abraham made a great
feast on the day that Isaac was
weaned. 9 And Sarah saw the son
of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she
had borne unto Abraham, ^mocking.
10 Wherefore she said unto Abra-
ham, Cast out this handmaid and
her son: for the son of this hand-
maid shall not be heir with my son,
even with Isaac. 11 And the thing
was very grievous in Abraham's
sight on account of his son. 12 And
God said unto Abraham, Let it not
be grievous in thy sight because of
the lad, and because of thy hand-
maid; in all that Sarah saith unto
thee, hearken unto her voice; for in
Isaac shall thy seed be called. 13
And also of the son of the handmaid
will I make a nation, because he is
thy seed. 14 And Abraham rose up
early in the morning, and took
bread and a ^bottle of water, and
gave it unto Hagar, putting it on
her shoulder, and gave her the child.
1 Or, prepared laughter for me
2 Or, playing ^ Or, skin
Hagar and Ishmael sent away
•
and sent her away : and she departed,
and wandered in the wilderness oi
Beer-sheba. 15 And the water in
the bottle was spent, and she cast
the child under one of the shrubs.
16 And she went, and sat her down
over against him a good way off, as
it were a bowshot: for she said, Let
me not look upon the death of the
child. And she sat over against
him, and lifted up her voice, and
wept. 17 And God heard the voice
of the lad; and the angel of God
called to Hagar out of heaven, and
said unto her, What aileth thee,
Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard
the voice of the lad where he is.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold
him in thy hand; for I will make
him a great nation. 19 And God
opened her eyes, and she saw a well
of water; and she went, and filled
the bottle with water, and gave the
lad drink. 20 And God was with
the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt
in the wilderness, and became, as
he grew up, an archer. 21 And he
dwelt in the wilderness of Paran:
and his mother took him a wife out
of the land of Egypt.
22 And it came to pass at that
time, that Abimelech and Phicol the
captain of his host spake unto
Abraham, saying, God is with thee
in all that thou doest: 23 now there-
fore swear unto me here by God
that thou wilt not deal falsely with
me, nor with "^my son, nor with my
son's son: but according to the
kindness that I have done unto
thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to
the land wherein thou hast so-
journed. 24 And Abraham said, I
will swear. 25 And Abraham re-
proved Abimelech because of the
well of water, which Abimelech's
servants had violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I know not
who hath done this thing: neither
didst thou tell me, neither yet
heard I of it, but to-day. 27 And
Abraham took sheep and oxen, and
* Or, my offspring, nor with my posterity
20
The Covenant of Beer-sheba. Abraham tempted to offer Isaac
GENESIS 21.28—22.19
gave them unto Abimelech; and
they two made a covenant. 28 And
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the
flock by themselves. 29 And Abim-
elech 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 Where-
fore he called that place Beer-sheba;
because there they sware both of
them. 32 So they made a covenant
at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose
up, and Phicol the captain of his
host, and they returned into the
land of the Philistines. 33 And
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in
Beer-sheba, and called there on the
name of Jehovah, the Everlasting
God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in
the land of the Philistines many days.
CyC) 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 .f^ 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 Jehovah called
unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said.
Here am I. 12 And he said. Lay
not thy hand upon the lad, neither
do thou anything 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, 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 ^Jehovah-jireh:
as it is said to this day. In the
mount of Jehovah ^it shall be pro-
vided. 15 And the angel of Jehovah
called unto Abraham a second time
out of heaven, 16 and said. By myself
have I sworn, saith Jehovah, 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 heavens,
and as the sand which is upon the
sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess
the gate of his enemies; 18 and in
thy seed shall all the nations of the
earth ^be blessed; because thou
hast obeyed my voice. 19 So Abra-
ham returned unto his young men,
and they rose up and went together
to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt
at Beer-sheba.
1 Heb. see for himself.
2 That is, Jehovah will see, or provide.
3 Or, he shall be seen * Or. bless themselves
21
GENESIS 22.20 — 24.3 Nahor's Family. The Death of Sarah. Purchase of the Field of Machpelah
20 And it came to pass after these
things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, Behold, Milcah, she also
hath borne children unto thy brother
Nahor: 21 Uz his first-born, and
Buz his brother, and Kemuel the
father of Aram, 22 and Chesed, and
Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and
Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel 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 Maa-
cah.
OQ And the life of Sarah was
^O a hundred and seven and
twenty years: these were the years
of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah
died in Kiriath-arba (the same is
Hebron) , in the land of Canaan : and
Abraham came to mourn for Sarah,
and to weep for her. 3 And Abra-
ham 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 pos-
session of a burying-place with you,
that I may bury my dead out of my
sight. 5 And the children of Heth
answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 Hear us, my lord; thou art a prince
of God among us: in the choice of
our sepulchres bury thy dead; none
of us shall withhold from thee his
sepulchre, but that thou mayest
bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham
rose up, and bowed himself to the
people of the land, even to the chil-
dren of Heth. 8 And he communed
with them, saying, If it be your
mind that I should bury my dead
out of my sight, hear me, and en-
treat for me to Ephron the son of
Zohar, 9 that he may give me the
cave of 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 burying-place. 10 Now Ephron
was sitting in the midst of the chil-
dren 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 children
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
Abraham, 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 Eph-
ron; and Abraham weighed to Eph-
ron 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 be-
fore Mam re, the field, and the cave
which was therein, and all the trees
that were in the field, that were in all
the border thereof round about, were
made sure 18 unto Abraham for a
possession in the presence of the
childrert of Heth, before all that
v/ent 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 therein, were made sure
unto Abraham for a possession of a
burving-place by the children of
Heth.
C% A And Abraham was old, and
Zd^ well stricken in age: and Je-
hovah had blessed Abraham in all
things. 2 And Abraham 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 Jehovah, the God of heaven and
22
Betrothal of Isaac and Rebekah
the God of the earth, that thou wilt
not take a wife for my son of the
daughters of the Canaanites, among
whom I dwell: 4 but thou shalt go
unto my country, and to my kindred,
and take a wife for my son
Isaac. 5 And the servant said
unto him, Peradventure 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 camest? 6 And Abraham said
vmto him, Beware thou that thou
bring not my son thither again.
7 Jehovah, the God of heaven, who
took me from my father's house,
and from the land of my nativity,
and who spake unto me, and who
sware unto me, saying. Unto thy
seed will I give this land; he will
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, %aving all goodly
things of his master's in his hand:
and he arose, and went to ^Meso-
potamia, 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 Jehovah,
the God of my master Abraham,
send me, I pray thee, good speed
this day, and show kindness unto
my master Abraham. 13 Behold,
I am standing by the fountain of
water; and the daughters of the men
of the city are coming 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,
^ Or, for all the goods of his master-were in his hand
2 Heb. Aram-naharaim, that is, Aram of the two rivers.
GENESIS 24.4—24.27
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 showed 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, Abraham'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 from 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 iVnd 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 trougli, and ran again unto
the well to draw, and drew for all
his camels. 21 And the man looked
steadfastly on her, holding his peace,
to know whether Jehovah 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 %alf 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 unto him,
lam the daughter of Bethuel the son
of Milcah, whom 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 Jehovah. 27 And he
said. Blessed be Jehovah, the God
of my master Abraham, who hath
not forsaken his lovingkindness and
' Heb. a beka. See Ex. 38. 26.
23
GENESIS 24.28 — 24.52 Betrothal of Isaac and Rebekah
his truth toward my master: as for
me, Jehovah 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 according 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
was standing by the camels at the
fountain. 31 And he said. Come in,
thou blessed of Jehovah; 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 prov-
ender for the camels, and water to
wash his feet and the feet of the men
that were with him. 33 And there
was set food 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 servant. 35 And Jeho-
vah hath blessed my master greatly ;
and he is become great: and he hath
given him flocks and herds, and
silver and gold, and men-servants
and maid-servants, 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 Canaan-
ites, 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, Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, the God of my
master Abraham, if now thou do
prosper my way which I go: 43 be-
hold, I am standing by the fountain
of water; and let it come to pass, that
the maiden that cometh forth to
draw, to whom I shall say. Give me,
I pray thee, a little water from 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 Jehovah
hath appointed for my master's son.
45 And before I had done speaking
in my heart, behold, Rebekah came
forth with her pitcher on her shoul-
der; 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 bracelets upon her hands.
48 And I bowed my head, and wor-
shipped Jehovah, and blessed Jeho-
vah, the God of my master Abraham,
who had led me in the right way to
take my master's brother's daughter
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 Then Laban and Bethuel an-
swered and said. The thing pro-
ceedeth from Jehovah: we cannot
speak unto thee bad or good. 51 Be-
hold, Rebekah is before thee, take
her, and go, and let her be thy
master's son's wife, as Jehovah hath
spoken. 52 And it came to pass,
that, when Abraham's servant heard
24
The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah. Abraham's Death
GENESIS 24.53—25.16
their words, he bowed himself down
to the earth unto Jehovah. 53 And
the servant brought forth jewels of
silver, and jewels of gold, and rai-
ment, 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 Jehovah hath
prospered 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 ser-
vant, and his men. 60 And they
blessed Rebekah, and said unto her.
Our sister, be thou the mother of
thousands of ten thousands, and let
thy seed possess the gate of those
that hate them.
61 And Rebekah arose, and her
damsels, and they rode upon the
camels, and followed the man: and
the servant took Rebekah, and went
his way. 62 And Isaac came from
the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he
dwelt in the land of the South.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate
in the field at the eventide: and he
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and,
behold, there were camels coming.
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes,
and when she saw Isaac, she alighted
from the camel. 65 And she said
unto the servant. What man is this
that walketh in the field to meet us.^
And the servant said. It is my
master: and she took her veil, and
covered herself. 66 And the servant
told Isaac all the things that he had
done. 67 And Isaac brought her
into his mother Sarah's tent, and
took Rebekah, and she became his
wife; and he loved her: and Isaac
was comforted after his mother's
death.
O ^ And Abraham took an-
^ J other wife, and her name was
Keturah. 2 And she bare him
Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan,
and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and
Dedan. And the sons of Dedan
were Asshurim, and Letushim, and
Leummim. 4 And the sons of
Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and
Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah.
All these were the children of
Keturah. 5 And Abraham gave all
that he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto
the sons of the concubines, that
Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts;
and he sent them away from Isaac
his son, while he yet lived, eastward,
unto the east country. 7 And these
are the days of the years of Abra-
ham's life which he lived, a hundred
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 Abra-
ham 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 hand-
maid, bare unto 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, and Mibsam, 14 and
Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15 Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Nap-
hish, and Kedemah: 16 these are the
sons of Ishmael, and these are their
25
GENESIS 25.17^ — 26.8 Birth of nsau and Jacob. Esau sells his Birthright Isaac in Gerar
names, by their villages, and by
their encampments; twelve princes
according to their nations. 17 And
these are the years of the life of
Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and
seven years: and he gave up the
ghost and died, and was gathered
unto his people. 18 And they dwelt
from Havilah unto Shur that is
before Egypt, as thou goest toward
Assyria: he ^abode over against all
his brethren.
19 And these are the 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 ^Syrian
of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban
the ^Syrian, to be his wife. 21 And
Isaac entreated Jehovah for his
wife, because she was barren: and
Jehovah was entreated of him, and
Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And
the children struggled together with-
in her; and she said, If it be so,
^wherefore do I live? And she went
to inquire of Jehovah. 23 And Je-
hovah said unto her.
Two nations are in thy womb,
And two peoples shall be sepa-
rated from thy bowels:
And the one people shall be
stronger than the other people;
And the elder shall serve the
younger.
24 Arid when her days to be de-
livered were fulfilled, behold, there
were twins in her womb. 25 And
the first came forth '*red, all over
like a hairy garment; and they
called his name Esau. 26 And
after that came forth his brother,
and his hand had hold on Esau's
heel; and his name was called
^Jacob: and Isaac was threescore
years old when she bare them.
27 And the boys grew: and Esau
was a skilful hunter, a man of the
field; and Jacob was a '^quiet man,
dwelling in tents. 28 Now Isaac
1 Or, settled. Heb. fell 2 Heb. Aramean.
8 Or, wherefore am I thus?
* Or, ruddy
8 That is, One that takes by the heel or supplants.
8 Or, harmless Heb. perfect.
loved Esau, because he did eat of
his venison: and Rebekah loved
Jacob. 29 And Jacob boiled pot-
tage: and Esau came in from the
field, and he was faint: 30 and
Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray
thee, with "that same red potfage;
for I am faint: therefore was his
name called ^Edom. 31 And Jacob
said. Sell me ^first thy birthright.
32 And Esau said. Behold, I am
about to die: and what profit shall
the birthright do to me.^ 33 And
Jacob said. Swear to me ^first; and
he sware unto him: and he sold his
birthright unto Jacob. 34 And
Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage
of lentils; and he did eat and drink,
and rose up, and went his way: so
Esau despised his birthright.
Q f^ And there was a famine in
^yJ the land, besides the first
famine that was in the days of
Abraham. And Isaac went* unto
Abimelech king of the Philistines,
unto Gerar. 2 And Jehovah ap-
peared unto him, and said. Go not
down into Egypt; dwell in the land
which I shall tell thee of: 3 sojourn
in this land, and I will be with thee,
and will bless thee ; for unto thee,
and unto thy seed, I will give all
these lands, and 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 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
7 Heb. the red pottage, this red pottage.
» That is, Red. » Heb. to-day.
i" Or, bless themselves
26
Isaac deceives Abimelech. His Covenant with Abimelech GENESIS 26.9 26.34
Philistines looked out at a window,
and saw, and, behold, Isaac was
sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and
said. Behold, of a surety she is thy
wife: and how saidst thou, She is my
sister? And Isaac said unto him.
Because I said, Lest I die because of
her. 10 And Abimelech said, What
is this thou hast done unto us.^ one
of the people might easily have. Iain
with thy w^ife, and thou wouldest
have brought guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech charged all the
people, saying. He that toucheth
this man or his wife shall surely be
put to death.
12 And Isaac sowed in that land,
and found in the same year a hun-
dredfold: and Jehovah blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and
grew more and more until he became
very great: 14 and he had possessions
of flocks, and possessions of herds,
and a great household: and the
Philistines envied him. 15 Now all
the wells which his father's servants
had digged in the days of Abraham
his father, the Philistines had stop-
ped, and filled with earth. 16 And
Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from
us; for thou art much mightier than
we. 17 And Isaac departed thence,
and encamped in the valley of
Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digged again the
wells of water, which they had
digged in the days of Abraham his
father; for the Philistines had stop-
ped them after the death of Abra-
ham: and he called their names
after the names by which his father
had called them. 19 And Isaac's
servants digged in the valley, and
found there a well of ^springing
water. 20 And the herdsmen of
Gerar strove wdth Isaac's herdsmen,
saying. The water is ours: and he
called the name of the well ^Esek,
because they contended with him.
21 And they digged another well,
and they strove for that also : and he
' Heb. living.
2 That is, Contention.
called the name of it ^Sitnah. 22 And
he removed from thence, and digged
another well; and for that they
strove not: and he called the name
of it ^Rehoboth; and he said, For
now Jehovah hath made room for
us, and we shall be fruitful in the
land.
23 And he went up from thence
to Beer-sheba. 24 And Jehovah
appeared unto him the same night,
and said, I am the God of Abraham
thy father: fear not, for I am with
thee, and will bless thee, and
multiply thy seed for my servant
Abraham's sake. 25 And he builded
an altar there, and called upon the
name of Jehovah, and pitched his
tent there : and there Isaac's servants
digged a well.
26 Then Abimelech went to him
from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend,
and Phicol the captain of 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 Jehovah
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 w^ith thee,
29 that thou wilt do us no hurt, as
we have not touched thee, and as
we have done unto thee nothing
but good, and have sent thee away
in peace: thou art now the blessed
of Jehovah. 30 And he made them
a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31 And they rose up betimes in the
morning, and sware one to another:
and Isaac sent them away, and they
departed from him in peace. 32 And
it came to pass the same day, that
Isaac's servants came, and told him
concerning the well which they had
digged, and said unto him. We have
found water. 33 And he called it
Sliibah: therefore the name of the
city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
34 And when Esau was forty
years old he took to wife Judith
3 That is, Enmity.
* That is, Broad places, or. Room.
27
GENESIS 26.35—27.28 Esau's Wives.
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.
Q'7' And it came to pass, that
Ld i when Isaac was old, and his
eyes were dim, so that he could not
see, he called Esau his elder son, and
said unto him, My son: and he said
unto him. Here am 1. 2 And he
said, Behold now, I am old, I know
not the day of my death. 3 Now
therefore take, I pray thee, thy
weapons, thy quiver and thy bow,
and go out to the field, and take me
venison; 4 and make me savory
food, such as 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
savory food, that I may eat, and
bless thee before Jehovah before my
death. 8 Now therefore, my son,
obey my voice according to that
which I command thee. 9 Go now
to the flock, and fetch me from
thence two good kids of the goats;
and I will make them savory food
for thy father, such as he loveth:
10 and thou shalt bring it to thy
father, that he may eat, so that he
may bless thee before his death.
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 Meceiver; 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
Heb. bitterness of spirit. - Or, mocker
Jacob obtains Isaac's Blessing
savory food, such as his father
loved. 15 And Rebekah took the
goodly garments of Esau her elder
son, which were with her in the
house, and put them upon Jacob
her younger son; 16 and she put the
skins of the kids of the goats upon
his hands, and upon the smooth of
his neck: 17 and she gave the savory
food and the bread, which she had
prepared, into the hand of her son
Jacob.
18 And he came unto his father,
and said. My father: and he said.
Here am I; w^ho art thou, my son.^^
19 And Jacob said unto his father,
I am Esau thy first-born; I have
done according as thou badest me:
arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my
venison, that thy soul may bless
me. 20 And Isaac said unto his
son. How is it that thou hast found
it so quickly, my son? And he said.
Because Jehovah thy God sent me
good speed. 21 And Isaac said
unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee,
that I may feel thee, my son,
whether thou be my very son Esau
or not. 22 And Jacob went near
unto Isaac his father; and he felt
him, and said. The voice is Jacob's
voice, but the hands are the hands
of Esau. 23 And he discerned him
not, because his hands were hairy,
as his brother Esau's hands: so he
blessed him. 24 And he said. Art
thou my very son Esau? And he
said, I am. 25 And he said. Bring
it near to me, and I will eat of my
son's venison, that my soul may
bless thee. And he brought it
near to him, and he did eat: and he
brought, him wine, and he drank.
26 And his father Isaac said unto
him, Come near now, and kiss me,
my son. 27 And he came near, and
kissed him: and he smelled the
smell of his raiment, and blessed
him, and said.
See, the smell of my son
Is as the smell of a field which
Jehovah hath blessed:
28 And God give thee of the dew of
heaven,
28
Esau's Disappointment and Enmity. Jacob is sent to Paddan-aram GENESIS 27.29 28.3
And of the fatness of the earth,
And plenty of grain and new wine :
29 Let peoples serve thee,
And nations bow down to thee:
Be lord over thy brethren,
And let thy mother's sons bow
down to thee:
Cursed be everyone 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 bless-
ing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce
gone out from the presence of Isaac
his father, that Esau his brother
came in from his hunting. 31
And he also made savory food, 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 first-born, Esau. 33 And Isaac
trembled very exceedingly, and said.
Who then is he that hath taken
venison, and brought it me, and
I have eaten of all before thou
camest, and have blessed him.^^ yea,
and he shall be blessed. 34 When
Esau heard the words of his father,
he cried with an exceeding great and
bitter cry, and said unto his father,
Bless me, even me also, O my
father. 35 And he said. Thy brother
came with guile, and hath taken
away thy blessing. 36 And he said,
Is not he rightly named Jacob .^^ 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, Behold, I have
made him thy lord, and all his
brethren have I given to him for
servants; and with grain and new
wine have I sustained him: and
what then shalll do for thee, my
son? 38 And Esau said unto his
father. Hast thou but one blessing,
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, ^of the fatness of the earth
shall be thy dwelling,
And 'of the dew of heaven from
above;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live,
and thou shalt serve thy brother;
And it shall come to pass, when
thou shalt break loose.
That thou shalt shake his yoke
from off thy neck.
41 And Esau hated Jacob be-
cause of the blessing wherewith his
father blessed him: and Esau said
in his heart. The days of mourning
for my father are at hand; then will
1 slay 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 com-
fort 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
brother's fury turn away; 45 until
thy brother's anger turn away from
thee, and he forget that which thou
hast done to him: then I will send,
and fetch thee from thence: why
should I be bereaved of you both in
one 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
QQ do me? 1 And Isaac called
-^O Jacob, and blessed him, and
charged him, and said unto him.
Thou shalt not take a wife of the
daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go
to Paddan-aram, to the house of
Bethuel thy mother's father; and
take thee a wife from thence of the
daughters of Laban thy mother's
brother. 3 And ^God Almighty
bless thee, and make thee fruitful,
iQr, away from
2 Heb. El Shaddai.
29
GENESIS 28.4 — 29.6 Esau takes another Wife. Jacob's Vision at Bethel.
His Vow
and multiply thee, that thou mayest
be a company of peoples; 4 and give
thee the blessing of Abraham, to
thee, and to thy seed with thee;
that thou mayest inherit the land of
thy sojournings, which God gave
unto Abraham. 5 And Isaac sent
away Jacob : and he went to Paddan-
aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel
the ^Syrian, the brother of 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 Canaan; 7 and that
Jacob obeyed his father and his
mother, and was gone to Paddan-
aram: 8 and Esau saw that the
daughters of Canaan pleased not
Isaac his father; 9 and Esau went
unto Ishmael, and took, besides the
wives that he had, Mahalath the
daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son,
the sister of Nebaioth, to be his
wife.
10 And Jacob went out from
Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
11 And he lighted upon ^a certain
place, and tarried there all night,
because the sun was set; and he
took one of the stones of the place,
and put it under his head, and lay
down in that place to sleep. 12 And
he dreamed; and, behold, a ladder
set up on the earth, and the top of
it reached to heaven; and, behold,
the angels of God ascending and
descending on it. 13 And, behold,
Jehovah stood %bove it, and said,
I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham
thy father, and the God of Isaac:
the land whereon thou liest, to thee
will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 and
thy seed shall be as the dust of the
earth, and thou shalt "^spread abroad
to the west, and to the east, and to
the north, and to the south: and in
thee and in thy seed shall all the
families of the earth be blessed.
1 Heb. Aramean.
3 Or, beside him
2 Heb. the place.
* Ileb. break forth.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and
will keep thee whithersoever thou
goest, and will bring thee again
into this land; for I will not leave
thee, until I have done that which I
have spoken to thee of. 16 And
Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and
he said. Surely Jehovah is in this
place; and I knew it not. 17 And
he was afraid, and said. How dread-
ful is this place! this is none other
than the house of God, and this is
the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose up early in
the morning, and took the stone
that he had put under his head,
and set it up for a pillar, and poured
oil upon the top of it. 19 And he
called the name of that place ^Beth-
el : but the name of the city was Luz
at the first. 20 And Jacob vowed a
vow, saying, If God will be with me,
and will keep me in this way that I
go, and will give me bread to eat,
and raiment to put on, 21 so that I
come again to my father's house in
peace, ^and Jehovah will be my God,
22 then this stone, which I have set
up for a pillar, shall be God's house:
and of all that thou shalt give me
1 will surely give the tenth unto
thee.
OQ Then Jacob ^went on his
^%J 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 gathered: 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 are ye.^^
And they said, Of Haran are we.
5 And he said unto them. Know ye
Laban the son of Nahor.^^ And they
said. We know him. 6 And he said
6 That is, The house of God.
fi Or, thoj shall Jehoi'ah be my Cod, and this stone b'c
' Hch. lifted up his feet.
30
Jacob meets Rachel. He marries Leah and Rachel
unto them, Is it well with him? And
they said, It is well: and, behold,
Rachel his daughter cometh with
the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, it is
yet high day, neither is it time that
the cattle should be gathered to-
gether: 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 was
yet speaking 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 watered the flock
of Laban his mother's brother. 11
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted
up his voice, and wept. 12 And
Jacob told Rachel that he was her
father's brother, and that he was
Rebekah's son : and she ran and told
her father.
13 And it came to pass, when
Laban heard the tidings of Jacob
his sister's son, that he ran to meet
him, and embraced him, and kissed
him, and brought him to his house.
And he told Laban all these things.
14 And Laban said to him. Surely
thou art my bone and my flesh.
And he abode with him the space
of a month. 15 And Laban said
unto Jacob, Because thou art my
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-favored. 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
GENESIS 29.7—29.34
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 a hand-
maid. 25 And it came to pass in
the morning that, behold, it was
Leah: and he said to Laban, What
is this thou hast done unto me.^^ did not
I serve with thee for Rachel.^ where-
fore then hast thou beguiled me?
26 And Laban said. It is not so
done in our place, to give the younger
before the first-born. 27 Fulfil the
week of this one, and we will give
thee the other also for the service
which thou shall serve with me yet
seven other years. 28 And Jacob
did so, and fulfilled her week: and
he gave him Rachel his daughter to
wife. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel
his daughter Bilhah his handmaid
to be her handmaid. 30 And he
went in also unto Rachel, and he
loved also Rachel more than Leah,
and served with him yet seven
other years.
31 And Jehovah saw that Leah
was hated, and he opened her womb :
but Rachel was barren. 32 And
Leah conceived, and bare a son, and
she called his name ^Reuben : for she
said. Because Jehovah hath looked
upon my affliction; for now my
husband will love me. 33 And she
conceived again, and bare a son;
and said. Because Jehovah ^hath
heard that I am hated, he hath
therefore given me this son also : and
she called his name ^Simeon. 34
And she conceived again, and bare
a son; and said. Now this time will
my husband be ^joined unto me,
That is, See, a son.
lleb. shama.
9 Heb. Shitneon.
* From the root lavah.
31
GENESIS 29.35—30.27 Jacob's children
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 Upraise Jehovah: therefore she
called his name ^Judah; and she left
off bearing.
Or\ And when Rachel saw that
OU she bare Jacob no children,
Rachel envied her sister; and she
said unto Jacob, Give me children,
or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger
was kindled against Rachel: and he
said. Am I in God's stead, who
hath withheld from thee the fruit
of the womb.^ 3 And she said,
Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto
her; that she may bear upon my
knees, and I also may ^obtain chil-
dren 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 ^judged me, and hath also
heard my voice, and hath given me
a son: therefore called she his name
Dan. 7 And Bilhah Rachel's hand-
maid conceived again, and bare
Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel
said, With ''mighty wrestlings have
I ^wrestled with my sister, and have
prevailed: and she called his name
Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had
left off bearing, she took Zilpah her
handmaid, and gave her to Jacob
to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah's
handmaid bare Jacob a son. 1 1 And
Leah said, Tortunate! and she
called his name ^Gad. 12 And
Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob
a second son. 13 And Leah said,
^Happy am I! for the daughters
will call me happy: and she called
his name ^^Asher.
14 And Reuben went in the days
of wheat harvest, and found ^^man-
1 From the Heb. hodah. ^ Heb. Jehudah.
3 Heb. be builded by her.
* Heb. dan, he judged.
' Heb. wrestlings of God.
« Heb. Niphtal, he wrestled.
"> Heb. With fortune! Another reading is, Fortune is
come. 8 That is, Fortune.
» Heb. With my happiness!
10 That is, Happy. n Or, love apples
drakes 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. Therefore
he shall lie with thee to-night for
thy son's mandrakes. 16 And Jacob
came from the field in the evening,
and Leah went out to meet him, and
said. Thou must come in unto me;
for I have surely hired thee with my
son's mandrakes. And he lay with
her that night. 17 And God heark-
ened unto Leah, and she conceived,
and bare Jacob a fifth son. 18 And
Leah said, God hath given me my
^-hire, because I gave my handmaid
to my husband: and she called his
name Issachar. 19 And Leah con-
ceived again, and bare a sixth son
to Jacob. 20 And Leah said, God
hath endowed me with a good dowry ;
now will my husband ^^dwell with
me, because I have borne him six
sons: and she called his name
Zebulun. 21 And afterwards she
bare a daughter, and called her
name Dinah. 22 And God remem-
bered Rachel, and God hearkened
to her, and opened her womb.
23 And she conceived, and bare a
son: and said, God hath taken away
my reproach: 24 and she called his
name Joseph, saying, Jehovah ^%dd
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 favor in thine eyes,
tarry : for I have divined that Jeho-
vah hath blessed me for thv sake.
12 Heb. sachar.
" Heb. Joseph,
" Heb. zabal. he dwelt.
32
Jacob's Bargain with Laban. His Prosperity
28 And he said, Appoint me thy
wages, and I will give it. 29 And he
said unto him. Thou knowest how
I have served thee, and how thy
cattle have fared with me. 30 For
it was httle which thou hadst before
I came, and it hath increased unto
a multitude; and Jehovah hath
blessed thee ^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 right-
eousness answer for me hereafter,
when thou shalt come concerning
my hire that is before thee: every
one that is not speckled and spotted
among the goats, and black among
the sheep, that, if found with me,
shall be counted stolen. 34 And
Laban said, Behold, I would it
might be according to thy word.
35 And he removed that day the
he-goats that were ringstreaked and
spotted, and all the she-goats that
were speckled and spotted, every
one that had white in it, and all the
black ones among the sheep, and
gave them into the hand of his sons;
36 and he set three days' journey
betwixt himself and Jacob: and
Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
37 And Jacob took him rods of
fresh ^poplar, and of the almond
and of the plane-tree; and peeled
• white streaks in them, and made
the white appear which was in the
rods. 38 And he set the rods which
he had peeled over against the flocks
in the gutters in the watering-
troughs where the flocks came to
drink ; and they conceived when they
came to drink. 39 And the flocks
• Heb. broken forth.
' Or, storax-tree
* Heb. at my foot.
GENESIS 30.28—31.9
conceived before the rods, and the
flocks brought forth ringstreaked,
speckled, and spotted. 40 And
Jacob separated the lambs, and set
the faces of the flocks toward the
ringstreaked and all the black in
the flock of Laban: and he put his
own droves apart, and put them not
unto Laban's flock. 41 And it came
to pass, 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
Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
43 And the man increased exceed-
ingly, and had large flocks, and
maid - servants and men - servants,
and camels and asses.
Q 1 And he heard the words of
0 1 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
%lory. 2 And Jacob beheld the
countenance of Laban, and, behold,
it was not toward him as before-
time. 3 And Jehovah said unto
Jacob, Return unto the land of thy
fathers, and to thy kindred; and
1 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 iVnd 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 ringstreaked
shall be thy wages; then bare all the
flock ringstreaked. 9 Thus God
hath taken away the cattle of your
father, and given them to me.
* Or, wealth
33
GENESIS 31.10 — -31.35 Jacob's Secret Departure for Canaan. Laban pursues and chides him
10 And it came to pass at the time
that the flock conceived, that I
Hfted up mine eyes, and saw in a
dream, and, behold, the he-goats
which leaped upon the flock were
ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.
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 ringstreaked, speckled, and griz-
zled: 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 return unto the land
of thy nativity. 14 And Rachel and
in the mountain of Gilead. 24 And
God came to Laban the Syrian in
a dream of the night, and said untoj
him. Take heed to thyself that thoi
speak not to Jacob either good oi
bad. 25 And Laban came up witl
Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched hif
tent in the mountain: and Laban
with his brethren encamped 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 daugh-
ters as captives of the sword .^
27 Wherefore didst thou flee secretly,
and %teal away from me, and didst
not tell me, that I might have sent
thee aw^ay with mirth and with
songs, with tabret and with harp
Leah answered and said unto him, 28 and didst not suffer me to kiss
Is there yet any portion or inherit- my sons and my daughters? now
ance for us in our father's house .^ | hast thou done foolishly. 29 It is
15 Are we not accounted by him as \ in the power of my hand to do you
foreigners.^ for he hath sold us, and I hurt: but the God of your father
hath also quite devoured ^our money. [ spake unto me yesternight, saying,
16 For all the riches which God j Take heed to thyself that thou
hath taken away from our father, i speak not to Jacob either good or
that is ours and our children's: now bad. 30 And now, though thou
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 gathered, the cattle
of his getting, which he had gath-
ered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac
his father unto the land of Canaan.
19 Now Laban was gone to shear his
sheep : and Rachel stole the teraphim
that were her father's. 20 And
Jacob ^stole away unawares to Laban
the 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 ^the River, and set his
face toward the mountain of Gilead.
22 And it was told Laban on the
third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took his brethren with
him, and pursued after him seven
days' journey; and he overtook him
1 Or, the price paid for us
2 Heb. stole the heart of Laban the Aramean,
3 That is, the Euphrates.
wouldest needs be gone, because
thou sore longedst after thy father's
house, 7jet wherefore hast thou stolen
my gods.^ 31 And Jacob answered
and said to Laban, Because I was
afraid : for I said, Lest thou shouldest
take th^^ daughters from me by
force. 32 With whomsoever thou
findest thy gods, he shall not live:
before our brethren discern thou
what is thine with me, and take it
to thee. For Jacob knew not that
Rachel had stolen them.
33 And Laban went into Jacob's
tent, and into Leah's tent, and
into the tent of the two maid-
servants; but he found them not.
And he went out of Leah's tent, and
entered into Rachel's tent. 34 Now
Rachel had taken the teraphim, and
put them in the camel's saddle, and
sat upon them. And Laban felt
about afl the tent, but found them
not. 35 And she said to her father.
Let not my lord be angry that I
* Heb. didst steal me.
34
Jacob's angry Reply. Covenant of Qaleed
GENESIS 31.36—32.5
cannot rise up before thee; for the
manner of women is upon me. And
he searched, but found n©t the
teraphim.
36 And Jacob was wroth, and
chode with Laban: and Jacob an-
swered and said to Laban, What is
my trespass? what is my sin, that
thou hast hotly pursued after 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 breth-
ren, that they may judge betwixt
us two. 38 These twenty years
have I been with thee; thy ewes and
thy she-goats have not cast their
young, and the rams of thy flocks
have I not eaten. 39 That which
was torn of beasts I brought not
unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of
my hand didst thou require it,
whether stolen by day or stolen by
night. 40 Thus I was; in the day
the drought consumed me, and the
frost by night; and my sleep fled
from mine eyes. 41 These twenty
years have I been in thy house; I
served thee 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 Abra-
ham, and the Fear of Isaac, had
been with me, surely now hadst
thou sent me away empty. God
hath seen mine affliction and the
labor of my hands, and rebuked
thee 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 whom they have
borne? 44 And now come, let us
make a covenant, I and thou; and
let it be for a witness between me
and thee. 45 And Jacob took a
stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren,
Gather stones; and they took stones,
and made a heap: and they did eat
there by the heap. 47 And Laban
called it ^ Jegar-saha-dutha : but Ja-
cob called it ^Galeed. 48 And Laban
said,' This heap is witness between
me and thee this day. Therefore
was the name of it called Galeed:
49 and "^Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah
watch between me and thee, when
we are Absent one from another.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters,
and if thou shalt take wives besides
my daughters, no man is with us;
see, God is witness betwixt me and
thee. 51 And Laban said to Jacob,
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 ^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 And
early in the morning Laban rose up,
and kissed his sons and his daughters,
and blessed them: and Laban de-
parted, and returned unto his place.
QO 1 And Jacob went on his way,
O^ and the angels of God met
him. 2 And Jacob said when he
saw them. This is God's host: and
he called the name of that place
^Mahanaim.
3 And Jacob sent messengers
before him to Esau his brother unto
the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
4 And he commanded them, saying,
Thus shall ye say unto my lord
Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob,
I -have sojourned with Laban, and
stayed until now: 5 and I have
oxen, and asses, and flocks, and
men-servants, and maid-servants :
^ That is, The heap of witness, in Aramaic.
2 That is, The heap of witness, in Hebrew,
3 That is, The watch tower.
^ Heb. hidden. ^ Or, nods
8 Tliat is, Two hosts, or. Companies.
35
\
GENESIS 32.6 — 32.32 Jacob's Fear of Esau. He sends him Presents. Hewrestles with an Angel \
and I have sent to tell my lord, that
I may find favor in thy sight. 6 And
the messengers returned to Jacob, say-
ing, We came to thy brother Esau, and
moreover he cometh to meet thee,
and four hundred men with him.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid
and was distressed: and he divided
the people that were with him, and
the flocks, and the herds, and the
camels, into two companies; 8 and
he said, If Esau come to the one
company, and smite it, then the
company which is left shall escape.
9 And Jacob said, O God of my
father Abraham, and God of my
father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst
unto me. Return unto thy country,
and to thy kindred, and I will do
thee good: 10 ^I am not worthy of
the least of all the lovingkindnesses,
and of all the truth, which thou
hast showed unto thy servant; for
with my staff I 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, fortj^
cows 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 com-
manded 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
1 Heb. / am less than all &c.
shalt say. They are thy servant jj
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 handmaids, and his eleven
children, and passed over the ford
of the Jabbok. 23 And he took
them, and sent them over the
stream, and sent over that which he
had. 24 And Jacob was left alone;
and there wrestled a man with him
until the breaking of the day. 25
And when he saw that he prevailed
not against him, he touched the
hollow of his thigh; and the hollow
of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he
wrestled with him. 26 And he
said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. j
And he said, I will not let thee go, f
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 ^Israel: for thou hast
^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 ^Peniel: for, said
he, I have seen God face to face, and
my life is preserved. 31 And the
sun rose upon him as he passed over
Penuel, and he limped upon his
thigh. 32 Therefore the children
2 That is, He who striveth with God, or God striveth.
3 Or, had power with
* That is, The face of God.
36
Jacob meets Esau. He goes to Shechem
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.
QQ And Jacob lifted up his
C)Cj eyes, and looked, and, be-
hold, Esau was coming, and with
him four hundred men. And he
divided the children unto Leah, and
unto Rachel, and unto the two hand-
maids. 2 And he put the hand-
maids 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 embraced him, and
fell on his neck, and kissed him : and
they wept. 5 And he lifted up his
eyes, and saw the women and the
children; and said. Who are these
with thee.'^ And he said. The chil-
dren whom God hath graciously
given thy servant. 6 Then the
handmaids came near, they and
their children, and they bowed
themselves. 7 And Leah also and
her children came near, and bowed
themselves: and after came Joseph
near and Rachel, and they bowed
themselves. 8 And he said. What
meanest thou by all this company
which I met.^ And he said. To
find favor in the sight of my lord.
9 And Esau said, I have enough,
my brother; let that which thou
hast be thine. 10 And Jacob said,
Nay, I pray thee, if now I have
found favor in thy sight, then
receive my present at my hand;
h^orasmuch as I have seen thy face,
as one seeth the face of God, and
thou wast pleased with me. 11
Take, I pray thee, my ^gift that is
brought to thee; because God hath
dealt graciously with me, and be-
cause I have ^enough. And he
urged him, and he took it. 12 And
he said. Let us take our journey,
' Or. for therefore have I seen
2 Heb. blessing.
3 Heb. all.
GENESIS 33.1—34.5
I 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 have their young:
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
gently, according to the pace of the
cattle that are 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 need-
eth it.f^ let me find favor in the sight
of my lord. 16 So Esau returned
that day on his way unto Seir.
17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth,
and built him a house, and made
booths for his cattle: therefore the
name of the place is called ^Succoth.
18 And Jacob came ^in 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 a
hundred "^pieces of money. 20 And
he erected there an altar, and called
it ^El-Elohe-Israel.
Oyi And Dinah the daughter
Ot:^ of Leah, whom she bare unto
Jacob, went out to see the daughters
of the land. 2 And Shechem the
son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince
of the land, saw her; and he took her,
and lay with her, and humbled her.
3 And his soul clave unto Dinah
the daughter of Jacob, and he
loved the damsel, and spake %indly
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
* That is, Booths.
5 Or, to Shalem, a city ^ Heb. kesitah.
7 That is, God, the God of Israel.
8 Heb. to the heart of the damsel.
37
GENESIS 34.6—34.31 Dinah avenged by Simeon and Levi
Shechem plundered
came. 6 And Hamor the father of
Shechem went out unto Jacob to
commune with him. 7 And the sons
of Jacob came in from the field
when they heard it: and the men
were grieved, and they were very
wroth, because he had wrought
folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's
daughter; which thing ought not
to Jbe done. 8 And Hamor com-
muned 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 daugh-
ters unto us, and take our daughters
unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell
with us : and the land shall be before
you; dwell and trade ye therein, and
get you possessions therein. 11 And
Shechem said unto her father and
unto her brethren, Let me find
favor in your eyes, and what ye
shall say unto me I will give. 12
Ask me never so much dowry and
gift, and I will give according 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 uncircumcised ;
for that were a reproach unto us.
15 Only on this condition will we
consent unto you: if ye will be as
we are, 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 hearken unto us, to be cir-
cumcised; then will we take our
daughter, and we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Ha-
mor, and Shechem Hamor 's son.
19 And the young man deferred not
to do the thing, because he had
delight in Jacob's daughter: and he
was honored above all the house of
liis father. 20 And Hamor and
Shechem his son came unto the
gate of their city, and communed
with the men of their city, say-
ing, 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 circumcised, 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 Hmawares,
and slew all the males. 26 And they
slew Hamor and Shechem his son
with the edge of the sword, and
took Dinah out of Shechem 's house,
and went forth. 27 The sons of
Jacob came upon the slain, and
plundered 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 made
a prey, even all that was in the
house. 30 And Jacob said to Sim-
eon and Levi, Ye have troubled me,
to make me odious to the inhab-
itants of the land, among the
Canaanites and the Perizzites: and,
I being few in number, they will
gather themselves 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 a harlot.^
' Or, boldly
38
Jacob puts away Idols and goes to Beth=el. God blesses Jacob
GENESIS 35.1—35.29
Q ^ And God said unto Jacob,
<30 Arise, go up to Beth-el, and
dwell there: and make there an
altar unto God, who appeared 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 foreign gods that are among you,
and purify yourselves, 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 dis-
tress, and was with me in the way
which I went. 4 And they gave
unto Jacob all the foreign gods which
were in their hand, and the rings
which were in their ears; and Jacob
hid them under the ^oak which was
by Shechem. 5 And they journeyed:
and a terror of God 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 ^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 "Allon-bacuth.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob
again, when he came from Paddan-
aram, and blessed him. 10 And
God said unto him, Thy name is
Jacob: thy name shall not be called
any more Jacob, but Israel shall be
thy name: and he called his name
Israel. 11 And God said unto him,
I am ^God Almighty: be fruitful
and multiply; a nation and a com-
pany 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 from
Beth-el; and there was still some
distance to come to Ephrath: and
Rachel travailed, and she had hard
labor. 17 And it came to pass,
when she was in hard labor, 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 departing (for she died), that
she called his name -^Ben-oni : but
his father called him ^Benjamin.
19 And Rachel died, and was buried
in the way to Ephrath (the same is
Beth-lehem). 20 And Jacob set up
a pillar upon her grave: the same is
the Pillar of Rachel's grave unto
this day. 21 And Israel journeyed,
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: Reu-
ben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon,
and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar,
and Zebulun; 24 the sons of Rachel:
Joseph and Benjamin; 25 and the
sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid:
Dan and Naphtali; 26 and the sons
of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad
and Asher: these are the sons of
Jacob, that were born to him in
Paddan-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 a
hundred and fourscore years. 29
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and
died, and was gathered unto his
Or, terebinth
2 That is, The Cod of Beth- el.
3 That is. The oak of weeping.
* Heb. El Shaddai.
^ That is. The son of my sorrow.
8 That is, The son of the right hand,
39
GENESIS 36.1—36.30 Isaac s Death.
people, old and full of days: and
Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
Of\ Now these are the genera-
OO tions of Esau (the same is
Edom). 2 Esau took his wives of
the daughters of Canaan: Adah the
daughter of Elon the Hittite, and
Hsau's Posterity.
Chiefs of Hdom
naz, 16 chief Korah, chief Gatam,
chief Amalek: these are the chiefs
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: chief N-ahath,
chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief
Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Mizzah: these are the chiefs that
the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, 3 came of Reuel in the land of Edom:
and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, these are the sons of Basemath,
sister of Nebaioth. 4 And Adah bare Esau's wife. 18 And these are the
to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare
Reuel; 5 and Oholibamah bare Jeush,
and Jalam and Korah : these are the
sons of Esau, that 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 cattle, and all
his beasts, and all his. possessions,
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 their sojournings could not 22 And the children of Lotan were
bear them because of their cattle. Hori and ^Heman; and Lotan's
8 And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: I sister was Timna. 23 And these
Esau is Edom. | are the children of Shobal : ^Alvan
9 And these are the generations of | and Manahath and Ebal, ^Shepho
Esau the father of ^the Edomites and Onam. 24 And these are the
in mount Seir:10 these are the names | children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah;
of Esau's sons : Eliphaz the son of \ this is Anah who found the hot
Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the i springs in the wilderness, as he
son of Basemath the wife of Esau. I fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Te- 25 And these are the children of
sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife:
chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Ko-
rah: these are the chiefs that came
of Oholibamah the daughter of
Anah, Esau's wife. 19 These are
the sons of Esau, and these are
their chiefs: the same is Edom.
20 These are the sons of Seir the
Horite, the inhabitants of the land:
Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and
Anah, 21 and Dishon and Ezer
and Dishan: these are the chiefs
that came of the Horites, the chil-
dren of Seir in the land of Edom.
man, Omar, -Zepho, and Gatam, and
Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concu-
bine to Eliphaz 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 chiefs of the
sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz
the first-born of Esau: chief Teman,
chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Ke-
1 Heb. Edom.
Ill 1 Chr. 1, 36, Zephi.
Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the
daughter of Anah. 26 And these
are the children of *^Dishon: ^Hem-
dan and Eshban and Ithran and
Cheran. 27 These are the children
of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and
'^Akan. 28 These are the children
of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 29 These
are the chiefs that came of the
Horites, chief Lotan, chief Shobal,
chief Zibeon, chief Anah, 30 chief
Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan:
these are the chiefs that came of
the Horites, according to their chiefs
in the land of Seir.
3 In 1 Chr. 1. 39, Homam.
4 In 1 Chr. 1. 40, AUan.
6 In 1 Chr. 1. 40. Shephi.
7 In 1 Chr. 1. 41, Hamran.
8 In 1 Chr. 1. 42, Jaakan.
6 Heb. Dishan.
40
Kings of Edom. Jacob's Partiality for Joseph. Joseph's Dreams
GENESIS 36.31—37.15
31 And these are the kings that
reigned in the land of Edom, be-
fore there reigned any king over
the children of Israel. 32 And
Bela the son of Beor 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
Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his
stead. 37 And Samlah died, and
Shaul of Rehoboth 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 ^Pau;
and his wife's name was Mehetabel,
the daughter of Mat red, the daugh-
ter of Me-zahab.
40 And these are the names of the
chiefs that came of Esau, according
to their families, after their places,
by their names: chief Timna, chief
^Alvah, chief Jetheth, 41 chief Oho-
libamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
42 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief
Mibzar, 43 chief Magdiel, chief
Iram: these are the chiefs of Edom,
according to their habitations in
the land of their possession. This
is Esau, the father of ^the Edomites.
Q*^ And Jacob dwelt in the
O I land of his father's sojourn-
ings, in the land of Canaan. 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 Jo-
seph jbrought the evil report of
them unto their father. 3 Now
Israel loved Joseph more than all
1 In 1 Chr. 1. 50, Hadad.
2 In 1 Chr. 1. 50. Pai.
3 In 1 Chr. 1. 51, AUah.
4 Heb. Edom.
his children, because he was the
son of his old age: and he made
him ^a coat of many colors. 4 And
his brethren saw that their father
loved him more than all his brethren ;
and they hated hinj, 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
binding sheaves in the field, and,
lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood
upright; and, behold, your sheaves
came round about, and made obeis-
ance to my sheaf. 8 And his
brethren said to him, Shalt thou
indeed reign over us.^ or shalt thou
indeed have dominion over us.f*
And they hated him yet the more
for his dreams, and for his words.
9 And he dreamed yet another
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 breth-
ren; 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 father's flock in She-
cheni. 13 And Israel said unto Jo-
seph, Are not thy brethren feed-
ing the flock in Shechem.f^ come,
and I will send thee unto them.
And he said to him. Here am I.
14 And he said to him. Go now,
see whether it is 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, be-
'■^ Or, a long garment with sleeves
41
GENESIS 37.16 — 38.6 Joseph's Dreams. He is sent to Shechem. Sold into Egypt
hold, he was wandering in the field:
and the man asked him, saying,
What seekest thou? 16 And he
said, I am seeking my brethren:
tell me, I pray thee, where they
are feeding the flock. 17 And the
man said. They are departed 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 before he came near unto
them, they conspired against him
to slay him. 19 And they said
one to another, Behold, this ^dreamer
Cometh. 20 Come now therefore,
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 stripped Joseph of his coat, the
coat of many colors 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
caravan of Ishmaelites was com-
ing from Gilead, with their camels
bearing ^spicery and ^balm and
■^myrrh, going to carry it down to
Egypt. 26 And Judah said unto
his brethren. What profit is it if we
slay our brother and conceal his
blood? 27 Come, and let us sell
him to the Ishmaelites, and let not
our hand be upon him; for he is
our brother, our flesh. And his
brethren hearkened unto him. ^ 28
And there passed by Midianites,
merchantmen; and they drew and
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and
sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for
twenty pieces of silver. And they
brought Joseph into Egypt.
29 And Reuben returned unto the
pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in
the pit; and he rent his clothes.
30 And he returned unto his breth-
ren, 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 colors, and they brought it to
their father, and said. This have we
found: know now whether it is thy
son's coat or not. 33 And he knew
i it, and said, It is my son's coat; an
! evil beast hath devoured him ; Joseph
I is without doubt torn in pieces.
34 And Jacob rent his garments, and
put sackcloth upon his loins, and
mourned for his son many days.
35 And all his sons and all his
daughters rose up to comfort him;
but he refused to be comforted; and
he said. For I will go down to Sheol
to my son mourning. And his father
wept for him. 36 And the ^Midian-
ites sold him into Egypt unto
Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's,
the ^captain of the guard.
OQ 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
Canaanite whose name was Shua;
and he took her, and went in unto
her. 3 And she conceived, and bare
a son; and he called his name Er.
4 And she conceived again, and
bare a son; and she called his name
Onan. 5 And she yet again bare a
son, and called his name Shelah: and
he was at Chezib, when she bare
him. 6 And Judah took a wife
for Er his first-born, and her name
^ Heb. master of dreams.
2 Or, gum iragacanth Or, storax
3 Or, maslic ' Or Icdanum
5 Heb. Medanites.
« Heb. chief of the executioners.
42
Judah's Children by Shua. His Children by Tamar
GENESIS 38.7—38.20
was Tamar. 7 And Er, Judah's
first-born, was wicked in the sight
of Jehovah; and Jehovah slew him.
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go
in unto thy brother's wife, and
perform the dut}^ of a husband's
brother unto her, and raise up seed
to thy brother. 9 And Onan knew
that the seed would not be his; and
it came to pass, when he went in
unto his brother's wife, that he
spilled it on the ground, lest he
should give seed to his brother.
10 And the thing which he did was
evil in the sight of Jehovah: and he
slew him also. 11 Then said Judah
to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Re-
main 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 Tim-
nah, 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 widow^hood,
and covered 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 a harlot; for she had
covered her face. 16 And he
turned unto her by the way, and
said, Come, I pray thee, let me
come in unto thee: for he knew not
that she was his daughter-in-law.
And she said. What wilt thou give
me, that thee 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 iVnd he
said. What pledge shall I give thee.^^
And she said. Thy signet and thy
cord, and thy staff that is in thy
hand. And he gave them to her,
and came in unto her, and she con-
ceived by him. 19 And she arose,
and went away, and put off her
veil from her, and put on the
garments of her widowhood. 20
And Judah 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 ^prostitute, that was
at Enaim by the wayside .^^ And
they said. There hath been no ^pros-
titute 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
^prostitute here. 23 And Judah
said. Let her take it to her, lest we
be put to shame : behold, I sent this
kid and thou hast not found her.
24 And it came to pass about
three months after, that it was told
Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-
in-law hath played the harlot; and
moreover, behold, she is with child
by whoredom. And Judah said,
Bring her forth, and let her be
burnt. 25 When she was brought
forth, she sent to her father-in-law,
saying, By the man, whose these
are, am I with child: and she said,
Discern, I pray thee, whose are
these, the signet, and the cords, and
the staff. 26 And Judah acknowl-
edged them, and said. She is more
righteous than I, forasmuch as I
gave her not to Shelah my son. And
he knew her again no more. 27 And
it came to pass in the time of her
travail, that, behold, twins were in
her womb. 28 And it came to pass,
when she travailed, that one put
out a hand: and the midwife took
and bound upon his hand a scarlet
thread, saying. This came out first.
29 And it came to pass, as he drew
back his hand, that, behold, his
brother came out: and she said,
^Wherefore hast thou made a breach
1 Heb. kedeshah, that is, a woman dedicated to impure
heathen worship. See Dt. 23. 17; Hos. 4. 14.
2 Or, How hast thou made a breach! a breach be upon thee!
43
GENESIS 38.30 — 39.23 Joseph is made Potiphar's Overseer. Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
for thyself? therefore his name was
called Terez. 30 And afterward
came out his brother, that had the
scarlet thread upon his hand: and
his name was called Zerah.
QQ And Joseph was brought
CjiJ down to Egypt; and Poti-
phar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the
captain of the guard, an Egyptian,
bought him of the hand of the
Ishmaelites, that had brought him
down thither. 2 And Jehovah was
with Joseph, and he was a prosper-
ous man; and he was in the house
of his master the Egyptian. 3 And
his master saw that Jehovah was
with him, and that Jehovah made
all that he did to prosper in his
hand. 4 And Joseph foimd favor
in his sight, and he ministered unto
him: and he made him overseer
over his house, and all that he had
he put into his hand. 5 And it
came to pass from the time that he
made him overseer in his house, and
over all that he had, that Jehovah
blessed the Egyptian's house for
Joseph's sake; and the blessing of
Jehovah was upon all that he had,
in the house and in the field. 6 And
he left all that he had in Joseph's
hand; and ^he knew not aught that
was with him, save the bread which
he did eat. And Joseph was comely,
and well-favored.
7 And it came to pass after these
things, that his master's wife cast
her eyes upon Joseph; and she said.
Lie with me. 8 But he refused,
and said unto his master's wife,
Behold, my master %noweth not
what is with me in the house, and
he hath put all that he hath into my
hand: ,9 he is not greater in this
house than I; neither hath he kept
back anything from me but thee,
because thou art his wife: how then
can I do this great wickedness, and
sin against God? 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.
1 That is. A breach.
2 Or, with him he knew not
' Or, knowelh not with me what is b'c
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 gar-
ment, saying. Lie with me: and he
left his garment in her hand, and
fled, and got him out. 13 And it
came to pass, when she saw that
he had left his garment in her
hand, and was fled forth, 14 that
she called unto the men of her
house, and spake unto them, say-
ing. See, he hath brought in a
Hebrew unto us to mock us: he
came in unto me to lie with me,
and I cried with a loud voice:
15 and it came to pass, when he
heard that I lifted up my voice
and cried, that he left his garment
by me, and fled, and got him out.
16 And she laid up his garment
by her, until his master came
home. 17 And she spake unto
him according to these words, say-
ing. The Hebrew servant, whom
thou hast brought unto us, came in
unto me to mock me: 18 and it
came to pass, as I lifted up my voice
and cried, that he left his garment
by me, and fled out.
19 And it came to pass, when
his master heard the words of his
wife, which she spake unto him,
saying. After this manner did thy
servant to me; that his wrath was
kindled. 20 And Joseph's master
took him, and put him into the
prison, the place where the king's
prisoners were bound: and he was
there in the prison. 21 But Jehovah
was with Joseph, and showed kind-
ness unto him, and gave him favor
in the sight of the keeper of the
prison. 22 And the keeper of the
prison committed to Joseph's hand
all the prisoners that were in the
prison; and whatsoever they did
there, he was the doer of it. 23 The
keeper of the prison looked not to
anything that was under his hand,
because Jehovah was with him; and
that which he did, Jehovah made it
to prosper.
44
Joseph interprets the Dreams of Fenow=prisoners
GENESIS 40.1—41.4
Af\ And it came to pass after
T^vJ 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 where Joseph was bound.
4 And the captain of the guard
charged Joseph with them, and he
ministered unto them : and they con-
tinued a season in ward. 5 And
they dreamed a dream both of them,
each man his dream, in one night,
each man according to the inter-
pretation of his dream, the butler
and the baker of the king of Egypt,
who were bound in the prison.
6 And Joseph came in unto them in
the morning, and saw them, and,
behold, they were sad. 7 And he
asked Pharaoh's officers that were
with him in ward in his master's
house, saying. Wherefore look ye so
sad to-day .f^ 8 And they said unto
him. We have dreamed a dream,
and there is none that can interpret
it. And Joseph said unto them,
Do not interpretations belong to
God.^ tell it me, I pray you.
9 And the chief butler told his
dream to Joseph, and said to him.
In my dream, behold, a vine was
before me; 10 and in the vine were
three branches : and it was as though
it budded, and its blossoms shot
forth; and the clusters 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 into 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
thy head, and restore thee unto
thine office: and thou shalt give
Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after
the former manner when thou wast
his butler, 14 But have me in thy
remembrance when it shall be well
with thee, and show kindness, I
pray thee, unto me, and make
mention of me unto Pharaoh, and
bring me out of this house: 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, behold, three bas-
kets of white bread were on my
head: 17 and in the uppermost
basket there was of all manner of
baked food for Pharaoh; and the
birds did eat them out of the basket
upon my head. 18 And Joseph
answered and said. This is the inter-
pretation thereof: the three baskets
are three days; 19 within yet three
days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head
from off thee, and shall hang thee
on a tree; and the birds shall eat
thy flesh from off thee. 20 And it
came to pass the third day, which
was Pharaoh's birthday, that he
made a feast unto all his servants:
and he lifted up the head of the
chief butler and the head of the
chief baker among his servants.
21 And he restored the chief but-
ler unto his butlership again; and
he gave the cup into Pharaoh's
hand: 22 but he hanged the chief
baker: as Joseph had interpreted to
them. 23 Yet did not the chief
butler remember Joseph, but forgat
him.
A 1 And it came to pass at
^ 1 the end of two full years,
that Pharaoh dreamed: and, be-
hold, he stood by the ^river. 2 And,
behold, there came up out of the
river seven kine, well-favored and
fat-fleshed; and they fed in the
reed-grass. 3 And, behold, seven
other kine came up after them out
of the river, ill-favored and lean-
fleshed, and stood by the other kine
upon the brink of the river. 4 And
the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine
1 Heb. Yeor, that is, the Nile.
45
GENESIS 41.5—41.32
Joseph interprets Pharaoh's Dreams
did eat up the seven well-favored
and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed a
second time: and, behold, seven
ears of grain came up upon one
stalk, ^rank and good. 6 And, be-
hold, seven ears, thin and blasted
with the east wind, sprung up
after them. 7 And the thin ears
swallowed up the seven ^rank and
full ears. And Pharaoh awoke,
and, behold, it was a dream. 8
And it came to pass in the morning
that his spirit was troubled; and he
sent and called for all the ^magicians
of Egypt, and all the wise men
thereof: and Pharaoh told them his
dream; but there was none that
could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler
unto Pharaoh, saying, I ^do remem-
ber 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, a Hebrew, servant to
the captain of the guard; and we
told him, and he interpreted to us
our dreams; to each man according
to his dream he did interpret.
13 And it came to pass, as he inter-
preted to us, so it was; ^me he
restored unto mine office, and him
he hanged.
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called
Joseph, and they brought him has-
tily out of the dungeon: and he
shaved himself, and changed his
raiment, and came in unto Pha-
raoh. 15 And Pharaoh said unto
Joseph, I have dreamed a dream,
and there is none that can interpret
it: and I have heard say of thee,
that when thou hearest a dream
thou canst interpret it. 16 And
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying.
It is not in me: God will give Pha-
1 Heb. fat. 2 Or, sacred scribes
3 Or, will make mention of
* Or, / was restored . , , and he was hanged
raoh 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, fat-fleshed and well-favored;
and they fed in the reed-grass:
19 and, behold, seven other kine
came up after them, poor and very
ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such
as I never saw in all the land of
Egypt for badness: 20 and the lean
and ill-favored kine did eat up the
first seven fat kine: 21 and when
they had eaten them up, it could
not be known that they had eaten
them; but they were still ill-favored,
as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I saw in my dream, and,
behold, seven ears came up upon
one stalk, full and good: 23 and,
behold, seven ears, withered, thin,
and blasted with the east wind,
sprung up after them: 24 and the
thin ears 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 Pharaoh,
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-favored 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 Pha-
raoh: what God is about to do he
hath showed unto Pharaoh. 29 Be-
hold, 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 Egypt; and the famine
shall consume the land; 31 and the
plenty shall not be known in the
land by reason of that famine
which followeth; for it shall be very
grievous. 32 And for that the
46
Joseph is made Ruler of Egypt. His Marriage. The Famine comes GENESIS 41.33 — 41.57
dream was doubled unto Pharaoh,
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 appoint 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 grain
under the hand of Pharaoh for food
in the cities, 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 Pha-
raoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch
as God hath showed thee all this,
there is none so discreet and wise as
thou: 40 thou shaft be over my
house, and according unto thy word
shall all my people %e 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 Pha-
raoh took off his signet ring from
his hand, and put it upon Joseph's
hand, and arrayed him in vestures
of ^fine linen, and put a gold chain
about his neck; 43 and he made him
to ride in the second chariot which
he had; and they cried before him,
'^Bow the knee: and he 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 Pha-
raoh called Joseph's name Zaphe-
nath-paneah; and he. gave him to
1 Or, order themselves Or, do homage
2 Or, cotton
3 Abrech, probably an Egyptian word, similar in sound
to the Hebrew word meaning to kneel.
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 grain as the sand
of the sea, very much, until he left
off numbering; for it was without
number. 50 And unto Joseph were
born two sons before the year of
famine came, whom Asenath, the
daughter of Poti-phera priest of On,
bare unto him. 51 And Joseph
called the name of the first-born
^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 ^Eph-
raim: 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
Joseph; >vhat he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the
face of the earth : and Joseph opened
all the store-houses, and sold unto
the Egyptians; and the famine was
sore in the land of Egypt. 57 And
all countries came into Egypt to
Joseph to buy grain, because the
famine was sore in all the earth.
That is, Making to forget.
From a Hebrew word signifying to be fruitful.
47
GENESIS 42.1-42.28
A Q Now Jacob saw that there
tH^ was grain 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 grain in Egypt: get you
down thither, and buy for us from
thence; that we may live, and not
die. 3 And Joseph's ten brethren
went down to buy grain from Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother,
Jacob sent not with his brethren;
for he said. Lest peradventure harm
befall him. 5 And the sons of
Israel came to buy among those
that came: for the famine was in
the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph
was the governor over the land; he
it was that sold to all the people of
the land. And Joseph's brethren
came, and bowed down themselves
to him with their faces to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren,
and he knew them, but made him-
self strange unto them, and spake
roughly with them; and he said
unto them. Whence come ye.^^ 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, mj^ 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 son^ of one
man in the land of Canaan; and,
behold, the youngest is this day
with our father, and one is not.
14 And Joseph said unto them.
That is it that I spake unto you,
saying. Ye are spies: 15 hereby ye
shall be proved: by the life of Pha-
raoh ye shall not go forth hence,
except your youngest brother come
hither. 16 Send one of you, and
48
Jacob's Sons sent to Egypt for Food.
Joseph's Roughness
let him fetch your brother, and ye
shall be bound, that your words
may be proved, whether there be
truth in you: or else by the life
of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
17 And he put them all together
into ward three days.
18 And Joseph said unto them
the third day. This do, and live;
for I fear God: 19 if ye be true
men, let one of your brethren be
bound in your prison-house; but
go ye, carry grain for the famine
of your houses: 20 and bring your
youngest brother unto me; so shall
your words be verified, and ye shall
not die. And they did so. 21 And
they said one to another, We are
verily guilty concerning pur brother,
in that we saw the distress of his
soul, when he besought us, and we
would not hear; therefore is this
distress come upon us. 22 And
Reuben answered them, saying,
Spake I not unto you, saying. Do
not sin against the child; and 3'e
would not hear.f^ therefore also,
behold, his blood is required. 23 And
they knew not that Joseph under-
stood them; for there was an inter-
preter 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
grain, and to restore every man's
money into his sack, and to give
tliem provision for the way: and
thus was it done unto them.
26 And they laded their asses
with their grain, and departed
thence. 27 And as one of them
opened his sack to give his ass
provender in the lodging-place, he
espied his money; and, behold, it
was in the mouth of his sack. 28
And he said unto his brethren, My
money is restored; and, lo, it is
even in my sack: and their heart
failed them, and they turned trem-
bling one to another, saying, What
is this that God hath done unto us?
Jacob's Sons' Money found in their Sacks. They are sent again GENESIS 42.29 43. JB
29 And they came unto Jacob their test unto us, saying, Ye shall not
father unto the land of Canaan,
and told him all that had befallen
them, saying, 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
are twelve brethren, sons of our
father; one is not, and the youngest
is this day with our father in the
land of Canaan. 33 And the man,
the lord of the land, said unto us.
Hereby shall I know that ye are
true men: leave one of your breth-
ren with me, and take grain for the
famine of your houses, and go your
way; 34 and bring your youngest
brother unto me: then shall I
know that ye are no spies, but that
ye are true men: so will I deliver
you your brother, and ye shall traffic
in the land.
35 And it came to pass as they
emptied their sacks, that, behold,
every man's bundle of money was
in his sack : and when they and their
father saw their bundles of money,
they were afraid. 36 And Jacob
their father said unto them. Me
have ye bereaved of my children:
Joseph is not, and Simeon is not,
and ye will take Benjamin away:
all these things are ^against me.
37 And Reuben spake unto his
father, saying. Slay my two sons,
if I bring him not to thee: deliver
him into my hand, and I will bring
him to thee again. 38 And he said,
My son shall not go down with you;
for his brother is dead, and he only
is left: if harm befall him by the way
in which ye go, then will ye bring
down my gray hairs with sorrow to
Sheol.
AO And the famine was sore
T^O in the land. 2 And it came
to pass, when they had eaten up
the grain which they had brought
out of Egypt, their father said unto
them, Go again, buy us a little
food. 3 And Judah spake unto him,
saying, The man did solemnly pro-
^ Or, upon
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 hiin, 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 concern-
ing 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 ^let 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 down
the man a present, a little balm,
and a little honey, spicery and
myrrh, ^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 ^God Al-
mighty give you mercy before the
man, that he may release unto you
your other brother and Benjamin.
And if I be bereaved of my children,
I am bereaved. 15 And the men
took that present, and they took
double money in their hand, and
2 Heb. / shall have sinned against thee for ever.
3 That is, pistachio nuts,
i Heb. El Shaddai.
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GENESIS 43.16 — 44.4 Benjamin sent with his Brothers. Joseph feasts with them
Benjamin; and rose up, and went
down to Egypt, and stood before
Joseph.
16 And when Joseph saw Ben-
jamin with them, he said to the
steward of his house. Bring the
men into the house, and slay, and
make ready; for the men shall dine
with me at noon. 17 And the man
did as Joseph bade; and the man
brought the men to Joseph's house.
18 And the men were afraid, be-
cause they were brought to Joseph's
house; and they said, Because of
the money that was returned in
our sacks at the first time are we
brought in; that he may ^seek
occasion against us, and fall upon
us, and take us for bondmen, and
our asses. 19 And they came near
to the steward of Joseph's house,
and they spake unto him at the
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 prov-
ender. 25 And they made ready
the present against Joseph's com-
ing at noon: for they heard that
they should eat bread there.
26 And when Joseph came home,
they brought him the present which
was in their hand into the house,
and bowed down themselves 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 heart yearned
over his brother: and he sought
where to weep; and he entered
into his chamber, and wept there.
31 And he washed his face, and
came out; and he refrained himself,
and said, Set on bread. 32 And
they set on for him by himself,
and for them by themselves, and
for the Egyptians, that did eat
with him, 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
first-born according to his birth-
right, and the youngest according
to his youth: and the men mar-
velled one with another. 34 And
-he took and sent messes unto them
from before him: but Benjamin's
mess was five times so much as any
of theirs. And they drank, and
'^were merry with him.
A A And he commanded the
jHt:^ steward of his house, saying.
Fill the men's sacks with food, as
much as they can carry, and put
every man's money in his sack's
mouth. 2 And put my cup, the
silver cup, in the sack's mouth of
the youngest, and his grain money.
And he did according to the word
that Joseph had spoken. 3 As
soon as the morning was light, the
men were sent away, they and
their asses. 4 And when they were
gone out of the city, and were not
yet far off, Joseph said unto his
steward. Up, follow after the men;
and when thou dost overtake them,
Heb. roll himself upon us.
Or, messes were taken * Heb. drank largely.
50
They depart with Joseph's Cup. Are recalled. Judah's Intercession GENESIS 44.5 44.32
say unto them, Wherefore have ye
rewarded evil for good? 5 Is not
this that 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. Where-
fore speaketh my lord such words
as these? Far be it from thy ser-
vants that they should do such a
thing. 8 Behold, the money, which
we found in our sacks' mouths, we
brought again 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 bondmen. 10 And he said.
Now also let it be according unto
your words: he with whom it is
found shall be my bondman; and
ye shall be blameless. 11 Then
they hasted, and took down every
man his sack to the ground, and
opened every man his sack. 12 And
he searched, and began at the
eldest, and left off at the youngest:
and the cup was found in Ben-
jamin's sack. 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 be-
fore him on the ground. 15 And
Joseph said unto them, What deed
is this that ye have done? know ye
not that such a man as I can indeed
divine? 16 And Judah said. What
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. Far
be it from me that I should do so:
the man in whose hand the cup is
found, he shall be my bondman;
but as for you, get you up in peace
unto your father.
18 Then Judah came near unto
him, and said. Oh, my lord, let thy
servant, I pray thee, speak a word
in my lord's ears, and let not thine
anger burn against thy servant;
for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19
My lord asked his servants, say-
ing. Have ye a father, or a brother?
20 And we said unto my lord. We
have a father, an old man, and a
child of his old age, a little one;
and his brother is dead, and he alone
is left of his mother; and his father
loveth him. 21 And thou saidst
unto thy servants, Bring him down
unto me, that I may set mine eyes
upon him. 22 And we said unto
my lord, The lad cannot leave his
father: for if he should leave his
father, his father would die. 23 And
thou saidst unto thy servants. Ex-
cept 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 we will go down; for we may
not see the man's face, except our
youngest brother be with us. 27
And thy servant my father said
unto us, Ye know that my wife
bare me two sons: 28 and the one
went out from me, and I said,
Surely he is torn in pieces; and I
have not seen him since: 29 and if
ye take this one also from me, and
harm befall him, ye will bring down
my gray hairs with ^sorrow to Sheol.
30 Now therefore when I come to
thy servant my father, and the lad
is not with us; seeing that %is life is
bound up in the lad's life; 31 it
will come to pass, when he seeth
that the lad is not with us, that he
will die: and thy servants will
bring down the gray hairs of thy
servant our father with sorrow to
Sheol. 32 For thy servant became
surety for the lad unto my father.
1 Heb. evil.
2 Or, his soul is knit with the lad's soul See 1 Sam. 18. 1,
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GENESIS 44.33 — 45.24 Joseph makes himself known. Pharaoh sends for Jacob
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 bondman to my
lord; and let the lad go up with his
brethren. 34 For how shall I go
up to my father, if the lad be not
with me? lest I see the evil that
shall come on my father.
A r Then Joseph could not re-
4^0 frain himself before all them
that stood by him; and he cried,
Cause every man to go out from
me. And there stood no man with
him, while Joseph made himself
known unto his brethren. 2 And
he Vept aloud: and the Egyp-
tians heard, and the house of Pha-
raoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto
his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my
father yet live.^ And his brethren
could not answer him; for they
were troubled at his presence. 4
And Joseph said unto his brethren,
Come near to me, I pray you. And
they came near. And he said, I
am Joseph your brother, whom ye
sold into Egypt. 5 And now be
not grieved, nor angry with your-
selves, that ye sold me hither: for
God did send me before you to
preserve life. 6 For these two years
hath the famine been in the land:
and there are yet five years, in which
there shall be neither plowing nor
harvest. 7 And God sent me before
you to preserve you a remnant in
the earth, and to save you alive ^by
a great deliverance. 8 So now it was
not you that sent me hither, but
God: and he hath made me a father
to Pharaoh, and lord of all his
house, and ruler over all the land of
Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to
my father, and say unto him. Thus
saith thy son Joseph, God hath
made me lord of all Egypt: come
down unto me, tarry not; 10 and
thou shalt dwell in the land of
Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto
me, thou, and thy children, and thy
1 Heb. gave forth his voice in weeping.
2 Or, to be a great company that escape
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 famine; 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 Benjamin 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 report thereof was
heard in Pharaoh's house, saying,
Joseph's brethren are come: and
it pleased Pharaoh well, and his
servants. 17 And Pharaoh said unto
Joseph, Say . unto thy brethren.
This do ye : lade your beasts, and go,
get you unto the land of Canaan;
18 and take your father and your
households, and come unto me: and
I will give you the good of the land
of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat
of the land. 19 Now thou art com-
manded, 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 commandment of
Pharaoh, and gave them provision
for the way. 22 To all of them he
gave each man changes of raiment;
but to Benjamin he gave three hun-
dred 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 grain
and bread and provision for his
father by the way. 24 So he sent
52
Jacob and his Family come to Goshen. Their Names given GENESIS 45.25 — 46.25
his brethren away, and they de-
parted: 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 the 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.
A o And Israel took his journey
T^O with all that he had, and
came to Beer-sheba, and offered
sacrifices unto the God of his father
Isaac. 2 And God spake unto
Israel in the visions of the night, and
said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said.
Here am I. 3 And he said, I am
God, the God of thy father : fear not
to go down into Egypt; for I will
there make of thee a great nation:
4 I will go down with thee into
Egypt; and I will also surely bring
thee up again: and Joseph shall put
his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And
Jacob rose up from Beer-shebs :
and the sons of Israel carried Jacob
their father, and their little ones,
and their wives, in the wagons which
Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 And they took their cattle, and
their goods, which they had gotten
in the land of Canaan, and came
into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed
with him: 7 his sons, and his sons'
sons with him, his daughters, and
his sons' daughters, and all his seed
brought he with him into Egypt.
8 And these are the names of the
children of Israel, who came into
Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben,
Jacob's first-born. 9 And the sons
of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and
Hezron, and Carmi. 10 And the
sons of Simeon : ^Jemuel, and Jamin,
1 In Num. 26. 12, 1 Chr. 4. 24, Nemuel.
and Ohad, and ^Jachin, and ^ Zohar,
and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish
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 Canaan. And the sons of
Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 And the sons of Issachar: Tola,
and ^Puvah, and lob, and Shimron.
14 And the sons of Zebulun: Sered,
and Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These
are the sons of Leah, whom she
bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram,
with his daughter Dinah: all the
souls of his sons and his daughters
were thirty and three. 16 And the
sons of^ad: ^Ziphion, and Haggi,
Shuni, and ^Ezbon, Eri, and ^Arodi,
and Areli. 17 And the sons of
Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and
IsKvi, and Beriah, and Serah their
sister; and the sons of Beriah:
Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These are
the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban
gave to Leah his daughter; and
these she bare unto Jacob, even
sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Ra-
chel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Ben-
jamin. 20 And unto Joseph in the
land of Egypt were born Manasseh
and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the
daughter of Poti-phera priest of
On, bare unto him. 21 And the
sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Beche^,
and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman,
^Ehi, and Rosh, ^^Muppim, and
^^Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are
the sons of Rachel, who were born
to Jacob : all the souls were fourteen.
23 And the sons of Dan: ^^ Hushim.
24 And the sons of Naphtali: ^^Jah-
zeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
^^Shillem. 25 These are the sons of
Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto
2 In 1 Chr. 4. 24, Jarib.
3 In Num. 26. 13, 1 Chr. 4. 24, Zerah.
* In 1 Chr. 6.16, Gershom.
5 In 1 Chr. 7. 1, Puah, Jashub. See Num. 26. 23, 24.
6 In Num. 26. 15, Zephon.
7 In Num. 26. 16, Ozni.
8 In Num. 26. 17, Arod.
9 In Num. 26. 38, Ahiram.
10 In Num. 26. 39, Shephupham. In 1 Chr. 7. 12,
Shuppim. 11 In Num. 26. 39, Hupham.
12 In Num. 26.. 42, Shuham.
13 In 1 Chr. 7. 13, Jahziel.
H In 1 Chr. 7. 13, Shallum.
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CENESIS 46. 2G — 47.14 Joseph meets his Father. Jacob presented to Pharaoh
Rachel his daughter, and these she
bare unto Jacob: all the souls were
seven. 26 All the ^souls that came
with Jacob into Egypt, that came
out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons'
wives, all the souls were threescore
and six; 27 and the sons of Joseph,
who were born to him in Egypt,
were two souls: all the souls of the
house of Jacob, that came into
Egypt, were threescore and ten.
28 And he sent Judah before him
unto Joseph, to show the way before
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 his breth-
his brethren, What is your occupa-
tion.^ 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
Canaan: now therefore, we pray
thee, let thy servants dwell in the
land of Goshen. 5 And Pharaoh
spake unto Joseph, sa^dng, Thy
father and thy brethren are come
unto thee: 6 the land of Egypt is
before thee; in the best of the land
make thy father and thy brethren to
dwell; in the land of Goshen let
them dwell: and if thou knowest
any ^able men among them, then
make them rulers over my cattle.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his
father, and set him before Pharaoh:
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And
Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How
ren, and unto his father's house, I many are the days of the years of
will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and thy life.? 9 And Jacob said unto
will say unto him. My brethren, and Pharaoh, The days of the years of
my father's house, who were in the my ^pilgrimage are a hundred and
land of Canaan, are come unto me; thirty years: few and evil have been
32 and the men are shepherds, for the days of the years of my life, and
they have been keepers of cattle;! they have not attained unto the
and they have brought their flocks, days of the years of the life of my
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 until now, both we,
and our fathers: that ye may dwell
in the land of Goshen; for every
shepherd is an abomination unto
the Egyptians.
A ty Then Joseph went in and
T^ / told Pharaoh, and said, My
father and my brethren, and their
flocks, and their herds, and all that
they have, are come out of the
land of Canaan; and, behold, they
are in the land of Goshen. 2 And
from among his brethren he took
iive men, and presented them unto
Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto
fathers in the days of their ^pilgrim-
age. 10 And Jacob blessed Pha-
raoh, and 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 nour-
ished his father, and his brethren,
and all his father's household, with
bread, According [to their families.
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 Jo-
seph gathered up all the money that
was found in the land of Egypt, and
in the land of Canaan, for the grain
Or, souls belonging to Jacob that came
2 Or, men of activity
2 Or, sojournings
* Or, according to the number of their little ones
54
The Famine and its Results. Jacob's last Days
GENESIS 47.15—48.4
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 Joseph, 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 Jo-
seph; and Joseph gave them bread
in exchange for the horses, and for
the ^flocks, and for the herds, and
for the asses: and he ^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 money is all spent ;
and the herds of cattle are my lord's;
there is naught 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 Pharaoh: 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
Egyptians sold every man his field,
because the famine was sore upon
them: and the land became Pha-
raoh's. 21 And as for the people,
^he removed them ^to 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
^ Heb. cattle of the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds.
2 Heb. led them as a shepherd.
3 According to Sept. and Vulg., he made bondmen of
them, from b°c.
* Or, according to their cities
to pass at the ingatherings, 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 favor 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 Pharaoh's.
27 And Israel dwelt in the land
of Egypt, in the land of Goshen;
and they gat them possessions there-
in, and were fruitful, and multiplied
exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in
the land of Egypt seventeen years:
so the days of Jacob, the years of
his life, were a hundred 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 favor 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
in their burying-place. And he said
I will do as thou hast said. 31 And
he said. Swear unto me: and h^e
sware unto him. And Israel bowed
himself upon the bed's head.
A Q And it came to pass after
^Cj 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 th^e:
and Israel strengthened himself, and
sat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob
said unto Joseph, ^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 com-
6 Heb. El Shaddai.
GENESIS 48.5-49.4
pany of peoples, and will give this
land to thy seed after thee for an
everlasting possession. 5 And nov/
thy two sons, who 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 Simxcon, shall be
mine. 6 And thy issue, that thou
^begettest after them, shall be thine;
they shall be called after the name
of their brethren in their inheritance.
7 And as for me, when I came from
Paddan, Rachel died ^by me in the
land of Canaan in the way, when
there was still some distance to
come unto Ephrath: and I buried
her there in the way to Ephrath
(the same is Beth-lehem).
8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons,
and said. Who are these. ^ 9 And
Joseph said unto his father. They
are my sons, whom God hath given
me here. And he said. Bring them,
I pray thee, unto me, and I will
bless them. 10 Now 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 Joseph 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 young-
er, and his left hand upon Man-
asseh's head, ^guiding his hands
wittingly; for Manasseh was the
first-born. 15 And he blessed Jo-
seph, and said. The God before
whom my fathers Abraham and
Isaac did walk, the God who hath
fed me all my life long unto this day,
Jacob blesses Joseph's Sons
^ Or, hasi begotten
- Or, to my sorrow
3 Or, crossine hJs hands
16 the angel who' hath redeemed ni(
from all evil, bless the lads; and let
my name be named on them, and
the name of my fathers Abraham
and Isaac; and let them grow into
a multitude in the midst of the earth.
17 And when Joseph saw that his
father laid his right hand upon the
head of Ephraim, it displeased him:
and he held up his father's hand,
to remove it from Ephraim's head
unto Manasseh's head. 18 And
Joseph said unto his father. Not so,
my father; for this is the first-born;
put th}^ right hand upon his head.
19 And his father refused, and said,
1 know it, my son, I know it; he
also shall become a people, and he
also shall be great: howbeit his
younger brother shall be greater
than he, and his seed shall become
% multitude of nations. 20 And
he blessed them that day, saying,
^In thee will Israel bless, saying,
God make thee as Ephraim and as
Manasseh: and he set Ephraim be-
fore Manasseh. 21 And Israel said
unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but
God will be with you, and bring
you again unto the land of your
fathers. 22 Moreover I have given
to thee one ^portion above thy
brethren, which I took out of the
hand of the Amorite with my sword
and with my bow.
A(Jk And Jacob called unto his
j^kJ sons, and said: Gather your-
selves together, that I may tell you
that which shall befall you in the
latter days.
2 Assemble yourselves, and hear,
ye sons of Jacob;
And hearken unto Israel your
father.
3 Reuben^ thou art my first-born, 1
ni}^ might, and the ^beginning
of my strength;
The pre-eminence of dignity, and
the pre-eminence of power.
4 Boiling over as water, ^thou shall
not have the pre-eminence;
< Heb. fulness. s Qr, By
6 Or, mountain slope Hob. shrckem, shoulder.
' Or, first-fruits
8 Or, have not thou
56
Jacob's Prophecy concerning his Sons
Because thou wentest up to thy
father's bed;
Then defiledst thou it: he went
up to my couch.
5 Simeon and Leyi are brethren;
Weapons of violence are their
^swords.
(') O my soul, come not thou into
their ^council ;
Unto their assembly, my glory,
be not thou united;
For in their anger they slew ^a
man.
And in their self-will they hocked
%n ox.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was
fierce;
And their wrath, for it was cruel:
I will divide them in Jacob,
And scatter them in Israel.
8 Judah, thee shall thy brethren
praise:
Thy hand shall be on the neck of
thine enemies;
Thy father's sons shall bow down
before thee.
9 Judah is a lion's whelp;
From the prey, my son, thou art
gone up:
He stooped down, he couched as
a lion.
And as a lioness; who shall rouse
him up.^
10 The sceptre shall not depart
from Judah,
Nor ^the ruler's staff from be-
tween his feet,
^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 Zebulmi_ shall dwell at the
^haven of the ^ea;
1 Or, compacts 2 Or, secret ' Or, men
* Or, oxen 5 Or, a lawgiver
^ Or, Till he come to Shiloh, having the obedience of the
to Syr., Till he come whose it is b'c.
peoples Or, ace
' Heb. beach
GENESIS 49.5—49.25
And he shall be for a ^haven of
ships;
And his border shall be ^upon
Sidon.
14 Issachaj is a strong ass,
Couching down between the
sheepf olds :
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 ^%dder in the path,
That biteth the horse's heels.
So that his rider falleth back-
ward.
18 I have waited for thy salvation,
O Jehovah.
19 Gad, ^^a troop ^^shall press upon
him;
But he shall press upon their
heel.
20 Out of Asher his bread shall
be fat.
And he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose:
He giveth goodly words.
22 Joseph is ^^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 ^^strong.
By the hands of the Mighty One
of Jacob
(^^From thence is the shepherd,
the stone of Israel),
25 Even by the God of thy father,
who shall help thee,
8 Or. by 9 Or, rest
1" Or, horned snake
11 Heb. gedud, a marauding band.
12 Heb. gad, to press.
" Heb. the son of a fruitful tree.
1* Heb. daughters. i^ Or, active
16 Or, From thence, from the shepherd Or, as otherwise
read. By the name of the shepherd
57
GENESIS 49.26—50. 13 Jacob's Death.
And by the Almighty, who shall
bless thee,
With blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that couch-
eth beneath.
Blessings of the breasts, and of
the womb.
26 The blessings of thy father
Have prevailed above the bless-
ings of my progenitors
Unto the utmost bound of the
everlasting hills:
They shall be on the head of
Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of
him ^that was separate from
his brethren.
27 B'enjamin is a wolf that rav-
eneth:
In the morning he shall devour
the prey.
And at even he shall divide the
spoil.
28 All these are the twelve tribes
of Israel: and this is it that their
father spake unto them and blessed
them; every one according to his
blessing he blessed them. 29 And
he charged them, and said unto
them, I am to be gathered unto my
people: bury me with my fathers in
the cave that is in the field of
Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the cave
that is in the field of Machpelah,
which is before Mamre, in the land
of Canaan, which Abraham bought
with the field from Ephron the
Hittite for a possession of a burying-
place. 31 There they buried Abra-
ham 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 chil-
dren of Heth. 33 And when Jacob
made an end of charging his sons,
he gathered up his feet into the bed,
and yielded up the ghost, and was
gathered unto his people.
^f\ 1 And Joseph fell upon his
OvJ father's face, and wept upon
him, and kissed him. 2 And Jo-
seph commanded his servants the
1 Or, that is prince among 2 Or, bought
He is buried at Machpelah
physicians to embalm his father:
and the physicians embalmed Is-
rael. 3 And forty days were ful-
fHled for him; for so are fulfilled the
days of embalming: and the Egyp-
tians wept for him threescore and
ten days.
4 And when the days of weeping
for him were past, Joseph spake
unto the house of Pharaoh, saying,
If now I have found favor in your
eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears
of Pharaoh, saying, 5 My father
made me swear, saying, Lo, I die:
in my grave which I %ave digged
for me in the land of Canaan, there
shalt thou bury me. Now there-
fore let me go up, I pray thee, and
bury my father, and I will come
again. 6 And Pharaoh said, Go
up, and bury thy father, according
as he made thee swear. 7 And
Joseph went up to bury his father;
and with him went up all the ser-
vants of Pharaoh, the elders of his
house, and all the elders of the
land of Egypt, 8 and all the house
of Joseph, and his brethren, and
his father's house: only their little
ones, and their flocks, and their
herds, they left in the land of
Goshen. 9 And there went up
with him both chariots and horse-
men: and it was a very great com-
pany. 10 And they came to the
threshing-floor of Atad, which is
beyond the Jordan, and there they
lamented with a very great and
sore lamentation: and he made a
mourning for his father seven days.
11 And when the inhabitants of
the land, the Canaanites, saw the
mourning in the floor of Atad, they
said, This is a grievous ^mourning
to the Egyptians: wherefore the
name of it was called Abel-mizraim,
which is beyond the Jordan. 12 And
his sons did unto him according as
he commanded them: 13 for his
sons carried him into the land of
Canaan, and buried him in the
cave of the field of Machpelah,
which Abraham bought with the
3 Heb. ebel.
58
Joseph's Kindness to his Brotliers. His Death
GENESIS 50.14—50.26
field, for a possession of a burying-
place, of Ephron the Hittite, before
Mamre. 14 And Joseph returned
into Egypt, he, and his brethren,
and all that went up with him to
bury his father, after he had buried
his father.
15 And when Joseph's brethren
saw that their father was dead,
they said, It may be that Joseph
will hate us, and will fully requite
us all the evil which we did unto
him. 16 And they sent a message
unto Joseph, saying. Thy father
did command before he died, say-
ing, 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 transgression of the
servants of the God of thy father.
And Joseph wept when they spake
unto him. 18 And his brethren
also went and fell down before
his face; and they said, Behold, we
are thy servants. 19 And Joseph
said unto them. Fear 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 people alive. 21 Now there-
fore fear ye not: I will nourish you,
and 3^our little ones. And he com-
forted them, and spake ^kindly unto
them.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt,
he, and his father's house: and
Joseph lived a hundred and ten
years. 23. And Joseph saw Ephra-
im's children of the third genera-
tion: the children also of Machir
the son of Manasseh were born
upon Joseph's knees. 24 And Jo-
seph 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 Abra-
ham, 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 a hundred and
ten years old: and they embalmed
him, and he was put in a coffin in
Egypt.
1 Heb. to their heart.
59
THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES,
COMMONLY CALLED
EXODUS
1
Israel oppressed in Egypt. Male Children slain. Moses is born and hidden
Now these are the names of in brick, and in all manner of service
the sons of Israel, who came
into Egypt (every man and his
household came with Jacob) : 2 Reu-
ben, 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 gener-
ation. 7 And the children of Israel
were fruitful, and increased abun-
dantly, and multiplied, and waxed
exceeding mighty; and the land
was filled with them.
8 Now there arose a new king
over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
9 And he said unto his people.
Behold, the people of the children
of Israel are ^more 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 taskmasters 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 multiplied and the more
they spread abroad. And they ^were
grieved because of the children of
Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made
the children of Israel to serve with
rigor : 14 and they made their lives bit-
ter with hard service, in mortar and
1 Or, too many and loo mighty for us
2 Or, abhorred
in the field, all their service, wherein
they made them serve with rigor.
15 And the king of Egypt spake
to the Hebrew midwives, of whom
the name of the one was Shiphrah, and
the name of the other Puah: 16 and
he said. When ye do the office of a
midwife to the Hebrew women,
and see them upon the 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-children alive. 18 And the
king of Egypt called for the mid-
wives, and said unto them, Why
have ye done this thing, and have
saved the men-children alive .^^ 19
And the midwives said unto Pha-
raoh, Because the Hebrew women
are not as the Egyptian women; for
they are lively, and are delivered
ere the midwife come unto them.
20 And God dealt well with the
midwives: and the people multi-
plied, and waxed very mighty. 21
And it came to pass, because the
midwives feared God, that he made
them households. 22 And Pharaoh
charged all his people, saying. Every
son that is born ye shall cast into the
river, and every daughter ye shall
save alive.
2 And there went a man of
the house of Levi, and took
to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And
the woman conceived, and bare a
son: and when she saw him that
he was a goodly child, she hid him
three months. 3 And when she
could not longer hide him, she took
GO
Moses adopted by Pharoah's Daughter. He flees to Midian
EXODUS 2.4—3.2
for him an ark of bulrushes, and
daubed it with ^sKme 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 Pha-
raoh 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,
behold, the babe wept. And she
had compassion on him, and said.
This is one of the Hebrews' chil-
dren. 7 Then said his sister to
Pharaoh's 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
maiden went and called the child's
mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daugh-
ter 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'^ daugh-
ter, and he became her son. And
she called his name ^Moses, and
said, Because I '^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 a 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 were striving
together: and he said to him that
did the wrong. Wherefore smitest
thou thy- fellow .f^ 14 And he said,
Who made thee a prince and a
judge over us.^^ thinkest thou to
kill me, as thou killedst the Egyp-
1 That is, Papyrus.
3 Heb. Mosheh.
2 That is, bilumen.
* Heb. tnashah, to draw out.
tian.f^ 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 daughters : and they came and
drew water, and filled the troughs
to water their father's flock. 17 And
the shepherds came and drove them
away; but Moses stood up and
helped them, and watered their
flock. 18 And when they came to
Reuel their father, he said. How is
it that ye are come so soon to-day i^
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 daugh-
ter. 22 And she bare a son, and
he called his name Gershom; for he
said, I have been ^a sojourner in a
foreign land.
23 And it came to pass in the
course of those many days, that
the king of Egypt died: and the
children of Israel sighed by rea-
son of the bondage, and they cried,
and their cry came up unto God
by reason of the bondage. 24 And
God heard their groaning, and God
remembered his covenant with Abra-
ham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 And God saw the children of
Israel, and God took knowledge of
them.
3 Now Moses was keeping the
flock of Jethro his father-in-
law, the priest of Midian: and he
led the flock to the back of the
wilderness, and came to the moun-
tain of God, unto Horeb. 2 And
the angel of Jehovah appeared unto
him in a flame of fire out of the
midst of a bush: and he looked, and,
5 Ileb. ger.
61
EXODUS 3.3—3.22 The Burning Bush.
behold, the bush burned with fire,
and the bush was not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will turn aside
now, and see this great sight, why
the bush is not burnt. 4 And when
Jehovah saw 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 God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for
he was afraid to look upon God.
7 And Jehovah said, I have surely
seen the affliction of my people that
are in Egypt, and have heard their
cry by reason of their task-masters;
for I know their 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
Jebusite. 9 And now, behold, the
cry of the children of Israel is come
unto me: moreover I have seen the
oppression wherewith the Egyptians
oppress them. 10 Come now there-
fore, and I will send thee unto Pha-
raoh, 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
Ihem, The God of your fathers
Qod commissions Moses to deliver Israel
hath sent me unto you; and they
shall say to me, What is his name?
what shall I say unto them? 14 And
God said unto Moses, ^I am that 1
AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou
say unto the children of Israel, ^I
AM hath sent me unto you*. 15 And
God said moreover unto Moses,
Thus shalt thou say unto the chil-
dren of Israel, Jehovah, the God
of your fathers, the God of Abra-
ham, the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob, hath sent me unto you:
this is my name for ever, and this is
my memorial unto all generations.
16 Go, and gather the elders of
Israel together, and say unto them,
Jehovah, the God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and
of Jacob, hath appeared unto me,
saying, I have . surely visited you,
and see7i 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 Canaan-
ite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite,
and the Perizzite, and the Hivite,
and the Jebusite, unto a land flow-
ing with milk and honey. 18 And
they shall hearken to thy voice: and
thou shalt come, thou and the elders
of Israel, unto the king of Egypt,
and ye shall say unto him, Jehovah,
the God of the Hebrews, hath met
with us: and now let us go, we pray
thee, three days' journey into the
wilderness, that we may sacrifice
to Jehovah our God. 19 And I
know that the king of Egypt will
not give you leave to go, no, not by
a mighty hand. 20 And I will put
forth my hand, and smite Egypt
with all my wonders which I will do
in the midst thereof: and after that
he will let you go. 21 And I will
give this people favor in the sight
of the Egyptians: and it shall come
to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall
not go empty: 22 but every woman
shall ask of her neighbor, and of her
that sojourneth in her house, jewels
of silver, and jewels of gold, and
1 Or, / AM, EEC A USE T A M Or. 7 AM WHO AM
Or, / WILL BE THA T I WILL BE
- Hcb. Ehych. From tlie same root as JchovaJi.
62
Moses' Reluctance overcome. He returns to Egypt
EXODUS 4.1—4.22
raiment: and ye shall put them
upon your sons, and upon your
daughters; and ye shall despoil the
Egyptians,
4 And Moses answered and
said, But, behold, they will not
believe me, nor hearken unto my
voice; for they will say, Jehovah
hath not appeared unto thee. 2
And Jehovah said unto him. What
is that in thy hand.^^ And he said,
A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on
the ground. And he cast it on the
ground, and it became a ^serpent;
and Moses fled from before it.
4 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Put forth thy hand, and take it by
the tail (and he put forth his hand,
and laid hold of it, and it became a
rod in his hand); 5 that they may
believe that Jehovah, the God of
their fathers, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
6 And Jehovah said furthermore
unto him. Put now thy hand into
thy bosom. And he put his hand in-
to his bosom: and when he took it
out, behold, his hand was leprous, as
white as snow. 7 And he said. Put
thy hand into thy bosom again.
(And he put his hand into his
bosom again; and when he took it
out of his bosom, behold, it was
turned again as his 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
j river shall become blood upon the
I dry land.
10 And Moses said unto Jehovah,
Oh, Lord, I am not ^eloquent,
I neither heretofore, nor since thou
I hast spoken unto thy servant: for
I am slow of speech, and of a slow
tongue. 11 And Jehovah said unto
him. Who hath made man's mouth .^
or who maketh a man dumb, or
deaf, or seeing, or blind. ^ is it not I,
Jehovah? 12 Now therefore go,
and I will be with thy mouth, and
teach thee what thou shalt speak.
13 And he said. Oh, Lord, send, I
pray thee, by the hand of him whom
thou wilt send. 14 And the anger
of Jehovah was kindled against
Moses, and he said. Is there not Aaron
thy brother -the Levite.^ I know that
he can speak well. And also, be-
hold, 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
thy hand this rod, wherewith thou
shalt do the signs.
18 And Moses went and returned
to ^Jethro his father-in-law, and
said unto him. Let me go, I pray
thee, and return unto my brethren
that are in Egypt, and see whether
they be yet alive. And Jethro
said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And
Jehovah said unto Moses in Mid-
ian. Go, return into Egypt; for all the
men are dead that sought thy life.
20 And Moses took his wife and his
sons, and set them upon an ass, and he
returned to the land of Egypt: and
Moses took the rod of God in his
hand. 21 And Jehovah said unto
Moses, When thou goest back into
Egypt, see that thou do before
Pharaoh all the wonders which I
have put in thy hand: but I will
%arden his heart, and he will not
let the people go. 22 And thou
shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saitli
Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-
Tleb. nahash.
I fob. n man of words.
3 Heb. Jether.
< Heb. make strong.
63
EXODUS 4.23—5.17 Aaron meets Moses.
born: 23 and I have said unto thee,
Let my son go, that he may serve
me; and thou hast refused to let him
go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy
first-born. 24 And it came to pass
on the way at the lodging-place, that
Jehovah met him, and sought to
kill him. 25 Then Zipporah took
a flint, and cut off the foreskin of
her son, and 'cast it at his feet; and
she said. Surely a bridegroom of
blood art thou to me. 26 So he
let him alone. Then she said, ^A
bridegroom of blood art thou, be-
cause of the circumcision.
27 And Jehovah said to Aaron,
Go into the wilderness to meet
Moses. And he went, and met him
in the mountain of God, and kissed
him. 28 And Moses told Aaron all
the words of Jehovah wherewith
he had sent him, and all the signs
wherewith he had charged him.
29 And Moses and Aaron went and
gathered together all the elders of
the children of Israel: 30 and Aaron
spake all the words which Jehovah
had spoken unto . Moses, and did
the signs in the sight of the people.
31 And the people believed: and
when they heard that Jehovah had
visited the 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 Jehovah, the
God of Israel, Let my people go,
that they may hold a feast unto
me in the wilderness. 2 And Pha-
raoh said. Who is Jehovah, that I
should hearken unto his voice to
let Israel go? I know not Jehovah,
and moreover I will not let Israel
go. 3 And they said. The God of
the Hebrews hath met with us:
let us go, we pray thee, three days'
journey into the wilderness, and
sacrifice 'unto Jehovah our God,
lest he fall upon us with pestilence,
or with the sword. 4 x\nd the king
They demand Israel's Release
1 Heb. made it touch.
2 Or, A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision
of Egypt said unto them, Where-
fore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose
the people from their works? get
you unto your burdens. 5 And
Pharaoh said. Behold, the people
of the land are now many, and ye
make them rest from their burdens.
6 And the same day Pharoah com-
manded the taskmasters of the
people, and their officers, sajang,
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 number of
the bricks, which they did make
heretofore, ye shall lay upon them;
ye shall not diminish aught thereof:
for they are idle; therefore they
cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice
to our God. 9 Let heavier work
be laid upon the men, that they
may labor therein; and let them
not regard lying words.
10 And the taskmasters of the
people went out, and their officers,
and they spake to the people, say-
ing. Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not
give you straw. 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 task-
masters were urgent, saying. Fulfil
your works, your daily tasks, vas
when there was straw. 14 And the
officers of the children of Israel,
whom - Pharaoh's taskmasters had
set over them, were beaten, ^and
demanded. Wherefore have ye not
fulfilled your task both yesterday
and to-day, in making brick as
heretofore?
15 Then the officers of the chil-
dren of Israel came and cried unto
Pharaoh, saying. Wherefore deal-
est thou thus with thy servants?
16 There is no straw given unto
thy servants, and they say to us.
Make brick: and, behold, thy ser-
vants are beaten; but the fault is
in thine own people. 17 But \\v
5 Heb. saying.
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The People disheartened. Qod renews his Promises
EXODUS 5.18—6.18
said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: there-
fore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice
to Jehovah. 18 Go therefore now,
and work; for there shall no straw
be given you, yet shall ye deliver
the number of bricks. 19 And the
officers of the children of Israel did
see that they Vere in evil case,
when it was said. Ye shall not
diminish aught from your bricks,
your daily tasks. 20 And they met
Moses and Aaron, who stood in the
way, as they came forth from Pha-
raoh: 21 and they said unto them,
Jehovah look upon you, and judge;
because ye have made our savor to
be abhorred in the eyes of Pharoah,
and in the eyes of his servants, to
put a sword in their hand to slay us.
22 And Moses returned unto Je-
hovah, and said. Lord, wherefore
hast thou dealt ill with this people .f^
why is it that thou hast sent me.?
23 For since I came to Pharoah to
speak in thy name, he hath dealt ill
with this people; neither hast thou
delivered thy people at all. 1 And
6 Jehovah said unto Moses,
Now shalt thou see what I will
do to Pharaoh : for by a strong hand
shall he let them go, and by a strong
hand shall he drive them out of his
land.
2 And God spake unto Moses,
and said unto him, I am Jehovah:
3 and I appeared unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as ^God
Almighty; but ^by my name Je-
hovah I was not %nown to them.
4 And I have also established my
covenant with them, to give them
the land of Canaan, the land of
their sojournings, wherein they so-
journed. 5 And moreover I have
heard the groaning of the children
of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep
in bondage; and I have remem-
bered my covenant. 6 Wherefore
say unto the children of Israel, I
am Jehovah, and I will bring you
out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians, and I will rid you out
1 Or, were set on mischief, when they said
2 Heb. El Shaddai. » Or, as to
* Or, made known
of their bondage, and I will redeem
you with an outstretched arm, and
with great judgments: 7 and I will
take you to me for a people, and I
will be to you a God; and ye shall
know that I am Jehovah your God,
who bringeth you out from under
the burdens of the Egyptians. 8
And I will bring you in unto the
land which I^sware to give to Abra-
ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I
will give it you for a heritage:
I am Jehovah. 9 And Moses spake
so unto the children of Israel: but
they hearkened not unto Moses for
^anguish of spirit, and for cruel
bondage.
10 And Jehovah . spake unto
Moses, saying, 11 Go in, speak unto
Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let
the children of Israel go out of his
land. 12 And Moses spake before
Jehovah, saying. Behold, the chil-
dren of Israel have not hearkened
unto me; how then shall Pharaoh
hear me, who am of uncircumcised
lips.? 13 And Jehovah spake unto
Moses and unto Aaron, and gave
them a charge unto the children of
Israel, 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
fathers' houses. The sons of Reu-
ben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch,
and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi;
these are the families of Reuben.
15 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel,
and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,
and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a
Canaanitish woman; these are the
families of Simeon. 16 And these
are the names of the sons of Levi
according to their generations: Ger-
shon, and Kohath, and Merari; and
the years of the life of Levi were a
hundred thirty and seven years.
17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and
Shimei, according to their families.
18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram,
and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel;
and the vears of the life of Kohath
6 Heb. lifted up my hand.
6 Or, impatience Heb. shortness of spirit.
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EXQDUS 6.19 — 7.16 Qeneology of Moses and Aaron. Commission of Moses and Aaron
were a hundred thirty and three ; signs and my wonders in the land of
years. 19 And the sons of Merari : j Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh will not
Mahli and Mushi. These are the , hearken unto you, and I will lay my
families of the Levites according to | hand upon Egypt, and bring forth
their generations. 20 And Amram | my hosts, my people the children of
took him Jochebed his father's sister \ Israel, out of the land of Egj^pt by
to wife; and she bare him Aaron and great judgments. 5 And the Egyp-
Moses: and the years of the life of tians shall know that I am Jehovah,
Amram were a hundred and thirty j when I stretch forth my hand upon
and seven years. 21 And the sons i Egypt, and bring out the children of
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, Eleazar
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 Jehovah said. Bring out
Israel from among them. 6 And
Moses and Aaron did so; as Jehovah
commanded them, so did they. 7
And Moses was fourscore years old,
and Aaron fourscore and three years
old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
8 And Jehovah spake unto Moses
and unto Aaron, saying, 9 When
Pharaoh shall speak unto you, say-
ing. Show a wonder for you; then
thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy
rod, and cast it down before Pha-
raoh, that it become a ^serpent.
10 And Moses and Aaron went in
unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as
Jehovah had commanded : and Aaron
cast down his rod before Pharaoh and
before his servants, and it became a
the children of Israel from the land serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also
of Egypt according to their hosts. I called for the wise men and the
27 These are they that spake to sorcerers: and they also, the magicians
Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring , of Egypt, did in like manner with
out the children of Israel from
Egypt: these are that Moses and
Aaron.
28 And it came to pass on the day
when Jehovah spake unto Moses in
the land of Egypt, 29 that Jehovah
spake unto Moses, saying, I am
Jehovah: speak thou unto Pharaoh
king of Egypt all that I speak unto
thee. 30 And Moses said before Je-
hovah, Behold, I am of uncircum-
cised lips, and how shall Pharaoh
7 hearken unto me.^ 1 And Je-
hovah said unto Moses, See, I
their ^enchantments. 12 For they
cast down every man his rod, and
they became serpents: but Aaron's
rod swallowed up their rods. 13
And Pharaoh's heart Vas har-'ened,
and he hearkened not unto them; as
Jehovah had spoken.
14 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Pharaoh's heart is '^stubborn, he
refuseth to let the people go. 15
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morn-
ing; lo, he goeth out unto the water;
and thou shalt stand by the river's
brink to meet him; and the rod which
have made thee as God to Pharaoh; j was turned to a serpent shalt thou
and Aaron thy brother shall be thy take in thy hand. 16 And thou shalt
prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all I say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the
thatIcommandthee;and Aaron thy Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee,
brother shall speak unto Pharaoh,
that he let the children of Israel go
out of his land. 3 And I will harden
Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my
saying. Let my people go, that they
may serve me in the wilderness:
1 Heb. tannin, any large reptile; and so in ver. 10, 12.
2 Or, secret arts
•■• Heb. was stronii. * ITeli. hravv.
ao
Sign of Aaron's Rod. Waters turned to Blood. The Plague of Frogs EXODUS 7.17 8.13
and, behold, hitherto thou hast not
hearkened. 17 Thus saith Jehovah,
In this thou shalt know that I am
Jehovah: behold, I will smite v/ith
the rod that is in my hand upon the
waters which are in the river, and
they shall be turned to blood. 18
And the fish that are in the river
shall die, and the river shall become
foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe
to drink water from the river. 19
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say
unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and
stretch out thy hand over the
waters of Egypt, over their rivers,
over their ^streams, and over their
pools, and over all their ponds of
water, that they may become blood ;
and there shall be blood throughout
all the land of Egypt, both in vessels
of wood and in vessels of stone.
20 And Moses and Aaron did so,
as Jehovah commanded; and he
lifted up the rod, and smote the
waters that were in the river, in the
sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight
of his servants; and all the waters
that were in the river were turned
to blood. 21 And the fish that
were in the river died; and the
river became foul, and the Egyp-
tians could not drink water from
the river; and the blood was through-
out all the land of Egypt. 22 And
the magicians of Egypt did in like
manner with their enchantments:
and Pharaoh's heart Vas hardened,
and he hearkened not unto them; as
Jehovah had spoken. 23 And Pha-
raoh turned and went into his house,
neither did he ^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 days were fulfilled, after
that Jehovah had smitten the river.
*Q And Jehovah spake unto
O Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh,
and say unto him. Thus saith Jeho-
vah, Let my people go, that they
may serve me. 2 And if thou
1 Or, canals '-Heb. was strong.
3 Heb. set his heart even to Lhis. [*Ch. 7.20 in Heb.]
refuse to let them go, behold, I will
smite all thy borders with frogs:
3 and the river shall swarm with
frogs, which shall go up and come
into thy house, and into thy bed-
chamber, and upon thy bed, and
into the house of thy servants, and
upon thy people, and into thine
ovens, and into thy kneading-
troughs: 4 and the frogs shall come
up both upon thee, and upon thy
people, and upon all thy servants.
t5 And Jehovah saidun to Moses,
Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thy
hand with thy rod over the rivers,
over the ^streams, and over the
pools, and cause frogs to come up
upon the land of Egypt. 6 And Aaron
stretched out 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 enchant-
ments, and brought up frogs upon
the land of Egypt.
8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses
and Aaron, and said, Entreat Jeho-
vah, that he take away the frogs
from me, and from my people; and
I will let the people go, that they
may sacrifice unto Jehovah. 9 And
Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have
thou this glory over me: against
what time shall I entreat for thee,
and for thy servants, and for thy
people, that the frogs be destroyed
from thee and thy houses, and re-
main in the river only.^^ 10 And he
said. Against to-morrow. And he
said, Be it according to thy word;
that thou mayest know that there
is none like unto Jehovah our God.
II And the frogs shall depart from
thee, and from thy houses, and
from thy servants, and from thy
people; they shall remain in the
river only. 12 And Moses and
Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and
Moses cried unto Jehovah concern-
ing the frogs Vhich he had brought
upon Pharaoh. 13 And Jehovah
did according to the word of Moses;
and the frogs died out of the houses,
^ Or, as he had appointed unto Pharaoh [fCh. 8. 1 in Heb ]
67
The Plague of Lice ; of Flies.
EXODUS 8.14—9.4
out of the courts, and out of the
fields. 14 And they gathered them
together in heaps; and the land
stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw
that there was respite, he ^hardened
his heart, and hearkened not unto
them; as Jehovah had spoken.
16 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod,
and smite the dust of the earth,
that it may become ^lice throughout
all the land of Egypt. 17 And they
did so; and Aaron stretched out his
hand with his rod, and smote the
dust of the earth, and there were
lice upon man, and upon beast; all
the dust of the earth became lice
throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 And the magicians did so with
their enchantments to bring forth
Jice, 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 ^was hardened,
and he hearkened not unto them; as
Jehovah had spoken.
20 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh
forth to the water; and say unto
him. Thus saith Jehovah, Let my
people go, that they may serve me.
21 Else, if thou wilt not let my
people go, behold, I will send
swarms of flies upon thee, and upon
thy servants, and upon thy people,
and into thy houses: and the houses
of the Egyptians shall be full of
swarms of flies, and also the ground
whereon they are. 22 And I will
set apart in that day the land of
Goshen, in which my people dwell,
that no swarms of flies shall be there;
to the end thou mayest know
that I am Jehovah in the midst of
the earth. 23 And I will ^put a
division between my people and thy
people: by to-morrow shall this sign
be. 24 And Jehovah did so; and
there came grievous swarms of flies
1 Heb. made heavy.
2 Or, sand flies Or, fleas
' Heb. was strong.
* Or, se' a sign of deliverance Heb. set redemption. * Or, destroyed
The Murrain of Cattle
into the house of Pharaoh, and into
his servants' houses: and in all the
land of Egypt the land was ^cor-
rupted by reason of the swarms of
flies.
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses
and for Aaron, and said, Go ye,
sacrifice to your God in the land.
26 And Moses said, It is not meet
so to do; for we shall sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians to
Jehovah our God: lo, shall we sacri-
fice the abomination of the Egyp-
tians before their eyes, and will they
not stone us.^ 27 We will go three
days' journey into the wilderness,
and sacrifice to Jehovah our God,
as he shall command us. 28 And
Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that
ye may sacrifice to Jehovah your
God in the wilderness; only ye shall
not go very far away : entreat for me.
29 And Moses said. Behold, I go out
from thee, and I will entreat Jeho-
vah that the swarms of flies may
depart from Pharaoh, from his ser-
vants, and from his people, to-
morrow: only let not Pharaoh deal
deceitfully any more in not letting
the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah.
30 And Moses went out from Pha-
raoh, and entreated Jehovah. 31
And Jehovah did according to the
word of Moses; and he removed the
swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from
his servants, and from his people;
there remained not one. 32 And
Pharaoh hardened his heart this
time also, and he did not let the
people go.
9 Then Jehovah said unto
Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh,
and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah,
the God of the Hebrews, Let my
people go, that they may serve me.
2 For if thou refuse to let them
go, and wilt hold them still, 3 be-
hold, the hand of Jehovah is upon
thy cattle which are in the field,
upon the horses, upon the asses,
upon the camels, upon the herds,
and upon the flocks: there shall he
a very grievous murrain. 4 And
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The Plague of Boils; of Hail
Jehovah shall make a distinction
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 Jeho-
vah appointed a set time, saying,
To-morrow Jehovah shall do this
thing in the land. 6 And Jehovah
did that thing on the morrow; and
all the cattle of Egypt died; but of
the cattle 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 Pharaoh
was ^stubborn, and he did not let the
people go.
8 And Jehovah said unto Moses
and unto Aaron, Take to you hand-
fuls of ^ashes of the furnace, and
let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven
in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it
shall become small dust over all
the land of Egypt, and shall be
a boil breaking forth with blains
upon man and upon beast, through-
out all the land of 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
I not stand before Moses because of
the boils; for the boils were upon
the magicians, and upon all the
Egyptians. 12 And Jehovah ^hard-
ened the heart of Pharaoh, and he
hearkened not unto them; as Jeho-
vah had spoken unto Moses.
13 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh, and say unto
him. Thus saith Jehovah, the God
of the Hebrews, Let my people go,
that they may serve me. 14 For
I will this time send all my plagues
upon thy heart, and upon thy ser-
vants, and upon thy people; that
thou mayest know that there is
none like me in all the earth. 15
For now I have put forth my hand,
and smitten thee and thy people
1 Heb. heavy. 2 Or, soot 3 Heb. made strong.
EXODUS 9.5—9.27
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, to show thee
my power, and that my name may
be declared throughout all the earth.
17 As yet exaltest thou thyself
against my people, that thou wilt
not let them go? 18 Behold, to-
morrow about this time I will cause
it to rain a very grievous hail, such
as hath not been in Egypt since the
day is 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
that^ shall be found in the field, and
shall not be brought home, the hail
shall come down upon them, and
they shall die. 20 He that feared
the word of Jehovah among the ser-
vants of Pharaoh made his servants
and his cattle flee into the houses:
21 and he that regarded not the
word of Jehovah left his servants
and his cattle in the field.
22 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Stretch forth thy hand toward
heaven, that there may be hail in
all the land of Egypt, upon man,
and upon beast, and upon every
herb of the field, throughout the
land of Egypt. 23 And Moses
stretched forth his rod toward
heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder
and hail, and fire ran down unto
the earth; and Jehovah rained hail
upon the land of Egypt. 24 So
there was hail, and fire ^mingled
with the hail, very grievous, such
as had not been in all the land of
Egypt since it became a nation.
25 And the hail smote throughout
all the land of 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 Go-
shen, where the children of Israel
were, was there no haiU
27 And Pharaoh sent, and called
for Moses and Aaron, and said unto
them, I have sinned this time:
■• Or, flashing continually amidst
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The Plague of Locusts
EXODUS 9.28— 10.14
Jehovah is righteous, and I and my
people are wicked. 28 Entreat Je-
hovah; for there hath been enough
of these ^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 Jehovah; the thun-
ders shall cease, neither shall there
be any more hail; that thou may est
know that the earth is Jehovah's.
30 But as for thee and thy servants,
I know that ye will not yet fear
Jehovah God. 31 And the flax and
the barley were smitten: for the
barley was in the ear, and the
flax was in bloom. 32 But the
wheat and the spelt were not smit-
ten: for they were not grown up.
33 And Moses went out of the city
from Pharaoh, and spread abroad
his hands unto Jehovah: and the
thunders and hail ceased, and the
rain was not poured upon the earth.
34 And when Pharaoh saw that the
rain and the hail and the thunders
were ceased, he sinned yet more,
and hardened his heart, he and his
servants. 35 And the heart of
Pharaoh ^was hardened, and he did
not let the children of Israel go;
as Jehovah had spoken by Moses.
-j r\ And Jehovah said unto
1 \J Moses, Go in unto Pha-
raoh: for I have ^hardened his
heart, and the heart of his servants,
that I may show these my signs in
the midst of them, 2 and that thou
may est tell in the ears of thy son,
and of thy son's son, "^what things
I have wrought upon Egypt, and
my signs which I have done among
to-morrow will I bring locusts into
thy border: 5 and they shall cover
the face of the earth, so that one
shall not be able to see the earth:
and they shall eat the residue of
that which is escaped, which 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' fathers have
seen, since the day that they were
upon the earth unto this day. And
he turned, and went out from
Pharaoh. 7 And Pharaoh's ser-
vants said unto him. How long
shall this man be a snare unto us?
let the men go, that they may serve
Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah. 10 And he said unto
them. So be Jehovah with you, as I
will let you go, and your little ones:
look to it; for evil is before you.
11 Not so: go now ye that are men,
and serve Jehovah; for that is what
ye desire. And they were driven
out from Pharaoh's presence.
12 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Stretch out thy hand over the land
of Egypt for the locusts, that they
may come up upon the land of
them; that ye may know that I am j Egypt, and eat every herb of the
Jehovah. 3 And Moses and Aaron | land, even all that the hail hath
went in unto Pharaoh, and said \ left. 13 And Moses stretched forth
his rod over the land of Egypt, and
Jehovah brought an east wind upon
the 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
5 Or, what ye purpose Heb. before your face.
unto him. Thus saith Jehovah, the
God of the Hebrews, How long
wilt thou refuse to humble thyself
before me? let my people go, that
they may serve me. 4 Else, if thou
refuse to let my people go, behold.
1 Heb. voices (or, thunderings) of God.
" Heb. made heavy. ^ Heb. was strong.
* Or, how I have mocked the Egyptians
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The Thick Darkness. The Last Plague threatened
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
darkened; and they did eat every
herb of the land, and all the fruit of
the trees which the hail had left : and
there remained not any green thing,
either tree or herb of the field,
through all the land of Egypt.
16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses
and Aaron in haste; and he said,
I have sinned against Jehovah your
God, and against you. 17 Now
therefore forgive, I pray thee, my
sin only this once, and entreat
Jehovah your God, that he may
take away from me this death only.
18 And he went out from Pharaoh,
and entreated Jehovah. 19 And
Jehovah turned an exceeding strong
west wind, which took up the
locusts, and drove them into the
Red Sea; there remained not one
locust in all the border of Egypt.
20 But Jehovah hardened Pha-
raoh's heart, and he did not let the
children of Israel go.
21 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, !
that there may be darkness over the I
land of Egypt, ^even darkness which I
may be felt. 22 And Moses stretched \
forth his hand toward heaven ; and |
there was a thick darkness in all the I
land of Egypt three days; 23 they j
saw not one another, neither rose
any one from his place for three
days: but all the children of Israel
had light in their dwellings. 24 And
Pharaoh called unto Moses, and
said, Go ye, serve Jehovah; only let
your flocks and your herds be
stayed: let your little ones also go
with you. 25 And Moses said.
Thou must also give into our hand
sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that
we may sacrifice unto Jehovah our
God. 26 Our cattle also shall go
with us; there shall not a hoof be
' Heb. made strong.
- Or, 50 thai men shall grope in darkness
EXODUS 10.15—11.8
left behind; for thereof must we
take to serve Jehovah our God;
and we know not with what we
must serve Jehovah, until we come
thither. 27 But Jehovah 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 day thou seest my face
thou shall die. 29 And Moses said,
Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy
face again no more.
11 And Jehovah said unto
1 Moses, Yet one plague more
will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon
Egypt; afterwards he will let you
go hence : Hvhen he shall let you go,
he shall surely thrust you out hence
altogether. 2 Speak now in the
ears of the people, and let them ask
every man of his neighbor, and
every woman of her neighbor, jewels
of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And
Jehovah gave the people favor in the
sight of the Egyptians. Moreover
the man Moses was very great in the
land of Egypt, in the sight of Pha-
raoh's servants, and in the sight of
the people.
4 And Moses said. Thus saith
Jehovah, About midnight will I go
out into the midst of Egypt: 5 and
all the first-born in the land of
Egypt shall die, from the first-born
of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his
throne, even unto the first-born of
the maid-servant that is behind the
mill; and all the first-born of cattle.
6 And there shall be a great cry
throughout all the land of Egypt,
such as there hath not been, nor
shall be any more. 7 But against
any of the children of Israel shall not
a dog ''move his tongue, against man
or beast: that ye may know how
that Jehovah doth make a distinc-
tion between the Egyptians and
Israel. 8 And all these thy servants
shall come down unto me, and bow
down themselves unto me, saying.
Get thee out, and all the people that
3 Or, when he shall let you go altogether, he shall utterly
thrust you out hence ^ Heb. whet.
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The Feast of the Passover and of UnLeavened Bread
EXODUS 11.9—12.20
follow thee: and after that I will go
out. And he went out from Pharaoh
in hot anger.
9 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Pharaoh will not hearken unto you;
that my wonders may be multiplied
in the land of Egypt. 10 And Moses
and Aaron did all these wonders be-
fore Pharaoh: and Jehovah ^hard-
ened Pharaoh's heart, and he did
not let the children of Israel go out
of his land.
-1 Q And Jehovah spake unto
1 £^ 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 ^lamb, according to
their fathers' houses, a lamb for a
household: 4 and if the household leavened bread; even the first day
be too little for a lamb, then shall , ye shall put away leaven out of
he and his neighbor next unto his your houses : for whosoever eateth
house take one according to the I leavened bread from the first day
number of the souls; according to until the seventh day, that soul
every man's eating ye shall make i shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And
your count for the lamb. 5 Your j in the first day there shall be to you
lamb shall be without blemish, j a hol}^ convocation, and in the
a male a year old : ye shall take , seventh day a holy convocation ; no
it from the sheep, or from the goats: manner of work shall be done in
them, save that which every man
must eat, that only may be done by
you. 17 And ye shall observe the
feast of unleavened bread; for in
11 And thus shall ye eat it: with
your loins girded, your shoes on
your feet, and your staff in youc*
hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it
is Jehovah's passover. 12 For I
will go through the land of Egj^pt in
that night, and will smite all the,
first-born in the land of Egypt,
both man and beast; and against all
the gods of Egypt I will execute
judgments: I am Jehovah. 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 '*to destroy 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 Jehovah : throughout your |
generations ye shall keep it a feast |
by an ordinance for ever.
15 Seven days shall ye eat un-
6 and ye shall keep it until the
fourteenth day of the same month;
and the whole assembly of the con-
gregation of Israel shall kill it ^at
even. 7 And they shall take of the i this selfsame day have I brought
blood, and put it on the two side
posts and on the lintel, upon the
houses wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the fiesh in
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
that night, roast with fire, and months on the fourteenth day of the
unleavened bread; with bitter herbs
they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it
raw, nor boiled at all with water,
but roast with fire; its head with
its legs and with the inwards thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it
reraain until the morning; but that
which remaineth of it until the
morning ye shall burn with fire.
1 Heb. made strong. 2 Or, kid
^ Heb. between the two evenings.
month at even, ye shall eat un-
leavened bread, until the one and
twentieth day of the month at even.
19 Seven days shall there be no
leaven found in your houses: for
whosoever eateth that which is
leavened, that soul shall be cut off
from the congregation of Israel,
whether he be a sojourner, or on('
that is born in the land. 20 Ye
* Or, for a destroyer
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The First-born of Egypt slain
shall eat nothing leavened; in all
your habitations shall ye eat un-
leavened bread.
21 Then Moses called for all the
elders of Israel, and said unto them,
^Draw out, and take you ^lambs
according to your families, and kill
the passover. 22 And ye shall
take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it
in the blood that is in the basin,
and strike the lintel and the tv/o
side-posts with the blood that is in
the basin; and none of you shall go
out of the door of his house until
the morning. 23 For Jehovah will
pass through to smite the Egyp-
tians; and when he seeth the blood
upon the lintel, and on the two
side-posts, Jehovah will pass over
the door, and will not suffer the
destroyer to come in unto your
houses to smite you. 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 are come to the land
which Jehovah will give you, ac-
cording as he hath promised, that
ye shall keep this service. 26 And
it shall come to pass, when your
children shall say unto you. What
mean ye by this service.^ 27 that
ye shall say. It is the sacrifice of
Jehovah's passover, ^who passed
over the houses of the children of
Israel in Egypt, when he smote
the Egyptians, and delivered our
houses. And the people bowed the
head and worshipped. 28 And the
children of Israel went and did so;
as Jehovah had commanded Moses
and Aaron, so did they.
29 And it came to pass at mid-
night, that Jehovah smote all the
first-born in the land of Egypt,
(from the first-born of Pharaoh that
I sat on his throne unto the first-born
i of the captive that was in the dun-
geon; and all the first-born of cat-
i tie. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the
night, he, and all his servants, and
;all the Egyptians; and there was
^ Or, Go forth ^ Or, kids
8 Or, for that he passed
EXODUS 12.21—12.42
a great cry in Egypt; for there
was not a house where there was
not one dead. 31 And he called
for Moses and Aaron by night, and
said, Rise up, get you forth from
among my people, both ye and the
children of Israel; and go, serve
Jehovah, as ye have said. 32 Take
both your flocks and your herds,
as ye have said, and be gone; and
bless me also. 33 And the Egyp-
tians were urgent upon the people,
to send them out of the land in
haste; for they said. We are all
dead men. 34 And the people took
their dough before it was leavened,
their kneading-troughs being bound
up in their clothes upon their shoul-
ders. 35 And the children of Israel
did according to the word of Moses;
and they asked of the Egyptians
jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment: 36 and Jehovah gave
the people favor in the sight of the
Egyptians, so that they let them
have what they asked. And they
despoiled the Egyptians.
37 And the children of Israel
journeyed from Rameses to Succoth,
about six hundred thousand on
foot that were men, besides children.
38 And a mixed multitude went up
also with them; and flocks, and
herds, even very much cattle. 39
And they baked unleavened cakes
of the dough which they brought
forth out of Egypt; for it was not
leavened, because they were thrust
out of Egypt, and could not tarry,
neither had they prepared for them-
selves any victuals. 40 Now the
time that the children of Israel
dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and
thirty years. 41 And it came to
pass at the end of four hundred and
thirty years, even the selfsame day
it came to pass, that all the hosts of
Jehovah went out from the land of
Egypt. 42 It is ^a night to be much
observed unto Jehovah for bringing
them out from the land of Egypt:
Hhis is that night of Jehovah,
* Or, a night of watching unto Jehovah'
6 Or, this same night is a night of watching unto Jehovah
for all b'c.
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Ordinance of the Passover.
Consecration of the First-born
EXODUS 12.43—13.15
to be much observed of all the fathers to give thee, a land flowing
children of Israel throughout their with milk and honey, that thou
generations. I shalt keep this service in this month.
43 And Jehovah said unto Moses \ 6 Seven days thou shalt eat un-
and Aaron, This is the ordinance of leavened bread, and in the seventh
the passover : there shall no foreigner ^ day shall be a feast to Jehovah. 7 Un-
eat thereof; 44 but every man's leavened bread shall be eaten
servant that is bought for money, throughout the seven days; and
when thou hast circumcised him, there shall no leavened bread be
then shall he eat thereof. 45 A seen with thee, neither shall there
sojourner and a hired servant shall be leaven seen with thee, in all thy
not eat thereof. 46 In one house i borders. 8 And thou shalt tell thy
shall it be eaten; thou shalt not ! son in that day, saying. It is be-
carry forth aught of the flesh abroad
out of the house; neither shall ye
break a bone thereof. 47 All the
cause of that which Jehovah did for
me when I came forth out of Egypt.
9 And it shall be for a sign unto
congregation of Israel shall %eep it. j thee upon thy hand, and for a me
48 And when a stranger shall so
journ with thee, and will keep the
passover to Jehovah, 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 home-born, and unto
the stranger that sojourneth among
you. 50 Thus did all the children
of Israel; as Jehovah commanded
Moses and Aaron, so did they.
51 And it came to pass the self-
same day, that Jehovah did bring
the children of Israel out of the
land of Egypt by their hosts.
■1 Q And Jehovah spake unto
1 0 Moses, saying, 2 Sanctify
unto me all the first-born, whatso-
ever openeth the womb among the
children of Israel, both of man and of
beast : it is mine.
3 And Moses said unto the peo-
ple. Remember this day, in which
ye came out from Egypt, out of the
house of ^bondage; for by strength
of hand Jehovah brought you out
from this place: there shall no
leavened bread be eaten. 4 This
day ye go forth in the month Abib.
5 And it shall be, when Jehovah
shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the
morial between thine eyes, that the
law of Jehovah may be in thy
mouth: for with a strong hand hath
Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.
10 Thou shalt therefore keep this
ordinance in its season from year to
year.
11 And it shall be, when Jeho-
vah shall bring thee into the land
of the Canaanite, as he sware unto
thee and to thy fathers, and shall
give it thee, 12 that thou shalt ^set
apart unto Jehovah all that openeth
the womb, and every firstling which
thou hast that cometh of a beast;
the males shall be Jehovah's. 13
And every firstling of an ass thou
shalt redeem with a ^lamb; and if
thou wilt not redeem it, then thou
shalt break its neck: and all the
first-born of man among thy sons
shalt thou redeem. 14 And it shall
be, when thy son asketh thee in
time to come, saying. What is this.''
that thou shalt say unto him, By
strength of hand Jehovah brought
us out from Egypt, from the house
of ^bondage: 15 and it came to pass,
when Pharaoh ^would hardly let us
go, that Jehovah slew all the first-
born in the land of Egypt, both the
first-born of man, and the first-born
of beast: therefore I sacrifice to
Jehovah all that openeth the womb,
Amorite, and the Hivite, and the i being males ; but all the first-born
Jebusite, which he sware unto thy
1 Heb. do it.
"- Heb. bonimen.
« Heb. cause to pass over. * Or, kid
5 Or, hardened himself against letting us go
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How the People were led.
of my sons I redeem
shall be for a sign upon thy hand,
and for frontlets between thine eyes :
for by strength of hand Jehovah
brought us forth out of Egypt.
17 And it came to pass, when
Pharaoh had let the people go,
that God led them not by the way
of the land of the Philistines, al-
though that was near; for God
said, Lest per ad venture 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 awa^^ hence
with you. 20 And they took their
journey from Succoth, and encamped
in Etham, in the edge of the wilder-
ness. 21 And Jehovah went before
them by day in a pillar of cloud, to
lead them the way, and by night in a
pillar of fire, to give them light;
that they might go by day and by
night: 22 'the pillar of cloud by day,
and the pillar of fire by night,
departed not from before the people.
UAnd Jehovah spake unto
Moses, sajdng, 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 chil-
dren of Israel, They are entangled
1 in the land, the wilderness hath shut
them in. 4 And I will ^harden
Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow
after them* and I will get me honor I
They are pursued by Pharaoh EXODUS 13.16 14.16
16 And it | servants was changed towards the
people, and they said. What is this
we have done, that we have let
Israel go from serving us.^ 6 And
he made ready his ^chariot, and took
his people with him: 7 and he took
six hundred chosen chariots, ajid all
the chariots of Egypt, and captains
over all of them. 8 And Jehovah
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 a high
hand. 9 And the Egyptians pur-
sued after them, all the horses and
chariots of Pharaoh, and his horse-
men, 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
were marching after them; and they
were sore afraid: and the children of
Israel cried out unto Jehovah. 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
Jehovah, which he will work for
you to-day: ^for the Egyptians
whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall
see them again no more for ever.
14 Jehovah will fight for you, and ye
shall hold your peace.
15 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his \ Wherefore criest thou unto me.?
host; and the Egyptians shall know \ speak unto the children of Israel,
that I am Jehovah. And they did that they go forward. 16 And lift
so. 5 And it was told the king of ; thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy
Egypt that the people were fled: and I hand over the sea, and divide it: and
the heart of Pharaoh and of his the children of Israel shall go into
' Or, he took not away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the b°c.
~ Heb. make strong.
3 Or, chariots * Heb. made strong.
!> Or, for whereas ye have seen the Egyptians to-day
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EXODUS 14.17—15.7
The Egyptian Host destroyed.
Song of Moses and Miriam
the midst of the sea on dry ground.
17 And I, behold, I will %arden the
hearts of the Egyptians, and they
shall go in after them : and I will get
me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon
all his host, upon his chariots, and
upon» his horsemen. 18 And the
Egyptians shall know that I am
Jehovah, when I have gotten me
honor upon Pharaoh, upon his char-
iots, and upon his horsemen. 19 And
the angel of God, who went before
the camp of Israel, removed and
went behind them; and the pillar
of cloud removed from before them,
and stood behind them : 20 and it
came between the camp of Egypt
and the camp of Israel; and there
was the cloud and the darkness, yet
gave it light by night: and the one
came not near the other all the
night.
21 And Moses stretched out his
hand over the sea; and Jehovah
caused the sea to go hack 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 Pharaoh's horses, his
chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And
it came to pass in the morning watch,
that Jehovah looked forth upon the
host of the Egyptians through the
pillar of fire and of cloud, and dis-
comfited the. host of the Egyptians.
25 And he ^took off their chariot
wheels, ^and they drove them heavi-
ly; so that the Egyptians said, Let
us flee from the face of Israel; for
Jehovah fighteth for them against
the Egyptians.
26 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Stretch out thy hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again
upon the Egyptians, upon their
chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27 And Moses stretched forth his
hand over the sea, and the sea
returned to its f strength when the
morning appeared; and the Egyp-
tians fled against it; and Jehovah
^overthrew the Egyptians in the
midst of the sea. 28 And the
waters returned, and covered the
chariots, and the horsemen, even all
the host of Pharaoh that went in
after them into the sea; there re-
mained not so much as one of them.
29 But the children of Israel walked
upon dry land in the midst of
the sea; and the waters were a wall
unto them on their right hand, and
on their left. 30 Thus Jehovah
saved Israel that day out of the
hand of the Egyptians; and Israel
saw the Egyptians dead upon the
sea-shore. 31 And Israel saw the
great Vork which Jehovah did upon
the Egyptians, and the people feared
Jehovah: and they believed in Jeho-
vah, and in his servant Moses.
1 K Then sang Moses and the
1 vJ children of Israel this song
unto Jehovah, and spake, saying,
I will sing unto Jehovah, for he
^hath triumphed gloriously:
The horse and his rider hath he
thrown into the sea.
2 ^Jehovah is 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 Jehovah is a man of war:
Jehovah is his name.
4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host
hath he cast into the sea;
And his chosen captains are sunk
in the Red Sea.
5 The deeps cover them :
They went down into the depths
like a stone.
6 Thy right hand, O Jehovah, is
glorious in power,
Thy right hand, O Jehovah,
dasheth in pieces the enemy.
7 And in the greatness of thine
' Heb. make strong.
! Ace. to Sept. and Syr. bound.
^ Or, and made them to drive
* Or, wonted flow
6 Heb. shook off.
6 Heb. hand.
'' Or, is highly exalted
8 Heb. Jah. '
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I
Israel at Marah. Bitter Waters made sweet
I
excellency thou overthrowest
them that rise up against thee:
Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it
consumeth them as stubble.
8 And with the blast of thy nostrils
the waters were piled up,
The floods stood upright as a
heap;
The deeps were congealed in the
heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said,
I will pursue, I will overtake, I
will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied upon
them;
I will draw my sword, my hand
shall destroy them.
Thou didst blow with thy wind,
the sea covered them:
They sank as lead in the mighty
^ft waters.
^Bl Who is like unto thee, O Jeho-
^B vah, among the gods?
^H Who is like thee, glorious in holi-
^H ness,
^B^Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
^■2 Thou stretchedst out thy right
hand.
The earth swallowed them.
3 Thou in thy lovingkindness hast
led the people that thou hast
redeemed :
Thou hast guided them in thy
strength to thy holy habita-
tion.
14 The peoples have heard, they
tremble :
Pangs have taken hold on the in-
habitants of Philistia.
15 Then were the chiefs of Edom
dismayed;
The ^mighty men of Moab, trem-
bling taketh hold upon them:
All the inhabitants of Canaan are
melted away.
16 Terror and dread falleth upon
them;
By the greatness of thine arm
they are as still as a stone;
Till thy people pass over, O Jeho-
vah,
Till the people pass over that thou
hast ^purchased.
1 Heb. rams. ^ Heb. gotten.
EXODUS 15.8—15.27
17 Thou wilt bring them in, and
plant them in the mountain of
thine inheritance.
The place, O Jehovah, which thou
hast made for thee to dwell in,
The sanctuary, O Lord, which
thy hands have established.
18 Jehovah shall reign for ever and
ever.
19 For the horses of Pharaoh
went in with his chariots and with
his horsemen into the sea, and
Jehovah brought back the waters
of the sea upon them; but the chil-
dren of Israel walked on dry land
in the midst of the sea. 20 And
Miriam the prophetess, the sister
of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand;
and all the women went out after
her with timbrels and with dances.
21 And Miriam answered them.
Sing ye to Jehovah, for he
^hath triumphed gloriously;
The horse and his rider hath he
thrown into the sea.
22 And Moses led Israel onward
from the Red Sea, and they w^ent
out into the wilderness of Shur;
and they went three days in the
wilderness, and found no water.
23 And when they came to Marah,
they could not drink of the waters
of Marah, for they were bitter:
therefore the name of it was called
^Marah. 24 And the people mur-
mured against Moses, saying. What
shall we drink? 25 And he cried
unto Jehovah; and Jehovah showed
him a tree, and he cast it into the
waters, and the waters were made
sweet. There he made for them a
statute and an ordinance, and there
he proved them; 26 and he said.
If thou wilt diligently hearken to
the voice of Jehovah thy God, and
wilt do that which is right in his
eyes, and wilt give ear to his com-
mandments, and keep all his stat-
utes, I will put none of the diseases
upon thee, which I have put upon
the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah
that healeth thee.
27 And they came to Elim, where
3 Or, is highly exalted * That is, Bitterness.
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EXODUS 16.1 — 16.22 The People murmur for Food. Quails and Manna sent
were twelve springs of water, and
threescore and ten palm-trees: and
they encamped there by the waters.
In And they took their jour-
O ney from Elim, and all the
congregation of the children of Is-
rael came unto the wilderness of
Sin, which is between Elim and
Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the
second month after their departing
out of the land of Egypt. 2 And
the whole congregation of the chil-
dren of Israel murmured against
Moses and against Aaron in the
wilderness: 3 and the children of
Israel said unto them, Would that
we had died by the hand of Jehovah
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 Jehovah 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 not. 5 And it shall come to pass
on the sixth day, that they shall
prepare that which they bring in,
and it shall be twice as much as
they gather daily. 6 And Moses
and Aaron said unto all the children
of Israel, At even, then ye shall
know, that Jehovah hath brought
you out from the land of Egypt;
7 and in the morning, then ye shall
see the glory of Jehovah ; for that he
heareth your murmurings against
Jehovah: and what are we, that ye
murmur against us? 8 And Moses
said, This shall be, when Jehovah
shall give you in the evening flesh
to eat, and in the morning bread to
the full; for that Jehovah heareth
your murmurings which ye murmur
against him: and what are we.^^
your murmurings are not against us,
but against Jehovah. 9 And Moses
said unto Aaron, Say unto all the
congregation of the children of
Israel, Come near before Jehovah;
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 wilderness, and,
behold, the glory of Jehovah ap-
peared in the cloud. 11 And Jeho-
vah 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 Jehovah your God.
13 And it came to pass at even,
that the quails came up, and cov-
ered the camp: and in the morning
the dew lay round about the camp.
14 And when the dew that lay was
gone up, behold, upon the face of
the wilderness a small ^round thing,
small as the hoar-frost on the ground.
15 And when the children of Israel
saw it, they said one to another,
^What is it.^ for they knew not
what it was. And Moses said unto
them, It is the bread which Jehovah
hath given you to eat. 16 This is
the thing which Jehovah hath com-
manded. 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 that are in his tent.
17 And the children of Israel did so,
and gathered some more, some less.
18 And when they measured it
with an omer, he that gathered
much had nothing over, and he
that gathered little had no lack;
they gathered every man according
to his eating. 19 And Moses said
unto them. Let no man leave of
it tin the morning. 20 Notwith-
standing they hearkened not unto
Moses; but some of them left of it
until the morning, and it bred
worms, and became foul: and Moses
was wroth with them.
21 And they gathered it morning
by morning, every man according
to his eating: and when the sun
waxed hot, it melted. 22 And it
1 Heb. Between the two evenings.
2 Or, flake » Or, It is manna Heb. man hu.
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The Gathering of the Manna. Water from the Rock at Rephidim
came to pass, that on the sixth day
they gathered twice as much bread,
two omers for each one: and all the
rulers of the congregation came
and told Moses. 23 And he said
unto them. This is that which Jeho-
vah hath spoken, To-morrow is a
solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto
Jehovah: bake that which ye will
bake, and boil that which ye will
boil; and all that remaineth over
lay up for you to be kept until the
morning. 24 And they laid it up
till the morning, as Moses bade:
and it did not become foul, neither
was there any worm therein. 25
And Moses said. Eat that to-day;
for to-day is a sabbath unto Jeho-
vah: to-day ye shall not find it in
the field. 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 to gather,
and they found none. 28 And
Jehovah said unto Moses, How long
refuse ye to keep my command-
ments and my laws? 29 See, for
that Jehovah hath given you the
sabbath, therefore he giveth you on
the sixth day the bread of two days;
abide ye every man in his place, let
no man go out of his place on the
seventh day. 30 So the people rested
on the seventh day.
31 And the house of Israel called
the name thereof ^Manna: and it
was like coriander seed, white; and
the taste of it was like wafers made
with honey. 32 And Moses said.
This is the thing which «Tehovah
hath commanded, Let an omerful
of it be kept throughout your
generations, that 'they may see the
bread wherewith I fed you in the
wilderness, when I brought you
forth from the land of Egypt. 33
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take
a pot, and put an omerful of manna
therein, and lay it up before Jeho-
vah, to be kept throughout your
generations. 34 As Jehovah com-
1 Heb. Man.
EXODUS 16.23—17.9
manded 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.
1^ And all the congregation
/ of the children of Israel
journeyed from the wilderness of
Sin, by their ^journeys, according to
the commandment of Jehovah, and
encamped in Rephidim: and there
was no water for the people to
drink. 2 Wherefore the people strove
with Moses, and said. Give us water
that we may drink. And Moses
said unto them, Why strive ye with
me.^ wherefore do ye tempt Jeho-
vah.^ 3 x4nd 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 chil-
dren and our cattle with thirst .f^ 4 And
Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying.
What shall I do unto this people.^
they are almost ready to stone me.
5 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Pass on before the people, and take
with thee of the elders of Israel;
and thy rod, w^herewith thou smotest
the river, take in thy 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 ^Massah, and ^Meri-
bah, because of the striving of the
children of Israel, and because they
tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jeho-
vah among us, or not?
8 Then came Amalek, and fought
with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And
Moses said unto. Joshua, Choose us
out men, and go out, fight with
Amalek: to-morrow I will stand on
2 Or, stages
3 That is, Tempting, or, Proving.
* That is, Chiding, or. Strife.
EXODUS 17.10—18.18 war with Amalek.
the top of the hill with the rod of
God in my hand. 10 So Joshua did
as Moses had said to him, and fought
with 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 Is-
rael prevailed; and when he let
down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 But Moses' hands were heavy;
and they took a stone, and put it
under him, and he sat thereon;
and Aaron and Hur stayed up his
hands, the one on the one side,
and the other on the other side;
and his hands were steady until the
going down of the sun. 13 And
Joshua Miscomfited Amalek and his
people with the edge of the sword.
14 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Write this for a memorial in ^a book,
and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua :
^that I will utterly blot out the re-
membrance of Amalek from under
heaven. 15 And Moses built an
altar, and called the name of it
^Jehovah-nissi; 16 and he said,
^Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will
have war with Amalek from genera-
tion to. generation.
1Q Now Jethro, the priest of
O Midian, Moses' father-in-
law, heard of all that God had
done for Moses, and for Israel his
people, how that Jehovah had
brought Israel out of Egypt. 2 And
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took
Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had
sent her away, 3 and her two sons;
of whom the name of the one was
Gershom; for he said, I have been ^a
sojourner in a foreign land: 4 and
the name of the other was ^Eliezer;
for he said. The God of my father
was my help, and delivered me from
the sword of Pharaoh. 5 And Jeth-
ro, 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
1 Heb. prostrated. 2 Qr, the book s Or, for
* That is, Jehovah is my banner.
6 Or, Because there is a hand against the throne of Jehovah
Heb. A hand is lifted up upon the throne of J ah.
6 Heb. ger. ^ Heb. El, God, and ezer, help.
Jethro meets Moses
father-in-law Jethro, am come unto
thee, and thy wife, and her two sons
with her. 7 And Moses went out
to meet his father-in-law, and did
obeisance, and kissed him; and they
asked each other of their welfare;
and they came into the tent. 8 And
Moses told his father-in-law all
that Jehovah had done unto Pha-
raoh and to the Egyptians for
Israel's sake, all the travail that had
come upon them by the way, and
how Jehovah delivered them. 9 And
Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness
which Jehovah had done to Israel,
in that he had delivered them out
of the hand of the Egyptians.
10 And Jethro said. Blessed be
Jehovah, who hath delivered you
out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who
hath delivered the people from
under the hand of the Egyptians.
11 Now I know that Jehovah is
greater than all gods; yea, in the
thing wherein they dealt proudly
against them. 12 And Jethro, Mo-
ses' 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 thy-
self 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 neighbor, and I make them
know the statutes of God, and his
laws. 17 And Moses' father-in-law
said unto him. The thing that thou
doest is not good. 18 Thou wilt
surely wear away, both thou, and
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Israel at Sinai. Moses meets Jehovah in the Mount
this people that is with thee: for
the thing is too heavy for thee;
thou art not able to perform it
thyself alone. 19 Hearken now unto
my voice, I will give thee counsel,
and God be with thee: be thou for
the people to God- ward, and bring
thou the causes unto God: 20 and
thou shalt teach them the statutes
I and the laws, and shalt show them
I 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 thyself, and they shall
bear the burden with thee. 23 If
thou shalt do this thing, and God
command thee so, then thou shalt
be able to endure, and all this peo-
ple also shall go to their place in
peace. 24 So Moses hearkened to
the voice of his father-in-law, and
did all that he had said. 25 And
Moses chose able men out of all
Israel, and made them heads over
the people, rulers of thousands,
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties,
and rulers of tens. 26 And they
judged the people at all seasons:
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.
"1 Q In the third month after
1 1/ the children of Israel were
gone forth out of the land of Egypt,
the same day came they into the
wilderness of Sinai. 2 And when
they were departed from Rephidim,
and were come to the wilderness
of Sinai, they encamped in the
wilderness; and there Israel en-
camped before the mount, 3 And
EXODUS 18.19—19.14
Moses went up unto God, and Jeho-
vah 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 t)n eagles'
wings, and brought you unto my-
self. 5 Now therefore, if ye will
obey my voice indeed, and keep
my covenant, then ye shall be mine
own possession ^from among all
peoples: for all the earth is mine:
6 and ye shall be unto me a king-
dom of priests, and a holy nation.
These are the words which thou
shalt speak unto the children of
Israel.
7 And Moses came and called
for the elders of the people, and
set before them all these words
which Jehovah commanded him.
8 And all the people answered
together, and said, All that Jeho-
vah hath spoken we will do. And
Moses reported the words of the
people unto Jehovah. 9 And Je-
hovah said unto Moses, Lo, I come
unto thee in a thick cloud, that
the people may hear when I speak
with thee, and may also believe
thee for ever. And Moses told the
words of the people unto Jehovah.
10 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Go unto the people, and sanctify
them to-day and to-morrow, and
let them wash their garments, 11
and be ready against the third
day; for the third day Jehovah
will come down in the sight of all
the people upon mount Sinai. 12
And thou shalt set bounds unto
the people round about, saying.
Take heed to yourselves, that ye
go not up into the mount, or touch
the border of it : whosoever toucheth
the mount shall be surely put to
death: 13 no hand shall touch ^him,
but he shall surely be stoned, or
shot through; whether it be beast
or man, he shall not live: when the
^trumpet soundeth long, they shall
come up to the mount. 14 And
1 Or, above - Or, it
3 Or, ram's horn
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EXODUS 19.15—20.17 The Ten commandments given
Moses went down from the mount
unto the people, and sanctified the
people; and they washed their gar-
ments. 15 And he said unto the
people, Be ready against the third
day: come not near a woman.
16 And- it came to pass on the
third day, when it was morning,
that there were thunders and light-
nings, and a thick cloud upon the
mount, and the voice of a trumpet
exceeding loud; and all the people
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, the whole of it, smoked,
because Jehovah descended upon
it in fire; and the smoke thereof
ascended as the smoke of a furnace,
and the whole 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 Jehovah
came down upon mount Sinai, to
the top of the mount: and Jehovah
called Moses to the top of the
mount; and Moses went up. 21 And
Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down,
charge the people, lest they break
through unto Jehovah to gaze, and
many of them perish. 22 And let
the priests also, that come near to
Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest
Jehovah break forth upon them.
23 And Moses said unto Jehovah,
The people cannot come up to
mount Sinai: for thou didst charge
us, saying. Set bounds about the
mount, and sanctify it. 24 And
Jehovah, said unto him, Go, get
thee down; and thou shalt come
up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but
let not the priests and the people
break through to come up unto
Jehovah, lest he break forth upon
them. 25 So Moses went down
unto the people, and told them.
O/^ And God spake all these
^yJ words, saying,
2 I am Jehovah thy God, who
brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of ^bond-
age.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods
^before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto
thee a graven image, nor any like-
ness of any thing that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth be-
neath, or that is in the water under
the earth: 5 thou shalt not bow
down thyself unto them, nor serve
them; for I Jehovah 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 showing lovingkindness unto
^thousands of them that love me
and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name
of Jehovah thy God ^in vain; for
Jehovah will not hold him guiltless
that taketh his name ^in vain.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to
keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt
thou labor, and do all thy work;
10 but the' seventh day is a sab-
bath unto Jehovah thy God: in it
thou shalt not do any work, thou,
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy
man-servant, nor thy maid-servant,
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
that is within thy gates: 11 for
in six days Jehovah made heaven
and earth, the sea, and all that in
them is, and rested the seventh
day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honor thy father and thy
mother, that thy days may be long
in the land which Jehovah thy God
giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adul-
tery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false wit-
ness against thy neighbor.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neigh-
bor's house, thou shalt not covet
thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-
servant, nor his maid-servant, nor
"^Yl&h.hondmen. ^ Or, besides me
' Or, a thousand generations
* Or, for vanity (or, falsehood)
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Laws concerning idols and Altars; concerning Servants EXODUS 20.18 21.18
his OX, nor his ass, nor anything
tliat is thy neighbor's.
18 And all the people perceived
the thunderings, and the light-
nings, and the voice of the trum-
pet, and the mountain smoking:
and when the people saw it, they
^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 dark;ness where God was.
22 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
I'hus thou shalt say unto the chil-
dren 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
i shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-
. offerings, and thy peace-offerings,
I thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every
I place where I -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
I uncovered thereon.
' Q i Now these are the ordi-
^ 1 nances which thou shalt set
before them.
2 If thou buy a Hebrew ^servant,
six years he shall serve: and in the
seventh he shall go out free for
nothing. 3 If he come in by him-
self, 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
' Or, were moved
^ Or, cause my name to be remembered
^ Or, bondman
children 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 ^God, and shall bring him to
the door, or unto the door-post;
and his master 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 ^maid-servant, she shall
not go out as the men-servants do.
8 If she please not her master,
^who hath espoused her to himself,
then shall he let her be redeemed:
to sell her unto a foreign people 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 ^food, her rai-
ment, and her duty of marriage,
shall he not diminish. 11 And if
he do not these three things unto
her, then shall she go out for noth-
ing, without money.
12 He that smiteth a man, so
that he dieth, shall surely be put
to death. 13 And if a man lie not
in wait, but God deliver him into
his hand; then I will appoint thee
a place whither he shall flee. 14
And if a man come presumptu-
ously upon his neighbor, 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
smite the other with a stone, or
with his fist, and he die not, but
* Or, the judges ^ Or, bondwoman
6 Another reading is, so that he hath not espoused her.
TReh. flesh. » Or, revile th
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EXODUS 21.19 — 22.9 Laws concerning Crimes of Violence; Restitution for Trespass
keep his bed; 19 if he rise again,
and walk abroad upon his staff,
then shall he that smote him be
quit: only he shall pay for hhe
loss of his time, and shall cause him
to be thoroughly healed.
20 And if a man smite %is 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 harm 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 harm fol-
low, then thou shall 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 maid-servant's tooth; he shall
let him go free for his tooth's sake.
28 And if an ox gore a man or a
woman to death, the ox shall be
surely stoned, and its flesh shall not
be eaten; but the owner of the ox
shall be quit. 29 But if the ox was
wont to gore in time past, and it
hath been testified to its owner, and
he hath not kept it in, but it hath
killed a man or a woman; the ox
shall be stoned, aijd its 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 it have gored a son, or
have gored a daughter, according
to this judgment shall it be done unto
him. 32 If the ox gore a man-servant
or a maid-servant, there shall be
given unto their master thirty shekels
of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
1 Heb. his sitting or ceasing.
2 Or, his bondman, or his bondwoman
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 thereof, and the dead
beast shall be his.
35 And if one man's ox hurt an-
other's, so that it dieth, 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 its owner hath not
kept it in ; he shall surely pay ox for ox,
and the dead beast shall be his own.
*00 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. f2 If
the thief be found breaking in, and
be smitten so that he dieth, there
shall be no ^bloodguiltiness for him.
3 If the sun be risen upon him, there
shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he
shall make restitution: 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
vineyard to be eaten, and shall let
his beast loose, and it feed in an-
other man's field; of the best of his
own field, and of the best of his own
vineyard, shall he make restitution.
6 If fire break out, and catch in
thorns, so that the shocks of grain,
or the standing grain, or the field
are consumed; he that kindled the
fire shall surely make restitution.
7 If a man shall deliver unto his
neighbor 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 ^God, to see whether
he have not put his hand unto his
neighbor's goods. 9 For every mat-
ter of trespass, whether it be for ox,
for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for
' Heb. blood.
' Or, the judges
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r*Ch. 21.37 in Heb.]
LtCh. 21 J in Heb.]
Laws concerning Restitution for Trespass. Sundry Laws, civil and religious EXODUS 22. 10 — 23.8
any manner of lost thing, whereof
one saith, This is it, the cause of
both parties shall come before ^ God;
he whom ^God shall condemn shall
pay double unto his neighbor.
10 If a man deliver unto his neigh-
bor 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 Jehovah shall be
between them both, whether he
hath not put his hand unto his
neighbor's goods; and the owner
thereof shall accept it, and he shall
not make restitution. 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 ^borrow aught of
his neighbor, 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
a hired thing, ^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 according to the
dowry of virgins.
I 18 Thou shalt not suffer a sor-
ceress to live.
19 Whosoever lieth with a beast
\ shall surely be put to death.
20 He that sacrificeth unto any
god, save unto Jehovah only, shall
be ^utterly destroyed. 21 And a so-
: journer shalt thou not wrong, neither
shalt thou oppress him: for ye were
sojourners in the land of Egypt. 22
I Ye shall not afflict any widow, or
! fatherless child. 23 If thou afflict
I them at all, and they cry at all unto
me, I will surely hear their cry;
24 and my wrath shall wax hot, and
j I will kill you with the sword; and
I your wives shall be widows, and your
I children fatherless.
1 Or, the judges 2 Heb. ask. * Heb. devoted.
3 Or, u *s reckoned in (Heb. cometh into) its hire
25 If thou lend money to any oi
my people with thee that is poor,
thou shalt not be to him as a creditor;
neither shall ye lay upon him in-
terest. 26 If thou at all take thy
neighbor's garment to pledge, thou
shalt restore it unto him before the
sun goeth down: 27 for that is his
only covering, it is his garment for
his skin: wherein shall he sleep .^^ and
it shall come to pass, when he crieth
unto me, that I will hear; for I am
gracious.
28 Thou shalt not revile ^God,
nor curse a ruler of thy people.
29 Thou shalt not delay to offer of
•''thy harvest, and of the outflow of
thy presses. The first-born of thy
sons shalt thou give unto me. 30
Likewise shalt thou do with thine
oxen, 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: therefore ye shall not eat any
flesh that is torn of beasts in the
field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
QQ Thou shalt not take up a
^O false report: put not thy
hand with the wicked to be an un-
righteous w^itness. 2 Thou shalt
not follow a multitude to do evil;
neither shalt thou ^speak in a cause
to turn aside after a multitude to
wrest justice: 3 neither shalt l^hou
favor a poor man in his cause.
4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox
or his ass going astray, thou shalt
surely bring it back to him again.
5 If thou see the ass of him that
hateth thee lying under his burden,
^thou shalt forbear to leave him,
thou shalt surely release it with him.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the justice
due to thy poor in his cause. 7
Keep thee far from a false matter;
and the innocent and righteous slay
thou not: for I will not justify the
wicked. 8 And thou shalt take no
bribe : for a bribe blindeth them that
have sight, and perverteth the
5 Heb. thy fulness and thy tear.
6 Or, bear witness
' Or, and wouldest forbear to release it for him, thou shalt
surely release it with him
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EXODUS 23.9 — 23.32 sabbaths, Feasts, and First=fruits. Promised Return to Canaan
Vords of the righteous. 9 And a
sojourner shalt thou not oppress:
for ye know the heart of a sojourner,
seeing ye were sojourners in the land
of Egypt. , , ,
10 And SIX years thou shalt sow
thy land, and shalt gather in the in-
crease thereof: 11 but the seventh
year thou shalt ^let it rest and lie
fallow, that the poor of thy people
may eat: and what they leave the
beast of the field shall eat. In
hke manner thou shalt deal with
thy vineyard, and with thy olive-
yard. 12 Six days thou shalt do
thy work, and on the seventh day
thou shalt ^rest; that thine ox and
thine ass may have rest, and the
son of thy handmaid, and the so-
journer, 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 com-
manded thee, at the time appointed
in the month Abib (for in it thou
camest out from Egypt); and none
shall appear before me empty: 16
and the feast of harvest, the first-
fruits of thy labors, which thou
so west in the field: and the feast of
ingathering, at the end of the year,
when thou gatherest in thy labors
out of the field. 17 Three times in
the year all thy males shall appear
before the Lord Jehovah.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood
of my sacrifice with leavened bread;
neither shall the fat of my feast
remain all night until the morning.
19 The first of the first-fruits of thy
ground thou shalt bring into the
house of Jehovah thy God. Thou
shalt not boil a kid in its mother's
milk.
20 Behold, I send an angel before
1 Or, cause
2 Or, release it and let it lie fallow
3 Or, keep sabbath
SeeDt. 15.2
thee, to keep thee by the way, and
to bring thee into the place which I
have prepared. 21 Take ye heed
before him, and hearken unto his
voice; ^provoke him not; for he will
not pardon your transgression: 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 adver-
saries. 23 For mine angel shall go
before thee, and bring thee in unto
the Amorite, and the Hittite, and
the Perizzite, and the Canaanite,
the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and
I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt
not bow down to their gods, nor
serve them, nor do after their
works; but thou shalt utterly
overthrow them, and break in
pieces their ^pillars. 25 And ye
shall serve Jehovah your God, and
he will bless thy bread, and thy
water; and I will take sickness away
from the midst of thee. 26 There
shall none cast her young, nor be
barren, in thy land: the number of
thy days I will fulfil. 27 I will send
my terror before thee, and will dis-
comfit 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 beasts 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 And I will
set thy border from the Red Sea
even unto the sea of the Philistines,
and from the wilderness unto Hhe
River: for I will deliver the inhabit-
ants of the land into your hand; and
thou shalt drive them out before
thee. 32 Thou shalt make no cove-
nant with them, nor with their gods.
Or, be not rebellious against him
Or, obelisks ^ That is, the Euphrates.
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Moses again in the Mount. Offerings for the Sanctuary enjoined EXODUS 23.33 25.10
be there: and I will give thee the
tables of stone, and the law and the
commandment, which I have writ-
ten, 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
Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai,
and the cloud covered it six days:
and the seventh day he called
unto Moses out of the midst of the
cloud. 17 And the appearance of
the glory of Jehovah was like
devouring fire on the top of the
mount in the eyes of the children of
Israel. 18 And Moses entered into
the midst of the cloud, and went up
into the mount: and Moses was in
the mount forty days and forty
nights.
Q ^ And Jehovah spake unto
jmiO Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto
the children of Israel, that they
take for me an ^offering: of every
man whose heart maketli him willing
ye shall take my ^offering. 3 And
this is the ^offering which ye shall
take of them: gold, and silver, and
brass, 4 and blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and ^fine linen, and goats'
hair, 5 and rams' skins dyed red,
and ^sealskins, and acacia wood, 6
oil for the light, spices for the
anointing oil, and for the sweet in-
cense, 7 ^onyx 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 show thee, the pattern of
the ^tabernacle, and the pattern of
all the furniture thereof, even so
shall ye make it.
10 And they shall make an ark
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.
iy A - And he said unto Moses,
^T^ Come up unto Jehovah, thou,
and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and
seventy of the elders of Israel; and
worship ye afar off: 2 and Moses
alone shall come near unto Jehovah;
but they shall not come near;
neither shall the people go up with
him. 3 And Moses cam.e and told
the people all the words of Jehovah,
and all the ordinances: and all the
people answered with one voice, and
said, All the words which Jehovah
hath spoken will we do. 4 And
Moses wrote all the words of Jeho-
h, and rose up early in the morning,
d builded an altar under the
unt, and twelve pillars, according
the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And
sent young men of the children of
rael, who offered burnt-offerings,
d sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen
to Jehovah. 6 And Moses took
If' of the blood, and put it in
asins; and half of the blood he
sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he
took the book of the covenant, and
read in the audience of the people:
and they said. All that Jehovah hath
spoken will we do, and be obedient.
8 And Moses took the blood, and
sprinkled it on the people, and said.
Behold the blood of the covenant,
which Jehovah hath made with you
ncerning all these words.
9 Then went up Moses, and
aron, Nadab, and Abihu, and
fventy of the elders of Israel: 10
id they saw the God of Israel; and
ere was under his feet as it were
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 Jehovah said unto Moses,
Come up to me into the mount, and
WliJ
Aai
1 Or, upon all these conditions
- Or, work of bright sapphire
3 Or, heave-offering
5 Or, porpoise-skins
^ Heb. dwelling.
* Or, cotton
9 Or, b&'yl
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EXODUS 25.11 — 25.35 Directions concerning the Ark. The Table of Showbread
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, within and without
shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make
upon it a ^crown of gold round
about. 12 And thou shalt cast four
rings of gold for it, and put them in
the four feet thereof; and two rings
shall be on the one ^side of it, and
two rings on the other ^side of it.
13 And thou shalt make staves of
acacia wood, and overlay them
with gold. 14 And thou shalt put
the staves into the rings on the
sides of the ark, wherewith to bear
the ark. 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 ^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 ^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: ^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
testimony, of all things which I
will give thee in commandment
unto the children of Israel.
1 Or, rim Or, moulding 2 Heb. rib.
3 Or, covering * Or, turned
6 Heb. out of the mercy-seat.
23 And thou shalt make a table
of acacia wodd: 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 crown of gold
round about. 25 And thou shalt
make unto it a border of a hand-
breadth round about; and thou
shalt make a golden crown to the
border thereof round about. 26
And thou shalt make for it four
rings of gold, and put the rings in
the four 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,
wherewith to pour out: of pure
gold shalt thou make them. 30 And
thou shalt set upon the table ^show-
bread before me alway.
31 And thou shalt make a candle-
stick of pure gold: of "^beaten work
shall the candlestick be made, even
its ^base, and its shaft; its cups, its
knops, and its flowers, shall be ^of
one piece with it: 32 and there shall
be six branches going out of the
sides thereof; -three branches of the
candlestick out of the one side
thereof, and three branches of the
candlestick out of the other side
thereof: 33 three cups made like
almond-blossoms in one branch, a
knop and a flower; and three cups
made like almond-blossoms in the
other branch, a knop and a flower:
so for the six branches going out
of the candlestick: 34 and in the
candlestick four cups made like
almond-blossoms, the knops there-
of, and the flowers thereof; 35 and
a knop under two branches ^of one
piece with it, and a knop under two
8 Or, Presence-bread
s Heb. out of the same.
' Heb. thigh.
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The Candlestick. Curtains of the Tabernacle
branches ^of one piece with it, and
a knop under two branches ^of one
piece with it, for the six branches
going out of the candlestick. 36
Their knops and their branches
shall be ^of one piece with it; the
whole of it one ^beaten work of
pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make
the lamps thereof, seven: and they
shall Hight the lamps thereof, to
give light over against it. 38 And
the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-
dishes 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 showed thee in the
mount.
Q/^ Moreover thou shalt make
i^O the tabernacle with ten cur-
tains; of fine twined linen, and
blue, and purple, and scarlet, with
cherubim the work of the skilful
workman shalt thou make them.
2 The length of each curtain shall
be eight and twenty cubits, and
the breadth of each curtain four
cubits: all the curtains shall have
one measure. 3 Five curtains shall
be coupled together one to another;
and the other five curtains shall be
coupled one to another. 4 And
thou shalt make loops of blue upon
the edge of the one curtain '^from
the selvedge in the coupling; and
likewise shalt thou make in the
edge of the curtain that is outmost
in the second ^coupling. 5 Fifty
loops shalt thou make in the one
curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou
make in the edge of the curtain
that is in the second ^coupling;
the loops shall be opposite one to
another. 6 And thou shalt make
fifty clasps of gold, and couple the
curtains one to another with the
clasps: and the tabernacle shall be
one whole.
7 And thou shalt make curtains
of goats' hair for a tent over the
tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt
1 Heb. out. of the same. ^Or, turned
3 Or, set up
* Or, that is outmost in the first set 5 Or, set
EXODUS 25.36—26.20
thou make them. 8 The length of
each curtain shall be thirty cubits,
and the breadth of each curtain four
cubits : the eleven curtains shall have
one measure. 9 And thou shalt
couple five curtains by themselves,
and six curtains by themselves, and
shalt double over the sixth curtain
in the forefront of the tent. 10 And
thou shalt make fifty loops on the
edge of the one curtain tha.t is out-
most in the ^coupling, and fifty
loops upon the edge of the curtain
which is outmost in the second
^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 remaineth of the curtains of
the tent, the half curtain that
remaineth, shall hang over the back
of the tabernacle. 13 And the
cubit on the one side, and the
cubit on the other side, of that
which remaineth in the length of
the curtains of the tent, shall hang
over the sides of the 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 ^seal-
skins above.
15 And thou shalt make the
boards for the tabernacle of acacia
wood, standing up. 16 Ten cubits
shall be the length of a board, and
a cubit and a half the breadth of
each board. 17 Two tenons shall
there be in each board, ^joined one
to another : thus shalt thou make for
all the boards of the tabernacle.
18 And thou shalt make the boards
for the tabernacle, twenty boards
for the south side southward. 19
And thou shalt make forty sockets
of silver under the twenty boards;
two sockets under one board for its
two tenons, and two sockets under
another board for its two tenons:
20 and for the second side of the
tabernacle, on the north side, twenty
6 Or, first set
8 Or, mortised
' Or, porpoise-skins
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EXODUS 26.21—27.10
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 cor-
ners of the tabernacle in the hinder
part. 24 And they shall be double
beneath, and in like manner they
shall be entire unto the top thereof
unto ^one ring: thus shall it be for
them both; they shall be for the two
corners. 25 And there shall be eight
boards, and their sockets of silver,
sixteen sockets; two sockets under
one board, and two sockets under
another board.
26 And thou shalt make bars of
acacia wood; five for the boards of
the one side of the tabernacle, 27 and
five bars for the boards of the other
side of the tabernacle, and five bars
for the boards of the side of the
tabernacle, for the hinder part west-
ward. 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 overlay the bars with gold.
30 And thou shalt rear up the taber-
nacle according to the fashion there-
of which hath been showed thee in
the mount.
31 And thou shalt make a veil of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen: with cherubim
the work of the skilful workman shall
it be made: 32 and thou shalt hang
it upon four pillars of acacia over-
laid with gold; their hooks shall he
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 sepa-
rate unto you between the holy place
and the most holy. 34 And thou
shalt put the mercy-seat upon the
The Veil and the Screen.
The Alta. of Burnt-offering
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 over-
lay them with gold; their hooks
shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast
five sockets of brass for them.
Q^ And thou shalt make the
^ I 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 shovels, and its basins,
and its flesh-hooks, and its firepans:
all the vessels thereof thou shalt
make of brass. 4 And thou shalt
make for it a grating of network of
brass; and upon the net shalt thou
make four brazen rings in the four
^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
^sides of the altar, in bearing it.
8 Hollow with planks shalt thou
make it : as it hath been showed thee
in the mount, so shall they make it.
9 And thou shalt make the court
of the tabernacle: for the south side
southward there shall be hangings
for the court of fine twined linen a
hundred cubits long for one side:
10 and the pillars thereof shall be
ark of the testimony in the most twenty, and their sockets twenty,
holy place. 35 And thou shalt set of bra^s; the hooks of the pillars and
^ Or, the first ' ^-ll^h. ends. s Heb. rtts.
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The Court and the Lamp. Aaron's Garments. The Ephod
EXODUS 27.11—28.13
their fillets shall he of silver. 1 1 And
likewise for the north side in length
there shall be hangings a hundred
cubits long, and the pillars thereof
twenty, and their sockets twenty,
of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and
their filets, 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, and
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 cubits, of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of the embroiderer; their
pillars four, and their sockets four.
17 All the pillars of the court round
about shall be filleted with silver;
their hooks of silver, and their
sockets of brass. 18 The length of
the court shall be a hundred cubits,
and the breadth fifty every where,
and the height five cubits, of fine
I twined linen, and their sockets of
i brass. 19 All the instruments of
the tabernacle in all the service
i thereof, and all the pins thereof, and
I all the pins of the court, shall be of
brass.
20 And thou shalt command the
; children of Israel, that they bring
I unto thee pure olive oil beaten for
the light, Ho cause a lamp to burn
continually. 21 In the tent of
! meeting, without the veil which is
I before the testimony, Aaron and his
I sons shall keep it in order from
' evening to morning before Jehovah:
I it shall be a statute for ever through-
out their generations ^on the behalf
of the children of Israel.
QQ And bring thou near unto
-^O thee Aaron thy brother, and
his sons with him, from among the
children of Israel, that he may min-
ister unto me in the priest's office,
even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,
Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
2 And thou shalt make holy gar-
ments 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 garments to sanctify him,
that he may minister 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 checker work, a
^mitre, and a girdle: and they shall
make holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, and his sons, that he may
minister unto me in the priest's
office. 5 And they shall take the
gold, and the blue, and the purple,
and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
6 And they shall make the ephod
of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet,
and fine twined linen, the work of
the skilful workman. 7 It shall have
two shoulder-pieces joined to the
two ends thereof, that it may be
joined together. 8 And the skil-
fully woven band, which is upon it,
wherewith to gird it on, shall be
like the work thereof and of the
same piece; of gold, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen. 9 And thou shalt take two
^onyx stones, and grave on them the
names of the children of Israel:
10 six of their names on the one
stone, and the names of the six that
remain on the other stone, according
to their birth. 11 With the work of
an engraver in stone,^like the engrav-
ings of a signet, shalt thou engrave
the two stones, according to the
names of the children of Israel : thou
shalt make them to be inclosed in
settings of gold. 12 And thou shalt
put the two stones upon the shoulder-
pieces of the ephod, to be stones of
memorial for the children of Israel:
and Aaron shall bear their names
before Jehovah upon his two shoul-
ders for a memorial. 13 And thou
Or, lo scl lip a lamp continually
Or, from
3 Or, turban
* Or, bcryC
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EXODUS 28.14 — 28.37 The Breastplate. Robe of the Ephod. Aaron's Golden Plate
shall make settings of gold, 14 and
two chains of pure gold; like cords
shalt thou make them, of wreathen
work: and thou shalt put the wreath-
en chains on the settings.
15 And thou shalt make a breast-
plate of judgment, the work of the
skilful workman; like the work of
the ephod thou shalt make it; of
gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen, shalt thou
make it. 16 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 ^sardius, topaz,
and ^carbuncle shall be the first row;
18 and the second row an ^emerald,
a sapphire, and a Miamond; 19 and
the third row a ^jacinth, an agate,
and an amethyst; 20 and the fourth
row a ^beryl, and an ^onyx, and a
jasper: they shall be enclosed 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
breastplate. 24 And thou shalt put
the two wreathen chains of gold in
the two rings at the ends of the
breastplate. 25 And the other two
ends of the two wreathen chains
thou shalt put on the two settings,
and put them on the shoulder-
pieces of the ephod in the forepart
thereof. 26 And thou shalt make
two rings of gold, and thou shalt
put them upon the two ends of
the breastplate, upon the edge
thereof, which is toward the side of
the ephod inward. 27 And thou
1 Or, ruby
2 Or, emerald
'Or, carbuncle
■» Or, sardonyx
5 Or, amber
* Or, chalcedony
7 Or, beryl
shalt make two rings of gold, and
shalt put them on the two shoulder-
pieces of the ephod underneath, in
the forepart thereof, close by the
coupling thereof, above the skilfully;
woven band of the ephod. 28 And
they shall bind the breastplate by
the rings thereof unto the rings of
the ephod with a lace of blue, that
it may be upon the skilfully woven
band of the ephod, and that the
breastplate be not loosed from the
ephod. 29 And Aaron shall bear
the nam_es of the children of Israel
in the breastplate of judgment upon
his heart, when he goeth in unto the
holy place, for a memorial before
Jehovah continually. 30 And thou
shalt put in the breastplate of judg-
ment ^the Urim and the Thummim;
and they shall be upon Aaron's
heart, when he goeth in before Jeho-
vah: and Aaron shall bear the judg-
ment of the children of Israel upon
his heart before Jehovah continually.
31 And thou shalt make the robe
of the ephod all of blue. 32 And
^it shall have a hole for the head in
the midst thereof: it shall have a
binding of woven w^ork 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 pomegranate,
upon the skirts of the robe round
about. 35 And it shall be upon
Aaron to minister: and the sound
thereof shall be heard when he
goeth in unto the holy place before
Jehovah, and when he cometh out,
that he die not.
36 And thou shalt make a plate
of pure gold, and grave upon it, like
the engravings of a signet. Holy to
Jehovah. 37 And thou shalt put
it on a lace of blue, and it shall be
upon the ^^mitre; upon the fore-
8 That is, the Lights and the Perfections.
9 Or, there shall be a hole in the top of it
i» Or, turban
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The Priests* Garments. Their Consecration
front of the ^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 Jehovah.
39 And thou shalt weave the coat in
checker work of ^fine linen, and thou
shalt make a ^mitre of ^fine linen,
and thou shalt make a girdle, the
work of the embroiderer.
40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt
make coats, and thou shalt make for
them girdles, and head tires shalt
thou make for them, for glory and
for beauty. 41 And thou shalt put
them upon Aaron thy brother, and
upon his sons with him, and
shalt anoint them, and ^consecrate
them, and sanctify them, that they
may minister unto me in the priest's
office. 42 And thou shalt make
them linen breeches to cover the
flesh of their nakedness; from the
loins even unto the thighs they shall
reach: 43 and they shall be upon
Aaron, and upon his sons, when
they go in unto the tent of meeting,*
jor 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.
QQ And this is the thing that
• jm^tJ 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 bullock
and the two rams. 4 And Aaron
and his sons thou shalt bring unto
the door of the tent of meeting, and
shalt wash them with water. 5
And thou shalt take the garments,
and put upon Aaron the coat, and
' Or, turban 2 Qr, silk
' Heb. fill their hand.
EXODUS 28.38—29.19
the robe of the ephod, and the ephod,
and the breastplate, and gird him
with the skilfully woven band of
the ephod; 6 and thou shalt set the
hnitre 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 Jehovah, 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 bullock, and its skin,
and its dung, shalt thou burn with
fire without the camp: it is a ^sin-
offering.
15 Thou shalt also take the one
ram; and Aaron and his sons shall
lay their hands upon the head of
the ram. 16 And thou shalt slay
the ram, and thou shalt take its
blood, and sprinkle it round about
upon the altar. 17 And thou shalt
cut the ram into its pieces, and
wash its inwards, and its legs, and
put them ^with its pieces, and ^with
its head. 18 And thou shalt burn
the whole ram upon the altar: it is
a burnt-offering unto Jehovah; it
is a sweet savor, an offering made by
fire unto Jehovah.
19 And thou shalt take the other
Heb. sin.
Or, upon
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EXODUS 29.20 29.40 Consecratory Sacrifices for the Priests. The Daily Offerings
ram; and Aaron and his sons shall j and it shall be a heave-offering from
lay their hands upon the head of | the children of Israel of the sacri-
the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill | fices of their peace-offerings, even
the ram, and take of its blood, and j their heave-offering unto Jehovah,
put it upon the tip of the right earl 29 And the holy garments of
of Aaron, and upon the tip of the Aaron shall be for his sons after him,
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
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 comet h
round about. 21 And thou shalt ! into the tent of meeting to minister
take of the blood that is upon the in the holy place.
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
31 And thou shalt take the ram
of consecration, and boil its flesh in
a holy place. 32 And Aaron and
his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram.
with him: and he shall be hallowed, [and the bread that is in the basket,
and his garments, and his sons, and at the door of the tent of meeting,
his sons' garments with him. 22 Also 33 And they shall eat those things
thou shalt take of the ram the fat, i wherewith atonement was made, to
and the fat tail, and the fat that : consecrate and to sanctify them:
covereth the inwards, and the caul I but a stranger shall not eat thereof,
of the liver, and the two kidneys, because they are holy. 34 And if
and the fat that is upon them, and aught of the flesh of the consecra-
the right ^thigh (for it is a ram of tion, or of the bread, remain unto
consecration), 23 and one loaf of the morning, then thou shalt burn
bread, and one cake of oiled bread, i the remainder with fire: it shall not
and one wafer, out of the basket of \ be eaten, because it is holy,
unleavened bread that is before! 35 And thus shalt thou do unto
Jehovah: 24 and thou shalt put i Aaron, and to his sons, according
the whole upon the hands of Aaron,
and upon the hands of his sons, and
shalt wave them for a wave-offering
before Jehovah. 25 And thou shalt
take them from their hands, and
burn them on the altar upon the
burnt-offering, for a sweet savor
before Jehovah: it is an offering
made by fire unto Jehovah.
26 And thou shalt take the breast
of Aaron's ram of consecration, and
wave it for a wave-offering before
Jehovah: and it shall be thy portion.
27 And thou shalt sanctify the
breast of the wave-offering, and the
|thigh of the heave-offering, which
is waved, and which is heaved up,
of the ram of consecration, even of
that which is for Aaron, and of that
which is for his sons: 28 and it shall
be for Aaron and his sons as their
portion for ever from the children
of Israel; for it is a heave-offering:
^ Or, shoulder
to all that I have commanded thee:
seven days shalt thou consecrate
them. 36 And every day shalt thou
offer the bullock of sin-offering for
atonement: and thou shalt -cleanse
the altar, when thou makest atone-
ment for it; and 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; nvhatsoever
toucheth the altar shall be holy.
38 Now this is that which thou
shalt offer upon the altar: two
lambs a year old day by day con-
tinually. 39 The one lamb thou
shalt offer in the morning; and the
other lamb thou shalt offer ^at even:
40 and with the one lamb a tenth
part of an ephah of fine flour mingled
with the fourth part of a hin of
beaten oil; and the fourth part of a
2 Or, purge the altar, by thy making atonement
' Or, 'whosoever
* Hcb. between the tuv a-enings.
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The Altar of Ir.cense. The Atonement Money
hill of wine for a drink-offering. 41
And the other lamb thou shalt offer
^at even, and shalt do thereto
i according to the meal-offering of the
; morning, and according to the drink-
j offering thereof, for a sweet savor,
I an offering made by fire unto Jeho-
Ivah. 42 It shall be a continual
; burnt-offering throughout your gen-
ierations at the door of the tent of
I meeting before Jehovah, where I
I will meet with you, to speak there
1 unto thee. 43 And there I will meet
with the children of Israel; and the
Tent shall be sanctified by my ^lory.
44 And I will sanctify the tent of
meeting, and the altar: Aaron also
and his sons will I sanctify, to
minister to me in the priest's office.
45 And I will dwell among the chil-
dren of Israel, and will be their God.
46 x\nd they shall know that I am
Jehovah their God, that brought
them forth out of the land of Egypt,
that I might dwell among them: I
am Jehovah their God.
QA And thou shalt make an
Ov7 altar to burn incense upon:
of acacia wood shalt thou make it.
2 A cubit shall be the length thereof,
land 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 ^top
thereof, and the ^sides thereof round
about, and the horns thereof; and
thou shalt make unto it a ^crown of
I ^old round about. 4 And two
il^olden rings shalt thou make for it
under the crown thereof; upon the
L two ribs thereof, upon the two sides
.of it shalt thou make them; and
jjthey shall be for places for staves
wherewith to bear it. 5 And thou
lihalt make the staves of acacia
wood, and overlay them with gold.
3 And thou shalt put it before the
/eil that is by the ark of the testi-
nony, before the mercy-seat that
s over the testimony, where I will
1 Heb. between the two evenings.
■^ Heb. roof. 3 j^eb. walls.
^ Or. rim Or, moulding *
EXODUS 29.41—30.18
meet with thee. 7 And Aaron
shall burn thereon incense of sweet
spices: every morning, when he
dresseth the lamps, he shall burn
it. 8 And when Aaron ^lighteth the
lamps ^at even, he shall burn it, a
perpetual incense before Jehovah
throughout your generations. 9 Ye
shall offer no strange incense there-
on, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-
offering; and ye shall pour no drink-
offering thereon. 10 And Aaron
shall make atonement ^upon the
horns of it once in the year; with the
blood of the sin-offering of atone-
ment once in the year shall he make
atonement ^for it throughout your
generations: it is most holy unto
Jehovah.
11 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 12 When thou takest the
sum of the children of Israel, accord-
ing to those that are numbered of
them, then shall they give every
man a ransom for his soul unto Je-
hovah, when thou numberest them;
that there be no plague among
them, when thou numberest them.
13 This they shall give, every one
that passeth over unto them that
are numbered: half a shekel after
the shekel of the sanctuary (the
shekel is twenty gerahs), half a
shekel for an offering to Jehovah.
14 Every one that passeth over
unto them that are numbered,
from twenty years old and up-
ward, shall give the offering of
Jehovah. 15 The rich shall not
give more, and the poor shall not
give less, than the half shekel, when
they give the offering of Jehovah,
to make atonement for your souls.
16 And thou shalt take the atone-
ment money from the children of
Israel, and shalt appoint it for the
service of the tent of meeting; that
it may be a memorial for the children
of Israel before Jehovah, to make
atonement for your souls.
17 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 18 Thou shalt also make
s Or, sellelh up Heb. causeth to ascend.
(^ Or, for
'Or. 71 pan
05
EXODUS 30.19—31.9 The Brazen Laver.
a laver of brass, and the base thereof
of brass, whereat to wash. And
thou shalt put it between 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 meet-
ing, they shall wash with water,
that they die not; or when they
come near to the altar to minister,
to burn an offering made by fire
unto Jehovah. 21 So they shall
wash their hands and their feet, that
they diej not : and it shall be a statute
for ever to them, even to him and to
his seed throughout their genera-
tions.
22 Moreover Jehovah spake unto
Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also
unto thee the chief spices: of flow-
ing myrrh ^ve 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 a hin; 25 and thou
shalt make it a holy anointing oil,
a perfume compounded after the
art of the perfumer: it shall be a
holy anointing oil. 26 And thou
shalt anoint therewith the tent of
meeting, and the ark of the testi-
mony, 27 and the table and all the
vessels thereof, and the candlestick
and the vessels thereof, and the
altar of incense, 28 and the altar of
burnt-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:
-whatsoever toucheth them shall be
holy. 30 And thou shalt anoint
Aaron and his sons, and sanctify
them, that they may minister unto
me in the priest's oflSce. 31 And
thou shalt speak unto the children
of Israel, saying, This shall be a
holy anointing oil unto me through-
out your generations. 32 Upon the
flesh of man shall it not be poured,
neither shall ye make any like it,
The Anointing Oil.
The Incense
' Or, costus
2 Or, whosoever
according to the composition thert
of: it is holy, and it shall be holy
unto you. 33 Whosoever com-
poundeth any like it,, or whosoever
putteth any of it upon a stranger,
he shall be cut off from his people.
34 And Jehovah said unto 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 in-
cense, a perfume after the art of
the perfumer, ^seasoned with salt,
pure and holy: 36 and thou shalt
beat "kome of it very small, and put
of it before the testimon^^ in the
tent of meeting, where I will meet
with thee: it shall be unto you most
holy. 37 And the incense which
thou shalt make, according to the
composition thereof ye shall not
make for yourselves: it shall be
unto thee holy for Jehovah. 38
Whosoever shall make like unto
that, to smell thereof, he shall be
cut off from his people.
Q 1 And Jehovah spake unto
O 1 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,
and in all manner of workmanship,
4 to devise skilful works, to work in
gold, and in silver, and in brass,
5 and in cutting of stones for setting,
and in carving of wood, to work in
all manner of workmanship. 6 And
I, behold, I have appointed with
him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach.
of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts
of all that are wise-hearted I have
put wisdom, that they may mak(
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 all the
furniture of the Tent, 8 and the
table and its vessels, and the pure
candlestick with all its vessels, and
the altar of incense, 9 and the altar
' Or, opobalsamum
* Or, tempered tnpr'.her
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Observance of the Sabbath. Aaron makes a Golden Calf EXODUS 31.10 — 32.12
of burnt-offering 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
incense of sweet spices for the holy
place: according to all that I have
commanded thee shall they do.
12 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 13 Speak thou also
unto the children of Israel, saying.
Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths:
for it is a sign betw^een me and you
throughout your generations; that
ye may know that I am Jehovah
who sanctifieth you. 14 Ye shall
keep the sabbath therefore; for it
is holy unto you: every one that
profaneth it shall surely be put to
death; for whosoever doeth any
work therein, that soul shall be cut
off from among his people. 15 Six
days shall work be done; but on the
seventh day is a sabbath of solemn
rest, holy to Jehovah; whosoever
doeth any work on the sabbath day,
he shall surely be put to death. |
16 Wherefore the children of Israel
shall keep the sabbath, to observe |
the sabbath throughout their gener- I
ations, for a perpetual covenant. |
17 It is a sign between me and the
children of Israel for ever: for in
six days Jehovah made heaven and
earth, and on the seventh day he
rested, and was refreshed.
18 And he gave unto Moses,
when he had made an end of com-
muning with him upon mount Sinai,
the two tables of the testimony,
tables of stone, written with the
finger of God.
QO And when the people saw
O^ that Moses delayed to come
down from the mount, the people
gathered themselves together unto
Aaron, and said unto him. Up,
make us ^gods, which shall go before
us; for as for this Moses, the man
that brought us up out of the land
of Egypt, we know not what is
become of him. 2 And Aaron said
unto them, Break oft' 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, ^These are thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee
up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And
when Aaron saw this, he built an
altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To-morrow
shall be a feast to Jehovah. 6 And
they rose up early on the morrow,
and offered burnt-offerings, and
brought peace-offerings; and the
people sat down to eat and to
drink, and rose up to play.
7 And Jehovah spake unto Moses,
Go, get thee down; for thy people,
that thou broughtest up out of the
land of Egypt, have corrupted them-
selves: 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 are thy gods, O
Israel, which brought thee up out of
the land of Egypt. 9 And Jehovah
said unto Moses, I have seen this
people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked
people: 10 now therefore let me
alone, that my wrath may wax hot
against them, and that I may con;
sume them: and I will make of thee
a great nation. 11 And Moses
besought Jehovah his God, and said,
Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax
hot against thy people, that thou
hast brought forth out of the land of
Egypt with great power and with
a mighty hand.^ 12 Wherefore
should the Egyptians speak, say-
ing. 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
1 Or, a god
■ Or, This is thy Cod
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EXODUS 32.13—32.3.
The Anger of Moses.
The People punished
wrath, and repent of this evil
against thy people. 13 Remember
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy
servants, to whom thou swarest by
thine own self, and saidst unto
them, I will multiply your seed as
the stars of heaven, and all this
land that I have spoken of will
I give unto your seed, and they
shall inherit it for ever. 14 And
Jehovah repented of the evil
which he said he would do unto his
people.
15 And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, with the
two tables of the testimony in his
hand; tables that were written on
both their sides; on the one side
and on the other were they written.
16 And the tables were the work
of God, and the writing was the
writing of God, graven upon the
tables. 17 And when Joshua heard
the noise of the people as they
shouted, he said unto Moses, There
is a noise of war in the camp. 18
And he said, It is not the voice of
them that shout for mastery, neither
is it the voice of them that cry for
being overcome; but the noise of
them that sing do I hear. 19 And
it came to pass, as soon as he came
nigh unto the camp, that he saw the
calf and the dancing: and Moses'
anger waxed hot, and he cast the
tables out of his hands, and brake
them beneath the mount. 20 And
he took the calf which they had
made, and burnt it with fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed it
upon the water, and made the chil-
dren 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. Whoso-
ever hath any gold, let them break
it off: so 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 Mo-
ses stood in the gate of the camp,
and said. Whoso is on Jehovah's
side, let him come unto me. And
all the sons of Levi gathered them-
selves together unto him. 27 And
he said unto them. Thus saith Jeho-
vah, 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
neighbor. 28 And the sons of Levi
did according to the word of Moses:
and there fell of the people that day
about three thousand men. 29 And
Moses said, ^Consecrate yourselves
to-da}^ to Jehovah, ^yea, every man
^against his son, and %gainst his
brother; that he may bestow upon
3^ou a blessing this day.
30 And it came to pass on the
morrow, that Moses said unto the
people. Ye have sinned a great sin:
and now I will go up unto Jehovah;
peradventure I shall make atone-
ment for your sin. 31 And Moses
returned unto Jehovah, and said,
Oh, this people have sinned a great
sin, and have made them gods of
gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt
forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot
me, I pray thee, out of thy book
which thou hast written. 33 And
Jehovah said unto Moses, W^hoso-
ever 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 shall go
before thee; nevertheless in the day
when I visit, I will visit their sin
upon them. 35 And Jehovah smote
1 Heb. whispering. 2 Heb. Fill your hand.
3 Or, for every man hath been against his son and against
his brother < Or, upon
i
Jehovah withdraws his presence. Moses remonstrates with him
the people, because they made the
calf, which Aaron made.
QQ And Jehovah spake unto
OO Moses, Depart, go up hence,
thou and the people that 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 Canaan-
ite, 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 stiff necked people; lest I con-
sume thee in the way. 4 And when
the people heard these evil tidings,
they mourned: and no man did put
on him his ornaments. 5 And Jeho-
vah 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 Israel
stripped themselves of their orna-
ments 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
that sought Jehovah went out unto
the tent of meeting, which was
without the camp. 8 And it came
to pass, when Moses went out unto
the Tent, that all the people rose
up, and stood, every man at his
tent door, and looked after Moses,
until he was gone into the Tent.
9 And it came to pass, when Moses
entered into the Tent, the pillar
of cloud descended, and stood at
the door of the Tent: and Jehovah
spake 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
Jehovah spake unto Moses face to
EXODUS 33.1—33.23
face, as a man speaketh unto his
friend. And he turned again into
the camp: but his minister Joshua,
the son of Nun, a young man, de-
parted not out of the Tent.
12 And Moses said unto Jehovah,
See, thou sayest unto me. Bring
up this people: and thou hast not
let me know ^whom thou wilt send
with me. Yet thou hast said, I
know thee by name, and thou hast
also found favor in my sight. 13
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I
have found favor in thy sight, show
me now thy ways, that I may know
thee, to the end that I may find
favor in thy sight: and consider
that this nation is thy people.
14 And he said, My presence shall
go with thee, and I will give thee
rest. 15 And he said unto him. If
thy presence go not with me, carry
us not up hence. 16 For wherein
now shall it be known that I have
found favor in thy sight, I and thy
people.^ is it not in that thou goest
with us, so that we are separated,
I and thy people, from all the people
that are upon the face of the earth. f^
17 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
I will do this thing also that thou
hast spoken; for thou hast found
favor in my sight, and I know thee
by name. 18 And he said. Show
me, I pray thee, thy glory. 19 And
he said, I will make all my good-
ness pass before thee, and will pro-
claim the name of Jehovah before
thee; and I will be gracious to
whom I will be gracious, and will
show mercy on whom I will show
mercy. 20 And he said. Thou canst
not see my face; for man shall not
see me and live. 21 And Jehovah
said. Behold, there is a place by me,
and thou shalt stand upon the rock:
22 and it shall come to pass, while
my glory passeth by, that I will
put thee in a cleft of the rock, and
will cover thee with my hand until
I have passed by: 23 and I will take
away my hand, and thou shalt see
my back ; but myf ace shall not be seen.
Or, him whom
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EXODUS 34.1—34.23
Q A And Jehovah said unto
iJ^ 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 morning, and come up in the
morning unto mount Sinai, and
present thyself there to me on the
top of the mount. 3 And no man
shall come up with thee; neither
let any man be seen throughout all
the mount; neither let the flocks
nor herds feed before that mount.
4 And he hewed two tables of stone
like unto the first; and Moses rose
up early in the morning, and went
up unto mount Sinai, as Jehovah
had commanded him, and took in
his hand two tables of stone. 5 And
Jehovah descended in the cloud, ^and
stood with him there, and proclaimed
^the name of Jehovah. 6 And Je-
hovah passed by before him, and
proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a
God merciful and gracious, slow to
anger, and abundant in loving-
kindness and truth; 7 keeping loving-
kindness for thousands, forgiving
iniquity and transgression and sin;
and that will by no means clear the
guilty, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children, and upon
the children's children, upon the
third and upon the fourth genera-
tion. 8 And Moses made haste,
and bowed his head toward the
earth, and worshipped. 9 And he
said, If now I have found favor in
thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I
pray thee, go in the midst of us;
for it is a stiff necked people; and
pardon our iniquity and our sin, and
take us for thine inheritance.
10 And he said, Behold, I make
a covenant: before all thy people
I will do marvels, such as have
not been brought in all the earth,
nor in any nation; and all the peo-
ple among which thou art shall see
the work of Jehovah; for it is a
terrible thing that I do with thee.
The Two Tables renewed.
Warning against Idolatry
1 Or, and he stood with him there, and called upon &*c.
2 Or, Jehovah by name
3 Heb. created.
11 Observe thou that which I com-
mand thee this day: behold, I
drive out before thee the Amorite,
and the Canaanite, and the Hit-
tite, and the Perizzite, and the Hi-
vite, and the Jebusite. 12 Take
heed to thyself, lest thou make a
covenant with the inhabitants of
the land whither thou goest, lest it
be for a snare in the midst of thee:
13 but ye shall break down their
altars, and dash in pieces their
Viflars, and ye shall cut down
their ^Asherim 14 (for thou shalt
worship no other god: for Jehovah,
whose name is Jealous, is a jealous
God); 15 lest thou make a cove-
nant with the inhabitants of the
land, and they play the harlot after
their gods, and sacrifice unto their
gods, and one call thee and thou
eat of his sacrifice; 16 and thou
take of their daughters unto thy
sons, and their daughters play the
harlot after their gods, and make
thy sons play the harlot after their
gods. 17 Thou shalt make thee no
molten gods.
18 The feast -of unleavened bread
shalt thou keep. Seven days thou
shalt eat unleavened bread, as I
commanded thee, at the time ap-
pointed in the month Abib; for
in the month Abib thou earnest out
from Egypt. 19 All that openeth
the womb is mine; and all thy cat-
tle that is male, the firstlings of
cow and sheep. 20 And the first-
ling of an ass thou shalt redeem
with a ^lamb: and if thou wilt not
redeem it, then thou shalt break its
neck. All the first-born of thy sons
thou shalt redeem. And none shall
appear before me empty.
21 Six days thou shalt work,
but on the seventh day thou shalt
rest: in plowing time and in harvest
thou shalt rest. 22 And thou shalt
observe the feast of weeks, even of
the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and
the feast of ingathering at the
year's ^end. 23 Three times in the
* Or, obelisks
5 Probably the wooden symbols of a goddess Asherah.
6 Or, kid ' Heb. revolution.
100
The Law of the Covenant. The Sabbath Ordinance
year shall all thy males appear be-
fore the Lord Jehovah, the God of
Israel. 24 For I will cast out
nations before thee, and enlarge thy
borders: neither shall any man
desire thy land, when thou goest
up to appear before Jehovah thy
God three times in the year.
25 Thou shalt not offer the blood
of my sacrifice with leavened bread;
neither shall the sacrifice of the
feast of the passover be left unto
the morning. 26 The first of the
first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt
i bring unto the house of Jehovah
ij thy God. Thou shalt not boil a
! kid in its mother's milk.
I 27 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
I Write thou these words: for after
the tenor of these words I have
made a covenant with thee and
with Israel. 28 And he was there
with Jehovah forty days and forty
I nights; he did neither eat bread,
nor drink water. And he wrote
upon the tables the words of the
covenant, the ten ^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 knew not that the skin
of his face ^shone "by reason of his
speaking with him. 30 And when
Aaron and all the children of Israel
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 Jehovah had spoken with him
in mount Sinai. 33 And when Moses
had done speaking with them, he
put a veil on his face. 34 But when
Moses went in before Jehovah to
speak with him, he took the veil off,
until he came out; and he came out.
Heb. words.
Or, sent forth beams (Heb. horns)
Or, while he talked with him
EXODUS 34.24—35.15
and spake unto the children of
Israel that which he was com-
manded. 35 And the children of
Israel saw the fa^ce 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.
Q K ^^^ Moses assembled all
kJ\J the congregation of the chil-
dren of Israel, and said unto them.
These are the words which Jehovah
hath commanded, that ye should
do them. 2 Six days shall work be
done; but on the seventh day there
shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath
of solemn rest to Jehovah: whoso-
ever doeth any work therein shall
be put to death. 3 Ye shall kindle
no fire throughout your habitations
upon the sabbath day.
4 And Moses spake unto all the
congregation of the children of
Israel, saying. This is the thing
which Jehovah commanded, say-
ing, 5 Take ye from among you an
offering unto Jehovah; whosoever
is of a willing heart, let him bring
it, Jehovah's offering: gold, and
silver, and brass, 6 and blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine linen,
and goats' hair, 7 and rams' skins
dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia
wood, 8 and oil for the light, and
spices for the anointing oil, and
for the sweet incense, 9 and onyx
stones, and stones to be set,- for the
ephod, and for the breastplate.
10 And let every wise-hearted man
among you come, and make all that
Jehovah hath commanded: 11 the
tabernacle, its tent, and its cover-
ing, 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 ^show-
bread; 14 the candlestick also for
the light, and its vessels, and its
lamps, and the oil for the
light; 15 and the altar of incense,
and its staves, and the anointing
* Or, Presence-bread
101
Gifts and Laborers for the Tabernacle.
The Workmen called
28
EXODUS 35.16—3.63
oil, and the sweet incense, and the breastplate;
screen for the door, at the door of
the tabernacle; 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 gar-
ments of his sons, to minister in the
priest's office.
20 And all the congregation of
the children of Israel departed from and in all manner of workmanship;
the presence of Moses. 21 And 32 and to devise skilful works, to
they came, every one whose heart work in gold, and in silver, and in
stirred him up, and every one whom brass, 33 and in cutting of stones for
his spirit made willing, and brought setting, and in carving of wood, to
Jehovah's offering, for the work of i work in all manner of skilful work-
the tent of meeting, and for all the manship. 34 And he hath put in
service thereof, and for the holy his heart that he may teach, both
and the spice, and
the oil; for the light, and for the
anointing oil, and for the sweet
incense. 29 The children of Israel
brought a freewill offering unto Je-
hovah; every man and woman,
whose heart made them willing to
bring for all the work, w^hich Jeho-
vah had commanded to be made by
Moses.
30 And Moses said unto the
children of Israel, See, Jehovah
hath called by name Bezalel the son
of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe
of Judah; 31 and he hath filled him
with the Spirit of God, in wdsdom,
in understanding, and in knowledge.
garments
both
22 And they
men and women
came,
as manv as
he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisa-
mach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them
were willing-hearted, and brought I hath he filled with wisdom of heart,
brooches, and ^ear-rings, and signet- to work all manner of workmanship,
rings, and ^armlets, all jewels of of the ''engraver, and of the skilful
gold; even every man that offered
an offering of gold unto Jehovah.
23 And every man, with whom was
found blue, and purple, and scarlet,
workman, and of the embroiderer,
in blue, and in purple, in scarlet,
and in fine linen, and of the w^eaver,
even of them that do any workman-
and fine linen, and goats' hair, and ! ship, and of those that devise skilful
rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins
brought them. 24 Every one that
did offer an offering of silver and
brass brought Jehovah's offering;
and every man, with whom was
found acacia wood for any work of
the service, brought it. 25 And all
the women that were wise-hearted
did spin with their hands, and
brought that which they had spun,
the blue, and the purple, the scarlet.
36
works. 1 And Bezalel and
Oholiab shall work, and every
wise-hearted man, in whom Jehovah
hath put wisdom and understand-
ing to know^ how to work all . the
work for the service of the sanctuary,
according to all that Jehovah hath
commanded.
2 And Moses called Bezalel and
Oholiab, and every wise-hearted
man, in whose heart Jehovah had
and the fine linen. 26 And all the \ put wisdom, even every one whose
women whose heart stirred them
up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.
27 And the rulers brought the
^onyx stones, and the stones to be
set, for the ephod, and for
' Or, nose-rings
3 Or, beryl
2 Or, necklaces
heart stirred him up to come unto
the w^ork to do it: 3 and they re-
ceived of Moses all the offering
which the children of Israel had
the I brought for the work of the service
j of the sanctuary, wherewith to make
* Or, craftsman
102
The Gifts received. The Making of the Curtains
il. And they brought yet unto him
freewill offerings every morning. 4
iVnd all the wise men, that wrought
all the work of the sanctuary, came
every man from his work which they
wrought; 5 and ihey spake unto
Moses, saying, The people bring
much more than enough for the
service of the work which Jehovah
commanded to make. 6 And Moses
gave commandment, and they
caused it to be proclaimed through-
out the camp, saying. Let neither
man nor woman make any more
work for the offering of the sanc-
tuary. So the people were re-
strained from bringing. 7 For the
stuff they had was sufficient for all
the work to make it, and too much.
8 And all the wise-hearted men
among them that wrought the work
made the tabernacle with ten cur-
tains; of fine twined linen, and blue,
and purple, and scarlet, with cheru-
bim, the work of the skilful work-
man, Bezalel made them. 9 The
length of each curtain was eight and
twenty cubits, and the breadth of
each curtain four cubits: all the
curtains had one measure. 10 And
he coupled five 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 ^f rom the selvedge
in the coupling: likewise he made in
the edge of the curtain that was
outmost in the second ^coupling.
12 Fifty loops made he in the one
curtain, and fifty loops made he in
the edge of the curtain that was in
the second ^coupling : the loops were
opposite one to another. 13 And
he made fifty clasps of gold, and
coupled the curtains one to another
with the clasps: so the tabernacle
was one.
14 And he made curtains of goats'
hair for a tent over the tabernacle:
eleven curtains he made them. 15
The length of each curtain was
thirty cubits, and four cubits the
* Or, that was outmost in the first set
i Or, set
EXODUS 36.4—36.32
breadth of each curtain: the eleven
curtains had one measure. 16 And he
coupled five curtains by themselves,
and six curtains by themselves.
17 And he made fifty loops on the
edge of the curtain that was out-
most in the ^coupling, and fifty
loops made he upon the edge of the
curtain which was outmost in the
second ^coupling. 18 And he made
fifty clasps of 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 Sealskins above.
20 And 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, ^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 southward;
24 and he made forty sockets of
silver under the twenty boards; two
sockets under one board for its two
tenons, and two sockets under an-
other 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 entire unto the top thereof
unto ^one ring: thus he did to both
of them in the two corners. 30
And there were eight boards, and
their sockets of silver, sixteen 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 tabernacle, 32 and
3 Or, first set
^ Or, mortised
* Or, porpoise-skins
6 Or, the first
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EXODUS 36.33—37.20
five bars for the boards of the other
side of the tabernacle, and five bars
for the boards of the tabernacle for
the hinder part westward. 33 And
he made the middle bar to pass
through in the midst of the boards
from the one end to the other.
34 And he overlaid the boards with
gold, and made their rings of gold
for places for the bars, and overlaid
the bars with gold.
35 And he made the veil of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen: with cherubim, the
work of the skilful workman, made
he it. 36 And he made thereunto
four pillars of acacia, and overlaid
them with gold: their hooks were
of gold; and he cast for them four
sockets of 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 ^ve pil-
lars of it with their hooks: and
he overlaid their capitals and their
fillets with gold; and their five
sockets were of brass.
Oiy And Bezalel made the ark
O / 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
^side of it, and two rings on the
ot.her ^side of it. 4 And he made
staves of acacia wood, and over-
laid them with gold. 5 And he put
the staves into the rings on the
sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
6 And he made a ^mercy-seat of
pure gold: two cubits and a half was
the length thereof, and a cubit and a
half the breadth thereof. 7 And
he made two cherubim of gold; of
^beaten work made he them, at the
two ends of the mercy-seat; 8 one
The Making of the Ark; of the Table; of the Candlestick
1 Or, rim Or moulding
2 Heb. rib.
3 Or, covering
* Or, turned
i
hi
cherub at the one end, and o
cherub at the other end: of oni
piece with the mercy-seat made
the cherubim at the two ends there
of. 9 And the cherubim spread out
their wings on high, covering the
mercy-seat with their wings, with
their faces one to another; toward
the mercy-seat were the faces of th(
cherubim.
10 And he made the table of
acacia wood: two cubits was the
length thereof, and a cubit the
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a
half the height thereof. 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 a 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 wdth gold, to
bear the table. 16 And he m.ade
the vessels which were upon the table,
the dishes thereof, and the spoons
thereof, and the bowls thereof, and
the flagons thereof, wherewith to
pour out, 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 candle-
stick out of the one side thereof,
and three branches of the candle-
stick 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 lik.
almond-blossoms in the other branch .
a knop and a flower: so for the six
branches going out of the candle-
stick. 20 And in the candlestick
were four cups made like almond-
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The Making of the Altar of Burnt^offering; and the Court EXODUS 37.2 1 38. 18
blossoms, the knops thereof, and the
flowers thereof; 21 and a knop
I 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
1 and their branches were of one
I piece with it : the whole of it was
i one beaten work of pure gold.
23 And he made the lamps thereof,
seven, and the snuffers thereof,
and the snuff dishes 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 in-
cense 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
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, where-
with to bear it; he made it hollow
with planks.
8 And he made the laver of brass,
and the base thereof of brass, of
the mirrors of ^the ministering
women that ministered at the door
of the tent of meeting.
9 And he made the court: for
the south side southward the hang-
ings of the court were of fine twined
linen, a hundred cubits; 10 their
pillars were twenty, and their sockets
twenty, of brass; the hooks of the
pillars and their fillets were of silver.
1 1 And for the north side a hundred
cubits, their pillars twenty, and
gold, the top thereof, and the sides ! their sockets twenty, of brass; the
thereof round about, and the horns I hooks of the pillars, and their fillets,
of it: and he made unto it a crown of silver. 12 And for the west side
of gold round about. 27 And he
made for it two golden rings under
the crown thereof, upon the two
jribs thereof, upon the two sides of
it, for places for staves wherewith to
ibear it. 28 And he made the staves
of acacia wood, and overlaid them
with gold. 29 And he made the holy
anointing oil, and the pure incense
of sweet spices, after the art of the
perfumer.
QQ And he made the altar
OO of burnt-offering of acacia
wood: ^ve 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 over-
laid it with brass. 3 And he made
all the vessels of the altar, the pots,
and the shovels, and the basins, the
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 hangings for the one
side of the gate were fifteen cubits;
their pillars three, and their sockets
three; 15 and so for the other side:
on this hand and that hand by the
gate of the court were hangings of
fifteen cubits ; their pillars three, and
their sockets three. 16 All the
hangings of the court round about
were of fine twined linen. 17 And
the sockets for the pillars were of
brass; the hooks of the pillars, and
their fillets, of silver; and the over-
laying of their capitals, of silver;
and all the pillars of the court were
filleted with silver. 18 And the
screen for the gate of the court was
the work of the embroiderer, of blue.
flesh-hooks, and the firepans: all the ! and purple, and scarlet, and fine
vessels thereof made he of brass. I twined linen: and twenty cubits
4 And he made for the altar a grat- was the length, and the height in
ing of network of brass, under the ^Ov.lhe women that assembled lominisler
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EXODUS 38.19—39.9
the breadth was five cubits, answer-
able to the hangings of the court.
19 And their pillars were four, and
their sockets four, of brass; their
hooks of silver, and the overlaying
of their capitals, and their fillets,
of silver. 20 And all the pins of
the tabernacle, and of the court
round about, were of brass.
21 This is the sum of the things
for the tabernacle, even the taber-
nacle of the testimony, as they were
counted, according to the command-
ment 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 Jehovah commanded Moses.
23 And with him was Oholiab, the
son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of
Dan, ^an engraver, and a skilful
workman, and an embroiderer in
blue, and in purple, and in scarlet,
and in fine linen.
24 All the gold that was used for
the work in all the work of the
sanctuary, even the gold of the
offering, was twenty and nine tal-
ents, and seven hundred and thirty
shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary. 25 And the silver of
them that were numbered of the
congregation was a hundred talents,
and a thousand seven hundred and
threescore and fifteen shekels, after
the 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; a 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 capi-
' Or. a rraflsman
Summation of Metais used.
The Making of the Ephod
39
tals, and made fillets for them.
29 And the brass of the offering
was seventy talents, and two thou-
sand and four hundred shekels.
30 And therewith he made the
sockets to the door of the tent of
meeting, and the brazen altar, and
the brazen grating for it, and all
the vessels of the altar, 31 and the
sockets of the court round about,
and the sockets of the gate of the
court, and all the pins of the tab-
ernacle, and all the pins of the court
round about.
And of the blue, and pur-
ple, and scarlet, they made
finely wrought garments, for min-
istering in the holy place, and made
the holy ' garments for Aaron ; as
Jehovah commanded Moses.
2 And he made the ephod of
gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen. 3 And they
did beat the gold into thin plates,
and cut it into wires, to work it in
the blue, and in the purple, and
in the scarlet, and in the fine linen,
the work of the skilful workman.
4 They made shoulder-pieces for
it, joined together; at the two ends
was it joined together. 5 And the
skilfully woven band, that was upon
it, wherewith to gird it on, was of
the same piece and like the work
thereof; of gold, of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen;
as Jehovah commanded Moses.
6 And they wrought the onyx
stones, inclosed in settings of gold,
graven with the engravings of a
signet, according to the names of
the children of Israel. 7 And he
put them on the shoulder-pieces of
the ephod, to be stones of memorial
for the children of Israel; as Jeho-
vah commanded Moses.
8 And he made the breastplate,
the work of the skilful workman,
like the work of the ephod; of gold,
of blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen. 9 It was
foursquare; they made the breast-
plate double: a span was the lengi'
thereof, and a span the bread!
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The Making of the Breastplate, the Robe, the Priests' Garments
thereof, being double. 10 And they
set in it four rows of stones. A
row of sardius, topaz, and car-
EXODUS 39.10—39.38
the hole of it, that it should not be
rent. 24 And they made upon the
skirts of the robe pomegranates of
b uncle was the first row; 11 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, 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 inclosings of
gold in their settings. 14 And the
stones were 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, 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 set-
tings of gold, and two gold rings,
and put the two rings on the two
ends of the breastplate. 17 And
they put the two wreathen chains
of gold in the two rings at the ends
of the breastplate. 18 And the
other two ends of the two wreathen
chains they put on the two settings,
and put them on the shoulder-
pieces 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 shoulder-
pieces of the ephod underneath,
in the forepart thereof, close by the
coupling thereof, above the skilfully
woven band of the ephod. 21 And
they did bind the breastplate by the
rings thereof unto the rings of the
ephod with a lace of blue, that it
might be upon the skilfully woven
band of the ephod, and that the
breastplate might not be loosed
from the ephod; as Jehovah com-
manded 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
twined lijieii. 25 And they made
bells of pure gold, and put the bells
between the pomegranates upon the
skirts of the robe round about,
between the pomegranates ; 26 a bell
and a pomegranate, a bell and a
pomegranate, upon the skirts of the
robe round about, to minister in; as
Jehovah commanded Moses.
27 And they made the coats of
fine linen of woven work for Aaron,
and for his sons, 28 and the ^mitre
of fine linen, and the goodly head-
tires of fine linen, and the linen
breeches of fine twined linen, 29
and the girdle of fine twined linen,
and blue, and purple, and scarlet,
the work of the embroiderer; as
Jehovah commanded Moses.
30 And they made the plate of
the holy crown of pure gold, and
wrote upon it a writing, like the
engravings of a signet. Holy to
Jehovah. 31 And they tied unto
it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon
the hnitre above; as Jehovah com-
manded Moses.
32 Thus was finished all the work
of the tabernacle of the tent of meet-
ing: and the children of Israel did
according to all that Jehovah com-
manded Moses; so did they. 33
And they brought the tabernacle
unto Moses, the Tent, and all its
furniture, its clasps, its boards, its
bars, and its pillars, and its sockets;
34 and the covering of rams' skins
dyed red, and the covering of
^sealskins, and the veil of the screen;
35 the ark of the testimony, and the
staves thereof, and the mercy-seat;
36 the table, all the vessels thereof,
and the showbread; 37 the pure
candlestick, the lamps thereof, even
the lamps to be set in order, and
all the vessels thereof, and the oil
for the light; 38 and the golden
altar, and the anointing oil, and
the sweet incense, and the screen for
' Or, turban'
2 Or, porpoise-skins
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EXODUS 39.39 40.26 Moses inspects the Finished Work. The Tabernacle erected
the door of the Tent; 39 the brazen
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 service of the tabernacle, for
the tent of meeting; 41 the finely
wrought garments for ministering
in the holy place, and the holy gar-
ments for Aaron the priest, and the
garments of his sons, to minister in
the priest's office. 42 According to
all that Jehovah commanded Moses,
so the children of Israel did all the
work. 43 And Moses saw all the
work, and, behold, they had done it;
as Jehovah had commanded, even
so had they done it: and Moses
blessed them.
ACi ^^^ Jehovah spake unto
^\J Moses, saying, 2 On the first
day of the first month shalt thcu
rear up the tabernacle of the 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 the burnt-
offering before the door of the taber-
nacle 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 there-
in, 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
Or, set up
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 them with water. 13
And thou shalt put upon Aaron the
holy garments; and thou shalt anoint
him, and sanctify him, that he may
minister unto me in the priest's
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 minister unto me, in the
priest's office: and their anointing
shall be to them for an everlasting
priesthood throughout their gen-
erations. 16 Thus did Moses: ac-
cording to all that Jehovah com-
manded 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
ths 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
tabernacle, and put the covering of
the tent above upon it; as Jehovah
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 Jehovah
commanded Moses. 22 And he
put the table in the tent of meeting,
upon the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil. 23
And he set the bread in order upon
it before Jehovah; as Jehovah com-
manded Moses. 24 And he put the
candlestick in the tent of meeting,
over against the table, on the side
of the tabernacle south w^ard. 25 And
he lighted the lamps before Jehovah ;
as Jehovah commanded Moses. 26
And he put the golden altar in the
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The Tabernacle erected. The Cloud over the Tent
EXODUS 40.27—40.38
tent of meeting before the veil: 27
and he burnt thereon incense of
sweet spices ; as Jehovah commanded
Moses. 28 And he put the screen
of the door to the tabernacle.
29 And he set the altar of burnt-
offering at the door of the taber-
nacle of the tent of meeting, and
offered upon it the burnt-offering
and the meal-offering; as Jehovah
commanded Moses. 30 And he set
the laver between the tent of meet-
ing and the altar, and put water
therein, wherewith to wash. 31 And
Moses and Aaron and his sons
washed their hands and their feet
thereat; 32 when they went into
the tent of meeting, and when they
came near unto the altar, they
washed; as Jehovah commanded
Moses. 33 And he reared up the 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 the glory of
Jehovah filled the tabernacle. 35
And Moses was not able to enter
into the tent of meeting, because
the cloud abode thereon, and the
glory of Jehovah filled the taber-
nacle. 36 And when the cloud was
taken up from over the tabernacle,
the children of Israel went onward,
throughout all their journeys : 37 but
if the cloud was not taken up, then
they journeyed not till the day that
it was taken up. 38 For the cloud
of Jehovah was upon the taber-
nacle by day, and there was fire
therein by night, in the sight of all
the house of Israel, throughout all
their journeys.
THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES,
COMMONLY CALLED
LEVITICUS
The Law of Burnt-offerings
IAnd Jehovah called unto
Moses, and spake unto him out
of the tent of meeting, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel,
and say unto them. When any man
of you offereth an oblation unto
Jehovah, ye shall offer your oblation
of the cattle, even of the herd and of
the flock.
3 If his oblation be a burnt-offer-
ing of the herd, he shall offer it a
male without blemish: he shall offer
it at the door of the tent of meeting,
that he may be accepted before
Jehovah. 4 And he shall lay his
hand upon the head of the burnt-
offering; and it shall be accepted
for him to make atonement for him.
5 And he shall kill the bullock
before Jehovah: 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
savor unto Jehovah.
10 And if his oblation be of the
flock, of the sheep, or of the goats,
for a burnt-offering; he shall offer
it a male without blemish. 11 And
he shall kill it on the side of the
altar northward before Jehovah:
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LEVITICUS 1.12—2.16
The Law of Meal-offerings; of Peace-offerings
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:
18 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-offer-
ing, an offering made by fire, of a
sweet savor unto Jehovah.
14 And if his oblation to Jehovah
be a burnt-offering of birds, then
he shall offer his oblation of turtle-
doves, or of young pigeons. 15 And
the priest shall bring it unto the
altar, and Vring 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 ^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 savor unto
Jehovah.
2 And when any one offereth
an oblation of a meal-offering
unto Jehovah, his oblation shall be
of fine flour; and he shall pour oil
upon it, and put frankincense there-
on : 2 and he shall bring it to Aaron's
sons the priests; and he shall take
thereout his handful of the fine
flour thereof, and of the oil thereof,
with all the frankincense thereof.
And the priest shall burn it as the
memorial thereof upon the altar, an
offering made by fire, of a sweet
savor unto Jehovah: 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
Jehovah made by fire.
4 And when thou offerest an
oblation of a meal-offering baken in
the oven, it shall be unleavened
cakes of fine flour mingled with
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 there-
on: it is a meal-offering. 7 And if
thy oblation be a meal-offering of
the frying-pan, it shall be made of
fine flour with oil. 8 And thou
shalt bring the meal-offering that
I is made of these things unto Jeho-
vah: 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 savor unto
Jehovah. 10 And that which is
left of the meal-offering shall be
Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing
most holy of the offerings of Jeho-
vah made by fire.
11 No meal-offering, which ye
shall offer unto Jehovah, shall be
made with leaven; for ye shall
burn no leaven, nor any honey, as
an offering made by fire unto Jeho-
vah. 12 As an oblation of first-
fruits ye shall offer them unto
Jehovah: but they shall not come
up for a sweet savor on the altar.
13 And every oblation of thy meal-
offering shalt thou season with
salt; neither shalt thou suffer 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-offer-
ing of first-fruits unto Jehovah,
thou shalt offer for the meal-offer-
ing of thy first-fruits grain in the
ear parched with fire, bruised grain
of the fresh ear. 15 And thou shalt
put oil upon it, and lay frankincense
thereon: it is a meal-oft'ering. 16 '•
And the priest shall burn the memo- '
rial of it, part of the bruised grain
thereof, and part of the oil thereof,
Or, pinch
" Or, feathers
3 Or. flal plate
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The Law of Peace-offerings; of Sin-offerings
with all the frankincense thereof:
it is an offering made by fire unto
Jehovah.
3 And if his oblation be a
sacrifice of ^peace-offerings; if
he offer of the herd, whether male
or female, he shall offer it without
blemish before Jehovah. 2 And
he shall lay his hand upon the head
of his oblation, and kill it at the
door of the tent of 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 Jehovah; 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,
. ^with the kidneys, shall he take
J 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 savor unto
Jehovah.
6 And if his oblation for a sacri-
fice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah
be of the flock; male or female, he
shall offer it without blemish. 7 If
he offer a -lamb for his oblation,
then shall he offer it before Jehovah;
8 and he shall lay his hand upon
the head of his oblation, and kill
it before the tent of meeting: and
Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood
, thereof upon the altar round about.
I 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice
I of peace-offerings an offering made
by fire unto Jehovah ; the fat thereof,
the fat tail entire, he shall take away
hard by the backbone; and the fat
I that covereth the inwards, and all
;i the fat that is upon the inwards,
! I 10 and the two kidneys, and the fat
' that is upon them, which is by the
loins, and the caul upon the liver,
i^ with the kidneys, shall he take away.
' 11 And the priest shall burn it upon
the altar: it is the ^food of the
1 Or, thank-offerings 3 Heb. bread.
2 Or, which he shall take away by the kidneys
LEVITICUS 3.1—4.7
offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
12 And if his oblation be a goat,
then he shall offer it before Jehovah :
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 there-
of upon the altar round about. 14
And he shall offer thereof his obla-
tion, even an offering made by fire
unto Jehovah; the fat that covereth
the inwards, and all the fat that is
upon the inwards, 15 and the two
kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, which is by the loins, and the
caul upon the liver, with the kidneys,
shall he take away. 16 And the
priest shall burn them upon the
altar: it is the food of the offering
made by fire, for a sweet savor; all
the fat is Jehovah's. 17 It shall be
a perpetual statute throughout your
generations in all your dwellings,
that ye shall eat neither fat nor
blood.
4 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 2 Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying. If any
one shall sin ^unwittingly, in any of
the things which Jehovah hath com-
manded not to be done, and shall
do any one of them : 3 if the anointed
priest shall sin so as to bring guilt
on the people, then let him offer for
his sin, which he hath sinned, a
young bullock without blemish unto
Jehovah for a sin-offering. 4 And
he shall bring the bullock unto the
door of the tent of meeting before
Jehovah; and he shall lay his hand
upon the head of the bullock, and
kill the bullock before Jehovah.
5 And the anointed priest shall take
of the blood of the bullock, and
bring it to the tent of meeting : 6 and
the priest shall dip his finger in the
blood, and sprinkle of the blood
seven times before Jehovah, before
the veil of the sanctuary. 7 And the
priest shall put of the blood upon
the horns of the altar of sweet in-
cense before Jehovah, which is in
the tent of meeting; and all the
Or, through error
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LEVITICUS 4.8 — 4.31 The Law of Sin-offerings: for the Congregation; for a Ruler
blood of the bullock shall he pour
out at the base of the altar of burnt-
offering, which is at the door of the
tent of meeting. 8 And all the fat
of the bullock of the sin-offering he
shall take off from it; the fat that
covereth the inwards, and all the
fat that is upon the inwards, 9 and
the tv/o kidneys, and the fat that is
upon them, which is by the loins,
and the caul upon the liver, with
the kidneys, shall he take away,
10 as it is taken off from the ox of
the 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 without the camp unto
a clean place, where the ashes are
poured out, and burn it on wood
with fire: where the ashes are
poured out shall it be burnt.
13 And if the whole congregation
of Israel err, and the thing be hid
from the eyes of the assembly, and
they have done any of the things
which Jehovah hath commanded
not to be done, and are guilty;
14 when the sin wherein thej^ have
sinned is known, then the assembly
shall offer a young bullock for a sin-
offering, and bring it before the tent
of meeting. 15 And the elders of
the congregation shall lay their
hands upon the head of the bullock
before Jehovah; and the bullock
shall be killed before Jehovah. 16
And the anointed priest shall bring
of the blood of the bullock to the
tent of meeting: 17 and the priest
shall dip his finger in the blood, and
sprinkle it seven times before Jeho-
vah, before the veil. 18 And he
shall put of the blood upon the
horns of the altar which is before
Jehovah, that is in the tent of meet-
ing; 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 Thuh
shall he do with the bullock; as he
did with the bullock of the sin-offer-
ing, so shall he do with this; and
the priest shall make atonement for
them, and they shall be 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 Jehovah his God
hath commanded not to be done,
and is guilty; 23 if his sin, wherein
he hath sinned, be made known to
him, he shall bring for his oblation
a goat, a male without blemash.
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 Jehovah: 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
atonement for him as concerning
his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
27 And if any one of the ^com-
mon people sin unwittingly, in doing
any of the things which Jehovah
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
1 Heb. people of the land.
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LEVITICUS 4.32—5.13
fat thereof shall he take away, as
the fat is taken away from off the
sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the
])riest shall barn it upon the altar
for a sweet savor unto Jehovah; and
the priest shall make atonement for
him, and he shall be forgiven.
32 And if he bring a lamb as his
oblation for a sin-offering, he shall
bring it a female without blemish.
33 And he shall lay his hand upon
the head of the sin-offering, and kill
it for a sin-offering in the place
where they kill the burnt-offering.
34 And the priest shall take of the
blood of the sin-offering with his
finger, and put it upon the horns of
the altar of burnt-offering; and all
the blood thereof shall he pour out at
the base of the altar. 35 And all
the fat thereof shall he take away,
as the fat of the lamb is taken aw^ay
from the sacrifice of peace-offerings;
and the priest shall burn them on
the altar, Hipon the offerings of
Jehovah made by fire; and the
priest shall make atonement for
him as touching his sin that he hath
sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
5 And if any one sin, in that
he heareth the voice of ad-
juration, he being a witness, whether
he hath seen or known, if he do not
utter it, then he shall bear his
iniquity. 2 Or if any one touch
any unclean thing, whether it be
the carcass of an unclean beast, or
the carcass of unclean cattle, or the
carcass of unclean creeping things,
and it be hidden from him, and he
be unclean, then he shall be guilty.
3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of
man, whatsoever 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
1 Or, after the manner of
he shall be guilty in one of these
things, that he shall confess that
wherein he hath sinned: 6 and he
shall bring '%is trespass-offering unto
Jehovah for his sin which he hath
sinned, a female from the flock, a
lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering;
and the priest shall make atone-
ment for him as concerning his sin.
7 And if his means suffice not
for a lamb, then he shall bring "his
trespass-offering for that wherein
he hath sinned, two turtle-doves,
or two young pigeons, unto Jeho-
vah; one for a sin-offering, and the
other for a burnt-offering. 8 And
he shall bring them unto the priest,
who shall offer that which is for
the sin-offering first, and ^wring off
its head from its neck, but shall
not divide it asunder: 9 and he shall
sprinkle of the blood of the sin-
offering upon the side of the altar;
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
^offer the second for a burnt-offer-
ing, according to the ordinance;
and the priest shall make atone-
ment for him as concerning his sin
which he hath sinned, and he shall
be forgiven.
11 But if his means suffice not
for two turtle-doves, or two young
pigeons, then he shall bring his
oblation for that wherein he hath
sinned, the tenth part of an ephah
of fine flour for a sin-offering: he
shall put no oil upon it, neither
shall he put any frankincense there-
on; 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, ^upon the offerings
of Jehovah made by fire: it is a sin-
offering. 13 And the priest shall
make atonement for him as touch-
ing 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.
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2 Or, for his guilt » Or, pinch
^ Or, after the manner of
* Or, prepare
LEVITICUS 5.14 — 6.16 The Priest's Function in Burnt-offerings; in Meal-offerings
1
14 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 15 If any one commit a
trespass, and sin unwittingly, in the
holy things of Jehovah; then he
shall bring his trespass-offering unto
Jehovah, a ram without blemish
out of the flock, according to thy
estimation in silver by shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary, for a
trespass-offering: 16 and he shall
make restitution for that which he
hath done amiss in the holy thing,
and shall add the fifth part thereto,
and give it unto the priest; and the
priest shall make atonement for him
with the ram of the trespass-offer-
ing, and he shall be forgiven.
17 And if any one sin, and do
any of the things which Jehovah
hath commanded not to be done;
though he knew it not, yet is he
guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
18 And he shall bring a ram without
blemish out of the flock, according
to thy estimation, for a trespass-
offering, unto the priest; and the
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
trespass-offering: he is certainly
guilty before Jehovah.
*/:* And Jehovah spake unto
O Moses, saying, 2 If any one
sin, and commit a trespass against
Jehovah, and deal falsely with his
neighbor in a matter of deposit, or
of ^bargain, or of robbery, or have
oppressed his neighbor, 3 or have
found that which was lost, and deal
falsely therein, and swear to a lie;
in any of all these things that a
man doeth, sinning therein; 4 then
it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is
guilty, that he shall restore that
which he took by robbery, or the
thing 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
falsely; he shall even restore it in
full, ^nd shall add the fifth part
^ Or, pledge
[*Ch. 5.20 in Heb.]
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 trespass-
offering unto Jehovah, a ram with-
out blemish out of the flock, accord-
ing to thy estimation, for a trespass-
offering, unto the priest: 7 and the
priest shall make atonement for him
before Jehovah; and he shall be
forgiven concerning whatsoever he
doeth so as to be guilty thereby.
fS And Jehovah spake unto Moses,
saying, 9 Command Aaron and his
sons, saying, This is the law of the
burnt-offering: the burnt-offering
shall be '^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 con-
sumed 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 gar-
ments, and carry forth the ashes
without 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 morn-
ing: and he shall lay the burnt-
oft'ering in order upon it, and shall
burn thereon the fat of the peace-
offerings. 13 Fire shall be kept
burning upon" the altar continually;
it shall not go out.
14 And this is the law of the
meal-offering: the sons of Aaron
shall offer it before Jehovah, before
the altar. 15 And he shall take
up therefrom his handful, of the
fine flour of the meal-offering, and
of the oil thereof, and all the frank-
incense which is upon the meal-
offering, and shall burn it upon the
altar for a sweet savor, as the
memorial thereof, unto Jehovah.
16 And that which is left thereof
shall Aaron and his sons eat: it
Or, on Us firewood
[tCh. 6.1 in Heb.]
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In Sin-offerings; in Trespass-offerings; in Peace-offerings
LEVITICUS 6.17—7.12
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 trespass-offering. 18 Every
male among the children of Aaron
shall eat of it, as his portion for
ever throughout your generations,
from the offerings of Jehovah made
by fire: whosoever toucheth them
shall be holy.
19 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 20 This is the obla-
tion of Aaron and of his sons, which
they shall offer unto Jehovah in the
day when he is anointed: the tenth
f part of an ephah of fine flour for a
meal-offering perpetually, half of it
in the morning, and half thereof in
the evening. 21 On a baking-pan
it shall be made with oil; when it
is soaked, thou shalt bring it in:
in %aken pieces shalt thou offer
the meal-offering for a sweet savor
i unto Jehovah. 22 And the anointed
priest that shall be in his stead
from among his sons shall offer it:
by a statute for ever it shall be
wholly burnt unto Jehovah. 23
And every meal-offering of the
priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall
not be eaten.
24 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, 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
Jehovah: it is most holy. 26 The
priest that offereth it for sin shall
eat it : in a holy place shall it be
eaten, in the court of the tent of
meeting. 27 ^Whatsoever shall
touch the flesh thereof shall be holy;
and when there is sprinkled of the
blood thereof upon any garment,
thou shalt wash that whereon it was
sprinkled in a holy place. 28 But
the earthen vessel wherein it is
^ The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain.
- Or, Whosoever
boiled shall be broken; and if it be
boiled in a brazen vessel, it shall
be scoured, and rinsed in water.
29 Every male among the priests
shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
30 And no sin-offering, whereof any
of the blood is brought into the tent
of meeting to make atonement in
the holy place, shall be eaten: it
shall be burnt with flre.
7 And this is the law of the
trespass-offering: it is most holy.
2 In the place where they kill the
burnt-offering shall they, kill the tres-
pass-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, with the kidneys, shall he
take away; 5 and the priest shall
burn them upon the altar for an
offering made by fire unto Jehovah:
it is a trespass-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 trespass-offer-
ing; there is one law for them: the
priest that maketh atonement there-
with, 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 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 Jehovah. 12 If
he offer it for a thanksgiving, then
he shall offer with the sacrifice of
thanksgiving unleavened cakes min-
gled with oil, and unleavened wafers
anointed with oil, and cakes mingled
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LEVITICUS 7.13 — 7.37 Eating of the Peace-offerings. Fat and Blood not to be eaten
with oil, of fine flour soaked. 13
With cakes of leavened bread he
shall offer his oblation with the
sacrifice of his peace-offerings for
thanksgiving. 14 And of it he
shall offer one out of each oblation
for a heave-offering unto Jehovah;
it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth
the blood of the peace-offerings.
15 And the flesh of the sacrifice
of his peace-offerings for thanks-
giving shall be eaten on the day of
his oblation; he shall not leave any
of it until the morning. 16 But if
the sacrifice of his oblation be a
vow, or a free will-offering, it shall
be eaten on the day that he offereth
his sacrifice; and on the morrow 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 abomina-
tion, and the soul that eateth of it
shall bear his iniquity.
vl9 And the fiesh 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 Jehovah, having his unclean-
ness upon him, that soul shall be
cut off from his people. 21 And
when any one shall touch any un-
clean thing, the uncleanness of man,
or an unclean beast, or any unclean
abomination, and eat of the flesh of
the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which
pertain unto Jehovah, that soul shall
be cut off from his people.
22 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, 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 whoso-
ever eateth the fat of the beast, or
which men offer an offering made
by fire unto Jehovah, even the soul
that eateth it shall be cut off from
his people. 26 And ye shall eat
no manner of blood, whether it be
of bird or of beast, in any of your
dwellings. 27 Whosoever it be that
eateth any blood, that soul shall be
cut off from his people.
28 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 29 Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying. He that
offereth the sacrifice of his peace-
offerings unto Jehovah shall bring
his oblation unto Jehovah out of
the sacrifice of his peace-offerings:
30 his own hands shall bring the
offerings of Jehovah made by fire;
the fat with the breast shall he
bring, that the breast may be
waved for a wave-offering before
Jehovah. 31 And the priest shall
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 a heave-
offering out of the sacrifices of
your peace-offerings. 33 He among
the sons of "Aaron that offereth the
blood of the peace-offerings, and
the fat, shall have the right ^thigh
for a portion. 34 For the wave-
breast and the heave-^thigh have I
taken of the children of Israel out
of the sacrifices of their peace-
offerings, and have given them unto
Aaron the priest and unto his sons
as their portion for ever from the
children of Israel.
35 This is the ^anointing-portion
of Aaron, and the anointing-portion
of his sons, out of the offerings of
Jehovah made by fire, in the day
when he presented them to minister
unto Jehovah in the priest's oflSce;
36 which Jehovah commanded to
be given them of the children of
Israel, in the day that he anointed
them. It is their portion for ever
throughout their generations.
37 This is the law of the burnt-
Or, shoulder
Or, portion
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Consecration of Aaron and his Sons
offering, of the meal-offering, and
of the sin-offering, and of the
trespass-offering, and of the con-
secration, and of the sacrifice of
peace-offerings; 38 which Jehovah
commanded Moses in mount Sinai,
in the day that he commanded the
children of Israel to offer their
oblations unto Jehovah, in the wil-
derness of Sinai.
8 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, 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 un-
leavened bread; 3 and assemble
thou all the congregation at the
door of the tent of meeting. 4 And
Moses did as Jehovah commanded
him; and the congregation was
assembled at the door of the tent
of meeting. 5 And Moses said unto
the congregation, This is the thing
which Jehovah hath commanded
to be done.
6 And Moses brought Aaron and
his sons, and washed them with
water. 7 And he put upon him the
coat, and girded him with the girdle,
and clothed him with the robe, and
put the ephod upon him, and he
girded him with the skilfully woven
band of the ephod, and bound it
unto him therewith. 8 And he
placed the breastplate upon him:
and in the breastplate he put ^the
Urim and the Thummim. 9 And
he set the ^mitre upon his head; and
upon the ^mitre, in front, did he set
the golden plate, the holy crown;
as Jehovah commanded Moses.
^ 10 And Moses took the anointing
oil, and anointed the tabernacle and
all that was therein, and sanctified
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
^ sanctify them. 12 And he poured
of the anointing oil upon Aaron's
head, and anointed him, to sanctify
That is, the Lights and the Perfections.
Or, turban
LEVITICUS 7.38—8.24
him. 13 And Moses brought Aar-
on's sons, and clothed them with
coats, and girded them with girdles,
and bound head-tires upon them;
as Jehovah commanded Moses.
14 And he brought the bullock
of the sin-offering: and Aaron and
his sons laid their hands upon the
head of the bullock of the sin-
offering. 15 And he slew it; and
Moses took the blood, and put it
upon the horns of the altar round
about with his finger, and purified
the altar, and poured out the blood
at the base of the altar, and sancti-
fied 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 tw^o kidneys, and
their fat; and Moses burned it upon
the altar. 17 But the bullock, and
its skin, and its flesh, and its dung,
he burnt with fire without the
camp; as Jehovah commanded Mo-
ses.
18 And he presented the ram
of the burnt-offering: and Aaron
and his sons laid their hands upon
the head of the ram. 19 And he
killed it; and Moses sprinkled the
blood upon the altar round about.
20 And he cut the ram into its
pieces; and Moses burnt the head,
and the pieces, and the fat. 21 And
he washed the inwards and the legs
with water; and Moses burnt the
whole ram upon the altar: it was a
burnt-offering for a sweet savor:
it was an offering made by fire
unto Jehovah; as Jehovah com-
manded 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
he slew it; and Moses took of the
blood thereof, and put it upon the
tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon
the thumb of his right hand, and
upon the great toe of his right foot.
24 And he brought Aaron's sons;
and Moses put of the blood upon
the tip of their right ear, and upon
the thumb of their right hand, and
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LEVITICUS 8.25 — 9. 1 1 Consecration of Aaron and his Sons. Aaron offers Sacrifices
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 ^thigh: 26 and out
of the basket of unleavened bread,
that was before Jehovah, he took
one unleavened cake, and one cake
of oiled bread, and one wafer, and
placed them on the fat, and upon
the right thigh: 27 and he put the
whole upon the hands of Aaron, and
upon the hands of his sons, and
waved them for a wave-offering
before Jehovah. 28 And Moses
took them from off their hands, and
burnt them on the altar upon the
burnt-offering: they were a conse-
cration for a sweet savor: it was an
offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
29 And Moses took the breast, and
waved it for a wave-offering before
Jehovah: it was Moses' portion of
the ram of consecration; as Jehovah
commanded Moses.
30 And Moses took of the anoint-
ing oil, and of the blood which was
upon the altar, and sprinkled it
upon Aaron, upon his garments,
and upon his sons, and upon his
sons' garments with him, and sancti-
fied Aaron, his garments, and his
sons, and his sons' garments with
him.
31 And Moses said unto Aaron
and to his sons. Boil the flesh at
the door of the tent of meeting:
and there eat it and the bread that
is in the basket of consecration, ^as
I commanded, saying, Aaron and
his sons shall eat it. 32 And that
which remaineth of the flesh and of
the bread shall ye burn with fire.
33 And ye shall not go out from the
door of the tent of meeting seven
days, until the days of your con-
secration be fulfilled: for he shall
^consecrate you seven days. 34 As
hath been done this day, so Jehovah
1 Or, shoulder
2 Or, as otherwise read, as I am commanded
3 Heb. fill yotir hand.
hath commanded to do, to make
atonement for you. 35 And at the
door of the tent of meeting shall ye
abide day and night seven days, and
keep the charge of Jehovah, that ye
die not: for so I am commanded.
36 And Aaron and his sons did all
the things which Jehovah com-
manded by Moses.
9 And it came to pass on the
eighth day, that Moses called
Aaron and his sons, and the elders
of Israel; 2 and he said unto Aaron,
Take thee a calf of the herd for a
sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-
offering, without blemish, and offer
them before Jehovah. 3 And unto
the children of Israel thou shalt
speak, saying. Take ye a he-goat
for a sin-offering; and a calf and a
lamb, both a year old, without
blemish, for a burnt-offering; 4 and
an ox and a ram for peace-offerings,
to sacrifice before Jehovah^ and a
meal-offering mingled with oil: for
I to-day Jehovah appeareth unto you.
5 And they brought that which
Moses commanded before the tent
of meeting: and all the congregation
drew near and stood before Jehovah.
6 And Moses said, This is the thing
which Jehovah commanded that ye
should do : and the glory of Jehovah
shall appear unto you. 7 And
Moses said unto Aaron, Draw near
unto the altar, and offer thy sin-
offering, and thy burnt-offering, and
make atonement for thyself, and for
the people; and offer the oblation of
the people, and make atonement for
them; as Jehovah commanded.
8 So Aaron drew near unto the
altar, and slew the calf of the sin-
offering, which was for himself.
9 And the sons of Aaron 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 Jehovah commanded
Moses. 11 And the flesh and the
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Aaron offers Sacrifices. The Sin of Nadab and Abihu LEVITICUS 9.12 10.11
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-offer-
ing 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
oblation, and took the goat of the
sin-offering which was for the peo-
ple, and slew it, and offered it for
sin, as the first. 16 And he pre-
sented the burnt-offering, and of-
fered it according to the ordinance.
17 And he presented the meal-
offering, and filled his hand there-
from, 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, which he sprinkled 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-offering
before Jehovah; as Moses com-
manded.
t 22 And Aaron lifted up his hands
toward the people, and blessed
them; and he came down from
offering the sin-offering, and the
burnt-offering, and the peace-offer-
ings. 23 And Moses and Aaron
went into the tent of meeting, and
came out, and blessed the people:
and the glory of Jehovah appeared
unto all the people. 24 And there
came forth fire from before Jeho-
vah, and consumed upon the altar
the burnt-offering and the fat: and
when all the people saw it, they
shouted, and fell on their faces.
■1 r\ And Nadab and Abihu,
1 v/ the sons of Aaron, took each
of them his censer, and put fire
therein, and laid incense thereon,
and offered strange fire before Je-
hovah, which he had not commanded
them. 2 And there came forth fire
from before Jehovah, and devoured
them, and they died before Jehovah.
3 Then Moses said unto Aaron,
This is it that Jehovah spake,
saying, I will be sanctified in them
that ^come nigh me, and before all
the people I will be glorified. And
Aaron held his peace. 4 And Moses
called Mishael and Elzaphan, the
sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron,
and said unto them. Draw near,
carry your brethren from before
the sanctuary out of the camp.
5 So they drew near, and carried
them in their coats out of the camp,
as Moses had said. 6 And Moses
said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar
and unto Ithamar, his sons, ^Let
not the hair of your heads go loose,
neither rend your clothes; that ye
die not, and that he be not wroth
with all the congregation: but let
your brethren, the whole house of
Israel, bewail the burning which
Jehovah hath kindled. 7 And ye
shall not go out from the door of
the tent of meeting, lest ye die; for
the anointing oil of Jehovah is
upon you. And they did accord-
ing to the word of Moses.
8 And Jehovah spake unto Aaron,
saying, 9 Drink no wine nor strong
drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee,
when ye go into the tent of meeting,
that ye die not: it shall be a statute
for ever throughout your genera-
tions: 10 and Hhat ye may make a
distinction between the holy and the
common, and between the unclean
and the clean; 11 and Hhat ye may
teach the children of Israel all the
statutes which Jehovah hath spoken
unto them by Moses.
1 Or, are nigh
2 Ace. to Sept., Vulg., and Syr., Uncover not your heads.
3 Or, ye shall
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LEVITICUS 10.12 — 11.16 The Priests' Duties and Portions. Clean and Unclean Animals
12 And Moses spake unto Aaron,
and unto Eleazar and unto Itha-
mar, his sons that were left, Take
the meal-offering that remaineth of
the offerings of Jehovah made by
fire, and eat it without leaven be-
side the altar; for it is rnost holy;
13 and ye shall eat it in a holy
place, because it is thy portion, and
thy sons' portion, of the offerings of
Jehovah made by fire: for so I am
commanded. 14 And the wave-
breast and the heave-thigh shall ye
eat in a clean place, thou, and thy
sons, and thy daughters with thee:
for they are given as thy portion,
and thy sons' portion, out of the
sacrifices of the peace-offerings of
the children of Israel. 15 The
heave-thigh and the wave-breast
shall they bring with the offerings
made by fire of the fat, to wave
it for a wave-offering before Je-
hovah: and it shall be thine, and
thy sons' with thee, as a portion
for ever; as Jehovah hath com-
manded.
16 And Moses diligently sought
the goat of the sin-offering, and,
behold, it was burnt: and he was
angry with Eleazar and with Itha-
mar, 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
^to bear the iniquity of the congre-
gation, to make atonement for them
before Jehovah.f^ 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 day
have they offered their sin-offeriiig
and their burnt-offering before Je-
hovah; and there have befallen me
such things as these: and if I had
eaten the sin-offering to-day, would
it have been well-pleasing in the
sight of Jehovah.^ 20 And when
Moses heard that^ it was well-
pleasing in his sight.
^ Or, to take aw(iy
11
And Jehovah spake unto
Moses and to Aaron, saying
unto them, 2 Speak unto the chil-
dren of Israel, saying. These are
the living things which ye may eat
among all the beasts that are on
the earth. 3 Whatsoever parte th
the hoof, and is clovenfooted, anc
^cheweth the cud, among the beasts,
that may 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 ^coney, because he ^chew-
eth 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, an^
is clovenfooted, but ^cheweth nol
the cud, he is unclean unto you.
8 Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and
their carcasses ye shall not touch;
they are unclean unto you.
9 These may ye eat of all thai
are in the waters: whatsoever hatl
fins and scales in the waters, ii
the seas, and in the rivers, thai
may ye eat. 10 And all that hav<
not fins and scales in the seas, an<
in the rivers, of all that move ii
the waters, and of all the living
creatures that are in the waters|
they are an abomination unto you]
11 and they shall be an abomina--
tion unto you; ye shall not eat ol
their flesh, and their carcasses y<
shall have in abomination. 1!
W^hatsoever hath no fins nor scak
in the waters, that is an abomina^
tion unto you.
13 And these ye shall have u
abomination among the birds; thei
shall not be eaten, they are ai
abomination: the ^eagle, and th^
gier-eagle, and the ospray, 14 an<
the kite, and the falcon after if
kind, 15 every raven after ii
kind, 16 and the ostrich, and th<
2 Heb. bringeth up.
3 Heb. shaphan, the Hyrax Syriacus or rockbadger.
■• Or, i^reat vulture
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Uncleanness from Carcasses. Creeping Things not to be eaten LEVITICUS 11.17 11.42
^night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and
the hawk after its kind, 17 and the
Httle owl, and the cormorant, and
the great owl, 18 and the 4iorned
owl, and the pelican, and the vul-
ture, 19 and the stork, the ^heron
after its kind, and the hoopoe, and
the bat.
20 All winged creeping things
that go upon all fours are an abomi-
nation unto you. 21 Yet these msLY
ye eat of all winged creeping things
that go upon all fours, which have
legs above their feet, wherewith to
leap upon the earth; 22 even these
of them ye may eat: the ^locust
after its kind, and the %ald locust
after its kind, and the ^cricket after
its kind, and the ^grasshopper after
its kind. 23 But all winged creep-
ing things, which have four feet,
are an abomination unto you.
24 And by these ye shall become
unclean: whosoever toucheth the
carcass of them shall be unclean
until the even; 25 and whosoever
beareth aught of the carcass of
them shall wash his clothes, and
be unclean until the even. 26 Every
beast which parteth the hoof, and
is not clovenfooted, nor 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 fours, they are un-
clean unto you: whoso toucheth
their carcass shall be unclean
until the even. 28 And he that
beareth the carcass of them shall
wash his clothes, and be unclean until
the even: they are unclean unto you.
29 And these are they which are
unclean unto you among the creep-
ing things that creep upon the
earth: the weasel, and the mouse,
and the great lizard after its kind,
30 and the ^gecko, and the ^land-
crocodile, and the ^lizard, and the
^sand-lizard, and the chameleon.
1 Heb. tahmas, of uncertain meaning.
2 Or, swan ^ Or, ibis
^ Four kinds of locusts or grasshoppers, which are not
certainly known.
^ Words of uncertain meaning, but probably denoting
four kinds of lizard'^.
31 These are they which are un-
clean to you among all that creep:
whosoever doth touch them, when
they are dead, shall be unclean
until the even. 32 And upon what-
soever any of them, when they are
dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean;
whether it be any vessel of wood,
or raiment, or skin, or sack, what-
soever 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, where-
into any of them falleth, whatsoever
is in it shall be unclean, and it ye
shall break. 34 All food therein
which may be eaten, that on which
water cometh, shall be unclean;
and all drink that may be drunk
in every such vessel shall be unclean.
35 And everything whereupon any
part of their carcass falleth shall be
unclean; whether oven, or ^range for
pots, it shall be broken in pieces:
they are unclean, and shall be un-
clean unto you. 36 Nevertheless a
fountain or a ^pit wherein is a gather-
ing of water shall be clean: 'but
^that which toucheth their carcass
shall be unclean. 37 And if aught
of their carcass fall upon any sow-
ing seed which is to be sown, it is
clean. 38 But if water be put upon
the seed, and aught of their carcass
fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.
39 And if any beast, of which
ye may eat, die; he that toucheth
the carcass thereof shall be un-
clean until the even. 40 And he
that eateth of the carcass of it
shall wash his clothes, and be un-
clean until the even: he also that
beareth the carcass of it shall wash
his clothes, and be unclean until
the even.
41 And every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth is an
abomination; it shall not be eaten.
42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly,
and whatsoever goeth upon all
fours, or whatsoever hath many
feet, even all creeping things that
Or, stewpan
? Or. cistern
8 Or, he who
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LEVITICUS 11.43— 13.7 Purification of women. The Test of Leprosy
creep upon the earth, them ye shall
not eat; for they are an abomina-
tion. 43 Ye shall not make your-
selves abominable with any creeping
thing that creepeth, neither shall
ye make yourselves unclean wath
them, that ye should be defiled
thereby. 44 For I am Jehovah
your God: sanctify yourselves there-
fore, and be ye holy; for I am holy:
neither shall ye defile yourselves
with any manner of creeping thing
that moveth upon the earth. 45
For I am Jehovah that brought you
up out of the land of Egypt, to be
your God : ye shall therefore be holy,
for I am holy.
46 This is the law of the beast,
and of the bird, and of every living
creature that moveth in the waters,
and of every creature that creepeth
upon the earth; 47 to make a dis-
tinction betw^een the unclean and
the clean, and between the living
thing that may be eaten and the
living thing that may not be eaten.
i Q And Jehovah spake unto
the' children of Israel, saying. If a
woman conceive seed, and bear a
man-child, then she shall be un-
clean seven days; as in the days
of the ^impurity of her sickness
shall she be unclean. 3 And in
the eighth day the flesh of his
foreskin shall be circumcised. 4
And she shall continue in the blood
of her purifying three and thirty
days; she shall touch no hallo w^ed
thing, nor come into the sanctuary,
until the days of her purifying be
fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid-
child, then she shall be unclean
two weeks, as in her ^impurity; and
she shall continue in the blood of
her purifying threescore and six
days.
6 And when the days of her
purifying are fulfilled, for a son,
or for a daughter, she shall bring
a lamb a year old for a burnt-
offering, and a young pigeon, or a
turtle-dove, for a sin-offering, unto
1 Or, separation
13
the door of the tent of meeting, unto
the priest: 7 and he shall offer it ;
before Jehovah, and make atone-
ment for her; and she shall be
cleansed from the fountain of her
blood. This is the law for her that
beareth, whether a male or a female.
8 And if her means suflSce not for a
lamb, then she shall take two
turtle-doves, or tw^o young pigeons;
the one for a burnt-offering, and the
other for a sin-offering: and the
priest shall make atonement for her,
and she shall be clean.
And Jehovah spake unto
Moses and unto Aaron, say-
ing, 2 When a man shall have in
the skin of his flesh a rising, or ji
scab, or a bright spot, and it be-
come in the skin of his flesh the
plague of leprosy, 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
Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto 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 w^hite 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 i
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 th«
priest shall pronounce him clean:
it is a scab: and he shall w^ash his
clothes, and be clean. 7 But if th(^
scab spread abroad in the skin,
after that he hath show^ed himself
to the priest for his cleansing, he
shall show himself to the priest
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The Test of Leprosy
again: 8 and the priest shall look;
and, behold, if the scab be spread
in the skin, then the priest shall
pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.
9 When the plague of leprosy 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 un-
clean. 12 And if the leprosy break
out abroad in the skin, and the
leprosy 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 pro-
nounce him clean that hath the plague :
1 it is all turned white: he is clean.
! 14 But whensoever raw flesh ap-
peareth in him, he shall be unclean.
15 And the priest shall look on the
raw flesh, and pronounce him un-
clean: 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 pro-
nounce 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 showed to the priest;
20 and the priest shall look; and,
behold, if the appearance thereof
be' lower than the skin, and the
hair thereof be turned white, then
the priest shall pronounce him un-
i clean: it is the plague of leprosy,
I 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
LEVITICUS 13.8—13.32
the skin, but be dim; then the
priest shall shut him up seven days :
22 and if it spread abroad in the
skin, then the priest shall pro-
nounce him unclean: it is a plague.
23 But if the bright spot stay in its
place, and be not spread, it is the
scar of the boil; and the priest shall
pronounce him clean.
24 Or when the flesh hath in the
skin thereof a burning by fire, and
the quick flesh of the burning be-
come a bright spot, reddish-white,
or white; 25 then the priest shall
look upon it; and, behold, if the
hair in the bright spot be turned
white, and the appearance thereof
be deeper than the skin; it is lep-
rosy, it hath broken out in the
burning: and the priest shall pro-
nounce him unclean : it is the plague
of leprosy. 26 But if the priest
look on it, and, behold, there be
no white hair in the bright spot, and
it be no lower than the skin, but be
dim; then the priest shall shut him
up seven days: 27 and the priest
shall look upon him the seventh day :
if it spread abroad in the skin, then
the priest shall pronounce him un-
clean: 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 womah
hath a plague upon the head or
upon the beard, 30 then the priest
shall look on the plague; and, be-
hold, if the appearance thereof be
deeper than the skin, and there be
in it yellow thin hair, then the
priest shall pronounce him 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
23
LEVITICUS 13.33—13.56
The Test of Leprosy
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 the flesh bright
spots, even white bright spots;
39 then the priest shall look; and,
behold, if the bright spots in the
skin of their flesh be of a dull white,
it is a tetter, it hath broken out in
the skin; he is clean.
40 And if a man's hair be fallen
off his head, he is bald; 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 appearance of
leprosy ^ in the skin of the flesh;
44 he is a leprous man, he is un-
clean: the priest shall surely pro-
nounce him unclean; his plague is in
his head.
plague is, his clothes shall be rent,
and the hair of his head shall go
loose, and he shall cover his upper
lip, and shall cry, Unclean, 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 ^warp,
or woof; of linen, or of woollen;
whether in a skin, or in anything
made of skin; 49 if the plague be
greenish or reddish in the garment,
or in the skin, or in the warp, or in
the woof, or in anything of skin; it
is the plague of leprosy, and shall
be showed unto the priest. 50 And
the priest shall look upon the plague,
and shut up that which hath the
plague seven days: 51 and he shall
look on the plague on the seventh
day: if the plague be spread in the
garment, 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 anything of
skin, wherein the plague is: for it
is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt
in the fire.
53 And if the priest shall look,
and, beholdj the plague be not
spread in the garment, either in
the warp, or in the woof, or in any-
thing of skin; 54 then the priest
shall command that they wash the
thing wherein the plague is, and
he shall shut it up seven days more:
55 and the priest shall look, after
that the plague is washed; and,
behold, if the plague have not
changed its color^ and the plague
be not spread, it is unclean; thou
shalt burn it in the fire: it is a fret,
^whether the bareness be within or
without.
56 And if the priest look, and.
1 Or, woven or knitted stuff (and in ver. 49, &c.)
45 And the leper in whom the ^J^He^. wheth^^
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Offerings for the Cleansing of a Leper
behold, the plague be dim after
the washing 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 anything
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
I or linen, either in the warp, or the
woof, or anything of skin, to pro-
nounce it clean, or to pronounce it
unclean.
UAnd Jehovah spake unto
Moses, saying, 2 This shall
be the law of the leper in the day
of his cleansing: he shall be brought
unto the priest: 3 and the priest
shall go forth out of the camp; and
the priest shall look; and, behold,
if the plague of leprosy be healed in
the leper, 4 then shall the priest
command to take for him that is to
be cleansed two living clean birds,
and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and
hyssop: 5 and the priest shall com-
,mand to kill one of the birds in an
earthen vessel over ^running water.
;6 As for the living bird, he shall
take it, and the cedar-wood, and
ithe scarlet, and the hyssop, and
shall dip them and the living bird
jin the blood of the bird that was
killed over the ^running water:
7 and he shall sprinkle upon him
ithat is to be cleansed from the
eprosy seven times, and shall pro-
iiounce him clean, and shall let go
che living bird into the open field.
3 And he that is to be cleansed shall
^ash his clothes, and shave off all
lis hair, and bathe himself in water;
md he shall be clean : and after that
le shall come into the camp, but
hall dwell outside his tent seven
^ Heb. living.
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days. 9 And it shall be on the
seventh day, that he shall shave all
his hair off his head and his beard
and his eyebrows, even all his hair
he shall shave off: and he shall
wash his clothes, and he shall bathe
his flesh in water, and he shall be
clean.
10 And on the eighth day he shall
take two he-lambs without blemish,
and one ewe-lamb a year old with-
out blemish, and three tenth parts
of an ephah of fine 'flour for a meal-
offering, mingled with oil, and one
log of oil. 11 And the priest that
cleanseth him shall set the man that
is to be cleansed, and those things,
before Jehovah, at the door of the
tent of meeting. 12 And the priest
shall take one of the he-lambs, and
offer him for a trespass-offering, and
the log of oil, and wave them for a
wave-offering before Jehovah: 13
and he shall kill the he-lamb in the
place where they kill the sin-offering
and the burnt-offering, in the place
of the sanctuary : for as the sin-offer-
ing is the priest's, so is the trespass-
offering: it is most holy. 14 And
the priest shall take of the blood of
the trespass-offering, and the priest
shall put it upon the tip of the right
ear of him that is to be cleansed, and
upon the thumb of his right hand,
and upon the great toe of his right
foot. 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 Jehovah.
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 trespass-
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 Je-
LEVITICUS 14.19 14.43 offerings for the Cleanslng of a Leper. Cleansing of Infected Houses
hovah. 19 And the priest shall
offer the sin-offering, and make
atonement for him that is to be
cleansed because of his uncleanness:
and afterward he shall kill the burnt-
offering; 20 and the priest shall
offer the burnt-offering and the
meal-offering upon the altar: and
the priest shall make atonement for
him, and he shall be clean.
21 And if he be poor, and cannot
get so much, then he shall take one
he-lamb for a trespass-offering to^
be waved, to make atonement for
him, and one tenth part of an ephah
of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering, and a log of oil ; 22 and
two turtle-doves, or two youqg
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 Jehovah: 24 and
the priest shall take the- lamb of
the trespass-offering, and the log of
oil, and the priest shall wave them
for a wave-offering before Jehovah.
25 And he shall kill the lamb of the
trespass-offering; and the priest shall
take of the blood of the trespass-
offering, and put it upon the tip of
the right ear of him that is to be
cleansed, and upon the thumb of his
right hand, and upon the great toe
of his right foot. 26 And the
priest shall pour of the oil into the
palm of his own left hand; 27 and
the priest shall sprinkle with his
right finger some of the oil that is in
his left hand seven times before
Jehovah: 28 and the 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 trespass-
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 Jehovah. 30 And he
shall offer one of the turtle-doves,
or of the young pigeons, such as he
is able to get, 31 even such as he is
able to get, the one for a sin-offering,
and the other for a burnt-offering,
with the meal-offering: and the
priest shall make atonement for
him that is to be cleansed before
Jehovah. 32 This is the law of him
in whom is the plague of leprosy,
who is not able to get that which
pertameth to his cleansing.
33 And Jehovah spake unto Moses
and unto Aaron, saying, 34 When
ye are come into the land of Canaan,
which I give to you for a possession,
and I put the plague of leprosy in a
house of the land of your possession;
35 then he that owneth the house
shall come and tell the priest, 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
goeth in to see the plague, that all
that is in the house be not made
unclean: and afterward the priest
shall go in to see the house: 37 and
he shall look on the plague; and,
behold, if the plague be in the walls
of the house with hollow streaks,
greenish or reddish, and the appear-
ance 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 oft*, 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 plaster the house.
43 And if the plague come again.
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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 plastered; 44 then the
priest shall come in and look; and,
behold, if the plague be spread in
the house, it is a fretting leprosy in
the house: it is unclean. 45 And
he shall break down the house, the
stones of it, and the timber thereof,
and all the mortar of the house;
and he shall carry them forth out of
the city into an unclean place.
46 Moreover he that goeth into the
house all the while that it is shut up
shall be 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 plastered; 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 ^running water:
51 and he shall take the cedar- wood,
and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and
the living bird, and dip them in the
blood of the slain bird, and in the
^running water, and sprinkle the
house seven times: 52 and he shall
cleanse the house with the blood of
the bird, and with the ^running
water, and with the 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 atonement for the house;
and it shall be clean.
54 This is the law for all manner
of plague of leprosy, and for a scall,
55 and for the leprosy of a 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.
Heb. living.
1 ^ And Jehovah spake unto
A <J 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, be-
cause of his issue he is unclean.
3 And this shall be his uncleanness
in his issue: whether his flesh run
with his issue, or his flesh be stopped
from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
4 Every bed whereon he that hath
the issue lieth shall be unclean; and
everything whereon he sitteth shall
be unclean. 5 And whosoever touch-
eth his bed shall wash his clothes,
and bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the even. 6 And he that
sitteth on anything whereon he that
hath the issue sat shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the even.
7 And he that toucheth the flesh of
him that hath the issue shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in
water, and be unclean until the even.
8 And if he that hath the issue spit
upon him that is clean, then he
shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean
until the even. 9 And what ^saddle
soever he that hath the issue rideth
upon shall be unclean. 10 And
whosoever toucheth anything that
was under him shall be uncleg^i
until the even: and he that beareth
those things shall wash his clothes,
and bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the even. 11 And
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 vessel, which
he that hath the issue toucheth,
shall be broken; and every vessel
of wood shall be rinsed in water.
13 And when he that hath an
issue is cleansed of his issue, then
he shall number to himself seven
days for his cleansing, and wash
his clothes; and he shall bathe his
flesh in ^running water, and shall
2 Or, carriage
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be clean. 14 And on the eighth
day he shall take to him two turtle-
doves, or two young pigeons, and
come before Jehovah unto the door
of the tent of meeting, and give
them unto the priest: 15 and the
priest shall offer them, the one for
a sin-offering, and the other for a
burnt-offering; and the priest shall
make atonement for him before
Jehovah for his issue.
16 And if any man's seed of
copulation go out from him, then
he shall bathe all his flesh in water,
and be unclean until the even.
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 copula-
tion, they shall both bathe them-
selves in water, and be unclean
until the even.
19 And if a woman have an
issue, and her issue in her flesh be
blood, she shall be in her impurity
seven days: and whosoever touch-
eth her shall be unclean until the
even. 20 And everything that she
lieth upon in her impurity shall
be unclean: everything also that
she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
21 And whosoever toucheth her
bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean
until the even. 22 And whosoever
toucheth anything that she sitteth
upon shall wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and be un-
clean until the even. 23 And if it
be on the bed, or on anything
whereon she sitteth, when he touch-
eth it, he shall be unclean until the
even. 24 And if any man lie with
her, and her impurity be upon him,
he shall be unclean seven days; and
every bed whereon he lieth shall be
unclean.
25 And if a woman have an issue
of her blood many days not in the
time of her impurity, or if she have
an issue beyond the time of her
1 Or, separation
impurity; all the days of the issue
of her uncleanness she shall be as
in the days of her impurity: she is
unclean. 26 Every bed whereon
she lieth all the days of her issue
shall be unto her as the bed of her
impurity: and everything whereon
she sitteth shall be unclean, as the
uncleanness of her impurity. 27
And whosoever toucheth those things
shall be unclean, and shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the even.
28 But if she be cleansed of her
issue, then she shall number to her-
self seven days, and after that she
shall be clean. 29 And on the
eighth day she shall take unto her
two turtle-doves, or two young
pigeons, and bring them unto the
priest, to the door of the tent of
meeting. 30 And the priest shall
offer the one for a sin-offering, and
the other for a burnt-offering; and
the priest shall make atonement for
her before Jehovah for the issue of
her uncleanness.
31 Thus shall ye separate the
children of Israel from their un-
cleanness, that they die not in
their uncleanness, when they de-
file my tabernacle that is in the
midst of them.
32 This is the law of him that
hath an issue, and of him whose
seed of copulation goeth from him,
so that he is unclean thereby;
33 and of her that is sick with
her impurity, and of him that hath
an issue, of the man, and of the
woman, and of him that lieth with
her that is unclean.
-( f^ And Jehovah spake unto
1 0 Moses, after the death of
the two sons of Aaron, when they
drew near before Jehovah, and
died; 2 and Jehovah said unto
Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy broth-
er, 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
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Ritual ot tlie Annual Atonement
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 hnitre 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-offer-
ing, and one ram for a burnt-
oft'ering.
6 And Aaron shall present the
bullock of the sin-offering, which
is for himself, and make atone-
ment for himself, and for his house.
7 And he shall take the two goats,
and set them before Jehovah at the
door of the tent of meeting. 8 And
Aaron shall cast lots upon the two
goats; one lot for Jehovah, and the
other lot for ^Azazel. 9 And Aaron
shall present the goat upon which
the lot fell for Jehovah, and offer
him for a sin-offering. 10 But the
goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel,
shall be set alive before Jehovah,
to make atonement ^for him, to
send him away for Azazel into the
wilderness.
11 And Aaron shall present the
bullock of the sin-offering, which
is for himself, and shall make at-
onement 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 Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, that the
j cloud of the incense may cover the
mercy-seat that is upon the testi-
mony, that he die not: 14 and he
shall take of the blood of the bullock,
and sprinkle it with his finger upon
the mercy-seat on the east; and
before the mercy-seat shall he
Or, turban
2 Or, removal
LEVITICUS 16.4—16.22
sprinkle of the blood with his finger
seven times.
15 Then shall he kill the goat
of the sin-offering, that is for the
people, and bring his blood within
the veil, and do with his blood as
he did with the blood of the bul-
lock, and sprinkle it upon the
mercy-seat, and before the mercy-
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 meeting 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 Jehovah, and make atone-
ment 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 finger seven
times, and cleanse it, and hallow it
from the uncleannesses of the chil-
dren 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 in-
iquities unto a solitary land: and he
shall let go the goat in the wilder-
ness.
3 Or, over * Or, appointed
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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 atonement 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 burneth
them shall wash his clothes, and
bathe his flesh in water, and after-
ward 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 home-born, or the stranger
that sojourneth among you: 30 for
on this day shall atonement be
made for you, to cleanse you; from
all your sins shall ye be clean before
Jehovah. 31 It is a sabbath 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 con-
secrated to be priest in his father's
stead, shall make the atonement,
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 atone-
ment for the tent of meeting and for
the altar; and he shall make atone-
ment for the priests and for all the
people of the assembly. 34 And
1 Or, removal
this shall be an everlasting statute
unto you, to make atonement for
the children of Israel because of all
their sins once in the year. And he
did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Iiy And Jehovah spake unto
I Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto
Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto
all the children of Israel, and say
unto them: This is the thing which
Jehovah 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 Jehovah before
the tabernacle of Jehovah: blood
shall be imputed 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 sacri-
fices, which they sacrifice in the
open field, even that they may
bring them unto Jehovah, unto
the door of the tent of meeting,
unto the priest, and sacrifice them
for sacrifices of peace-offerings unto
Jehovah. 6 And the priest shall
sprinkle the blood upon the altar
of Jehovah at the door of the tent
of meeting, and burn the fat for a
sweet savor unto Jehovah. 7 And
they shall no more sacrifice their
sacrifices unto the he-goats, after
which they play the harlot. 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 sacri-
fice, 9 and bringeth it not unto
the door of the tent of meeting, to
sacrifice it unto Jehovah; 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
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Eating of Blood forbidden. Incest and other Impurities forbidden LEVITICUS 17.11 18.20
that eateth blood, and will cut him
off from among his people. 11 For
the ^life of the flesh is in the blood;
and I have given it to you upon the
altar to make atonement for your
souls : for it is the blood that maketh
atonement by reason of the ^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
lem, who taketh in hunting any
>east or bird that may be eaten; he
tail pour out the blood thereof, and
)ver it with dust.
14 For as to the life of all flesh,
le blood thereof is all one with the
Pe thereof: therefore I said unto
le children of Israel, Ye shall eat
le blood of no manner of flesh; for
le life of all flesh is the blood
lereof: whosoever eateth it shall
cut off. 15 And every soul that
Lteth ^that which dieth of itself, or
lat which is torn of beasts, whether
be home-born or a sojourner, he
lall wash his clothes, and bathe
imself in water, and be unclean
itil the even: then shall he be
lean. 16 But if he wash them not,
lor bathe his flesh, then he shall
bear his iniquity.
1 Q And Jehovah spake unto
1 O Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto
the children of Israel, and say unto
them, I am Jehovah 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 Mine
ordinances shall ye do, and my
statutes shall ye keep, to walk there-
in: I am Jehovah your God. 5 Ye
shall therefore keep my statutes, and
mine ordinances; which if a man do,
he shall live ^in them : I am Jehovah.
6 None of you shall approach to
any that are near of kin to him,
Heb. soul.
- Heb. a carcass.
3 Or, by
to uncover their nakedness: I am
Jehovah. 7 The nakedness of thy
father, even the nakedness of thy
mother, shalt thou not uncover:
she is thy mother; thou shalt not
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 daughter of thy father, or
the daughter of thy mother, whether
born at home, or born abroad, even
their nakedness thou shalt not un-
cover. 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 un-
cover the nakedness of thy father's
sister: she is thy father's near kins-
woman. 13 Thou shalt not un-
cover 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 nakedness of
thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's
wife; thou shalt not uncover her
nakedness. 16 Thou shalt not un-
cover the nakedness of thy brother's
wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
17 Thou shalt not uncover the naked-
ness of a woman and her daughter;
thou shalt not take her son's daugh-
ter, or her daughter's daughter, to
uncover her nakedness; they are
near kinswomen: it is %ickedness.
18 And thou shalt not take a wife to
her sister, to be a rival to her, to
uncover her nakedness, besides the
other in her life-time.
19 And thou shalt not approach
unto a woman to uncover her
nakedness, as long as she is ^impure
by her uncleanness. 20 And thou
shalt not lie carnally with thy
neighbor's wife, to defile thyself
^ Or, enormity
6 Or, separated for
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with her. 21 And thou shalt not
give any of thy seed ^to make them
pass through the fire to Molech;
neither shalt thou profane the name
of thy God: I am Jehovah. 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 down 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: therefore I do visit the
iniquity thereof upon it, and the
land vomiteth out her inhabitants.
26 Ye therefore shall keep my
statutes and mine ordinances, and
shall not do any of these abomina-
tions; neither the home-born, nor
the stranger that sojourneth among
you 27 (for all these abominations
have the men of the land done, that
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 their people. 30
Therefore shall ye keep my charge,
that ye practise not any of these
abominable customs, which were
practised before you, and that ye
defile not yourselves therein: I am
Jehovah your God.
•1 Q And Jehovah spake unto
1 \J Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto
all the congregation of the children
of Israel, and say unto them. Ye
shall be holy; for I Jehovah your
God am holy. 3 Ye shall fear
every man his mother, and his
father; and ye shall keep my sab-
baths: I am Jehovah your God.
4 Turn ye not unto ndols, nor make
to yourselves molten gods: I am
Jehovah your God.
Impurities forbidden.
Sundry Laws
1 Or, to set them apart to Molech
2 Heb. things of naught.
5 And when ye offer a sacrifice
of peace-offerings unto Jehovah,
ye shall offer it 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 abomina-
tion; it shall not be accepted: 8 but
every one that eateth it shall bear
his iniquity, because he hath pro-
faned the holy thing of Jehovah:
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 sojourner:
I am Jehovah 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, and
profane the name of thy God : I
am Jehovah.
13 Thou shalt not oppress thy
neighbor, nor rob him: the wages
of a hired servant shall not abide
with thee all night until the morn-
ing. 14 Thou shalt not curse the
deaf, nor put a stumblingblock
before the blind; but thou shalt fear
thy God: I am Jehovah.
15 Ye shall do no unrighteous-
ness in judgment: thou shalt not
respect the person of the poor, nor
honor the person of the mighty;
but in righteousness shalt thou
judge thy neighbor. 16 Thou shalt
not go up and down as a tale-
bearer among thy people: neither
shalt thou stand against the blood
of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.
17 Thou shalt not hate thy
brother in thy heart: thou shalt
surely rebuke thy neighbor, and
not bear sin because of him. 18
Thou shalt not take vengeance.
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Sundry Laws. Molech-worship and other Sins forbidden LEVITICUS 19.19 20.5
nor bear any grudge against the
children of thy people; but thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself:
I am Jehovah.
19 Ye shall keep my statutes.
Thou shalt not let thy cattle gen-
der with a diverse kind: thou shalt
not sow thy field with two kinds
of seed: neither shall there come
upon thee a garment of two kinds
of stuff mingled together. 20 And
whosoever lieth carnally with a
woman, that is a bondmaid, be-
trothed to a husband, and not at all
redeemed, nor freedom given her;
Hhey shall be punished; they shall
not be put to death, because she
was not fi-ee. 21 And he shall bring
his trespass-offering unto Jehovah,
unto the door of the tent of meeting,
even a ram for a trespass-offering.
22 And the priest shall make atone-
ment for him with the ram of the
trespass-offering before Jehovah for
his sin which he hath sinned : and the
sin which he hath sinned shall be
forgiven him.
23 And when ye shall come into
the land, and shall have planted
all manner of trees for food, then
! 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
I in the fourth year all the fruit
thereof shall be holy, for giving
; praise unto Jehovah. 25 And in
the fifth year shall ye eat of the
; fruit thereof, that it may yield unto
• you the increase thereof: I am Je-
j hovah your God.
26 Ye shall not eat anything
with the blood: neither shall ye
■ use enchantments, nor practise au-
gury. 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
Jehovah.
29 Profane not thy daughter,
to make her a harlot; lest the land
Heb, there shall be inquisition.
fall to whoredom, and the land be-
come full of ^wickedness. 30 Ye
shall keep my sabbaths, and rev-
erence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.
31 Turn ye not unto them that
have farniliar spirits, nor unto the
wizards; seek them not out, to be
defiled by them : I am Jehovah your
God.
32 Thou shalt rise up before the
hoary head, and honor the face of
the old man, and thou shalt fear thy
God: I am Jehovah.
33 And if a stranger sojourn with
thee in your land, ye shall not do
him wrong. 34 The stranger that
sojourneth with you shall be unto
you as the home-born among you,
and thou shalt love him as thyself;
for ye were sojourners in the land
of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness
in judgment, in measures of length,
of weight, or of quantity. 36 Just
balances, just weights, a just ephah,
and a just hin, shall ye have: I am
Jehovah your God, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt. 37 And
ye shall observe all my statutes, and
all mine ordinances, and do them:
I am Jehovah.
C)r\ And Jehovah spake unto
^U Moses, saying, 2 Moreover,
thou shalt say to the children of
Israel, Whosoever he be of the chil-
dren of Israel, or of the strangers
that sojourn in Israel, that giveth
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 at all
hide their eyes from that man, when
he giveth of his seed unto Molech,
and put him not to death; 5 then I
will set my face against that man,
and against his family, and will cut
him off, and all that play the harlot
2 Or, enormity
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LEVITICUS 20.6 — 20.26 Laws against Unchastity. Command to observe Laws of Cleanness
after him, to play the harlot with
Molech, from among their people.
6 And the soul that turneth unto
them that have familiar spirits,
and unto the wizards, to play the
harlot after them, I will , even set
my face against that soul, and will
cut him off from among his people.
7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and
be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your
God. 8 And ye shall keep my
statutes, and do them: I am Jeho-
vah who sanctifieth you. 9 For
every one that curseth his father
or his mother shall surely be put
to death: he hath cursed his father
or his mother; his blood shall be
upon him.
10 And the man that commit-
teth adultery with another man's
wife, even he that committeth adul-
tery with his neighbor's wife, the
adulterer and the adulteress shall
surely be put to death. 11 And
the man that lieth with his father's
wife hath uncovered his father's
nakedness : both of 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 Wickedness: they shall be burnt
with fire, both he and they; that
there be no wickedness among you.
15 And if a man lie with a beast, he
shall surely be put to death : and ye
shall slay the beast. 16 And if a
woman approach unto any beast,
and 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
^ Or, enormity
nakedness, and she see his naked-
ness; it is a shameful thing; and
they shall be cut off in the sight of
the children of their people: he
hath uncovered his sister's naked-
ness; he shall bear his iniquity.
18 And if a man shall lie with a
woman having her sickness, and
shall uncover her nakedness; he
hath made naked her fountain, and
she hath uncovered the fountain
of her blood : and both of them shall
be cut off from among their people.
19 And thou shalt not 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 uncovered his uncle's naked-
ness: 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 statutes, and all mine ordi-
nances, and do them; that the land,
whither I bring you to dwell therein,
vomit you not out. 23 And ye
shall not walk in the customs of the
nation, which I cast out before you:
for they did all these things, and
therefore I abhorred them. 24 But
I have said unto you. Ye shall
inherit their land, and I will give it
unto you to possess it, a land flowing
with milk and honey : I am Jehovah
your God, who hath separated you
from the peoples. 25 Ye shall
therefore make a distinction between
the clean beast and the unclean,
and between the unclean fowl and
the clean: and ye shall not make
your souls abominable by beast, or
by bird, or by anything wherewith
the ground Heemeth, which I have
separated from you as unclean.
26 And ye shall be holy unto me : for
I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set
jT^ou apart from the peoples, that ye
should be mine.
- Heb. creepelh.
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General Precepts for the Priests. Qualifications for the Priesthood LEVITICUS 20.27 22.3
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.
Q 1 And Jehovah said unto
Zi 1 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 and for his sister a virgin, that is
near unto him, that hath had no
husband; for her may he defile him-
self. 4 He shall not defile himself,
^being a chief man among his people,
to profane himself. 5 They shall
not make baldness 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 profane the name of their God;
for the offerings of Jehovah 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;
neither shall they take a woman put
away from her husband: for he is
holy unto his God. 8 Thou shalt
sanctify him therefore; for he offer-
eth the bread of thy God: he shall
be holy unto thee; for I Jehovah,
who sanctify you, am holy. 9 And
the daughter of any priest, if she
profane herself by playing the har-
lot, she profaneth her father: she
l^p.11 be burnt with fire.
I^HIO And he that is the high priest
" among his brethren, upon whose
head the anointing oil is poured,
and Hhat is consecrated 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
Or, as a husband
Heb. whose hand is filled.
2 Or, polluted
sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary
of his God; for the ^crown of the
anointing oil of his God is upon
him: I am Jehovah. 13 And he
shall take a wife in her virginity.
14 A widow, or one divorced, or a
^profane woman, a harlot, these
shall he not take: but a virgin of his
own people shall he take to wife.
15 And he shall not profane his seed
among his people: for I am Jehovah
who sanctifieth him.
16 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, 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 ^flat nose,
or anything superfluous, 19 or a
man that is broken-footed, or bro-
ken-handed, 20 or crook-backed,
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
Jehovah 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 altar, because he hath a blem-
ish; that he profane not my sanc-
tuaries: for I am Jehovah who
sanctifieth them. 24 So Moses
spake unto Aaron, and to his sons,
and unto all the children of Israel.
And Jehovah 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 Jehovah. 3 Say unto them,
Whosoever he be of all your seed
22
* Or, consecration
6 Or, slit
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LEVITICUS 22.4 — 22.25 Law of tieanness for the Priests. What Beasts may be sacrificed
throughout your generations, that
approacheth unto the holy things,
which the children of Israel hallow
unto Jehovah, having his unclean-
ness upon him, that soul shall be
cut off from before me: I am Jeho-
vah. 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 ^anything that is
unclean by the dead, or a man whose
seed goeth from him; 5 or whosoever
toucheth any creeping thing, where-
by he may be made unclean, or a
man of whom he may take un-
cleanness, whatsoever uncleanness
he hath; 6 the soul that toucheth
any such shall be unclean until the
even, and shall not eat of the holy
things, unless he bathe his flesh in
water. 7 And when the sun is
down, he shall be clean; and after-
ward he shall eat of the holy things,
because it is his bread. 8 That
which dieth of itself, or is torn of
beasts, he shall not eat, to defile
himself therewith: I am Jehovah.
9 They shall therefore keep my
charge, lest they bear sin for it,
and die therein, if they profane
it: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth
them. ,
10 There shall no stranger eat
of the holy thing: a sojourner of
the priest's, or a hil'ed servant,
shall not eat of the holy thing.
11 But if a priest buy any soul,
the purchase of his money, he shall
eat of it; and such as are born in
his house, they shall eat of his bread.
12 And if a priest's daughter be
married unto a stranger, she shall
not eat of the heave-offering of the
holy things. 13 But if a priest's
daughter be a widow, or divorced,
and have no child, and be returned
unto her father's house, as in her
youth, she shall eat of her father's
bread: but there shall no stranger
eat thereof. 14 And if a man eat
of the holy thing unwittingly, then
he shall put the fifth part thereof
1 Or, any one
unto it, and shall give unto the
priest the holy thing. 15 And they
shall not profane the holy things of
the children of Israel, which they
offer unto Jehovah, 16 and so cause
them to bear the iniquity that
bringeth guilt, when they eat their
holy things: for I am Jehovah who
sanctifieth them.
17 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 18 Speak unto Aaron,
and to his sons, and unto all the
children of Israel, and say unto
them. Whosoever he be of the house
of Israel, or of the sojourners in
Israel, that off ere th his oblation,
whether it be any of their vows,
or any of their freewill-offerings,
which they offer unto Jehovah for
a burnt-offering; 19 that ye may
be accepted, ye shall offer a male
without blemish, of the bullocks,
of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But
whatsoever hath a blemish, that
shall ye not offer: for it shall not
be acceptable for you. 21 And
whosoever offereth a sacrifice of
peace-offerings unto Jehovah to
^accomplish a vow, or for a free-
will-offering, of the herd or of the
flock, it shall be perfect to be ac-
cepted; there shall be no blemish
therein. 22 Blind, or broken, or
maimed, or having ^a wen, or
scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not
offer these unto Jehovah, nor make
an offering by fire of them upon
the altar unto Jehovah. 23 Either
a bullock or a lamb that hath any-
thing superfluous or lacking in his
parts, that mayest thou offer for a
freewill-offering; but for a vow it
shall not be accepted. 24 That
which hath its stones bruised, or
crushed, or broken, or cut, ye shall
not offer unto Jehovah; neither
shall ye Mo thus in your land.
25 Neither from the hand of a
foreigner shall ye offer the bread
of your God of any of these; be-
cause their corruption is in them,
there is a blemish in them: they
shall not be accepted for you.
Or, make a special vow 3 Qr, sores * Or, sacrifice them
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Laws concerning Religious FestivaSs: the Sabbath; the Passover LEVITICUS 22.26 23.19
26 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 27 When a bullock,
or a sheep, or a goat, is brought
forth, then it shall be seven days
under the dam; and from the eighth
day and thenceforth it shall be
accepted for the oblation of an
offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
28 And whether it be cow or ewe,
j ye shall not kill it and its young
I iboth in one day. 29 And when ye
I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving
I unto Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it
that ye may be accepted. 30 On
the same day it shall be eaten; ye
shall leave *none of it until the
morning: I am Jehovah. 31 There-
fore shall ye keep my command-
ments, and do them: I am Jehovah.
32 And ye shall not profane my holy
name; but I will be hallowed among
the children of Israel : I am Jehovah
who hallo we th you, 33 who brought
you out of the land of Egypt, to be
your God: I am Jehovah.
QQ And Jehovah spake unto
^Cj Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto
the children of Israel, and say unto
them. The ^set feasts of Jehovah,
which ye shall proclaim to be holy
|con vocations, even these are my set
feasts. 3 Six days shall work be
done: but on the seventh day is a
sabbath of solemn rest, a holy
convocation; ye shall do no manner
:)f work: it is a sabbath unto Jeho-
v^ah in all your dwellings.
4 These are the set feasts of
ilehovah, even holy convocations,
vvhich ye shall proclaim in their
ippointed season. 5 In the first
nonth, on the fourteenth day of
;:he month ^at even, is Jehovah's
oassover. 6 And on the fifteenth
lay of the same month is the feast
)f unleavened bread unto Jehovah:
even days ye shall eat unleavened
)read. 7 In the first day ye shall
lave a holy convocation: ye shall
jlo no ^servile work. 8 But ye
|hall offer an offering made by fire
into Jehovah seven days: in the
ii
Or, appointed seasons
Heb. between the two evenings.
' Heb. work of labor.
seventh day is a holy convocation;
ye shall do no servile work.
9 And Jehovah spake unto Moses,
saying, 10 Speak unto the children
of Israel, and say unto them. When
ye are come into the land which I
give unto you, and shall reap the
harvest thereof, then ye shall bring
the sheaf of the first-fruits of your
harvest unto the priest: 11 and he
shall wave the sheaf before Jeho-
vah, to be accepted for you: on the
morrow after the sabbath the priest
shall wave it. 12 And in the day
when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall
offer a he-lamb without blemish a
year old for a burnt-offering unto
Jehovah. 13 And the meal-offer-
ing thereof shall be two tenth parts
of an ephah of fine flour mingled
with oil, an offering made by fire
unto Jehovah for a sweet savor;
arid the drink-offering thereof shall
be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.
14 And ye shall eat neither bread,
nor parched grain, nor fresh ears,
until this selfsame day, until ye
have brought the oblation of your
God : it is a statute for ever through-
out your generations in all your
dwellings.
15 And ye shall count unto you
from the morrow after the sabbath,
from the day that ye brought the
sheaf of the wave-offering; seven
sabbaths shall there be complete:
16 even unto the morrow after the
seventh sabbath shall ye number
fifty days; and ye shall offer a
new meal-offering unto Jehovah.
17 Ye shall bring out of your hab-
itations two wave-loaves of two
tenth parts of an ephah: thev shall
be of fine flour, they shall be baken
with leaven, for first-fruits unto
Jehovah. 18 And ye shall present
with the bread seven lambs with-
out blemish a year ^old, and one
young bullock, and two rams: they
shall be a burnt-offering unto Jeho-
vah, with their meal-offering, and
their drink-offerings, even an offer-
ing made by fire, of a sweet savor
unto Jehovah. 19 And ye shall
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LEVITICUS 23.20 23.43 The Feast of Trumpets; Day of Atonement; Feast of Tabernacles
offer one he-goat for a sin-offering,
and two he-lambs a year old for a
sacrifice of peace-offerings. 20 And
the priest shall wave them with the
bread of the first-fruits for a wave-
offering before Jehovah, with the
two lambs: they shall be holy to
Jehovah for the priest. 21 And
ye shall make proclamation on the
selfsame day; there shall be a holy
convocation unto you; ye shall do
no servile work: it is a statute for
ever in all your dwellings through-
out your generations.
22 And when ye re?p the har-
vest of your land, thou shalt not
wholly reap the corners of thy field,
neither shalt thou gather the glean-
ing of thy harvest: thou shalt leave
them for the poor, and for the so-
journer: I am Jehovah your God.
23 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 24 Speak unto the chil-
dren of Israel, saying. In the seventh
month, on the first day of the
month, shall be a solemn rest unto
you, a memorial of blowing of
trumpets, a holy convocation. 25
Ye shall do no servile work; and ye
shall offer an offering made by fire
unto Jehovah.
26 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 27 Howbeit on the
tenth day of this seventh month is
the day of atonement: it shall be
a holy convocation unto you, and
ye shall afflict your souls; and ye
shall offer an offering made by fire
unto Jehovah. 28 And ye shall
do no manner of work in that same
day; for it is a day of atonement,
to make atonement for you before
Jehovah your God. 29 For what-
soever soul it be that shall not be
afflicted in that same day; he shall
be cut off from his people. 30 And
whatsoever soul it be that doeth
any manner qf work in that same
day, that soul will I destroy from
among his people. 31 Ye shall do
no manner of work: it is a statute
for ever throughout your genera-
tions 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 Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 34 Speak unto the chil-
dren of Israel, saying, On the
fifteenth day of this seventh month
is the feast of ^tabernacles for seven
days unto Jehovah. 35 On the
first day shall be a holy convoca-
tion: ye shall do no servile work.
36 Seven days ye shall offer an
offering made by fire unto Jehovah:
on the eighth day shall be a holy
convocation unto you; and ye shall
offer an offering made by fire unto
Jehovah: it is a ^solemn assembly;
ye shall do no servile work.
37 These are the set feasts of
Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim
to be holy convocations, to offer an
offering made by fire unto Jehovah,
a burnt-offering, and a meal-offer-
ing, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings,
each on its own day; 38 besides the
sabbaths of Jehovah, and besides
your gifts, and besides all your
vows, and besides all your free-
will-offerings, which ye give unto
Jehovah.
39 Howbeit on the fifteenth day
of the seventh month, when ye
have gathered in the fruits of the
land, ye shall keep the feast of Je-
hovah seven days: on the first day
shall be a solemn rest, and on the
eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
40 And ye shall take you on the
first day the fruit of goodly trees,
branches of palm-trees, and boughs
of thick trees, and willows of the
brook; and ye shall rejoice before
Jehovah your God seven days.
41 And ye shall keep it a feast
unto Jehovah seven days in the
year: it is a statute for ever through-
out your generations; ye shall keep
it in the seventh month. 42 Ye
shall dwell in booths seven days;
all that are home-born in Israel
shall dwell in booths; 43 that youi
generations may know that I made
1 Heb. booths. 2 Or, closing festival
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The Lamp and Bread of the Sanctuary. Punishment of Blasphemy LEVITICUS 23.44 — 25.4
the children of Israel to dwell in
booths, when I brought them out
of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah
\ your God. 44 And Moses declared
i unto the children of Israel the set
feasts of Jehovah.
I Q /j And Jehovah spake unto
i ^T^ Moses, saying, 2 Command
i the children of Israel, that they
I bring unto thee pure olive oil
1 beaten for the light, Ho cause a
I lamp to burn continually. 3 With-
i out the veil of the testimony, in the
i tent of meeting, shall Aaron keep
it in order from evening to morning
before Jehovah continually : it shall
r be a statute for ever throughout
your generations. 4 He shall keep
in order the lamps upon the pure
candlestick before Jehovah contin-
ually.
5 And thou shalt take fine flour,
and bake twelve cakes thereof: two
tenth parts of an ephah shall be in
one cake. 6 And thou shalt set
them in ^two rows, six on a row,
upon the pure table before Jeho-
vah. 7 And thou shalt put pure
frankincense upon each ^row, that
it may be to the bread for a me-
jnorial, even an offering made by
fire unto Jehovah. 8 Every sab-
bath day he shall set it in order
before Jehovah continually; it is
"^on the behalf of the children of
Israel, an everlasting covenant. 9
And it shall be for Aaron and his
sons; and they shall eat it in a holy
place: for it is most holy unto him
pi the offerings of Jehovah made by
ifire by a perpetual statute.
10 And the son of an Israelitish
woman, whose father was an Egyp-
tian, went out among the children
3f Israel; and the son of the Israel-
itish woman and a man of Israel
strove together in the camp: 11 and
the son of the Israelitish woman
olasphemed the Name, and cursed;
md they brought him unto Moses.
A.nd his mother's name was Shelo-
mith, the daughter of Dibri, of the
* Or, to set up a lamp continually
2 Or, two piles, six in a pile
» Or, pile ♦ Or, from
tribe of Dan. 12 And they put him
in ward, that it might be declared
unto them at the mouth of Jehovah.
13 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 14 Bring forth him
that hath cursed without the camp;
and let all that heard him lay their
hands upon his head, and let all the
congregation stone him. 15 And
thou shalt speak unto the children
of Israel, saying. Whosoever curseth
his God shall bear his sin. 16 And
he that blasphemeth the name of
Jehovah, he shall surely be put to
death; all the congregation shall
certainly stone him: as well the so-
journer, as the home-born, when he
blasphemeth the name of Jehovah,
shall be put to death. 17 And he
that smiteth any man mortally
shall surely be put to death. 18
And he that smiteth a beast mortally
shall make it good, life for life. 19
And if a man cause a blemish in his
neighbor; as he hath done, so shall
it be done to him: 20 breach for
breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth;
as he hath caused a blemish in a
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 man-
ner of law, as well for the sojourner,
as for the home-born: for I am
Jehovah your God. 23 And Moses
spake to the children of Israel;
and they brought forth him that
had cursed out of the camp, and
stoned him with stones. And the
children of Israel did as Jehovah
commanded Moses.
And Jehovah spake unto
Moses in mount Sinai, say-
ing, 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 sab-
bath unto Jehovah. 3 Six years
thou shalt sow thy field, and six
years thou shalt prune thy vine-
yard, and gather in the fruits there-
of; 4 but in the seventh year shall
be a sabbath of solemn rest for the
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25
LEVITICUS 25.5 — 25.29 The Sabbatical Year. Year of Jubilee. Redemption of Land
land, a sabbath unto Jehovah: thou
shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune
thy vineyard. 5 That which grow-
eth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt
not reap, and the grapes of thy un-
dressed 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, who sojourn
with thee. 7 And for thy cattle,
and for the beasts that are in thy
land, shall all the increase thereof
be for food.
8 And thou shalt number seven
sabbaths of years unto thee, seven
times seven years; and there shall
be unto thee the days of seven
sabbaths of years, even forty and
nine years. 9 Then shalt thou
send abroad the loud trumpet on
the tenth day of the seventh month;
in the day of atonement shall ye
send abroad the trumpet through-
out all your land. 10 And ye shall
hallow the fiftieth year, and pro-
claim liberty throughout the land
unto all the inhabitants thereof:
it shall be a jubilee unto you; and
ye shall return every man unto his
possession, and ye shall return every
man unto his family. 11 A jubilee
shall that fiftieth year be unto you:
ye shall not sow, neither reap that
which groweth of itself in it, nor
gather the grapes in it of the un-
dressed vines. 12 For it is a jubilee;
it shall be holy unto you: ye shall
eat the increase thereof out of the
field.
13 In this year of jubilee ye shall
return every man unto his posses-
sion. 14 And if thou sell aught
unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy
neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong
one another. 15 According to the
number of years after the jubilee
thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and
according unto the number of years
of the crops he shall sell unto thee.
16 According to the multitude of the
years thou shalt increase the price
thereof, and according to the few-
ness 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 Jehovah your God.
18 Wherefore ye shall do my
statutes, and keep mine ordinances
and do them; and ye shall dwell
in the land in safety. 19 And the
land shall yield its fruit, and ye
shall eat your fill, and dwell therein
in safety. 20 And if ye shall say,
What shall we eat the seventh
year.f^ 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 its 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 redemption for the
land. 25 If thy brother be waxed
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 re-
deem it, and he be waxed rich and
find sufficient to redeem it; 27 then
let him reckon the years of the sale
thereof, and restore the overplus
unto the man to whom he sold it;
and he shall return unto his posses-
sion. 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 jubilee: and in
the jubilee it shall go out, and he
shall return unto his possession.
29 And if a man sell a dwelling-
house in a walled city, then he
may redeem it within a whole year
after it is sold; for a full year shall
he have the right of redemption.
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Taking of Interest forbidden. Redemption of Servants LEVITICUS 25.30 25.53
30 And if it be not redeemed within
the space of a full year, then the
house that is in the walled city
shall be made sure in perpetuity
to him that bought it, throughout
his generations: it shall not go out
in the jubilee. 31 But the houses
of the villages which have no wall
round about them shall be reckoned
with the fields of the country: they
may be redeemed, and they shall go
out in the jubilee. 32 Nevertheless
the cities of the Levites, the houses
of the cities of their possession, may
the Levites redeem at any time.
33 And ^if one of the Levites redeem,
then the house that was sold, and the
city of his possession, shall go out
in the jubilee; for the houses of the
cities of the Levites are their posses-
sion among the children of Israel.
14 But the field of the ^suburbs of
^heir cities may not be sold; for it
their perpetual possession.
35 And if thy brother be waxed
>oor, and his hand fail with thee;
fhen thou shalt ^uphold him: as a
:ranger and a sojourner shall he
Lve with thee. 36 Take thou no
interest of him or increase, but
fear thy God; that thy brother
may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt
not give him thy money upon
interest, nor give him thy victuals
for increase. 38 I am eTehovah
your God, who brought you forth
out of the land of Egypt, to give
you the land of Canaan, and to
be your God.
39 And if thy brother be waxed
►oor with thee, and sell himself
into thee; thou shalt not make
dm to serve as a bondservant.
[0 As a hired servant, and as a
jojourner, he shall be with thee;
le shall serve with thee unto the
""ear of jubilee: 41 then shall he
fo out from thee, he and his chil-
Iren 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-
1 Or, if a man redeem from the Levites Or, ace. to Vulg.
if they have not been redeemed
2 Or, pasture lands 3 Or, relieve
vants, whom I brought forth out
of the land of Egypt: they shall
not be sold as bondmen. 43 Thou
shalt not rule over him with rigor,
but shalt fear thy God. 44 And
as for thy bondmen, and thy bond-
maids, whom thou shalt have; of
the nations that are round about
you, of them shall ye buy bond-
men and bondmaids. 45 More-
over of the children of the strangers
that 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 in-
heritance for your children after
you, to hold for a possession; of
them shall ye take your bondmen
for ever: but over your brethren
the children of Israel ye shall not
rule, one over another, with rigor.
47 And if a stranger or sojourner
with thee be waxed rich, and thy
brother be waxed poor beside him,
and sell himself unto the stranger
or sojourner with thee, or to the
stock of the stranger's family; 48
after that he is sold he may be
redeemed: one of his brethren may
redeem him; 49 or his uncle, or
his uncle's son, may redeem him,
or any that is nigh of kin unto
him of his family may redeem
him; or if he be waxed rich, he
may redeem himself. 50 And he
shall reckon with him that bought
him from the year that he sold
himself to him unto the year of
jubilee: and the price of his sale
shall be according unto the num-
ber of years; according to the time
of a hired servant shall he be with
him. 51 If there be yet many
years, according unto them he shall
give back the price of his redemp-
tion out of the money that he was
bought for. 52 And if there remain
but few years unto the year of
jubilee, then he shall reckon with
him; according unto his years shall
he give back the price of his redemp-
tion, 53 As a servant hired year
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LEVITICUS 25.54—26.25
by year shall he be with him: he
shall not rule with rigor over him
in thy sight. 54 And if he be not
redeemed %y these means, then he
shall go out in the year of jubilee,
he, and his children with him. 55
For unto me the children of Israel
are servants; they are my servants
whom I brought forth out of the
land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your
God.
C%f\ Ye shall make you no
^O idols, neither shall ye rear
you up a graven image, or ^a pillar,
neither shall ye place any figured
stone in your land, to bow down
^unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.
2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and
reverence my sanctuary: I am Je-
hovah.
3 If ye walk in my statutes,
and keep my commandments, and
do them; 4 then I will give your
rains in their season, and the land
shall yield its increase, and the
trees of the field shall yield their
fruit. 5 And your threshing shall
reach unto the vintage, and the
vintage shall reach unto the sow-
ing time; and ye shall eat your bread
to the full, and dwell in your land
safely. 6 And I will give peace in
the land, and ye shall lie down, and
none shall make you afraid: and I
will cause evil beasts to cease out of
the land, neither shall the sword
go through your land. 7 And ye
shall chase your enemies, and they
shall fall before you by the sword.
8 And five of you shall chase a
hundred, and a hundred of you shall
chase ten thousand; and your ene-
mies 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 ^because
of the new. 11 And I will set my
tabernacle among you: and my
soul shall not abhor you. 12 And
Blessings for Obedience promised
' Or, in these years
' Or, thereon
2 Or, an obelisk
* Or, from before
I will walk among you, and will
be your God, and ye shall be my
people. 13 I am Jehovah your
God, who brought you forth out
of the land of Egypt, that ye should
not be their bondmen; and I have
broken the bars of your yoke, and
made you go upright.
14 But if ye will not hearken
unto me, and will not do all these
commandments; 15 and if ye shall
reject my statutes, and if your
soul abhor mine ordinances, so that
ye will not do all my command-
ments, but break my covenant;
16 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 when none pur-
sueth 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 its in-
crease, neither shall the trees of the
land yield their fruit.
21 And if ye walk contrary unto
me, and will not hearken unto me,
I will bring seven times more plagues
upon you according to your sins.
22 And I will send the beast of the
field among you, which shall rob
you of your children, and destroy
your cattle, and make you few in
number; and your ways shall be-
come 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 vour sins. 25 And I will
6 Or, hy
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Chastisements for Disobedience threatened
bring a sword upon you, that shall
execute the vengeance of the cove-
nant; 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 de-
liver your bread again by weight:
and ye shall eat, and not be sat-
isfied.
27 And if ye will not for all this
hearken unto me, but walk con-
trary unto me; 28 then I will walk
contrary unto you in wrath; 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
'^our daughters shall ye eat. 30
lud I will destroy your high places,
md cut down your sun-images,
id cast your dead bodies upon
le bodies of your idols; and my
>ul shall abhor you. 31 And I
ill make your cities a waste, and
dll bring your sanctuaries unto
lesolation, and I will not smell
[he savor of your sweet odors.
\2 And I will bring the land into
lesolation; and your enemies that
Iwell therein shall be astonished
it it. 33 And you will I scatter
Long the nations, and I will draw
^ut the sword after you: and your
md shall be a desolation, and your
[ties shall be a waste.
34 Then shall the land enjoy
ts sabbaths, as long as it lieth
lesolate, and ye are in your ene-
des' land; even then shall the
md rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.
As long as it lieth desolate it
tail have rest, even the rest which
had not in your sabbaths, when
^e dwelt upon it. 36 And as for
them that are left of you, I will
send a faintness into their heart
in the lands of their enemies: and
the sound of a driven leaf shall
chase them; and they shall flee,
as one fleeth from the sword; and
they shall fall when none pur-
14
LEVITICUS 26.26—26.40
sueth. 37 And they shall stumble
one upon another, as it were before
the sword, when none pursueth:
and ye shall have no power to
stand before your enemies. 38 And
ye 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 trespass which
they trespassed against me, and
also that, because they walked con-
trary unto me, 41 I also walked
contrary unto them, and brought
them into the land of their ene-
mies: if then their uncircumcised
heart be humbled, and they then
accept of the punishment of their
iniquity; 42 then will I remember
my covenant with Jacob; and also
my covenant with Isaac, and also
my covenant with Abraham will I
remember; and I will remember the
land. 43 The land also shall be
left by them, and shall enjoy its
sabbaths, w^hile it lieth desolate
without them: and they shall accept
of the punishment of their iniquity;
because, even because they rejected
mine ordinances, and their soul
abhorred my statutes. 44 And yet
for all that, when they are in the
land of their enemies, I will not
reject them, neither will I abhor
them, to destroy them utterly,
and to break my covenant with
them; for I am Jehovah their God;
45 but I will for their sakes remem-
ber 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 Jehovah.
46 These are the statutes and
ordinances and laws, which Jeho-
vah made between him and the
children of Israel in mount Sinai
by Moses.
LEVITICUS 27. 1—27.26 Laws concerning Vows
Q'Y And Jehovah spake unto
iW / Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto
the children of Israel, and say unto
them, When a man shall ^accomplish
a vow.
^the
persons
shall
be for
Jehovah by thy 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 female, then thy estimation
shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it
be from five years old even unto
twenty years old, then thy estima-
tion shall be of the male twenty
shekels, and for the female ten
shekels. 6 And if it be from a
month old even unto five years old,
then thy estimation shall be of the
male five shekels of silver, and for
the female thy estimation shall be
three shekels of silver. 7 And if
it be from sixty years old and up-
ward; if it be a male, then thy
estimation shall be fifteen shekels,
and for the female ten shekels.
8 But if he be poorer than thy
estimation, then he shall be set be-
fore the priest, and the priest shall
value him; according to the ability
of him that vowed shall the priest
value him.
9 And if it be a beast, whereof
men offer an oblation unto Jehovah,
all that any man giveth of such unto
Jehovah shall be holy. 10 He shall
not alter it, nor change it, a good for
a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he
shall at all change beast for beast,
then both it and that for which it is
changed shall be holy. 11 And if
it be any unclean beast, of which
they do not offer an oblation unto
Jehovah, then he shall set the beast
before the priest; 12 and the priest
shall value it, whether it be good
or bad: as thou the priest vainest
it, so shall it be. 13 But if he will
indeed redeem it, then he shall add
the fifth part thereof unto thy
estimation.
' Or, make a special vow
- Or, according to thy estimation of persons unto Jehovah,
then thy estimation, b'c.
14 And when a man shall sanctify
his house to be holy unto Jehovah,
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 sanctified it
will redeem his house, then he shall
add the fifth part of the money of thy
estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
16 And if a man shall sanctify
unto Jehovah part of the field of
his possession, then thy estimation
shall be according to the sowing
thereof: the sowing of a homer of
barley shall be valued at fifty shek-
els of silver. 17 If he sanctify his
field from the year of jubilee, ac-
cording to thy estimation it shall
stand. 18 But if he sanctify his
field after the jubilee, then the
priest shall reckon unto him the
money according to the years that
remain unto the year of jubilee;
and an abatement shall be made
from thy estimation. 19 And if
he that sanctified the field will in-
deed redeem it, then he shall add
the fifth part of the money of thy
estimation unto it, and it shall be
assured to him. 20 And if he will
not redeem the field, or if he have
sold the field to another man, it
shall not be redeemed any more:
21 but the field, when it goeth out
in the jubilee, shall be holy unto
Jehovah, as a field devoted; the
possession thereof shall be the
priest's. 22 And if he sanctify
unto Jehovah a field which he hath
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
jubilee: and he shall give thine
estimation in that day, as a holy
thing unto Jehovah. 24 In the
year of jubilee the field shall 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:
twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
26 Only the firstling among
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beasts, which is made a firstling to
Jehovah, no man shall sanctify it;
whether it be ox or sheep, it is Je-
hovah's. 27 And if it be of an un-
clean beast, then he shall ransom
it according to thine estimation,
and shall add unto it the fifth part
thereof: or if it be not redeemed,
then it shall be sold according to
thy estimation.
28 Notwithstanding, no devoted
thing, that a man shall devote
unto Jehovah 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 Jehovah. 29 No
one devoted, that shall be devoted
from among men, shall be ransomed;
he shall surely be put to death.
LEVITICUS 27,27—27.34
30 And all the tithe of the land,
whether of the seed of the land, or
of the fruit of the tree, is Jeho-
vah's: it is holy unto Jehovah.
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 Jehovah.
33 He shall not search whether
it be good or bad, neither shall
he change it: and if he change it
at all, then both it and that for
which it is changed shall be holy;
it shall not be redeemed.
34 These are the commandments,
which Jehovah commanded Moses
for the children of Israel in mount
Sinai.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES
COMMONLY CALLED
NUMBERS
1 Moses in the wilderness of
Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on
the first day of the second month,
in the second year after they were
come out of the land of Egypt, say-
ing, 2 Take ye the sum pf all the
congregation of the children of
Israel, by their families, by their
fathers' houses, according to the
number of the names, every male,
by their polls; 3 from twenty years
old and upward, all that are able
{to go forth to war in Israel, thou
and Aaron shall number them by
their hosts. 4 And with you there
shall be a man of every tribe; every
lOne head of his fathers' house.
i5 And these are the names of the
men that shall stand with you.
Of Reuben: Elizur the son of She-
deur. 6 Of Simeon: Shelumiel the
son of Zurishaddai. 7 Of Judah:
f Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Men of War Numbered
8 Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of
Zuar. 9 Of Zebulun: Eliab the son
of Helon. 10 Of the children of
Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the
son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh:
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11
Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of
Gideoni. 12 Of Dan: Ahiezer the
son of Ammishaddai. 13 Of Asher:
Pagiel the son of 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 Hhous-
sands of Israel. 17 And Moses and
Aaron took these men that are
mentioned by name: 18 and they
assembled all the congregation to-
gether on the first day of the second
month; and they declared their
pedigrees after their families, by
In ch. 2. 14, Reuel.
2 Or, families
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NUMBERS 1.19—1.39
their fathers' houses, according to the
number of the names, from twenty
years old and upward, by their
polls. 19 As Jehovah commanded
Moses, so he numbered them in the
wilderness of Sinai.
20 And the children of Reuben,
Israel's first-born, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers'
houses, according to the number
of the names, by their polls, every
male from twenty years old and
upward, all that were able to go
forth to war; 21 those that were
numbered of them, of the tribe of
Reuben, were forty and six thousand
and five hundred.
22 Of the children of Simeon,
their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, 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
generations, by their families, by
their fathers' houses, according to
the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war;
25 those that 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
threescore and fourteen thousand
and six hundred.
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 and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war;
Men of War numbered
29 those that were numbered of
them, of the tribe of Issachar, were
fifty and four thousand and four
hundred.
30 Of the children of Zebulun,
their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war;
31 those that were numbered of
them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were
fifty and seven thousand and four
hundred.
32 Of the children of Joseph,
namely, of the children of Ephraim,
their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war;
33 those that were numbered of
them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were
forty thousand and five hundred.
34 Of the children of Manasseh,
their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according
to the 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 hundred.
38 Of the children of Dan, their
generations, by their families, by
their fathers' houses, according to
the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war;
39 those that were numbered of
them, of the tribe of Dan, were
threescore and two thousand and
seven hundred.
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Men of War numbered. The Levites excepted
NUMBERS 1.40—2.10
40 Of the children of Asher, their
generations, by their famihes, 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 Naphtah,
their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all
jthat were able to go forth to war;
43 those that were numbered of
ithem, of the tribe of Naphtali,
were fifty and three thousand and
four hundred.
44 These are they that were
numbered, whom Moses and Aaron
numbered, and the princes of Israel,
being twelve men: they were each
one for his fathers' house. 45 So
lall they that were numbered of the
ichildren 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 thousand and three thou-
sand and five hundred and fifty.
47 But the Levites after the
tribe of their fathers were not
numbered among them. 48 For
Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
i9 Only the tribe of Levi thou
shalt not number, neither shalt
thou take the sum of them among
,the children of Israel; 50 but ap-
point thou the Levites over the
tabernacle of the testimony, and
over all the furniture thereof, and
over all that belongeth to it: they
shall bear the tabernacle, and all
the furniture thereof; and they
shall minister unto it, and shall
encamp round about the taber-
nacle. 51 And when the taber-
nacle setteth forward, the Levites
shall take it down; and when the
tabernacle is to be pitched, the
Levites shall set it up: and the
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stranger that cometh nigh shall be
put to death. 52 And the chil-
dren of Israel shall pitch their tents,
every man by his own camp, and
every man by his own standard,
according to their hosts. 53 But the
Levites shall encamp round about the
tabernacle of the testimony, that
there be no wrath upon the congre-
gation 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 Jehovah com-
manded Moses, so did they.
2 And Jehovah spake unto
Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2 The children of Israel shall en-
camp every man by his own stand-
ard, with the ensigns of their fathers'
houses: over against the tent of
meeting shall they encamp round
about. 3 And those that encamp
on the east side toward the sun-
rising shall be they of the standard
of the camp of Judah, according to
their hosts: and the prince of the
children of Judah shall be Nahshon
the son of Amminadab. 4 And his
host, and those that were numbered
of them, were threescore and four-
teen thousand and six hundred.
5 And those that encamp next unto
him shall be the tribe of Issachar:
and the prince of the children of
Issachar shall be Nethanel the son
of Zuar. 6 And his host, and those
that were numbered thereof, were
fifty and four thousand and four
hundred. 7 And the tribe of Zebu-
lun: and the prince of the children
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 num-
bered of the camp of Judah were
a 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
according to tlieir hosts: and the
NUMBERS 2.11—3.2
prince of the children of Reuben
shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
11 And his host, and those that
were numbered thereof, were forty
and six thousand and five hundred.
12 And those that encamp next
unto him shall be the tribe of
Simeon: and the prince of the chil-
dren 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
thousand and three hundred. 14
And the tribe of Gad: and the
prince of the children of Gad shall
be Eliasaph the son of ^Reuel. 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 a hun-
dred thousand and fifty and one
thousand and four hundred and
fifty, according to their hosts. And
they shall set forth second.
17 Then the tent of meeting shall
set forward, with the camp of the
Levites in the midst of the camps:
as they encamp, so shall they set
forward, every man in his place, by
their standards.
18 On the west side shall be the
standard of the camp of Ephraim
according to their hosts: and the
prince of the children of Ephraim
shall be Elishama the son of Ani-
mihud. 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 children 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 hundred.
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
Number, Encampment, and Princes of the Tribes
were
^ In ch. 1. 14, Deuel.
numbered of the camp of Ephraim
were a hundred thousand and eight
thousand and a hundred, according
to their hosts. And they shall set
forth third.
25 On the north side shall be
the standard of the camp of Dan
according to their hosts: and the
prince of the children of Dan shall
be Ahiezer the son of Ammishad-
dai. 26 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were
threescore and two thousand and
seven hundred. 27 And those that
encamp next unto him shall be the
tribe of Asher : and the prince of the
children of Asher shall be Pagiel the
son of Ochran. 28 And his hosts,
and those that were numbered of
them, were forty and one thousand
and five hundred. 29 And the tribe
of Naphtali: and the prince of the
children of Naphtali shall be Ahira
the son of Enan. 30 And his host,
and those that were numbered of
them, were fifty and three thousand
and four hundred. 31 All that were
numbered of the camp of Dan were
a hundred thousand and fifty and
seven thousand and six hundred.
They shall set forth hindmost by
their standards.
32 These are they that were
numbered of the children of Israel
by their fathers' houses: all that
were numbered of the cam.ps ac-
cording to their hosts were six
hundred thousand and three thou-
sand and five hundred and fifty.
33 But the Levites were not num-
bered among the children of Israel;
as Jehovah commanded Moses. 34
Thus did the children of Israel;
according to all that Jehovah com-
manded Moses, so they encamped
by their standards, and so they set
forward, every one by their fami-
lies, according to their fathers'
houses.
3 Now these are the genera-
tions of Aaron and Moses in
the day that Jehovah spake with
Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And
these are the names of the sons of
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The Priests and Levites set apart to minister in the Sanctuary NUMBERS 3.3 3.30
Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and
Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3
These are the names of the sons of
Aaron, the priests that were an-
ointed, whom he consecrated to
minister in the priest's office. 4
And Nadab and Abihu died before
Jehovah, when they offered strange
fire before Jehovah, in the wilder-
ness of Sinai, and they Jiad no
children ; and Eleazar and Ithamar
ministered in the priest's office in
the presence of Aaron their father.
5 And Jehovah spake unto Moses,
saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Levi
near, and set them before Aaron
the- priest, that they may minister
tlunto him. 7 And they shall keep
his charge, and the charge of the
whole congregation before the tent
of meeting, to do the service of the
tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep
all the furniture of the tent of
meeting, and the charge of the
children of Israel, to do the service
of the tabernacle. 9 And thou
shalt give the Levites unto Aaron
and to hi's sons: they are Vholly
given 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 Jehovah spake unto Mo-
uses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I
I have taken the Levites from among
the children of Israel instead of
jail the first-born that openeth the
I womb among the children of Israel;
land the Levites shall be mine:
13 for all the first-born are mine;
on the day that I smote all the
first-born in the land of Egypt I
ihallowed unto me all the first-born
in Israel, both man and beast; mine
they shall be: I am Jehovah.
14 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses in the wilderness of Sinai, say-
ing, 15 Number the children of
Levi by their fathers' houses, by
their families: every male from a
month old and upward shalt thou
1 Heb. given, given. 2 Or, from 3 Or, number
number them. 16 And Moses num-
bered them according to the word
of Jehovah, as he was commanded.
17 And these were the sons of Levi
by their names: Gershon, and Ko-
hath, 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, Heb-
ron, 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 of the
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 encamp behind the tabernacle
westward. 24 And the prince of
the fathers' house of the Gershon-
ites shall be Eliasaph the son of
Lael. 25 And the charge of the
sons of Gershon in the tent of meet-
ing 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 taber-
nacle, and by the altar round about,
and the cords of it for all the service
thereof.
27 And of Kohath was the family
of the Amramites, and the family
of the Izharites, and the family of
the Hebronites, and the family of
the Uzzielites : these are the families
of the Kohathites. 28 According
to the number of all the males, from
a month old and upward, there
were eight thousand and six hun-
dred, keeping the charge of the
sanctuary. 29 The families of the
sons of Kohath shall encamp on the
side of the tabernacle southward.
30 And the prince of the fathers'
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NUMBERS 3.31 — 4.2 Number and Duties of the Levites. Redemption of the First-born
house of the famihes of the Kohath-
ites 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 of
the Levites, and have the oversight
of them that keep the charge of
the sanctuary.
33 Of Merari was the family of
the Mahlites, and the family of
the Mushites: these are the 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 encamp
on the side of the tabernacle north-
ward. 36 And Hhe appointed 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 encamp be-
fore the tabernacle eastward, before
the tent of meeting toward the
sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron
and his sons, keeping the charge of
the sanctuary ^for the charge of the
children of Israel; and the stranger
that Cometh nigh shall be put to
death. 39 All that were numbered
of the Levites, whom Moses and
Aaron numbered at the command-
ment of Jehovah, by their families,
all the males from a month old and
upward, were twenty and two thou-
sand.
40 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Number all the first-born males of
the children of Israel from a month
1 Heb. the office of the charge. 2 Or, even
old and upward, and take the
number of their names. 41 And
thou shalt take the Levites for me j
(I am Jehovah) instead of all the
first-born 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 Jeho-
vah commanded him, all the first-
born among the children of Israel.
43 And all the first-born males
according to the number of names,
from a month old and upward, of
those that were numbered of them,
were twenty and two thousand two
hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 45 Take the Levites
instead of all the first-born among ^
the children of Israel, and the \
cattle of the Levites instead of r
their cattle; and the Levites shall
be mine: I am Jehovah. 46 And
for ^the redemption of the two hun-
dred and threescore and thirteen
of the first-born of the children of
Israel, that are over and above the
number of the Levites, 47 thou shalt
take five shekels apiece by the poll:
after the shekel of the sanctuary
shalt thou take them (the shekel is
twenty gerahs): 48 and thou shalt
give the money, wherewith the odd
number of them is 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 first-born of the
children of Israel took he the money,
a thousand three hundred and three-
score and five shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary: 51 and
Moses gave ^the redemption-money
unto Aaron and to his sons, accord-
ing to the word of Jehovah, as
Jehovah commanded Moses.
4 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses and unto Aaron, saying,
2 Take the sum of the sons of Kq-
hath from among the sons of Levi,
» Or, those that are to be redeemed, the &c.
* Or, the money of them that were redeemed
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Duties of the Kohathites; of the Gershonites
by their families, by their fathers'
houses, 3 from thirty years old and
upward even until fifty years old,
all that enter upon the ^service, to
do the work in the tent of meeting.
4 This is the Service of the sons of
Kohath in 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 show-
bread they shall spread a cloth of
blue, and put thereon the dishes,
and the spoons, and the bowls
and the cups wherewith to pour
out; 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, and shall put in the staves
thereof. 9 And they shall take a
cloth of blue, and cover the candle-
stick of the light, and its lamps, and
its snuffers, and its snuffdishes, and
all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith
they minister unto it: 10 and they
shall put it and all the vessels there-
of 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 thereof:
12 and they shall take a 1 the vessels
of ministry, wherewith they minister
in the sanctuary, and put them in a
cloth of blue, and cover them with a
covering of sealskin, and shall put
them on the frame. 13 And they
shall take away the ashes from the
altar, and spread a purple cloth
thereon: 14 and they shall put upon
it all the vessels thereof, wherewith
they minister about it, the firepans,
the flesh-hooks, and the shovels,
and the basins, all the vessels of the
1 Heb. warfare, or, host (and so in ver. 35, 39, 43).
- Or, work 3 Or, a bar
NUMBERS 4.3—4.26
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 ^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 continual meal-
offering, and the anointing oil, the
charge of all the tabernacle, and of
all that therein is, the sanctuary,
and the furniture thereof.
17 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses and unto Aaron, saying, 18 Gut
ye not off the tribe of the families
of the Kohathites from among the
Levites; 19 but thus do unto them,
that they may live, and not die,
when they approach unto the most
holy things: Aaron and his sons
shall go in, and appoint them every
one to his service and to his burden;
20 but they shall not go in to see
the ^sanctuary even for a moment,
lest they die.
21 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, 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 shall thou
number them; all that enter in to
^wait upon the service, to do the
work in the tent of meeting. 24
This is the service of the families
of the Gershonites, in serving and
in bearing burdens: 25 they shall
bear the curtains of the tabernacle,
and the tent of meeting, its cover-
ing, 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 taber-
Or, holy things
5 Heb. war the warfare.
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NUMBERS 4.27—4.49
Number of Levites between Thirty and Fifty Years old
nacle and by the altar round about,
and their cords, and all the instru-
ments of their service, and what-
soever shall be done with them:
therein shall they serve. 27 At the
commandment of Aaron and his
sons shall be all the service of the
sons of the Gershonites, in all their
burden, and in all their 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 up-
ward 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, according to all their service
in the tent of meeting: 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 instruments,
and with all their service: and by
name ye shall ^appoint the instru-
ments of the charge of their burden.
33 This is the service of the families
of the sons of Merari, according to
all their service, in the tent of meet-
ing, 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 Kohath-
ites by their families, and by their
fathers' houses, 35 from thirty years
old and upward even unto fifty
years old, every one that entered
upon the service, for work in the
tent of meeting: 36 and those that
were numbered of them by their
families were two thousand seven
hundred and fifty. 37 These are
^ Or, number
they 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 commandment of
Jehovah by Moses.
38 And those that were num-
bered of the sons of Gershon, their
families, and by their fathers' houses,
39 from thirty years old and up-
ward even unto fifty years old,
every one that entered upon the
service, for work in the tent of
meeting, 40 even those that were
numbered of them, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, were two
thousand and six hundred and thirty.
41 These are they that were num-
bered 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
commandment of Jehovah.
42 And those that were num-
bered of the families of the sons of
Merari, by their families, by their
fathers' houses, 43 from thirty 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 according to
the commandment of Jehovah by
Moses.
46 All those that were numbered
of the Levites, whom Moses and
Aaron and the princes of Israel
numbered, by their families, and
by their fathers' houses, 47 from
thirty years old and upward even
unto fifty years old, every one that
entered in to do the work of ser-
vice, and the work of bearing bur-
dens in the tent of meeting, 48
even those that were numbered
of them, were eight thousand and
five hundred and fourscore. 49 Ac-
cording to the commandment of
Jehovah they were numbered by
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Segregation of the Unclean
Moses, every one according to his
service, and ^according to his bur-
den: thus were they numbered of
liim, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
5 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 2 Command the
children of Israel, that they put out
of the camp every leper, and every
one that hath an issue, and whoso-
ever is unclean by the dead: 3 both
male and female shall ye put out,
without the camp shall ye put them;
that they defile not their camp, in
the midst whereof I dwell. 4 And
the children of Israel did so, and
put them out without the camp; as
Jehovah spake unto Moses, so did
the children of Israel.
5 And Jehovah spake unto Moses,
saying, 6 Speak unto the children
of Israel, When a man or woman
shall commit any sin that men
commit, so as to trespass against
Jehovah, and that soul shall be
guilty; 7 then he shall confess his
sin which he hath done: and he
shall make restitution for his guilt
in full, and add unto it the fifth part
thereof, and give it unto hini 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 Je-
hovah 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 : whatso-
ever any man giveth the priest, it
shall be his.
11 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, 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,
^nd it be hid from the eyes of her
husband, and be kept close, and
she be defiled, and there be no
^ Or. according to his burden and his duty, as b'c.
Law concerning Jealousy
NUMBERS 5.1—5.22
witness against her, and she be
not 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 there-
on; for it is a meal-offering of
jealousy, a meal-off ering of memorial,
bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16 And the priest shall bring
her near, and set her before Jeho-
vah: 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 Jehovah, and let the
hair of the woman's head go loose,
and put the meal-offering of memo-
rial in her hands, which is the
meal-offering of jealousy: 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 lain with
thee, and if thou have not gone
aside to uncleanness, ^being under
thy husband, be thou free from this
water of bitterness that causeth the
curse. 20 But if thou have gone
aside, ^being under thy husband, and
if thou be defiled, and some man
have lain with thee besides thy
husband: 21 then the priest shall
cause the woman to swear with the
oath of ^cursing, and the priest shall
say unto the woman, Jehovah make
thee a ^curse and an oath among
thy people, when Jehovah doth
make thy thigh to fall away, and
thy body to swell; 22 and this
water that causeth the curse shall
go into thy bowels, and make thy
2 Or, with another instead of thy husband See Ezek,
23. 5: Rom. 7. 2. 3 Or, adjuration
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NUMBERS 5.23—6.14
body to swell, and thy thigh to
fall away. And the woman shall
say, Amen, Amen.
23 And the priest shall write
these curses in a book, and he shall
blot them out into the water of
bitterness: 24 and he shall make
the woman drink the water of bit-
terness that causeth the curse; and
the water that causeth the curse
shall enter into her and become bit-
ter. 25 And the priest shall take
the meal-offering of jealousy out
of the woman's hand, and shall wave
the meal-offering before Jehovah,
and bring it unto the altar: 26 and
the priest shall take a handful of
the meal-offering, as the memorial
thereof, and burn it upon the altar,
and afterward shall make the woman
drink the water. 27 And when he
hath made her drink the water,
then it shall come to pass, if she
be defiled, and have committed a
trespass against her husband, that
the water that causeth the curse
shall enter into her and become
bitter, and her body shall swell,
and her thigh shall fall away:
and the woman shall be a curse
among her people. 28 And if the
woman be not defiled, but be clean;
then she shall be free, and shall con-
ceive seed.
29 This is the law of jealousy,
when a wife, %eing under her hus-
band, goeth aside, and is defiled;
30 or when the spirit of jealousy
Cometh upon a man, and he is
jealous of his wife; then shall he
set the woman before Jehovah, and
the priest shall execute upon her
all this law. ,31 And the man shall
be free from iniquity, and that
woman shall bear her iniquity.
6 And Jehovah 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 ^a Nazirite, to ^separate
himself unto Jehovah, 3 he shall
1 Or, goeth aside with another instead of her husband
2 That'is, one separated or consecrated.
' Or, consecrate
Law concerning the Nazirites
separate himself from wine and
strong drink; he shall drink no
vinegar of wine, or vinegar of
strong drink, neither shall he drink
any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh
grapes or dried. 4 All the days of
his "^separation shall he eat nothing
that is made of the grapevine, from
the kernels even to the husk.
5 All the days of his vow of sep-
aration there shall no razor come
upon his head: until the days be
fulfilled, in which he separateth
himself unto Jehovah, he shall be
holy; he shall let the locks of the
hair of his head grow long.
6 All the days that he separateth
himself unto Jehovah he shall not
come near to a dead body. 7 He
shall not make himself unclean
for his father, or for his mother, for
his brother, or for his sister, when
they die; because his separation
unto God is upon his head. 8 All
the days of his separation he is
holy unto Jehovah.
9 And if any man die very sud-
denly beside him, and he defile the
head of his separation; then he
shall shave his head in the day of i
his cleansing, on the seventh day j
shall he shave it. 10 And on the
eighth day he shall bring two
turtle-doves, or two young pigeons,
to the priest, to the door of the
tent of meeting: 11 and the priest 1
shall offer one for a sin-offering,
and the other for a burnt-offering,
and make atonement for him, for
that he sinned by reason of the
dead, and shall hallow his head :
that same day. 12 And he shall
separate unto Jehovah the days of
his separat on, and shall bring a
he-lamb a year old for a trespass-
offering: but the former days shall
be void, because his separation w^as
defiled.
13 And this is the law of the
Nazirite, when the days of his
separation are fulfilled: he shall
be brought unto the door of the
tent of meeting: 14 and he shall
* Or, consecration Or, Naziriteship
iri4
The Priestly Blessing. The Oblations of the Princes
offer his oblation unto Jehovah,
one he-lamb a year old without
blemish for a burnt-offering, and
one ewe-lamb a year old without
blemish for a sin-offering, and one
ram without blemish for peace-
offerings, 15 and a basket of. un-
leavened bread, cakes of fine flour
mingled with oil, and unleavened
wafers anointed with oil, and their
meal-offering, and their drink-offer-
ings. 16 And the priest shall' pre-
sent thein before Jehovah, and
shall offer his sin-offering, and his
burnt-offering: 17 and he shall offer
the ram for a sacrifice of peace-
offerings unto Jehovah, with the
basket of unleavened bread: the
priest shall offer also the meal-
offering thereof, and the drink-
offering thereof. 18 And the Nazi-
rite 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 boiled
shoulder of the ram, and one un-
leavened cake out of the basket,
iand one unleavened wafer, and shall
put them upon the hands of the
Nazirite, after he hath shaven the
head of his separation; 20 and the
priest shall wave them for a wave-
offering before Jehovah; this is holy
for the priest, together with the
wave-breast and heave-Hhigh : and af-
ter that the Nazirite may drink wine.
21 This is the law of the Nazirite
who voweth, and of his oblation
unto Jehovah for his separation,
besides that which he is able to get:
according to his vow which he
voweth, so he must do after the
law of his separation.
22 And Jehovah spake unto
IVIoses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aaron
and unto his sons, saying. On this
wise ye shall bless the children of
[srael: ye shall say unto them,
24 Jehovah bless thee, and keep
thee :
Or, shoulder
NUMBERS 6.15—7.11
25 Jehovah make his face to shine
upon thee, and be gracious unto
thee:
26 Jehovah lift up his counte-
nance upon thee, and give thee
peace.
27 So shall they put my name
upon the children of Israel; and I
will bless them.
7 And it came to pass on the
day that Moses had made an
end of setting up the tabernacle,
and had anointed it and sancti-
fied it, and all the furniture thereof,
and the altar and all the vessels
thereof, and had anointed them
and sanctified them; 2 that the
princes of Israel, the heads of their
fathers' houses, offered. These were
the princes of the tribes, these
are they that were over them that
were numbered: 3 and they brought
their oblation before Jehovah, six
covered wagons, and twelve oxen;
a wagon for every two of the princes,
and for each one an ox: and they
presented them before the taber-
nacle. 4 And Jehovah spake unto
Moses, saying, 5 Take it of them,
that they may be used in doing the
service of the tent of meeting; and
thou shall give them unto the
Levites, to every man according to
his service. 6 And Moses took the
wagons and the oxen, and gave them
unto the Levites. 7 Two wagons
and four oxen he gave unto the sons
of Gershon, according to their ser-
vice: 8 and four wagons and eight
oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari,
according unto their service, under
the hand of Ithamar the son of
Aaron the priest. 9 But unto the
sons of Kohath he gave none,
because the service of the sanctuary
belonged unto them; they bare it
upon their shoulders. 10 And the
princes offered ^for the dedication
of the altar in the day that it was
anointed, even the princes offered
their oblation before the altar. 11
And Jehovah said unto Moses,
They shall offer their oblation, each
- Or, ijw dedication-gift
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NUMBERS 7.12 7.43 The Oblations of the Princes
prince on his day, for the dedication
of the altar.
12 And he that offered his obla-
tion the first day was Nahshon the
son of Amminadab, of the tribe of
Judah: 13 and his oblation was one
silver platter, the weight whereof
was a hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
14 one golden spoon of ten shekels,
full of incense; 15 one young bullock,
one ram, one he-lamb a year old,
for a burnt-offering; 16 one male of
the goats for a sin-offering; 17 and
for the sacrifice of peace-offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats,
five he-lambs a year old: this was
the oblation of Nahshon the son of
Amminadab.
18 On the second day Nethanel
the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,
did offer: 19 he offered for his
oblation one silver platter, the weight
whereof was a hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering; 20 one golden spoon
of ten shekels, full of incense; 21 one
young bullock, one ram, one he-
lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer-
ing; 22 one male of the goats for a sin-
offering; 23 and for the sacrifice of
peace-offerings, two oxen, ^yq: rams,
five he-goats, five he-lambs a year
old : this was the oblation of Nethanel
the son of Zuar.
24 On the third day Eliab the
son of Helon, prince of the chil-
dren of Zebulun: 25 his oblation
was one silver platter, the weight
whereof was a himdred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering; 26 one golden spoon
of ten shekels, full of incense; 27 one
young bullock, one ram, one he-
lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer-
ing; 28 one male of the goats for
a sin-offering; 29 and for the sac-
rifice of peace-offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five he-goats, five he-
lambs a year old: this was tli
oblation of Eliab the son of Helon
30 On the fourth day Elizur the
son of Shedeur, prince of the chil-
dren of Reuben: 31 his oblation
was one silver platter, the weight
whereof was a hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering; 32 one golden spoon
of ten shekels, full of incense; 33 one
young bullock, one ram, one he-
lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer-
ing; 34 one male of the goats for
a sin-offering; 35 and for the sac-
rifice of peace-offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five he-goats, five he-
lambs a year old: this was the
oblation of Elizur the son of She-
deur.
36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the
son of Zurishaddai, prince of the
children of Simeon: 37 his oblation
was one silver platter, the weight
whereof was a hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering; 38 one golden spoon
of ten shekels, full of incense; 39 one
young bullock, one ram, one he-
lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer-
ing; 40 one male of the goats for a
sin-offering; 41 and for the sacrifice
of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs
a year old: this was the oblation of
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
42 On the sixth day Eliasaph
the son of Deuel, prince of the
children of Gad: 43 his oblation
was one silver platter, the weight
whereof was a hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a
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The Oblations of the Princes
meal-offering; 44 one golden spoon
of ten shekels, full of incense; 45 one
young bullock, one ram, one he-
lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
4() one male of the goats for a sin-
ofi'ering; 47 and for the sacrifice of
peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams,
five he-goats, five he-lambs a year
old: this was the oblation of Eliasaph
I the son of Deuel.
48 On the seventh day Elishama
the son of Ammihud, prince of the
children of Ephraim: 49 his obla-
tion was one silver platter, the
weight whereof was a hundred and
i 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 a year old, for a burnt-
offering; 52 one male of the goats
for a sin-offering; 53 and for the
sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five he-goats, five he-
lambs a year old: this was the
oblation of Elishama the son of
Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day Gamaliel
the son of Pedahzur, prince of the
children of Manasseh: 55 his ob-
lation was one silver platter, the
weight whereof was a hundred and
thirty shekels, one sil/er bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary; both of them full
of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meal-offering; 56 one golden spoon
of ten shekels, full of incense; 57 one
young bullock, one ram, one he-
lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer-
ing; 58 one male of the goats for a
sin-offering; 59 and for the sacrifice
of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs
a year old: this was the oblation of
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day Abidan the
son of Gideoni, prince of the chil-
dren of Benjamin: 61 his oblation
was one silver platter, the weight
whereof was a hundred and thirty
NUMBERS 7.44—7.77
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering; 62 one golden spoon
of ten shekels, full of incense; 63 one
young bullock, one ram, one he-
lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer-
ing; 64 one male of the goats for
a sin-offering; 65 and for the sac-
rifice of peace-offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five he-goats, five he-
lambs a year old: this was the
oblation of Abidan the son of
Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the
son of Ammishaddai, prince of the
children of Dan: 67 his oblation
was one silver platter, the weight
whereof was a hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy"
shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering; 68 one golden spoon
of ten shekels, full of incense; 69 one
young bullock, one ram, one he-
lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer-
ing; 70 one male of the goats for
a sin-offering; 71 and for the sac-
rifice of peace-offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five he-goats, five he-
lambs a year old: this was the
oblation of Ahiezer the son of Am-
mishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day Pagiel
the son of Ochran, prince of the
children of Asher: 73 his oblation
was one silver platter, the weight
whereof was a hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering; 74 one golden spoon
I of ten shekels, full of incense; 75 one
I young bullock, one ram, one he-
lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer-
ing; 76 one male of the goats for
a sin-offering; 77 and for the sacri-
fice of peace-offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five he-goats, ^ve he-
lambs a year old: this was the
oblation of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
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NUMBERS 7.78 — 8.13 The Oblations of the Princes. Purification of the Levites
78 On the twelfth day Ahira the
son of Enan, prince of the children
of Naphtali: 79 his oblation was one
silver platter, the weight whereof
was a hundred and thirty shekels^
one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour rnin-
gled with oil for a meal-offering;
80 one golden spoon of ten shekels,
full of incense; 81 one young bul-
lock, one ram, one he-lamb a year
old, for a burnt-offering; 82 one male
of the goats for a sin-offering;
83 and for the sacrifice of peace-
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he-goats, five he-lambs a year old:
this was the oblation of Ahira the
son of Enan.
84 This was the Medication of
the altar, in the day when it was
anointed, ^by the princes of Israel:
twelve silver platters, twelve sil-
ver bowls, twelve golden spoons;
85 each silver platter weighing a
hundred and thirty shekels, and
each bowl seventy; all the silver of
the vessels two thousand and four
hundred shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary; 86 the twelve golden
spoons, full of incense, weighing ten
shekels apiece, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; all the gold of the spoons
a hundred and twenty shekels; 87 all
the oxen for the burnt-offering
twelve bullocks, the rams twelve,
the he-lambs a year old twelve, and
their meal-offering; and the males
of the goats for a sin-offering twelve;
88 and all the oxen for the sacrifice
of peace-offerings twenty and four
bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-
goats sixty, the he-lambs a year
old sixty. This was the Medica-
tion of the altar, after that it was
anointed.
89 And when Moses went into
the tent of meeting to speak with
him, then he heard the Voice speak-
ing unto him from above the mercy-
seat that was upon the ark of the
testimony, from between the two
cherubim: and he spake unto him.
^ Or, dedicalion-gift
■ Or, at the hands of
8 And Jehovah spake unto
Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto
Aaron, and say unto him. When
thou ^lightest the lamps, the seven
lamps shall give light in front of
the candlestick. 3 And Aaron did
so; he ^lighted the lamps thereof 60
as to give light in front of the can-
dlestick, as Jehovah commanded
Moses. 4 And this was the work
of the candlestick, ^beaten work of
gold; unto the base thereof, ajul
unto the flowers thereof, it was
^beaten work: according unto the
pattern which Jehovah had showed
Moses, so he made the candle-
stick.
5 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 6 Take the Levites
from among the children of Israel,
and cleanse them. 7 And thus
shall thou do unto them, to cleanse
them: sprinkle the water of ex-
piation upon them, and let them
cause a razor to pass over all their
flesh, and let them wash their
clothes, and cleanse themselves. 8
Then let them take a young bul-
lock, and its meal-offering, fine
flour mingled with oil; and another
young bullock shall thou take for
a sin-offering. 9 And thou shall
present the Levites before the tenl
of meeting: and thou shall assem-
ble the whole congregation of the
children of Israel: 10 and thou
shall present the Levites before
Jehovah. And the children of Is-
rael shall lay their hands upon the
Levites: 11 and Aaron shall ^offer
the Levites before Jehovah for a
wave-offering, "on the behalf of
the children of Israel, that it may
be theirs to do the service of Jeho-
vah. 12 And the Levites shall lav
their hands upon the heads of llu
bullocks: and offer thou the one
for a sin-offering, and the other for
a burnt-offering, unto Jehovah, to
make atonement for the Levites.
13 And thou shall set the Levites
before Aaron, and before his sons,
3 Or, settesl up * Or, set up
8 Heb. wave, and iu ver. 13, 15, 21.
5 Or, turned
' Or, from
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and offer them for a wave-offering
unto Jehovah.
14 Thus shalt thou separate the
Levites from among the children
of Israel; and the Levites shall be
mine. 15 And after that shall the
Levites go in to do the service of
the tent of meeting: and thou
shalt cleanse them, and offer them
for a wave-offering. 16 For they
are wholly given unto me from
among the children of Israel; in-
stead of all that openeth the womb,
even the first-born of all the chil-
dren of Israel, have I taken them
unto me. 17 For all the first-born
among the children of Israel are
mine, both man and beast: on the
day that I smote all the first-born
in the land of Egypt I sanctified
them for myself. 18 And I have
taken the Levites instead of all the
first-born among the children of
Israel. 19 And I have given the
Levites as ^a gift to Aaron and to
his sons from among the children
of Israel, to do the service of the
children of Israel in the tent of
meeting, and to make atonement
for the children of Israel; that
there be no plague among the
children of Israel, ^when the chil-
dren of Israel come nigh unto the
sanctuary.
20 Thus did Moses, and Aaron,
and all the congregation of the
children of Israel, unto the Le-
vites: according unto all that Jeho-
vah 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 Jehovah; and Aaron
made atonement for them to cleanse
them. 22 And after that went the
Levites in to do their service in the
tent of meeting before Aaron, and
before his sons: as Jehovah had
commanded Moses concerning the
Levites, so did they unto them.
I * Heb. Nethunim, given.
* Or, through the children of Israel coming nigh
23 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 24 This is that which
belongeth unto the Levites: from
twenty and five years old and up-
ward they shall go in ^to wait upon
the service in the work of the tent
of meeting: 25 and from the age of
fifty years they shall ^cease waiting
upon the work, and shall serve no
more, 26 but shall minister with
their brethren in the tent of meet-
ing, to keep the charge, and shall
do no service. Thus shalt thou do
unto the Levites touching their
charges.
9 And Jehovah spake unto
Moses in the wilderness of
Sinai, in the first month of the
second year after they were come
out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 Moreover let the children of Israel
keep the passover in its appointed
season. 3 In the fourteenth day of
this month, ^at even, ye shall keep
it in its appointed season: accord-
ing to all the statutes of it, and
according to all the ordinances
thereof, shall ye keep it. 4 And
Moses spake unto the children of
Israel, that they should keep the
passover. 5 And they kept the
passover in the first month, on the
fourteenth day of the month, ^at
even, in the wilderness of Sinai:
according to all that Jehovah com-
manded Moses, so did the children
of Israel. 6 And there were certain
men, who were unclean by reason
of 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 reason of the
dead body of a man: wherefore are
we kept back, that we may not
offer the oblation of Jehovah in its
appointed season among the chil-
dren of Israel .f^ 8 And Moses said
unto them. Stay ye, that I may
hear what Jehovah will command
concerning you.
3 Heb. to war the warfare in the work
* Heb. return from the warfare of the work
^ Heb. between the two evenings.
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NUMBERS 9.9—10.9
9 And Jehovah spake unto Moses,
saying, 10 Speak unto the children
of Israel, saying. If any man of you
or of your generations shall be un-
clean by reason of a dead body, or
be on a journey afar off, yet he shall
keep the passover unto Jehovah.
11 In the second month on the
fourteenth day ^at even they shall
keep it; they shall eat it with un-
leavened 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 on a journey, and forbeareth
to keep the passover, that soul shall
be cut off from his people; because
he offered not the oblation of Jeho-
vah in its appointed season, that
man shall bear his sin. 14 And if a
stranger shall sojourn among you, and
will keep the passover unto Jehovah ;
according to the statute of the pass-
over, and according to the ordinance
thereof, so shall he do : ye shall have
one statute, both for the sojourner,
and for him that is born in the land.
15 And on the day that the taber-
nacle was reared up the cloud
covered the tabernacle, even the
tent of the testimony: and at even
it was upon the tabernacle as it
were the appearance of fire, until
morning. 16 So it was alway: the
cloud covered it, and the appearance
of fire by night. 17 And whenever
the cloud was taken up from over
the Tent, then after that the chil-
dren of Israel journeyed: and in the
place where the cloud abode, there
the children of Israel encamped.
18 At the commandment of Jeho-
vah the children of Israel journeyed,
and at the commandment of Jeho-
vah they encamped: as long as the
cloud abode upon the tabernacle
they remained encamped. .19 And
when the cloud tarried upon the
tabernacle many days, then the
children of Israel kept the charge
of Jehovah, and journeyed not.
The Cloud upon the Tabernacle.
The Silver Trumpets
Heb. between the two evenings.
20 And sometimes the cloud was a
few days upon the tabernacle; then
according to the commandment of
Jehevah they remained encamped,
and according to the commandment
of Jehovah they journeyed. 21 And
sometimes the cloud was from eve-
ning until morning; and when the
cloud was taken up in the morning,
they journeyed: or if it continued by
day and by night, when the cloud
was taken up, they journej^ed. 22
Whether it were two days, or a
month, or a year, that the cloud
tarried upon the tabernacle, abid-
ing thereon, the children of Israel
remained encamped, and journeyed
not; but when it was taken up, they
journeyed. 23 At the command-
ment of Jehovah they encamped,
and at the commandment of Jeho-
vah they journeyed: they kept the
charge of Jehovah, at the command-
ment of Jehovah by Moses.
1r\ And Jehovah spake unto
U Moses, saying, 2 Make thee
two trumpets of silver; of -beaten
work shalt thou make them : and
thou shalt use them for the calling
of the congregation, and for the
journeying of the camps. 3 And |
when they shall blow them, all the
congregation shall gather them-
selves unto thee at the door of the
tent of meeting. 4 And if they
blow but one, then the princes, the
heads of the thousands of Israel,
shall gather themselves unto thee.
5 And when ye blow an alarm, the
camps that lie on the east side
shall take their journey. 6 And
when ye blow an alarm the second
time, the camps that lie on th(
south side shall take their journey;
they shall blow an alarm for their
journeys. 7 But when the assem-
bly is to be gathered together, ye
shall blow, but ye shall not sound
an alarm. 8 And the sons of
Aaron, the priests, shall blow the
trumpets; and they shall be to you
for a statute for ever throughout
your generations. 9 And when ye
2 Or, turned
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The Tribes march from Sinai. Hobab invited to go with the People NUMBERS 10.10 — 10.35
go to war in your land against the
adversary that oppresseth you, then
ye shall sound an alarm with the
trumpets; and ye shall be remem-
bered before Jehovah your God,
and ye shall be saved from your
enemies. 10 Also in the day of
your gladness, and in your set
feasts, and in the beginnings of your
months, ye shall blow the trumpets
over your burnt-offerings, and over
the sacrifices of your peace-offer-
ings; and they shall be to you for
a memorial before your God: I am
Jehovah your God.
11 And it came to pass in the
second year, in the second month,
on the twentieth day of the month,
that the cloud was taken up from
over the tabernacle of the testi-
mony. 12 And the children of
Israel set forward according to
their journeys out of the wilder-
ness of Sinai; and the cloud abode
in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And
they first took their journey accord-
ing to the commandment of Jeho-
vah by Moses. 14 And in the first
flace the standard of the camp of
the children of Judah set forward
according to their hosts: and over
his host was Nahshon the son of
Amminadab. 15 And over the host
of the tribe of the children of Issa-
char was Neth^yiel 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 tabernacle 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 :
and over his host was Elizur the
son of Shedeur. 19 And over the
host of the tribe of the children of
Simeon was Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host
of the tribe of the children of Gad
was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
21 And the Kohathites set for-
ward, bearing the sanctuary: and
the others did set up the tabernacle
6
against their coming. 22 And the
standard of the camp of the chil-
dren 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 Gama-
liel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And
over the host of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin was Abidan
the son of Gideoni.
25 And the standard of the camp
of the children of Dan, which was the
rearward of all the camps, set for-
ward according to their hosts: and
over his host was Ahiezer the
son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over
the host of the tribe of the children
of Asher was Pagiel the son of Och-
ran. 27 And over the host of the
tribe of the children of Naphtali
was Ahira the son of Enan. 28
Thus were the journey ings 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 jour-
neying unto the place of which Je-
hovah said, I will give it you:
come thou with us, and we will
do thee good; for Jehovah hath
spoken good concerning Israel. 30
And he said unto him, I will not go;
but I will depart to mine own land,
and to my kindred. 31 And he
said, Leave us not, I pray thee;
forasmuch as thou knowest how we
are to encamp in the 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 Jehovah shall do unto
us, the same will we do unto thee.
33 And they set forward from
the mount of Jehovah three days'
journey; and the ark of the cove-
nant of Jehovah went before them
three days' journey, to seek out a
resting-place for them. 34 And
the cloud of Jehovah was over them
by day, when they set forward from
the camp.
35 And it came to pass, when the
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NUMBERS 10.36 — 11.21 The People murmur, and grieve Moses. Seventy Elders appointed ;
ark set forward, that Moses said,
Rise up, O Jehovah, and let thine
enemies be scattered; and let them
that hate thee flee before thee.
36 And when it rested, he said.
Return, O Jehovah, unto the ten
thousands of the thousands of Israel.
-| -| And the people were as
1 1 murmurers, ^speaking evil in
the ears of Jehovah: and when
Jehovah heard it, his anger was
kindled; and the fire of Jehovah
burnt among them, and devoured
in the uttermost part of the camp.
2 And the people cried unto Moses;
and Moses prayed unto Jehovah,
and the fire abated. 3 And the
name of that place was called ^Ta-
berah, because the fire of Jehovah
burnt among them.
4 And the mixed multitude that
was among them lusted exceed-
ingly: and the children 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 cucum-
bers, and the melons, and the leeks,
and the onions, and the garlic : 6 but
now our soul is dried away; there
is nothing at all save this manna
to look upon. 7 And the manna
was like coriander seed, and the
^appearance thereof as the appear-
ance of bdellium. 8 The people
went about, and gathered it, and
ground it in mills, or beat it in
mortars, and boiled it in pots, and
made cakes of it: and the taste of
it was as the taste of Afresh oil.
9 And when the dew fell upon the
camp in the night, the manna fell
^upon it.
10 And Moses heard the people
weeping throughout their families,
every man at the door of his tent:
and the anger of Jehovah was
kindled greatly; and Moses was
displeased. 11 And Moses said unto
Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt
ill with thy servant.'^ and wherefore
have I not found favor in thy
1 Or, vi^hich was evil < Or, cakes baked with oil
* That is. Burning 6 Or, w///i
8 Heb. eye.
sight, that thou layest the burden
of all this people upon me.'^ 12 Have
I conceived 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 favor
in thy sight; and let me not see my
wretchedness.
16 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Gather unto me seventy men of
the elders of Israel, whom thou
knowest to be the elders of the peo-
ple, 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 w^ill 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 Jehovah, saying, Who
shall give us flesh to eat? for it was
well with us in Egypt: therefore
Jehovah 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 Jehovah who is
among you, and have wept before
him, saying. Why came we forth
out of Egypt? 2i 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.
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Eldad and Medad. Quails sent, and with them a Plague NUMBERS 11.22 12.10
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 Jehovah said unto Moses,
Is Jehovah'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 Jeho-
vah: and he gathered seventy men
of the elders of the people, and
set them round about the Tent.
25 And Jehovah came down in the
cloud, and spake unto him, and
took of the Spirit that was upon him,
and put it upon the seventy elders:
and it came to pass, that, when the
Spirit rested upon them, they proph-
esied, but they did so no more.
26 But there remained two men
in the camp, the name of the one
was Eldad, and the name of the
other Medad: and the Spirit rested
upon them; and they were of them
that were written, but had not gone
out^unto the Tent; and they proph-
esied 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 that all Jehovah's
people were prophets, that Jehovah
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 Jehovah, and brought quails
from the sea, and let them fall ^by
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 gath-
' Or, from his youth
Or, over
ered 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 Jehovah was kindled against
the people, and Jehovah smote the
people with a very great plague.
34 And the name of that place was
called ^Kibroth-hattaavah, because
there they buried the people that
lusted. 35 From Kibroth-hattaa-
vah the people journeyed unto
Hazeroth; and they abode at Haze-
roth.
-j Q And Miriam and Aaron
1 Jmi spake against Moses because
of the Cushite woman whom he
had married; for he had married a
Cushite woman. 2 And they said,
Hath Jehovah indeed spoken only
^with Moses? hath he not spoken
also %ith us? And Jehovah heard
it. 3 Now the man Moses was
very meek, above all the men that
were upon the face of the earth.
4 And Jehovah 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 Jeho-
vah came down 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 Jehovah
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 my house:
8 with him will I speak mouth to
mouth, even manifestly, and not in
dark speeches; and the form of
Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore
then were ye not afraid to speak
against my servant, against Moses?
9 And the anger of Jehovah was
kindled against them; and he de-
parted. 10 And the cloud removed
from over the Tent; and, behold,
Miriam was leprous, as white as
snow: and Aaron looked upon
3 That is, The graves of lust.
* Or, by
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NUMBERS12.il — 13.26 Miriam's Leprosy. Spies sent to Canaan
Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
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 Jehovah, saying,
Heal her, O God, I beseech thee.
14 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
If her father had but spit in her
face, should she not be ashamed
seven days.^^ 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 journeyed not till
Miriam was brought in again.
16 And afterward the people
journeyed from Hazeroth, and en-
camped in the wilderness of Paran.
-| Q 1 And Jehovah spake unto
1 O 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 ac-
cording to the commandment of
Jehovah: 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
Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gad-
diel 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 Naphtali, Nahbi
the son of Vophsi. 15 Of the tril
of Gad, Geuel the son of Macl
16 These are the names of the m(
that Moses sent to spy out the lan(
And Moses called Hoshea the son o!
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
hill-country: 18 and see the land,
what it is; and the people that
dwell therein, whether they are
strong or weak, whether they are
few or many; 19 and what the land
is that they dwell in, whether it is
good or bad; and what cities they
are that they dwell in, whether in
camps, or in strongholds; 20 and
what the land is, whether it is fat
or lean, whether there is wood
therein, or not. And be ye of good
courage, and bring of the fruit of
the land. Now the time was the
time of the first-ripe grapes.
21 So they went up, and spied
out the land from the wilderness of
Zin unto Rehob, to the entrance
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 pome-
granates, and of the figs. 24 That
place was called the valley of
^Eshcol, because of the cluster which
the children of Israel cut down from
thence.
25 And they returned from spy-
ing 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 wilderness of Paran,
to Kadesh; and brought back word
unto them, and unto all the congre-
gation, and showed them the fruit
1 Or, into ^ That is, a duster.
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I
The discouraging Report of the Spies. The People rebel NUMBERS 13.27 14.16
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 How-
beit the people that dwell in the
land are strong, and the cities are
fortified, and very great: and more-
over we saw the children of Anak
there. 29 Amalek dwelleth in the
land of the South: and the Hittite,
and the Jebusite, and the Amorite,
dwell in the hill-country; and the
Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and
along by the side of the Jordan.
30 And Caleb stilled the people
before Moses, and said, Let us go
up at once, and possess it; for we
are well able to overcome it. 31 But
the men that went up with him said.
We are not able to go up against the
people; for they are stronger than
we. 32 And they brought up an
evil report of the land which they
had 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, who come of the
Nephilim: and we were in our own
sight as grasshoppers, and so we
were in their sight.
UAnd 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 con-
gregation said unto them. Would
that we had died in the land of
Egypt! or would that we had died
in this wilderness! 3 And where-
fore doth Jehovah bring us unto
this land, to fall by the sword.? Our
wives and our little ones will 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
Or, giants
and Aaron fell on their faces before
all the assembly of the congregation
of the children of Israel. 6 And
Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb
the son of Jephunneh, who 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 Jehovah delight in us, then he
will bring us into this land, and
give it unto us; a land which floweth
with milk and honey. 9 Only
rebel not against Jehovah, neither
fear ye the people of the land; for
they are bread for us: their Mefence
is removed from over them, and
Jehovah is with us: fear them not.
10 But all the congregation bade
stone them with stones. And the
glory of Jehovah appeared in the
tent of meeting unto all the chil-
dren of Israel.
11 And Jehovah 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 Jehovah,
Then the Egyptians will hear it;
for thou broughtest up this people
in thy might from among them;
14 and they will tell it to .the inhabit-
ants of this land. They have heard
that thou Jehovah art in the midst
of this people; for thou Jehovah art
seen ^face to face, and thy cloud
standeth over them, and thou goest
before them, in a pillar of cloud by
day, and a pillar of fire by night.
15 Now if thou shalt kill this peo-
ple as one man, then the nations
which have heard the fame of thee
will speak, saying, 16 Because Je-
hovah was not able to bring this
people into the land which he sware
unto them, therefore he hath slain
2 Heb. shadow.
3 Heb. eye to eye
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NUMBERS 14.17 14.42 Moses' Intercession. Forty Years of Wandering denounced
them in the wilderness. 17 And j that have murmured against me,
now, I pray thee, let the power of I 30 surely ye shall not come into the
the Lord be great, according as
thou hast spoken, saying, 18 Jeho-
vah is slow to anger, and abundant
in lovingkindness, 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 Pardon
land, concerning which I ^sware
that I would make you dwell there-
in, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But
your little ones, that ye said should
be a prey, them will I bring in, and
thej^ shall know the land which ye
have rejected. 32 But as for you,
your dead bodies shall fall in this
I pray thee, the iniquity of this wilderness. 33 And your children
people according unto the greatness shall be ^wanderers in the wilder-
of thy lovingkindness, and accord- ness forty years, and shall bear
ing as thou hast forgiven this 3^our whoredoms, until your dead
people, from Egypt even until now. ! bodies be consumed in the wilder-
20 And Jehovah said, I have ness. 34 After the number of the
pardoned according to thy word:
21 but in very deed, as I live, and
as all the earth shall be filled with
the glory of Jehovah; 22 because
all those men that 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 an-
other spirit with him, and hath
followed me fully, him will I bring
into the land wherein to he went;
and his seed shall possess it. 25
Now the Amalekite and the Canaan-
ite dwell in the valley; to-morrow
turn ye, and get you into the
wilderness by the way to the Red
Sea.
26 And Jehovah spake unto Moses
and unto Aaron, saying, 27 How
long shall I hear with this evil con-
gregation, that murmur against me.?
I have heard the murmurings of the
children of Israel, which they mur-
mur against me. 28 Say unto them,
As I live, saith Jehovah, surely
ness.
days in which ye spied out the land,
even forty days, for every day a
year, shall ye bear your iniquities,
even forty years, and ye shall know
^my alienation. 35 I, Jehovah, have
spoken, surely this will I do unto
all this evil congregation,, that are
gathered together against me: in
this wilderness they shall be con-
sumed, and there they shall die.
36 And the men, whom Moses
sent to spy out the land, who re-
turned, and made all the congre-
gation to murmur against him, by
bringing up an evil report against
the land, 37 even those men that
did bring up an evil report of the
land, died by the plague before
Jehovah. 38 But Joshua the son
of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jep-
hunneh, remained alive of those
men that went to spy out the land.
39 And Moses told these words
unto all the children of Israel:
and the people mourned greatly.
40 And they rose up early in the
morning, and gat them up to the
top of the xnountain, saying, Lo,
we are here, and will go up unto
the place which Jehovah hath prom-
ised: for we have sinned. 41 And
as ye have spoken in mine ears, so Moses said. Wherefore now do ye
will I do to 3^ou : 29 your dead transgress the commandment of Je-
bodies shall fall in this wilderness; ' hovah, seeing it shall not prosper.-^
and all that were numbered of you,
according to your whole number,
from twenty years old and upward,
42 Go not up, for Jehovah is not
1 Heb. lifted up my hand. - Heb. shepherds.
3 Or, the revoking of my promise
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Laws concerniriK MeaUofferings and Dri
among you; that ye be not smitten
down before your enemies. 43 For
there the Amalekite and the Canaan-
ite are before you, and ye shall fall
by the sword : because ye are turned
back from following Jehovah, there-
fore Jehovah will not be with you.
44 But they presumed to go up to
the top of the mountain: neverthe-
less the ark of the covenant of
Jehovah, and Moses, departed not
out of the camp. 45 Then the Am-
alekite came down, and the Canaan-
ite who dwelt in that mountain, and
smote them and beat them down,
even unto Hormah.
1 ^ And Jehovah spake unto
A O Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto
the children of Israel, and say
unto them. When ye are come into
the land of your habitations, which
I give unto you, 3 and will make
an offering by fire unto Jehovah, a
burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, ^to
accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-
offering, or in your set feasts, to
make a sweet savor unto Jehovah,
of the herd, or of the flock; 4 then
shall he that offereth his oblation-
offer unto Jehovah a meal-offering
of a tenth part of an ephah of fine
flour mingled with the fourth part
of a hin of oil: 5 and wine for the
drink-offering, the fourth part of a
hin, shalt thou prepare with the
burnt-offering, or for the sacrifice,
for each lamb. 6 Or for a ram,
thou shalt prepare for a meal-offer-
ing two tenth parts of an ephah of
fine flour mingled with the third
part of a hin of oil: 7 and for the
drink-offering thou shalt offer the
third part of a hin of wine, of a
sweet savor unto Jehovah. 8 And
when thou preparest a bullock for
a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice,
ho accomplish a vow, or for peace-
offerings unto Jehovah; 9 then shall
he offer with the bullock a meal-
offering of three tenth parts of an
ephah of fine flour mingled with
half a hin of oil: 10 and thou shalt
offer for the drink-offering half a
nk=offerings NUMBERS 14.43—15.23
hin of wine, for an offering made
by fire, of a sweet savor unto Je-
hovah.
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
home-born shall do these things
after this manner, in offering an
offering made by fire, of a sweet
savor unto Jehovah. 14 And if
a stranger sojourn with you, or
whosoever may be among you
throughout your generations, and
will offer an offering made by fire,
of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; as
ye do, so he shall do. 15 For the
assembly, there shall be one statute
for you, and for the stranger that
sojourneth with you, a statute for
ever throughout your generations:
as ye are, so shall the sojourner be
before Jehovah. 16 One law and
one ordinance shall be for you, and
for the stranger that sojourneth
with you.
17 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 18 Speak unto the
children of Israel, and say unto
them. When ye come into the land
whither I bring you, 19 then it
shall be, that, when ye eat of the
bread of the land, ye shall offer
up a heave-offering unto Jehovah.
20 Of the first of your ^dough ye
shall offer up a cake for a heave-
offering: as the heave-offering of
the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave
it. 21 Of the first of your dough
ye shall give unto Jehovah a heave-
offering throughout your genera-
tions.
22 And when ye shall err, and
not observe all these command-
ments, which Jehovah hath spoken
unto Moses, 23 even all that Je-
hovah hath commanded you by
Moses, from the day that Jeho-
vah gave commandment, and on-
ward throughout your generations;
Or, in making a special vow
2 Or, coarse meal
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NUMBERS 15.24 — 16.4 offerings for sins of ignorance. Sabjjath-breaking punished
24 then it shall be, if it be done ^un-
wittingly, without the knowledge
of the congregation, that all the
congregation shall offer one young
bullock for a burnt-offering, for a
sweet savor unto Jehovah, with
the meal-offering thereof, and the
drink-offering thereof, according to
the 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 Jehovah, and
their sin-offering before Jehovah,
for their error: 26 and all the con-
gregation of the children of Israel
shall be forgiven, and the stranger
that sojourneth among them; for
in respect of all the people it was
done unwittingly.
27 And if one person sin unwit-
tingly, then he shall offer a she-
goat a year old for a sin-offering.
28 And the priest shall make atone-
ment for the soul that erreth, when
he sinneth unwittingly, before Je-
hovah, to make atonement for him;
and he shall be forgiven. 29 Ye
shall have one law for him that
doeth aught unwittingly, for him
that is home-born among the chil-
dren of Israel, and for the stranger
that sojourneth among them. 30
But the soul that doeth aught with
a high hand, whether he be home-
born or a sojourner, the same
blasphemeth Jehovah; and that soul
shall be cut off from among his
people. 31 Because he hath de-
spised the word of Jehovah, 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
* Or. in rrrof
And they put him in ward, because
it had not been declared what
should be done to him. 35 And
Jehovah 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
to death with stones; as Jehovah
commanded Moses.
37 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, 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 re-
member all the commandments of
Jehovah, and do them; and that ye
^follow not after your own heart
and your own eyes, after which ye
use to play the harlot; 40 that ye
may remember and do all my
commandments, and be holy unto
your God. 41 I am Jehovah your
God, who brought you out of the
land of Egypt, to be your God: I
am Jehovah your God.
1r^ Now Korah, the son of
O 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 Reuben,
took men: 2 and they rose up before
Moses, with certain of the children
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, ^Ye
take too much upon you, seeing all
the congregation are holy, every
one of them, and Jehovah is among
them: wherefore then lift ye up
yourselves above the assembly of
Jehovah.'^
4 And when Moses heard it, he
2 Or, tassels in the corners
* Hebt // is enough for you.
» Heb. spy not out.
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Korah's RebeHion
fell upon his face: 5 and lie spake
unto Korah and unto all his com-
pany, saying, In the morning Jeho-
vah will show who are his, and
who is holy, and %ill 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 in
them, and put incense upon them
1 before Jehovah to-morrow: and it
shall be that the man whom Jeho-
I vah doth choose, he shall he holy:
I ye take too much upon you, ye
sons of Levi. 8 And Moses said
unto Korah, Here now, ye sons
of Levi: 9 seemeth it hut a small
thing unto you, that the God of
Israel hath separated you from the
congregation of Israel, to bring
you near to himself, to do the
: service of the tabernacle of Jeho-
! vah, and to stand before the con-
gregation to minister unto them;
10 and that he hath brought thee
I near, and all thy brethren the sons
ji of Levi with thee.? and seek ye
i the priesthood also? 11 Therefore
thou and all thy company are
gathered together against Jehovah:
and Aaron, what is he that ye mur-
mur against him?
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan
and Abiram, the sons of Eliab;
and they said, We will not come
up: 13 is it a small thing that thou
hast brought us up out of a land
flowing with milk and honey, to kill
us in the wilderness, but thou
must needs make thyself also a
prince over 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 Jehovah, Respect
not thou their offering: I have not
taken one ass from them, neither
have I hurt one of them.
NUMBERS 16.5—16.30
1 Or. whom he wiV cause to come near - Heb. bore out
Moses said unto Korah, Be thou
and all thy company before Jeho-
vah, thou, and they, and Aaron,
to-morrow: 17 and take ye every
man his censer, and put incense
upon them, and bring ye before
Jehovah 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 congregation against them
unto the door of the tent of meeting :
and the glory of Jehovah appeared
unto all the congregation.
20 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses and unto Aaron, saying, 21
Separate yourselves from among
this congregation, that I may con-
sume 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 congrega-
tion? 23 And Jehovah spake unto
Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the
congregation, saying, Get you up
from about the tabernacle of Korah,
Dathan, and Abiram.
25 And Moses rose up and went
unto Dathan and Abiram; and the
elders of Israel followed him. 26
And he spake unto the congrega-
tion, 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 taber-
nacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abi-
ram, on ev.ery side: and Dathan and
Abiram came out, and stood at the
door of their tents, and their wives,
and their sons, and their little ones.
28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall
know that Jehovah hath sent me
to do all these works; for / have not
done them of mine own mind. 29 If
these men die the common death
of all men, or if they be visited
16 And! after the visitation of all men; then
Jehovah hath not sent me. 30 But
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NUMBERS 16.31 — 17.4 use made of the Rebels' Censers. A Plague is sent
if Jehovah ^make a new thing, and
the ground open its mouth, and
swallow them up, with all that
appertain unto them, and they go
down alive into Sheol; then ye shall
understand that these men have
despised Jehovah.
31 And it came to pass, as he
made an end of speaking all these
words, that the ground clave asun-
der that was under them; 32 and
the earth opened its mouth, and
swallowed them up, and their house-
holds, and all the men that apper-
tained unto Korah, and all their
goods. 33 So they, and all that
appertained to them, went down
alive into Sheol: and the earth
closed upon them, and they per-
ished 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 Jehovah, and devoured the
two hundred and fifty men that
offered the incense.
*36 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, 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 ^these sinners against
their own ^lives; and let them be
made beaten plates for a covering
of the altar: for they offered them
before Jehovah; therefore they
are holy; and they shall be a sign
unto the children of Israel. 39 And
Eleazar the priest took the brazen
censers, which they that were burnt
had offered; and they beat them out
for a covering of the altar, 40 to be
a memorial unto the children of
Israel, to the end that no stranger,
that is not of the seed of Aaron,
come near to burn incense before
Jehovah; that he be not as Korah,
and as his company: as Jehovah
spake unto him by Moses.
41 But on the morrow all the
1 Heb. create a creation. 3 Or, souls
- Or, these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives
*Ch. 17.1 in Heb.
congregation of the children of Is
rael murmured against Moses and
against Aaron, saying, Ye have
killed the people of Jehovah. 42
And it came to pass, when the con-
gregation was assembled against
Moses and against Aaron, that
they looked toward the tent of
meeting: and, behold, the cloud
covered it, and the glory of Jehovah
appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron
came to the front of the tent of
meeting. 44 And Jehovah spake
unto Moses, saying, 45 Get you
up from among this congregation,
that I may consume them in a
moment. And they fell upon their
faces. 46 And Moses said unto
Aaron, Take thy censer, and put
fire therein from off the altar, and
lay incense thereon, and carry it
quickly unto the congregation, and
make atonement for them: for there
is wrath gone out from Jehovah;
the plague is begun. 47 And Aaron
took as Moses spake, and ran into
the midst of the assembly; and,
behold, the plague was begun among
the people: and he put on the in-
cense, and made atonement for the
people. 48 And he stood between
the dead and the living; and the
plague was stayed. 49 Now they
that died by the plague were four-
teen 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.
t i ^ And Jehovah spake unt©
1 I Moses, saying, 2 Speak untf)
the children of Israel, and take cd
them rods, one for each fathers'
house, of all their princes accord-
ing to their fathers' houses, twelve
rods: write thou every man's nan^e
upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt
write Aaron's name upon the rod
of Levi; for there shall be one rotj
for each head of their fathers'
houses. 4 And thou shalt lay them
up in the tent of meeting befort^
tCh. 17.16 in Heb.
J 70
Aaron's Rod buds. Duties of the Priests and of the Levites NUMBERS 17.5 — 18.11
the testimony, where I meet with
you. 5 And it shall come to pass,
that the rod of the man whom I
shall choose shall bud: and I will
make to cease from me the mur-
murings of the children of Israel,
which they murmur against you.
6 And Moses spake unto the chil-
dren of Israel; and all their princes
gave him rods, for each prince one,
according to their fathers' houses,
even twelve rods: and the rod of
Aaron was among their rods. 7 And
Moses laid up the rods before Je-
hovah in the tent of the testimony.
8 And it came to pass on the j
morrow, that Moses went into the
tent of the testimony; and, behold, |
the rod of Aaron for the house ofj
Levi was budded, and put forth i
buds, and produced blossoms, and
bare ripe almonds. 9 And Moses
brought out all the rods from be-
fore Jehovah unto all the children
of Israel: and they looked, andj
took every man his rod. 10 Andj
Jehovah said unto Moses, Put back
the rod of Aaron before the testi-
mony, to be kept for a token against
the children of rebellion; that thou
mayest make an end of their mur-
murings against me, that they die
not. 11 Thus did Moses: as Jeho-
vah commanded 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 Jehovah, Mieth: shall
we perish all of us?
-I Q And Jehovah said unto
1 0 Aaron, Thou and thy sons
and thy fathers' house with thee
shall bear the iniquity of the sanc-
tuary; and thou and thy sons with
thee shall bear the iniquity of your
priesthood. 2 And thy brethren
also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of
thy father, bring thou near with thee,
that they may be joined unto thee,
and minister unto thee: but thou
and thy sons with thee shall be
Or, shall die
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 children of Israel: to you they
are a gift, given unto Jehovah, to do
the service of the tent of meeting.
7 And thou and thy sons with thee
shall keep your priesthood for 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 Jehovah spake unto Aaron,
And I, behold, I have given thee
the charge of my heave-offerings,
even all the hallowed things of the
children of Israel; unto thee have I
given them -by reason of the anoint-
ing, and to thy sons, as a portion for
ever. 9 This shall be thine of the
most holy things, reserved from the
fire: every oblation of theirs, even
every meal-offering of theirs, and
every sin-offering of theirs, and
every trespass-offering of theirs,
which they shall render unto me,
shall be most holy for thee and for
thy sons. 10 As the most holy
things shalt 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
portion for ever; every one that is
clean in thy house shall eat thereof.
2 Or, for a portion
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NUMBERS 18.12 — 18.32 The Tithes for the Levites. The Heave-offering of the Tithes
12 All the %est of the oil, and all the
%est of the vintage, and of the grain,
the first-fruits of them which they
give unto Jehovah, to thee have I
given them. 13 The first-ripe fruits
of all that is in their land, which they
bring unto Jehovah, shell be thine;
every one that is clean in thy house
shall eat thereof. 14 Everything
devoted in Israel shall be thine.
15 Everything that openeth the
womb, of all flesh which they offer
unto Jehovah, both of man and
beast shall be thine : nevertheless the
first-born of man shalt thou surely
redeem, and the firstling of unclean
beasts shalt thou redeem. 16 ^And
those that are to be redeemed of
them from a month old shalt thou
redeem, 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 a cow, or the firstling
of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat,
thou shalt not redeem; they are
holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood
upon the altar, and shalt burn their
fat for an offering made by fire, for a
sweet savor unto Jehovah. 18 And
the flesh of them shall be thine, as
the wave-breast and as the right
thigh, it shall be thine. 19 All
the heave-offerings of the holy things,
which the children of Israel offer
unto Jehovah, have I given thee,
and thy sons and thy daughters
with thee, as a portion for ever: it
is a covenant of salt for ever before
Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed
with thee. 20 And Jehovah said
unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no in-
heritance in their land, neither shalt
thou have any portion among them :
I am thy portion and thine inherit-
ance 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 service which they
serve, even the service of the tent
of meeting. 22 And henceforth the
1 Heb. fat.
2 Or, And as to their redemption money, from a month old
shalt thou redeem them
17
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
generations; and among the chil-
dren of Israel they shall have no
inheritance. 24 For the tithe of the
children of Israel, which they offer
as a heave-offering unto Jehovah,
I have given to the Levites for an
inheritance: therefore I have said
unto them, Among the children of
Israel they shall have no inheritance.
25 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 26 Moreover thou shalt
speak unto the Levites, and say
unto them, When ye take of the
children of Israel the tithe which I
have given you from them for your
inheritance, then ye shall offer up
a heave-ofl'ering of it for Jehovah,
a tithe of the tithe. 27 And your
heave-offering shall be reckoned unto
you, as though it were the grain of
the threshing-floor, and as the ful-
ness of the winepress. 28 Thus ye
also shall offer a heave-offering unto
Jehovah of all your tithes, which ye
receive of the children of Israel;
and thereof ye shall give Jehovah's
heave-offering to Aaron the priest.
29 Out of all your gifts ye shall
offer every heave-offering of Jeho-
vah, of all the ^best thereof, even
the hallowed part thereof out of it.
30 Therefore thou shalt say unto
them. When ye heave the ^best
thereof from it, then it shall be
reckoned 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
^best thereof: and ye shall not pro-
fane the holy things of the chil-
dren of Israel, ^that ye die not.
3 Or, neither shall ye die
Purification of the Unclean with the Ashes of a Red Heifer NUMBERS 19.1 19.21
1 Q And Jehovah spake unto
1 c/ Moses and unto Aaron, say-
ing, 2 This is the statute of the
law which Jehovah hath commanded,
saying. Speak unto the children of
Israel, that they bring thee a red
heifer Without spot, wherein is no
blemish, and upon which never came
yoke. 3 And ye shall give her unto
Eleazar the priest, and he shall
bring her forth without the camp,
and one shall slay her before his
face: 4 and Eleazar the priest shall
take of her blood with his finger, and
sprinkle of her blood toward the
front of the tent of meeting seven
times. 5 And one shall burn the
heifer in his sight; her skin, and her
flesh, and her blood, with her dung,
shall he burn: 6 and the priest shall
take cedar- wood, and hyssop, and
scarlet, and cast it into the midst of
the burning of the heifer. 7 Then
the priest shall wash his clothes, and
he shall bathe his flesh in water, and
afterward he shall come into the
camp, and the priest shall be un-
clean until the even. 8 And he that
burneth her shall wash his clothes
in water, and bathe his flesh in
water, and shall be unclean until
the even. 9 And a man that is
clean shall gather up the ashes of
the heifer, and lay them up with-
out the camp in a clean place; and
it shall be kept for the congrega-
tion of the children of Israel for a
water for impurity: it is a sin-offer-
ing. 10 And he that gathereth the
ashes of the heifer shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the
even: and it shall be unto the chil-
dren of Israel, and unto the stranger
that sojourneth among them, for a
statute for ever.
11 He that toucheth the dead
body of any man shall be unclean
seven days: 12 the same shall
purify himself therewith on the
third day, ^and on the seventh day
he shall be clean: but if he purify
not himself the third day, ^then the
1 Or, perfect 3 Or, and
2 Or, and on the seventh day, so shall he be clean
seventh day he shall not be clean.
13 Whosoever toucheth a dead
person, the body of a man that
hath died, and purifieth not him-
self, defileth the tabernacle of Je-
hovah; and that soul shall be cut
off from Israel: because the water
for impurity was not sprinkled upon
him, he shall be unclean; his un-
cleanness is yet upon him.
14 This is the law when a man
dieth in a tent: every one that
Cometh into the tent, and every one
that is in the tent, shall be
unclean seven days. 15 And every
open vessel, which hath no cov-
ering bound upon it, is unclean.
16 And whosoever in the open
field toucheth one that is slain
with a sword, or a dead body, or
a bone of a man, or a grave, shall
be unclean seven days. 17 And
for the unclean they shall take of
the ashes of the burning of the
sin-offering; and ^running water shall
be put thereto in a vessel: 18 and
a clean person shall take hyssop,
and dip it in the water, and sprinkle
it upon the tent, and upon all the
vessels, and upon the persons that
were there, and upon him that
touched the bone, or the slain, or
the dead, or the grave: 19 and the
clean person shall sprinkle upon the
unclean on the third day, and on the
seventh day: and on the seventh
day he shall purify him; and he
shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and shall be clean
at even.
20 But the man that shall be
unclean, and shall not purify him-
self, that soul shall be cut off from
the midst of the assembly, because
he hath defiled the sanctuary of
Jehovah: the water for impurity
hath not been sprinkled upon him;
he is unclean. 21 And it shaU be a
perpetual statute unto them: and
he that sprinkleth the water for
impurity shall wash his clothes;
and he that toucheth the water for
impurity shall be unclean until
^ Heb. living.
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NUMBERS 19.22 20.23 Miriam's Death. The People complain. The Waters of Meribah
even. 22 And whatsoever the un-
clean person toucheth shall be un-
clean; and the soul that toucheth it
shall be unclean until even.
Q/^ And the children of Israel,
jL^xJ even the whole congrega-
tion, came into the wilderness of
Zin in the first month: and the
people abode in Kadesh; and Mir-
iam died there, and was buried
there.
2 And there was no water for the
congregation: and they assembled
themselves together against Moses
and against Aaron. 3 And the
people strove with Moses, and spake,
saying, Would that we had died
when our brethren died before Jeho-
vah! 4 And why have ye brought
the assembly of Jehovah into this
wilderness, that we should die there,
we and our beasts? 5 And where-
fore have ye made us to come up
out of Egypt, to bring us in unto
this evil place? it is no place of
seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of
pomegranates; neither is there any
water to drink. 6 And Moses and
Aaron went from the presence of the
assembly unto the door of the tent
of meeting, and fell upon their faces :
and the glory of Jehovah appeared
unto them. 7 And Jehovah spake
unto Moses, saying, 8 Take the rod,
and assemble the congregation, thou,
and Aaron thy brother, and speak
ye unto the rock before their eyes,
that it give forth its water; and thou
shalt bring forth to them water out
of the rock; so thou shalt give the
congregation and their cattle drink.
9 And Moses took the rod from
before Jehovah, as he commanded
him.
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered
the assembly together before the rock,
and he said unto them. Hear now,
ye rebels; shall we bring you forth
water out of this rock? 11 And
Moses lifted up his hand, and smote
the rock with his rod twice: and
water came forth abundantly, and
the congregation drank, and their
cattle. 12 And Jehovah said unto I
174
Moses and Aaron, Because ye be-
lieved not in me, to sanctify me in
the eyes of the children of Israel,
therefore ye shall not bring this
assembly into the land which I have
given them. 13 These are the
waters of ^Meribah; because the
children of Israel strove with Jeho-
vah, and he ^was sanctified in them.
14 And Moses sent messengers
from Kadesh unto the king of
Edom, Thus saith thy brother Is-
rael, Thou knowest all the travail
that hath befallen us: 15 how
our fathers went down into Egypt,
and we dwelt in Egypt a long time;
and the Egyptians dealt ill with
us, and our fathers: 16 and when
we cried unto Jehovah, he heard
our voice, and sent an angel, and
brought us forth out of Egypt: and,
behold, we are in Kadesh, a city
in the uttermost of thy border.
17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through
thy land: we will not pass through
field or through vineyard, neither
will we drink of the water of the
wells; we will go along the king's
highway; we will not turn aside to
the right hand nor to the left, until
we have passed thy border. 18 And
Edom said unto him. Thou shalt
not pass through me, lest I come out
with the sword against thee. 19
And the children of Israel said unto
him. We will go up by the highway;
and if we drink of thy water, I and
my cattle, then will I give the price
thereof: let me only, without doing
anything else, pass through on my
feet. 20 And he said. Thou shalt
not pass through. And Edom came
out against him with much people,
and with a strong hand. 21 Thus
Edom refused to give Israel passage
through his border: wherefore Israel
turned away from him.
22 And they journeyed from Ka-
desh: and the children of Israel,
even the whole congregation, came
unto mount Hor. 23 And Jehovah
spake unto Moses and Aaron in
mount Hor, bv the border of the
That is, Strife.
* Or, showed himself holy
The Death of Aaron. The Fiery Serpents and the Brazen Serpent NUMBERS 20.24 21.17
land of Edom, saying, 24 Aaron
shall be gathered unto his people;
for he shall not enter into the land
which I have given unto the chil-
dren of Israel, because ye rebelled
against my word at the waters of
Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and Elea-
zar his son, and bring them up unto
mount Hor; 26 and strip Aaron of
his garments, and put them upon
Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall
be gathered unto his people, and
sliall die there. 27 And Moses did
as Jehovah commanded: and they
went up into mount Hor in the sight
of all the congregation. 28 And
Moses stripped Aaron of his gar-
ments, and put them upon Eleazar
his son; and Aaron died there on
the top of the mount: and Moses
and Eleazar came down from the
mount. 29 And when all the con-
gregation saw that Aaron was dead,
they wept for Aaron thirty days,
even all the house of Israel.
Q -| And the Canaanite, the
^ 1 king of Arad, who dwelt in
the South, heard tell that Israel
came by the way ^of Atharim; and
he fought against Israel, and took
some of them captive. 2 And Is-
rael vowed a vow unto Jehovah,
and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver
this people into my hand, then I
will ^utterly destroy their cities.
3 And Jehovah hearkened to the
voice of Israel, and delivered up the
Canaanites; and they ^utterly des-
troyed them and their cities : and the
name of the place was called ^Hor-
mah.
4 And they journeyed from mount
Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to
compass the land of Edom: and the
soul of the people ^was much dis-
couraged ^because of the way. 5
And the people spake against God,
and against Moses, Wherefore have
ye brought us up out of Egypt to
die in the wilderness? for there is
no bread, and there is no water;
' Or, of the spies 2 Heb. devote. 3 Heb. devoted.
* From the same root as herein, a devoted thing.
» Or, was impatient Heb. was shortened.
• Or, in
and our soul loatheth this ^light
bread. 6 And Jehovah sent fiery
serpents among the people, and they
bit the people; and much people of
Israel died. 7 And the people came
to Moses, and said. We have sinned,
because we have spoken against
Jehovah, and against thee; pray
unto Jehovah, that he take away
the serpents from us. And Moses
prayed for the people. 8 And Je-
hovah said unto Moses, Make thee
a fiery serpent, and set it upon a
standard: and it shall come to
pass, that every one that is bitten,
when he seeth it, shall live. 9 And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and set it upon the standard: and
it came to pass, that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
looked unto the serpent of brass,
he lived.
10 And the children of Israel
journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.
11 And they journeyed from Oboth,
and encamped at lye-abarim, in
the wilderness which is before Moab,
toward the sunrising. 12 From
thence they journeyed, and en-
camped in the valley of Zered.
13 From thence they journeyed,
and encamped on the other side of
the Arnon, which is in the wilder-
ness, that Cometh out of the border
of the Amorites: for the Arnon is
the border of Moab, between Moab
and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore
it is said in the book of the Wars of
Jehovah,
Vaheb ^in Suphah,
And the valleys of the Arnon,
15 And the slope of the valleys
That inclineth toward the dwel-
ling of Ar,
And leaneth upon the border of
Moab.
16 And from thence they journeyed
to ^Beer: that is the well whereof
Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather
the people together, and I will give
them water.
17 Then sang Israel this song:
^ Or, vile
9 That is, A well.
8 Or, in storm
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NUMBERS 21.18 — 22.5 Slhon and Og smitten. Balak sends for Balaam
Spring up, O well; sing ye unto
it:
18 The well, which the princes
digged,
Which the nobles of the people
delved,
^With the sceptre, and with their
staves.
And from the wilderness they jour-
neyed to Mattanah; 19 and from
Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from
Nahaliel to Bamoth; 20 and from
Bamoth to the valley that is in the
field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah,
which looketh down upon -the
desert.
21 And Israel sent messengers
unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
saying, 22 Let me pass through
thy land: we will not turn aside
into field, or into vineyard; we will
not drink of the water of the wells:
we will go by the king's highwaj^
until we have passed thy border.
23 And Sihon would not suffer
Israel to pass through his border : but
Sihon gathered all his people to-
gether, 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 the Arnon unto the
Jabbok, even unto the children of
Ammon; for the border of the chil-
dren 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 Heshbon
was the city of Sihon the king of the
Amorites, who had fought against
the former king of Moab, and taken
all his land out of his hand, even
unto the Arnon. 27 Wherefore they
that speak in proverbs say.
Come ye to Heshbon;
Let the city of Sihon be built and
established :
28 For a fire is gone out of Heshbon,
A flame from the city of Sihon:
It hath devoured Ar of Moab,
1 Or, By order of the law-giver
2 Or, Jeshimon ^ jjeb. daughters.
The lords of ^the high places of
the Arnon.
29 Woe to thee, Moab!
Thou art undone, O people of
Chemosh :
He hath given his sons as fugi-
tives.
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,
Which reacheth unto Medeba.
31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of
the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent
to spy out Jazer; and they took the
towns thereof, and drove out the
Amorites that were there.
33 And they turned and went
up by the way of Bashan: and
Og the king of Bashan went out
against them, he and all his people,
to battle at Edrei. 34 And Jeho-
vah said unto Moses, Fear him not:
for I have delivered him into thy
hand, and all his people, and his
land; and thou shall do to him as
thou didst unto Sihon king of the
Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon. 35
So they smote him, and his sons and
all his people, until there was none
left him remaining: and they pos-
sessed his Icind. 1 And the chil-
dren of Israel journeyed, and
encamped in the plains of
Moab beyond the Jordan at Jeri-
cho.
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 was
distressed because of the children
of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto
the elders of Midian, Now will
^this multitude lick up all that is
round about us, as the ox licketh
up the grass of the field. And
Balak the son of Zippor was king
of Moab at that time. 5 And
he sent messengers unto Balaam
the son of Beor, to Pethor, whicli
22
4 Or, Bamoth
^ Heb. the assembly.
176
Balaam and his Ass meet the Angel of Jehovah
is by the River, to the land of
the children of his people, to call
him, saying, Behold, there is a peo-
ple come out from Egypt: behold,
they cover the ^face of the earth,
and they abide over against me.
6 Come now therefore, I pray
thee, curse me this people; for
they are too mighty for me: per-
ad venture 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 they came unto Balaam,
and spake unto him the words oi
Balak. 8 And he said unto them.
Lodge here this night, and I will
bring you word again, as Jehovah
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 ^f ace
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 Ba-
laam, Thou shalt not go with them ;
thou shalt not curse the people; for
they are blessed. 13 And Balaam rose
up in the morning, and said unto
the princes of Balak, Get you into
your land; for Jehovah refuseth to
give me leave to go with you. 14
And the princes of Moab rose up,
and they went unto Balak, and said,
Balaam refuseth to come with us.
15 And Balak sent yet again
princes, more, and more honorable
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
Heb. eye.
NUMBERS 22.6—22.28
will promote thee unto very great
honor, and whatsoever thou sayest
unto me I will do: come therefore,
I pray thee, curse me this people.
18 And Balaam answered and said
unto the servants of Balak, ,If
Balak would give me his house full
of silver and gold, I cannot go
beyond the word of Jehovah my
God, to do less or more. 19 Now
therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also
here this night, that I may know
what Jehovah will speak unto me
more. 20 And God came unto
Balaam at night, and said unto
him. If the men are come to call
thee, rise up., go with them; but
only the word which I speak unto
thee, that shalt thou do.
21 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
Jehovah 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 Jeho-
vah 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 Jeho-
vah stood in a narrow path between
the vineyards, a wall being on this
side, and a wall on that side. 25
And the ass saw the angel of Jeho-
vah, 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 Je-
hovah 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 Jehovah, and she lay down
under Balaam: and Balaam's anger
was kindled, and he smote the ass
with his staff. 28 And Jehovah
opened the mouth of the ass, and
she said unto Balaam, What have
I done unto thee, that thou hast
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NUMBERS 22.29 23.9 The Angel's Message. Balak meets Balaam. Balaam's First Prophecy
smitten me these three times? 29
And Balaam said unto the ass,
Because thou hast mocked me: I
would there were a sword in my
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 Jehovah opened the
eyes of Balaam, and he saw the
angel of Jehovah standing in the
way, with his sword drawn in his
hand; and he bowed his head, and
fell on his face. 32 And the angel
of Jehovah said unto him, Where-
fore hast thou smitten thine ass these
three times? behold, I am come
forth for an adversary, because thy
way is ^perverse before me: 33 and
the ass saw me, and turned aside
before me these three times: unless
she had turned aside from me,
surely now I had even slain thee,
and saved her alive. 34 And Ba-
laam said unto the angel of Jehovah,
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 Jehovah said
unto Balaam, Go with the men; but
only the word that I shall speak
unto thee, that thou shalt speak.
So Balaam went with the princes
of Balak.
36 And when Balak heard that
Balaam was come, he went out to
meet him unto the City of Moab,
which is on the border of the Arnon,
which is in the utmost part of the
border. 37 And Balak said unto
Balaam, Did I not earnestly send
unto thee to call thee? wherefore
camest thou not unto me? am I not
able indeed to promote thee to
honor? 38 And Balaam said unto
Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee:
have I now any power at all to
speak anything? 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.
OQ 1 And Balaam said unto
^O 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 Balaam 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 Jehovah
will come to meet me; and what-
soever he showeth me I will tell
thee. And he went to a bare
height. 4 And God met Balaam:
and he said unto him, I have pre-
pared the seven altars, and I have
offered up a bullock and a ram on
every altar. 5 And Jehovah put
a word in Balaam's mouth, and
said. Return unto Balak, and thus
thou shalt speak. 6 And he re-
turned unto him, and, lo, he was
standing by his burnt-offering, he,
and all the princes of Moab. 7 And
he took up his parable, and said,
From Aram hath Balak brought
me.
The king of Moab from the
mountains of the East:
Come, curse me Jacob,
And come, Mefy Israel.
8* How shall I curse, whom God
hath not cursed?
And how shall I defy, whom
Jehovah hath not defied?
9 For from the top of the rocks I
see him.
And from the hills I behold him:
Lo, it is a people that dwelleth
alone,
And shall not be reckoned among
the nations.
* Heb. headlong.
2 Or, Bamoth-haal
i Heb. be woth against.
ITS
1
Balaam's Second Prophecy
Who can count the dust of
Jacob,
^Or number tHe fourth part of
Israel?
Let ^me die the death of the
righteous,
And let my last end be like his!
11 And Balak said unto Balaam,
What hast thou done unto me? I
took thee to curse raine enemies,
and, behold, thou hast blessed them
altogether. 12 And he answered
and said. Must I not take heed to
speak that which Jehovah putteth
in my mouth?
13 And Balak said unto him.
Come, I pray thee, with me unto
another place, from whence thou
may est 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 unto Balak, St^^nd here by thy
burnt-offering, while I meet Jeho-
vah yonder. 16 And Jehovah met
Balaam, and put a word in his
mouth, and said. Return unto Balak,
and thus shalt thou speak. 17 And
he came to him, and, lo, he was
standing by his burnt-offering, and
the princes of Moab with him. And
Balak said unto him. What hath
Jehovah spoken? 18 And he took
up his parable, and said,
Rise up, Balak, and hear;
Hearken unto me, thou son of
Zippor:
God is not a man, that he should
lie,
Neither the son of man, that he
should repent:
Hath he said, and will he not do
it?
Or hath he spoken, and will he
not make it good?
Behold, I have received com-
mandment to bless :
And he hath blessed, and I
cannot reverse it.
Heb. Or, by number, the &*<:.
2 Heb. my soul.
NUMBERS 23.10—24.2
21 He hath not beheld iniquity in
Jacob;
Neither hath he seen ^perverse-
ness in Israel:
Jehovah his God is with him.
And the shout of a king is. among
them.
22 God bringeth them forth out of
Egypt;
He hath as it were the '^strength
of the ^wild-ox.
23 Surely there is no enchantment
%ith Jacob;
Neither is there any divination
^with Israel:
^Now shall it be ^said of Jacob
and of Israel,
What hath God wrought!
24 Behold, the people riseth up as
a lioness.
And as a lion doth he lift him-
self up:
He shall not lie down until he
eat of the prey.
And drink the blood of the slain.
25 And Balak said unto Balam,
Neither curse them at all, nor bless
them at all. 26 But Balaam an-
swered and said unto Balak, Told
not I thee, saying. All that Jeho-
vah 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 Hhe
desert. 29 And Balaam said unto
Balak, Build me here seven altars,
and prepare me here seven bullocks
and seven rams. 30 And Balak did
as Balaam had said, and offered up
a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Cy A 1 And when Balaam saw
^^ that it pleased Jehovah to
bless Israel, he went not, as at the
other times, to meet with enchant-
ments, but he set his face toward
the wilderness . 2 And B alaam lifted
up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwel-
ling according to their tribes; and
s Or, trouble < Or, horns » Or, ox-antelope Heb. reem.
6 Or, against '' Or, A t the due season
« Or', told to . . . what God hath ^c.rou^ht » Or, Jeshimon
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NUMBERS 24.3—24.21
the Spirit of God came upon him.
3 And he took up his parable, and
said,
• Balaam the son of Beor saith,
x\nd the man whose eye ^was
closed saith;
4 He saith, who heareth the words
of God,
Who seeth the vision of the Al-
mighty,
Falling down, and having his eyes
open:
5 How goodly are thy tents, O
Jacob,
Thy tabernacles, O Israel!
6 As valleys are they spread forth.
As gardens by the river-side.
As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath
planted.
As cedar-trees beside the waters.
7 Water shall flow from his buckets,
And his seed shall be in many
waters.
And his king shall be higher than
Agag,
And his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 God bringeth him forth out of
Egypt;
He hath as it were the strength
of the wild-ox:
He shall eat up the nations his
adversaries.
And shall break their bones in
pieces.
And smite them through with his
arrows.
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 promote
thee unto great honor; but, lo,
Jehovah hath kept thee back from
Balaam's Third Prophecy.
His Fourth Prophecy
Or, is opened
honor. 12 And Balaam said unto
Balak, Spake I not also to thy mes-
sengers that thou sentest unto me,
saying, 13 If Balak would give me
his house full of silver and gold, I
cannot go beyond the word of
Jehovah, to do either good or bad
of mine own mind; what Jehovah
speaketh, that will I speak .^^ 14 And
now, behold,. I go unto my people:
come, and I will advertise thee
what this people shall do to thy
people in the latter days. 15 And
he took up his parable, and said,
Balaam the son of Beor saith.
And the man whose eye ^was
closed saith;
16 He saith, who heareth the words
of God,
And knoweth the knowledge of
the Most High,
Who seeth the vision of the
Almighty,
Falling down, and having his
eyes open:
17 I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not nigh:
There shall come forth a star out
of Jacob,
And a sceptre shall rise out of
Israel,
And shall smite through the
corners of Moab,
And break down all the sons ^of
tumult.
18 And Edom shall be a possession,
Seir also shall be a possession,
who 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 na-
tions;
But his latter end shall come to
destruction.
21 And he looked on the Kenite, and
took up his parable, and said.
Strong is thy dwelling-place,
And thy nest is set in the rock.
^ Or. of Sheth
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The Sin of Peor and the Zeal of Phinehas
22 Nevertheless ^Kain shall be
wasted,
^Until Asshur shall carry thee
away captive.
23 And he took up his parable, and
said,
Alas, who shall live when God
Moeth this?
24 But ships shall come from the
coast of Kittim,
And they shall afflict Asshur,
and shall afflict Eber;
And he also shall come to des-
truction.
25 And Balaam rose up, and went
and returned to his place; and
Balak also went his way.
Q ^ And Israel abode in
^ O Shittim ; and the people began
to play the harlot with the daughters
of Moab: 2 for they called the
people unto the sacrifices of thfeir
gods; and the people did eat, and
bowed down to their gods. 3 And
Israel ^joined himself unto ^Baal-
peor: and the anger of Jehovah was
kindled against Israel. 4 And Je-
hovah said unto Moses, Take all the
chiefs of the people, and hang them
up unto Jehovah before the sun,
that the fierce anger of Jehovah 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 chil-
dren of Israel came and brought
;Unto his brethren a Midianitish
i 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 Phine-
has, the son of Eieazar, the son of
Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up
from the midst of the congregation,
I and took a spear in his hand ; 8 and
he went after the man of Israel into
the ^pavilion, and thrust both of
ithem through, the man of Israel,
and the woman through her bodv.
• i * Or, the Kenites 2 Qr, How long} Asshur b'c.
^j * Or, establisheth him « Or, yoked
I » Or, the Baal of Peor See chu 23. 28. 6 Or, alcove
NUMBERS 24.22—26,4
So the plague was stayed from the
children of Israel. 9 And those
that died by the plague were twenty
and four thousand.
10 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 11 Phinehas, the son of
Eieazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
hath turned my wrath away from
the children of Israel, in that he
was jealous with my jealousy among
them, so that I consumed not the
children of Israel in my jealousy.
12 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 priesthood; because
he was jealous for his God, and made
atonement for the children of Israel.
14 Now the name of the man of
Israel that was slain, who was slain
with the Midianitish woman, was
Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a
fathers' house among the Simeonites.
15 And the name of the 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 Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, 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 Mid-
ian, their sister, who was slain on
the day of the plague in the matter
of Peor.
Q/:* And it came to pass after
^O the plague, that Jehovah
spake unto Moses and unto Eieazar
the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2 Take the sum of all the congre-
gation of the children of Israel,
from twenty years old and upward,
by their fathers' houses, all that
are able to go forth to war in Israel.
3 And Moses and Eieazar the
priest spake with them in the plains
of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,
saying, 4 Take the sum of the people,
from twenty years old and upward;
as Jehovah commanded Moses and
181
NUMBERS 26.5 — 26.33 The People are numbered
the children of Israel, that came
forth out of the land of Egypt.
5 Reuben.> the first-born 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, 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 hundred
and thirty. 8 And the sons of
Pallu: Ehab. 9 And the sons of
Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and
Abiram. These are that Dathan
and Abiram, who were called of the
congregation, who strove against
Moses and against Aaron in the
company of Korah, when they strove
against Jehovah, 10 and the earth
opened its mouth, and swallowed
them up together with Korah, when
that company died; what time the
fire devoured two hundred and fifty
men, and they became a sign. 11
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 ^Jachin,
the family of the Jachinites; 13 of
^Zerah, the family of the Zerahites;
of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
14 These are the families of the
Simeonites, twenty and two thou-
sand and two hundred.
15 The sons of Gad after their
families: of "^Zephon, the family of
the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family
of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family
of the Shunites; 16 of ^Ozni, the
family of the Oznites; of Eri, the
family of the Erites; 17 of ^Arod, the
family of the Arodites; of Areli, the
family of the 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.
» In Gen. 46. 10. Ex. 6. 15, JemueL
2 In 1 Chr. 4. 24, Jarib. 3 in Gen. 46. 10, Zohar.
* In Gen. 46. 16, Ziphion. s jn Gen. 46. 16, Ezbon.
8 In Gen. 46. 16, Arodi.
19 The sons of Judah: Er an<
Onan; and Er and Onan died in th<
land of Canaan. 20 And the sons
of Judah after their families werej
of Shelah, the family of the Shelan^
ites; of Perez, the family of th<
Perezites; of Zerah, the family ol
the Zerahites. 21 And the sons o\
Perez were: of Hezron, the famih
of the Hezronites; of Hamul, th<
family of the Hamulites. 22 Thes(
are the families of Judah according
to those that were numbered of them]
threescore and sixteen thousand an<
five hundred.
23 The sons of Issachar after theif
families: of Tola, the family of th<
Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of th<
Punites; 24 of ^Jashub, the family
the Jashubites; of Shimron, th(
family of the Shimronites. 25 These
are the families of Issachar accord-
ing to those that were numbered of
them, threescore and four thousand
and three hundred.
26 The sons of Zebulun after
their families: of Sered, the family
of the Seredites; of Elon, the family
of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the
family of the Jahleelites. 27 These
are the families of the Zebulunites
according to those that were num-
bered of them, threescore thousand
and fiwe hundred.
28 The sons of Joseph after their
families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 The sons of Manasseh: of Ma-
chir, the family of the Machirites;
and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead,
the family of the Gileadites. 30
These are the sons of Gilead: of
^lezer, the family of the lezerites;
of Helek, the family of the Hele-
kites; 31 and of Asriel, the family
of the Asrielites; and of 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 Zelophe-
7 In Gen. 46. 13. loh. , ^^ ^^
8 In Josh. 17. 2. Abiezer. See Judg. 6. 11, 24. 34.
182
The People are numbered
had were Mahlah, and Noah, Hog-
lah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These
are the families of Manasseh; and
. they that were numbered of them
were fifty and two thousand and
seven hundred.
35 These are the sons of Ephraim
after their families: of Shuthelah,
the family of the Shuthelahites ; of
^Becher, the family of the Becher-
ites; 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 Belaites; of Ashbel, the fam-
ily of the Ashbelites; of ^Ahiram,
the family of the Ahiramites; 39 of
^Shephupham, the family of the
Shuphamites; of Hupham, the fam-
ily of the Huphamites. 40 And
the sons of Bela were ^Ard and
Naaman: of Ard, the family of the
Ardites; of Naaman, the family of
the Naamites. 41 These are the
sons of Benjamin after their fami-
hes; and they that were numbered
I of them were forty and five thou-
sand and six hundred.
42 These are the sons of Dan
after their families: of '^Shuham,
the family of the Shuhamites. These
are the families of Dan after their
families. 43 All the families of the
Shuhamites, according to those that
were numbered of them, were three-
score and four thousand and four
hundred.
44 The sons of Asher after their
families: of Imnah, the family of
the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of
the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family
of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of
Beriah: of Heber, the family of the
1 In 1 Chr. 7. 20, Bered.
2 In Gen. 46. 21, Ehi\ in 1 Chr. 8. 1, Aharah.
' In Gen. 46. 21, Muppim, and Huppim.
* In 1 Chr. 8. 3, Addar. ■ s In Gen. 46. 2.3, Hvshim.
NUMBERS 26.34—26.59
Heberites; of Malchiel, the family
of the Malchielites. 46 And the
name of the daughter of Asher was
Serah. 47 These are the families
of the sons of Asher according to
those that were numbered of them,
fifty and three thousand and four
hundred.
48 The sons of Naphtali after
their families: of Jahzeel, the fam-
ily of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the
family of the Gunites; 49 of Jezer,
the family of the Jezerites; of
Shillem, the family of the Shillem-
ites. 50 These are the families of
Naphtali according to their fami-
lies; and they that were numbered
of them were forty and five thou-
sand and four hundred.
51 These are they that were num-
bered of the children of Israel, six
hundred thousand and a thousand
seven hundred and thirty.
52 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 53 Unto these the
land shall be divided for an inher-
itance according to the number of
names. 54 To the more thou shalt
give the more inheritance, and to
the fewer thou shalt give the less
inheritance: to every one according
to those that were numbered of him
shall his inheritance be given. 55
Notwithstanding, the land shall be
divided by lot: according to the
names. of the tribes of their fathers
they shall inherit. 56 According
to the lot shall their inheritance be
divided between the more and the
fewer.
57 And these are they that were
numbered of the Levites after their
families: of Gershon, the family of
the Gershonites; of Kohath, the
family of the Kohathites; of Me-
rari, the family of the Merarites.
58 These are the families of Levi:
the family of the Libnites, the fam-
ily of the Hebronites, the family of
the Mahlites, the family of the
Mushites, the family of the Korah-
ites. And Kohath begat Amram.
59 And the name of Amram's wife
was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi,
183
NUMBERS 26.60—27.18 Zelophehad's Daughters. Moses warned of his Death
who was born to Levi in Egypt:
and she bare unto Amram Aaron
and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
60 And unto Aaron were born
Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and
Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu
died, when they offered strange
fire before Jehovah. 62 And they
that were numbered 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 Jericho. 64 But
among these there was not a man
of them that were numbered by
Moses and Aaron the priest, who
numbered the children of Israel in
the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For
Jehovah had said of them, They
shall surely die in the wilderness.
And there was not left a man of
them, save Caleb the son of Jephun-
neh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
O ^ Then drew near the daugh-
^ i ters of Zelophehad, the son
of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the
son of Machir, the son of Manasseh,
of the families of Manasseh the son
of Joseph; and these are the names
of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah,
and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tir-
zah. 2 And they stood before Mo-
ses, and before Eleazar 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 to-
gether against Jehovah in the com-
pany 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
Jehovah.
6 And Jehovah spake unto Moses,
saying, 7 The daughters of Zelo-
phehad speak right: thou shall
surely give them a possession of
an inheritance among their father's
brethren; and thou shalt cause the
inheritance of their father to pass
unto them. 8 And thou 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 breth-
ren. 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 ^statute and ordinance, as
Jehovah commanded Moses.
12 And Jehovah 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 Jeho-
vah, saying, 16 Let Jehovah, the
God of the spirits of all flesh, ap-
point a man over the congregation,
17 who may go out before them,
and who may come in before them,
and who may lead them out, and
who may bring them in; that the
congregation of Jehovah be not as
sheep which have no shepherd.
18 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Take thee Joshua the son of Nun,
a man in whom is the Spirit, and
Heb. statute of judgment.
184
Joshua to be his Successor. The Continual Burnt-offering
NUMBERS 27.19—28.20
lay thy hand upon him; 19 and
set him before Eleazar the priest,
and before all the congregation;
and give him a charge in their sight.
20 And thou shalt put of thine
honor upon him, that all the congre-
gation of the children of Israel may
obey. 21 And he shall stand before
Eleazar the priest, who shall in-
quire for him by the judgment of the
Urim before Jehovah: 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 Jehovah commanded him;
and he took Joshua, and set him
before Eleazar the priest, and before
all the congregation: 23 and he laid
his hands upon him, and gave him
a charge, as Jehovah spake by
Moses.
C)Q And Jehovah spake unto
-^O Moses, saying, 2 Command
the children of Israel, and say unto
them. My oblation, my ^food for
my offerings made by fire, of a sweet
savor unto me, shall ye observe to
offer unto me in their due season.
3 And thou shalt say unto them.
This is the offering made by fire
which ye shall offer unto Jehovah:
he-lambs a year old without blemish,
two day by day, for a continual
burnt-offering. 4 The one lamb
n shalt thou offer in the morning, and
the other lamb shalt thou offer ^at
even; 5 and the tenth part of an
ephah of fine flour for a meal-offer-
ing, mingled with the fourth part
of a hin of beaten oil. 6 It is a
continual burnt-offering, which was
ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet
savor, an offering made by fire unto
Jehovah. 7 And the drink-offering
thereof shall be the fourth part of a
hin for the one lamb: in the holy
place shalt thou pour out a drink-
offering of strong drink unto Jeho-
vah. 8 And the other lamb shalt
thou offer at even: as the meal-
offering of the morning, and as the
.drink-offering thereof, thou shalt
Heb. bread.
2 Heb. between the two evenings.
offer it, an offering made by fire, of
a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
9 And on the sabbath day two
he-lambs a year old without blemish,
and two tenth parts of an ephah
of fine flour for a meal-offering,
mingled with oil, and the drink-
offering thereof: 10 this is the burnt-
offering of every sabbath, besides
the continual burnt-offering, and
the drink-offering thereof.
11 And in the beginnings of
your months ye shall offer a burnt-
offering unto Jehovah: two young
bullocks, and one ram, seven he-
lambs a year old without blemish;
12 and three tenth parts of an
ephah of fine flour for a meal-offer-
ing, mingled with oil, for each bul-
lock; and two tenth parts of fine
flour for a meal-offering, mingled
with oil, for the one ram; 13 and
a tenth part of fine fliour mingled
with oil for a meal-offering unto
every lamb; for a burnt-offering
of a sweet savor, an offering made
by fire unto Jehovah. 14 And
their drink-offerings shall be half
a hin of wine for a bullock, and
the third part of a hin for the
ram, and the fourth part of a hin
for a lamb : this is the burnt-offering
of every month throughout the
months of the year. 15 And one
he-goat for a sin-offering unto Jeho-
vah; it shall be offered besides the
continual burnt-offering, and the
drink-offering thereof.
16 And in the first month, on
the fourteenth day of the month,
is Jehovah's passover. 17 And on
the fifteenth day of this month
shaH be a feast: seven days shall
unleavened bread be eaten. 18 In
the first day shall be a holy convo-
cation: ye shaU do no servile work;
19 but ye shah offer an offering
made by fire, a burnt-offering unto
Jehovah: two young bullocks, and
one ram, and seven he-lambs a
year old; they shaU be unto you
without blemish; 20 and their meal-
offering, fine flour mingled with ofl:
three tenth parts shaH ye offer for
185
NUMBERS 28.21—29.18
a bullock, and two tenth parts for
the ram; 21 a 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 be-
sides the burnt-offering of the morn-
ing, 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 savor unto Jehovah:
it shall be offered besides the con-
tinual burnt-offering, and the drink-
offering thereof. 25 And on the
seventh day ye shall have a holy
convocation; ye shall do no servile
work.
26 Also in the day of the first-
fruits, when ye offer a new meal-
offering unto Jehovah in your feast
of weeks, ye shall have a holy
convocation; ye shall do no servile
work; 27 but ye shall offer a burnt-
offering for a sweet savor unto Jeho-
vah: two young bullocks, one ram,
seven he-lambs a year old; 28 and
their meal-offering, fine flour min-
gled with oil, three tenth parts for
each bullock, two tenth parts for
the one ram, 29 a tenth part for
every lamb of the seven lambs;
30 one he-goat, to make atonement
for you. 31 Besides the continual
burnt-offering, and the meal-offering
thereof, ye shall offer them (they
shall be unto you without blemish),
and their drink-offerings.
Q Q And in the seventh month,
i^\j on the first day of the month,
ye shall have a 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 savor unto Jehovah : one
young bullock, one ram, seven he-
lambs a year old 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,
1 Heb. bread.
186
The Feast of Weeks; of Trumpets; Day of Atonement
to make atonement for you ; 6 be- «
sides the burnt-offering of the new
moon, and the meal-offering there-
of, and the continual burnt-offering
and the meal-offering thereof, and
their drink-offerings, according unto
their ordinance, for a sweet savor,
an offering made by fire unto Jeho-
vah.
7 And on the tenth day of this
seventh month ye shall have a
holy convocation; and ye shall af-
flict your souls: ye shall do no
manner of work; 8 but ye shall
offer a burnt-offering unto Jeho-
vah for a sweet savor: one young
bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs
a year old; 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 tenth part for every lamb of the
seven lambs: 11 one he-goat for a j
sin-offering; besides the sin-offering *
of atonement, and the continual
burnt-offering, and the meal-offering ,
thereof, and their drink-offerings, j
12 And on the fifteenth day of I
the seventh month ye shall have a ?
holy convocation; ye shall do no
servile work, and ye shall keep a
feast unto Jehovah seven days:
13 and ye shall offer a burnt-offer-
ing, an offering made by fire, of a
sweet savor unto Jehovah; thirteen
young bullocks, two rams, fourteen
he-lambs a year old; they shall b(^
without blemish; 14 and their meal-
offering, fine fiour 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 tenth part for every lamb
of the fourteen lambs; 16 and one
he-goat for a sin-offering; besides
the continual burnt-offering, the
meal-offering thereof, and the drink-
offering thereof.
17 And on the second day y(
shall offer twelve young bullocks,
two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year
old without blemish; 18 and theii
meal-offering and their drink-offer-
ii
|s for the bullocks, for the rams,
id for the lambs, according to
eir number, after the ordinance;
19 and one he-goat for a siii-offering;
besides the continual burnt-offering,
and the meal-offering thereof, and
their drink-offerings.
20 And on the third day eleven
bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-
lambs a year old without blemish;
21 and their meal-offering and their
drink-offerings for the bullocks, for
the rams, and for the lambs, accord-
ing to their number, after the ordi-
nance; 22 and one he-goat for a
sin-offering; besides the continual
burnt-offering, and the meal-offer-
ing thereof, and the drink-offering
[ thereof.
|^^3 And on the fourth day ten
I^Hlocks, two rams, fourteen he-
' flmibs a year old without blemish;
24 their meal-offering and their
drink-offerings for the bullocks, for
the rams, and for the lambs, accord-
ing to their number, after the ordi-
nance; 25 and one he-goat for a sin-
offering; besides the 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 a year old without blemish;
27 and their meal-offering and their
drink-offerings for the bullocks, for
the rams, and for the lambs, accord-
ing to their number, after the ordi-
nance; 28 and one he-goat for a
i sin-offering; besides the continual
burnt-offering, and the meal-offer-
ing thereof, and the drink-offering
thereof.
29 And on the sixth day eight
bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-
lambs a year old without blemish;
30 and their meal-offering and their
drink-offerings for the bullocks, for
the rams, and for the lambs, ac-
cording to their number, after the
ordinance; 31 and one he-goat for
a sin-offering; besides the contin-
lual burnt-offering, the meal-offering
thereof, and the drink-offerings
thereof,
NUMBERS 29.19—30.4
32 And on the seventh day seven
bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-
lambs a year old without blemish;
33 and their meal-offering and their
drink-offerings for the bullocks, for
the rams, and for the lambs, accord-
ing to their number, after the ordi-
nance; 34 and one he-goat for a
sin-offering; besides the continual
burnt-offering, the meal-offering
thereof, and the drink-offering there-
of.
35 On the eighth day ye shall have
a solemn assembly: ye shall do no
servile work; 36 but ye shall offer a
burnt-offering, an offering made by
fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah:
one bullock, one ram, seven he-
lambs a year old without blemish;
37 their meal-offering and their
drink-offerings for the bullock, for
the ram, and for the lambs, shall be
according to their number, after
the ordinance: 38 and one he-goat
for a sin-offering; besides the con-
tinual burnt-offering, and the meal-
offering thereof, and the drink-offer-
ing thereof.
39 These ye shall offer unto
Jehovah in your set feasts, besides
your vows, and your freewill-offer-
ings, for your burnt-offerings, and
for your meal-offerings, and for
your drink-offerings, and for your
peace-offerings. *40 And Moses told
the children of Israel according to
all that Jehovah commanded Moses.
Q/^ And Moses spake unto the
OU heads of the tribes of the
children of Israel, saying, This is
the thing which Jehovah hath com-
manded. 2 When a man voweth
a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth
an oath to bind his soul with a
bond, he shall not %reak his word;
he shall do according to all that
proceedeth out of his mouth. 3 Also
when a woman voweth a vow unto
Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a
bond, being in her father's house,
in her youth, 4 and her father
heareth her vow, and her bond
wherewith she hath bound her soul,
Heb. profane.
*Ch. 30. X in Heb.
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Slaughter of the Midianites
and her father holdeth his peace at
her; then all her vows shall stand,
and every bond wherewith she hath
bound her soul shall stand. 5 But
if her father disallow her in the day
that he heareth, none of her vows,
or of her bonds wherewith she hath
bound her soul, shall stand: and
Jehovah will forgive her, because
her father disallowed her.
6 And if she be married to a hus-
band, while her vows are upon her,
or the rash utterance of her lips,
wherewith she hath bound her soul,
7 and her husband hear it, and hold
his peace at her in the day that he
heareth it; then her vows shall
stand, and her bonds wherewith
she hath bound her soul shall stand.
8 But if her husband disallow her
in the day that he heareth it, then
he shall make void her vow which
is upon her, and the rash utterance
of her lips, wherewith she hath
bound her soul: and Jehovah will
forgive her.
9 But the vow of a widow, or of
her that is divorced, even every-
thing wherewith she hath bound
her soul, shall stand against her.
10 And if she vowed in her hus-
band's house, or bound her soul by
a bond with an oath, 11 and her
husband heard it, and held his
peace at her, and disallowed her
not; then all her vows shall stand,
and every bond wherewith she bound
her soul shall stand. 12 But if
her husband made them null and
void in the day that he heard them,
then whatsoever proceeded out of
her lips concerning her vows, or
concerning the bond of her soul,
shall not stand: her husband hath
made them void; and Jehovah will
forgive her.
13 Every vow, and every binding
oath to afflict the soul, her husband
may establish it, or her husband
may make it void. 14 But if her
husband altogether hold his peace
at her from day to day, then he
establisheth all her vows, or all her
bonds, which are upon her: he hath
31
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 iniquity. 16 These are
the statutes, which Jehovah com-
manded Moses, between a man and
his wife, between a father and his
daughter, being in her youth, in
her father's house.
And Jehovah 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 execute Jehovah's ven-
geance on Midian. 4 Of every
tribe a thousand, throughout all
the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to
the war. 5 So there were delivered,
out of the thousands of Israel, a
thousand of every tribe, twelve
thousand armed for war. 6 And
Moses sent them, a thousand of
every tribe, to the war, them and
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the
priest, to the war, with the vessels
of the sanctuary and the trumpets
for the alarm in his hand. 7 And
they warred against Midian, as
Jehovah commanded Moses; and
they slew every male. 8 And they
slew the kings of Midian with the
rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem,
and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the
five kings of Midian: Balaam also
the son of Beor they slew with the
sword. 9 And the children of Israel
took captive the women of Midian
and their little 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
encampments, they burnt with fire.
11 And they took all the spoil,
and all the prey, both of man and
of beast. 12 And they brought the
captives, and the prey, and the
spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar
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NUMBERS 31.13—31.40
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
congregation, went forth to meet
them without the camp. 14 And
Moses was wroth with the officers
of the host, the captains of thou-
sands and the captains of hundreds,
who came from the service of the
war. 15 And Moses said unto
them. Have ye saved all the women
alive .f^ 16 Behold, these caused the
children of Israel, through the coun-
sel of Balaam, to commit trespass
against Jehovah in the matter of
I Peor, and so the plague was among
the congregation of Jehovah. 17
Now therefore kill every male among
the little ones, and kill every woman
that hath known man by lying with
him. 18 But all the women-children,
that have not known man by lying
with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19 And encamp ye without the
camp seven days: whosoever hath
killed any person, and whosoever
sj hath touched any slain, purify your-
(j selves on the third day and on the
I seventh day, ye and your captives.
\ 20 And as to every garment, and
! all that is made of skin, and all
I work of goats' hair, and all things
' made of wood, ye shall purify your-
■ selves.
21 And Eleazar the priest said
unto the men of war that went to
the battle, This is the statute of
■ the law which Jehovah hath com-
manded Moses: 22 howbeit the
gold, and the silver, the brass, the
iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 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 for
impurity: 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
ve shall be clean; and afterward ye
shall come into the camp.
I
25 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, 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 congregation; 27 and
divide the prey into two parts:
between the men skilled in war,
that went out to battle, and all the
congregation. 28 And levy a tribute
unto Jehovah of the men of war that
went out to battle: one soul of five
hundred, both of the persons, and
of the oxen, and of the asses, and
of the flocks: 29 take it of their
half, and give it unto Eleazar the
priest, for Jehovah's heave-offering.
30 And of the children of Israel's
half, thou shalt take one drawn out
of every fifty, of the persons, of
the oxen, of the asses, and of the
flocks, even of all the cattle, and
give them unto the Levites, that
keep the charge of the tabernacle
of Jehovah. 31 And Moses and
Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah
commanded Moses.
32 Now the prey, over and above
the booty which the men of war
took, was six hundred thousand
and seventy thousand and five
thousand sheep, 33 and threescore
and twelve thousand oxen, 34 and
threescore and one thousand asses,
35 and thirty and two thousand
persons in all, of the women that
had not known man by lying with
him. 36 And the half, which was
the portion of them that went out
to war, was in number three hun-
dred thousand and thirty thou-
sand and seven thousand and five
hundred sheep: 37 -and Jehovah's
tribute of the sheep was six hun-
dred and threescore and fifteen.
38 And the oxen were thirty and
six thousand; of which Jehovah's
tribute was threescore and twelve.
39 And the asses were thirty thou-
sand and five hundred; of which
Jehovah's tribute was threescore
and one. 40 And the persons were
sixteen thousand; of whom Jeho-
vah's tribute was thirty and two
NUMBERS 31.41 — 32.13 Jehovah's Portion of the Booty from the Midianites
persons. 41 And Moses gave
the tribute, which was Jehovah's
heave-offering, unto Eleazar the
priest, as Jehovah 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 hun-
dred thousand and thirty thousand,
seven thousand and five hundred
sheep, 44 and thirty and six thou-
sand oxen, 45 and thirty thousand
and five hundred asses, 46 and six-
teen thousand persons), 47 even of
the children of Israel's half, Moses
took one drawn out of every fifty,
both of man and of beast, and gave
them unto the Levites, that kept
the charge of the tabernacle of
Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded
Moses.
48 And the officers that were
over the thousands of the host,
the captains of thousands, and the
captains of hundreds, came near
unto Moses; 49 and they said unto
Moses, Thy servants have taken
the sum of the men of war that are
under our charge, and there lacketh
not one man of us. 50 And we
have brought Jehovah's oblation,
what every man hath gotten, of
jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and
bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and
^armlets, to make atonement for
our souls before Jehovah. 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 Jehovah, of the captains of thou-
sands, and of the captains of hun-
dreds, was sixteen thousand seven
hundred and fifty shekels. 53 {For
the men of war had taken booty,
every man for himself.) 54 And
Moses and Eleazar the priest took
the gold of the captains of thou-
sands and of hundreds, and brought
it into the tent of meeting, for a
memorial for the children of Israel
before Jehovah.
Or, necklaces
QO Now the children of Reu-
^^ ben 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 '^Nimrah,
and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and
^Sebam, and Nebo, and ^Beon, 4 the
land which Jehovah smote before
the congregation of Israel, is a land
for cattle; and thy servants have
cattle. 5 And they said, If we have
found favor in thy sight, let this
land be given unto thy servants for
a possession; bring us not over the
Jordan.
6 And Moses said unto the chil-
dren of Gad and to the children of
Reuben, Shall your brethren go to
the war, and shall ye sit here.^^
7 And wherefore discourage ye the
heart of the children of Israel from
going over into the land which
Jehovah 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 Jehovah
had given them. 10 And Jehovah'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 Caleb
the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite,
and Joshua the son of Nun; because
they have wholly followed Jehovah.
13 And Jehovah's anger was kindled
against Israel, and he made them
wander to and fro in the wilderness
2 In ver. 36, Brlh-nimrah.
< In ver. 38, Baal-meon.
3 In ver. 38. Sibmah.
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i
Reuben, Gad, and the Half=tribe of Manasseh settle in Qilead
forty years, until all the generation,
that had done evil in the sight of
Jehovah, was consumed. 14 And,
behold, ye are risen up in your
fathers' stead, an increase of sinful
men, to augment yet the fierce
anger of Jehovah toward Israel.
15 For if ye turn away from after
him, he will yet again leave them in
the wilderness; and ye will 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 ourselves
will be ready armed to go before
the children of Israel, until we have
brought them unto their place: and
our little ones shall dwell in the
fortified cities because of the in-
habitants 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 of the Jordan, and for-
ward; because our inheritance is
fallen to us on this side of the Jordan
eastward.
20 And Moses said unto them,
If ye will do this thing, if ye will
arm yourselves to go before Jeho-
vah to the war, 21 and every armed
man of you will pass over the
Jordan before Jehovah, until he
hath driven out his enemies from
before him, 22 and the land is sub-
dued before Jehovah; then after-
ward ye shall return, and be guilt-
less towards Jehovah, and towards
Israel; and this land shall be unto
you for a possession before Jehovah.
23 But if ye will not do so, behold,
ye have sinned against Jehovah; and
be sure your sin will find you out.
24 Build you cities for your little
ones, and folds for your sheep; and
do that which hath proceeded out
of your mouth. 25 And the chil-
dren 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
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NUMBERS 32.i4--32.39
cattle, shall be there in the cities of
Gilead; 27 but thy servants will
pass over, every man that is armed
for war, before Jehovah to battle,
as my lord saith.
28 So Moses gave charge con-
cerning them to Eleazar the priest,
and to Joshua the son of Nun, and
to the heads of the fathers' houses
of the tribes of the children of Israel.
29 And Moses said unto them. If
the children of Gad and the children
of Reuben will pass with you over
the Jordan, every man that is
armed to battle, before Jehovah,
and the land shall be subdued before
you; then ye shall give them the
land of Gilead for a possession:
30 but if they will not pass over
with you armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the land
of Canaan. 31 And the children
of Gad and the children of Reuben
answered, saying. As Jehovah hath
said unto thy servants, so will we do.
32 We will pass over armed before
Jehovah into the land of Canaan,
and the possession of our inheritance
shall remain with us beyond the
Jordan.
33 And Moses gave unto them,
even to the children of Gad, and
to the children of Reuben, and unto
the half-tribe of Manasseh the son
of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon
king of the Amorites, and the king-
dom of Og king of Bashan, the land,
according to the cities thereof with
their borders, even the cities of the
land round about. 34 And the
children of Gad built Dibon, and
Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 and Atroth-
shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,
36 and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-
haran: fortified cities, and folds
for sheep. 37 And the children
of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elea-
leh, and Kiriathaim, 38 and Nebo,
and Baal-meon, (their names being
changed,) and Sibmah: and they
gave other names unto the cities
which they builded. 39 And the
children of Machir the son of Man-
asseh went to Gilead, and took it.
NUMBERS 32.40—33.35 Record of Israel's Journeys
and dispossessed the Amorites that
were therein. 40 And Moses gave
Gilead unto Machir the son of
Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
41 And Jair the son of Manasseh
went and took the towns thereof,
and callied them ^Havvoth-jair. 42
And Nobah went and took Kenath,
and the ^villages thereof, and called
it Nobah, after his own name.
QQ These are the ^journeys of
CjCj the children of Israel, %hen
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 ac-
cording to their journeys by the
commandment of Jehovah : and these
are their journeys according to
their goings out. 3 And they jour-
neyed from Rameses in the first
month, on the fifteenth day of the
first month; on the morrow after
the passover the children of Israel
went out with a high hand in the
sight of all the Egyptians, 4 while
the Egyptians were burying all
their first-born, whom Jehovah had
smitten among them: upon their
gods also Jehovah executed judg-
ments.
5 And the children of Israel
journeyed from Rameses, and en-
camped in Succoth. 6 And they
journeyed from Succoth, and en-
camped in Etham, which is in the
edge of the wilderness. 7 And
they journeyed from Etham, and
turned back unto Pi-hahiroth, which
is before Baal-zephon: and they en-
camped 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
wilderness of Etham, and encamped
in Marah. 9 And they journeyed
from Marah, and came unto Elim:
and in Elim were twelve springs of
water, and threescore and ten palm-
trees; and they encamped there.
10 And they journeyed from Elim,
1 That is, The towns of Jair.
8 Or, stages
2 Heb. daughters.
* Or, by which
and encamped by the Red Sea.
11 And they journeyed from the
Red Sea, and encamped in the
wilderness of Sin. 12 And they
journeyed from the wilderness of
Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
13 And they journeyed from Doph-
kah, and encamped in Alush. 14
And they journeyed from Alush, and
encamped in Rephidim, where was
no water for the people to drink.
15 And they journeyed from Rephi-
dim, and encamped in the wilderness
of Sinai. 16 And they journeyed
from the wilderness x)f Sinai, and
encamped in Kibroth-hattaavah.
17 And they journeyed from Kibroth-
hattaavah, and encamped in Haze-
roth. 18 And they journeyed from
Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.
19 And they journeyed from Rith-
mah, and encamped in Rimmon-
perez. 20 And they journeyed from
Rimmon-perez, and encamped in
Libnah. 21 And they journeyed from
Libnah, and encamped in Rissah.
22 And they journeyed from Rissah,
and encamped in Kehelathah. 23
And they journeyed from Kehela-
thah, and encamped in mount Shep-
her. 24 And they journeyed from
mount Shepher, and encamped in
Haradah. 25 And they journeyed
from Haradah, and encamped in
Makheloth. 26 And they journeyed
from Makheloth, and encamped in
Tahath. 27 And they journeyed from
Tahath, and encamped in Terah.
28 And they journeyed from Terah,
and encamped in Mithkah. 29 And
they journed from Mithkah, and en-
camped in Hashmonah. 30 And they
journeyed from Hashmonah, and en-
camped in Moseroth. 31 And they
journeyed from Moseroth, and en-
camped in Bene-jaakan. 32 And
they journeyed from Bene-jaakan,
and encamped in Hor-haggidgad.
33 And they journeyed from Hor-
haggidgad, and encamped in Jot-
bathah. 34 And they journeyed
from Jotbathah, and encamped in
Abronah. 35 And they journeyed
from Abronah, and encamped in
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Death of Aaron. Directions for Conquest and Division of Canaan NUMBERS 33.36 — 34.7
Ezion-geber. 36 And they jour-
neyed from Ezion-geber, and en-
camped in the wilderness of Zin
(the same is Kadesh). 37 And they
journeyed from Kadesh, and en-
camped in mount Hor, in the edge
of the land of Edom.
38 And Aaron the priest went
up into mount Hor at the com-
mandment of Jehovah, and died
there, in the fortieth year after the
children of Israel were come out of
the land of Egypt, in the fifth
month, on the first day of the
month. 39 And Aaron was a hun-
dred and twenty and three years
old when he died in mount Hor.
40 And the Canaanite, the king
of Arad, who dwelt in the South
in the land of Canaan, heard of the
coming of the children of Israel.
41 And they journeyed from
mount Hor, and encamped in Zal-
monah. 42 And they journeyed
from Zalmonah, and encamped in
Punon. 43 And they journeyed from
Punon, and encamped in Oboth.
44 And they journeyed from Oboth,
and encamped in lye-abarim, in
the border of Moab. 45 And they
journeyed from lyim, and encamped
in Dibon-gad. 46 And they jour-
neyed from Dibon-gad, and en-
camped in Almon-diblathaim. 47
And they journeyed from ^Almon-
diblathaim, and encamped in the
I mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
: 48 And they journeyed from the
j mountains of Abarim, and en-
t camped in the plains of Moab by
I the Jordan at Jericho. 49 And
they encamped by the Jordan, from
Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-
shittim in the plains of Moab.
50 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses in the plains of Moab by
the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 51
Speak unto the children of Israel,
and say unto them, When ye pass
over the Jordan into the land of
Canaan, 52 then ye shall drive out
;vll 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 possess it. 54
And ye shall inherit the land by
lot according to your families; to
the more ye shall give the more
inheritance, and to the fewer thou
shall give the less inheritance : where-
soever the lot falleth to any man,
that shall be his; according to the
tribes of your fathers shall ye
inherit. 55 But if ye will not
drive out the inhabitants of the
land from before you, then shall
those that ye let remain of them
be as pricks in your eyes, and
as thorns in your sides, and they
shall vex you in the land wherein
ye dwell. 56 And it shall come to
pass, that, as I thought to do
unto them, so will I do unto you.
Q/l And Jehovah spake unto
Ot:^ Moses, saying, 2 Command
the children of Israel, and say
unto them. When ye come into
the land of Canaan (this is the
land that shall fall unto you for
an inheritance, even the land of
Canaan according to the borders
thereof), 3 then your south 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 east-
ward; 4 and your border shall turn
about southward of the ascent of
Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin;
and the goings out thereof shall
be southward of Kadesh-barnea;
and it shall go forth to Hazar-
addar, and pass along to Azmon;
5 and the border shall turn about
from Azmon unto the brook of
Egypt, and the goings out thereof
shall be at the sea.
6 And for the western border,
ye shall have the great sea ^and
the border thereof: this shall be
your west border.
7 And this shall be your north
border: from the great sea ye shall
1 Or, for a border
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NUMBERS 34.8 — 35. G Names of those who are to make the Division
mark out for you mount Hor;
8 from mount Hor ye shall mark
out unto the entrance of Hamath;
and the goings out of the border
shall be at Zedad; 9 and the bor-
der shall go forth to Ziphron, and
the goings out thereof shall be at
Hazar-enan : this shall be ;^^ur north
border.
10 And ye shall mark out your
east border from Hazar-enan 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 the Jordan,
and the goings out thereof shall
be at the Salt Sea. This shall be
your land according to the borders
thereof round about.
13 And Moses commanded the
children of Israel, saying, This is
the land which ye shall inherit
by lot, which Jehovah hath com-
manded to give unto the nine
tribes, and to the half-tribe: 14
for the tribe of the children of
Reuben according to their fathers'
houses, and the tribe of the chil-
dren of Gad according to their
fathers' houses, have received, and
the half-tribe of Manasseh have
received, their inheritance: 15 the
two tribes and the half-tribe have
received their inheritance beyond
the Jordan at Jericho eastward,
toward the simrising.
16 And Jehovah spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, 17 These are the names
of the men that shall divide the
land unto you for inheritance: Elea-
zar the priest, and Joshua the son
of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one
prince of every tribe, to divide the
land for inheritance. 19 And these
are the names of the men: Of the
tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of
Jephunneh. 20 And of the tribe of
the children of Simeon, Shemuel the
son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe
of Benjamin, 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 And of the tribe
of the children of Ephraim a prince,
Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25
And of the tribe of the children of
Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son
of Parnach. 26 And of the tribe of
the children 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, Pedahel the
son of Ammihud. 29 These are
they whom Jehovah commanded
to divide the inheritance unto the
children of Israel in the land of
Canaan.
Q ^ And Jehovah spake unto
OtJ -Moses in the plains of Moab
by the Jordan at Jericho, saying.
2 Command the children of Israel,
that they give imto the Levites
t)f the inheritance of their possession
cities to dwell in; and ^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 thousand
cubits, and for the south side
two thousand cubits, and for the
west side two thousand cubits, and
for the north side two thousand
cubits, the city being in the midst.
This shall be to them the suburbs
of the cities. 6 And the cities
which ye shall give unto the Le-
vites, they shall be the six cities
of refuge, which ye shall give for
the manslayer to flee unto: and
besides them ye shall give forty
Ileb. shoulder.
' Or. I'lf.lmr liinds
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and two cities. 7 All the cities
which ye shall give to the Levites
shall be forty and eight cities;
them shall ye give with their sub-
urbs. 8 And concerning the cities
which ye shall give of the possession
of the children of Israel, from the
many ye shall take many; and from
the few ye shall take few: every
one according to his inheritance
which he inheriteth shall give of
his cities unto the Levites.
9 And Jehovah spake unto Moses,
saying, 10 Speak unto the children
of Israel, and say unto them. When
ye pass over the Jordan into the
land of Canaan, 11 then ye shall
appoint you cities to be cities of
refuge for you, that the manslayer
that killeth any person ^unwit-
tingly may flee thither. 12 And
the cities shall be vmto you for
refuge from the avenger, that the
manslayer die not, until he stand
before the congregation for judg-
ment. 13 And the cities which ye
shall give shall be for you six cities
of refuge. 14 Ye shall give three
cities beyond the Jordan, and three
cities shall ye give in the land of
Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
15 For the 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 murderer: the murderer
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 murderer:
the murderer shall surely be put to
death. 18 Or if he smote him with
a weapon of wood in the hand,
whereby a man may die, and he
died, he is a murderer: the mur-
derer shall surely be put to death.
19 And the avenger of blood shall
himself put the murderer to death:
when he meeteth him, he shall put
^ Or, through error
him to death. 20 And if he thrust
him of hatred, or hurled at him,
lying in wait, so that he died, 21 or
in enmity smote him with his hand,
so that he died; he that smote him
shall surely be put to death; he is
a murderer: the avenger of blood
shall put the murderer to death,
when he meeteth him.
22 But if he thrust him suddenly
without enmity, or hurled upon
him anything without lying in wait,
23 or with any stone, whereby a
man may die, seeing him not, and
cast it upon him, so that he died,
and he was not his enemy, neither
sought his harm; 24 then the con-
gregation shall judge between the
smiter and the avenger of blood
according to these ordinances; 25
and the congregation shall deliver
the manslayer out of the hand of the
avenger of blood, and the congrega-
tion shall restore him to his city of
refuge, whither he was fled: and he
shall dwell therein until the death
of the high priest, who was anointed
with the holy oil. 26 But if the
manslayer shall at any time go
beyond the border of his cit^^ 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 man-
slayer; ^he shall not be guilty of
blood, 28 because he should have
remained in his 'city of refuge until
the death of the high priest: but
after the death of the high priest the
manslayer shall return into the land
of his possession.
29 And these things shall be for a
^statute and ordinance unto you
throughout your generations in afl
your dwellings. 30 Whoso killeth
any person, the murderer shall be
slain at the mouth of witnesses: but
one witness shall not testify against
any person that he die. 31 More-
over ye shall take no ransom for the
life of a murderer, that is guilty of
death; but he shall surely be put
2 Or, there shall he no hlood-guilliness for him
* Hcb. statute of judgment.
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NUMBERS 35.32 — 36.13 Laws concerning the Marriage of Heiresses
to death. 32 And ye shall take no
ransom for him that is fled to his
city of refuge, that he may come
again to dwell in the land, until the
death of the priest. 33 So ye shall
not pollute the land wherein ye are:
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 in-
habit, in the midst of which I dwell :
for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst
of the children of Israel.
Q/^ And the heads of the
OD fathers' houses of the family
of the children of Gilead, the son
of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of
the families of the sons of Joseph,
came near, and spake before Moses,
and before the princes, the heads
of the fathers' houses of the chil-
dren of Israel: 2 and they said,
Jehovah commanded my lord to
give the land for inheritance by
lot to the children of Israel: and
my lord was commanded by Je-
hovah to give the inheritance of
Zelophehad our brother unto his
daughters. 3 And if they be mar-
ried to any of the sons of the other
tribes of the children of Israel,
then will their inheritance be taken
away from the inheritance of our
fathers, and will be added to the
inheritance of the tribe whereunto
they shall belong: so will it be taken
away from the lot of our inheritance.
4 And when the jubilee of the chil-
dren of Israel shall be, then will
their inheritance be added unto the
inheritance of the tribe whereunto
they shall belong: so will their in-
heritance 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 Jehovah, saying. The tribe
of the sons of Joseph speaketh
right. 6 This is the thing which
Jehovah doth command concerning
the daughters of Zelophehad, say-
ing. Let them be married to whom
they think best; only into the family
of the tribe of their father shall they
be married. 7 So shall no inherit-
ance 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 inherit-
ance.
10 Even as Jehovah commanded
Moses, so did the daughters of
Zelophehad: 11 for Mahlah, Tir-
zah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and
Noah, the daughters of Zelophe-
had, were married unto their father's
brothers' sons. 12 They were mar-
ried 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 ordinances which Jehovah
commanded by Moses unto the
children of Israel in the plains of
Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
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COMMONLY CALLED
DEUTERONOMY
Moses recounts the Departure from Horeb. The Appointment of Assistants
1 These are the words which
Moses spake unto all Israel
beyond the Jordan in the wilder-
ness, in the ^Arabah over against
Suph, between Paran, and Tophel,
and Laban, and Hazeroth, and
Di-zahab. 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 children of Israel
your God hath multiplied you, and,
behold, ye are this da^^ as the stars
of heaven for multitude. 11 Jeho-
vah, the God of your fathers, make
3^ou a thousand times as many as
ye are, and bless you, as he hath
promised you! 12 How can I my-
self alone bear your cumbrance,
and your burden, and your strife?
13 Take you wise men, and under-
standing, and known, according to
your tribes, and I will make them
heads over you. 14 And ye an-
according unto all that Jehovah swered me, and said. The thing
had given him in commandment
unto them; 4 after he had smitten
Sihon the king of the Amorites, who
dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king
of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth,
at Edrei. 5 Beyond the Jordan,
in the land of Moab, began Moses
to declare this law, saying, 6 Jeho-
vah our God spake unto us in
Horeb, saying. Ye have dwelt long
enough in this mountain : 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 Leba-
non, 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 Jehovah
sware unto your fathers, to Abra-
ham, 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 myself alone: 10 Jehovah
'That is. the deep valley running north and south of
the Dead Sea.
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 oflScers,
according to your tribes. 16 And
I charged your judges at that time,
saying. Hear the causes between your
brethren, and judge righteously
between a man and his brother,
and the sojourner that is with him.
17 Ye shall not respect persons in
judgment; ye shall hear the small
and the great alike; ye shall not be
afraid of the face of man; for the
judgment is God's: and the cause
that is too hard for you ye shall
bring unto me, and I will hear it.
18 And I commanded you at that
time all the things which ye should
do.
19 And we journeyed from Hor-
eb, and went through all that great
and terrible wilderness which ye
saw, by the way to the hill-country
of the Amorites, as Jehovah our
God commanded us; and we came
to Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I said
unto you, Ye are come unto the
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hill-country of the Amorites, which
Jehovah our God giveth unto us.
21 Behold, Jehovah thy God hath
set the land before thee: go up,
take possession, as Jehovah, 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 hill-
country, and came unto the valley of
Eshcol, and spied it out. 25 And
they took of the fruit of the land in
their hands, and brought it down
unto us, and brought us word again,
and said. It is a good land which
Jehovah our God giveth unto us.
26 Yet ye would not go up, but
rebelled against the commandment
of Jehovah your God: 27 and ye
murmured in your tents, and said,
Because Jehovah hated us, he hath
brought us forth out of the land of
Egypt, to deliver us into the hand
of the Amorites, to destroy us. 28
Whither are we going up? our
brethren have made our heart to
melt, saying, The people are greater
and taller than we; the cities are
great and fortified up to heaven;
and moreover we have seen the sons
of the Anakim there. 29 Then I
said unto you, Dread not, neither
be afraid of them. 30 Jehovah
your God who goeth before you,
he will 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 Jehovah thy God bare thee,
as a man doth bear his son, in all
the way that ye went, until ye came
in the way, to seek you out a place
to pitch your tents in, in fire by
night, to show you by what way ye
should go, and in the cloud by day.
34 And Jehovah heard the voice
of your words, and was wroth, and
sware, saying, 35 Surely there shall
not one of these men of this evil
generation see the good land, which
I sware to give unto your fathers,
36 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
he shall see it; and to him will I
give the land that he hath trodden
upon, and to his children, because
he hath wholly followed Jehovah.
37 Also Jehovah was angry with me
for your sakes, saying. Thou also shalt
not go in thither: 38 Joshua the son
of Nun, who standeth before thee,
he shall go in thither: encourage
thou him; for he shall cause Israel
to inherit it. 39 Moreover your
little ones, that ye said should be a
prey, and your children, that this
day have no knowledge of good or
evil, they shall go in thither, and
unto them will I give it, and they
shall possess it. 40 But as for you,
turn you, and take your journey
into the wilderness by the way to
the Red Sea.
41 Then ye answered and said
unto me. We have sinned against
Jehovah, we will go up and fight,
according to all that Jehovah our
God commanded us. And ye girded
on every man his weapons of war,
and ^were forward to go up into
the hill-country. 42 And Jehovah
said unto me, Say unto them. Go
not up, neither fight; for I am not
among you; lest ye be smitten be-
fore your enemies. 43 So I spake
unto you, and ye hearkened not;
but ye rebelled against the com-
mandment of Jehovah, and were
presumptuous, and went up into
the hill-country. 44 And the Amor-
ites, that dwelt in that hill-country,
came out against you, and chased
unto this place. 32 Yet Hn this i you, as bees do, and beat you down
thing ye did not believe Jehovah I m Seir, even unto Hormah. 45 And
your God, 33 who went before you ye returned and wept before Jeho-
» Or, for all this thing ' 2 Or, deemed it a light thing
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The Journey from Kadesh to the Zered
vali; but Jehovah hearkened not to
your voice, nor gave ear unto you.
46 So ye abode in Kadesh many
days, according unto the days that
ye abode there.
Q Then we turned, and took
^ our journey into the wilder-
ness by the way to the Red Sea, as
Jehovah spake unto me; and we
compassed mount Seir many days.
2 And Jehovah spake unto me,
saying, 3 Ye have compassed this
mountain long enough: turn you
northward. 4 And command thou
the people, saying. Ye are to pass
through the border of your brethren
the children of Esau, that dwell in
Seir; and they will be afraid of you.
Take ye good heed unto yourselves
therefore; 5 contend not with them;
for I will not give you of their land,
no, not so much as for the sole of the
foot to tread on; because I have
given mount Seir unto Esau for a
possession. 6 Ye shall purchase
food of them for money, that ye
may eat; and ye shall also buy
water of them for money, that ye
may drink. 7 For Jehovah thy
God hath blessed thee in all the
work of thy hand; he hath known
thy walking through this great
wilderness: these forty years Jeho-
vah thy God hath been with thee;
thou hast lacked nothing. 8 So
we passed by from our brethren the
children of Esau, that dwell in
Seir, from the way of the Arabah
from Elath and from Ezion-geber.
And we turned and passed by
the way of the wilderness of Moab.
9 And Jehovah said unto me. Vex
not Moab, neither contend with
them in battle; for I will not give
thee of his land for a possession;
because I have given Ar unto the
children of Lot for a possession.
10 (The Emim dwelt therein afore-
time, a people great, and many,
and tall, as the Anakim: 11 these
also are accounted Rephaim, as
the Anakim; but the Moabites call
them Emim. 12 The Horites also
dwelt in Seir aforetim^, but the 'given
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children of Esau succeeded them;
and they destroyed them from be-
fore them, and dwelt in their stead;
as Israel did unto the land of his
possession, which Jehovah 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, until we were come
over the brook Zered, were thirty
and eight years; until all the genera-
tion of the men of war were con-
sumed from the midst of the camp,
as Jehovah sware unto them. 15
Moreover the hand of Jehovah 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 Jehovah spake unto me, say-
ing, 18 Thou art this day to pass
over Ar, the border of Moab:
19 and when thou comest nigh
over against the children of Am-
mon, vex them not, nor contend
with them; for I will not give thee
of the land of the children of Am-
mon for a possession; because I
have given it unto the children of
Lot for a possession. 20 (That also
is accounted a land of Rephaim:
Rephaim. dwelt therein afor.etime;
but the Ammonites call them Zam-
zummim, 21 a people great, and
many, and tall, as the Anakim;
but Jehovah destroyed them before
them; and they succeeded them,
and dwelt in their stead; 22 as he
did for the children of Esau, that
dwell in Seir, when he destroyed
the Horites from before them; and
they succeeded them, and dwelt
in their stead even unto this day.
23 And the Avvim, that dwelt in
villages as far as Gaza, the Caph-
torim, that came forth out of Caph-
tor, destroyed them, and dwelt in
their stead). 24 Rise ye up, take
your journey, and pass over the
valley of the Arnon : behold, I have
into thy hand Sihon the
DEUTERONOMY 2.25 3.1 1 conquest of Heshbon and of Bashon
Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his
land; begin to possess it, and con-
tend 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 turn neither
unto the right hand nor to the left.
28 Thou shalt sell me food for
money, that I may eat; and give
me water for money, that I may
drink: only let me pass through
on my feet; 29 as the children of
Esau that dwell in Seir, and the
Moabites that dwell in Ar, did
unto me; until I shall pass over
the Jordan into the land which
Jehovah our God giveth us. 30
But Sihon king of Heshbon would
not let us pass by him; for Jehovah
thy God hardened his spirit, and
made his heart ^obstinate, that he
might deliver him into thy hand,
as at this day. 31 And Jehovah
said unto me. Behold, I have begun
to deliver up Sihon and his land
before thee: begin to possess, that
thou may est inherit his land. 32
Then Sihon came out against us,
he and all his people, unto battle
at Jahaz. 33 And Jehovah our
God delivered him up before us;
and we smote him, and his ^sons,
and all his people. 34 And we took
all his cities at that time, and
^utterly destroyed every ^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 the Arnon, and
from the city that is in the valley.
1 Heb. hy the way, by the way.
2 Heb. strung.
» Or, son
"• Heb. devoted.
5 Heb. city of men.
even unto Gilead, there was not
a city too high for us; Jehovah our
God delivered up all before us:
37 only to the land of the children
of Ammon thou camest not near;
all the side of the river Jabbok, and
the cities of the hill-country, and
wheresoever Jehovah our God for-
bade us.
3 Then we turned, and went
up the way to Bashan: and
Og the king of Bashan came out
against us, he and all his people,
unto battle at Edrei. 2 And Je-
hovah said unto me, Fear him not;
for I have delivered him, and all
his people, and his land, into thy
hand; and thou shalt do unto him
as thou didst unto Sihon king of
the Amorites, who dwelt at Hesh-
bon. 3 So Jehovah our God de-
livered into our hand Og also, the
king of Bashan, and all his people:
and we smote him until none was
left to him remaining. 4 And we
took all his cities at that time;
there was not a city which we took
not from them; threescore cities,
all the region of Argob, the king-
dom of Og in Bashan. 5 All these
were cities fortified with high walls,
gates, and bars; besides the ^un-
walled towns a great many. 6 And
we ^utterly destroyed them, as we
did unto Sihon king of Heshbon,
utterly destroying every ^inhabited
city, with the women and the little
ones. 7 But all the cattle, and the
spoil of the cities, we took for a
prey unto ourselves. 8 And we
took the land at that time out of
the hand of the two kings of the
Amorites that were beyond the
Jordan, from the valley of the
Arnon unto mount Hermon 9 {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 Edrei, cities of the kingdom of
Og in Bashan. 11 (For only Og
king of Bashan remained of the
remnant of the Rephaim; behold,
6 Or, country tovtns ^ Or, table-land
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his bedstead was a bedstead of
iron; is it not in Rabbali 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 pos-
session at that time: from Aroer,
which is by the valley of the Arnon,
and half the hill-country of Gilead,
and the cities thereof, gave I unto
the Reubenites and to the Gadites:
13 and the rest of Gilead, and all
Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave
I unto the half -tribe of Manasseh;
^all the region of Argob, ^even all
Bashan. (The same is called the
land of Rephaim. 14 Jair the son
of Manasseh took all the region of
Argob, unto the border of the
Geshurites and the Maacathites, and
called them, even Bashan, after
his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto
this day). 15 And I gave Gilead
unto Machir. 16 And unto the
Reubenites and unto the Gadites I
gave from Gilead even unto the valley
of the Arnon, the middle of the
valley, ^and the border thereof, even
unto the river Jabbok, which is the
border of the children of Ammon;
17 the Arabah also, and the Jordan
^and the border thereof, from Chin-
nereth even unto the sea of the
Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the
"^slopes of Pisgah eastward.
18 And I commanded you at that
time, saying, Jehovah your God
hath given you this land to possess
it: ye shall pass over armed before
your brethren the children of Israel,
all the men of valor. 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 Jehovah give rest unto
your brethren, as unto you, and
they also possess the land which
Jehovah your God giveth them
beyond the Jordan: then shall ye
return every man unto his posses-
1 Or, all the region or Argob. (All that Bashan is called
^c.) 2 Or, with
^ Or, for a border * Or, springs
DEUTERONOMY 3.12—4.3
sion, which I have given you.
21 And I commanded Joshua at
that time, saying. Thine eyes have
seen all that Jehovah your God
hath done unto these two kings:
so shall Jehovah do unto all the
kingdoms whither thou goest over.
22 Ye shall not fear them; for
Jehovah your God, he it is that
fighteth for you.
23 And I besought Jehovah at
that time, saying, 24 O Lord Jeho-
vah, thou hast begun to show thy
servant thy greatness, and thy
strong hand: for what god is there
in heaven or in earth, that can do
according to thy works, and ac-
cording to thy mighty acts.^ 25 Let
me go over, I pray thee, and see
the good land that is beyond the
Jordan, that goodly ^mountain, and
Lebanon. 26 But Jehovah was
wroth with me for your sakes,
and hearkened not unto me; and
Jehovah said unto me. Let it suffice
thee; speak no more unto me of
this matter. 27 Get thee up unto
the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine
eyes westward, and northward, and
southward, and eastward, and be-
hold with thine eyes: for thou
shalt not go over this Jordan.
28 But charge Joshua, and en-
courage him, and strengthen him;
for he shall go over before this
people, and he shall cause them to
inherit the land which thou shalt
see. 29 So we abode in the valley
over against Beth-peor.
4 And now, O Israel, hearken
unto the statutes and unto the
ordinances, which I teach you, to
do them; that ye may live, and go
in and possess the land which Jeho-
vah, the God of your fathers, giv-
eth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto
the word which I command you,
neither shall ye diminish from it,
that ye may keep the command-
ments of Jehovah your God which
I command you. 3 Your eyes
have seen what Jehovah did be-
cause of Baal-peor; for all the men
5 Or. hill-country
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DEUTERONOMY 4.4 4.25 Israel exhorted to observe God's Law
that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah
thy God hath destroyed them from
the midst of thee. 4 But ye that
did cleave unto Jehovah your God
are alive every one of you this day.
5 Behold, I have taught you stat-
utes and ordinances, even as Jeho-
vah my God commanded me, that
ye should do so in the midst of the
land whither ye go in to possess it.
6 Keep therefore and do them; for
this is your wisdom and your under-
standing in the sight of the peoples,
that shall hear all these statutes,
and say. Surely this great nation is
a wise and understanding people.
7 For what great nation is there,
that hath ^a god so nigh unto them,
as Jehovah our God- is whensoever
we call upon him.^^ 8 And what
great nation is there, that hath
statutes and ordinances so righteous
as all this law, which I set before
you this dsLY?
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 chil-
dren and thy children's children;
10 the day that thou stoodest be-
fore Jehovah thy God in Horeb,
when Jehovah said unto me. As-
semble me the people, and I will
make them hear my words, that
they may learn to fear me all the
days that they live upon the earth,
and that they 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 dark-
ness. 12 And Jehovah spake unto
you out of the midst of the fire: ye
heard the voice of words, but ye
saw no form; only ye heard a voice.
13 And he declared unto you his
covenant, which he commanded you
to perform, even the ten ^command-
ments; and he wrote them upon
two tables of stone. 14 And Jeho-
1 Or, God
- Heb. words.
vah commanded me at that time to
teach you statutes and ordinances,
that ye might do them in the land
whither ye go over to possess it.
15 Take ye therefore good heed
unto yourselves; for ye saw no
manner of form on the day that
Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb
out of the midst of the 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 bird that flieth in the
heavens, 18 the likeness of any-
thing that creepeth on the ground,
the likeness of any fish that is in
the water under the earth; 19 and
lest thou lift up thine 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 Jehovah
thy God hath alloted unto all the
peoples under the whole heaven.
20 But Jehovah hath taken you,
and brought you forth out of the
iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be
unto him a people of inheritance,
as^ at this day. 21 Furthermore
Jehovah was angry with me for
your sakes, and sware that I should
not go over the Jordan, and that I
should not go in unto that good land,
which Jehovah thy God giveth thee
for an inheritance: 22 but I must
die in this land, I must not go over
the Jordan; but ye shall go over,
and possess that good land. 23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye
forget the covenant of Jehovah
your God, which he made with you,
and make you a graven image in
the form of anything which Jeho-
vah thy God hath forbidden thee.
24 For Jehovah thy God is a devour-
ing fire, a jealous God.
25 When thou shall beget chil-
dren, and children's children, and
ye shall have been long in the land,
and shall corrupt yourselves, and
make a graven image in the form
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Three Cities of Refuge beyond the Jordan
of anything, and shall do that which
is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy
God, to provoke him to anger;
26 I call heaven and earth to witness
against you this day, that ye shall
soon utterly perish from off the
land whereunto ye go over the
Jordan to possess it; ye shall not
prolong your days upon it, but
shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And
Jehovah will scatter you among
the peoples, and ye shall be left
few in number among the nations,
whither Jehovah shall lead you
away. 28 And there ye shall serve
gods, the work of men's hands,
wood and stone, which neither see,
nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But
from thence ye shall seek Jehovah
thy God, and thou shalt find him,
when thou searchest after him with
all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30 When thou art in tribulation, and
all these things are come upon thee,
^in the latter days thou shalt return
to Jehovah thy God, and hearken
unto his voice: 31 for Jehovah thy
God is a merciful God; he will not
fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor
forget the covenant of thy fathers
which he sware unto them.
32 For ask now of the days that
are past, which were before thee,
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 a
people hear the voice of God speak-
ing out of the midst of the fire, as
thou hast heard, and live.^^ 34 Or
i hath God assayed to go and take
I him a nation from the midst of an-
\ other nation, by trials, by signs,
' and by wonders, and by war, and
; by a mighty hand, and by an out-
' stretched arm, and by great terrors,
according to all that Jehovah your
God did for you in Egypt before
i your eyes.? 35 Unto thee it was
' showed, that thou mightest know
that Jehovah he is God; there is
DEUTERONOMY 4.26—4.47
none else besides him. 36 Out of
heaven he made thee to hear his
voice, that he might instruct thee:
and upon earth he made thee to see
his great fire; and thou heardest
his words out of the midst of the
fire. 37 And because he loved thy
fathers, therefore he chose their
seed after them, and brought thee
out with his presence, with his
great power, out of Egypt; 38 to
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 thy heart, that Jeho-
vah he is God in heaven above and
upon the earth beneath; there is
none else. 40 And thou shalt keep
his statutes, and his command-
ments, which I command thee this
day, that it may go well with thee,
and with thy children after thee, and
that thou mayest prolong thy days
in the land, which Jehovah thy God
giveth thee, for ever.
41 Then Moses set apart three
cities beyond the Jordan toward
the sunrising; 42 that the man-
slayer might flee thither, that slay-
eth his neighbor unawares, and
hated him not in time past; and
that fleeing unto one of these cities
he might live: 43 namely, Bezer
in the wilderness, in the ^plain
country, for the Reubenites; and
Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites;
and Golan in Bashan, for the Man-
assites.
44 And this is the law which
Moses set before the children of
Israel: 45 these are the testimonies,
and the statutes, and the ordinances,
which Moses spake unto the chil-
dren of Israel, when they came forth
out of Egypt, 46 beyond the 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
' Or, if in the latter days thou return
Or, table-land
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DEUTERONOMY 4.48 5.23 The Law recapitulated. Ten Commandments given in Horeb
Jehovah will not hold him guiltless
that taketh his name ^in vain.
12 Observe the sabbath day, to
keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God
commanded thee. 13 Six days shalt
thou labor, and do all thy work;
14 but the seventh day is a sabbath
unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy
man-servant, nor thy maid-servant,
nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any
of thy cattle, nor thy stranger thai
is within thy gates; that thy man-
servant and ihy maid-servant may
rest as well as thou. 15 And thou
shalt remember that thou wast a
servant in the land of Egypt, and
Jehovah thy God brought thee out
thence by a mighty hand and by an
outstretched arm : therefore Jehovah
thy God commanded thee to keep
the sabbath day.
16 Honor thy father and thy
mother, as Jehovah thy God com-
manded thee; that thy days may
be long, and that it may go w^ell
with thee, in the land which Jeho-
vah thy God giveth thee.
17 Thou shalt not kill.
18 Neither shalt thou commit
adultery.
19 Neither shalt thou steal.
20 Neither shalt thou bear false
witness against thy neighbor.
*21 Neither shalt thou covet thy
neighbor's wife; neither shalt thou
desire thy neighbor's house, his
field, or his man-servant, or his
maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or
anything that is thy neighbor's.
I 22 These words Jehovah spake
unto all your assembly in the
mount out of the midst of the
fire, of the cloud, and of the thick
darkness, with a great voice: and
he added no more. And he wrote
them upon two tables of stone, and
gave them unto me. 23 And it
came to pass, when ye heard the
voice out of the midst of the dark-
ness, while the mountain was burn-
ing with fire, that ye came near
his land in possession, and the land
of Og king of Bashan, the two kings
of the Amorites, who were beyond
the Jordan toward the sunrising;
48 from Aroer, which is on the edge
of the valley of the Arnon, even
unto mount Sion (the same is
Hermon), 49 and all the Arabah
beyond the Jordan eastward, even
unto the sea of the Arabah, under
the ^slopes of Pisgah.
i ^ And Moses called unto all
O Israel, and said unto them.
Hear, O Israel, the statutes and
the ordinances which I speak in
your ears this day, that ye may
learn them, and observe to do them.
2 Jehovah our God made a cove-
nant with us in Horeb. 3 Jehovah
made not this covenant with our
fathers, but with us, even us, who
are all of us here alive this day.
4 Jehovah spake wuth you face to
face in the mount out of the midst
of the fire 5 (I stood between Jeho-
vah and you at that time, to show
you the word of Jehovah: for ye
were afraid because of the fire, and
went not up into the mount) , saying,
^61 am Jehovah thy God, who
brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of ^bond-
age.
7 Thou shalt have no other gods
^before me.
8 Thou shalt not make unto thee
a graven image, 7ior any likeness of
anything that is in heaven above,
or«*that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the
earth: 9 thou shalt not bow down
thyself unto them, nor serve them;
for I, Jehovah, thy God, am a jeal-
ous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children, and
upon the third and upon the fourth
generation of them that hate me;
10 and showing lovingkindness unto
Hhousands of them that love me
and keep my commandments.
11 Thou shalt not take the name
of Jehovah thy God ^in vain: for
1 Or, springs 2 Heb. bondmen.
3 Or, besides me * Or, a thousand generations
* Or, for vanity (or, falsehood)
*Ver. 18 in Heb.
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n
Israel exhorted to be faithful to Jehovah
unto me, even all the heads of your
tribes, and your elders; 24 and ye
said. Behold, Jehovah our God hgth
showed us his glory and his great-
ness, 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 con-
sume us: if we hear the voice of
Jehovah our God any more, then
we shall die. 26 For who is there
of all flesh, that hath heard the
voice of the living God speaking
out of the midst of the fire, as we
have, and lived? 27 Go thou near,
and hear all that Jehovah our God
shall say: and speak thou unto us
all that Jehovah our God shall speak
unto thee; and we will hear it, and
do it.
28 And Jehovah heard the voice
of your words, w^hen ye spake unto
me; and Jehovah said unto me, I
have heard the voice of the words
of this people, which they have
spoken unto thee: they have well
said all that they have spoken.
29 ^Oh that there were such a heart
in them, that they would fear me, and
keep all my commandments always,
that it might be well with them, and
with their children for ever! 30 Go
say to them, Return ye to your tents.
31 But as for thee, stand thou here
by me, and I will speak unto thee
all the commandment, and the
statutes, and the ordinances, which
thou shalt teach them, that they
may do them in the land which I
give them to possess it. 32 Ye
shall observe to do therefore as Je-
hovah 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
Jehovah 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.
^ Or, Oh that they had such a heart as this alway, to fear
me, and keep all nty commandments, that b'c.
DEUTERONOMY 5.24—6.12
6 Now this is the command-
ment, the statutes, and the
ordinances, which Jehovah your
God commanded to teach you, that
ye might do them in the land whither
ye go over to possess it; 2 that thou
mightest fear Jehovah thy God, to
keep all his statutes and his com-
mandments, 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 Jehovah, the God of thy fathers,
hath promised unto thee, in a land
flowing with milk and honey.
; 4 Hear, O Israel: ^Jehovah our
God is one Jehovah: 5 and thou
shalt love Jehovah thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy might. 6 And
these words, which I command thee
this day, shall be upon thy heart;
7 and thou shalt teach them dili-
gently unto thy children, and shalt
talk of them when thou sittest in
thy house, and when thou walkest
by the way, and when thou liest
down, and when thou risest up.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a
sigh upon thy hand, and they shall
be for frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon
the door-posts of thy house, and
upon thy gates, j
10 And it shall be, when Jeho-
vah thy God shall bring thee into
the land which he sware unto thy
fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and
to Jacob, to give thee, great and
goodly cities, which thou buildedst
not, 11 and houses full of all good
things, which thou filledst not,
and cisterns hewn out, which thou
hewedst not, vineyards and olive-
trees, which thou plantedst not,
and thou shalt eat and be full;
12 then beware lest thou forget Je-
hovah, who brought thee forth out
of the land of Egypt, out of the
2 Or, Jehovah our God, Jehovah is one Or, Jehovah is
our God, Jehovah is one Or, Jehovah is our Cod, Jehovah
alone
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DEUTERONOMY 6.13 — 7.10 children to be told of the great Deliverance
house of bondage. 13 Thou shalt j ^cast out many nations before thee,
fear Jehovah thy God; and him
shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by
his name. 14 Ye shall not go after
other gods, of the gods of the peoples
that are round about you; 15 for
Jehovah thy God in the midst of
thee is a jealous God; lest the anger
of Jehovah thy God be kindled
against thee, and he destroy thee
from off the face of the earth.
16 Ye shall not tempt Jehovah
your God, as ye tempted him in
Massah. 17 Ye shall diligently keep
the commandments of Jehovah your
God, and his testimonies, and his
statutes, which he hath commanded
thee. 18 And thou shalt do that
which is right and good in the sight
of Jehovah; that it may be well with
thee, and that thou mayest go in
and possess the good land which
Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,
19 to thrust out all thine enemies
from before thee, as Jehovah hath
spoken.
20 When thy son asketh thee in
time to come, saying, What mean
the testimonies, and the statutes,
and the ordinances, which Jehovah
our God hath commanded you? 21
then thou shalt say unto thy son,
We were Pharaoh's bondmen in
Egypt: and Jehovah brought us
out of Egypt with a mighty hand;
22 and Jehovah showed signs and
wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt,
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his
ho«se, 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 Jehovah com-
manded us to do all these statutes,
to fear Jehovah our God, for our
good always, that he might pre-
serve us alive, as at this daj^ 25 And
it shall be righteousness unto us, if
we observe to do all this command-
ment before Jehovah our God, as he
hath commanded us.
7 When Jehovah thy God shall
bring thee into the land whither
thou goest to possess it, and shall
the Kittite, and the Girgashite, and
the Amorite, and the Canaanite,
and the Perizzite, and the Hivite,
and the Jebusite, seven nations
greater and mightier than thou;
2 and when Jehovah thy God shall
deliver them up before thee, and
thou shalt smite them; then thou
shalt ^utterly destroy them: thou
shalt make no covenant with them,
nor show mercy unto them; 3
neither shalt thou make marriages
with them; thy daughter thou shalt
not give unto his son, nor his daugh-
ter shalt thou take unto thy son.
4 For he will turn away thy son
from following me, that they may
serve other gods: so will the anger
of Jehovah be kindled against you,
and he will destroy thee quickly.
5 But thus shall ye deal with them:
ye shall break down their altars,
and dash in pieces their ^pillars, and
hew down their Asherim, and burn
their graven images with fire.
6 For thou art a holy poeple
unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah
thy God hath chosen thee to be
a people for his own possession,
^above all peoples that are upon
the face of the earth. 7 Jehovah
did not set his love upon you, nor
choose you, because ye were more
in number than any people; for ye
were the fewest of all peoples: 8
but because Jehovah loveth you,
and because he would keep the
oath which he sware unto your
fathers, hath Jehovah brought you
out with a mighty hand, and re-
deemed you out of the house of
bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh
king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore
that Jehovah thy God, he is God,
the faithful God, who keepeth cove-
nant and lovingkindness with them
that love him and keep his com-
mandments to a thousand genera-
tions, 10 and repayeth them that
hate him to their face, to destroy
them: he will not be slack to him
» Heb. pluck off,
4 Or, out of
2 Heb. devote.
3 Or, obelisks
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Bl<2ssings of Obedience. Promise of Divine Help against Enemies DEUTERONOMY 7.11- -8.4
that hateth him, he will repay him
to his face. 11 Thou shalt therer
fore keep the commandment, and
the statutes, and the ordinances,
which I command thee this day,
to do them.
12 And it shall come to pass,
because ye hearken to these ordi-
nances, and keep and do them,
that Jehovah thy God will keep
with thee the covenant and the
iovingkindness which he sware unto
thy fathers: 13 and he will love
thee, and bless thee, and multiply
thee; he will also bless the fruit of
thy body and the fruit of thy ground,
thy grain and thy new wine and
thine oil, the increase of thy cattle
I and the young of thy flock, in the
I 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 Jehovah will take
away from thee all sickness; and
none of the evil diseases of Egypt,
I which thou knowest, will he put
upon thee, but will lay them upon
all them that hate thee. 16 And
thou shalt consume all the peoples
that Jehovah thy God shall deliver
unto thee; thine eye shall not pity
them: neither shalt thou serve their
I gods; for that will be a snare unto
! thee.
I 17 If thou shalt say in thy heart,
These nations are more than I;
I how can I dispossess them? 18 thou
I shalt not be afraid of them: thou
I shalt well remember what Jehovah
I thy God did unto Pharaoh, and
unto all Egypt; 19 the great trials
which thine eyes saw, and the signs,
and the wonders, and the mighty
I hand, and the outstretched arm,
whereby Jehovah thy God brought
thee out: so shall Jehovah thy God
do unto all the peoples of whom
thou art afraid. 20 Moreover Jeho-
vah thy God will send the hornet
j among them, until they that are
left, and ^hide themselves, perish
1 Or, hide themselves from thee,, perish. Thou
from before thee. 21 Thou shalt
not be affrighted at them; for Jeho-
vah thy God is in the midst of thee,
a great God and a terrible. 22 And
Jehovah thy God will cast out those
nations before thee by little and
little: thou may est not consume
them ^at once, lest the beasts of
the field increase upon thee. 23
But Jehovah thy God will deliver
them up before thee, and will dis-
comfit them with a great discomfit-
ure, until they be destroyed. 24
And he will deliver their kings into
thy 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
destroyed them. 25 The graven
images of their gods shall ye burn
with fire: thou shalt not covet the
silver or the gold that is on them,
nor take it unto thee, lest thou be
snared therein; for it is an abomina-
tion to Jehovah thy God. 26 And
thou shalt not bring an abomination
into thy house, and become a de-
voted 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 command thee this day shall
ye observe to do, that ye may live,
and multiply, and go in and possess
the land which Jehovah sware unto
your fathers. 2 And thou shalt
remember all the way which Jeho-
vah thy God hath led thee these
forty years in the wilderness, that
he might humble thee, to prove
thee, to know what was in thy heart,
whether thou wouldest keep his
commandments, or not. 3 And
he humbled thee, and suffered thee
to hunger, and fed thee with manna,
which thou knewest not, neither
did thy fathers know; that he
might make thee know that man
doth not live by bread only, but by
everything that proceedeth out of
the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon
2 Or, quickly
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DEUTERONOMY 8.5—9.7
Warning against Self>righteousness
thee, neither did thy foot swell,
these forty years. 5 And thou
shalt consider in thy heart, that,
as a man chasteneth his son, so
Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.
6 And thou shalt keep the command-
ments of Jehovah thy God, to
walk in his ways, and to fear him.
7 For Jehovah thy God bringeth
thee into a good land, a land of
brooks of water, of fountains and
springs, flowing forth in valleys and
hills; 8 a land of wheat and barley,
and vines and fig-trees and pome-
granates; a land of olive-trees and
honey; 9 a land wherein thou shalt
eat bread without scarceness, thou
shalt not lack anything in it; a land
whose stones are iron, and out of
whose hills thou mayest dig copper.
10 And thou shalt eat and be full,
and thou shalt bless Jehovah thy
God for the good land which he
hath given thee.
11 Beware lest thou forget Jeho-
vah thy God, in not keeping his
commandments, and his ordinances,
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 there-
in; 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
thy heart be lifted up, and thou
forget Jehovah thy God, who 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
serpents 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, w^hich 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 lest thou say in
thy heart. My power and the might
of my hand hath gotten me this
wealth. 18 But thou shalt re-
member Jehovah thv God, for it
is he that giveth thee power to get
wealth; that he may establish his
covenant which he sware unto thy
fathers, as at this day. 19 And it
shall be, if thou shalt forget Jeho-
vah thy God, and walk after other
gods, and serve them, and worship
them, I testify against you this
day that ye shall surely perish.
20 As the nations that Jehovah
maketh to perish before you, so
shall ye perish; because ye would
not hearken unto the voice of Jeho-
vah your God.
9 Hear, O Israel: thou art to
pass over the Jordan this day,
to go in to dispossess nations greater
and mightier than thyself, cities
great and fortified 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.f^
3 Know therefore this day, that Je-
hovah thy God is he who goeth over
before thee as a devouring fire;
he will destroy them, and he will
bring them down before thee: so
shalt thou drive them out, and
make them to perish quickl3% as
Jehovah hath spoken unto thee.
4 Speak not thou in thy heart,
after that Jehovah thy God hath
thrust them out from before thee,
saying. For my righteousness Je-
hovah hath brought me in to pos-
sess this land; whereas for the
wickedness of these nations Jeho-
vah doth drive them out from
before thee. 5 Not for thy right-
eousness, or for the uprightness of
thy heart, dost thou go in to possess
their land; but for the wickedness
of these nations Jehovah thy God
doth drive them out from before
thee, and that he may establish
the w^ord which Jehovah sware
unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob.
6 Know therefore, that Jehovah
thy God giveth thee not this good
land to possess it for thy righteous-
ness; for thou art a stiffnecked
people. 7 Remember, forget thou
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Moses rehearses the Story of the Two Tables and Golden Calf DEUTERONOMY 9.8 — 9.28
not, how thou provokedst Jehovah
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 Jeho-
vah. 8 Also in Horeb ye provoked
Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was
angry with you to destroy you.
9 When I was gone up into the mount
to receive the tables of stone, even
the tables of the covenant which
Jehovah made with you, then I
abode in the mount forty days and
forty nights; I did neither eat bread
nor drink water. 10 And Jehovah
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
Jehovah 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
Jehovah gave me the two tables
of stone, even the tables of the
covenant. 12 And Jehovah said
unto me, Arise, get thee down
quickly from hence; for thy people
that 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 Jehovah
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 nation
mightier and greater than they.
15 So I turned and came down
from the mount, and the mount
was burning with fire: and the two
tables of the covenant were in my
two hands. 16 And I looked, and,
behold, ye had sinned against Jeho-
vah your God; ye had made you a
molten calf: ye had turned aside
quickly out of the way which Jeho-
vah had commanded 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 Jehovah,
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 Jeho-
vah, to provoke him to anger.
19 For I was afraid of the anger and
hot displeasure, wherewith Jehovah
was wroth against you to destroy
you. But Jehovah hearkened unto
me that time also. 20 And Jehovah
was very angry with Aaron to des-
troy him: and I prayed for Aaron
also at 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 Jehovah to wrath.
23 And when Jehovah sent you
from Kadesh-barnea, saying. Go up
and possess the land which I have
.given you; then ye rebelled against
the commandment of Jehovah your
God, and ye believed him not, nor
hearkened to his voice. 24 Ye have
been rebellious against Jehovah from
the day that I knew you.
25 So I fell down before Jehovah
the forty days and forty nights
that I fell down, because Jehovah
had. said he would destroy you.
26 And I prayed unto Jehovah,
and said, O Lord Jehovah, destroy
not thy people and thine inherit-
ance, that thou hast redeemed
through thy greatness, that thou
hast brought forth out of Egypt
with a mighty hand. 27 Remem-
ber thy servants, Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob; look not unto the stub-
bornness of this people, nor to their
wickedness, nor to their sin, 28 lest
the land whence thou broughtest
us out say. Because Jehovah was
not able to bring them into the
land which h(^ promised unto them,
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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 thine out-
stretched arm.
-i f\ At that time Jehovah said
1 U 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 brakest, 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
my hand. 4 And he wrote on the
tables, according to the first writing,
the ten ^commandments, which Je-
hovah spake unto you in the mount
out of the midst of the fire in the day
of the assexnbly: and Jehovah 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 are as.
Jehovah commanded me. 6 (And
the children of Israel journeyed
from ^Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Mose-
rah. 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
Jehovah set apart the tribe of Levi,
to bear the ark of the covenant of
Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah
to minister unto him, and to bless
in his name, unto this day. 9
Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor
inheritance with his brethren; Jeho-
vah is his inheritance, according as
Jehovah thy God spake unto him.)
10 And I stayed in the mount, as at
the first time, forty days and forty
nights : and Jehovah hearkened unto
me that time also; Jehovah would
not destroy thee. 11 And Jehovah
said unto me. Arise, take thy journey
before the people; and they shall go
in and possess the land, which I
sware unto their fathers to give unto
them.
12 And now, Israel, what doth
Jehovah thy God require of thee,
but to fear Jehovah thy God, to
walk in all his ways, and to love
him, and to serve Jehovah thy
God with all thy heart and with
all thy soul, 13 to keep the com-
mandments of Jehovah, and his
statutes, which I command thee
this day for thy good.^^ 14 Behold,
unto Jehovah thy God belongeth
heaven and the heaven of heavens,
the earth, with all that is therein.
15 Only Jehovah 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 Jehovah
your God, he is God of gods, and
Lord of lords, the great God, the
mighty, and the terrible, who re-
gardeth not persons, nor taketh
reward. 18 He doth execute justice
for the fatherless and widow, and
loveth the sojourner, in giving him
food and raiment. 19 Love ye
therefore the sojourner; for ye were
sojourners in the land of Egypt.
20 Thou shalt fear Jehovah 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 w^ent down into
Egypt with threescore and ten per-
sons; and now Jehovah thy God
hath made thee as the stars of
heaven for multitude.
Therefore thou shalt love
11
Jehovah thy God, and keep
his charge, and his statutes, and
his ordinances, and his command-
ments, alway. 2 i.\nd know ye this
1 Heb, words. 2 Or, the wells of the children of Jaakan » Or, out of
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day: for / speak not with your
children that have not known, and
that have not seen the ^chastise-
ment of Jehovah your God, his
greatness, his mighty hand; and his
outstretched 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 Jehovah hath destroyed
them unto this day; 5 and what he
did unto you in 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 its 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 Jehovah which he did.
8 Therefore shall ye keep all the
commandment which I command
thee this day, that ye may be strong,
and go in and possess the land,
whither ye go over to possess it;
9 and that ye may prolong your
days in the land, which Jehovah
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 possess it, is
a land of hills and valleys, and
drinketh water of the rain of heaven,
12 a land which Jehovah thy God
^careth for: the eyes of Jehovah thy
God are always upon it, from the
beginning of the year even unto the
end of the year.
13 And it shall come to pass, if
>e shall hearken diligently unto
Or, instruction
my commandments which I com-
mand you this day, to love Jehovah
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 may est
gather in thy grain, and thy new
wine, and thine oil. 15 And I will
give grass in thy fields for thy
cattle, and thou shall 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
Jehovah be kindled against you, and
he shut up the heavens, so that there
shall be no rain, and the land shall
not yield its fruit; and ye perish
quickly from off the good land which
Jehovah 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 thy house, and when thou
walkest by the way, and when thou
liest down, and when thou risest
up. 20 And thou shall write them
upon the door-posts of thy house,
and upon thy gates; 21 that your
days may be multiplied, and the
days of your children, in the land
which Jehovah 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
Jehovah your God, to walk in all
his ways, and to cleave unto him;
23 then will Jehovah drive out all
these nations from before you, and
ye shall dispossess 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 ^hinder sea shall be
2 Ileb. seeketh after. ' That is, western.
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DEUTERONOMY 11.25—12.15 command concerning Ebal and Qerizim
your border, 25 There shall no
man be able to stand before you:
Jehovah 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 Jehovah your
God, . which I command you this
day; 28 and the curse, if ye shall
not hearken unto the command-
ments of Jehovah your God, but
turn aside out of the way which
I command you this day, to go
after other gods, which ye have
not known. 29 And it shall come
to pass, when Jehovah 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 the
Jordan, behind the way of the
going down of the sun, in the land
of the Canaan ites that dwell in
the Arabah, over against Gilgal, be-
side the ^oaks of Moreh.^ 31 For ye
are to pass over the Jordan to go in
to possess the land which Jehovah
your God giveth you, and ye shall
possess it, and dwell therein. 32
And ye shall observe to do all the
statutes and the ordinances which I
set before you this day.
1 Q These are the statutes and
1 jL the ordinances which ye shall
observe to do in the land which
Jehovah, the God of thy fathers,
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
that ye shall dispossess 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 ^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
1 Or, terebinths 2 Or, obelisks
that place. 4 Ye shall not do so
unto Jehovah your God. 5 But
unto the place which Jehovah 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-
offerings, and your sacrifices, and
your tithes, and the heave-offering
of your hand, and your vows, and
your freewill-offerings, and the first-
lings of your herd and of your flock :
7 and there ye shall eat before Jeho-
vah your God, and ye shall rejoice
in all that ye put your hand unto,
ye and your households, wherein
Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.
8 Ye shall not do after all the things
that we do here this day, every riian
whatsoever is right in his own eyes;
9 for ye are not as yet come to the
rest and to the inheritance, which
Jehovah thy God giveth thee. 10
But when ye go over the Jordan, and
dwell in the land which Jehovah
your God causeth you to inherit,
and he giveth you rest from all your
enemies round about, so that ye
dwell in safety; 11 then it shall
come to pass that to the place which
Jehovah 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 Jehovah. 12 And ye shall
rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye,
and your sons, and your daughters,
and your men-servants, and your
maid-servants, and the Levite that
is within your gates, forasmuch as
he hath no portion nor inheri-
tance with you. 13 Take heed to
thyself that thou offer not thy
burnt-offerings in every place that
thou seest; 14 but in the place
which Jehovah 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 Notwithstanding, thou may est
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Law respecting the Eating of Flesh
^ kill and eat flesh within all thy gates,
after all the desire of thy soul, ac-
cording to the blessing of Jehovah
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 grain, or of thy new
wine, or of thine oil, or the first-
lings of thy herd or of thy flock,
nor ally of thy vows which thou
vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings,
nor the heave-offering of thy hand;
18 but thou shalt eat them before
Jehovah thy God in the place which
Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou,
and thy son, and thy daughter, and
thy man-servant, and thy maid-
servant, and the Levite that is
within thy gates: and thou shalt
rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all
that thou puttest thy hand unto.
19 Take heed to thyself that thou
forsake not the Levite as long as
thou livest in thy land.
20 When Jehovah thy God shall
enlarge 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 Jeho-
vah 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 Jeho-
vah hath given thee, as I have
commanded thee; and thou may-
est 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 un-
clean and the clean may 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
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DEUTERONOMY 12.16—13.3
after thee, when thou shalt do that
which is right in the eyes of Jeho-
vah. 26 Only thy holy things which
thou hast, and thy vows, thou
shalt take, and go unto the place
which Jehovah shall choose; 27 and
thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings,
the flesh and the blood, upon the
altar of Jehovah thy God; and the
blood of thy sacrifices shall be
poured out upon the altar of Jeho-
vah 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 Jehovah thy God.
29 When Jehovah thy God shall
cut off the nations from before thee,
whither thou goest in to dispossess
them, and thou dispossessest them,
and dwellest in their land; 30 take
heed to thyself that thou be not en-
snared ^to follow them, after that
they are destroyed from before
thee; and that thou inquire not
after their gods, saying. How do
these nations serve their gods.^^ ^even
so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt
not do so unto Jehovah thy God:
for every abomination to Jehovah,
which he hateth, have they done
unto their gods; for even their sons
and their daughters do they burn
in the flre to their gods.
*32 What thing soever I com-
mand you, that shall ye observe to
do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor
diminish from it.
1 Q If there arise in the midst
A O 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,
wliereof 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
Jehovah your God proveth you, to
1 Ileb. after them.
* Ch. 13.1 in Heb.
» Or, that I also may do likewise
DEUTERONOMY 13.4 — 14.6 cautions against Seduction to Idolatry
know whether ye love Jehovah
your God with all your heart and
with all your soul. 4 Ye shall
walk after Jehovah your God, and
fear him, and keep his command-
ments, 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 ^rebellion
against Jehovah your God, who
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 Jehovah
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, that is as thine 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
that 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 con-
ceal him: 9 but thou shalt surely
kill him; thy 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 to death with stones, because
he hath sought to draw thee away
from Jehovah thy God, who 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 wicked-
ness as this is in the midst of thee.
12 If thou shalt hear tell ^con-
cerning one of thy cities, which
Jehovah thy God giveth thee to
dwell there, saying, 13 Certain
^base fellows are gone out from
* Heb. turning aside.
' Heb. sons of worthlessness.
2 Or, in
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, behold, if it be truth, and
the thing certain, that such abomi-
nation 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 ^every whit, unto
Jehovah thy God: and it shall be a
^heap for ever; it shall not be built
again. 17 And there shall cleave
nought of the devoted thing to thy
hand; that Jehovah may turn from
the fierceness of his anger, and show
thee mercy, and have compassion
upon thee, and multiply thee, as
he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
18 when thou shalt hearken to
the voice of Jehovah thy God, to
keep all his commandments which
I command thee this day, to do
that which is right in the eyes of
Jehovah thy God.
UYe are the children of
Jehovah your God: ye shall
not cut yourselves, nor make any
baldness between your eyes for the
dead. 2 For thou art a holy people
unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah
hath chosen thee to be a people for
his own possession, ^above all peo-
ples that are upon the face of the
earth.
3 Thou shalt not eat any abomi-
nable thing. 4 These are the beasts
which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep,
and the goat, 5 the hart, and the
gazelle, and the roebuck, and the
wild goat, and the pygarg, and the
antelope, and the chamois. 6 And
every beast that parteth the hoof,
* Heb. devoting it.
* Or, as a whole burnt-offering
' Or, mound Heb. tel.
' Or, out of
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and hath the hoof cloven in two, and
^cheweth the cud, among the beasts,
that may ye eat. 7 Nevertheless
these ye shall not eat of them that
chew the cud, or of them that have
the hoof cloven: The camel, and the
hare, and the coney, because they
chew the cud but part not the hoof,
they are unclean unto you. 8 And
the swine, because he parteth the
hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is
unclean unto you: of their flesh ye
shall not eat, and their carcasses
ye shall not touch.
9 These ye may eat of all that
are in the waters: whatsoever hath
fins and scales may ye eat; 10 and
whatsoever hath not fins and scales
ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto
you.
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 and every
raven after its kind, 15 and the
ostrich, and the night-hawk, and
the sea-mew, and the hawk after
its kind, 16 the little owl, and
the great owl, and the horned owl,
17 and the pelican, and the vulture,
and the cormorant, 18 and the
stork, and the heron after its kind,
and the hoopoe, and the bat. 19 And
all winged creeping things are un-
clean unto you: they shall not be
eaten. 20 Of all clean birds ye
may eat.
21 Ye shall not eat of anything
that dieth of itself: thou may est
give it unto the sojourner that is
within thy gates, that he may eat
it; or thou mayest sell it unto a
foreigner: for thou art a holy people
unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt
not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
22 Thou shalt surely tithe all the
increase of thy seed, that which
Cometh forth from the field year
by year. 23 And thou shalt eat
before Jehovah thy God, in the
place which he shall choose, to cause
Heb. bringeth up.
his name to dwell there, the tithe
of thy grain, of thy new wine, and
of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy
herd and of thy flock; that thou
mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy
God always. 24 And if the way be
too long for thee, so that thou art
not able to carry it, because the
place is too far from thee, which
Jehovah thy God shall choose, to
set his name there, when Jehovah
thy God shall bless thee; 25 then
shalt thou turn it into money, and
bind up the money in thy hand, and
shalt go unto the place which
Jehovah 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 whatso-
ever thy soul asketh of thee; and
thou shalt eat there before Jehovah
thy God, and thou shalt rejoice,
thou and thy household. 27 And the
Levite that is within thy gates, thou,
shalt not forsake him; for he hath
no portion nor inheritance with
thee.
28 At the end of every three
years thou shalt bring forth all
the tithe of thine increase in the
same year, and shalt lay it up
within thy gates : 29 and the Levite,
because he hath no portion nor
inheritance with thee, and the so-
journer, and the fatherless, and the
widow, that are within thy gateSj
shall come, and shall eat and be
satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may
bless thee in all the work of thy hand
which thou doest.
1 ^ At the end of every seven
-*■ ^ years thou shalt make a
release. 2 And this is the manner
of the release: every creditor shall
release that which he hath lent
unto his neighbor; he shall not
exact it of his neighbor and his
brother; because Jehovah's release
hath been proclaimed. 3 Of a
foreigner thou mayest exact it:
but whatsoever of thine is w^ith
thy brother thy hand shall ^release.
2 Or, release: save when there 6°c.
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DEUTERONOMY 15.4 16.3 seventh year of Release for Debt. Release of Bond-servantj
4 Howbeit there shall be no poor
with thee (for Jehovah will surely
bless thee in the land which Jehovah
thy God giveth thee for an inherit-
ance to possess it), 5 if only thou
diligently hearken unto the voice
of Jehovah thy God, to observe to
do all this commandment which I
command thee this day. 6 For
Jehovah thy God will bless thee,
as he 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
Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou
shalt not harden thy heart, nor
shut thy hand from thy poor brother;
8 but thou shalt surely open thy
hand unto him, and shalt surely lend
him sufficient for his need iii that
which he wanteth. 9 Beware that
there be not a base thought in thy
heart, saying. The seventh year,
the year of release, is at hand; and
thine eye be evil against thy poor
brother, and thou give him nought;
and he cry unto Jehovah against
thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10
Thou shalt surely give him, and thy
heart shall not be grieved when
thou givest unto him; because that
for this thing Jehovah thy God
will bless thee in all thy work, and
in all that thou puttest thy hand
unto. 11 For the poor will never
cease out of the land: therefore I
command thee, saying. Thou shalt
surely open thy hand unto thy
brother, to thy needy, and to thy
poor, in thy land.
12 If thy brother, a Hebrew
man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold
unto thee, and serve thee six years;
then in the seventh year thou shalt
let him go free from thee. 13 And
when thou lettest him go free from
thee, thou shalt not let him go
empty: 14 thou shalt furnish him
liberally out of thy flock, and out
of thy threshing-floor, and out of
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thy wine-press; as Jehovah thy God
hath blessed thee thou shalt give
unto him. 15 And thou shalt re-
member that thou wast a bondman
in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah
thy God redeemed thee: therefore
I command thee this thing to-day.
16 And it shall be, if he say unto
thee, I will not go out from thee;
because he loveth thee and thy
house, because he is well with thee;
17 then thou shalt take an awl,
and thrust it through his ear unto
the door, and he shall be thy ^servant
for ever. And also unto thy -maid-
servant thou shalt do likewise. 18 It
shall not seem hard unto thee, when
thou lettest him go free from thee;
for to the double of the hire of a
hireling hath he served thee six
years: and Jehovah thy God will
bless thee in all that thou doest.
19 All the firstling males that
are born of thy herd and of thy
flock thou shalt sanctify unto Jeho-
vah thy God: thou shalt do no
work with the firstling of thy herd,
nor shear the firstling of thy flock.
20 Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah
thy God year by year in the place
which Jehovah shall choose, thou
and thy household. 21 And if it have
any blemish, as if it be lame or blind,
any ill blemish whatsoever, thou
shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah
thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it
within thy gates: the unclean and
the clean shall eat it alike, as the
gazelle, and as the hart. 23 Only
thou shalt not eat the blood thereof;
thou shalt pour it out upon the
ground as water.
1r^ Observe the month of
D Abib, and keep the passover
unto Jehovah thy God; for in the
month of Abib Jehovah thy God
brought thee forth out of Egypt
by night. 2 And thou shalt sacri-
fice the passover unto Jehovah thy
God, of the flock and the herd, in
the place which Jehovah shall choose,
to cause his name to dwell there.
3 Thou slialt eat no leavened bread
Or, bond-man
2 Or, bond-woman
The Feast of Passover; of Weeks; of Tabernacles DEUTERONOMY 16.4 16.22
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 may est
remember the day when thou camest
forth out of the land of. Egypt all
the days of thy life. 4 And there
shall be no leaven seen with thee in
all thy borders seven days; neither
shall any of the flesh, which thou
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 Jehovah thy God giveth
thee; 6 but at the place which Je-
hovah thy God shall choose, to
cause his name to dwell in, there
thou shalt sacrifice the passover at
even, at the going down of the sun,
at the season that thou camest forth
out of Egypt. 7 And thou shalt
^roast and eat it in the place which
Jehovah thy God shall choose: and
thou shalt turn in the morning, and
go unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou
shalt eat unleavened bread; and on
the seventh day shall be a solemn
assembly to Jehovah thy God;
thou shalt do no work therein.
9 Seven weeks shalt thou num-
ber unto thee: from the time thou
beginnest to put the sickle to the
standing grain shalt thou begin
to number seven weeks. 10 And
thou shalt keep the feast of weeks
unto Jehovah thy God ^with a
tribute of a freewill-offering of thy
hand, which thou shalt give, accord-
ing as Jehovah thy God blesseth
thee: 11 and thou shalt rejoice
before Jehovah thy God, thou, and
thy son, and thy daughter, and thy
man-servant, and thy maid-servant,
and the Levite that is within thy
gates, and the sojourner, and the
fatherless, and the widow, that are
in the midst of thee, in the place
which Jehovah thy God shall choose,
to cause his name to dwell there.
12 And thou shalt remember that , „ , , ,
, -I ,1 I • T^ ■ 1 ! ^ Heb. booths.
thou wast a bondman in Egypt : and ■■ * Heb. according to the gift of his hand.
I 5 Or, cause
' Or, boil 'i Or, ajler the measure of the b'c. \ " Heb. Justice, justice. ' Or, obelisk
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thou shalt observe and do theSe
statutes.
13 Thou shalt keep the feast of
tabernacles seven days, after that
thou hast gathered in from thy
threshing-floor and from thy wine-
press: 14 and thou shalt rejoice
in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and
thy daughter, and thy man-servant,
and thy maid-servant, and the
Levite, and the sojourner, and the
fatherless, and the widow, that are
within thy gates. 15 Seven days
shalt thou keep a feast unto Jehovah
thy God in the place which Jehovah
shall choose; because Jehovah thy
God w^ll bless thee in all thine in-
crease, and in all the work of thy
hands, and thou shalt be altogether
joyful. 16 Three times in a year
shall all thy males appear before
Jehovah thy God in the place which
he shall choose: in the feast of un-
leavened bread, and in the feast of
weeks, and in the feast of taber-
nacles; and they shall not appear
before Jehovah empty: 17 every
man ^shall give as he is able, accord-
ing to the blessing of Jehovah thy
God which he hath given thee.
18 Judges and officers shalt thou
make thee in all thy gates, w^hich
Jehovah thy God giveth thee, ac-
cording to thy tribes; and they
shall judge the people with right-
eous judgment. 19 Thou shalt not
wrest justice: thou shalt not respect
persons; neither shalt thou take a
bribe; for a bribe doth blind the
eyes of the wise, and pervert the
^ words of the righteous. 20 ^That
which is altogether just shalt thou
follow^ that thou mayest live, and
inherit the land which Jehovah thy
God giveth thee.
21 Thou shalt not plant thee an
Asherah of any kind of tree beside
the altar of Jehovah thy God, which
thou shalt make 'thee. 22 Neither
shalt thou set thee up a ^pillar; which
Jehovah thy God hateth.
DEUTERONOMY 17.1 — 17.20 Judgment in Hard Matters. Commands concerning Kings
17
Thou shall not sacrifice
unto Jehovah thy God an
ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish,
or anything evil; for that is an
abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
2 If there be found in the midst
of thee, within any of thy gates
which Jehovah thy God giveth
thee, man or woman, that doeth
that which is evil in the sight of
Jehovah thy God, in transgressing
his covenant, 3 and hath gone and
served other gods, and worshipped
them, or the sun, or the moon, or
any of the host of heaven, which I
have not commanded, 4 and it be
told thee, and thou hast heard of
it; then shalt thou inquire diligently;
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, who hath done this evil
thing, unto thy gates, even the man
or the woman; and thou shalt stone
them to death with stones. 6 At
the mouth of two witnesses, or
three witnesses, shall he that is to
die be put to death; at the mouth of
one witness he shall not be put to
death. 7 The hand of the witnesses
shall be first upon him to put him
to death, and afterward 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 judgment, between blood
and blood, between plea and plea,
and between stroke and stroke,
being matters of controversy within
thy gates; then shalt thou arise,
and get thee up unto the place
which Jehovah 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 show thee the sentence of
judgment. 10 And thou shalt do
according to the tenor of the sen-
tence which they shall show thee
from that place which Jehovah shall
choose; and thou shalt observe to
do according to all that they shall
teach thee: 11 according to the
tenor of the law which they shall
teach thee, and according to the
judgment which they shall tell thee,
thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn
aside from the sentence which they
shall show thee, to the right hand,
nor to the left. 12 And the man
that doeth presumptuously, in not
hearkening unto the priest that
standeth to minister there before
Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge,
even that man shall die: and thou
shalt put away the evil from Israel.
13 And all the people shall hear,
and fear, and do no more presump-
tuously.
14 When thou art come unto the
land which Jehovah thy God giveth
thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt
dwell therein, and shalt say, I will
set a king over me, like all the
nations that are round about me;
15 thou shalt surely set him king
over thee, whom Jehovah thy God
shall choose: one from among thy
brethren shalt thou set king over
thee; thou may est not put a for-
eigner over thee, who is not thy
brother. 16 Onl}^ he shall not multi-
ply horses to himself, nor cause the
people to return to Egj^pt, to the
end that he may multiply horses;
forasmuch as Jehovah 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 Jehovah his God,
to keep all the words of this law
and these statutes, to do them;
20 that . his heart be not lifted up
above his brethren, and that he
turn not aside from the command-
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Portions of the Levites. The True Prophet; False Prophet DEUTERONOMY 18.1 19. 1
merit, to the right hand, or to the
left: to the end that he may pro-
long his days in his kingdom, he and
his children, in the midst of Israel.
1Q The priests the Levites,
O ^even all the tribe of Levi,
shall have no portion nor inheri-
tance with Israel: they shall eat the
offerings of Jehovah made by fire,
and his inheritance. 2 And they
shall have no inheritance among
their brethren: Jehovah is their
inheritance, as he hath spoken unto
them. 3 And this shall be the
priests' due from the 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 grain, of
thy new wine, and of thine oil, and
the first of the fleece of thy sheep,
shalt thou give him. 5 For Jehovah
thy God hath chosen him out of all
thy tribes, to stand to minister in
the name of Jehovah, him and his
sons for ever.
6 And if a Levite come from any
of thy gates out of all Israel, where
i he sojourneth, and come with all
j the desire of his soul unto the place
i which Jehovah shall choose; 7 then
: he shall minister in the name of
! Jehovah his God, as all his brethren
j the Levites do, who stand there
(I before Jehovah. 8 They shall have
i| like portions to eat, besides that
which Cometh of the sale of his
(patrimony.
9 When thou art come into the
land which Jehovah thy God giveth
thee, thou shalt not learn to do
after the abominations of those
nations. 10 There shall not be
found with thee any one that maketh
his son or his daughter to pass
through the fire, one that useth
< divination, one that practiseth aug-
I ury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
1 11 or a charmer, or a consulter with
li a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a
necromancer. 12 For whosoever
i. doeth these things is an abomination
» Or, and
unto Jehovah: and because of these
abominations Jehovah thy God doth
drive them out from before thee.
13 Thou shalt be perfect with Jeho-
vah thy God. 14 For these nations,
that thou shalt dispossess, hearken
unto them that practise augury, and
unto diviners; but as for thee, Jeho-
vah thy God hath not suffered thee
so to do.
15 Jehovah 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 Jehovah thy God
in Horeb in the day of the assembly,
saying, Let me not hear again
the voice of Jehovah my God,
neither let me see this great fire
any more, that I die not. 17 And
Jehovah 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 I will put my
words in his mouth, and he shall
speak unto them all that I shall
command him. 19 And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever will
not hearken unto my words which
he shall speak in my name, I will
require it of him.
20 But the prophet, that shall
speak a word presumptuously in
my name, which I have not com-
manded him to speak, or that shall
speak in the name of other gods,
that same prophet shall die. 21
And if thou say in thy heart. How
shall we know the word which
Jehovah hath not spoken.? 22 when
a prophet speaketh in the name of
Jehovah, if the thing follow not,
nor come to. pass, that is the thing
which Jehovah hath not spoken:
the prophet hath spoken it presump--
tuously, thou shalt not be afraid
of him.
-| r\ When Jehovah thy God
1 y shall cut off the nations,
whose land Jehovah thy God giveth
thee, and thou succeedest them, and
dwellest in their cities, and in their
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DEUTERONOMY 19.2 — 20.3 CiUes of Refuge. Laws concerning Testimony
houses; 2 thou shalt set apart three
cities for thee in the midst of thy
land, which Jehovah thy God giveth
thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt
prepare thee the way, and divide
the borders of thy land, which Jeho-
vah thy God causeth thee to in-
herit, into three parts, that every
manslayer may flee thither.
4 And this is the case of the
manslayer, that shall flee thither
and live: whoso killeth his neigh-
bor unawares, and hated him not
in time past; 5 as when a man
goeth into the forest with his neigh-
bor to hew wood, and his hand
fetcheth a stroke with the axe to
cut down the tree, and the 4iead
slippeth from ^the helve, and lighteth
upon his neighbor, so that he dieth;
he shall flee unto one of these cities
and live: 6 lest the avenger of blood
pursue the manslayer, while his
heart is hot, and overtake him,
because the way is long, and smite
him mortally; whereas he was not
worthy of death, inasmuch as he
hated him not in time past. 7
Wherefore I command thee, saying.
Thou shalt set apart three cities
for thee. 8 And^if Jehovah thy
God enlarge thy border, as he hath
sworn unto thy fathers, and give
thee all the land which he promised
to give unto thy fathers; 9 if thou
shalt keep all this commandment
to do it, w^hich I command thee this
day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to
walk ever .in his ways; then shalt
thou add three cities more for thee,
besides these three: 10 that ^inno-
cent blood be not shed in the midst
of thy land, which Jehovah thy God
giveth thee for an inheritance, and
so blood be upon thee.
11 But if any man hate his
"neighbor, and lie in wait for him,
and rise up against him, and smite
him mortally so that he dieth, and
he flee into one of these cities;
12 then the elders of his city shall
send and fetch him thence, and
1 Heb. iron. 2 Qr, the tree
' Or, the blood of an innocent man
deliver him into the hand of the
avenger of blood, that he may die.
13 Thine eyes shall not pity him,
but thou shalt put away Hhe in-
nocent blood from Israel, that it
may go well with thee.
14 Thou shalt not remove thy
neighbor's landmark, which they
of old time have set, in thine in-
heritance v/hich thou shalt inherit,
in the land that Jehovah 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 wit-
nesses, or at the mouth of three
witnesses, shall a matter be estab-
lished. 16 If an unrighteous wit-
ness rise up against any man to
testify against him of ^wrongdoing,
17 then both the men, between
whom the controversy is, shall stand
before Jehovah, before the priests
and the judges that shall be in
those days; 18 and the judges shall
make diligent inquisition: and, be-
hold, if the wellness be a false witness,
and have 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 that remain
shall hear, and fear, and shall hence-
forth commit no more any such
evil in the midst of thee. 21 And
thine eyes shall not pity; life shall go
for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth,
hand for hand, foot for foot.
C%f\ When thou goest forth to
^d\J battle against thine enemies,
and seest horses, and chariots, and
a people more than thou, thou
shalt not be afraid of them; for
Jehovah thy God is with thee, who
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
■• Or, the blood of the innocent
'•> Or, rebellion See ch. 13. 5.
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Rules of Warfare. Expiation for Unknown Mfrderer's Crime DEUTERONOMY 20.4 21 .4
nigh this day unto battle against
your enemies: let not your heart
faint; fear not, nor tremble, neither
be ye affrighted at them; 4 for Je-
hovah 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
people, 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
dedicate it. 6 And what man is
there that hath planted a vineyard,
and hath not used the fruit thereof .^^
let him go and return unto his
house, lest he die in the battle, and
another man use the fruit thereof.
7 And what man is there that hath
betrothed a wife, and hath not
taken her? let him go and 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, w^hen the officers
have made an end of speaking unto
the people, that they shall appoint
captains of hosts at the head of the
I people.
I 10 When thou drawest nigh unto
I a city to fight against it, then pro-
claim peace unto it. 11 And it
j shall be, if it make thee answer of
I peace, and open unto thee, then
I it shall be, that all the people that
! are found therein shall become
■ ^tributary unto thee, and shall serve
thee. 12 And if it will make no
peace with thee, but will make war
against thee, then thou shalt be-
siege it: 13 and when Jehovah thy
God delivereth it into thy hand,
thou shalt smite every male thereof
with the edge of the sword: 14 but
the women, and the little ones, and
the cattle, and all that is in the
city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt
' Or, subject to task work i 2 Heb. devote.
thou take for a prey unto thyself;
and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine
enemies, which Jehovah thy God
hath given thee. 15 Thus shalt
thou do unto all the cities which are
very far off from thee, which are not
of the cities of these nations. 16 But
of the cities of these peoples, that
Jehovah thy God giveth thee for
an inheritance, thou shalt save
alive nothing that breatheth; 17 but
thou shalt ^utterly destroy them:
the Hittite, and the Amorite, the
Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the
Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Jehovah
thy God hath commanded thee; 18
that they teach you not to do after
all their abominations, which they
have done unto their gods; so
would ye sin against Jehovah your
God.
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 wield-
ing 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
of which thou knowest that they
are not trees for food, thou shalt
destroy and cut them down; and
thou shalt build bulwarks against
the city that maketh war wdth thee,
until it fall.
O 1 If one be found slain in
^ 1 the land which Jehovah 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 a 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,
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DEUTERONOMY 21.5—22.2
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 Jehovah thy God
hath chosen to minister unto him,
and to bless in the name of Jehovah;
and according to their word shall
every controversy and every stroke
be. 6 And all the elders of that
city, who are nearest unto the slain
man, shall wash their hands over
the heifer whose neck was broken
in the valley ; 7 and they shall answer
and say. Our hands have not shed
this blood, neither have our eyes
seen it. 8 Forgive, O Jehovali, thy
people Israel, whom thou hast re-
deemed, and suffer not innocent
blood to remain in the midst of thy
people Israel. And the blood shall
be forgiven them. 9 So shalt thou
put away the innocent blood from
the midst of thee, when thou shalt
do that which is right in the eyes of
Jehovah.
10 When thou goest forth to
battle against thine enemies, and
Jehovah thy God delivereth them
into thy hands, and thou carriest
them away captive, 11 and seest
among the captives a beautiful
woman, and thou hast a desire
unto her, and wouldest take her to
thee to wife; 12 then thou shalt
bring her home to thy house; and
she shall shave her head, and pare
her nails; 13 and she shall put the
raiment of her captivity from oft
her, and shall remain in thy house,
and bewail her father and her
mother a full month: and after that
thou shalt go in unto her, and be
her husband, and she shall be thy
wife. 14 And it shall be, if thou
have no delight in her, then thou
shalt let her go whither she will;
but thou shalt not sell her at all for
money, thou shalt not deal with her
^as a slave, because thou hast hum-
bled her.
15 If a man have two wives, the
one beloved, and the other hated,
Marriage of Captive Women. Sundry Laws
1 Or, as a chattel
and they have borne him children,
both the beloved and the hated;
and if the first-born son be hers
that was hated; 16 then it shall
be, in the day that he causeth his
sons to inherit that which he hath,
that he may not make the son of
the beloved the first-born ^before the
son of the hated, who is the first-
born: 17 but he shall acknowledge
the first-born, the son of the hated,
by giving him a double portion of all
that he hath ; for he is the beginning
of his strength; the right of the
first-born is his.
18 If a man have a stubborn and
rebellious son, that 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 rebellious, he will
not obey our voice; he is a glutton,
and a drunkard. 21 And all the
men of his city shall stone him to
death with stones: so shalt thou
put away the evil from the midst
of thee; and all Israel shall hear,
and fear.
22 And if a man have committed
a sin worthy of death, and he be
put to death, and thou hang him
on a tree; 23 his body shall not
remain all night upon the tree, but
thou shalt surely bury him the same
day; for he that is hanged is ^ac-
cursed of God; that thou defile not
thy land which Jehovah thy God
giveth thee for an inheritance.
OO Thou shalt not see th.
Zdjmd brother's ox or his sheep gu
astray, and hide thyself from them:
thou shalt surely bring them again
unto thy brother. 2 And if thy
brother be not nigh unto thee, or
if thou know him not, then thou
shalt bring it home to thy house,
and it shall be with thee until thy
2 Or, during the lifetime of » Heb. the curse of God.
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brother seek after it, and thou shalt
restore it to him. 3 And so shalt
thou do with his ass; and so shalt
thou do with his garment; and so
shalt thou do with every lost thing
of thy brother's, which he hath lost,
and thou hast found: thou may est
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 pertaineth unto a man, neither
shall a man put on a woman's
garment; for whosoever doeth these
things is an abomination unto Jeho-
vah thy God.
6 If a bird's nest chance to be
before thee in the way, in any tree
or on the ground, with young ones
or eggs, and the dam sitting upon
the young, or upon the eggs, thou
shalt not take the dam with the
young: 7 thou shalt surely let the
dam go, but the young thou mayest
take unto thyself; that it may be
well with thee, and that thou 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 thy house, if any man
fall from thence.
9 Thou shalt not sow thy vine-
yard with two kinds of seed, lest
the Vhole 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 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 shameful 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;
1 Heb. fulness, 2 Heb. consecrated. ^ Or, twisted threads
DEUTERONOMY 22.3—22.25
15 then shall the father of the
damsel, and her mother, take and
bring forth the tokens of the dam-
sel's virginity unto the elders of
the city in the gate; 16 and the
damsel's father shall say unto the
elders, I gave my daughter unto
this man to wife, and he hateth
her; 17 and, lo, he hath laid shame-
ful 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 eiders of the
city. 18 And the elders of that
city shall take the man and chastise
him; 19 and they shall fine him a
hundred shekels of silver, and give
them unto the father of the damsel,
because he hath brought up an evil
name upon a virgin of Israel: and
she shall be his wife; he may not
put her away all his days. 20 But
if this thing be true, 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 to death with
stones, because she hath wrought
folly in Israel, to play the harlot in
her father's house: so shalt thou put
away the evil from the midst of
thee.
22 If a man be found lying with
a woman married to a husband,
then they shall both of them die,
the man that lay with the woman,
and the woman: so shalt thou put
away the evil from Israel.
23 If there be a damsel that is a
virgin betrothed unto a husband,
and a man find her in the city, and
lie with her; 24 then ye shall bring
them both out unto the gate of
that city, and ye shall stone them
to death with stones; the damsel,
because she cried not, being in the
city; and the man, because he hath
humbled his neighbor's wife: so
thou shalt put away the evil from
the midst of thee.
25 But if the man find the damsel
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DEUTERONOMY 22.26—23.10
Persons to be excluded from the Assembly
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 neighbor, and slayeth
him, even so is this matter; 27 for
he found her in the field, the be-
trothed damsel cried, and there was
none to save her.
28 If a man find a damsel that
is a virgin, that is not betrothed,
and lay hold on her, and lie with
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.
QQ He that is wounded in
-^O the stones, or hath his privy
member cut off, shall not enter into
the assembly of Jehovah.
2 A bastard shall not enter into
the assembly of Jehovah; even to
the tenth generation shall none of his
enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
3 An Ammonite or a Moabite
shall not enter into the assembly
of Jehovah; even to the tenth gen-
eration shall none belonging to
them enter into the assembly of
Jehovah for ever: 4 because they
met you not with bread and with
water in the way, when ye came
forth out of Egypt, and because
they hired against thee Balaam
the son of Beor from Pethor of
^Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 5
Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would
not hearken unto Balaam; but Je-
hovah thy God turned the curse
into a blessing unto thee, because
Jehovah thy God loved thee. .6
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor
their prosperity all thy days for ever.
7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edom-
*Ch. 23.1 in Heb.
I Heb. Aram-naharaim.
ite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt
not abhor an Egyptian; because
thou wast a sojourner in his land.
8 The children of the third genera-
tion that are born unto them shall
enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
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 evening cometh on, he shall
bathe himself in water; and when
the sun is down, he shall come within
the camp. 12 Thou shalt have a
place also without the camp, whither
thou shalt go forth abroad: 13 and
thou shalt have a ^paddle among
thy weapons; and it shall be, when
thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt
dig therewith, and shalt turn back
and cover that which cometh from
thee: 14 for Jehovah thy God
walketh in the midst of thy camp, to
deliver thee, and to give up thine
enemies before thee; therefore shall
thy camp be holy, that he may not
see ^an unclean thing in thee, and
turn away from thee.
15 Thou shalt not deliver unto
his master a servant that 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 pleaseth him best: thou
shalt not oppress him.
17 There shall be no prostitute
of the -daughters of Israel, neither j
shall there be a ^sodomite of the sons f
of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring ).
the hire of a harlot, or the wages of j
a dog, into the house of Jehovah I
thy God for any vow: for even both
these are an abomination unto Je-
hovah thy God.
19 Thou shalt not lend upon in-
terest to thy brother; interest of
2 Or, shovel ' Heb. nakedness of anything.
« Heb. kedeshah. See Gen. 38. 21. » Heb. kadesh
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DEUTERONOMY 23.20— 24.1G
money, interest of victuals, interest
of anything that is lent upon inter-
est. 20 Unto a foreigner thou may-
est lend upon interest; but unto thy
brother thou shalt not lend upon
interest, that Jehovah thy God may
bless thee in all that thou puttest
thy hand unto, in the land whither
thou goest in to possess it.
21 When thou shalt vow a vow
unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt
not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah
thy God will surely require it of
thee; and it would be sin in thee.
22 But if thou shalt forbear to 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 Jehovah thy
God, a freewill-offering, which thou
hast promised with thy mouth.
24 When thou comest into thy
neighbor's vineyard, then thou may-
est eat of grapes thy fill at thine
' own pleasure; but thou shalt not
put any in thy vessel. 25 When
thou comest into thy neighbor's
standing grain, then thou may est
pluck the ears with thy hand; but
thou shalt not move a sickle unto
thy neighbor's standing grain.
Q A When a man taketh a wife,
JmJ^ and marrieth her, then it
shall be, if she find no favor in his
eyes, because he hath found some
unseemly thing in her, that he
shall write her a bill of divorcement,
and give it in her hand, and send
her out of his house. 2 And when
she is departed out of his house, she
i may go and be another man's wife.
! 3 And if the latter husband hate her,
and write her a bill of divorcement,
and give it in her hand, and send
i her out of his house; or if the latter
husband die, who took her to be
his wife; 4 her former husband, who
sent her away, may not take her
again to be his wife, after that she
is defiled; for that is abomination
before Jehovah: and thou shalt not
cause the land to sin, which Jehovah
thy God giveth thee for an inheri-
tance.
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
whom he hath taken.
6 No man shall take the mill or
the upper millstone to pledge; for
he taketh a man's life to pledge.
7 If a man be found stealing any
of his brethren of the children of
Israel, and he deal with him ^as a
slave, or sell him; then that thief
shall die: so shalt thou put away the
evil from the midst of thee.
8 Take heed in the plague of
leprosy, that thou observe dili-
gently, and do according to all
that the priests the Levites shall
teach you: as I commanded them,
so ye shall observe to do. 9 Re-
member what Jehovah thy God did
unto Miriam, by the way as ye
came forth out of Egypt.
10 When thou dost lend thy neigh-
bor any manner of loan, thou shalt
not go into his house to fetch his
pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand with-
out, 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 garment, and bless
thee: and it shall be righteousness
unto thee before Jehovah thy God.
14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired
servant that is poor and needy,
whether he be of thy brethren, or of
thy sojourners that are in thy land
within thy gates: 15 in his day thou
shalt give him his hire, neither shall
the sun go down upon it (for he is
poor, and setteth his heart upon it) ;
lest he cry against thee unto Jeho-
vah, 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.
Or, as a chattel
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17 Thou shalt not wrest the
justice due to the sojourner, or to the
fatherless, nor take the widow's
raiment to pledge; 18 but thou shalt
remember that thou wast a bond-
man in Egypt, and Jehovah thy
God redeemed thee thence : therefore
1 command thee to do this thing.
19 When thou reapest thy 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 so-
journer, for the fatherless, and for
the widow; that Jehovah thy God
may bless thee in all the work of
thy hands. 20 When thou beatest
thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go
over the boughs again: it shall be
for the sojourner, for the fatherless,
and for the widow. 21 When thou
gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard,
thou shalt not glean it after thee: it
shall be for the sojourner, for the
fatherless, and for the widow. 22
And thou shalt remember that thou
wast a bondman in the land of
Egypt : therefore I command thee to
do this thing.
Q ^ If there be a controversy
^kJ between men, and they come
unto judgment, 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 beaten before his face,
according to his wickedness, by
number. 3 Forty stripes he may
give him, he shall not exceed; lest,
if he should exceed, and beat him
above these with many stripes, then
thy brother should seem vile unto
thee.
4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox
when he treadeth out the grain.
5 If brethren dwell together, and
one of them die, and have no son,
the wife of the dead shall not be
married without unto a stranger:
her husband's brother shall go in
unto her, and take her to him to
wife, and perform the duty of a
husband's brother unto her. 6 And
it shall be, that the first-born that
she beareth shall succeed in the
name of his brother that is dead,
that his name be not blotted out
of Israel. 7 And if the man like
not to take his brother's wife, then
his brother's wife shall go up to the
gate unto the elders, and say. My
husband's brother refuseth to raise
up unto his brother a name in
Israel; he will not perform the duty
of a husband's brother unto me.
8 Then the elders of his city shall
call him, and speak unto him: and
if he stand, and say, I like not to
take her; 9 then shall his brother's
wife come unto him in the presence
of the elders, and loose his shoe
from off his foot, and spit in his
face; and she shall answer and say.
So shall it be done unto the man that
doth not build 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 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 diverse weights, a great and a
small. 14 Thou shalt not have in
thy house diverse measures, a great
and a small. 15 A perfect and just
weight shalt thou have; a perfect
and just measure shalt thou have:
that thy days may be long in the
land which Jehovah thy God giveth
thee. 16 For all that do such
things, even all that do unright-
eously, are an abomination unto
Jehovah thy God.
17 Remember what Amaiek 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
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Offering of First-fruits. Tithes of the Third Year DEUTERONOMY 25.19 26.17
God. 19 Therefore it shall be,
when Jehovah thy God hath given
thee rest from all thine enemies
.round about, in the land which
Jehovah thy God giveth thee for
an inheritance to possess it, that
thou shalt blot out the remembrance
of Amalek from under heaven; thou
shalt not forget.
Q f^ And it shall be, when thou
^O art come in unto the land
which Jehovah thy God giveth thee
for an inheritance, and possessest
it, and dwellest therein, 2 that thou
shalt take of the first of all the
fruit of the ground, which thou
shalt bring in from thy land that
Jehovah thy God giveth thee; and
thou shalt put it in a basket, and
shalt go unto the place which Jeho-
vah thy God shall choose, to cause
his name to dwell there. 3 And
thou shalt come unto the priest
that shall be in those days, and say
unto him, I profess this day unto
Jehovah thy God, that I am come
unto the land which Jehovah sware
unto our fathers to give us. 4 And
the priest shall take the basket out
of thy hand, and set it down before
the altar of Jehovah thy God. 5
And thou shalt answer and say be-
fore Jehovah thy God, A ^Syrian
^ready to perish was my father;
and he went down into Egypt, and
sojourned there, few in number;
and he became there a nation,
great, mighty, and populous. 6
And the Egyptians dealt ill with
us, and afflicted us, and laid upon
us hard bondage: 7 and we cried
unto Jehovah, the God of our
fathers, and Jehovah heard our
voice, and saw our affliction, and
our toil, and our oppression; 8 and
Jehovah brought us forth out of
Egypt with a mighty hand, and
with an outstretched arm, 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,
1 Heb. Aramean. i Or, wandering Or, lost
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behold, I have brought the first of
the fruit of the ground, which thou,
0 Jehovah, hast given me. And
thou shalt set it down before Jeho-
vah thy God, and worship before
Jehovah thy God: 11 and thou
shalt rejoice in all the good which
Jehovah thy God hath given unto
thee, and unto thy house, thou,
and the Levite, and the sojourner
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 so-
journer, to the fatherless, and to
the widow, that they may eat
within thy gates, and be filled.
13 And thou shalt say before Jeho-
vah thy God, I have put away the
hallowed things out of my house,
and also have given them unto the
Levite, and unto the sojourner, to
the fatherless, and to the widow,
according to all thy commandment
which thou hast commanded me:
1 have not transgressed any of thy
commandments, neither have I for-
gotten them: 14 I have not eaten
thereof in my mourning, neither
have I put away thereof, being un-
clean, nor given thereof for the
dead: I have hearkened to the voice
of Jehovah my God; I have done
according to all that thou hast
commanded me. 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 flowing with milk and
honey.
16 This day Jehovah thy God
commandeth thee to do these stat-
utes and ordinances: thou shalt
therefore keep and do them with
all thy heart, and with all thy
soul. 17 Thou hast avouched Je-
hovah this day to be thy God, and
that thou wouldest walk in his
ways, and keep his statutes, and
his commandments, and his ordi-
nances, and hearken unto his voice:
DEUTERONOMY 26.18—27.25
18 and Jehovah hath avouched
thee this day to be a people for his
own possession, as he hath promised
thee, and that thou shouldest keep
all his commandments; 19 and to
make thee high above all nations
that he hath made, ^in praise, and
in name, and in honor; and that
thou mayest be a holy people unto
Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken.
Q'7' And Moses and the elders
^ i of Israel commanded the
people, saying, Keep all the com-
mandment which I command you
this day. 2 And it shall be on
the day when ye shall pass over the
Jordan unto the land which Jeho-
vah thy God giveth thee, that thou
shalt set thee up great stones, and
plaster them with plaster: 3 and
thou shalt write upon them all the
words of this law, when thou art
passed over; that thou mayest go
in unto the land which Jehovah
thy God giveth thee, a land flow-
ing with milk and honey, as Jeho-
vah, the God of thy fathers, hath
promised thee. 4 And it shall be,
when ye are passed over the Jordan,
that ye shall set up these stones,
which I command you this day, in
mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster
them with plaster. 5 And there
shalt thou build an altar unto Jeho-
vah thy God, an altar of stones:
thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon
them. 6 Thou shalt build the altar
of Jehovah thy God of ^unhewn
stones; and thou shalt offer burnt-
offerings thereon unto Jehovah thy
God: 7 and thou shalt sacrifice
peace-offerings, and shalt eat there;
and thou shalt rejoice before Jeho-
vah thy God. 8 And thou shalt
write upon the stones all the words
of this law very plainly.
9 And Moses and the priests the
Levites spake unto all Israel, say-
ing. Keep silence, and hearken, O
Israel: This day thou art become
the people of Jehovah thy God. 10
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice
1 Or, for a praise, and for a name, and for an honor
2 Heb. whoU.
The Law to be recorded at Ebal
of Jehovah 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 the Jordan: Simeon,
and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar,
and Joseph, and Benjamin. 13 And
these shall stand upon mount Ebal
for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and
Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, andNaph-
tali. 14 And the Levites 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 Jehovah, the
work of the hands of the crafts-
man, and setteth it up in secret.
And all the people shall answer and
say. Amen.
16 Cursed be he that setteth
light by his father or his mother.
And all the people shall say. Amen.
17 Cursed be he that removeth
his neighbor's landmark. And all
the people shall say. Amen.
18 Cursed be he that maketh the
blind to wander out of the way.
And all the people shall say. Amen.
19 Cursed be he that wresteth the
justice due to the sojourner, father-
less, 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 li^th 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 peo-
ple shall say. Amen.
24 Cursed be he that smiteth his
neighbor in secret. And all the
people shall say, Amen.
25 Cursed be he that taketh a
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bribe to slay an innccent 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.
QQ And it shall come to pass,
i-iO if thou shalt hearken dili-
gently unto the voice of Jehovah
thy God, to observe to do all his
commandments which I command
thee this day, that Jehovah thy
God will set thee on high above all
the nations of the earth: 2 and all
these blessings shall come upon thee,
and overtake thee, if thou shalt
hearken unto the voice of Jehovah
thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be
in the city, and blessed shalt thou
be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be
the fruit of thy body, and the fruit
of thy ground, and the fruit of thy
beasts, the increase of thy cattle,
and the young of thy flock. 5
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy
kneading-trough. 6 Blessed shalt
thou be when thou comest in, and
blessed shalt thou be when thou
goest out.
7 Jehovah will cause thine ene-
mies that rise up against thee to
be smitten before thee: they shall
come out against thee one way, and
shall flee before thee seven ways.
8 Jehovah will command the bless-
ing upon thee in thy barns, and in
all that thou puttest thy hand
unto; and he will bless thee in the
land which Jehovah thy God giveth
thee. 9 Jehovah will establish thee
for a holy people unto himself, as
he hath sworn unto thee; if thou
shalt keep the commandments of
Jehovah thy God, and walk in his
ways. 10 And all the peoples of
the earth shall see that thou art
called by the name of Jehovah;
and they shall be afraid of thee.
11 And Jehovah will make thee
plenteous for good, in the fruit of
thy body, and in the fruit of thy
cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground,
in the land which Jehovah sware
unto thy fathers to give thee. 12
DEUTERONOMY 27.26—28.23
Jehovah will open unto thee his
good ^treasure the heavens, to give
the rain of thy land in its season,
and to bless all the work of thy
hand: and thou shalt lend unto
many nations, and thou shalt not
borrow. 13 And Jehovah will make
thee the head, and not the tail; and
thou shalt be above only, and thou
shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt
hearken unto the commandments of
Jehovah thy God, which I command
thee this day, to observe and to do
them, 14 and shalt not turn aside
from any of the words which I
command you this day, to the right
hand, or to the left, to go after other
gods to serve them.
15 But it shall come to pass, if
thou wilt not hearken unto the
voice of Jehovah thy God, to ob-
serve to do all his commandments
and his statutes which I command
thee this day, that all these curses
shall come upon thee, and overtake
thee. 16 Cursed shalt thou be in
the city, and cursed shalt thou be
in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy
basket and thy kneading-trough. 18
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body,
and the fruit of thy ground, the in-
crease of thy cattle, 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 Jehovah will send upon thee
cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke,
in all that thou puttest thy hand
unto to do, until thou be destroyed,
and until thou perish quickly; be-
cause of the evil of thy doings,
whereby thou hast forsaken me.
21 Jehovah will make the pestilence
cleave unto thee, until he have con-
sumed thee from off the land,
whither thou goest in to possess it.
22 Jehovah will smite thee with
consumption, and with fever, and
with inflammation, and with fiery
heat, and with Hhe sword, and with
blasting, and with mildew; and they
shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy
1 Or, treasury 2 Qr, as otherwise read, drought
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DEUTERONOMY 28.24 28.47 Fearful consequences of Disobedience
head shall be brass, and the earth
that is under thee shall be iron.
24 Jehovah will make the rain of
thy land powder and dust: from
heaven shall it come down upon
thee, until thou be destroyed.
25 Jehovah will 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
Hossed to and fro among all the
kingdoms of the earth. 26 And thy
dead body shall be food unto all
birds of the heavens, and unto the
beasts of the earth; and there shall
be none to frighten them away.
27 Jehovah will smite thee with
the boil of Egypt, and with the
^emerods, and with the scurvy, and
with the itch, whereof thou canst
not be healed. 28 Jehovah will
smite thee with madness, and with
blindness, and with astonishment
of heart; 29 and thou shalt grope at
noonday, as the blind gropeth in
darkness, and thou shalt not prosper
in thy ways: and thou shalt be only
oppressed and robbed alway, and
there shall be none to save thee.
30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and
another man shall lie with her: thou
shalt build a house, and thou shalt
not dwell therein: thou shalt plant
a vineyard, and shalt not use the
fruit thereof. 31 Thine ox shall
be slain before thine eyes, and thou
shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall
be violently taken away from before
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 thy hand. 33 The fruit of thy
ground, and all thy labors, shall a
nation which thou knowest not eat
up ; and thou shalt be only oppressed
and crushed alway; 34 so that thou
' Or. a terror unto all 2 Or, tumors Or, plague boils
shalt be mad for the sight of thine
eyes which thou shalt see. 35 Je-
hovah will smite thee in the knees,
and in the legs, with a sore boil,
whereof thou canst not be healed,
from the sole of thy foot unto the
crown of thy head.
36 Jehovah will bring thee, and
thy king whom thou shalt set over
thee, unto a nation that thou hast
not known, thou nor thy fathers;
and there shalt thou serve other
gods, wood and stone. 37 And
thou shalt become an astonishment,
a proverb, and a byword, among all
the peoples whither Jehovah 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 beget 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
sojourner that is in the midst of
thee shall mount up above thee
higher and higher; and thou shalt
come down lower and lower. 44 He
shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not
lend to him: he shall be the head,
and thou shalt be the tail. 45 And
all these curses shall come upon
thee, and shall pursue thee, and
overtake thee, till thou be des-
troyed; because thou hearkenedst
not unto the voice of Jehovah 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 w^onder, and
upon thy seed for ever.
47 Because thou servedst not
Jehovah thy God with joyfulness,
and with gladness of heart, by rea-
son of the abundance of all things;
2:^0
Fearful Consequences of Disobedience
48 therefore shall thou serve thine
enemies that Jehovah shall send
against thee, in hunger, and in
thirst, and in nakedness, and in
want of all things: and he shall put
a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until
he have destroyed thee. 49 Jeho-
vah will bring a nation against thee
from far, from the end of the earth,
as the eagle flieth; a nation whose
tongue thou shalt not understand;
50 a nation of fierce countenance,
that shall not regard the person of
the old, nor show favor to the young,
51 and shall eat the fruit of thy cat-
tle, and the fruit of thy ground,
until thou be destroyed; that also
shall not leave thee grain, new
wine, or oil, the increase of thy
cattle, or the young of thy flock,
until they have caused thee to
perish. 52 And they shall besiege
thee in all thy gates, until thy high
and fortified walls come down, where-
in thou trustedst, throughout all
thy land; and they shall besiege
thee in all thy gates throughout all
thy land, which Jehovah thy God
hath given thee. 53 And thou
shalt eat the fruit of thine own
body, the flesh of thy sons and of
thy daughters, whom Jehovah thy
God hath given thee, in the siege
and in the distress wherewith thine
enemies shall distress thee. 54 The
man that is tender among you, and
very delicate, his eye shall be evil
toward his brother, and toward the
wife of his bosom, and toward the
remnant of his children whom he
hath remaining; 55 so that he will
not give to any of them of the flesh
of his children whom he shall eat,
because he hath nothing left him,
in the siege and in the distress
wherewith thine enemy shall dis-
tress thee in all thy gates. 56 The
tender and delicate woman among
you, who would not adventure to
DEUTERONOMY 28.48—28.06
57 and toward her ^oung one that
cometh out from between her feet,
and toward her children whom she
shall bear; for she shall eat them for
want of all things secretly, in the
siege and in the distress wherewith
thine enemy shall distress thee in
thy gates.
58 If thou wilt not observe to
do all the words of this law that
are written in this book, that thou
mayest fear this glorious and fearful
name, Jehovah thy God ; 59 then
Jehovah will make thy plagues
w^onderful, and the plagues of thy
seed, even great plagues, and of
long continuance, and sore sick-
nesses, and of long continuance.
60 And he will bring upon thee
again all the diseases of Egypt,
which thou wast afraid of; and
they shall cleave unto thee. 61
Also every sickness, and every
plague, which is not written in the
book of this law, them will Jehovah
bring upon thee, until thou be des-
troyed. 62 And ye shall be left few
in number, whereas ye were as the
stars of heaven for multitude; be-
cause thou didst not hearken unto
the voice of Jehovah thy God.
63 And it shall come to pass, that,
as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do
you good, and to multiply you, so
Jehovah will rejoice over you to
cause yo.u to perish, and to destroy
you; and ye shall be plucked from
off the land whither thou goest in to
possess it. 64 And Jehovah will,
scatter thee among all peoples,
from the one end of the earth even
unto the other end of the earth;
and there thou shalt serve other
gods, which thou hast not known,
thou nor thy fathers, even wood
and stone. 65 And among these
nations shalt thou find no ease, and
there shall be no rest for the sole of
thy foot: but Jehovah will give
set the sole of her foot upon the [ thee there a trembling heart, and
ground for delicateness and tender- j failing of eyes, and pining of soul;
ness, her eye shall be evil toward the j 66 and thy life shall hang in doubt
husband of her bosom, and toward | before thee; and thou shalt fear
her son, and toward her daughter, I i or, after-binh
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DEUTERONOMY 28.67—29.21 The covenant made in Moab
night and day, and shalt have no
assurance of thy Hfe. 67 In the
morning thou shalt say, Would it
were even! and at even thou shalt
say. Would it were morning! for
the fear of thy heart which thou
shalt fear, and for the sight of thine
eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And
Jehovah will bring thee 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.
*QQ These are the words of
^i \j the covenant which Jehovah
commanded Moses to make with the
children of Israel in the land of
Moab, besides the covenant which
he made with them in Horeb.
t2 And Moses called unto all
Israel, and said unto them. Ye
have seen all that Jehovah did
before your eyes in the land of
Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto
all his servants, and unto all his
land; 3 the great trials which thine
eyes saw, the signs, and those great
wonders: 4 but Jehovah hath not
given you a heart to know, and eyes
to see, and ears to hear, unto this
day. 5 And I have led you forty
years in the wilderness: your clothes
are not waxed old upon you, and thy
shoe is not waxed old upon thy foot.
6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither
have ye drunk wine or strong drink;
that ye may know that I am Jeho-
vah your God. 7 And when ye
came unto this place, Sihon the
king of Heshbon, and Og the king
of Bashan, came out against us unto
battle, and we smote them: 8 and
we took their land, and gave it for
an 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 d©.
10 Ye stand this day all of you
♦Ch. 28.69 in Heb.
1 Or, deal wisely
tCh. 29.1 in Heb.
before Jehovah 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 sojourner that
is in the midst of thy camps, from
the hewer of thy wood unto the
drawer of thy water; 12 that thou
mayest enter into the covenant of
Jehovah thy God, ^ and into his
oath, which Jehovah thy God mak-
eth with thee this day; 13 that he
may establish thee this day unto
himself for a people, and that he
may be unto thee a God, as he
spake unto thee, and as he 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 with him that standeth here
with us this day before Jehovah our
God, and also with him that is not
here with us this day 16 (for ye
know how we dwelt in the land of
Egypt, and how we came through
the midst of the nations through
which ye passed; 17 and ye have
seen their abominations, and their
idols, wood and stone, silver and
gold, w^hich were among them);
18 lest there should be among you
man, or woman, or family, or tribe,
whose heart turneth away this day
from Jehovah our God, to go to
serve the gods of those nations; lest
there should be among you a root
that beareth -gall and wormwood;
19 and it come to pass, when he
heareth the words of this ^curse,
that he bless himself in his heart,
saying, I shall have peace, though
I walk in the stubbornness of my
heart. Ho destroy the moist with
the dry. 20 Jehovah will not par-
don him, but then the anger of
Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke
against that man, and all the curse
that is written in this book shall lie
upon him, and Jehovah will blot
out his name from under heaven.
21 And Jehovah will set him apart
2 Heb. rosh, a poisonous herb.
» Or, oath (and so ver. 20, 21)
< Or, to add drunkenness to thirst
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Solemn Injunctions and Promises
unto evil out of all the tribes of
Israel, according to all the curses of
the covenant that is written in this
book of the law.
22 And the generation to come,
your children that shall rise up after
you, and the foreigner that shall
come from a far land, shall say,
when they see the plagues of that
land, and the sicknesses wherewith
Jehovah hath made it sick; 23 and
that the whole land thereof is brim-
stone, and salt, and a burning, that
it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any
grass groweth therein, like the over-
throw of Sodom and Gomorrah,
Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah
overthrew in his anger, and in his
wrath: 24 even all the nations shall
say. Wherefore hath Jehovah done
thus unto this land? what meaneth
the heat of this great anger? 25 Then
men shall say, Because they forsook
the covenant of Jehovah, the God
of their fathers, which he made
with them when he brought them
forth out of the land of Egypt,
26 and went and served other
gods, and worshipped them, gods
that they knew not, and that he
had not ^given unto them: 27 there-
fore the anger of Jehovah was
kindled against this land, to bring
upon it all the curse that is written
in this book; 28 and Jehovah rooted
them out of their land in anger, and
in wrath, and in great indignation,
and cast them into another land, as
at this day. 29 The secret things be-
long unto Jehovah our God ; but the
things that are revealed belong unto
us and to our children for ever, that
we may do all the words of this law.
Or\ And it shall come to pass,
OW when all these things are
come upon thee, the blessing and
the curse, which I have set before
thee, and thou shalt call them to
mind among all the nations, whither
Jehovah thy God hath driven thee,
2 and shalt return unto Jehovah thy
God, and shalt obey his voice
according to all that I command
» Heb. allotted.
DEUTERONOMY 29.22—30.13
thee this day, thou and thy children,
with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul; 3 that then Jehovah thy God
will ^turn thy captivity, and have
compassion upon thee, and will re-
turn and gather thee from all the
peoples, whither Jehovah thy God
hath scattered thee. 4 If any of
thine outcasts be in the uttermost
parts of heaven, from thence will
Jehovah thy God gather thee, and
from thence will he fetch thee:
5 and Jehovah thy God will bring
thee into the land which thy fathers
possessed, and thou shalt possess it;
and he will do thee good, and
multiply thee above thy fathers.
6 And Jehovah thy God will circum-
cise thy heart, and the heart of thy
seed, to love Jehovah thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
that thou mayest live. 7 And Je-
hovah thy God will put all these
curses upon thine enemies, and on
them that hate thee, that perse-
cuted thee. 8 And thou shalt re-
turn and obey the voice of Jehovah,
and do all his commandments which
I command thee this day. 9 And
Jehovah thy God will make thee
plenteous in all the work of thy
hand, in the fruit of thy body, and
in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the
fruit of thy ground, for good: for
Jehovah will again rejoice over thee
for good, as he rejoiced over thy
fathers; 10 if thou shalt obey the
voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep
his commandments and his statutes
which are written in this book of the
law; if thou turn unto Jehovah
thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul.
11 For this commandment which
I command thee this day, it is not
too ^hard 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 should-
est say, Who shall go over the sea
2 Or. y:turn to
3 Or, wonderful
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DEUTERONOMY 30.14 — 31.14 Moses' Final Charge. The Law delivered to the Priests
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 Jehovah thy
God, to walk in his ways, and to
keep his commandments and his
statutes and his ordinances, that
thou mayest Hve and multiply,
and that Jehovah thy God may
bless thee in the land whither thou
goest in to possess it. 17 But if
thy heart turn away, and thou wilt
not hear, but shalt be drawn away,
and worship other gods, and serve
them; 18 I denounce unto you this
day, that ye shall surely perish;
ye shall not prolong your days in
the land, whither thou passest over
the Jordan to go in to possess it.
19 I call heaven and earth to wit-
ness against you this day, that I
have set before thee life and death,
the blessing and the curse: there-
fore choose life, that thou mayest
live, thou and thy seed; 20 to love
Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice,
and to cleave unto him; for %e
is thy life, and the length of thy
days; that thou mayest dwell in
the land which Jehovah sware unto
thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob, to give them.
Q 1 And Moses went and spake
O 1 these words unto all Israel.
2 And he said unto them, I am a
hundred and twenty years old this
day; I can no more go out and
come in: and Jehovah hath said
unto me. Thou shalt not go over
this Jordan. 3 Jehovah thy God,
he will go over before thee; he will
destroy these nations from before
thee, and thou shalt dispossess
them: and Joshua, he shall go over
before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.
4 And Jehovah will do unto them
as he did to Sihon and to Og, the
1 Or, that
kings of the Amorites, and unto
their land; whom he destroyed.
5 And Jehovah will deliver them up
before you, and ye shall do unto
them according unto all the com-
mandment which I have commanded
you. 6 Be strong and of good
courage, fear not, nor be affrighted
at them: for Jehovah thy God, he
it is that doth go with thee; he will
not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 7
And Moses called unto Joshua, and
said unto him in the sight of all
Israel, Be strong and of good cour-
age: for thou shalt go with this
people into the land which Jehovah
hath sworn unto their fathers to
give them; and thou shalt cause
them to inherit it. 8 And Jehovah,
he it is that doth go before thee; he
will be with thee, he will not fail
thee, neither forsake thee: fear not,
neither be dismayed.
9 And Moses wrote this law, and
delivered it unto the priests the
sons of Levi, that bare the ark of
the covenant of Jehovah, and unto
all the elders of Israel. 10 And
Moses commanded them, saying,
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
Jehovah thy God in the place which
he shall choose, thou shalt read
this law before all Israel in their
hearing. 12 Assemble the people,
the men and the women and the
little ones, and thy sojourner that
is within thy gates, that they may
hear, and that they may learn, and
fear Jehovah your God, and observe
to do all the words of this law;
13 and that their children, who
have not known, may hear, and
learn to fear Jehovah your God, as
long as ye live in the land whither
ye go over the Jordan to possess it.
14 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Behold, thy days approach that
thou must die: call Joshua, and
present yourselves in the tent of
meeting, that I may give him a
charge. And Moses and Joshua
234
Joshua commissioned. The Law put beside the Ark DEUTERONOMY 31.15 — 32.3
went, and presented themselves in
the tent of meeting. 15 And Je-
hovah appeared in the Tent in a
pillar of cloud: and the pillar of
cloud stood ^over the door of the
Tent. 16 And Jehovah said unto
Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep
with thy fathers; and this people
will rise up, and play the harlot
after the strange gods of the land,
whither they go to be among them,
and will forsake me, and break
my covenant which I have made
with them. 17 Then my anger
shall be kindled against them in
that day, and I will forsake them,
and I will hide my face from them,
and they shall be devoured, and
many evils and troubles shall come
upon them; so that they will say
in that day. Are not these evils
come upon us because our God is
not among us.'^ 18 And I will surely
hide my face in that day for all the
evil which they shall have wrought,
in that they are turned unto other
gods. 19 Now therefore write ye
this song for you, and teach thou
it the children of Israel: put it in
their mouths, that this song may
be a witness for me against the
children of Israel. 20 For when
I shall have brought them into the
land which I sware unto their fath-
ers, flowing with milk and honey,
and they shall have eaten and filled
themselves, and waxed fat; then
will they turn unto other gods, and
serve them, and despise me, and
break my covenant. 21 And it
shall come to pass, when many
evils and troubles are come upon
them, that this song shall testify
before them as a witness; for it
shall not be forgotten out of the
mouths of their seed: for I know
their imagination which they frame
this day, before I have brought
them into the land which I sware.
22 So Moses wrote this song the
same day, and taught it the chil-
dren of Israel. 23 And he gave
Joshua the son of Nun a charge,
^ Or, by
and said. Be strong and of 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 finished, 25 that Moses
commanded the Levites, that bare
the ark of the covenant of Jehovah,
saying, 26 Take this book of the
law, and put it by the side of the
ark of the covenant of Jehovah
your God, that it may be there for a
witness against thee. 27 For I
know thy rebellion, and thy stiff
neck: behold, while I am yet alive
with you this day, ye have been
rebellious against Jehovah; and how
much more after my death .^^ 28 As-
semble 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
commanded you; and evil will be-
fall you in the latter days; because
ye will do that which is evil in the
sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to
anger through the work of your
hands.
30 And Moses spake in the ears
of all the assembly of Israel the
words of this song, until they were
finished.
QQ Give ear, ye heavens, and
Ow 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
Jehovah :
Ascribe ye greatness unto oui
God.
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DEUTERONOMY 32.4—32.21 The Song of Moses
4 The Rock, his work is perfect;
For all his ways are justice:
A God of faithfulness and with-
out iniquity,
Just and right is he.
5 They have Mealt corruptly with
him, they are not his children,
Ht is their blemish;
They are a perverse and crooked
generation.
6 Do ye thus requite Jehovah,
O foolish people and unwise.^^
Is not he thy father that hath
^bought thee.f^
He hath made thee, and estab-
lished thee.
7 Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of many gen-
erations :
Ask thy father, and he will
show thee;
Thine elders, and they will tell
thee.
8 When the Most High gave to
the nations their inheritance,
When he separated the chil-
dren of men.
He set the bounds of the peoples
According to the number of the
children of Israel.
9 For Jehovah's portion is his
people;
Jacob is the lot of his inheri-
tance.
10 He found him in a desert land.
And in the waste howling wil-
derness ;
He compassed him about, he
cared for him.
He kept him as the apple of his eye.
11 As an eagle that stirreth up her
nest.
That fluttereth over her young,
^He spread abroad his wings,
he took them.
He bare them on his pinions.
12 Jehovah alone did lead him.
And there was no foreign god
with him.
13 He made him ride on the high
places of the earth,
1 Or, corrupted themsejves, they b'c.
* Or, but a blot upon them ^ Or, possessed Or, gotten
* Or, Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, bearelh
them on her pinions
And he did eat the increase of
the field;
And he made him to suck honey
out of the rock.
And oil out of the flinty rock;
14 Butter of the herd, and milk of
the flock,
With fat of lambs.
And rams of the breed of Bashan,
and goats.
With the ^finest of the wheat;
And of the blood of the grape
thou drankest wine.
15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and
kicked :
Thou art waxed fat, thou art
grown thick, thou art become
sleek;
Then he forsook God who made
him.
And lightly esteemed the Rock
of his salvation.
16 They moved him to jealousy
with strange gods;
With abominations provoked
they him to anger.
17 They sacrificed unto demons,
which were no God,
To gods that they knew not.
To new gods that came up of late,
W^hich your fathers dreaded not.
18 Of the Rock that ^begat thee
thou art unmindful.
And hast forgotten God that
gave thee bjrth.
19 And Jehovah saw it, and ab-
horred them.
Because of the provocation of
his sons and his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face
from them,
I will see what their end shall be :
For they are a very perverse
generation,
Children in whom is no faith-
fulness.
21 They have moved me to jealousy
with that which is not God;
They have provoked me to anger
with their vanities:
And I will move them to jealousy
with those that are not a
people;
5 Heb. fat of kidneys of wheat.
« Or, bare
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The Song of Moses
I will provoke them to anger
with a foolish nation.
22 For a fire is kindled in mine
anger,
And burneth unto the lowest
Sheol,
And devoureth the earth with
its increase,
And setteth on fire the founda-
tions of the mountains.
23 I will heap evils upon them;
I will spend mine arrows upon
them:
24 They shall he wasted with hunger,
and devoured with ^burning
heat
And bitter destruction;
And the teeth of beasts will I
send upon them.
With the poison of crawling
things of the dust.
25 Without shall the sword bereave.
And in the chambers terror;
It shall destroy both young man
and virgin.
The suckling with the man of
gray hairs.
26 I said, I would scatter them afar,
I would make the remembrance
of them to cease from among
men;
27 Were it not that I feared the
provocation of the enemy.
Lest their adversaries should
judge amiss.
Lest they should say, Our hand
is exalted,
And Jehovah hath not done all
this.
28 For they are a nation void of
counsel.
And there is no understanding
in them.
Oh that they were wise, that
they understood this.
That they would consider their
latter end!
30 How should one chase a thousand.
And two put ten thousand to
flight.
Except their Rock had sold them,
And Jehovah had delivered them
I?
up]
' Heb. hurtling coals. See Hab. 3.5.
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DEUTERONOMY 32.22—32.41
31 For their rock is not as our Rock,
Even our enemies themselves
being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of
Sodom,
And of the fields of Gomorrah:
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter:
33 Their wine is the poison of ser-
pents.
And the cruel venom of asps.
34 Is not this laid up in store with
me.
Sealed up ^among my 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 Jehovah will judge his peo-
ple.
And repent himself for his ser-
vants;
When he seeth that their power
is gone.
And there is none remaining,
shut up or left at large.
37 And he Will say. Where are their
gods.
The rock in which they took
ref u£re *
38 Which did eat the fat of their
sacrifices.
And drank the wine of their
drink-offering?
Let them rise up and help ypu.
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 wound, and I heal;
And there is none that can de-
liver out of my hand.
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven.
And say. As I live for ever,
41 If I whet ^my glittering sword.
And my hand take hold on judg-
ment;
I will render vengeance to mine
adversaries,
2 Or, in my treasuries 3 Heb. 'the lightning of my sword.
DEUTERONOMY 32.42—33.9 Exhortation to observe the Law. The B.essing of Moses
And will recompense them that
hate me.
42 I will make mine arrows drunk
with blood,
And my sword shall devour flesh;
With the blood of the slain and
the captives,
^From ^the head of the leaders
of the enemy.
43 ^Rejoice, O ''ye nations, with
his people:
For he will avenge the blood of
his servants,
And will render vengeance to
his adversaries.
And will make expiation for his
land, for his people.
44 And Moses came and spake
all the words of this song in the
ears of the people, he, and Hoshea
the son of Nun. 45 And Moses
made an end of speaking all these
words to all Israel; 46 and he said
unto them, Set your heart unto all
the words which I testify unto you
this day, which ye shall command
your children to observe to do,
even all the words of this law. 47
For it is no vain thing for you; be-
cause it is your life, and through
this thing ye shall prolong your
days in the land, whither ye go over
the Jordan to possess it.
48 And Jehovah spake unto Moses
that selfsame day, saying, 49 Get
thee up into this mountain of Aba-
rim, 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 possession;
50 and die in the mount whither
thou goest up, and be gathered unto
thy people, as Aaron thy brother
died in mount Hor, and was gathered
unto his people: 51 because ye tres-
passed against me in the midst of the
children of Israel at the waters of
Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilder-
ness of Zin ; because ye sanctified me
not in the midst of the children of
1 Or, From the beginning of revenges upon the enemy
2 Or, the hairy head of the enemy
2 Or, Praise his people, ye nations
* Or, ye nations, his people
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.
QQ And this is the blessing,
tjCj wherewith Moses the man
of God blessed the children of Israel
before his death. 2 And he said,
Jehovah came from Sinai,
And rose from Seir unto them;
He shined forth from mount
Paran,
And he came from the ten thou-
sands of %oly ones:
At his right hand ^was a fiery
law for them.
3 Yea, he loveth the ^people;
All %is saints are in thy hand:
And they sat down at thy feet;
Every one ^shall receive of thy
words.
4 Moses commanded us a law,
An inheritance for the assembly
of Jacob.
5 And ^^he w^as king in Jeshurun,
When the heads of the people
were gathered.
All the tribes of Israel together.
6 Let Reuben live, and not die;
^^Nor let his men be few.
7 And this is the blessing of Judah :
and he said.
Hear, Jehovah, the voice of
Judah,
And bring him in unto his
people.
^^With his hands he contended
^Hor himself;
And thou shalt be a help against
his adversaries.
8 And of Levi he said.
Thy Thummim and thy Urim
are with ^^thy godly one.
Whom thou didst prove at Mas-
sah,
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;
6 Heb. holiness.
6 Or, was fire, a law Or, as otherwise read, were
streams for them
7 Or, tribes « Or, their holy ones » Or, received
'0 Or, there was a king " Or, But
12 Or, I^t his hands be sufficient for them
" Or, for them " Or, him whom thou lovest
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Neither did he acknowledge his
brethren,
Nor knew he his own children:
For they have observed thy word,
And keep thy covenant.
10 They shall teach Jacob thine
ordinances,
And Israel thy law:
They shall put incense ^before
thee,
And whole burnt-offering upon
upon thine altar.
11 Bless, Jehovah, his substance.
And accept the work of his hands :
Smite through the loins of them
that rise up against him.
And of them that hate him, that
they rise not again.
12 Of Benjamin he said.
The beloved of Jehovah shall
dwell in safety by him;
He covereth him all the day long.
And he dwelleth between his
shoulders.
13 And of Joseph he said.
Blessed of Jehovah be his land,
For the 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 everlasting 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 Hhat was sepa-
rate from his brethren.
^The firstling of his herd, majesty
is his;
And his horns are the horns of
the wild-ox:
' Heb. in thy nostrils.
2 Or, months
3 Or, that is prince among,
^ Or, Hisfirsllins. bullock
DEUTERONOMY 33.10—33.25
With them he shall ^push the
peoples all of them, even the
ends of the earth:
And they are the ten thousands
of- Ephraim,
And they are the thousands of
Manasseh.
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 righteousness:
For they shall suck the abun-
dance 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 ^the lawgiver's
portion reserved;
And he came ^wiih the heads
of the people;
He executed the righteousness
of Jehovah,
And his ordinances 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 favor,
And full with the blessing of
Jehovah,
Possess thou the ^west and the
south.
24 And of Asher he said.
Blessed be Asher ^^with children;
Let him be acceptable unto his
brethren,
And let him dip his foot in oil.
25 Thy ^^bars shall be iron and
brass;
And as thy days, so shall thy
^^strength be.
« Or, gore
6 Or, chose Heb. saw.
7 Or, a ruler's portion
« Or, to
» Or, sea
'" Or, above sons
" Or, shoes
12 Or, rest Or, security
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DEUTERONOMY 33.26—34.12 The Death of Moses
26
O
29
There is none like unto God
Jeshurun,
Who rideth upon the heavens
for thy help,
And in his excellency on the skies.
27 The eternal God is thy dwelling-
place,
And underneath are the ever-
lasting arms.
And he thrust out the enemy
from before thee,
And said, Destroy.
28 And Israel dwelleth in safety,
The fountain of Jacob alone.
In a land of grain and new wine;
Yea, his heavens drop down dew.
Happy art thou, O Israel :
Who is like unto thee, a people
saved by Jehovah,
The shield of thy help.
And the sword of thy excellency !
And thine enemies shall ^sub-
mit themselves unto thee;
And thou shalt tread upon their
high places.
OA And Moses went up from
Ot^ the plains of Moab unto mount
Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is
over against Jericho. And Jehovah
showed him all the land of Gilead,
unto Dan, 2 and all Naphtali, and
the land of Ephraim and Manasseh,
and all the land of Judah, unto the
^hinder sea, 3 and the South, and the
Plain of the valley of Jericho the
city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. 4 And
Jehovah said unto him. This is the
* Or, yield feigned obedience
2 That is, western.
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 Jehovah
died there in the land of Moab,
according to the word of Jehovah.
6 And %e buried him in the valley
in the land of Moab over against
Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of
his sepulchre unto this day. 7 And
Moses was a hundred and twenty
years old when he died: his eye
was not dim, nor his natural force
abated. 8 And the children of
Israel wept for Moses in the plains
of Moab thirty days: so the days
of weeping in the mourning for
Moses were ended.
9 And Joshua the son of Nun
was full of the spirit of wisdom;
for Moses had laid his hands upon
him: and the children of Israel
hearkened unto him, and did as
Jehovah commanded Moses. 10
And there hath not arisen a prophet
since in Israel like unto Moses,
whom Jehovah knew face to face,
II in all the signs and the wonders,
which Jehovah sent him to do in
the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and
to all his servants, and to all his
land, 12 and in all the mighty hand,
and in all the great terror, which
Moses wrought in the sight of all
Israel.
2 Or, he was buried
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JOSHUA
Jehovah's Charge to Joshua. Joshua prepares to cross the Jordan
INow it came to pass after the
death of Moses the servant of
Jehovah, that Jehovah j spake unto
Joshua the son of ^un, 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 wilder-
ness, and this Lebanon, even unto
the great river, the river Euphrates,
all the land of the Hittites, and
unto the great sea toward the going
down of the sun, shall be your bor-
der. 5 There shall not any man
be able to stand before thee all the
days of thy life: as I was with
Moses, so I will be with thee; I
will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
6 Be strong and of good courage;
for thou shalt cause this people to
! inherit the land which I sware unto
! their fathers to give them. 7 Only
j be strong and very courageous, to
observe to do according to all the
law, which Moses my servant com-
manded thee: turn not from it to
' the right hand or to the left, that
thou mayest %ave good success
whithersoever thou goest. 8 This
book of the law shall not depart
out of thy mouth, but thou shalt
meditate thereon day and night,
that thou mayest observe to do
according to all that is written
therein: for then thou shalt make
thy way prosperous, and then thou
shalt %ave good success. 9 Have
not I commanded thee.'^ Be strong
and of good courage; be not af-
' Or, deal wisely
241
frighted, neither be thou dismayed:
for Jehovah thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest.
10 Then Joshua commanded the
officers of the people, saying, 11
Pass through the midst of the camp,
and command the people, saying.
Prepare you victuals; for within
three days ye are to pass over this
Jordan, to go in to possess the land,
which Jehovah your God giveth
you to possess it.
12 And to the Reubenites, and
to the Gadites, and to the half -tribe
of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
13 Remember the word which Mo-
ses the servant of Jehovah com-
manded you, saying, Jehovah your
God giveth you rest, and will give
you this land. 14 Your wives, your
little ones, and your cattle, shall
abide in the land which Moses gave
you beyond the Jordan; but ye
shall pass over before your breth-
ren armed, all the mighty men of
valor, and shall help them; 15 until
Jehovah have given your brethren
rest, as he hath given you, and they
also have possessed the land which
Jehovah your God giveth them:
then ye shall return unto the land
of your possession, and possess it,
which Moses the servant of Jeho-
vah gave you beyond the Jordan
toward the sunrising. 16 And they
answered Joshua, saying. All that
thou hast commanded us we will
do, and withersoever thou sendest
us we will go. 17 According as
we hearkened unto Moses in all
things, so will we hearken unto
thee: only Jehovah thy God be
with thee, as he was with Moses.
18 Whosoever he be that shall rebel
against thy commandment, and shall
JOSHUA 2.1—2.21
spies sent to Jericho; iiidden by Rahab, and afterward dismissed
not hearken unto thy words in all
that thou commandest him, he shall
be put to death : only be strong and
of good courage.
2 And Joshua the son of Nun
sent out of Shittim two men
as spies secretly, saying. Go, view
the land, and Jericho. And they
went, and came into the house of
a harlot whose name was 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, that are entered into thy
house; for they are 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 knew not whence
they were: 5 and it came to pass
about the time of the shutting of
the gate, when it was dark, that
the men went out; whither the men
went I know not: pursue after them
quickly; for ye will overtake them.
6 But she had brought them up to
the roof, and hid them with the
stalks of flax, which she had laid
in order upon the roof. 7 And the
men pursued after them the way to
the Jordan unto the fords: and as
soon as they that pursued after them
were gone out, they shut the gate.
8 And before they were laid
down, she came up unto them
upon the roof; 9 and she said unto
the men, I know that Jehovah hath
given you the land, and that the
fear of you is fallen upon us, and
that all the inhabitants of the land
melt away before you. 10 For we
have heard how Jehovah dried up
the water of the Red Sea before you,
when ye came out of Egypt; and
what ye did unto the two kings of
the Amorites, that were beyond
the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og,
whom ye Hitterly destroyed. 11
And as soon as we had heard it, our
^ Heb. devoted.
hearts did melt, neither did there
remain any more spirit in any man,
because of you: for Jehovah your
God, he is God in heaven above, and
on earth beneath. 12 Now there-
fore, I pray you, swear unto me by
Jehovah, 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 Jehovah giveth us the land,
that we will deal kindly and truly
with thee.
15 Then she let them down by a
cord through the window: for her
house was upon the side of the
wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
16 And she said unto them, Get
you to the mountain, lest the pursu-
ers light upon you; and hide your-
selves there three days, until the
pursuers be returned: and after-
ward 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 Be-
hold, when we come into the land,
thou shall bind this line of scarlet
thread in the window which thou
didst let us down by: and thou
shall gather unto thee into the
house thy father, and thy mother,
and thy brethren, and all thy father's
household. 19 And it shall be,
that whosoever shall go out of the
doors of thy house into the street,
his blood shall be upon his head,
and we shall be guiltless: and who-
soever shall be with thee in the
house, his blood shall be on out
head, if any hand be upon him.
20 But if thou utter this our busi-
ness, then we shall be guiltless of
thine oath which thou hast made
us to swear. 21 And she said, Ac-
cording unto your words, so be it.
- Heb. instead of you to die.
542
The Order for crossing the Jordan. The People pass over the Jordan
And she sent them away, and they
departed: and she bound the scarlet
Hne in the window.
22 And they went, and came
unto the mountain, and abode there
three days, until the pursuers were
returned: 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 Jehovah hath de-
livered 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 the Jor-
dan, he and all the children of Israel;
and they lodged there before they
passed over. 2 And it came to
pass after three days, that the offi-
cers went through the midst of the
camp; 3 and they commanded the
people, saying. When ye see the
ark of the covenant of Jehovah 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
Jehovah will do wonders among you.
6 And Joshua spake unto the priests,
saying, Take up the ark of the coven-
ant, and pass over before the people.
And they took up the ark of the cov-
enant, and went before the people.
7 And Jehovah said unto Joshua,
This day will I begin to magnify
thee in ^he sight of all Israel, that
they may know that, as I was with
Moses, so I will be with thee. 8 And
thou shalt command the priests
that bear the ark of the covenant,
saying. When ye are come to the
JOSHUA 2.22—3.17
brink of the waters of the Jordan,
ye shall stand still in the Jordan.
9 And Joshua said unto the children
of Israel, Come hither, and hear the
words of Jehovah 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
Girgashite, and the Amorite, and
the Jebusite. 11 Behold, the ark
of the covenant of the Lord of all
the earth passeth over before you
into the Jordan. 12 Now therefore
take you twelve men out of the
tribes of Israel, for every tribe a
man. 13 And it shall come to pass,
when the soles of the feet of the
priests that bear the ark of Jehovah,
the Lord of all the earth, shall rest
in the waters of the Jordan, that the
waters of the Jordan shall be cut
off, even the waters that come
down from above; and they shall
stand in one heap.
14 And it came to pass, when the
people removed from their tents, to
pass over the Jordan, the priests
that bare the ark of the covenant
being before the people; 15 and
when they that bare the ark were
come unto the Jordan, and the feet
of the priests that bare the ark
were dipped in the brink of the
water (for the Jordan overfloweth
all its banks all the time of har-
vest), 16 that the waters which
came down from above stood, and
rose up in one heap, a great way
^off, at Adam, the city that is be-
side Zarethan; and those that went
down toward the sea of the Arabah,
even the Salt Sea, were wholly
cut off: and the people passed over
right against Jericho. 17 And the
priests that bare the ark of the
covenant of Jehovah stood firm on
dry ground in the midst of the Jor-
dan; and all Israel passed over on
dry ground, until all the nation
were passed clean over the Jordan.
1 Another reading is, off from.
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JOSHUA 4.1 — 4.23 Memorial Stones taken from the Jordan. The Stones set up at Qilgal
4 And it came to pass, when all
the nation were clean passed
over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake
unto Joshua, saying, 2 Take you
twelve men out of the people, out
of every tribe a man, 3 and com-
mand ye them, saying, Take you
hence out of the midst of the Jor-
dan, out of the place where the
priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones,
and carry them over with you, and
lay them down in the lodging-place,
where ye shall lodge this night.
4 Then Joshua called the twelve
men, whom he had prepared of the
children of Israel, out of every tribe
a man : 5 and Joshua said unto them.
Pass over before the ark of Jehovah
your God into the midst ot the
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 the
Jordan were cut off before the ark
of the covenant of Jehovah; when it
passed over the Jordan, the waters
of the Jordan were cut off: and
these stones shall be for a 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 the Jordan, as Jehovah spake
unto Joshua, according to the num-
ber of the tribes of the children of
Israel; and they carried them over
with them unto the place where
they lodged, and laid them down
there. 9 And Joshua set up twelve
stones in the midst of the Jordan,
in the place where the feet of the
priests that bare the ark of the
covenant stood: and they are there
unto this day. 10 for the priests
that bare the ark stood in the midst
of the Jordan, until everything
was finished that Jehovah com-
manded Joshua to speak unto the
people, according to all that Moses
commanded Joshua: and the peo-
ple hasted and passed over. 11 And
it came to pass, when all the people
were clean passed over, that the ark
of Jehovah passed over, and the
priests, in the presence of the
people. 12 And the children of
Reuben, and the children of Gad,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
passed over armed before the chil-
dren of Israel, as Moses spake unto
them: 13 about forty thousand
ready armed for war passed over
before Jehovah unto battle, to the
plains of Jericho. 14 On that day
Jehovah magnified Joshua in the
sight of all Israel; and they feared
him, as they feared Moses, all the
days of his life.
15 And Jehovah spake unto
Joshua, saying, 16 Command the
priests that bear the ark of the
testimony, that they come up out
of the Jordan. 17 Joshua there-
fore commanded the priests, say-
ing. Come ye up out of the Jordan.
18 And it came to pass, when the
priests that - bare the ark of the
covenant of Jehovah were come up
out of the midst of the Jordan, and
the soles of the priests' feet were
lifted up unto the dry ground, that
the waters of the Jordan returned
unto their place, and went over all
its banks, as aforetime.
19 And the people came up out
of the Jordan on 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 the Jordan,
did Joshua set up in Gilgal. 21 And
he spake unto the children of Israel,
saying. When your children shall
ask their fathers in time to come,
saying. What mean these stones.'^
22 then ye shall let your children
know, saying, Israel came over this
Jordan on dry land. 23 F^r Jeho-i
vah your God dried up the waters
of the Jordan from before you, until
ye were passed over, as Jehovah
your God did to the Red Sea, which
he dried up from before us, until
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we were passed over; 24 that all
the peoples of the earth may know
the hand of Jehovah, that it is
mighty; that ye may fear Jehovah
your God for ever.
5 And it came to pass, when all
the kings of the Amorites, that
were beyond the Jordan westward,
and all the kings of the Canaanites,
that were by the sea, heard how
that Jehovah had dried up the
waters of the Jordan from before
the children of Israel, until Ve
were passed over, that their heart
melted, neither was there spirit in
them any more, because of the chil-
dren of Israel.
2 At that time Jehovah said unto
Joshua, Make thee knives of flint,
and circumcise again the children
of Israel the second time. 3 And
Joshua made him knives of flint,
and circumcised the children of
Israel at ^the hill of the foreskins.
4 And this is the cause why Joshua
did circumcise: all the people that
came forth out of 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 children of Israel walked
forty years in the wilderness, till all
the nation, even the men of war
that came forth out of Egypt, were
consumed, because they hearkened
not unto the voice of Jehovah:
unto whom Jehovah sware that he
would not let them see the land
which Jehovah sware unto their
fathers that he would give us, a land
flowing with milk and honey. 7
And their children, whom he raised
up in their stead, them did Joshua
circumcise: for they were uncircum-
cised, 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 Jeho-
vah said unto Joshua, This day
have I rolled away the reproach of
Egypt from off you. Wherefore
the name of that place was called
^Gilgal, unto this day.
10 And the children of Israel en-
camped in Gilgal; and they kept
the passover on the fourteenth day
of the month at even in the plains
of Jericho. 11 And they did eat of
the produce of the land on the
morrow after the passover, unleav-
ened cakes and parched grain, in
the selfsame day. 12 And the
manna ceased on the morrow, after
they had eaten of the produce of
the land; neither had the children
of Israel manna any more; but
they did eat of the fruit of the land
of Canaan tiiat 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 prince of
the host of Jehovah am I now come.
And Joshua fell on his face to the
earth, and did worship, and said
unto him. What saith my lord unto
his servant.^ 15 And the prince of
Jehovah's host said unto Joshua,
Put off thy shoe from off thy foot;
for the place whereon thou 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 Jehovah said unto
Joshua, See, I have given into thy
hand Jericho, and the king thereof,
and the mighty men of valor. 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 ^trumpets of rams' horns
Another reading is, they. 2 Or, Gibeath-haaraloth
3 That is, Rolling. ^ Or, jubilee trumpets
* Ileb. shut the gates and was shut in.
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JOSHUA 6.5 — 6.23 Jericho compassed and destroyed
before the ark: and the seventh day
ye shall compass the city seven
times, and the priests shall blow the
trumpets. 5 And it shall be, that,
when they make a long blast with
the ram's horn, and when ye hear
the sound of the trumpet, all the
people shall shout with a great
shout; and the wall of the city shall
fall down ^flat, and the people shall
go up every man straight before
him. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun
called the priests, and said unto
them, Take up the ark of the cove-
nant, and let seven priests bear
seven trumpets of rams' horns be-
fore the ark of Jehovah. 7 And
Hhey said unto the people. Pass on,
and compass the city, and let the
armed men pass on before the ark
of Jehovah.
8 And it was so, that, when
Joshua had spoken unto the people,
the seven priests bearing the seven
trumpets of rams' horns before
Jehovah passed on, and blew the
trumpets: and the ark of the cove-
nant of Jehovah followed them.
9 And the armed men went before
the priests that blew the trumpets,
and the rearward went after the
ark, the priests blowing the trumpets
as they went. 10 And Joshua com-
manded the people, saying. Ye
shall not shout, nor let your voice
be heard, neither shall any word
proceed out of your mouth, until
the day I bid you shout; then shall
ye shout. 11 So he caused the ark
of Jehovah to compass the city, go-
ing about it once: and they came
into the camp, and lodged in the
camp.
12 And Joshua rose early in the
morning, and the priests took up
the ark of Jehovah. 13 And the
seven priests bearing the seven
trumpets of rams' horns before the
ark of Jehovah went on continually,
and blew the trumpets: and the
armed men went before them; and
the rearward came after the ark
of Jehovah, the priests blowing the
1 Heb. in its place.
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 the trumpets, Joshua said
unto the people, Shout; for Jeho-
vah hath given you the city. 17
And the city shall be devoted,
even it and all that is therein, to
Jehovah: only Rahab the harlot
shall live, she and all that are with
her in the house, because she hid
the messengers that we sent. 18
But as for you, only keep your-
selves from the devoted thing, lest
when ye have devoted it, ye take
of the devoted thing; so would
ye make the camp of Israel ^ac-
cursed, and trouble it. 19 But
all the silver, and gold, and vessels
of brass and iron, are holy unto
Jehovah: they shall come into the
treasury of Jehovah. 20 So the
people shouted, and the priests blew
the trumpets: and it came to pass,
when the people heard the sound
of the trumpet, that the people
shouted with a great shout, and
the wall fell down ^flat, so that
the people went up into the city,
every man straight before him, and
they took the city. 21 And they
^utterly destroyed all that was in
the 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 that 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
2 Another reading is, he. ' Heb. devoted. * Heb. in its place. * Heb. devoted.
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Rahab saved. Israel defeated at Ai
her brethren, and all that she had;
all her %indred 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 Jehovah. 25 But
Rahab the harlot, and her father's
household, and all that she had,
did Joshua save alive; and she
dwelt in the midst of Israel unto
this day, because she hid the mes-
sengers, whom Joshua sent to spy
out Jericho. 26 And Joshua charged
them with an oath at that time,
saying. Cursed be the man before
Jehovah, that riseth up and buildeth
this city Jericho : with the loss of his
first-born shall he lay the foundation
thereof, and with the loss of his
youngest son shall he set up the
gates of it. 27 So Jehovah was
with Joshua; and his fame was in
all the land.
7 But the children of Israel
committed a trespass in the
devoted thing; for Achan, the son
of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son
of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took
of the devoted thing: and the anger
of Jehovah was kindled against the
children of Israel.
2 And Joshua sent men from
Jericho to Ai, which is beside
Beth-aven, on the east side of
Beth-el, and spake unto them, say-
ing. 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 ^Shebarim, and smote
JOSHUA 6.24—7.14
Heb. families.
2 Or, the quarries
them at the descent: and the hearts
of the people melted, and became as
water.
6 And Joshua rent his clothes,
and fell to the earth upon his face
before the ark of Jehovah until
the evening, he and the elders of
Israel; and they put dust upon
their heads. 7 And Joshua said,
Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore
hast thou at all brought this people
over the Jordan, to deliver us into
the hand of the Amorites, to cause
us to perish.^ would that we had
been content and dwelt beyond
the Jordan! 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 will
hear of it, and will compass us
round, and cut off our name from
the earth: and what wilt thou do
for thy great name.?
10 And Jehovah said unto Joshua,
Get thee up; wherefore art thou
thus fallen upon thy face.? 11 Israel
hath sinned; yea, they have even
transgressed my covenant 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 There-
fore the children of Israel cannot
stand before their enemies; they
turn their backs before their ene-
mies, because they are become ac-
cursed: I will not be with you any
more, except ye destroy the devoted
thing from among you. 13 Up,
sanctify the people, and say. Sanc-
tify yourselves against to-morrow:
for thus saith Jehovah, the God of
Israel, There is a devoted thing in
the midst of thee, O Israel; thou
canst not stand before 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 Jehovah taketh
shall come near by families; and
the family which Jehovah shall take
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JOSHUA 7.15 — 8.7 The Trespass of Achan. A second Attack on Ai planned
shall come near by households; and
the household which Jehovah shall
take shall come near man by man.
15 And it shall be, that he that is
taken with the devoted thing shall be
burnt with fire, he and all that he
hath; because he hath transgressed
the covenant of Jehovah, and be-
cause ^ 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 Ze-
rahites: and he brought near the
family of the Zerahites man by man;
and Zabdi was taken: 18 and he
brought near his household man
by man; and Achan, the son of
Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of
Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was
taken. 19 And Joshua said unto
Achan, My son, give, I pray thee,
glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel,
and ^make confession unto him;
and tell me now what thou hast
done; hide it not from me. 20 And
Achan answered Joshua, and said.
Of a truth I have sinned against
Jehovah, the God of Israel, and thus
and thus have I done: 21 when I
saw among the spoil a goodly
^Babylonish mantle, and two hun-
dred 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
Jehovah. 24 And Joshua, and all
Israel with him, took Achan the
son of Zerah, and the silver, and
the mantle, and the wedge of gold,
and his sons, and his daughters, and
his oxen, and his asses, and his
sheep, and his tent, and all that he
had: and they brought them up
unto the valley of Achor. 25 And
Joshua said. Why hast thou troubled
us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this
day. And all Israel stoned him
with stones; and they burned them
with fire, and stoned them with
stones. 26 And they raised over
him a great heap of stones, unto
this day; and Jehovah turned from
the fierceness of his anger. Where-
fore the name of that place was
called, The valley of ^ Achor, unto
this day.
8 And Jehovah said unto
Joshua, Fear not, neither be
thou dismayed: take all the peo-
ple of war with thee, and arise, go
up to Ai; see, I have given into
thy hand the king of Ai, and his
people, and his city, and his land;
2 and thou shalt do to Ai and her
king as thou didst unto Jericho and
her king: only the spoil thereof,
and the cattle thereof, shall ye take
for a prey unto yourselves: set
thee an ambush for the city behind
it.
3 So Joshua arose, and all the
people of war, to go up to Ai: and
Joshua chose out thirty thousand
men, the mighty men of valor, and
sent them forth by night. 4 And
he commanded them, saying. Be-
hold, ye shall lie in ambush against
the city, behind the city; go not
very far from the city, but be ye
all ready: 5 and I, and all the peo-
ple that are with me, will approach
unto the city. And it shall come
to pass, when they come out against
us, as at the first, that we will flee
before them; 6 and they will come
out after us, till we have drawn
them away from the city; for they
will say, They flee before us, as 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 Jehovah your God
1 Or, give praise
* Heb. mantle of Shinar
' That is, Troubling.
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Conquest and Destruction of Ai
will deliver it into your hand. 8
And it shall be, when ye have seized
upon the city, that ye shall set the
city on fire; according to the word
of Jehovah shall ye do: see, I have
commanded you. 9 And Joshua
sent them forth; and they went
to the ambushment, and abode be-
tween Beth-el and Ai, on the west
side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that
night among the people.
10 And Joshua arose up early
in the morning, and mustered the
people, and went up, he and the
elders of Israel, before the people
to Ai. 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 encamped on
the north side of Ai: now there
was a valley between him and Ai.
' 12 And he took about five thousand
i men, and set them in ambush be-
i tween Beth-el and Ai, on the west
; side of ^the city. 13 ^So they set
' the people, even all the host that
, was on the north of the city, and
j their liers-in-wait that were on the
west of the city; and Joshua %ent
that night into the midst of the
valley. 14 And it came to pass,
when the king of Ai saw it, that
they hasted and rose up early, and
the men of the city went out against
Israel to battle, he and all his peo-
ple, %t the time appointed, before
the Arabah; but he knew not that
there was an ambush against him
behind the city. 15 And Joshua
and all Israel made as if they were
beaten before them, and fled by the
way of the wilderness. 16 And all
the people that were in Hhe city
i 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 Jehovah said unto Joshua,
* Another reading is, Ai. ^ Or, to the place appointed
. 2 Or, So the people set all b'c.
» Some MSS. read, lodged that night in.
JOSHUA 8.8—8.28
Stretch out the javelin that is in
thy hand toward Ai; for I will give
it into thy hand. And Joshua
stretched out the javelin that was
in his hand toward the city. 19 And
the ambush arose quickly out of
their place, and they ran as soon
as he had stretched out his hand,
and entered into the city, and took
it; and they hasted and set the city
on fire. 20 And when the men of
Ai looked behind them, they saw,
and, behold, the smoke of the city
ascended up to heaven, and they
had no ^power to flee this way or
that way: and the people that fled
to the wilderness turned back upon
the pursuers. 21 And when Josh-
ua and all Israel saw that the
ambush had taken the city, and that
the smoke of the city ascended, then
they turned again, and slew the
men of Ai. 22 And the others
came forth out of the city against
them; so they were in the midst of
Israel, some on this side, and some
on that side: and they smote them,
so that they let none of them re-
main or escape. 23 And the king
of Ai they took alive, and brought
him to Joshua.
24 And it came to pass, when
Israel had made an end of slaying
all the inhabitants of Ai in the
field, in the wilderness wherein
they pursued them, and they were
all fallen by the edge of the sword,
until they were consumed, that all
Israel returned unto Ai, and smote
it with the edge of the sword. 25
And all that fell that day, both of
men and women, were twelve thou-
sand, even all the men of Ai. 26
For Joshua drew not back his hand,
wherewith he stretched out the
javelin, until he had ^utterly de-
troyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 Only the cattle and the spoil
of that city Israel took for a prey
unto themselves, according unto
the word of Jehovah which he com-
manded Joshua. 28 So Joshua
burnt Ai, and made it a ^heap for
6 Heb. hands. 6 Heb. devoted. "> Or, mound Heb. tel.
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JOSHUA 8.29 — 9.13 The Law recorded and read at Ebal. The Gibeonites' Stratagem
ever, even a desolation, unto this
day. 29 And the king of Ai he
hanged on a tree until the eventide:
and at the going down of the sun
Joshua commanded, and they took
his body down from the tree, and
cast it at the entrance of the gate
of the city, and raised thereon a
great heap of stones, unto this day.
30 Then Joshua built an altar
unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, in
mount Ebal, 31 as Moses the ser-
vant of Jehovah commanded the
children of Israel, as it is written
in the book of the law of Moses,
an altar of ^unhewn stones, upon
which no man had lifted up any
iron : and they offered thereon burnt-
offerings unto Jehovah, and sacri-
ficed peace-offerings. 32 And he
wrote there upon the stones a
copy of the law of Moses, ^ which
he wrote, in the presence of the
children of Israel. 33 And all Israel,
and their elders and officers, and
their judges, stood on this side of
the ark and on that side before
the priests the Levites, that bare
the ark of the covenant of Jehovah,
as well the sojourner as the home-
born; half of them in front of
mount Gerizim, and half of them
in front of mount Ebal; as Moses
the servant of Jehovah had ^com-
manded at the first, that they should
bless the people of Israel. 34 And
afterward he read all the words of
the law, the blessing and the curse,
according to all that is written in
the book of the law. 35 There was
not a word of all that Moses com-
manded, which Joshua read not
before all the assembly of Israel,
and the women, and the little ones,
and the sojourners that ^were among
them.
9 And it came to pass, when
all the kings that were beyond
the Jordan, in the hill-country, and
in the lowland, and on all the shore
of the great sea in front of Leba-
non, the Hittite, and the Amorite,
1 Heb. whole. 2 Or, which he wrote in &'c.
3 Or, commanded that they should bless the people of Israel
first of all * Heb. walked.
9
the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the
Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard
thereof; 2 that they gathered them-
selves together, to fight with Joshua
and with Israel, with one accord.
3 But when the inhabitants of
Gibeon heard what Joshua had
done unto Jericho and to Ai, 4 they
also did work wilily, and went and
^made as if they had been ambassa-
dors, and took old sacks upon their
asses, and wine-skins, old and rent
and bound up, 5 and old and
patched shoes 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 covenant with
us. 7 And the men of Israel said
unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye
dwell among us; and how shall we
make a covenant with 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 Jehovah 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'Amo-
rites, that were beyond the Jordan,
to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to
Og king of Bashan, who was at
Ashtaroth. 11 And our elders and
all the inhabitants of our country
spake to us, saying. Take provision
in your hand for the journey, and
go to meet them, and say unto
them, We are your servants: and
now make ye a covenant with us.
12 This our bread we took hot for
our provision out of our houses on
the day we came forth to go unto
you; but now, behold, it is dry,
and is become mouldy: 13 and these
wine-skins, which we filled, were new;
6 Ace. to Sept., Vulg., and Syr., t^ok provisions. S(
ver. 12.
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The Qibeonites reduced to Bbndage. Qibeon attacked by Five Kings JOSHUA 9.14 10.6
and, behold, they are rent: and
these our garments 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 Jehovah.
15 And Joshua made peace with
them, and made a covenant with
them, to let them live: and the
princes of the congregation sware
unto them.
16 And it came to pass at the
end of three days after they had
made a covenant with them, that
they heard that they were their
neighbors, and that they dwelt
among them. 17 And the children
of Israel journeyed, and came unto
their cities on the third day. Now
their cities were Gibeon, and Chep-
hirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-
jearim. 18 And the children of
Israel smote them not, because
the princes of the congregation had
sworn unto them by Jehovah, the
God of Israel. And all the con-
gregation murmured against the
princes. 19 But all the princes
said unto all the congregation, We
have sworn unto them by Jehovah,
the God of Israel: now therefore
we may not touch them. 20 This
we will do to them, and let them
live; lest wrath be upon us, be-
cause of the oath which we 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 con-
gregation, as the princes had spoken
unto them.
22 And Joshua called for them,
and he spake unto them, saying.
Wherefore have ye beguiled us,
saying, We are very far from you;
when ye dwell among us? 23 Now
therefore ye are cursed, and there
^shall never fail to be of you bond-
men, both hewers of wood and
(h'awers of water for the house of
my God. 24 And they answered
Joshua, and said, Because it was
certainly told thy servants, how
^ Heb. shall not be cut off from you.
10
that Jehovah thy God commanded
his servant Moses to give you all
the land, and to destroy all the in-
habitants of the land from before
you; therefore we were sore afraid
for our lives because of you, and
have done this thing. 25 And now,
behold, we are in thy hand: as it
seemeth good and right unto thee
to do unto us, do. 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
day hewers of wood and drawers
of water for the congregation, and
for the altar of Jehovah, unto this
day, in the place which he should
choose.
Now it came to pass, when
Adoni-zedek king of Jerusa-
lem heard how Joshua had taken
Ai, and had ^utterly destroyed it
(as he had done to Jericho and her
king, so he had done to Ai and her
king), and how the inhabitants of
Gibeon had made peace with Israel,
and were among them; 2 that they
feared greatly, because Gibeon was
a great city, as one of the royal
cities, and because it was greater
than Ai, and all the men thereof
were mighty. 3 Wherefore Adoni-
zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto
Hoham king of Hebron, and unto
Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto
Japhia king of Lachish, and unto
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, and went up,
they and all their hosts, and en-
camped 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
1 Heb. devoted.
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JOSHUA 10.7 — 10.27 Qibeon rescued by Joshua. The Kings captured and slain
thy servants; 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 valor. 8 And Jeho-
vah said unto Joshua, Fear them
not: for I have delivered them into
thy 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 Jehovah 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, and
unto Makkedah. 11 And it came
to pass, as they fled from before
Israel, while they were at the
descent of Beth-horon, that Jehovah
cast down great stones from heaven
upon them unto Azekah, and they
died: they were more who died with
the hailstones than they whom the
children of Israel slew with the sword.
12 Then spake Joshua to Jehovah
in the day when Jehovah delivered
up the Amorites before the children
of Israel; and he said in the sight
of Israel,
Sun, ^stand thou still upon Gib-
eon;
And thou. Moon, in the valley
of Aijalon.
13 And the sun stood still, and
the moon stayed.
Until the nation had avenged
themselves of their enemies.
Is not this written in the book of
^Jashar.f^ And the sun stayed in
the midst of heaven,, '^and hasted
not to go down about a whole day.
14 And there was no day like that
before it or after it, that Jehovah
hearkened unto the voice of a man:
for Jehovah fought for Israel.
15 And Joshua returned, and all
Israel with him, unto the camp to
Gilgal.
Heb. be silent.
2 Or, The Upright
16 And these five kings fled, and
hid themselves in the cave at
Makkedah. 17 And it was told
Joshua, saying. The five kings are
found, hidden in the cave at Mak-
kedah. 18 And Joshua said. Roll
great stones unto the mouth of the
cave, and set men by it to keep
them: 19 but stay not ye; pursue
after your enemies, and smite the
hindmost of them; suffer them not
to enter into their cities: for Jeho-
vah your God hath delivered them
into your hand. 20 And it came to
pass, when Joshua and the children
of Israel had made an end of slaying
them with a very great slaughter,
till they were consumed, and the
remnant which remained of them
had entered into the fortified cities,
21 that all the people returned to
the camp to Joshua at Makkedah
in peace: none ^moved his tongue
against any of the children of Israel.
22 Then said Joshua, Open the
mouth of the cave, and bring forth
those five kings unto me out of the
cave. 23 And they did so, and
brought forth those five kings unto
him out of the cave, the king of Je-
rusalem, the king of Hebron, the
king of Jarmuth, the king of La-
chish, the king of Eglon. 24 And it
came to pass, when they brought
forth those kings unto Joshua, that
Joshua called for all the men of
Israel, and said unto the chiefs of
the men of war that went with him,
Come near, put your feet upon the
necks of these kings. And they
came near, and put their feet upon
the necks of them. 25 And Joshua
said unto them. Fear not, nor be
dismayed; be strong and of good
courage: for thus shall Jehovah do
to all your enemies against whom
ye fight. 26 And afterward Joshua
smote them, and put them to death,
and hanged them on five trees:
and they were hanging upon the
trees until the evening. 27 And
it came to pass at the time of the
going down of the sun, that Joshua
» Heb. whetted.
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Makkedah destroyed. Joshua's other Conquests
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
done unto the king of Jericho.
29 And Joshua passed from Mak-
kedah, and all Israel with him, unto
Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
30 and Jehovah delivered it also,
and the king thereof, into the hand
of Israel; and he smote it with the
edge of the sword, and all the souls
that were therein; he left none
remaining in it; and he did unto
the king thereof as he had done unto
the king of Jericho.
31 And Joshua passed from Lib-
nah, and all Israel with him, unto
Lachish, and encamped against it,
and fought against it: 32 and Jeho-
vah 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 done to Libnah.
33 Then Horam king of Gezer
came up to help Lachish; and
Joshua smote him and his people,
until hehad left him none remain-
ing.
34 And Joshua passed from La-
chish, 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
^utterly destroyed that day, accord-
ing 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
JOSHUA 10.28— n. 3
^ Heb. devoted.
against it: 37 and they took it,
and smote it with the edge of the
sword, and the king thereof, and
all the cities thereof, and all the
souls that were therein; he left
none remaining, according to all
that he had done to Eglon; but he
^utterly destroyed it, and all the
souls that were therein.
38 And Joshua returned, and all
Israel with him, to Debir, and
fought against it: 39 and he took
it, and the king thereof, and all
the* cities thereof; and they smote
them with the edge of the sword,
and ^utterly destroyed all the souls
that were therein; he left none
remaining: as he had done to He-
bron, so he did to Debir, and to
the king thereof; as he had done
also to Libnah, and to the king
thereof.
40 So Joshua smote all the land,
the hill-country, and the South,
and the lowland, and the slopes,
and all their kings: he left none
remaining, but he ^utterly de-
stroyed all that breathed, as Jeho-
vah, the God of Israel, commanded.
41 And Joshua smote them from
Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza,
and all the country of Goshen,
even unto Gibeon. 42 And all
these kings and their land did
Joshua take at one time, because
Jehovah, the God of Israel, fought
for Israel. 43 And Joshua returned,
and all Israel with him, unto the
camp to Gilgal.
1-j And it came to pass, when
1 Jabin king of Hazor heard
thereof, that he sent to Jobab king
of Madon, and to the king of Shim-
ron, and to the king of Achshaph,
2 and to the kings that were on the
north, in the hill-country, and in
the Arabah south of Chinneroth,
and in the lowland,, and in ^the
heights of Dor on the west, 3 to the
Canaanite on the east and on the
west, and the Amorite, and the
Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the
Jebusite in the hill-country, and the
2 Or, Naphoth-dor
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JOSHUA 11.4 11.23 Hazor captured and burned. Summary of Joshua's Exploits
Hivite under Hermon in the land
of Mizpah. 4 And they went out,
they and all their hosts with them,
much people, even as the sand
that is upon the sea-shore in mul-
titude, with horses and chariots
very many. 5 And all these kings
met together; and they came and
encamped together at the waters
of Merom, to fight with Israel.
6 And Jehovah said unto Joshua,
Be not afraid because of them;
for to-morrow at this time will I
deliver them up all slain before
Israel: thou shalt hock their horses,
and burn their chariots with fire.
7 So Joshua came, and all the
people of war with him, against them
by the waters of Merom suddenly,
and fell upon them. 8 And Jeho-
vah delivered them into the hand of
Israel, and they smote them, and
chased them unto great Sidon, and
unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto
the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and
they smote them, until they left
them none remaining. 9 And Josh-
ua did unto them as Jehovah bade
him: he hocked their horses, and
burnt their chariots with fire.
10 And Joshua turned back at
that time, and took Hazor, and
smote the king thereof with the
sword: for Hazor beforetime was
the head of all those kingdoms.
11 And they smote all the souls
that were therein with the edge
of the sword, ^utterly destroying
them; there was none left that
breathed: and he burnt Hazor with
fire. 12 And all the cities of those
kings, and all the kings of them,
did Joshua take, and he smote them
with the edge of the sword, and
^utterly destroyed them; as Moses
the servant of Jehovah commanded.
13 But as for the cities that stood
on their moun-ds, Israel burned none
of them, save Hazor only; that did
Joshua burn. 14 And all the spoil
of these cities, and the cattle, the
children of Israel took for a prey
unto themselves; but every man
* Heb. devoting. 2 Heb. devoted.
254
they smote with the edge of the
sword, until they had destroyed
them, neither left they any that
breathed. 15 As Jehovah com-
manded Moses his servant, so did
Moses command Joshua: and so did
Joshua; %e left nothing undone
of all that Jehovah 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 low-
land of the same; 17 from ^mount
Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even
unto Baal-gad in the valley of
Lebanon under mount Hermon : and
all their kings he took, and smote
them, and put them to death.
18 Joshua made war a long time
with all those kings. 19 There was
not a city that made peace with the
children of Israel, save the Hivites
the inhabitants of Gibeon : they took
all in battle. 20 For it was of
Jehovah to %arden their hearts,
to come against Israel in battle,
that he might ^utterlj^ destroy them,
that they ^might have no favor, but
that he might destroy them, as
Jehovah commanded Moses.
21 And Joshua came at that
time, and cut off the Anakim from
the hill-country, from Hebron, from
Debir, from Anab, and from all the
hill-country of Judah, and from all
the hill-country of Israel: Joshua
^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 to all that
Jehovah spake unto Moses; and
Joshua gave it for an inheritance
unto Israel according to their divis-
ions by their tribes. And the land
had rest from war.
8 Heb. he removed nothing.
* Or, the bare mountain
5 Heb. make strong.
6 Heb. devote.
^ Or, might not sue for favor
12
List of Kings smitten by Joshua. Land still to be conquered
Now these are the kings i king of
of the land, whom the chil-
dren of Israel smote, and possessed
their land beyond the Jordan toward
the sunrising, from the valley of the
Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all
the Arabah eastward: 2 Sihon king
of the Amorites, who dwelt in Hesh-
bon, and ruled from Aroer, which
is on the edge of the valley of the
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
Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the
, sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea,
; eastward, the way to Beth-jeshi-
moth; and on the south, under the
slopes of Pisgah: 4 and the border
of Og king of Bashan, of the rem-
nant of the Rephaim, who dwelt
at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 5 and
ruled in mount Hermon, and in
! Salecah, and in all Bashan, unto
■ the border of the Geshurites and
the Maacathites, and half Gilead,
the border of Sihon king of Hesh-
bon. 6 Moses the servant of Jeho-
vah and the children of Israel smote
them: and Moses the servant of
Jehovah 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 the Jordan
westward, from Baal-gad in the
valley of Lebanon even unto mount
Halak, that goeth up to Seir (and
Joshua gave it unto the tribes of
Israel for a possession according to
their divisions; 8 in the hill-country,
and in the lowland, and in the
Arabah, and in the slopes, and in
the wilderness, and in the South;
the Hittite, the Am^orite, and the
Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite,
and the Jebusite): 9 the king of
Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which
is beside Beth-el, one; 10 the king
of Jerusalem, one; the king of He-
bron, one; 11 the king of Jarmuth,
one; the king of Lachish, one; 12 the
JOSHUA 12.1—13.6
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 Libnah,
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 Lassharon, one; 19 the
king of Madon, one; the king of
Hazor, one; 20 the king of Shimron-
meron, one; the king of Achshaph,
one; 21 the king of Taanach, one;
the king of Megiddo, one; 22 the
king- of Kedesh, one; the king of
Jokneam in Carmel, one; 23 the
king of Dor in ^the height of Dor,
one; the king of ^Goiim in Gilgal,
one; 24 the king of Tirzah, one:
all the kings thirty and one.
i Q Now Joshua was old and
1 0 well stricken in years; and
Jehovah said unto him, Thou art
old and well stricken in years, and
there remaineth yet very much
land to be possessed. 2 This is
the land that yet remaineth: all
the regions of the Philistines, and
all the Geshurites; 3 from ^the
Shihor, which is before Egypt, even
unto the border of Ekron northward,
which is reckoned to the Canaanites;
the five lords of the Philistines; the
Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the
Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the
Ekronites; ^also the Avvim, 4 on the
south; all the land of the Canaan-
ites, and Mearah that belongeth
to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to
the border of the Amorites; 5 and
the land of the Gebalites, and all
Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from
Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto
the entrance of Hamath; 6 all the
inhabitants of the hill-country from
Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim,
even all the Sidonians; them will I
drive out from before the children
of Israel: only allot thou it unto
Israel for an inheritance, as I have
1 Or, Naphath-dor 2 Or, nations
3 Commonly called, the brook of Egypt. See Num. 34.5.
* Or, also the Avvim; from the south, all b'c.
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JOSHUA 13.7 — 13.31 Division of Canaan among the Tribes
commanded thee. 7 Now there-
fore divide this land for an in-
heritance unto the nine tribes, and
the half -tribe of Manasseh.
8 With him the Reubenites and
the Gadites received their inheri-
tance, which Moses gave them, be-
yond the Jordan eastward, even as
Moses the servant of Jehovah gave
them : 9 from Aroer, that is on the
edge of the valley of the Arnon, and
the city that is in the middle of the
valley, and all the ^plain of Medeba
unto Dibon; 10 and all the cities
of Sihon king of the Amorites, who
reigned in Heshbon, unto the bor-
der of the children of Ammon; 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, who reigned in
Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same
was left of the remnant of the
Rephaim); for these did Moses
smite, and drove them out. 13
Nevertheless the children of Israel
drove not out the Geshurites, nor
the Maacathites: but Geshur and
Maacath dwell in the midst of
Israel unto this day. 14 Only unto
the tribe of Levi he gave no in-
heritance; the offerings of Jehovah,
the God of Israel, made by fire are
his inheritance, as he spake unto
him.
15 And Moses gave unto the
tribe of the children of Reuben
according to their families. 16 And
their border was from Aroer, that
is on the edge of the valley of the
Arnon, and the city that is in the
middle of the valley, and all the
^plain by Medeba; 17 Heshbon,
and^ all its cities that are in the
^plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal,
and Beth-baal-meon, 18 and Jahaz,
and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19
and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and
Zereth-shahar in the mount of the
valley, 20 and Beth-peor, and the
^slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshi-
moth, 21 and all the cities of the
Or, table-land
2 Or, springs
^plain, and all the kingdom of
Sihon king of the Amorites, who
reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses
smote with the chiefs of Midian,
Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur,
and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that
dwelt in the land. 22 Balaam also
the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did
the children of Israel slay with the
sword among the rest of their slain.
23 And the border of the children
of Reuben was the Jordan, and the
border thereof. This was the in-
heritance 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 Ammon, unto
Aroer that is before Rabbah; 26 and
from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh,
and Betonim; and from Mahanaim
unto the border of ^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, Hhe Jordan and
the border thereof, unto the utter-
most part of the sea of Chinne-
reth beyond the 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 Manasseh according to
their families. 30 And their bor-
der was from Mahanaim, all Ba-
shan, all the kingdom of Og king
of Bashan, and all the towns of
Jair, which are in Bashan, three-
score cities: 31 and half Gilead,
and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, 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 ac-
cording to their families.
» Or, Lidebir « Or, having the Jordan for a border
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Hebron assigned to Caleb. The Territory of Judah
JOSHUA 13.32-15.4
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 no
inheritance: Jehovah, the God of
Israel, is their inheritance, as he
spake unto them.
UAnd these are the inher-
itances which the children
of Israel took in the land of Ca-
naan, 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 Jehovah
commanded by 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 the Jordan: but unto the
Levites he gave no 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, w^ith
the ^suburbs thereof for their cattle
and for their substance. 5 As Je-
hovah 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 Jehovah
spake unto Moses the man of God
concerning me and concerning thee
in Kadesh-barnea. 7 Forty years
old was I when Moses the servant
of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-
barnea to spy out the land; and I
brought him word again as it was
in my heart. 8 Nevertheless my
! brethren that went up with me
made the heart of the people melt;
but I wholly followed Jehovah my
God. 9 And Moses sware on that
day, saying. Surely the land where-
on thy foot hath trodden shall be
an inheritance to thee and to thy
1 Or, pasture lands
children for ever, because thou hast
wholly followed Jehovah my God.
10 And now, behold; Jehovah hath
kept me alive, as he spake, these
forty and five years, from the time
that Jehovah spake this word unto
Moses, while Israel walked in the
wilderness: and now, lo, I am this
day fourscore and five years old.
1 1 As yet I am as strong this day 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 hill-country,
whereof Jehovah spake in that day;
for thou heardest in that day how
the Anakim were there, and cities
great and fortified: it may be that
Jehovah will be with me, and I
shall drive them out, as Jehovah
spake.
13 And Joshua blessed him; and
he gave Hebron unto Caleb the
son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
14 Therefore Hebron became the
inheritance of Caleb the son of
Jephunneh the Kenizzite unto this
day ; because that he wholly followed
Jehovah, the God of Israel. 15 Now
the name of Hebron beforetime was
'^l^iriaih-sirhsi; which Arba was the
greatest man among the Anakim.
And the land had rest from war.
-I r And the lot for the tribe
1 O of the children of Judah ac-
cording to their families was untc
the border of Edom, even to the
wilderness of Zin southward, at
the uttermost part of the south.
2 And their south border was from
the uttermost part of the Salt Sea,
from the ^bay that looketh south-
ward; 3 and it went out south-
ward of the ascent of Akrabbim,
and passed along to Zin, and went
up by the south of Kadesh-barnea,
and passed along by Hezron, and
went up to Addar, and turned
about to Karka; 4 and it passed
along to Azmon, and went out at
the brook of Egypt; and the goings
out of the border were at the sea:
2 That is, The city of Arba,
3 Heb. tongue.
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JOSHUA 15.5 15.32 The Territory of Judah. Othniel captures Debir
this shall be your south border.
5 And the east border was the
Salt Sea, even unto the end of
the Jordan. And the border of
the north quarter was from the
^bay of the sea at the end of the
Jordan; 6 and the border went up
to Beth-hoglah, and passed along
by the north of Beth-arabah; and
the border went up to the stone
of Bohan the son of Reuben; 7 and
the border went up to Debir from
the valley of Achor, and so north-
ward, looking toward Gilgal, that
is over against the ascent of Adum-
mim, which is on the south side of
the river; and the border passed
along to the waters of En-shemesh,
and the goings out thereof were at
En-rogel; 8 and the border went
up by the valley of the son of Hin-
nom unto the ^side of the Jebusite
southward (the same is Jerusalem);
and the border went up to the top
of the mountain that lieth before the
valley of Hinnom westward, which
is at the uttermost part of the vale
of Rephaim northward; 9 and the
border extended from the top of the
mountain unto the fountain of the
waters of Nephtoah, and went out
to the cities of mount Ephron; and
the border extended to Baalah (the
same is Kiriath-jearim) ; 10 and the
border turned 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 Tim-
nah; 11 and the border went out
unto the side of Ekron northward;
and the border extended to Shik-
keron, and passed along to mount
Baalah, and went out at Jabneel;
and the goings out of the border
were at the sea. 12 And the west
border was to the great sea, and the
border thereof. This is the border
of the children of Judah round
about according to their families.
13 And unto Caleb the son of
Jephunneh he gave a portion among
1 Heb. tongue. 2 Heb. shoulder.
the children of Judah, according to
the commandment of Jehovah to
Joshua, even ^Kiriath-arba, which
Arba was 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 Ach-
sah my daughter to wife. 17 And
Othniel the son of Kenaz, the
brother^ of Caleb, took it: and he
gave him Achsah his daughter to
wife. 18 And it came to pass,
when she came unto him, that she
moved him to ask of her father a
field: and she alighted from off her
ass; and Caleb said. What w^ould-
est thou.^ 19 And she said. Give
me a ^blessing; for that thou hast
^set me in the land of the South,
give me also springs of water.
And he gave her the upper springs
and the nether springs.
20 This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Judah ac-
cording to their families.
21 And the uttermost cities of
the tribe of the children of Judah
toward the border of Edom in the
South were Kabzeel, and Eder,
and Jagur, 22 and Kinah, and
Dimonah, and Adadah, 23 and
Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
25 and Hazor-hadattah, and Keri-
oth-hezron (the same is Hazor),
26 Amam, and Shema, and Mo-
ladah, 27 and Hazar-gaddah, and
Heshmon, and Beth-pelet, 28 and
Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and
Biziothiah, 29 Baalah, and lim, and
Ezem, 30 and Eltolad, and Chesil,
and Hormah, 31 and Ziklag, and
Madmannah, and Sansannah, 32
and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain,
and Rimmon: all the cities are
3 That is, The city of Arba.
■• Or, given me the land of the South
* Or. present
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The Cities of Judah. The Territory of Ephraim
twenty and nine, with their vil-
lages.
33 In the lowland, Eshtaol, and
Zorah, and Ashnah, 34 and Za-
noah, and En-gannim, Tappuah,
and Enam, 35 Jarmuth, and Adul-
1am, Soeoh, and Azekah, 36 and
Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gede-
rah, and Gederothaim; fourteen
cities with their villages.
37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and
Migdal-gad, 38 and Dilean, and
Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 39 Lachish,
and Bozkath, and Eglon, 40 and
Cabbon, and ^Lahmam, and Chit-
lish, 41 and Gederoth, Beth-dagon,
and Naamah, and Makkedah; six-
teen cities with their villages.
42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
43 and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and
Nezib, 44 and Keilah, and Achzib,
and Mareshah; nine cities with
their villages.
45 Ekron, with its Howns and
its villages; 46 from Ekron even
unto the sea, all that were by the
side of Ashdod, with their villages.
47 Ashdod, its towns and its
villages; Gaza, its towns and its
villages; unto the brook of Egypt,
and the great sea, and the border
thereof.
48 And in the hill-country, Sha-
mir, 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 He-
bron), 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,
69 and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and
Eltekon ; six cities with their villages.
* Or, Lahmas
2 Heb. daughters.
JOSHUA 15.33—16.9
^ 60 Kiriath-baal (the same is Ki-
riath-jearim), and Rabbah; two
cities with their villages.
61 In the wilderness, Beth-ara-
bah, Middin, and Secacah, 62 and
Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and
En-gedi; six cities with their vil-
lages.
63 And as for the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, the chil-
dren of Judah could not drive them
out: but the Jebusites dwell with
the children of Judah at Jerusalem
unto this day.
1/^ And the lot came out for
vJ the children of Joseph from
the Jordan at Jericho, 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 Archites to Ataroth;
3 and it went down westward to
the border of the Japhletites, unto
the border of Beth-horon the nether,
even unto Gezer; and the goings
out thereof were at the sea. 4 And
the children of Joseph, Manasseh
and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
5 And the border of the children
of Ephraim according to their fami-
lies was thus: the border of their
inheritance eastward was Ataroth-
addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;
6 and the border went out westward
at Michmethath on the north; and
the border turned about eastward
unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed
along it on the east of Janoah; 7 and
it went down from Janoah to Ata-
roth, and to Naarah, and reached
unto Jericho, and went out at the
Jordan. 8 From Tappuah the bor-
der went along westward to the
brook of Kanah; and the goings
out thereof were at the sea. This
is the inheritance of the tribe of
the children of Ephraim according
to their families; 9 together with
the cities which were set apart for
the children of Ephraim in the
midst of the inheritance of the chil-
dren of Manasseh, all the cities with
259
JOSHUA 16.10 — 17.16 The Territory of Manasseh. Two Lots for the Children of Joseph
their villages. 10 And they drove
not out the Canaanites that dwelt
in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell
in the midst of Ephraim unto this
day, and are become servants to do
taskwork.
1^ And this was the lot for
I the tribe of Manasseh; for
he was the first-born of Joseph.
As for Machir the first-born of
Manasseh, the father of Gilead,
because he was a man of war,
therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
2 So the lot was for the rest of
the children of Manasseh accord-
ing to their families: for the chil-
dren of Abiezer, and for the children
of Helek, and for the chil-
dren of Asriel, and for the children
of Shechem, and for the children of
Hepher, and for the children of She-
mida: 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 be-
fore Joshua the son of Nun, and
before the princes, saying, Jehovah
commanded Moses to give us an
inheritance among our brethren:
therefore according to the com-
mandment of Jehovah he gave them
an inheritance among the brethren
of their father. 5 And there fell
ten ^parts to Manasseh, besides the
land of Gilead and Bashan, which
is beyond the Jordan; 6 because
the daughters of Manasseh had an
inheritance among his sons. And
the land of Gilead belonged unto
the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
7 And the border of Manasseh
was from Asher to Michmethath,
which is before Shechem; and the
border went along to the right
hand, unto the inhabitants of En-
tappuah. 8 The land of Tappuah
1 Heb. lines.
belonged to Manasseh; but Tap-
puah on the border of Manasseh be-
longed to the children of Ephraim.
9 And the border went down unto
the brook of Kanah, southward of
the brook: these cities belonged to
Ephraim among the cities of Manas-
seh: and the border of Manasseh
was on the north side of the brook,
and the goings out thereof were
at the sea: 10 southward it was
Ephraim's, and northward it was
Manasseh's, and the sea was his
border; and they reached to Asher
on the north, and to Issachar on
the east. 11 And Manasseh had
in Issachar and in Asher Beth-
shean and its ^towns, and Ibleam
and its towns, and the inhabitants
of Dor and its towns, and the in-
habitants of En-dor and its towns,
and the inhabitants of Taanach and
its towns, and the inhabitants of
Megiddo and its towns, even the
three heights. 12 Yet the chil-
dren of Manasseh could not drive
out the inhabitants of those cities;
but the Canaanites would dwell in
that land. 13 And it came to pass,
when the children of Israel were
waxed strong, that they put the
Canaanites to taskwork, and did
not utterly drive them out.
14 And the children of Joseph
spake unto Joshua, saying. Why
hast thou given me but one lot and
one ^part for an inheritance, seeing
I am a great people, forasmuch as
hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me.^^
15 And Joshua said unto them. If
thou be a great people, get thee up
to the forest, and cut down for thy-
self there in the land of the Periz-
zites and of the Rephaim; since
the hill-country of Ephraim is too
narrow for thee. 16 And the chil-
dren of Joseph said, The hill-coun-
try ''is not enough for us: and all
the Canaanites that dwell in the
land of the valley have chariots
of iron, both they who are in Beth-
shean and its towns, and they who
- Heb. daughters. ' Heb. line.
4 Heb. Hs not found for us.
260
The Rest of the Land divided. Territory of Benjamin
will cast
Jehovah
are in the valley of Jezreel. 17 And
Joshua spake unto the house of
Joseph, even to Ephraim and to
Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great
people, and hast great power; thou
shalt not have one lot only: 18 but
the hill-country shall be thine; for
though it is a forest, thou shalt cut
it down, and the goings out thereof
shall be thine; for thou shalt drive
out the Canaanites, though they
have chariots of iron, and though
they are strong.
1Q And the whole congrega-
O tion 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 inheritance. 3 And
Joshua said unto the children of
Israel, How long are ye slack to go
in to possess the land, which Jeho-
vah, the God of your fathers, hath
given you? 4 Appoint for you three
men of each tribe: and I will send
them, and they shall arise, and
walk through the land, and describe
it according to their inheritance;
and they shall come unto me. 5 And
they shall divide it into seven por-
tions: Judah shall abide in his bor-
der on the south, and the house of
Joseph shall abide in their border
on the north. 6 And ye shall de-
scribe the land into seven portions,
and bring the description hither to
me; and I will cast lots for you
here before Jehovah our God. 7 For
the Levites have no portion among
you; for the priesthood of Jehovah
is their inheritance: and Gad and
Reuben and the half-tribe of Ma-
nasseh have received their inheri-
tance beyond the Jordan eastward,
which Moses the servant of Jeho-
vah gave them.
8 And the men arose, and went:
and Joshua charged them that went
to describe the land, saying, Go and
walk through the land, and describe
it, and come again to me; and I
JOSHUA 17.17—18.17
lots for you here before
in Shiloh. 9 And the
men went and passed through the
land, and described it by cities into
seven portions in a book; and they
came to Joshua unto the camp at
Shiloh. 10 And Joshua cast lots
for them in Shiloh before Jehovah:
and there Joshua divided the land
unto the children of Israel accord-
ing to their divisions.
11 And the lot of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin came up ac-
cording to their families: and the
border of their lot went out between
the children of Judah and the chil-
dren of Joseph. 12 And their bor-
der on the north quarter was from
the Jordan; and the border went
up to the ^side of Jericho on the
north, and went up through the
hill-country westward; and the go-
ings out thereof were at the wil-
derness of Beth-aven. 13 And the
border passed along from thence to
Luz, to the ^side of Luz (the same
is Beth-el), southward; and the
border went down to Ataroth-addar,
by the mountain that lieth on the
south of Beth-horon the nether.
14 And the border extended thence^
and turned about on the west
quarter southward, from the moun-
tain that lieth before Beth-horon
southward; and the goings out there-
of were at Kiriath-baal (the same is
Kiriath-jearim), a city of the chil-
dren of Judah: this was the west
quarter. 15 And the south quarter
was from the uttermost part of
Kiriath-jearim; and the border went
out 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 extended northward, and went
out at En-shemesh, and went out
1 Heb. shoulder.
261
JOSHUA 18.18 — 19.22 Territory and Cities of Benjamin; of Simeon, Zebulun, and Issachar
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 border
passed along to the side of Beth-
hoglah northward; and the goings
out of the border were at the north
^bay of the Salt Sea, at the south
end of the Jordan: this was the
south border. 20 And the Jordan
was the border of it on the east
quarter. This was the inheritance
of the children of Benjamin, by the
borders thereof round about, ac-
cording to their families.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of
the children of Benjamin according
to their families were Jericho, and
Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz, 22
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim,
and Beth-el, 23 and Avvim, and
Parah, and Ophrah, 24 and Che-
phar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba;
twelve cities with their villages:
25 Gibeon, and Ramah, 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; four-
teen cities with their villages. This
is the inheritance of the children of
Benjamin according to their families.
1Q And the second lot came
i^ out for Simeon, even for the
tribe of the children of Simeon ac-
cording to their families: and their
inheritance was in the mids 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, Rimnion, and Ether, and
Ashan ; four cities with their villages :
8 and all the villages that were
round about these cities to Baalath-
beer, Ramah of the South. This
is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to
their families. 9 Out of the ^part
of the children of Judah was the
inheritance of the children of Simeon ;
for the portion of the children of
Judah was too much for them:
therefore the children of Simeon
had inheritance in the midst of their
inheritance.
10 And the third lot came up for
the children of Zebulun according
to their families. And the border
of their inheritance was unto Sarid;
11 and their border went up west-
ward, even to Maralah, and reached
to Dabbesheth; and it reached to
the brook that is before Jokneam;
12 and it turned from Sarid east-
ward toward the sunrising unto the
border of Chisloth-tabor; and it
went out to Daberath, and went
up to Japhia; 13 and from thence
it passed along eastward to Gath-
hepher, to Eth-kazin; and it went
out at Rimmon which stretcheth
unto Neah; 14 and the border
turned about it on the north to
Hannathon; and the goings out
thereof were at the valley of Iphtah-
el; 15 and Kattath, and Nahalal,
and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-
lehem: twelve cities with their vil-
lages. 16 This is the inheritance
of the children of Zebulun accord-
ing to their families, these cities
with their villages.
17 The fourth lot came out for
Issachar, even for the children of
Issachar according to their fami-
lies. 18 And their border was unto
Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
19 and Hapharaim, and Shion, and
Anaharath, 20 and 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 the
Jordan: sixteen cities with their
1 Heb. tongue.
2 Heb. line.
262
Territories of Asher, Naphtali, and Dan. Timnath-serah given to Joshua JOSHUA 19.23 — 19.51
villages. 23 This is the inheritance
of the tribe of the children of Issa-
char according to their families,
the cities with their villages.
24 And the fifth lot came out for
the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families. 25 And
their border was Helkath, and Hali,
and Beten, and Achshaph, 26 and
Allammelech, and Amad, and Mi-
shal; and it reached to Carmel
westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
27 and it turned toward the sun-
rising to Beth-dagon, and reached
to Zebulun, and to the valley of
Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek
and Neiel; and it went out to Ca-
bul on the left hand, 28 and Ebron,
and Rehob, and Hammon, and
Kanah, even unto great Sidon;
29 and the border turned to Ramah,
and to ^the fortified city of Tyre;
and the border turned to Hosah;
and the goings out thereof were at
the sea ^by the region of Achzib;
30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and
Rehob: twenty and two cities with
their villages. 31 This is the in-
heritance of the tribe of the chil-
dren of Asher according to their
families, these cities with their vil-
Plages.
32 The sixth lot came out for the
children of Naphtali, even for the
children of Naphtali according to
their families. 33 And their border
was from Heleph, from the ^oak in
Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb, and
Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the
. goings out thereof were at the Jor-
dan; 34 and the border turned
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 the Jordan toward
the sunrising. 35 And the fortified
cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Ham-
math, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
36 and Adamah, and Ramah, and
Hazor, 37 and Kedesh, and Edrei,
and En-hazor, 38 and Iron, and
1 Or, the city of Mibzar-zor, that is, the fortress of Tyre
2 Or, from Ilebel to Achzib
' Or, oak (or, terebinth) of Bezaanannim
Migdal-el, Ilorem, and Beth-anath,
and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities
with their villages. 39 This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the chil-
dren of Naphtali according to their
families, the cities with their vil-
lages.
40 The seventh lot came out for
the tribe of the children of Dan ac-
cording to their families. 41 And
the border of their inheritance was
Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
42 and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon,
and Ithlah, 43 and Elon, and Tim-
nah, and Ekron, 44 and Eltekeh,
and Gibbethon, and Baalath, 45
and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and
Gath-rimmon, 46 and Me-jarkon,
and Rakkon, with the border over
against ^Joppa. 47 And the border
of the children of Dan went out
^beyond them; for the children of
Dan went up and fought against
^Leshem, and took it, and smote
it with the edge of the sword, and
possessed it, and dwelt therein, and
called Leshem, Dan, after the name
of Dan their father. 48 This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the chil-
dren of Dan according to their
families, these cities with their vil-
lages.
49 So they made an end of dis-
tributing the land for inheritance
by the borders thereof; and the
children of Israel gave an inheri-
tance to Joshua the son of Nun in
the midst of them: 50 according to
the commandment of Jehovah they
gave him the city which he asked,
even Timnath-serah in the hill-
country of Ephraim; and he built
the city, and dwelt therein.
51 These are the inheritances,
which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
the son of Nun, and the heads of
the fathers' houses of the tribes of
the children of Israel, distributed
for inheritance by lot in Shiloh
before Jehovah, at the door of the
tent of meeting. So they made
an end of dividing the land.
4 Heb. Japho. ^ Or, from them; and b'c.
6 In Judg. 18. 29, Laish.
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JOSHUA 20.1—21.10
Cities of Refuge appointed. Cities assigned to the Levites
C}f\ And Jehovah spake unto
^\J Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to
the children of Israel, saying, Assign
you the cities of refuge, whereof I
spake unto you by Moses, 3 that
the manslayer that killeth any per-
son ^unwittingly and unawares may
flee thither: and they shall be unto
you for a refuge from the avenger of
blood. 4 And he shall flee unto one
of those cities, and shall stand at the
entrance of the gate of the city, and
declare his cause in the ears of the
elders of that city; and they shall
^take 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
manslayer into his hand; because he
smote his neighbor unawares, and
hated him not beforetime. 6 And
he shall dwell in that city, until
he stand before the congregation
for judgment, until the death of
the high priest that shall be in
those days: then shall the man-
slayer return, and come unto his
own city, and unto his own
house, unto the city from whence
he fled.
7 And they ^set apart Kedesh
in "^Galilee in the hill-country of
Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-
country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-
arba (the same is Hebron) in the
hill-country of Judah. 8 And be-
yond the Jordan at Jericho east-
ward, they assigned Bezer in the
wilderness in the ^plain out of the
tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in
Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and
Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of
Manasseh. 9 These were the ap-
pointed cities for all the children
of Israel, and for the stranger that
sojourneth among them, that who-
soever killeth any person ^unwitting-
ly might flee thither, and not die
by the hand of the avenger of blood,
until he stood before the congrega-
tion.
1 Or, through error
^ Heb. gather.
3 Heb. sanctified.
* Heb. Gain.
6 Or, table-land
• Or, through error
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 Shi-
loh in the land of Canaan, saying,
Jehovah commanded by Moses to
give us cities to dwell in, with the
^suburbs thereof for our cattle.
3 And the children of Israel gave
unto the Levites out of their in-
heritance, according to the com-
mandment of Jehovah, these cities
with their suburbs.
4 And the lot came out for the
families of the Kohathites: and
the children of Aaron the priest,
who were of the Levites, had by
lot out of the tribe of Judah, and
out of the tribe of the Simeonites,
and out of the tribe of Benjamin,
thirteen cities.
5 And the rest of the children
of Kohath had by lot out of the
families of the tribe of Ephraim,
and out of the tribe of Dan, and
out of the half -tribe of Manasseh,
ten cities.
6 And the children of Gershon
had by lot out of the families of
the tribe of Issachar, and out of
the tribe of Asher, and out of the
tribe of Naphtali, and out of the
half -tribe of Manasseh in Bashan,
thirteen cities.
7 The children of Merari accord-
ing to their families had out of the
tribe of Reuben, and out of the
tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe
of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 And the children of Israel gave
by lot unto the Levites these cities
with their suburbs, as Jehovah com-
manded by Moses. 9 And they gave
out of the tribe of the children of
Judah, and out of the tribe of the
children of Simeon, these cities
which are here mentioned by name:
10 and they were for the children
of Aaron, of the families of the
Kohathites, who were of the chil-
' Or, pasture lands
264
Cities assigned to the Levites
dren 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 He-
bron), in the hill-country of Judah,
with the suburbs thereof round
about it. 12 But the fields of the
city, and the villages thereof, gave
they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh
for his possession.
13 And unto the children of Aaron
the priest they gave Hebron with
its suburbs, the city of refuge for
the manslayer, and Libnah with
its suburbs, 14 and Jattir with its
suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its sub-
urbs, 15 and Holon with its
suburbs, and Debir with its sub-
urbs, 16 and Ain with its suburbs,
and Juttah with its suburbs, and
Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine
cities out of those two tribes. 17 And
out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon
with its suburbs, Geba with its
suburbs, 18 Anathoth with its sub-
urbs, and Almon with its suburbs;
four cities. 19 All the cities of
the children of Aaron, the priests,
were thirteen cities with their sub-
urbs.
20 And the families of the chil-
! dren of Kohath, the Levites, even
the rest of the children of Kohath,
they had the cities of their lot out
of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 And
they gave them Shechem with its
suburbs in the hill-country of Eph-
raim, the city of refuge for the man-
slayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
22 And Kibzaim with its sub-
urbs, and Beth-horon with its
suburbs; four cities. 23 And out of
the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its sub-
urbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs, 24
Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-
rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
25 And out of the half-tribe of
Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs,
and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs;
two cities. 26 All the cities of
the families of the rest of the chil-
dren of Kohath were ten with their
suburbs.
I TT:-1,. I,;, .A
JOSHUA 21,11—21.42
27 And unto the children of
Gershon, of the families of the
Levites, out of the haJ^-tribe of
Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan
with its suburbs, the city of refuge
for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah
with its suburbs; two cities. 28 And
out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion
with its suburbs, Daberath with
its suburbs, 29 Jarmuth with
its suburbs, Engannim with its
suburbs; four cities. 30 And out
of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with
its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
31 Helkath with its suburbs, and
Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
32 And out of the tribe of Naph-
tali, Kedesh in Galilee with its
suburbs, the city of refuge for
the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor
with its suburbs, and Kartan with
its 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 Zebu-
lun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and
Kartah with its suburbs, 35 Dim-
nah with its suburbs, Nahalal with
its suburbs; four cities. 36 And out
of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with
its suburbs, and Jahaz with its
suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with its sub-
urbs, and Mephaath with its
suburbs; four cities. 38 And out
of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in
Gilead with its suburbs, the city of
refuge for the nianslayer, and Maha-
naim with its suburbs, 39 Heshbon
with its suburbs, Jazer with its
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:
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JOSHUA 21.43 22.16 The Transjordanic Tribes return; build an Altar which gives Offence
thus it was with all these cities.
43 So Jehovah gave unto Israel
all the land which he sware to give
unto their fathers; and they pos-
sessed it, and dwelt therein. 44
And Jehovah 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; Jehovah delivered all
their enemies into their hand. 45
There failed not aught of any good
thing which Jehovah had spoken
unto the house of Israel; all came
to pass.
QQ Then Joshua called the
LiZd Reubenites, and the Gad-
ites, and the half -tribe of Manas-
seh, 2 and said unto them. Ye
have kept all that Moses the ser-
vant of Jehovah commanded you,
and have hearkened unto my voice
in all that I commanded you: 3 ye
have not left your brethren these
many days unto this day, but have
kept the charge of the command-
ment of Jehovah your God. 4 And
now Jehovah your God hath given
rest unto your brethren, as he spake
unto them: therefore now turn ye,
and get you unto your tents, unto
the land of your possession, which
Moses the servant of Jehovah gave
you beyond the Jordan. 5 Only
take diligent heed to do the com-
mandment and the law which Mo-
ses the servant of Jehovah com-
manded you, to love Jehovah your
God, and to walk in all his ways,
and to keep his commandments, and
to cleave unto him, and to serve him
with all your heart and with all
your soul. 6 So Joshua blessed
them, and sent them away; and
they went unto their tents.
7 Now to the one half-tribe of
Manasseh Moses had given inheri-
tance in Bashan; but unto the other
half gave Joshua among their breth-
ren beyond the Jordan 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 possession, whereof
they were possessed, according to
the commandment of Jehovah by
Moses.
10 And when they came unto the
region about the Jordan, that is in
the land of Canaan, the children of
Reuben and the children of Gad
and the half-tribe of Manasseh
built there an altar by the Jordan,
a great altar to look upon. 11 And
the children of Israel heard say.
Behold, the children of Reuben and
the children of Gad and the half-
tribe of Manasseh have built an
altar in the forefront of the land
of Canaan, in the region about the
Jordan, on the side that pertaineth
to the children of Israel. 12 And
when the children of Israel heard
of it, the whole congregation of the
children of Israel gathered them-
selves together at Shiloh, to go up
against them to war.
13 And the children of Israel sent
unto the children of Reuben,
and to the children of Gad, and
to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into
the land of Gilead,. Phinehas the
son of Eleazar the priest, 14 and
with him ten princes, one prince
of a fathers' house for each of the
tribes of Israel; and they were
every one of them head of their
fathers' houses among the thou-
sands 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
1 Or, families
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Good Will restored between the Western and the Transjordanic Tribes JOSHUA 22. 17 — 22.32
whole congregation of Jehovah,
What trespass is this that ye have
committed against the God of Is-
rael, to turn away this day from
following Jehovah, in that ye have
builded you an altar, to rebel this
day against Jehovah? 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 con-
gregation of Jehovah, 18 that ye
must turn away this day from fol-
lowing Jehovah? and it will be,
seeing ye rebel to-day against Je-
hovah, that to-morrow he will be
wroth with the whole congregation
of Israel. 19 Howbeit, if the land
of your possession be unclean, then
pass ye over unto the land of the
possession of Jehovah, wherein Je-
hovah's tabernacle dwelleth, and
take possession among us: but rebel
not against Jehovah, nor rebel
against us, in building you an altar
besides the altar of Jehovah our
God. 20 Did not Achan the son
of Zerah commit a trespass in the
levoted thing, and wrath fell upon
ill the congregation of Israel? and
lat man perished not alone in his
liquity.
21 Then the children of Reuben
md the children of Gad and the
lalf-tribe of Manasseh answered,
md spake unto the heads of the
thousands of Israel, 22 The Mighty
^ne, God, Jehovah, the Mighty
)ne, God, Jehovah, he knoweth;
md Israel he shall know: if it be
rebellion, or if in trespass against
fehovah (save thou us not this day),
that we have built us an altar
turn away from following Jeho-
rah; or if to offer thereon burnt-
offering or meal-offering, or if to
ler sacrifices of peace-offerings
lereon, let Jehovah himself require
; 24 and if we have not rather out
carefulness done this, and of
mrpose, saying, In time to come
four children might speak unto our
lildren, saying. What have ye
[ * Or, families
267
to do with Jehovah, the God of
Israel? 25 for Jehovah hath made
the Jordan a border between us
and you, ye children of Reuben
and children of Gad; ye have no
portion in Jehovah: so might your
children make our children cease
from fearing Jehovah. 26 There-
fore we said, Let us now prepare
to build us an altar, not for burnt-
offering, nor for sacrifice: 27 but
it shall be a witness between us
and you, and between our genera-
tions after us, that we may do the
service of Jehovah before him with
our burnt-offerings, and with our
sacrifices, and with our peace-offer-
ings; that your children may not
say to our children in time to come,
Ye have no portion in Jehovah.
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 Jehovah, which our
fathers made, not for burnt-offer-
ing, nor for sacrifice; but it is a
witness between us and you. 29
Far be it from us that we should
rebel against Jehovah, and turn
away this day from following Jeho-
vah, to build an altar for burnt-
offering, for meal-offering, or for
sacrifice, besides the altar of Jeho-
vah our God that is before his
tabernacle.
30 And when Phinehas the priest,
and the princes of the congregation,
even the heads of the thousands
of Israel that were with him, heard
the words that the children of
Reuben and the children of Gad
and the children of Manasseh spake,
it pleased them well. 31 And Phine-
has 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 Jehovah is in the
midst of us, because ye have not
committed this trespass against Je-
hovah: now have ye delivered the
children of Israel out of the hand
of Jehovah. 32 And Phinehas the
JOSHUA 22.33 — 23.16 Joshua's Farewell Address
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 Jeho-
vah is God.
OQ And it came to pass after
^O many days, when Jehovah
had given rest unto Israel from all
their enemies round about, and
Joshua was old and well stricken
in years; 2 that Joshua called for
all Israel, for their elders and for
their heads, and for their judges
and for their officers, and said unto
them, I am old and well stricken
in years: 3 and ye have seen all
that Jehovah your God hath done
unto all these nations because of
you; for Jehovah your God, he it is
that hath fought for you. 4 Be-
hold, I have allotted unto you these
nations that remain, to be an in-
heritance for your tribes, from the
Jordan, with all the nations that I
have cut off, even unto the great
sea toward the going down of the
sun. 5 And Jehovah your God, he
will thrust them out from before you,
and drive them from out of your
sight; and ye shall possess their
land, as Jehovah your God spake
unto you. 6 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
* That is, Witness.
to swear by them, neither serve them,
nor bow down yourselves unto them;
8 but cleave unto Jehovah your
God, as ye have done unto this day.
9 For Jehovah hath driven out
from before you great nations and
strong: but as for you, no man hath
stood before you unto this day.
10 One man of you ^shall chase a
thousand; for Jehovah your God,
he it is that fighteth for you, as he
spake unto you. 11 Take good
heed therefore unto yourselves, that
ye love Jehovah your God. 12 Else
if ye do at all go back, and cleave
unto the 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 Jehovah
your God will no more drive these
nations from out of your sight;
but they shall be a snare and a
trap unto you, and a scourge in
your sides, and thorns in your eyes,
until ye perish from off this good
land which Jehovah your God hath
given you.
14 And, behold, this day I am
going the way of all the earth:
and ye know in all your hearts
and in all your souls, that not one
thing hath failed of all the good
things which Jehovah 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 Jehovah your God spake
unto you, so will Jehovah bring
upon you all the evil things, until
he have destroyed you from off this
good land which Jehovah your God
hath given you. 16 When ye trans-
gress the covenant of Jehovah your
God, which he commanded you,
and go and serve other gods, and
bow down yourselves to them; then
will the anger of Jehovah be kindled
against you, and ye shall perish
quickly from off the good land which
he hath given unto you.
2 Or, hath chased
268
The Covenant renewed at Shechem
O /| And Joshua gathered all
^^ the tribes of Israel to Shech-
em, and called for the elders
of Israel, and for their heads, and
for their judges, and for their offi-
cers; and they presented them-
selves before God. 2 And Joshua
said unto all the people, Thus saith
Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your
fathers dwelt of old time beyond
the River, even Terah, the father
of Abraham, and the father of
Nahor: and they served other gods.
3 And I took your father Abra-
ham from beyond the River, and
led him throughout all the land of
Canaan, and multiplied his seed,
and gave him Isaac. 4 And I
gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau:
and I gave unto Esau mount Seir,
to possess it; and Jacob and his
children went down into Egypt.
5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and
I plagued Egj'^pt, according to that
which I did in the midst thereof:
and afterward I brought you out.
6 And I brought your fathers out of
Egypt: and ye came unto the sea;
and the Egyptians pursued after
your fathers with chariots and with
horsemen unto the Red Sea. 7-
And when they cried out unto
Jehovah, he put darkness between
you and the Egyptians, and brought
the sea upon them, and covered
them; and your eyes saw what I did
in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wil-
derness many days. 8 And I brought
you into the land of the Amorites,
that dwelt beyond the Jordan: and
they fought with you; and I gave
them into your hand, and ye pos-
sessed 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 Balaam;
therefore he blessed you still: so
I delivered you out of his hand.
II And ye went over the Jordan,
and came unto Jericho: and the
men of Jericho fought against you.
JOSHUA 24.1—24.20
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
drove them out from before you,
even the two kings of the Amorites;
not with thy sword, nor with thy
bow. 13 And I gave you a land
whereon thou hadst not labored,
and cities which ye built not, and
ye dwell therein; of vineyards and
oliveyards which ye planted not do
ye eat.
14 Now therefore fear Jehovah,
and serve him in sincerity and in
truth; and put away the gods
which your fathers served beyond
the River, and in Egypt; and
serve ye Jehovah. 15 And if it
seem evil unto you to serve Jeho-
vah, choose you this day whom ye
will serve; whether the gods which
your fathers served that were be-
yond the River, or the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell:
but as for me and my house, we
will serve Jehovah.
16 And the people answered and
said. Far be it from us that we should
forsake Jehovah, to serve other
gods; 17 for Jehovah our God, he it
is that brought us and our fathers
up out of the land of Egypt, from
the house of bondage, and that did
those great signs in our sight, and
preserved us in all the way wherein
we went, and among all the peoples
through the midst of whom we
passed; 18 and Jehovah drove out
from before us all the peoples, even
the Amorites that dwelt in the land :
therefore we also will serve Jehovah;
for he is our God.
19 And Joshua said unto the
people. Ye cannot serve Jehovah;
for he is a holy God; he is a jealous
God; he will not forgive your
transgression nor your sins. 20 If
ye forsake Jehovah, and serve for-
eign gods, then he will turn and do
you evil, and consume you, after
I Heb. bondmen.
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JOSHUA 24.21 24.33 Death and Burial of Joshua and Eleazar. Joseph's Bones buried
that he hath done you good. 21
And the people said unto Joshua,
Nay; but we will serve Jehovah.
22 And Joshua said unto the people,
Ye are witnesses against yourselves
that ye have chosen you Jehovah,
to serve him. And they said. We
are witnesses. 23 Now therefore
put away, said he, the foreign gods
which are among you, and incline
your heart unto Jehovah, the God
of Israel. 24 And the people said
unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will
we serve, and unto his voice will
we hearken. 25 So Joshua made
a covenant with the people that
day, and set them a statute and an
ordinance in Shechem. 26 And
Joshua wrote these words in the
book of the law of God; and he
took a great stone, and set it up
there under the oak that was %y
the sanctuary of Jehovah. 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 Jehovah which 'le spake
unto us: it shall be therefore a wit-
ness against you, lest ye deny your
God. 28 So Joshua sent the people
I Or, in
away, every man unto his inheri-
tance.
29 And it came to pass after
these things, that Joshua the son
of Nun, the servant of Jehovah,
died, being a hundred and ten
years old. 30 And they buried
him in the border of his inheritance
in Timnath-serah, which is in the
hill-country of Ephraim, on the
north of the mountain of Gaash.
31 And Israel served Jehovah all
the days of Joshua, and all the
days of the elders that outlived
Joshua, and had known all the work
of Jehovah, that he had wrought
for Israel.
32 And the bones of Joseph,
which the children of Israel brought
up out of Egypt, buried they in
Shechem, in the parcel of ground
which Jacob bought of the sons of
Hamor the father of Shechem for a
hundred pieces of money: and they
became the inheritance of the chil-
dren of Joseph. 33 And Eleazar
the son of Aaron died; and they
buried him in ^the hill of Phinehas
his son, which was given him in the
hill-country of Ephraim.
» Or, Gibeah of Phinehas
THE BOOK OF
JUDGES
Capture of Bezek
IAnd it came to pass after the
death of Joshua, that the chil-
dren of Israel asked of Jehovah,
thy lot. So Simeon went with
him. 4 And Judah went up; and
Jehovah delivered the Canaanites
saying. Who shall go up for us and the Perizzites into their hand:
first against the Canaanites, to
fight against them? 2 And Jeho-
vah said, Judah shall go up: be-
hold, I have delivered the land
into his hand. 3 And Judah said
unto Simeon his brother. Come up
with me into my lot, that we may
fight against the Canaanites; and
I likewise will go with thee into
and they smote of them in Bezek
ten thousand men. 5 And they
found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and
they fought against him, and they
smote the Canaanites and the Per-
izzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled;
and they pursued after him, and
caught him, and cut off his thumbs
and his great toes. 7 And Adoni-
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Capture of Bczek, Jerusalem, Hebron, Kiriath-sepher, Luz, and other Cities JUDGES 1.8 1.29
bezek said, Threescore and ten
kings, having their thumbs and
their great toes cut off, gathered
their food under my table : as I have
done, so God hath requited me.
And they brought him to 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 children of Judah
went down to fight against the
Canaanites that dwelt in the hill-
country, and in the South, and in
the lowland. 10 And Judah went
against the Canaanites that dwelt
in Hebron (now the name of Hebron
beforetime was Kiriath-arba) ; and
they ? xote Sheshai, and Ahiman,
and ^ dlmai.
V And from thence he went
af mst the inhabitants of Debir.
(J^ow the name of Debir before-
time was Kiriath-sepher.) 12 And
Caleb said. He that smiteth Kiri-
ath-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 alighted
from off her ass; and Caleb said
unto her. What wouldest thou.^^
15 And she said unto him. Give
me a ^blessing; for that thou hast
^set me in the land of the South,
give me also springs of water. And
Caleb gave her the upper springs and
the nether springs.
16 And the children of the Kenite,
Moses' ^brother-in-law, went up out
of the city of palm-trees with the
children of Judah into the wilder-
ness 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
1 Or, present
2 Or, given me the land of the South
3 Or, father-in-law
inhabited Zephath, and ''utterly de-
stroyed it. And the name of the
city was called Hormah. 18 Also
Judah took Gaza with the border
thereof, and Ashkelon with the
border thereof, and Ekron with the
border thereof. 19 And Jehovah
was with Judah; and he drove out
the inhabitants of the hill-country;
for he could not drive out the in-
habitants of the valley, because they
had chariots of iron. 20 And they
gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses
had spoken : and he drove out thence
the three sons of Anak. 21 And
the children of Benjamin did not
drive out the Jebusites that in-
habited Jerusalem; but the Jebu-
sites dwell with the children of Ben-
jamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
22 And the house of Joseph, they
also went up against Beth-el; and
Jehovah was with them. 23 And
the house of Joseph sent to spy out
Beth-el. (Now the name of the
city beforetime was Luz). 24 And
the watchers saw a man come
forth out of the city, and they said
unto him. Show us, we pray thee,
the entrance into the city, and we
will deal kindly with thee. 25 And
he showed them the entrance into
the city; and they smote the city
with the edge of the sword; but they
let the man go and all his family.
26 And the man went into the land
of the Hittites, and built a city, and
called the name thereof Luz, which
is the name thereof unto this day.
27 And Manasseh did not drive
out the inhabitants of Beth-shean
and its ^towns, nor of Taanach and
its towns, nor the inhabitants of
Dor and its towns, nor the inhabi-
tants of Ibleam and its towns, nor
the inhabitants of Megiddo and its
towns; but the Canaanites would
dwell in that land. 28 And it came
to pass, when Israel was waxed
strong, that they put the Canaanites
to taskwork, and did not utterly
drive them out.
29 And Ephraim drove not out
6 Heb. daughters.
* Heb. devoted.
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JUDGES i.30 — 2.15 Places not conquered by Israel. Joshua's Death
the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer;
but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer
among them.
30 Zebulun drove not out the
inhabitants of Kitron, nor the in-
habitants of Nahalol; but the Ca-
naanites dwelt among them, and
became subject to taskwork.
31 Asher drove not out the in-
habitants of Acco, nor the inhabit-
ants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of
Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik,
nor of Rehob; 32 but the Asherites
dwelt among the Canaanites, the
inhabitants of the land; for they
did not drive them out.
33 Naphtali drove not out the
inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor
the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but
he dwelt among the Canaanites,
the inhabitants of the land: never-
theless the inhabitants of Beth-
shemesh and of Beth-anath became
subject to taskwork.
34 And the Amorites forced the
children of Dan into the hill-coun-
try; for they would not suffer
them to come down to the valley;
35 but the Amorites would dwell
in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in
Shaalbim: yet the hand of the
house of Joseph prevailed, so that
they became subject to taskwork.
36 And the border of the Amorites
w^as from the ascent of Akrabbim,
from Hhe rock, and upward.
2 And ^the angel of Jehovah
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 hearkened unto my
voice: why have ye done this.f^ 3
Wherefore I also said, I will not
drive them out from before you ; but
they shall be as thorns in your sides,
and their gods shall be a snare unto
you. 4 And it came to pass, when
1 Or, Sela
' Or, a messenger
the angel of Jehovah 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 "^Bochim:
and they sacrificed there unto Je-
hovah.
6 Now when Joshua had sent the
people away, the children (>f Israel
went every man unto his inheritance
to possess the land. 7 And the
people served Jehovah all the days
of Joshua, and all the days of the
elders that outlived Joshua, who
had seen all the great work of Jeho-
vah that he had wrought for Israel.
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the
servant of Jehovah, died, being a
hundred and ten years old. 9 And
they buried him in the border of
his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in
the hill-country of Ephraim, on the
north of the mountain of Gaash.
10 And also all that generation
were gathered unto their fathers:
and there arose another generation
after them, that knew not Jeho-
vah, nor yet the work which he
had wrought for Israel.
11 And the children of Israel
did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, and served the
Baalim; 12 and they forsook Jeho-
vah, the God of their fathers, who
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 them-
selves down unto them: and they
provoked Jehovah to anger. 13
And they forsook Jehovah, and
served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
14 And the anger of Jehovah was
kindled against Israel, and he de-
livered them into the hands of
spoilers that despoiled them; and
he sold them into the hands of
their enemies round about, so that
they could not any longer stand
before their enemies. 15 Whither-
soever they went out, the hand of
Jehovah was against them for evil,
as Jehovah had spoken, and as Je-
3 That is. Weepns.
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Apostasy of the People. Othniel delivers Israel from Cusharu-rishathaiin JUDGES 2.16 3.13
hovah had sworn unto them: and
they were sore distressed.
16 And Jehovah raised up judges,
who saved them out of the hand of
those that despoiled them. 17 And
yet they hearkened not unto their
judges; for they played the harlot
after other gods, and bowed them-
selves down unto them: they turned
aside quickly out of the way where-
in their fathers walked, obeying the
commandments of Jehovah; but they
did not so. 18 And when Jehovah
raised them up judges, then Jeho-
vah was with the judge, and saved
them out of the hand of their ene-
mies all the days of the judge: for
it repented Jehovah because of their
groaning by reason of them that
oppressed them and vexed them.
19 But it came to pass, when the
judge was dead, that they turned
back, and dealt more corruptly
than their fathers, in following other
gods to serve them, and to bow
down unto them; ^they ceased not
from their doings, nor from their
stubborn way. 20 And the anger
of Jehovah was kindled against
Israel; and he said. Because this
nation have transgressed my cove-
nant which I commanded their
fathers, and have not hearkened
unto my voice; 21 I also will not
henceforth drive out any from be-
fore them of the nations that Joshua
left when he died; 22 that by them
I may prove Israel, whether they
will keep the way of Jehovah to
walk therein, as their fathers did
keep it, or not. 23 So Jehovah left
those nations, without driving them
out hastily; neither delivered he
them into the hand of Joshua.
3 Now these are the nations
which Jehovah left, to prove
Israel by them, even as many of
Israel as had not known all the
wars of Canaan; 2 only that the
generations of the children of Israel
might know, to teach them war, at
the least such as beforetime knew
nothing thereof: 3 namely, the five
1 Ileb. they let nothing fall of their doings.
lords of the Philistines, and all the
Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and
the Hivites that dwelt in mount
Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon
unto the entrance of Hamath. 4
And they were left, to prove Israel
by them, to know whether they
would hearken unto the command-
ments of Jehovah, which he com-
manded their fathers by Moses.
5 And the children of Israel dwelt
among the Canaanites, the Hittites,
and the Amorites, and the Perizzites,"
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
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
Jehovah, and forgat Jehovah their
God, and served the Baalim and
the Asheroth. 8 Therefore the an-
ger of Jehovah was kindled against
Israel, and he sold them into the
hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of
^Mesopotamia: and the children of
Israel served Cushan-rishathaim
eight years. 9 And when the chil-
dren of Israel cried unto Jehovah,
Jehovah 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 Jehovah came upon
him, and he judged Israel; and he
went out to war, and Jehovah
delivered Cushan-rishathaim king
of ^Mesopotamia 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 Jehovah: and Jehovah
strengthened Eglon the king of
Moab against Israel, because they
had done that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah. 13 And he gath-
ered unto him the children of Am-
mon and Amalek; and he went and
smote Israel, and they possessed
- Heb. Aram-naharaim.
5 Heb. Aram.
27^
JUDGES 3.14 — 4,6 Ehud delivers Israel from Eglon. Shamgar defeats the Philistines
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 Jehovah, Jehovah
raised them up a saviour, Ehud the
son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man
left-handed. And the children of
Israel sent tribute by him unto
Eglon the king of Moab. 16 And
Ehud made him a sword which had
two edges, a cubit in length; and
he girded it under his raiment upon
his right thigh. 17 And he offered
the tribute unto Eglon king of
Moab: now Eglon was a very fat
man. 18 And when he had made
an end of offering the tribute, he
sent away the people that bare the
tribute. 19 But he himself turned
back from the ^quarries that were
by Gilgal, 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
the cool upper room. 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 body: 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 body; and
^it came out behind. 23 Then Ehud
went forth into the porch, and shut
the doors of the upper room upon
him, and locked them.
24 Now when he was gone out,
his servants came; and they saw,
and, behold, the doors of the upper
room were locked; and they said.
Surely he is covering his feet in
the upper chamber. 25 And they
tarried till they were ashamed;
and, behold, he opened not the
doors of the upper room: 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
^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-coun-
try, and he before them. 28 And
he said unto them, Follow after me;
for Jehovah hath delivered your
enemies the Moabites into your
hand. And they went down after
him, and took the fords of the
Jordan ^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 valor;
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, who smote of the
Philistines 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 Jehovah, when Ehud
was dead. 2 And Jehovah sold
them into the hand of Jabin king
of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor;
the captain of whose host was
Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth
of the ^Gentiles. 3 And the chil-
dren of Israel cried unto Jehovah:
for he had nine hundred chariots of
iron; and twenty years he mightily
oppressed the cliildren of Israel.
4 Now ~J!)£borah, a prophetess,
the wife of Lappidoth, she judged
Israel at that time. 5 And she
^dwelt under the palm-tree of Deb-
borah 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 B^rak the son of Abi-
noam out orKTedesh-naphtali, and
said unto him, Hath not Jehovah,
* Or, graven images ^ Or, he went oul into the antechamber
3 Or, toward Moab
5 Or, sat
* Or, nations
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Barak and Deborah defeat Sisera. Jael kills Sisera
the God of Israel, commanded,
saying. Go and draw unto mount
Tabor, and take with thee ten thou-
sand men of the children of Naph-
tali 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 chariots and
his multitude; and I will deliver him
into thy 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:
notwithstanding, the journey that
thou takest shall not be for thine
honor; for Jehovah will sell Sisera
into the hand of a woman. And
Deborah arose, and went with Barak
to Kedesh. 10 And Barak called
Zebulun 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
separated himself from ^the Ke-
nites, even from the children of
Hobab the ^brother-in-law of Moses,
and had pitched his tent as far as
the ^oak in 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 char-
iots of iron, and all the people that
were with him, from Harosheth of
the "^Gentiles, unto the river Kishon.
14 And Deborah said unto Barak,
Up; for this is the day in which
Jehovah hath delivered Sisera into
thy hand; is not Jehovah gone out
before thee.^^ So Barak went down
from mount Tabor, and ten thou-
sand men after him. 15 And Jeho-
vah discomfited Sisera, and all his
chariots, and all his host, with the
edge of the sword before Barak; and
Sisera alighted from his chariot, and
fled away on his feet. 16 But Barak
pursued after the chariots, and
Heb. Kain. See Num. 24. 22
Or, falher-in-law
3 Or, terebinth
« Or, nations
JUDGES 4.7—5.2
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 He-
ber's wife took a tent-pin, and took
a 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
^in a deep sleep; so he swooned and
died. 22 And, behold, as Barak
pursued Sisera, Jael came out to
meet him, and said unto him. Come,
and I will show 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 children of Israel pre-
vailed more and more against Jabin
the king of Canaan, until they had
destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
5 Then sang Deborah and Ba-
rak the son of Abinoam on
that day, saying,
2 For that the leaders took the
lead in Israel,
For that the people offered them-
selves willingly,
Bless ye Jehovah.
Or, in a deep sleep and weary; so he died
Ik
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JUDGES 5.3 — 5.20 The Song of Deborah
3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye
princes;
I, even I, will sing unto Jehovah;
I will sing praise to Jehovah, the
God of Israel.
4 Jehovah, when thou wentest forth
out of Seir,
When thou marchedst out of the
field of Edom,
The earth trembled, the heavens
also dropped,
Yea, the clouds dropped water.
5 The mountains ^quaked at the
presence of Jehovah,
Even yon Sinai at the presence
of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
6 In the days of Shamgar the son
of Anath,
In the days of Jael, Hhe high-
ways were unoccupied.
And the travellers walked through
^byways.
7 ^The rulers ceased in Israel, they
ceased.
Until that I Deborah arose.
That I arose a mother in Is-
rael.
8 They chose new gods;
Then was war in the gates:
Was there a shield or spear seen
Among forty thousand in Israel.^
9 My heart is toward the governors
of Israel,
^That offered themselves wil-
ingly among the people:
Bless ye Jehovah.
10 Tell of it, ye that ride on white
asses.
Ye that sit on rich carpets.
And ye that walk by the way.
11 ^Far from the noise of archers,
in the places of drawing water.
There shall they rehearse the
righteous acts of Jehovah,
Even the righteous acts ^of his
rule in Israel.
Then the people of Jehovah
went down to the gates.
1 Ox, flowed down 2 Qr, the caravans ceased
• H^b crooked ways.
* Or, The vUIorcs were unoccupied
* Or, Ye that offered yourselves willingly among the people,
bless &•<-.
• Or, Because of the voice of the archers. . . there let them
rehearse 7 Or, toward his villages
12 Awake, awake, Deborah;
Awake, awake, utter a song:
Arise, Barak, and lead away thy
captives, thou son of Abinoam.
13 ^Then came down a remnant of
the nobles ^and the people;
Jehovah came down for me
^•^against the mighty.
14 Out of Ephraim came down they
whose root is in Amalek;
After thee, Benjamin, among
thy peoples;
Out of Machir came down "gov-
ernors.
And out of Zebulun they that
handle ^^the marshal's staff.
15 And ^^the princes of Issachar
were with Deborah;
As was Issachar, so was Barak;
Into the valley they rushed forth
at his feet.
By the watercourses of Reuben
There were great resolves of
heart.
16 Why sattest thou among the
sheepfolds.
To hear the pipings for the
flocks. f^
At the watercourses of Reuben
There were great searchings of
heart.
17 Gilead abode beyond the Jordan:
And Dan, why did he remain in
ships .f^
Asher sat still at the ^%aven of
the sea.
And abode by his creeks.
18 Zebulun was a people that jeo-
parded their lives unto the
death.
And Naphtali, upon the high
places of the field.
19 The kings came and fought;
Then fought the kings of Canaan,
In Taanach by the waters of
Megiddo :
They took no gain of money.
20 From heaven fought the stars,
8 Or, Then go down, 0 remnant, for the nobles. .0 Jeho-
hovah, go down for me against the mighty Or, Then made
he a remnant to have dominion over the nobles and the people;
Jehovah made me have dominion over the mighty
9 Or, as otherwise read, the people of Jehovah came down
for me against (or, among) the mighty i" Or, among
11 Or, lawgivers 12 Or, the staff of the scribe
18 Or, my princes in Issachar " Or, shore
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The Song of Deborah. Israel oppressed by Midian
JUDGES 5.21—6.8
From their courses they fought
against Sisera.
21 The river Kishon swept them
away,
That ancient river, the river
Kishon.
O my soul, ^march on with
strength.
22 Then did the horsehoofs stamp
By reason of the prancings, the
prancings of their strong ones.
23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel
of Jehovah,
Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants
thereof,
Because they came not to the
help of Jehovah,
To the help of Jehovah Against
the mighty.
24 Blessed ^above women shall Jael
be.
The wife of Heber the Kenite;
Blessed shall she be ^above
women in the tent.
25 He asked water, and she gave
him milk;
She brought him butter in a
lordly dish.
26 She put her hand to the tent-pin.
And her right hand to the work-
men's hammer;
And with the hammer she smote
Sisera, she smote through his
head;
Yea, she pierced and struck
through his temples.
27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he
lay;
At her feet he bowed, he fell:
Where he bowed, there he fell
down Mead.
28 Through the window she looked
forth, and cried.
The mother of Sisera cried
through the lattice.
Why is his chariot so long in
coming.?
Why tarry the ^wheels of his
chariots.'^
29 Her wise ladies answered her.
30
wise
' Or, thou hast trodden down strength
2 Or, among * Or, overpowered
» Or, of 5 Heb. steps.
31
^Yea, she returned answer to
herself.
Have they not found, have they
not divided the spoil?
A damsel, two damsels to every
man;
To Sisera a spoil of dyed gar-
ments,
A spoil of dyed garments em-
broidered,
Of dyed garments embroidered
on both sides, on the necks of
the spoil.?
So let all thine enemies perish,
O Jehovah:
But let them that love him be
as the sun when he goeth forth
in his might.
And the land had rest forty years.
6 And the children of Israel
did that which was evil in
the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah
delivered them into the hand of
Midian seven years. 2 And the
hand of Midian prevailed against
Israel; and because of Midian the
children of Israel made them the
dens which are in the mountains,
and the caves, and the strongholds.
3 And so it was, when Israel had
sown, that the Midianites came up,
and the Amalekites, and the chil-
dren of the east; they came up
against them; 4 and they encamped
against them, and destroyed the
increase of the earth, till thou come
unto Gaza, and left no sustenance
in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor
ass. 5 For they came up with their
cattle and their tents; they came in
as locusts for multitude; both they
and their camels were without num-
ber: and they came into the land to
destroy it. 6 And Israel was brought
very low because of Midian; and the
children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.
7 And it came to pass, when the
children of Israel cried unto Jeho-
vah because of Midian, 8 that Je-
hovah sent a prophet unto the
children of Israel: and he said unto
them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God
of Israel, I brought you up from
« Or. {Yet she repeateth her words unto herself)
277
JUDCHS 6.9 — 6.28 Gideon visited by the Angel of Jehovah. He destroys the Altar of Baal
Egypt, and brought you forth out
of the house of bondage; 9 and I
delivered you out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and out of the hand of
all that oppressed you, and drove
them out from before you, and gave
you their land; 10 and I said unto
you, I am Jehovah your God; ye
shall not fear the gods of the Amor-
ites, in whose land ye dwell. But
ye have not hearkened unto my voice.
11 And the angel of Jehovah
came, and sat under the ^oak which
was in Ophrah, that pertained unto
Joash the Abiezrite: and his son
Gideon was beating out wheat in
the winepress, to hide it from the
Midianites. 12 Arid the angel of
Jehovah appeared unto him, and
said unto him, Jehovah is with thee,
thou mighty man of valor. 13 And
Gideon said unto him. Oh, my lord,
if Jehovah is with us, why then is
all this befallen us? and where are
all his wondrous works which our
fathers told us of, saying. Did not
Jehovah bring us up from Egypt.?
but now Jehovah hath cast us off,
and delivered us into the hand of
Midian. 14 And Jehovah ^looked
upon him, and said. Go in this thy
might, and save Israel from the
hand of Midian: have not I sent
thee? 15 And he said unto him.
Oh, Lord, wherewith shall I save
Israel? behold, my ^family is the
poorest in Manasseh, and I am the
least in my father's house. 16 And
Jehovah said unto him. Surely I will
be with thee, and thou shalt smite
the Midianites as one man. 17 And
he said unto him. If now I have
found favor in thy sight, then show
me a sign that it is thou that talkest
with me. 18 Depart not hence, I
pray thee, until I come unto thee,
and bring forth my ^present, and
lay it before thee. And he said, I
will tarry until thou come again.
19 And Gideon went in, and
made ready a kid, and unleavened
cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh
1 Or, terebinth
2 Or, turned towards
^ Heb. thousand.
« Or, offering
he put in a basket, and he put the
broth in a pot, and brought it out
unto him under the ^oak, and pre-
sented it. 20 And the angel of God
said unto him. Take the flesh and
the unleavened cakes, and lay them
upon this rock, and pour out the
broth. And he did so. 21 Then
the angel of Jehovah put forth the
end of the staff that was in his
hand, and touched the flesh and
the unleavened cakes; and there
went up fire out of the rock, and
consumed the flesh and the unleav-
ened cakes; and the angel of Jeho-
vah departed out of his sight. 22
And Gideon saw that he was the
angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said,
Alas, O Lord Jehovah! forasmuch
as I have seen the angel of Jehovah
face to face. 23 And Jehovah said
unto him. Peace be unto thee; fear
not: thou shalt not die. 24 Then
Gideon built an altar there unto
Jehovah, and called it ^Jehovah-
shalom: unto this day it is yet in
Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
25 And it came to pass the same
night, that Jehovah said unto him.
Take thy father's bullock, ^even the
second bullock seven years old, and
throw down the altar of Baal that
thy father hath, and cut down the
Asherah that is ^by it; 26 and build
an altar unto Jehovah thy God upon
the top of this stronghold, ^in the
orderly manner, and take the second
bullock, and offer a burnt-offering
with the wood of the Asherah which
thou shalt cut down. 27 Then
Gideon took ten men of his servants,
and did as Jehovah had spoken unto
him: and it came to pass, because
he feared his father's household and
the men of the city, so that he could
not do it by day, that he did it by
night.
28 And when the men of the city
arose early in the morning, behold,
the altar of Baal was broken down,
and the Asherah was cut down
that was ^by it, and the second bul-
5 That is, Jehovah is peace. « Or, and
7 Or, upon * Or, with that pertaining to it
278
Gideon summons an Army. The Sign of the Fleece
lock was offered upon the altar that
was built. 29 And they said one
to another, Who hath done this
thing? And when they inquired
and asked, they said, Gideon the
son of Joash hath done this thing.
30 Then the men of the city said
unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that
he may die, because he hath broken
down the altar of Baal, and because
he hath cut down the Asherah that
was ^by it. 31 And Joash said unto
all that stood against him. Will ye
contend for Baal? or will ye save
him? he that will contend for him,
^let him be put to death ^whilst it
is yet morning: if he be a god, let
him contend for himself, because
one hath broken down his altar.
32 Therefore on that day he called
him ^Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal
contend against him, because he
hath broken down his altar.
33 Then all the Midianites and
the Amalekites and the children of
the east assembled themselves to-
gether; and they passed over, and
encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
34 But the Spirit of Jehovah ^came
upon Gideon; and he blew a trumpet;
and Abiezer was gathered together
after him. 35 And he sent messen-
gers throughout all Manasseh; and
they also were gathered together
after him: and he sent messengers
unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and
unto Naphtali; and they came up to
meet them.
36 And Gideon said unto God,
If thou wilt save Israel by my
hand, as thou hast spoken, 37 be-
hold, I will put a fleece of wool on
the threshing-floor; if there be dew
on the fleece only, and it be dry
upon all the ground, then shall I
know that thou wilt save Israel by
my hand, as thou hast spoken. 38
And it was so; for he rose up early
on the morrow, and pressed the
fleece together, and wrung the dew
out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.
39 And Gideon said unto God,
1 Or, upon i That is, Let Baal contend.
2 Or, shall be put to death: let be till 'norning; if &C
3 Or. before morning * Heb. clothed itself with.
JUDGES 6.29—7.7
Let not thine anger be kindled
against me, and I will speak but
this once: let me make trial, I pray
thee, but this once with the fleece;
let it now be dry only upon the
fleece, and upon ah the ground let
there be dew. 40 And God did so
that night: for it was dry upon the
fleece only, and there was dew on
all the ground.
7 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gid-
eon, and all the people that
were with him, rose up early, and
encamped beside the spring of
^Harod: and the camp of Midian
was on the north side of them, ^by
the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
2 And Jehovah said unto Gideon,
The people that are with thee are
too many for me to give the Midian-
ites into their hand, lest Israel
vaunt themselves against me, say-
ing, Mine own hand hath saved me.
3 Now therefore proclaim in the
ears of the people, saying. Whoso-
ever is fearful and trembling, let
him return and ^depart from mount
Gilead. And there returned of the
people twenty and two thousand;
and there remained ten thousand.
4 And Jehovah said unto Gideon,
The people are yet too many; bring
them down unto the water, and I
will try them for thee there: and it
shall be, that of whom I say unto
thee, This shall go with thee, the
same shall go with thee; and of
whomsoever I say unto thee. This
shall not go with thee, the same
shall not go. 5 So he brought
down the people unto the water:
and Jehovah said unto Gideon,
Every one that lappeth of the water
with his tongue, as a dog lappeth,
him shalt thou set by himself; like-
wise every one that boweth down
upon his knees to drink. 6 And
the number of them that lapped,
putting their hand to their mouth,
was three hundred men: but all the
rest of the people bowed down upon
their knees to drink water. 7 And
6 That is, Trembling. See ver. 3 ^ Ox, go round about
1 Or, from the hill of Moreh onwards ir the valley
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JUDGES 7.8 — 7.25 Gideon reduces Army to Three Hundred. Use of TrumpeU and Pitchers
Jehovah said unto Gideon, By the
three hundred men that lapped will
I save you, and deliver the Midian-
ites into thy hand; and let all the
people go every man unto his place.
8 So the people took victuals in their
hand, and their trumpets; and he
sent all the men of Israel every man
unto his tent, but retained the three
hundred men : and the camp of Mid-
ian was beneath him in the valley.
9 And it came to pass the same
night, that Jehovah said unto him,
Arise, get thee down ^into the camp;
for I have delivered it into thy
hand. 10 But if thou fear to go
down, go thou with Purah thy
servant down to the camp: 11 and
thou shalt hear what they say;
and afterward shall thy hands be
strengthened to go down 4nto the
camp. Then went he down with
Purah his servant unto the outer-
most part of the armed men that
were in the camp. 12 And the
Midianites and the Amalekites and
all the children of the east lay along
in the valley like locusts for mul-
titude; and their camels were with-
out number, as the sand which is
upon the sea-shore for multitude.
13 And when Gideon was come,
behold, there was a man telling a
dream unto his fellow; and he said.
Behold, I dreamed a dream; and,
lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled
into the camp of Midian, and came
unto the tent, and smote it so that
it fell, and turned it upside down,
so that the tent lay flat. 14 And
his fellow answered and said. This
is nothing else save the sword of
Gideon the son of Joash, a man of
Israel: into his hand God hath
delivered Midian, and all the host.
15 And it was so, when Gideon
heard the telling of the dream, and
the interpretation thereof, that he
worshipped; and he returned into
the camp of Israel, and said. Arise;
for Jehovah hath delivered into
your hand the host of Midian.
16 And he divided the three hun-
' Or, asainst
dred men into three companies, and
he put into the hands of all of them
trumpets, and empty pitchers, with
torches within the pitchers. 17 And
he said unto them. Look on me,
and do likewise: and, behold, when
I come to the outermost part of the
camp, it shall be that, as I do, so
shall ye do. 18 When I blow the
trumpet, I and all that are with me,
then blow ye the trumpets also on
every side of all the camp, and say.
For Jehovah and for Gideon.
19 So Gideon, and the hundred
men that were with him, came
unto the outermost part of the
camp in the beginning of the mid-
dle watch, when they had but
newly set the watch: and they
blew the trumpets, and brake in
pieces the pitchers that were in
their hands. 20 And the three
companies blew the trumpets, and
brake the pitchers, and held the
torches in their left hands, and
the trumpets in their right hands
wherewith to blow; and they cried,
^The sword of Jehovah and of
Gideon. 21 And they stood every
man in his place round about the
camp; and all the host ran; and
they shouted, and ^put them to flight.
22 And they blew the three hundred
trumpets, and Jehovah set every
man's sword against his fellow, and
against all the host; and the host
fled as far as Beth-shittah toward
Zererah, as far as the "^border of
Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. 23 And
the men of Israel were gathered
together out of Naphtali, and out
of Asher, and out of all Manasseh,
and pursued after Midian.
24 And Gideon sent messengers
throughout all the hill-country of
Ephraim, saying, Come down against
Midian, and take before them the
waters, as far as Beth-barah, ^even
the Jordan. So all the men of
Ephraim were gathered together,
and took the waters as far as Beth-
barah, ^even the Jordan. 25 And
2 Or, A sword for &'c.
3 Another reading is, fled.
* Heb. lip.
6 Or, and also
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Gideon pacifies the Ephraimites. Zebah and Zalmunna sJain JUDGES 8.1 8.21
men, all that were left of all the
host of the children of the east;
for there fell a hundred and twenty
thousand men that drew sword.
11 And Gideon went up by the way
of them that dwelt in tents on the
east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and
smote the host; for the host was
secure. 12 And Zebah and Zal-
munna fled; and he pursued after
them; and he took the two kings of
Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and
^discomfited all the host.
13 And Gideon the son of Joash
returned from the battle from the
ascent of Heres. 14 And he caught
a young man of the men of Succoth,
and inquired of him: and he ^de-
scribed for him the princes of Suc-
coth, and the elders thereof, seventy
and seven men. 15 And he came
unto the men of Succoth, and said,
Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, con-
cerning whom ye did taunt me,
saying. Are the hands of Zebah and
Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we
should give bread unto thy men that
are weary? 16 And he took the
elders of the city, and thorns of the
wilderness and briers, and with them
he taught the men of Succoth. 17
And he brake down the tower of
Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
18 Then said he unto Zebah and
Zalmunna, What manner of men
were they whom ye slew at Tabor.?
And they answered, As thou art,
so were they; each one resembled
the children of a king. 19 And he
said, They were my brethren, the
sons of my mother: as Jehovah liv-
eth, if ye had saved them alive, I
would not slay you. 20 And he
said unto Jether his first-born. Up,
and slay them. But the youth
drew not his sword; for he feared,
because he was yet a youth. 21
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said,
Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as
the man is, so is his strength. And
Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and
Zalmunna, and took the crescents
that were on their camels' necks.
they took the two princes of Midian,
Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb
at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they
slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and
pursued Midian: and they brought
the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gid-
eon beyond the Jordan.
8 And the men of Ephraim
said unto him, Why hast thou
served us thus, that thou calledst
us not, when thou wentest to fight
with Midian.? And they did chide
with him sharply. 2 And he said
unto them. What have I now done
in comparison with you.? Is not the
gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim
better than the vintage of Abiezer.?
3 God hath delivered into your
hand the princes of Midian, Oreb
and Zeeb: and what was I able to
do in comparison with you? Then
their ^anger was abated toward
him, when he had said that.
4 And Gideon came to the Jor-
dan, ^and passed over, he, and the
three hundred men that were with
him, faint, yet pursuing. 5 And
he said unto the men of Succoth,
Give, I pray you, loaves of bread
unto the people that follow me;
for they are faint, and I am pursu-
ing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the
kings of Midian. 6 And the princes
of Succoth said. Are the hands of
Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy
hand, that we should give bread
unto thine army? 7 And Gideon
said. Therefore when Jehovah hath
delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into
my hand, then I will Hear your
flesh with the thorns of the wilder-
ness and with briers. 8 And he
went up thence to Penuel, and
spake unto them in like manner;
and the men of Penuel answered
him as the men of Succoth had an-
swered. 9 And he spake also unto
the men of Penuel, saying. When I
come again in peace, I will break
down this tower.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna
were in Karkor, and their hosts
with them, about fifteen thousand
Heb. spirit.
2 Or, to pass
3 Heb. thresh.
Heb. terrified.
5 Or, ivrote down
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JUDGES 8.22— 9.8 Gideon's Ephod. His Death. Abimelech kills Gideon's Sons
22 Then the men of Israel said
unto Gideon, Rule thou over us,
both thou, and thy son, and thy
son's son also; for thou hast saved
us out of the hand of Midian. 23
And Gideon said unto them, I will
not rule over you, neither shall my
son rule over you: Jehovah shall
rule over you. 24 And Gideon
said unto them, I would make a
request of you, that ye would give
me every man the ^ear-rings of his
spoil. (For they had golden ear-
rings, because they were Ishmael-
ites). 25 And they answered, We
will willingly give them. And they
spread a garment, and did cast
therein every man the ear-rings of
his spoil. 26 And the weight of
the golden ear-rings that he re-
quested was a thousand and seven
hundred shekels of gold; besides the
crescents, and the pendants, and
the purple raiment that was on the
kings of Midian, and besides the
chains that were about their camels'
necks. 27 And Gideon made an
ephod thereof, and put it in his
city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel
played the harlot after it there;
and it became a snare unto Gideon,
and to his house. 28 So Midian
was subdued before the children of
Israel, and they lifted up thieir heads
no more. And the land had rest
forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 And Jerubbaal the son of
Joash went and dwelt in his own
house. 30 And Gideon had three-
score and ten sons of his body be-
gotten; for he had many wives.
31 And his concubine that was in
Shechem, she also bare him a son,
and he ^called his name Abimelech.
32 And Gideon the son of Joash
died in a good old age, and was
buried in the sepulchre of Joash his
father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 And it came to pass, as soon
as Gideon was dead, that the chil-
dren of Israel turned again, and
played the harlot after the Baalim,
and made Baal-berith their god.
1 Or, nose-rings
i Heb. set.
34 And the children of Israel re-
membered not Jehovah their God,
who had delivered them out of the
hand of all their enemies on every
side; 35 neither showed they kind-
ness to the house of Jerubbaal, who
is Gideon, according to all the good-
ness which he had showed unto
Israel.
9 And Abimelech the son of
Jerubbaal went to Shechem
unto his mother's brethren, and
spake with them, and with all the
family of the house of his mother's
father, saying, 2 Speak, I pray you,
in the ears of all the men of Shechem,
Whether is better for you, that
all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are
threescore and ten persons, rule over
you, or that one rule over you?
remember also that I am your bone
and your flesh. 3 And his mother's
brethren spake of him in the ears of
all the men of Shechem all these
words: and their hearts inclined to
follow Abimelech; for they said. He
is our brother. 4 And they gave
him threescore and ten pieces of
silver out of the house of Baal-
berith, wherewith Abimelech hired
vain and light fellows, who followed
him. 5 And he went unto his
father's house at Ophrah, and slew
his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal,
being threescore and ten persons,
upon one stone: but Jotham the
youngest son of Jerubbaal was left;
for he hid himself. 6 And all the
men of Shechem assembled them-
selves together, and all ^the house
of Millo, and went and made Abi-
melech king, by the ^oak of the
^pillar that was in Shechem.
7 And when they told it to
Jotham, he went and stood on the
top of mount Gerizim, aVid lifted
up his voice, and cried, and said
unto them, Hearken unto me, ye
men of Shechem, that God may
hearken unto you. 8 The trees
went forth on a time to anoint a
king over them; and they said unto
the olive-tree. Reign thou over us.
» Or. Beth-millo * Or, terebinth
6 Or, garrison
282
Jotham's Fable. Qaal's Conspiracy against Abimelech. Zebul frustrates it JUDGES 9,9 — 9.32
9 But the olive-tree said unto them.
Should I leave my fatness, ^where-
with by me they honor God and
man, and go to wave to and fro over
the trees? 10 And the trees said
to the fig-tree, Come thou, and
reign over us. 11 But the fig-tree
said unto them, Should I leave my
sweetness, and my good fruit, and
go to wave to and fro over the trees .^^
12 And the trees said unto the vine,
Come thou, and reign over us.
13 And the vine said unto them,
Should I leave my new wine, which
cheereth God and man, and go to
wave to and fro over the trees?
14 Then said all the trees unto the
^bramble, Come thou, and reign
over us. 15 And the ^bramble said
unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint
me king over you, then come and
take refuge in my shade; and if not,
let fire come out of the ^bramble,
and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
16 Now therefore, if ye have dealt
truly and uprightly, in that ye have
made Abimelech king, and if ye
have dealt well with Jerubbaal and
his house, and have done unto him
according to the deserving of his
hands 17 (for my father fought for
you, and ^adventured his life, and
delivered you out of the hand of
Midian: 18 and ye are risen up
against my father's house this day,
and have slain his sons, threescore
and ten persons, upon one stone,
and have made Abimelech, the son
of his maid-servant, king over the
men of Shechem, because he is
your brother); 19 if ye then have
dealt truly and uprightly with Jerub-
baal and with his house this day,
then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and
let him also rejoice in you: 20 but if
not, let fire come out from Abim-
elech, and devour the men of
Shechem, and the house of Millo;
and let fire come out from the men
of Shechem, and from the house of
Millo, and devour Abimelech. 21
And Jotham ran away, and fled.
I
' Or, which God and man honor in me
3 Heb. cast his life before him.
and went to Beer, and dwelt there,
for fear of Abimelech his brother.
22 And Abimelech was prince
over Israel three years. 23 And
God sent an evil spirit between
Abimelech and the men of Shechem;
and the men of Shechem dealt
treacherously with Abimelech: 24
that the violence done to the three-
score and ten sons of Jerubbaal
might come, and that their blood
might be laid upon Abimelech their
brother, who slew them, and upon
the men of Shechem, who strength-
ened his hands to slay his brethren.
25 And the men of Shechem set
liers-in-wait for him on the tops of
the mountains, and they robbed all
that came along that way by them:
and it was told Abimelech.
26 And Gaal the son of Ebed
came with his brethren, and went
over to Shechem; and the men of
Shechem put their trust in him.
27 And they went out into the
field, and gathered their vineyards,
and trod the grapes, and %eld fes-
tival, and went into the house of
their god, and did eat and drink,
and cursed Abimelech. 28 And
Gaal the son of Ebed said. Who is
Abimelech, and who is Shechem,
that we should serve him? is not
he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul
his officer? serve ye the men of
Hamor the father of Shechem: but
why should we serve him? 29 And
would that this people were under
my hand! then would I remove
Abimelech. And he said ^to Abim-
elech, Increase thine army, and
come out.
30 And when Zebul the ruler of
the city heard the words of Gaal
the son of Ebed, his anger was
kindled. 31 And he sent mes-
sengers unto Abimelech ^craftily,
saying. Behold, Gaal the son of
Ebed and his brethren are come to
Shechem; and, behold, they ^con-
strain the city to take part against
thee. 32 Now therefore, up by
2 Or, Ihorn * Or, offered a praise-offering « Or, in Tortnah
5 Or, of 1 Or, oppress the city on thy account
283
JUDGES 9.33— 9.53 Ablmelech defeats Qaal. He captures Shechem and Thebez
night, thou and the people that
are with thee, and he in wait in
the field: 33 and it shall be, that
in the morning, as soon as the sun
is up, thou shalt rise early, and
rush upon the city; and, behold,
when he and the people that are
with him come out against thee,
then^ mayest [thou do to them ^as
thou shalt find occasion.
34 And Abimelech rose up, and
all the people that were with him,
by night, and they laid wait against
Shechem in four companies. 35
And Gaal the son of Ebed went
out, and stood in the entrance of
the gate of the city: and Abime-
lech rose up, and the people that
were with him, from the ambush-
ment. 36 And when Gaal saw
the people, he said to Zebul, Be-
hold, there come people down from
the tops of the mountains. And
Zebul said unto him, Thou seest
the shadow of the mountains as
if they were men. 37 And Gaal
spake again and said. See, there
come people down by the ^middle
of the land, and one company
cometh by the way of ^the oak of
Meonenim. 38 Then said Zebul
unto him. Where is now thy mouth,
that thou saidst. Who is Abime-
lech, that we should serve him.^
is not this the people that thou
hast despised .f^ 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
wounded, even unto the entrance of
the gate.
41 And Abimelech dwelt at Aru-
mah: and Zebul drove out Gaal
and his brethren, 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
he took the people, and divided
them into three companies, and !aid
1 Heb. as thy hand shall find. ^ Heb. fiavel.
» That is, the augurs' oak (or, terebinth)-
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 com-
panies that were with him, rushed
forward, and stood in the entrance
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 day; and
he took the city, and slew the peo-
ple that were therem: and he beat
down the city, and sowed it with
salt.
46 And when all the men of the
tower of Shechem heard thereof,
they entered into the stronghold
of the house of Elberith. 47 And
it was told Abimelech that all the
men of the tower of Shechem were
gathered together. 48 And Abim-
elech gat him up to mount Zalmon,
he and all the people that were with
him; and Abimelech took %n axe
in his hand, and cut down a bough
from the trees, and took it up, and
laid it on his shoulder : and he
said unto the people that were with
him, What ye have seen me do,
make haste, and do as I have done.
49 And all the people likewise cut
down every man his bough, and
followed Abimelech, and put them
to the stronghold, and set the strong-
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 The-
bez, 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
Abimelech came unto the tower, and
fought against it, and drew near
unto the door of the tower to burn
it with fire. 53 And a certain
woman cast an upper millstone
Heb. the axes
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Abimelech's Death. Tola and Jair. Israel oppressed by Ammon JUDGES 9.54 11.2
of Israel that were beyond the
Jordan in the land of the Amorites,
which is in Gilead. 9 And the chil-
dren of Ammon passed over the
Jordan to fight also against Judah,
and against Benjamin, and against
the house of Ephraim; so that Israel
was sore distressed.
10 And the children of Israel
cried unto Jehovah, saying. We
have sinned against thee, even be-
cause we have forsaken our God,
and have served the Baalim. 11
And Jehovah said unto the children
of Israel, Did not / save you from the
Egyptians, and from the Amorites,
from the children of Ammon, and
from the Philistines.^ 12 The Sidon-
ians also, and the Amalekites, and
the Maonites, 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
Jehovah, 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 foreign gods from among
them, and served Jehovah; and his
soul was grieved for the misery of
Israel.
17 Then the children of Ammon
were gathered together, and en-
camped in Gilead. And the chil-
dren of Israel assembled 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 inhab-
itants of Gilead.
Now Jephthah the Gile-
adite was a mighty man of
valor, and he was the son of a
harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons;
and when his wife's sons grew up,
they drove out Jephthah, and said
upon Abimelech's head, and brake
his skull. 54 Then he called hastily
unto the young man his armor-
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 him
through, and he died. 55 And when
the men of Israel saw that Abime-
lech was dead, they departed every
man unto his place. 56 Thus God
requited the wickedness of Abime-
lech, which he did unto 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 Jerub-
baal.
1r\ And after Abimelech there
v/ 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 Eph-
raim. 2 And he judged Israel twenty
and three years, and died, and was
buried in Shamir.
3 And after him arose Jair, the
Gileadite; 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 TIavvoth-jair unto
this day, 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 Jehovah, and served
the Baalim, and the Ashtaroth,
and the gods of ^Syria, and the
gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab,
and the gods of the children of
Ammon, and the gods of the Philis-
tines ; and they forsook Jehovah, and
served him not. 7 And the anger
of Jehovah was kindled 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
children of Israel that year: eighteen
years oppressed they all the children
i That is, The towns of Jair. 2 Heb. Aram.
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JUDGES 11.3 — 11.24 Jephthah made Chief. His Message to the King of Ammon
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 gathered 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 Jephthah 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 Jephthah,
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 Jehovah deliver
them before me, shall I be your
head.? 10 And the elders of Gilead
said unto Jephthah, Jehovah shall
be Witness between us; surely ac-
cording to thy word so will we do.
11 Then Jephthah went with the
elders of Gilead, and the people
made him head and chief over them :
and Jephthah spake all his words
before Jehovah in Mizpah.
12 And Jephthah sent messen-
gers unto the king of the 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 children of
Ammon answered unto the messen-
gers of Jephthah, Because Israel
took away my land, when he came
up out of Egypt, from the Arnon
1 Heb. hearer.
even unto the Jabbok, and unto
the Jordan: now therefore restore
those lands again peaceably. 14
And Jephthah sent messengers again
unto the king of the children of
Ammon; 15 and he said unto him,
Thus saith Jephthah: Israel 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 went 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 manner he sent unto the
king of Moab; but he would not:
and Israel abode in Kadesh. 18
Then they went through the wilder-
ness, and went around the land of
Edom, and the land of Moab, and
came by the east side of the land of
Moab, and they encamped on the
other side of the Arnon; but they
came not within the border of Moab,
for the Arnon was the border of
Moab. 19 And Israel sent messen-
gers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
the king of Heshbon ; 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
gathered all his people together, and
encamped in Jahaz, and fought
against Israel. 21 And Jehovah, 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
the Arnon even unto the Jabbok,
and from the wilderness even unto
the Jordan. 23 So now Jehovah, the
God of Israel, hath dispossessed
the Amorites from before his people
Israel, and shouldest thou possess
them? 24 Wilt not thou possess
that which Chemosh thy god giveth
thee to possess? So whomsoever
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JUDGES 11.25—12.3
Jehovah our God hath dispossessed
from before us, them will we possess.
25 And now art thou anything 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 its ^towns, and in
Aroer and its ^towns, and in all the
cities that are along by the side of
the 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: Jehovah, 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 Jehovah
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 Jehovah, and said. If thou
wilt indeed deliver the children of
Ammon into my hand, 31 then it
shall be, that ^whatsoever cometh
forth from the doors of my house
to meet me, when I return in peace
from the children of Ammon, it
shall be Jehovah's, and I will offer
it up for a burnt-offering. 32 So
Jephthah passed over unto the
chaldren of Ammon to fight against
tbem; and Jehovah delivered them
into his hand. 33 And he smote
tiiem from Aroer until thou come
to Minnith, even twenty cities, and
unto ^Abel-cheramim, with a very
^^at slaughter. So the children
of Ammon 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
^th timbrels and with dances: and
she was his only child; besides her
1 Heb. daughters. 2 Qr, whosoever
^ That is, The meadmv of vineyards.
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 Jeho-
vah, and I cannot go back. 36 And
she said unto him. My father, thou
hast opened thy mouth unto Jeho-
vah; do unto me according to that
which hath proceeded out of thy
mouth, forasmuch as Jehovah hath
taken vengeance for thee on thine
enemies, even on the children of Am-
mon. 37 And she said unto her
father. Let this thing be done for
me: let me alone two months, that
I may depart and go down upon
the mountains, and bewail my vir-
ginity, I and my companions. 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
knew not man. And it was %
custom in Israel, 40 that the daugh-
ters of Israel went yearly to ^cele-
brate the daughter of Jephthah the
Gileadite four days in a year.
1 Q And the men of Ephraim
1 Zd were gathered together, and
passed ^northward; and they said
unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst
thou over to fight against the chil-
dren of Ammon, and didst not call
us to go with thee? we will burn
thy house upon thee with fire. 2
And Jephthah said unto them, I
and my people were at great strife
with the children of Ammon; and
when I called you, ye saved me not
out of their hand. 3 And when I
saw that ye saved me not, I put
my life in my hand, and passed
over against the children of Am-
mon, and Jehovah delivered them
* Or, an ordinance
5 Or, lament
6 Or, to Zaphon
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JUDGES 12.4 — 13.11 Jephthah's.Death. Other Judges. Vision of Manoah and his Wife
into my hand: wherefore then are
ye come up unto me this day, to
fight against me? 4 Then Jeph-
thah gathered together all the men
of Gilead, and fought with Eph-
raim; and the men of Gilead smote
Ephraim, because they said, Ye
are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gile-
adites, in the midst of Ephraim, and
in the midst of Manasseh. 5 And
the Gileadites took the fords of
the Jordan ^against the Ephra-
imites. And it was so, that, when
any of the fugitives of Ephraim
said. Let me go 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
the Jordan. And there fell at that
time of Ephraim forty and two
thousand.
7 And Jephthah judged Israel
six years. Then died Jephthah the
Gileadite, and was buried in one of
the cities of Gilead.
8 And after him Ibzan of Beth-
lehem judged Israel. 9 And he
had thirty sons; and thirty daugh-
ters he sent abroad, and thirty
daughters he brought in from abroad
for his sons. And he judged Israel
seven years. 10 And Ibzan died,
and was buried at Beth-lehem.
11 And after him Elon the Zeb-
ulunite judged Israel; and he judged
Israel ten years. 12 And Elon the
Zebulunite died, and was buried in
Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13 And after him Abdon the son
of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Is-
rael. 14 And he had forty sons
and thirty sons' sons, that rode on
threescore and ten ass colts: and
he judged Israel eight years. 15
And Abdon the son of Hillel the
Pirathonite died, and was buried in
Pirathon in the land of Ephraim,
in the hill-country of the Amale-
kites.
* Or, toward Ephraim
13
And the children of Israel
again did that w^hich was
evil in the sight of Jehovah; and
Jehovah delivered them into the
hand of the Philistines forty years.
2 And there was a certain man
of Zorah, of the family of the
Danites, whose name was Manoah;
and his wife was barren, and bare
not. 3 And the angel of Jehovah
appeared unto the woman, and said
unto her. Behold now, thou art bar-
ren, and bear est 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 Nazirite unto God from the
womb: and he shall begin to save
Israel out of the hand of the Philis-
tines. 6 Then the woman came
and told her husband, saying, A
man of God came unto me, and his
countenance was like the counte-
nance of the angel of God, very-
terrible; and I asked him not whence
he was, neither told he me his
name: 7 but he said unto me.
Behold, thou shalt conceive, and
bear a son; and now drink no wine
nor strong drink, and eat not any
unclean thing; for the child shall
be a Nazirite unto God from the
womb to the day of his death.
8 Then Manoah entreated Jeho-
vah, and said. Oh, Lord, I pray
thee, let the man of God whom
thou didst send come again unto
us, and teach us w^hat we shall do
unto the child that shall be born.
9 And God hearkened to the voice
of Manoah; and the angel of God
came again unto the woman as she
sat in the field: but Manoah her
husband was not with her. 10 And
the woman made haste, and ran,
and told her husband, and said
unto him. Behold, the man hath
appeared unto me, that came unto
me the other day. 11 And Manoah
! arose, and went after his wife, and
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Samson's Birth. He takes a Philistine Wife. He kills a Lion JUDGES 13.12 — 14.9
came to the man, and said unto
him, Art thou the man that spak-
est unto the woman? And he said,
I am. 12 And Manoah said, ^Now
let thy words come to pass: what
shall be the ordering of the child,
and how shall we do unto him?
13 And the angel of Jehovah said
unto Manoah, Of all that I said
unto the woman let her beware.
14 She miay not eat of anything
that Cometh of the Vine, neither
let her drink wine or strong drink,
nor eat any unclean thing; all that
I commanded her let her observe.
15 And Manoah said unto the
angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let
us detain thee, that we may make
ready a kid for thee. 16 And the
angel of Jehovah said unto Ma-
noah, Though thou detain me, I
will not eat of thy bread; and if
thou wilt make ready a burnt-
offering, thou must offer it unto
Jehovah. For Manoah knew not
that he was the angel of Jehovah.
17 And Manoah said unto the
angel of Jehovah, What is thy
name, that, when thy words come
to pass, we may do thee honor?
18 And the angel of Jehovah said
unto him. Wherefore askest thou
after my name, seeing it is ^won-
derful?^ 19 So Manoah took the
kid with the meal-offering, and
offered it upon the rock unto Je-
hovah : and the angel did 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 Jeho-
vah ascended in the flame of the
altar: and Manoah and his wife
looked on; and they fell on their
faces to the ground.
21 But the angel of Jehovah did
no more appear to Manoah or to his
wife. Then Manoah knew that he
was the angel of Jehovah. 22 And
Manoah said unto his wife. We
shall surely die, because w^e have
seen God. 23 But his wife said
* Or, Now when thy words come to pass, what bT-
2 Or, grape-vine 3 Or. secrei
unto him. If Jehovah were pleased
to kill us, he would not have re-
ceived a burnt-offering and a meal-
offering at our hand, neither would
he have showed us all these things,
nor would at this time have told
such things as these. 24 And the
woman bare a son, and called his
name ^Samson: and the child grew,
and Jehovah blessed him. 25 And
the Spirit of Jehovah began to
move him in ^Mahaneh-dan, be-
tween Zorah and Eshtaol.
UAnd Samson went down to
Timnah, and saw a woman
in Timnah of the daughters of the
Philistines. 2 And he came up,
and told his father and his mother,
and said, I have seen a woman in
Timnah of the daughters of the
Philistines: now therefore get her
for me to wife. 3 Then his father
and his mother said unto him. Is
there never a woman among the
daughters of thy brethren, or among
all my people, that thou goest to
take a wife of the uncircumcised
Philistines? 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 Jehovah; for he sought an occa-
sion against the Philistines. Now
at that time the Philistines had rule
over Israel.
5 Then went Samson down, and
his father and his mother, to Tim-
nah, and came to the vineyards of
Timnah: and, behold, a young lion
roared against him. 6 And the
Spirit of Jehovah came mightily
upon him, and he rent him as he
would have rent a kid; and he had
nothing in his hand: but he told
not his father or his mother what
he had done. 7 And he went down,
and talked with the v/oman; and
she pleased Samson well. 8 And
after a while he returned to take her;
and he turned aside to see the car-
cass of the lion: and, behold, there
was a swarm of bees in the body of
the lion, and honey. 9 And he took
* Heb. Skimshon. » That is, The camp of Dan.
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JUDGES 14.10 — 15.6 Samson's Riddle at the Marriage Feast. His Feat with the Foxes
it into his hands, and went on, eat-
ing as he went; and he came to his
father and mother, and gave unto
them, and they did eat : but he
told them not that he had taken
the honey out of the body of the
lion.
10 And his father went down
unto the woman: and Samson made
there a feast; for so used the young
men to do. 11 And it came to pass,
when they saw him, that they
brought thirty 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 unto me within the seven days of
the feast, and find it out, then I will
give you thirty linen garments and
thirty changes of raiment; 13 but if
ye cannot declare it unto me, then
shall ye give me thirty linen gar-
ments and thirty changes of rai-
ment. And they said unto him.
Put forth thy riddle, that we may
hear it. 14 And he said unto
them,
Out of the eater came forth food.
And out of the strong came forth
sweetness.
And they could not in three days
declare the riddle.
15 And it came to pass on the
seventh day, that they said unto
Samson's wife. Entice thy husband,
that he may declare unto us the
riddle, lest we bum thee and thy
father's house with fire: have ye
called us to impoverish us.^^ is it
not so? 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
Or, take that which we have
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 Jehovah came
mightily upon him, and he went
down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty
men of them, and took their ^spoil,
and gave the changes of raiment
unto them that declared the riddle.
And his anger was kindled, and he
went up to his father's house. 20
But Samson's wife was given to his
companion, whom he had used as
his friend.
1 ^ But it came to pass after a
1 ^ 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 ^shall I be blameless in
regard of the Philistines, when I do
them a mischief. 4 And Samson
went and caught three hundred
^oxes, and took ^firebrands, and
turned tail to tail, and put a fire-
brand in the midst between every
two tails. 5 And when he had set
the brands on fire, he let them go
into the standing grain of the
Philistines, and burnt up both the
shocks and the standing grain, and
also the olive yards. 6 Then the
Philistines 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
2 Or, apparel
3 Or, shall I be quits with
* Or, jackals
5 Or, torches
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Philistines came up, and burnt her
and her father with fire. 7 And
Samson 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 slaugh-
ter: and he went down and dwelt
in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
9 Then the Philistines went up,
and encamped in Judah, and spread
themselves in Lehi. 10 And the
men of Judah said, Why are ye
come up against 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 Judah went down to the cleft
of the rock of Etam, and said to
Samson, Knowest thou not that
the Philistines are rulers over
us? what then is this that thou
hast done unto us.f^ 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 up from the rock.
14 When he came unto Lehi, the
Philistines shouted as they met
him: and the Spirit of Jehovah
came mightily upon him, and the
ropes that were upon his arms be-
came as flax that was burnt with
» fire, and his bands dropped from
off his hands. 15 And he found a
fresh jawbone of an ass, and put
forth his hand, and took it, and
smote a thousand men therewith.
16 And Samson said.
With the jawbone of an ass, %eaps
upon heaps.
With the jawbone of an ass have
I smitten a thousand men.
Heb. were melted.
3 Heb. heap, two heaps.
JUDGES 15.7—16.6
17 And it came to pass, when he
had made an end of speaking, that
he cast away the jawbone out of
his hand; and ^that place was called
^Ramath-lehi. 18 And he was sore
athirst, and he called on Jehovah,
and said. Thou hast given this
great deliverance by the hand of
thy servant; and now shall I die for
thirst, and fall into the hand of the
uncircumcised. 19 But God clave
the hollow place that is in ^Lehi, and
there came water thereout; and when
he had drunk, his spirit came again,
and he revived: wherefore ^the
name thereof was called ^En-hak-
kore, which is in Lehi, unto this day.
20 And he judged Israel in the days
of the Philistines twenty years.
1 /Z? And Samson went to Gaza,
1 vJ and saw there a harlot, and
went in unto her. 2 And it was told
the Gazites, saying, Samson is come
hither. And they compassed him
in,^and laid wait for him all night
in the gate of the city, and were
quiet all the night, saying, ^Let be
till morning light, then we will kill
him. 3 And Samson lay till mid-
night, and arose at midnight, and
laid hold of the doors of the gate
of the city, and the two posts, and
plucked them up, bar and all,
and put them upon his shoulders,
and carried them up to the top of
the mountain that is before Hebron.
4 And it came to pass afterward,
that he loved a woman ^in the
valley of Sorek, whose name was
Delilah. 5 And the lords of the
Philistines came up unto her, and
said unto her. Entice him, and
see wherein his great strength lieth,
and by what means we may prevail
against him, that we may bind him
to i^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
3 Or, he called that place » Or, by the brook
i That is, The hill of the jawbone, i" Or, humble
5 Or, the jawbone
6 Or, he called the name thereof
1 That is. The spring of him that called.
8 Or, When (or, Before) the morning is light
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JUDGES 16.7-16.25
Samson is betrayed by Delilah. His Eyes are put out
wherewith thou mightest be bound
to afflict thee. 7 And Samson said
unto her, If they bind me with
seven ^green withes that were never
dried, then shall I become weak,
and be as another man. 8 Then
the lords of the Philistines brought
up to her seven ^green withes which
had not been dried, and she bound
him with them. ^ 9 Now she had
liers-in-wait abiding in the inner
chamber. And she said unto him.
The Philistines are upon thee, Sam-
son. And he brake the withes, as
a string of tow is broken when it
^toucheth the fire. So his strength
was not known.
10 And Delilah said unto 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 where-
with 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
are 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 fastened it with the pin,
and said unto him. The Philistines
are upon thee, Samson. And he
awaked out of his sleep, and
plucked away the pin of the beam,
and the web.
15 And she said unto him, How
canst thou say, I love thee, when
thy heart is not with me? thou
hast mocked me these three times,
and hast not told me wherein thy
great strength lieth. 16 And it
came to pass, when she pressed him
daily with her words, and urged
him, that his soul was vexed unto
1 Or, new bowstrings
2 Heb. smelleth.
death. 17 And he told her all
his heart, and said unto her, There
hath not come a razor upon my
head; for I have been a Nazirite
unto God from my mother's womb:
if I be shaven, then my strength
will go from me, and I shall be-
come weak, and be like any other
man.
18 And when Delilah saw that
he had told her all his heart, she
sent and called for the lords of the
Philistines, saying. Come up this
once, for ^he hath told me all his
heart. Then the lords of the Phil-
istines came up unto her, and
brought the money in their hand.
19 And she made him sleep upon
her knees; and she called for ^a
man, and shaved off the seven
locks of his head; and she began
to afflict him, and his strength
went from him. 20 And she said,
The Philistines are upon thee, Sam-
son. And he awoke out of his
sleep, and said, I will go out as at
other times, and shake myself free.
But he knew not that Jehovah was
departed from him. 21 And the
Philistines laid hold on him, and
put out his eyes; and they brought
him down to Gaza, and bound him
with fetters of brass; and he did
grind in the prison-house. 22 How-
beit the hair of his head began to
grow again after he was shaven.
23 And the lords of the Philis-
tines gathered them together to
offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon
their god, and to rejoice; for they
said. Our god hath delivered Sam-
son our enemy into our hand. 24
And when the people saw him,
they praised their god; for they
said. Our god hath delivered into
our hand our enemy, and the de-
stroyer of our country, who hath
slain many of us. 25 And it came
to pass, when their hearts were
merry, that they said. Call for
Samson, that he may make us
sport. And they called for Samson
3 Or, according to another reading, he had told her
* Or, the men
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Samson's Death. Micah and his Idols
out of the prison-house; and he
made sport before them. And they
set him between the pillars: 26 and
Samson said unto the lad that held
him by the hand, Suffer me that I
may feel the pillars whereupon the
house resteth, that I may lean upon
them. 27 Now the house was full
of men and women; and all the
lords of the Philistines were there;
and there were upon the roof about
three thousand men and women,
that beheld while Samson made
sport.
28 And Samson called unto Je-
hovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah,
remember me, I pray thee, and
strengthen me, I pray thee, only
this once, O God, that I may ^be
at once avenged of the Philistines
for my two eyes. 29 And Samson
took hold of the two middle pillars
upon which the house rested, and
leaned upon them, the one with his
right hand, and the other with his left.
30 And Samson said. Let me
die with the Philistines. And he
bowed himself with all his might;
and the house fell upon the lords,
and upon all the people that were
therein. So the dead that he slew
at his death were more than they
that he slew in his life. 31 Then
his brethren and all the house of
his father came down, and took
him, and brought him up, and
buried him between Zorah and
Eshtaol in the burying-place of
Manoah his father. And he judged
Israel twenty years.
/• 1 ^ And there was a man of
-■• I the hill-country of Ephraim,
whose name was Micah. 2 And he
said unto his mother, The eleven
hundred pieces of silver that were
I taken from thee, about which thou
; didst utter ^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 Jehovah. 3 And he restored the
eleven hundred pieces of silver to
' Or, be avenged. . .for one of my two eyes
^ Or, an adjuration
JUDGES 16.26—18.1
his mother; and his mother said,
I verily ^dedicate the silver unto
Jehovah from my hand for my
son, to make a graven image and
a molten image : now therefore I
will restore it unto thee. 4 And
when he restored the money unto
his mother, his mother took two
hundred 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 a house of %ods, and
he made an ephod, and teraphim,
and ^consecrated one of his sons,
who became his priest. 6 In those
days there was no king in Israel:
every man did that which was
right in his own eyes.
7 And there was a young man
out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the
family of Judah, who was a Levite;
and he sojourned there. 8 And the
man departed out of the city, out
of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn
where he could find a place; and
he came to the hill-country of Eph-
raim to the house of Micah, as he
journeyed. 9 And Micah said unto
him. Whence comest thou.'^ And
he said unto him, I am a Levite of
Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to so-
journ 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.
II And the Levite was content
to dwell with the man; and the
young man was unto him as one
of his sons. 12 And Micah conse-
crated the Levite, and the young
man became his priest, and was
in the house of Micah. 13 Then
said Micah, Now know I that Jeho-
vah will do me good, seeing I have
a Levite to my priest. ^
10 In those days there was
(5 no king in Israel: and^ in
those days the tribe of the Danites
3 Or, had dedicated i Or, Cod 5 Heb. filled the hand of.
m
JUDGES 18.2—18.20
The Danites seek an Inheritance. Spies explore the Land
sought them an inheritance to dwell
in; for unto that day their inheri-
tance had not fallen unto them
among the tribes of Israel. 2 And
the children of Dan sent of their
family five men from their whole
number, men of valor, from Zorah,
and from Eshtaol, to spy out the
land, and to search it; and they
said unto them, Go, search the land.
And they came to the hill-country
of Ephraim, unto the house of
Micah, and lodged there. 3 When
they were by the house of Micah,
they knew the voice of the young
man the Levite; and they turned
aside thither, and said unto him,
Who brought thee hither.^ and what
doest thou in this place .^^ and what
hast thou here.'^ 4 And he said
unto them. Thus and thus hath
Micah dealt with 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 prosper-
ous. 6 And the priest said unto
them. Go in peace: before Jehovah
is your way wherein ye go.
7 Then the five men departed,
and came to Laish, and saw the
people that were therein, how they
dwelt in security, after the manner
of the Sidonians, quiet and secure;
for there was none in the land, pos-
sessing ^authority, Hhat might put
tJiem to shame in anything, and
they were far from the Sidonians,
and had no dealings with any
man. 8 And they came unto their
brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol:
and their brethren said unto them,
What say ye? 9 And they said.
Arise, and let us go up against
them; for we have seen the land,
and, behold, it is very good: and
are ye still.? be not slothful to go
and to enter in to possess the land.
10 When ye go, ye shall come unto
a people secure, and the land is
large; for God hath given it into
your hand, a place where there is
* Heb. powet of restraint. » Or, that might do any hurt
no want of anything that is in the
earth.
1 1 And there set forth from thence
of the family of the Danites, out of
Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hun-
dred men girt with weapons of war.
12 And they went up, and encamped
in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah: where-
fore they called that place Mahaneh-
dan unto this day; behold, it is
behind Kiriath-jearim. 13 And they
passed thence unto the hill-country
of Ephraim, and came unto the
house of Micah.
14 Then answered the five men
that went to spy out the country
of Laish, and said unto their breth-
ren. Do ye know that there is in
these houses an ephod, and iera-
phim, 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 house of
Micah, and asked him of his wel-
fare. 16 And the six hundred men
girt with their weapons of war, who
were of the children of Dan, stood
by the entrance of the gate. 17
And the five men that went to spy
out the land went up, and came
in thither, and took the graven
image, and the ephod, and the
teraphim, and the molten image:
and the priest stood by the en-
trance of the gate 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 yo,? 19 And they said unto him.
Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon
thy mouth, and go with us, and be
to us a father and a priest: is it
better for thee to be priest unto
the house of one man, or to be
priest unto a tribe and a family in
Israel.? 20 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.
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The Danites capture Laish. A Levite goes to recover his Concubine
21 So tliey turned and departed,
and put the little ones and the
cattle and the goods before them.
22 When they were a good way
from the house of Micah, the men
that were in the houses near to
Micah's house were gathered to-
gether, and overtook the children
of Dan. 23 And they cried unto
the children of Dan. And they
turned their faces, and said unto
Micah, What aileth thee, Hhat
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 '^angry fel-
lows fall upon you, and thou lose
thy life, with the lives of thy house-
hold. 26 And the children of Dan
went their way: and when Micah
saw that they were too strong for
him, he turned and went back into
his house.
27 And they took that which
Micah had made, and the priest
whom he had, and came unto
Laish, unto a people quiet and
secure, and smote them with the
edge of the sword; and they burnt
the city with fire. 28 And there
was no deliverer, because it was far
from Sidon, 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 their father, who was born
unto Israel: howbeit the name of
the city was Laish at the first.
30 And the children of Dan set up
for themselves the graven image;
and Jonathan, the son of Gershom,
the son of ^Moses, he and his sons
were priests to the tribe of the
Danites until the day of the cap-
tivity of the land. 31 So they
* Heb. that thou art gathered together.
2 Heb. bitter of soul. 3 Another reading is, Manasseh.
JUDGES 18.21-^49^
set them up Micah's graven image
which he made, all the time that
the house of God was in Shiloh.
1 Q And it came to pass in
4 ^ those daj^s, when there was
no king in Israel, that there was
a certain Levite sojourning on the
farther side of the hill-country of
Ephraim, who took to him a con-
cubine out of 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 kindly unto her, to
bring her again, having his servant
with him, and a couple of asses : and
she brought him into her father's
house; and when 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 day, that they arose early in
the morning, and he rose up to de-
part: and the damsel's father said
unto his son-in-law. Strengthen thy
heart with a morsel of bread, and
afterward ye shall go your way.
6 So they sat down, and did eat
and drink, both of them together:
and the damsel's father said unto
the man. Be pleased, I pray thee,
to tarry all night, and let thy heart
be merry. 7 And the man rose up
to depart; but his father-in-law
urged him, and he lodged there
again. 8 And he arose early in the
morning on the fifth day to depart;
and the damsel's father said,
Strengthen thy heart, I pray thee,
and tarry ye until the day declineth;
and they did eat, both of them.
9 And when the man rose up to
depart, he, and his concubine, and
his servant, his father-in-law, the
damsel's father, said unto him,
Behold, now the day draweth toward
evening, I pray you tarry ail night:
* Heb, to her heart.
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JUDGES 19.10 — 19.28 shameful Abuse of the Levite's Concubine in Qibeah
behold, the day groweth to an end,
lodge here, that thy heart may be
merry; and to-morrow get you early
on your way, that thou mayest go
%ome.
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
foreigner, ^that is not of the children
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
we will lodge in Gibeah, or in
Ramah. 14 So they passed on
and went their way; and the sun
went down upon them near to
Gibeah, which belongeth to Ben-
jamin. 15 And they turned aside
thither, to go in to lodge in Gibeah :
and he went in, and sat him down
in the street of the city; for there
was no man that took them into his
house to lodge.
16 And, behold, there came an
old man from his work out of the
field at even: now the man was
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 passing
from Beth-lehem-judah unto the
farther side of the hill-country of
Ephraim; from thence am I, and
I went to Beth-lehem-judah: and I
am now going to the house of Jeho-
1 Heb. to thy tents.
2 Or, where there are none of the children of Israel
vah; and there is no man that
taketh me into his house. 19 Yet
there is both straw and provender
for our asses; and there is bread
and wine also for me, and for thy
handmaid, and for the young man
that is with thy servants: there is
no want of anything. 20 And the
old man said. Peace be unto thee;
howsoever let all thy wants lie
upon me; only lodge not in the street.
21 So he brought him into his house,
and gave the asses fodder; and they
washed their feet, and did eat and
drink.
22 As they were making their
hearts merry, behold, the men of
the city, certain base fellows, beset
the house round about, beating
at the door; and they spake to the
master of the house, the old man,
saying, Bring forth the man that
came into thy house, that we m^
know him. 23 And the man, the
master of the house, went out
unto them, and said unto them,
Nay, my brethren, I pray you, do
not so wickedly; seeing that this
man is come into my house, do
not this folly. 24 Behold, here
is my daughter a virgin, and his
concubine; them I will bring out
now, and humble ye them, and do
with them what seemeth good unto
you: but unto this man do not any
such folly. 25 But the men would
not hearken to him: so the man
laid hold on his concubine, and
brought her forth unto them; and
they knew her, and abused her all
the night until the morning: and
when the day began to spring,
they let her go. 26 Then came
the woman in the dawning of the
day, and fell down at the door of
the man's house where her lord
was, till it was light.
27 And her lord rose up in the
morning, and opened the doors of
the house, and went out to go his
way; and, behold, the woman his
concubine was fallen down at the
door of the house, with her hands
I upon the threshold. 28 And he
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The People resolve to punish the Evil-doers
JUDGES 19.29—20.18
said unto her. Up, and let us be
going; but none answered: then
he took her up upon the ass; and
the man rose up, and gat him unto
his place. 29 And when he was
come into his house, he took a
knife, and laid hold on his concu-
bine, and divided her, ^limb by
limb, into twelve pieces, and sent
her throughout, all the borders of
Israel. 30 And it was so, that all
that saw it said, There was no such
deed done nor seen from the day
that the children of Israel came up
out of the land of Egypt unto this
day: consider it, take counsel, and
speak.
or\ Then all the children of
^V/ Israel went out, and the
congregation was assembled as one
man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba,
with the land of Gilead, unto Jeho-
vah at Mizpah. 2 And the ^chiefs
of all the people, ^even of all the
tribes of Israel, presented them-
selves in the assembly of the peo-
ple of God, four hundred thousand
footmen that drew sword. 3 (Now
the children of Benjamin heard
that the children of Israel were
gone up to Mizpah). iind the chil-
dren of Israel said, Tell us, how was
this wickedness brought to pass.^
4 And the Levite, the husband of
the woman that was murdered, an-
swered and said, I came into Gib-
eah that belongeth to Benjamin, I
and my concubine, to lodge. 5 And
the men of Gibeah rose against me,
and beset the house round about
me by night; me they thought to
have slain, and my concubine they
forced, and she is dead. 6 And I
took my concubine, and cut her in
pieces, and sent her throughout all
the country of the inheritance of
Israel; for they have committed
lewdness and folly in Israel. 7 Be-
hold, ye children of Israel, all of
you, give here your advice and
counsel.
8 And all the people arose as one
I Heb. according to her bones.
■ Heb. corners.
3 Or, even all
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 a hundred throughout all
the tribes of Israel, and a hundred
of a thousand, and a thousand out
of ten thousand, to fetch victuals
for the people, that they may do,
when they come to ^Gibeah 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 to-
gether as one man.
12 And the tribes of Israel sent
men through all the ^tribe of Ben-
jamin, saying. What wickedness is
this that is come to pass among
you.f^ 13 Now therefore deliver up
the men, the base fellows, that
are in Gibeah, that we may put
them to death, and put away evil
from Israel. But ^Benjamin would
not hearken to the voice of their
brethren the children of Israel.
14 And the children of Benjamin
gathered themselves together out
of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out
to battle against the children of
Israel. 15 And the children of
Benjamin v/ere numbered on that
day out of the cities twenty and six
thousand men that drew sword,
besides the inhabitants of Gibeah,
who were numbered seven hundred
chosen men. 16 Among all this
people there were seven hundred
chosen men lefthanded; every one
could sling stones at a hair-breadth,
and not miss.
17 And the men of Israel, be-
sides Benjamin, were numbered four
hundred thousand men that drew
sword: all these were men of war.
18 And the children of Israel arose
and went up to Beth-el, and asked
counsel of God; and they said.
Who shall go up for us first to
battle against the children of Ben-
4 Heb. Geba.
5 Heb. tribes. See Num. 4. 18; 1 S. 9. 21.
« Another reading is, the children of Benjamin.
29';
JUDGES 20.19 — 20.39 The Benjamites gain Two victories. ThePeople fast; ask Counsel of God
jamin? And Jehovah said, Judah
shall go up first.
19 And the children of Israel
rose up in the morning, and en-
camped against Gibeah. 20 And
the men of Israel went out to bat-
tle against Benjamin; and the men
of Israel set the battle in array
against them at Gibeah. 21 And
the children of Benjamin came
forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed
down to the ground of the Israelites
on that day twenty and two thou-
sand men. 22 And the people, the
men of Israel, encouraged them-
selves, and set the battle again in
array in the place where they set
themselves in array the first day.
23 And the children of Israel went
up and wept before Jehovah until
even; and they asked of Jehovah,
saying, Shall I again draw nigh
to battle against the children of
Benjamin my brother.? And Jeho-
vah said. Go up against him.
24 And the children of Israel
came near against the children of
Benjamin the second day. 25 And
Benjamin went forth against them
out of Gibeah the second day, and
destroyed down to the ground of
the children of Israel again eigh-
teen thousand men; all these drew
the sword. 26 Then all the chil-
dren of Israel, and all the people,
went up, and came unto Beth-el,
and wept, and sat there before Je-
hovah, and fasted that day until
even; and they offered burnt-offer-
ings and peace-offerings before Je-
hovah. 27 And the children of
Israel asked of Jehovah (for the
ark of the covenant of God was
there in those days, 28 and Phm-
ehas, the son of Eleazar, the son
of Aaron, stood before it in those
days), saying, Shall I yet again go
out to^ battle against the children
of Benjamin my brother, or shall I
cease.? And Jehovah said. Go up;
for to-morrow I will deliver him into
thy hand.
29 And Israel set liers-in-wait
against Gibeah round about. 30
And the children of Israel went
up against the children of Ben-
jamin on the third day, and set
themselves in array against Gibeah,
as at other times. 31 And the
children of Benjamin went out
against the people, and were drawn
away from the city; and they
began to smite and kill of the peo-
ple, as at other times, in the high-
ways, of which one goeth up to
Beth-el, and the other to Gibeah,
in the field, about thirty men of
Israel. 32 And the children of
Benjamin said. They are smitten
down before us, as at the first.
But the children of Israel said. Let
us flee, and draw them away from
the city unto the highways. 33
And all the men of Israel rose up
out of their place, and set them-
selves in array at Baal-tamar: and
the liers-in-wait of Israel brake
forth out of their place, even out of
^Maareh-geba. 34 And there came
over against Gibeah ten thousand
chosen men out of all Israel, and the
battle was sore; but they knew not
that evil was ^close upon them.
35 And Jehovah smote Benjamin
before Israel; and the children of
Israel destroyed of Benjamin that
day twenty and five thousand and a
hundred men: all these drew the
sword.
36 So the children of Benjamin
saw that they were smitten; for
the men of Israel gave place to
Benjamin, because they trusted unto
the liers-in-wait whom they had
set against Gibeah. 37 And the
liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon
Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew
themselves along, and smote all the
city with the edge of the sword.
38 Now the appointed sign between
the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait
was, that they should make a great
cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
39 ^And the men of Israel turned
in the battle, and Benjamin began
1 Or, the meadow of Geba (or, Gibeah Set ver, 10)
2 Heb. touching.
3 Or, And the men. . .battle: (now Benjamin. . .heaven:)
and the men b'c.
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Benjamin defeated and rava'-cJ
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 be-
hind 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 dismayed; for they saw that
evil was come upon them. 42
Therefore they turned their backs
before the men of Israel unto the
way of the wilderness; but the
battle follow^ed hard after them;
and Hhey that came out of the cities
destroyed them in the midst thereof.
43 They inclosed the Benjamites
round about, and chased them, and
^trod them down ^at their resting-
place, as far as over against Gibeah
toward the sunrising. 44 And there
fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand
men ; all these were men of valor.
45 And they turned and fled toward
the wilderness unto the rock of
Rimmon: and they gleaned of them
in the highways five thousand men,
and followed hard after them unto
Gidom, and smote of them two
thousand men. 46 So that all who
fell that day of Benjamin were
twenty and five thousand men that
drew the sword; all these were men
of valor. 47 But six hundred men
turned and fled toward the wilder-
ness unto the rock of Rimmon, and
abode in the rock of Rimmon four
months. 48 And the men of Israel
turned again upon the children of
Benjamin, and smote them with the
edge of the sword, both ^the entire
city, and the cattle, and all that they
found: moreover all the cities which
they found they set on fire.
0 1 Now the men of Israel
^ A had sworn in Mizpah, say-
ing, There shall not any of us give
his daughter unto Benjamin to
wife. 2 And the people came to
' Or, them that came . . . they destroyed
2 Or, overtook them 3 Or, at Menuhah
* Or, as otherwise read, the inhabited city See Dt. 2.34.
JUDGES 20.40—21.13
Beth-el, and sat there till even be-
fore God, and lifted up their voices,
and wept sore. 3 And they said,
O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why
is this come to pass in Israel, that
there should l)e to-day one tribe
lacking in Israel.? 4 And it came
to pass on the morrow, that the
people rose early, and built there
an altar, and offered burnt-offerings
and peace-offerings. 5 And the chil-
dren of Israel said. Who is there
among all the tribes of Israel that
came not up in the assembly unto
Jehovah.? For they had made a
great oath concerning him that
came not up unto Jehovah to Miz-
pah, saying, He shall surely be put
to death. 6 And the children of
Israel repented them for Benjamin
their brother, and said. There is
one tribe cut off from Israel this
day. 7 How shall we do for wives
for them that remain, seeing we
have sworn by Jehovah that we
will not give them of our daughters
to wives.?
8 And they said. What one is
there of the tribes of Israel that
came not up unto Jehovah to Miz-
pah.? And, behold, there came none
to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to
the assembly. 9 For when the
people were numbered, behold, there
were none of the inhabitants of
Jabesh-gilead there. 10 And the
congregation sent thither twelve
thousand men of the valiantest, and
commanded them, saying. Go and
smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-
gilead with the edge of the sword,
with the women and the little ones.
11 And this is the thing that ye shall
do: ye shall ^utterly destroy every
male, and every woman that hath
lain by man. 12 And they found
among the inhabitants of Jabesh-
gilead four hundred young virgins,
that had not known man by lying
with him; and they brought them
unto the camp to Shiloh, which is
in the land of Canaan.
13 And the whole congregation
5 Heb. devote.
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JUDGES 21.14 — 21.25 V^lves for the Benjamites obtained at Jabesh-gilead and at Shiloh
sent and spake to the children of
Benjamin that were in the rock
of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace
unto them. 14 And Benjamin re-
turned at that time; and they gave
them the women whom they had
saved alive of the women of Jabesh-
gilead : and yet so they sufficed them
not. 15 And the people repented
them for Benjamin, because that
Jehovah had made a breach in the
tribes of Israel.
16 Then the elders of the con-
gregation said, How shall we do
for wives for them that remain,
seeing the women are destroyed
out of Benjamin.^ 17 And they
said, There must be an inheritance
for them that are escaped of Ben-
jamin, that a tribe be not blotted
out from Israel. 18 Howbeit we
may not give them wives of our
daughters; for the children of Israel
had sworn, saving, Cursed be he
that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
19 And they said, Behold, there is ^a
feast of Jehovah from year to year
in Shiloh, which is on the north
of Beth-el, on the east side of the
highway that goeth up from Beth-el
to Shechem, and on the south of
Lebonah. 20 And they commanded
1 Or, the feast
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 daughters
of Shiloh, and go to the land of
Benjamin. 22 And it shall be,
when their fathers or their brethren
come to ^complain unto us, that
we will say unto them. Grant them
^graciously unto us; because we
took not for each man of them his
wife in battle, neither did ye give
them unto them; else would ye
now be guilty. 23 And the chil-
dren of Benjamin did so, and took
them wives, according to their num-
ber, of them that danced, whom
they carried off: and they went and
returned unto their inheritance, and
built the cities, and dwelt in them.
24 And the children of Israel de-
parted thence at that time, every
man to his tribe and to his family,
and they went out from thence every
man to his inheritance.
25 In those days there was no
king in Israel: every man did
that which was right in his own
eyes.
2 Or, strive with us
3 Or, as a gift
THE BOOK OF
RUTH
Elimelech and his Family sojourn in Moab
1 And it came to pass in the
I days when the judges judged,
that there was a famine in the
land. And a certain man of Beth-
lehem-judah went to sojourn in
the ^country of Moab, he, and his
wife, and his two sons. 2 And the
name of the man was Elimelech,
and the name of his wife ^Naomi,
and the name of his two sons Mahlon
1 Hcb. field.
2 Heb. Noomi.
and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-
lehem-judah. And they came into
the country of Moab, and continued
there. 3 And Elimelech, Naomi's
husband, died; and she was left, and
her two sons. 4 And they took
them wives of the women of Moab;
the name of the one was Orpah, and
the name of the other Ruth : and they
dwelt there about ten years. 5
And Mahlon and Chilion died both
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Naomi and Rutii return to ..'udah. Ruth gleans in the Field of Boaz
of them; and the woman was left
of her two children and of her hus-
band.
6 Then she arose with her daugh-
ters-in-law, that she might return
from the country of Moab: for she
had heard in the country of Moab
how that Jehovah 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; and they
went on the way to return unto
the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi
said unto her two daughters-in-law.
Go, return each of you to her
mother's house : Jehovah deal kindly
with you, as ye have dealt with the
dead, and with me. 9 Jehovah
grant you that ye may find rest,
each of you in the house of her
husband. Then she kissed them,
and they lifted up their voice, and
wept. 10 And they said unto her.
Nay, but we will return with thee
unto thy people. 11 And Naomi
said. Turn again, my daughters:
why will ye go with 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 a husband. If I
should say, I have hope, if I should
even have a husband to-night, and
should also bear sons; 13 would
ye therefore tarry till they were
grown? would ye therefore stay
from having husbands? nay, my
daughters; for 4t grieveth me much
for your sakes, for the hand of
Jehovah is gone forth against me.
14 And they lifted up their voice,
and wept again: and Orpah kissed
her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave
unto her.
15 And she said, Behold, thy
sister-in-law is gone back unto her
people, and unto her god: return
thou after thy sister-in-law. 16
And Ruth said, Entreat me not to
leave thee, and to return from
following after thee; for whither
thou goest, I will go; and where
^ Or, it is far more hitter for me than for you
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RUTH 1.6—2.6
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:
Jehovah do so to me, and more also,
if aught but death part thee and
me. 18 And when she saw that
she was steadfastly minded to go
with her, she left off 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 them, and the women
said. Is this Naomi? 20 And she
said unto them. Call me not ^Naomi,
call me ^Mara; for the Almighty
hath dealt very bitterly with me.
21 I went out full, and Jehovah hath
brought me home again empty; why
call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah
hath testified against me, and the
Almighty hath afflicted me? 22 So
Naomi returned, and Ruth the Mo-
abitess, her daughter-in-law, with
her, who returned out of the country
of Moab: and they came to Beth-
lehem in the beginning of barley
harvest.
2 And Naomi had a kinsman
of her husband's, a mighty
man of ^wealth, of the family of
Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said
unto Naomi, Let me now go to the
field, and glean among the ears of
grain after him in whose sight I shall
find favor. And she said unto her,
Go, my daughter. 3 And she went,
and came and gleaned in the field
after the 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, Jehovah
be with you. And they answered
him, Jehovah bless thee. 5 Then
said Boaz unto his servant that
was set over the reapers. Whose
damsel is this? 6 And the servant
that was set over the reapers an-
2 That is, Pleasant. « That is, Bitter. * Or, valor
Boaz deals kindly with Ruth
RUTH 2.7—3.2
swered and said, It is the Moab-
itish damsel that came back with
Naomi out of the country of Moab:
7 and she said, Let me glean, I
pray you, and gather after the
reapers among the sheaves. So she
came, and hath continued even
from the morning until 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
favor in thy sight, that thou should-
est take knowledge of me, seeing
I am a foreigner.? 11 And Boaz
answered and said unto her, It
hath fully been showed me, all that
thou hast done unto thy mother-in-
law since the death of thy husband;
and how thou hast left thy father
and thy mother, and the land of
thy nativity, and art come unto a
people that thou knewest not here-
tofore. 12 Jehovah recompense thy
work, and a full reward be given
thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel,
under whose wings thou art come
to take refuge. 13 Then she said.
Let me find favor in thy sight, my
lord; for that thou hast comforted
me, and for that thou hast spoken
^kindly unto thy handmaid, though
I be not as one of thy handmaidens.
14 And at meal-time Boaz said
unto her. Come hither, and eat
of the bread, and dip thy morsel
in the vinegar. And she sat beside
the reapers; and ^they reached her
parched grain, and she did eat, and
was sufiiced, and left thereof. 15
And when she was risen up to glean,
1 Heb. to the heart of. i Or, he
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 the bundles, and leave it,
and let her glean, and rebuke her
not.
17 So she gleaned in the field
until even; and she beat out that
which she had gleaned, and it was
about an ephah of barley. 18 And
she took it up, and went into the
city; and her mother-in-law saw
what she had gleaned: and she
brought forth and gave to her
that which she had left after she
was suflSced. 19 And her mother-
in-law said unto her, Where hast
thou gleaned to-day? and where
hast thou wrought.? blessed be he
that did take knowledge of thee.
And she showed her mother-in-law
with whom she had wrought, and
said. The man's name with whom I
wrought to-day is Boaz. 20 And
Naomi said unto her daughter-in-
law. Blessed be he of Jehovah, who
hath not left off his kindness to
the living and tp the dead. And
Naomi said unto her, The man is
nigh of kin unto us, ^one of our
near kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the
Moabitess said. Yea, he said unto
me, Thou shall 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 harvest
and of wheat harvest; and she
dwelt with her mother-in-law.
3 And Naomi her mother-in-
law said unto her. My daugh-
ter, shall I not seek ^rest for thee,
that it may be well with thee.?
2 And now is not Boaz our kins-
man, with whose maidens thou
wast.? Behold, he winnoweth barley
TOr, one of them that hath the right to redeem for us.
See Lev. 25. 25. * Or, o resting-place
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Ruth asks Boaz to do a Kinsman's Part
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 thy-
self known unto the man, until he
shall have done eating and drinking.
4 And it shall be, when he lieth
down, that thou shalt mark the
place where he shall lie, and thou
shalt go in, and uncover his feet,
and lay thee down; and he will tell
thee what thou shalt do. 5 And
she said unto her. All that thou
^sayest I will do.
6 And she went down unto the
threshing-floor, and did according
to all that her mother-in-law bade
her. 7 And when Boaz had eaten
and drunk, and his heart was merry,
he went to lie down at the end of
the heap of grain: and she came
softly, and uncovered his feet, and
laid her down. 8 And it came to
pass at midnight, that the man was
^afraid, and turned himself; and,
behold, a woman lay at his feet.
9 And he said, Who art thou.^ And
she answered, I am Ruth thy hand-
maid: spread therefore thy skirt
over thy handmaid; for thou art ^a
near kinsman. 10 And he said.
Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my
daughter: thou hast showed more
kindness in the latter end than at the
beginning, inasmuch as thou follow-
edst not young men, whether poor
or rich. 11 And now, my daugh-
ter, fear not; I will do to thee all
that thou say est; for all the ^city
of my people doth know that thou
art a worthy woman. 12 And
now it is true that I am a near
kinsman; howbeit there is a kins-
man nearer than I. 13 Tarry this
night, and it shall be in the morn-
ing, that if he will perform unto
thee the part of a kinsman, well;
let him do the kinsman's part:
but if he win not do the part of a
kinsman to thee, then will I do the
part of a kinsman to thee, as Jeho-
' Another reading is, sayest unto me. " Or, startled
' Or, one that hath the right to redeem Heb. goel .
* Heb. gate. See ch. 4. 1, 11.
RUTH 3.3—4.5
vah liveth: lie down until the morn-
ing.
14 And she lay at his feet until
the morning: and she rose up before
one could discern another. For he
said, Let it not be known that the
woman came to the threshing-
floor. 15 And he said. Bring the
mantle that is upon thee, and hold
it; and she held it; and he meas-
ured six measures of barley, and
laid it on her: and %e went into
the city. 16 And when she came
to her mother-in-law, she said, ®Who
art thou, my daughter? And she
told/ her all that the man had done
to her. 17 And she said. These six
measures of barley gave he me;
for he ^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 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 ^thou wilt not redeem it, then
tell me, that I may know; for there
is none to redeem it besides thee;
and I am after thee. And he said,
I will redeem it. 5 Then said Boaz,
What day thou buyest the field
of the hand of Naomi, thou must
buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess,
5 Ace. to Vulg. and Syr., she went.
6 Or, How hast thou fared
^ Another reading is, said to me.
8 Heb. uncover thine ear.
9 So Sept., Vulg., and Syr. Heb. he will.
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RUXH 4.6 — 4.22 Boaz redeems Elimelech's Inheritance. He marries Ruth. Birth of Obed
the wife of the dead, to raise up
the name of the dead upon his
inheritance. 6 And the near kins-
man said, I cannot redeem it for
myself, lest I mar mine own inher-
itance: take thou my right of re-
demption on thee; for I cannot
redeem it.
7 Now this was the custom in
former time in Israel concerning
redeeming and concerning exchang-
ing, to confirm all things: a man
drew off his shoe, and gave it to
his neighbor; and this was the
manner of attestation in Israel.
8 So the near kinsman said unto
Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he
drew off his shoe. 9 And Boaz
said unto the elders, and unto all the
people, Ye are witnesses this day,
that I have bought all that was
Elimelech's, and all that was Chi-
lion'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 witnesses
this day. 11 And all the people
that were in the gate, and the
elders, said, We are witnesses. Je-
hovah make the woman that is
come into thy house like Rachel
and like Leah, which two did
build the house of " Israel: and
Mo 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 Jehovah
shall give thee of this young woman.
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she
became his wife; and he went in
unto her, and Jehovah gave her
conception, and she bare a son.
14 And the women said unto Naomi,
Blessed be Jehovah, who hath not
left thee this day without a near
kinsman; and let his name be
famous in Israel. 15 And he shall
be unto thee a restorer of life,
and a nourisher of thine old age;
for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth
thee, who is better to thee than
seven sons, hath borne him. 16 And
Naomi took the child, and laid it
in her bosom, and became nurse
unto it. 17 And the women her
neighbors gave it a name, saying.
There is a son born to Naomi; and
they called his name Obed: he is
the father of ^Jesse, the father of
David.
18 Now these are the generations
of Perez: Perez begat Hezron, 19 and
Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat
Amminadab, 20 and Amminadab
begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat
^Salmon, 21 and Salmon begat Boaz,
and Boaz begat Obed, 22 and Obed
begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
1 Or, get thee wealth (or, power)
2 Heb. Ishai.
» Heb. Salmah.
THE FIRST BOOK OF
SAMUEL
Elkanah and his Two Wives
'I Now there was a certain man
1 of Ramathaim-zophim, of the
hill-country of Ephraim, and his
name was Elkanah, the son of Jero-
ham, the son of Elihu, the son of
Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraim-
ite: 2 and he had two wives; the
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name of the one was Hannah, and
the name of the other Peninnah :
and Peninnah had children, but
Hannah had no children. 3 And
this man went up out of his city
from year to year to worship and
to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts
Hannah prays for a chiJd, Samuel born, and given to Jehovah I. SAMUEL 1.4 1.27
in Shiloli. And the two sons of
Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests
unto Jehovah, were there. 4 And
when the day came that Elkanah
sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his
wife, and to all her sons and her
daughters, portions: 5 but unto
Hannah he gave a double portion;
for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah
had shut up her womb. 6 And
her rival provoked her sore, to make
her fret, because Jehovah had shut
up her womb. 7 And as he did so
year by year, when she went up
to the house of Jehovah, so she
provoked her; therefore she wept,
and did not eat. 8 And Elkanah
her husband said unto her, Hannah,
why weepest thou? and why eatest
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 Shiloli, and after they
had drunk. Now Eli the priest was
sitting upon his seat by the door-
post of the temple of Jehovah.
10 And she was in bitterness of
soul, and prayed unto Jehovah,
and wept sore. 11 And she vowed
a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts,
if thou wilt indeed look on the
affliction of thy handmaid, and re-
member me, and not forget thy
handmaid, but wilt give unto thy
handmaid ^a man-child, then I will
give him unto Jehovah all the days
of his life, and there shall no azor
come upon his head.
12 And it came to pass, as she
continued praying before Jehovah,
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
1 Heb. ';eed of men.
my soul before Jehovah. 16 Count
not thy handmaid for a wicked
woman; for out of the abundance
of my complaint and my provoca-
tion have I spoken hitherto. 17
Then Eli answered and said, Go
in peace; and the God of Israel
grant thy petition that thou hast
asked of him. 18 And she said. Let
thy handmaid find favor in thy
sight. So the woman went her
way, and did eat; and her counte-
nance was no more sad.
19 And they rose up in the n^orning
early, and worshipped before Jeho-
vah, and returned, and came to
their house to Ramah . And El-
kanah knew Hannah his wife; and
Jehovah remembered her; 20 and
it came to pass, when the time
was come about, that Hannah con-
ceived, and bare a son; and she
called his name Samuel, saying,
Because I have asked him of Jeho-
vah.
21 And the man Elkanah, and all
his house, went up to offer unto
Jehovah the yearly sacrifice, and
his vow. 22 But Hannah went not
up; for she said unto her husband,
/ will not go up until the child be
weaned; and then I will bring
him, that he may appear before
Jehovah, and there abide for ever.
23 And Elkanah her husband said
unto her. Do what seemeth thee
good; tarry until thou have weaned
him; only Jehovah establish his
word. So the woman tarried and
gave her son suck, until she weaned
him. 24 And when she had weaned
him, she took him up with her,
with Hhree bullocks, and one ephah
of meal, and a ^bottle of wine, and
brought him unto the house of Je-
hovah in Shiloh: and the child was
young. 25 And they slew the bul-
lock, 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 Jehovah. 27 For this
2 The Sept. and Syr. have, a bullock three years old.
3 Or. skin
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I. SAMUEL 1.28 2.17 Hannah's Song of Thanksgiving. The Sin of Eli's Sons
child I prayed; and Jehovah hath
given me my petition which I
asked of him: 28 therefore also
I have ^granted him to Jehovah;
as long as he liveth he is granted
to Jehovah. And he worshipped
Jehovah there.
2 And Hannah prayed, and
said:
My heart exalteth in Jehovah;
My horn is exalted in Jehovah;
My mouth is enlarged over mine
enemies ;
Because I rejoice in thy salva-
tion.
2 There is none holy as Jehovah;
For there is none besides thee,
Neither is there any rock like
our God.
3 Talk no more so exceeding
proudly;
Let not arrogancy come out of
your mouth;
For Jehovah is a God of knowl-
edge,
^And by him actions are weighed.
4 The bows of the mighty men are
broken ;
And they that stumbled are
girded with strength.
5 They that were full have hired
out themselves for bread;
And they that were hungry
^have ceased to hunger:
Yea, the barren hath borne
seven ;
And she that hath many chil-
dren languisheth.
6 Jehovah killeth, and maketh
alive :
He bringeth down to Sheol, and
bringeth up.
7 Jehovah maketh poor, and mak-
eth rich:
He bringeth low, he also lifteth
up.^
8 He raiseth up the poor out of the
dust,
He lifteth up the needy from
the dunghill.
To make them sit with princes.
And inherit the throne of glory:
1 Or, lent
2 According to another reading, Though actions be not
weighed. s Or, have rest
For the pillars of the earth are
Jehovah's,
And he hath set the world upon
them.
9 He will keep the feet of his "^holy
ones;
But the wicked shall be put to
silence in darkness;
For by strength shall no man
prevail.
10 They that strive with Jehovah
shall be broken to pieces;
Against them will he thunder
in heaven:
Jehovah will judge the ends of
the earth;
And he will give strength unto his
king,
And exalt the horn of his
anointed.
1 1 And Elkanah went to Ramah
to his house. And the child did
minister unto Jehovah before Eli
the priest.
12 Now the sons of Eli were base
men; ^they knew not Jehovah. 13
And the custom of the priests with
the people was, that, when any
man offered sacrifice, the priest's
servant came, while the flesh was
boiling, with a flesh-hook of three
teeth in his hand; 14 and he struck
it into the pan, or kettle, or cal-
dron, or pot; all that the flesh-
hook brought up the priest took
therewith. So they did in Shiloh
unto all the Israelites 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 boiled flesh of
thee, but raw. 16 And if the man
said unto him. They will surely
burn the fat ^first, and then take
as much as thy soul desire th; then
^he would say. Nay, but thou
shalt give it me how: and if not,
I will take it by force. 17 And
the sin of the young men was
very great before Jehovah; for
* Or, godly ones Another reading is, holy one.
8 Or, they knew not Jehovah, nor the due of the priests
from the people. When any man b'c. * Heb. to-day.
^ Another reading is, he would say unto him. Thou br.
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Hannah and her Children. A Prophecy against Eli's House I. SAMUEL 2. 18 — 3.1
the men despised the offering of
Jehovah.
18 But Samuel ministered be-
fore Jehovah, being a child, girded
with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover
his mother made him a little robe,
and brought it to him from year to
year, when she came up with her
husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his
wife, and said, Jehovah give thee
seed of this woman for the petition
which was asked of Jehovah. And
they went unto their own home.
21 ^And Jehovah visited Hannah,
and she conceived, and bare three
sons and two daughters. And the
child Samuel grew before Jehovah.
22 Now Eli was very old; and
he heard all that his sons did unto
all Israel, and how that they lay
with the women that did service
at the door of the tent of meeting.
23 And he said unto them, Why
do ye such things .^^ for I hear of
your evil dealings from all this
people. 24 Nay, my sons; for it
is no good report ^that I hear: ye
make Jehovah's people to trans-
gress. 25 If one man sin against
another, ^God shall judge him;
but if a man sin against Jehovah,
who shall entreat for him.^^ Not-
withstanding, they hearkened not
unto the voice of their father,
because Jehovah was minded to
slay them. 26 And the child Sam-
uel grew on, and increased in favor
both with Jehovah, and also with
men.
27 And there came a man of
God unto Eli, and said unto him.
Thus saith Jehovah, Did I reveal
myself unto the house of thy father,
when they were in Egypt Hn bond-
age to Pharaoh's house. ^ 28 ^and
did I choose him out of all the
tribes of Israel to be my priest, to
^go up unto mine altar, to burn
incense, to wear an ephod before
me? ^and did I give unto the house
1 The Heb. has, For.
2 Or, which I hear Jehovah's people do spread abroad
^ Or, the judge * Or, jn Pharaoh's house
^ Or, And I chose « Or, offer upon ' Or, and gave
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of thy father all the offerings of the
children of Israel made by fire.^^
29 Wherefore ^kick ye at my sacri-
fice and at mine offering, which I
have commanded in my habitation,
and honorest thy sons above me, to
make yourselves fat with the chief-
est of all the offerings of Israel my
people? 30 Therefore Jehovah, the
God of Israel, saith, I said indeed
that thy house, and the house of
thy father, should walk before me
for ever: but now Jehovah saith,
Be it far from me; for them that
honor me I will honor, 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 thy house.
32 And thou shalt behold Hhe
affliction of my habitation, in all
the wealth which God shall give
Israel; and there shall not be an
old man in thy house for ever.
33 ^"^And the man of thine, whom
I shall not cut off from mine altar,
shall be to consume thine eyes, and
to grieve thy heart; and all the
increase of thy house shall die ^Hn
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 according to
that which is in my heart and in
my mind: and I will build him a
sure house; and he shall walk before
mine anointed for ever. 36 And it
shall come to pass, that every one
that is left in thy house shall come
and bow down to him for a piece of
silver and a loaf of bread, and shall
say. Put me, I pray thee, into one
of the priest's offices, that I may eat
a morsel of bread.
3 And the child Samuel min-
istered unto Jehovah before
Eli. And the word of Jehovah
8 Or, trample ye upon . . . and upon
9 Or, an adversary in my habitation
10 Or, Yet will I not cut off every man of thine from mine
altar, to consume b'c. '• Ileb. when they are men.
I. SAMUEL 3.2 — 4.4 Samuel's Vision and Prophetic Call. The Philistines defeat Israel
was ^precious in those days; there
was no ^frequent vision. 2 And
it came to pass at that time, when
EH was laid down in his place (now
his eyes had begun to wax dim,
so that he could not see), 3 and
the lamp of God was not yet gone
out, and Samuel was laid down to
sleep, in the temple of Jehovah,
where the ark of God was; 4 that
Jehovah called Samuel : and he
said. Here am I. 5 And he ran
unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for
thou calledst me. And he said, I
called not; lie down again. And
he went and lay down. 6 And
Jehovah called yet again, Samuel.
And Samuel arose and went to
Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou
calledst me. And he answered, I
called not, my son; lie down again.
7 Now Samuel did not yet know
Jehovah, neither was the word of
Jehovah yet revealed unto him.
8 And Jehovah called Samuel again
the third time. And he arose and
went to Eli, and said. Here am I;
for thou calledst me. And Eli
perceived that Jehovah had called
the child. 9 Therefore Eli said
unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it
shall be, if he call thee, that thou
shalt say. Speak, Jehovah; for thy
servant heareth. So Samuel went
and lay down in his place.
10 And Jehovah came, and stood,
and called as at other times, Samuel,
Samuel. Then Samuel said. Speak;
for thy servant heareth. 11 And
Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I
will do a thing in Israel, at which
both the ears of every one, that
heareth it shall tingle. 12 In that
day I will perform against Eli all
that I have spoken concerning his
house, from the beginning even unto
the end. 13 For I have told him
that I will judge his house for ever,
for the iniquity which he knew,
because his sons did bring a curse
upon themselves, and he restrained
them not. 14 And therefore I
have sworn unto the house of Eli,
1 Or, rare
2 Heb. widely spread.
that the iniquity of Eli's house shall
not be expiated with sacrifice nor
offering for ever.
15 And Samuel lay until the
morning, and opened the doors
of the house of Jehovah. And
Samuel feared to show Eli the
vision. 16 Then Eli called Sam-
uel, and said, Samuel, my son.
And he said. Here am I. 17 And
he said. What is the thing that
Jehovah hath spoken unto thee.^
I pray thee, hide it not from me:
God do so to thee, and more also,
if thou hide anything from me of
all the things that he spake unto thee.
18 And Samuel told him every whit,
and hid nothing from him. And
he said. It is Jehovah: let him do
what seemeth him good.
19 And Samuel grew, and Je-
hovah 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
Jehovah. 21 And Jehovah ap-
peared again in Shiloh; for Jehovah
revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh
4 by the word of Jehovah. 1 And
the w^ord of Samuel came to
all Israel.
Now Israel went out against the
Philistines to battle, and encamped
beside Eben-ezer: and the Philis-
tines encamped in Aphek. 2 And
the Philistines put themselves in
array against Israel: and when
^they joined battle, Israel was smit-
ten before the Philistines; and they
slew of the %rmy in the field about
four thousand men. 3 And when
the people were come into the camp,
the elders of Israel said. Wherefore
hath Jehovah smitten us to-day
before the Philistines.^ Let us fetch
the ark of the covenant of Jehovah
out of Shiloh unto us, that it may
come among us, and save us out of
the hand of our enemies. 4 So the
people sent to Shiloh; and they
brought from thence the ark of the
covenant of Jehovah of hosts, who
» Or, the battle was spread
« Heb. array.
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I
The Philistines take the Arl<. Death of Eli and his Daughter>in-=law
^sitteth above the cherubim: and the
two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phine-
has, were there with the ark of the
covenant of God.
5 And when the ark of the cove-
nant of Jehovah 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 .f^ And they under-
stood that the ark of Jehovah was
come into the camp. 7 And the
Philistines were afraid, for they
said, God is come into the camp.
And they said. Woe unto us! for
there hath not been such a thing
heretofore. 8 Woe unto us! w^ho
shall deliver us out of the hand of
these mighty gods? these are the
gods that smote the Egyptians with
all manner of ^plagues in the wil-
derness. 9 Be strong, and quit
yourselves like men, O ye Philis-
tines, that ye be not servants unto
the Hebrews, as they have been to
you: quit yourselves like men, and
fight. 10 And the Philistines 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 foot-
men. 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 Ben-
jamin out of the ^army, and came
to Shiloh the same day, with his
clothes rent, and with earth upon
his head. 13 And when he came,
lo, Eli was sitting upon his seat
by the wayside 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
' Or, is enthroned 2 Heb. smiting. 3 Heb. array.
I. SAMUEL 4.5—5.3
were set, so that he could not see.
16 And the man said unto Eli, I
am he that came out of the ^army,
and I fled to-day out of the ^army.
And he said. How went the matter,
my son.? 17 And he that brought
the tidings answered and said, Is-
rael 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 Eli fell from off
his seat backward by the side of the
gate; and his neck brake, and he
died: for he was an old man, and
heavy. And he had judged Israel
forty years.
19 And his daughter-in-law, Phin-
ehas' wife, was with child, near to
be delivered: and when she heard
the tidings that the ark of God was
taken, and that her father-in-law
and her husband were dead, she
bowed herself and brought forth;
for her pains came 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 an-
swered not, neither did she regard
it. 21 And she named the child
^Ichabod, saying. The glory is de-
parted from Israel; because the
ark of God was taken, and because
of her father-in-law and her hus-
band. 22 And she said. The glory
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 Philistines took
the ark of God, and brought it
into the house of Dagon, and set it
by Dagon. 3 And when they of
Ashdod arose early on the morrow,
behold, Dagon was fallen ^upon his
face to the ground before the ark
of Jehovah. And they took Dagon,
and set him in his place again.
4 That is, There is no glory. ^ Or, before it
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I. SAMUEL 5.4 — 6.9 The Ark in the House of Dagon. Philistine Cities afflicted
4 And when they arose early on the
morrow morning, behold, Dagon
was fallen ^upon his face to the
ground before the ark of Jehovah;
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 There-
fore neither the priests of Dagon,
nor any that come into Dagon's
house, tread on the threshold of
Dagon in Ashdod, unto this day.
6 But the hand of Jehovah was
heavy upon them of Ashdod, and
he destroyed them, and smote them
with ^tumors, even Ashdod and the
borders thereof. 7 And when the
men of Ashdod saw that it was so,
they said. The ark of the God of
Israel shall not abide with us; for
his hand is sore upon us, and upon
Dagon our god. 8 They sent there-
fore and gathered all the lords of
the Philistines unto them, and said,
What shall we do with the ark of
the God of Israel .^^ And they an-
swered. Let the ark of the God of
Israel be carried about unto Gath.
And they carried the ark of the God
of Israel thither. 9 And it was so,
that, after they had carried it about,
the hand of Jehovah was against
the city with a very great discom-
fiture: and he smote the men of the
city, both small and great; and
tumors brake out upon them. 10 So
they sent the ark of God to Ekron.
And it came to pass, as the ark of
God came to Ekron, that the Ekron-
ites 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 therefore 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
1 Or, before it
« Or, plague boils As read by the Jews, emerods.
with the tumors; and the cry of the
city went up to heaven.
6 And the ark of Jehovah was
in the ^country of the Philis-
tines seven months. 2 And the
Philistines called for the priests
and the diviners, saying. What
shall we do with the ark of Jehovah .f*
show us wherewith we shall send it
to its place. 3 And they said.
If ye send away the ark of the
God of Israel, send it not empty;
but by all means return him a
trespass-offering: then 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 trespass-offering which
we shall return to him.? And they
said. Five golden tumors, and five
golden mice, according to the num-
ber of the lords of the Philistines;
for one plague was on ^ou all, and
on your lords. 5 Wherefore ye
shall make images of your tumors,
and images of your mice that mar
the land; and ye shall give glory
unto the God of Israel: peradven-
ture he will lighten his hand from
off you, and from off your gods,
and from off your land. 6 Where-
fore then do ye harden your hearts,
as the Egyptians and Pharaoh har-
dened their hearts.? When he had
^wrought wonderfully among them,
did they not let ^the people go,
and they departed? 7 Now there-
fore take and prepare you a new
cart, and two milch kine, on which
there hath come no yoke; and tie
the kine to the cart, and bring their
calves home from them; 8 and take
the ark of Jehovah and lay it upon
the cart; and put the jewels of gold,
which ye return him for a trespass-
offering, in a coffer by the side there-
of; 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;
3 Heb. field.
* Heb. them.
^ Or, made a mock of
e Heb. tHem,
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The Ark restored with Presents. Beth=shemesh smitten
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 Jehovah upon the cart, and the
coffer with the mice of gold and
the images of their tumors. 12
And the kine took the straight way
by the way to Beth-shemesh; they
went along ^the highway, lowing
as they went, and turned not aside
to the right hand or to the left;
and the lords of the Philistines
went after them unto the border of
Beth-shemesh. 13 And they of
Beth-shemesh were reaping their
wheat harvest in the valley; and
they lifted up their eyes, and saw
the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14
And the cart came into the field of
Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood
there, where there was a great stone :
and they clave the wood of the
cart, and offered up the kine for
a burnt-offering unto Jehovah. 15
And the Levites took down the ark
of Jehovah, and the coffer that was
with it, wherein the jew^els 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 Jeho-
vah. 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
tumors which the Philistines re-
turned for a trespass-offering unto
Jehovah: for Ashdod one, for Gaza
one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath
one, for Ekron one; 18 and the
golden mice, according to the num-
ber of all the cities of the Philis-
tines belonging to the fiv.e lords,
both of fortified cities and of coun-
try villages, even unto the great
^stone, whereon they set down the
ark of Jehovah, which stone remaineth
unto this day in the field of Joshua
the Beth-shemite.
1 Heb. one raised way.
- So the Sept. The Hebrew text has, Abel, (that is, a
meadow) .
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I. SAMUEL 6.10—7.7
19 And he smote of the men
of Beth-shemesh, because they had
looked into the ark of Jehovah, he
smote of the people seventy men,
and fifty thousand men; and the
peopled mourned, because Jehovah
had smitten the people with a great
slaughter. 20 And the men of
Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to
stand before Jehovah, this holy
God.'^ and to whom shall he go up
from us.? 21 And they sent mes-
sengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-
jearim, saying. The Philistines have
brought back the ark of Jehovah;
come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
7 1 And the men of Kiriath-
jearim came, and fetched up
the ark of Jehovah, and brought it
into the house of Abinadab in ^the
hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son
to keep the ark of Jehovah. 2 And
it came to pass, from the day that
the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim,
that the time was long; for it was
twenty years: and all the house of
Israel ^lamented after Jehovah.
3 And Samuel spake unto all the
house of Israel, saying. If ye do
return unto Jehovah with all your
heart, then put away the foreign
gods and the Ashtaroth from among
you, and direct your hearts unto
Jehovah, and serve him only; and
he will deliver you out of the hand
of the Philistines. 4 Then the
children of Israel did put away
the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and
served Jehovah only.
5 And Samuel said. Gather all
Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray
for you unto Jehovah. 6 And they
gathered together to Mizpah, and
drew water, and poured it out be-
fore Jehovah, and fasted on that
day, and said there. We have
sinned against Jehovah. And Sam-
uel judged the children of Israel in
Mizpah. 7 And when the Philis-
tines heard that the children of
Israel were gathered together to
Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines
went up against Israel. And when
3 Or, Cibeah
* Or, was drawn together
I. SAMUEL 7.8 8.14 Samuel subdues the Philistines. The People ask for a King
the children of Israel heard it, they
were afraid of the Phihstines. 8
And the children of Israel said to
Samuel, Cease not to cry unto Je-
hovah our God for us, that he will
save us out of the hand of the
Philistines. 9 And Samuel took
a sucking lamb, and offered it for
a whole burnt-offering unto Jeho-
vah: and Samuel cried unto Jeho-
vah for Israel; and Jehovah an-
swered him. 10 And as Samuel was
offering up the burnt-offering, the
Philistines drew near to battle
against Israel; but Jehovah thun-
dered with a great ^thunder on that
day upon the Philistines, and dis-
comfited them; and they were smit-
ten down before Israel. 11 And the
men of Israel went out of Mizpah,
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
^Eben-ezer, saying. Hitherto hath
Jehovah helped us. 13 So the
Philistines were subdued, and they
came no more within the border of
Israel: and the hand of Jehovah
was against the Philistines all the
days of Samuel. 14 And the cities
which the Philistines had taken
from Israel were restored to Israel,
from Ekron even unto Gath; and
the border thereof did Israel deliver
out of the hand of the Philistines.
And there was peace between Israel
and the Amorites.
15 And Samuel judged Israel
all the days of his life. 16 And he
went from year to year in circuit to
Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah;
and he judged Israel in all those
places. 17 And his return was to
Ramah, for there was his house;
and there he judged Israel: and he
built there an altar unto Jehovah.
8 And it came to pass, when
Samuel was old, that he made
his sons judges over Israel. 2 Now
the name of his first-born was Joel;
Heh. voice.
2 That is, The stone of help.
and the name of his second, Abijah:
they were judges in Beer-sheba.
3 And his sons walked not in his
ways, but turned aside after lucre,
and took bribes, and perverted
justice.
4 Then all the elders of Israel
gathered themselves together, and
came to Samuel unto Ramah; 5
and they said unto him. Behold,
thou 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
Jehovah. 7 And Jehovah said unto
Samuel, Hearken unto the voice
of the people in all that they say
unto thee; for they have not re-
jected 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
show them the manner of the king
that shall reign over them.
10 And Samuel told all the words
of Jehovah unto the people that
asked of him a king. 11 And he
said. This will be the manner of
the king that shall reign over you:
he will take your sons, and appoint
them unto him, ^for his chariots,
and to be his horsemen; and they
shall run before his chariots; 12 and
he will appoint them unto him for
captains of thousands, and cap-
tains of fifties; and he loill set some
to plow, his ground, and to reap his
harvest, and to make his instru-
ments of war, and the instruments
of his chariots. 13 And he will
take your daughters to be perfum-
ers, and to be cooks, and to be
bakers. 14 And he will take your
fields, and your vinevards, and vour
3 Or, over his chariots, and over his horse-
ai2
Saul seeks his Father's Asses. He goes to consult Samuel
oliveyards, 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 ^officers, and to his ser-
vants. 16 And he will take your
men-servants, and your maid-ser-
vants, and your goodliest ^young
men, and your asses, and put them
to his work. 17 He will take the
tenth of your flocks: and ye shall
be his servants. 18 And ye shall
cry out in that day because of your
king whom ye shall have chosen
you; and Jehovah 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 Jeho-
hovah. 22 And Jehovah said to
Samuel, Hearken unto their voice,
and make them a king. And Sam-
uel said unto the men of Israel, Go
ye every man unto his city.
9 Now there was a man of Ben-
jamin, whose name was Kish,
the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror,
the son of Becorath, the son of
Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a
mighty man of ^valor. 2 And he
had a son, whose name was Saul, a
'^young man and a goodly: and
there was not among the children
of Israel a goodlier person than
he: from his shoulders and up-
ward he was higher than any of the
people. 3 And the asses of Kish,
Saul's father, were lost. And Kish
said to Saul his son. Take now
one of the servants with thee, and
arise, go seek the asses. 4 And he
passed through the hill-country of
Ephraim, and passed through the
land of Shalishah, but they found
them not: then they passed through
^ Or, eunuchs
2 The Sept. has, herds.
3 Or, wealth
i Or, choice
I. SAMUEL 8.15—9.13
the land of Shaalim, and there they
we^-e not: and he passed through
the land of the Benjamites, but
they found them not.
5 When they were come to the
land of Zuph, Saul said to his ser-
vant that was with him, Come, and
let us return, lest my father leave
off caring for the asses, and be anx-
ious for us. 6 And he said unto
him. Behold now, there is in this
city a man of God, and he is a
man that is held in honor; all
that he saith cometh surely to pass:
now let us go thither; perad venture
he can tell us concerning our jour-
ney whereon we go. 7 Then said
Saul to his servant. But, behold,
if we go, what shall we bring the
man.f^ 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, Be-
hold, 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
servant. 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 maid-
ens 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
are come into the city, ye shall
straightway find him, before he go-
eth up to the high place to eat; for
the people will not eat until he come,
because he doth bless the sacrifice;
and afterwards they eat that are
bidden. Now therefore get you
up; for at this time ye shall find him.
31.3
I, SAMUEL 9.14 — 10.5 Samuel anoints Saul to be King, and gives him Directions
14 And they went up to the city;
and as they came within the city,
behold, Samuel came out toward
them, to go up to the high place.
15 Now Jehovah had Revealed
unto Samuel a day before Saul
came, saying, 16 To-morrow about
this time I will send thee a man
out of the land of Benjamin, and
thou shalt anoint him to be ^prince
over 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, Jehovah ^said
unto him, Behold, the man ^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 thy heart. 20 And as for
thine asses that were lost three days
ago, set not thy mind on them; for
they are found. And ^for whom is
all that is desirable in Israel.'^ Is it
not for thee, and for all thy father's
house.f^ 21 And Saul answered and
said. Am not I a Benjamite, of
the smallest of the tribes of Israel.^
and my family the least of all the
families of the Hribe of Benjamin.'^
wherefore then speakest thou to
me after this manner.?
22 And Samuel took Saul and his
servant, and brought them into the
guest-chamber, and made them sit
in the chiefest place among them
that were bidden, who were about
thirty persons. 23 And Samuel
said unto the cook. Bring the por-
tion which I gave thee, of which I
said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24
And the cook took up the ^thigh,
and that which was upon it, and
* Heb. uncovered the ear of Samuel.
2 Or, leader 3 Heb. answered him.
* Or, of whom I said unto thee. This same b'c.
5 Or, on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on
thee, and on all b'c? 6 Heb. tribes, ? Or, shoulder
set it before Saul. And Samuel said,
Behold, that which hath been re-
served! set it before thee and eat;
because unto the appointed time
hath it been kept for thee, ^or I
said, I have invited the people. So
Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
25 And when they were come
down from the high place into the
city, he communed with Saul upon
the housetop. 26 And they arose
early: and it came to pass about
the spring of the day, that Samuel
called to Saul on the housetop, say-
ing, Up, that I may send thee away.
And Saul arose, and they went
out both of them, he and Samuel,
abroad. 27 As they were going
down at the end of the city, Samuel
said to Saul, Bid the servant pass
on before us (and he passed on),
but stand thou still ^first, that I
may cause thee to hear the word of
God.
1r\ Then Samuel took the vial
yj of oil, and poured it upon his
head, and kissed him, and said. Is
it not that Jehovah hath anointed
thee to be prince over his inheri-
tance .f^ 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 wxntest to seek are
found; and, lo, thy father hath left
off caring for the asses, and is anx-
ious for you, saying. What shall I do
for my son.^^ 3 Then shalt thou go on
forward from thence, and thou shalt
come to the ^^oak of Tabor; and
there shall meet thee there three
men going up to God to Beth-el,
one carrying three kids, and an-
other carrying three loaves of bread,
and another carrying a ^^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 ^Hhe hill of God, w^here is
the garrison of the Philistines: and
8 Heb. saying.
»o Or, terebinth
» Heb. to-day.
» Or. skin
15 Or, Gibenh
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it shall come to pass, when thou art
come thither to the city, that thou
shalt meet a band of prophets com-
ing down from the high place with
a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a
pipe, and a harp, before them; and
they will be prophesying: 6 and
the Spirit of Jehovah will come
mightily upon thee, and thou shalt
prophesy with them, and shalt be
turned into another man. 7 And
^let it be, when these' signs are come
unto thee, ^that thou do as occa-
sion shall serve thee; for God is
with thee. 8 And thou shalt go
down before me to Gilgal; and,
behold, I will come down unto thee,
to offer burnt-offerings, and to sac-
rifice sacrifices of peace-offerings:
seven days shalt thou tarry, till
I come unto thee, and show thee
what thou shalt do.
9 And it was so, that, when he
had turned his back to go from
Samuel, God ^gave him another
heart: and all those signs came to
pass that day. 10 And when they
came thither to '^the hill, behold, a
band of prophets met him; 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 an-
swered and said. And who is their
father? Therefore it became a prov-
erb, 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 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
1 Heb. it shall come to pass, that when these signs b'c.
2 Heb. do for thee as thy hand shall find.
3 Heb. turned. * Or, Gibeah
said unto you. 16 And Saul said
unto his uncle, He told us plainly
that the asses were found. But
concerning the matter of the king-
dom, whereof Samuel spake, he told
him not.
17 And Samuel called the people
together unto Jehovah to Mizpah;
18 and he said unto the children of
Israel, Thus saith Jehovah, the
God of Israel, I brought up Israel
out of Egypt, and I delivered you
out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and out of the hand of all the king-
doms that oppressed you: 19 but
ye have this day rejected your
God, who himself saveth you out
of all your calamities and your dis-
tresses; and ye have said unto him.
Nay, but set a king over us. Now
therefore present yourselves be-
fore Jehovah by your tribes, and
by your thousands. 20 So Samuel
brought all the tribes of Israel near,
and the tribe of Benjamin was
taken. 21 And he brought the
tribe of Benjamin near by their
families; and the family of the
Matrites was taken; and Saul the
son of Kish was taken: but when
they sought him, he could not be
found. 22 Therefore they asked
of Jehovah further, ^Is there yet
a man to come hither? And Jeho-
vah answered. Behold, he hath hid
himself among the baggage. 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 shoul-
ders and upward. 24 And Samuel
said to all the people. See ye him
whom Jehovah hath chosen, that
there is none like him among all
the people? And all the people
shouted, and said. Long Hve the
king.
25 Then Samuel told the
the manner of the kingdo
wrote it in ^a book, and
up before Jehovah. And S
sent all the people away, e
man to his house. 26 And St^^
Or, Is the man yet come hither?
6 Or. the
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I. SAMUEL 10.27 — 12.3 Saul's victory over the Ammonites. The Kingdom renewed
also went to his house to Gibeah;
and there went with him the ^host
whose hearts God had touched.
27 But certain worthless fellows
said, How shall this man save us?
And they despised him, and brought
him no present. ^But he held his
peace.
I'i Then Nahash the Ammon-
1 ite came up, and encamped
against Jabesh-gilead : and all the
men of Jabesh said unto Nahash,
Make a covenant with us, and we
will serve thee. 2 And Nahash
the Ammonite said unto them, On
this condition will I make it with
you, that all your right eyes be put
out; and I will lay it for a reproach
upon all Israel. 3 And the elders
of Jabesh said unto him. Give us
seven days' 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, saying. Who-
soever Cometh not forth after Saul
and after Samuel, so shall it be
done unto his oxen. And ^the dread
of Jehovah fell on the people, and
+I.OV came out as one man. 8 And
ibered them in Bezek; and
Iren of Israel were three
thousand, and the men of
.hirty thousand. 9 And they
^nto the messengers that came.
or, men of valor 3 Or, a terror from Jehovah
2 Or, But he was as though he had been deaf
Thus shall ye say unto the men of
Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, by the
time the sun is hot, ye shall have de-
liverance. And the messengers came
and told the men of Jabesh; and
they were glad. 10 Therefore the
men of Jabesh said. To-morrow
we will come out unto you, and ye
shall do with us all that seemeth
good unto you. 1 1 And it was so on
the morrow, that Saul put the peo-
ple in three companies; and they
came into the midst of the camp in
the morning watch, and smote the
Ammonites until the heat of the
day: and it came to pass, that they
that remained were scattered, so
that not J:wo of them were left to-
gether.
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 Jehovah hath wrought ^de-
liverance in Israel.
14 Then said Samuel to the peo-
ple, Come, and let us go to Gilgal,
and renew the kingdom there. 15
And all the people went to Gilgal;
and there they made Saul king
before Jehovah in Gilgal; and there
they offered sacrifices of peace-
offerings before Jehovah; and there
Saul and all the men of Israel re-
joiced greatly.
"I O And Samuel said unto all
1 Jmd Israel, Behold, I have heark-
ened unto your voice in all that ye
said unto me, and have made a king
over you. 2 And now, behold, the
king walketh before you; and I am
old and gray headed; and, behold,
my sons are with you: and I have
walked before you from my youth
unto this day. 3 Here I am: wit-
ness against me before Jehovah,
and before his anointed: whose
ox have I taken? or whose ass
have I taken? or whom have I de-
frauded? whom have I oppressed?
or of whose hand have I taken a
* Heb. salvation.
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Samuel's Solemn Address to Israel
^ransom ^to blind mine eyes there-
with? and I will restore it you.
4 And they said, Thou hast not
defrauded us, nor oppressed us,
neither hast thou taken aught of
any man's hand. 5 And he said
unto them, Jehovah is 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 peo-
ple, It is Jehovah that ^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
Jehovah concerning all the righteous
acts of Jehovah, which he did to you
and to your fathers. 8 When Jacob
was come into Egypt, and your
fathers cried unto Jehovah, then
Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron,
who brought forth your fathers out
of Egypt, and made them to dwell
in this place. 9 But they forgat
Jehovah their God; and he sold
them into the hand of Sisera, captain
of the host of Hazor, and into the
hand of the Philistines, and into
the hand of the king of Moab; and
they fought against them. 10 And
they cried unto Jehovah, and said.
We have sinned, because we have
forsaken Jehovah, and have served
the Baalim and the Ashtaroth: but
now deliver us out of the hand of
our enemies, and we will serve thee.
11 And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal,
and ^Bedan, and Jephthah, and
Samuel, and delivered you out of
the hand of your enemies on every
side; and ye dwelt 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 Jehovah your God was
your king. 13 Now therefore be-
hold the king whom ye have chosen,
and whom ye have asked for:
and, behold, Jehovah hath set a
* Or, bribe 2 Qr, that I should hide mine eyes at him
3 Or, made i Ace. to Sept. and Syr., Barak.
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I. SAMUEL 12.4—12.25
king over you. 14 If ye will fear
Jehovah, and serve him, and hearken
unto his voice, and not rebel against
the commandment of Jehovah, ^and
both ye and also the king that
reigneth over you be followers of
Jehovah your God, welt: 15 but if
ye will not hearken unto the voice
of Jehovah, but rebel against the
commandment of Jehovah, then will
the hand of Jehovah be against you,
as it was against your fathers.
16 Now therefore stand still and
see this great thing, which Jehovah
will do before your eyes. 17 Is it
not wheat harvest to-day.^ I will
call unto Jehovah, that he may
send thunder and rain; and ye shall
know and see that your wickedness
is great, which ye have done in the
sight of Jehovah, in asking you a
king. 18 So Samuel called unto
Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder
and rain that day : and all the people
greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
19 And all the people said unto
Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto
Jehovah thy God, that we die not;
for we have added unto all our sins
this evil, to ask us a king. 20 And
Samuel said unto the people, Fear
not: ye have indeed done all this
evil; yet turn not aside from follow^-
ing Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with
all your heart: 21 and turn ye not
aside; for then would ye go after vain
things which cannot profit nor de-
liver, for they are vain. 22 For
Jehovah will not forsake his peo-
ple for his great name's sake, be-
cause it hath pleased Jehovah to
make you a people unto himself.
23 Moreover as for me, far be it
from me that I should sin against
Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you:
but I will instruct you in the good
and the right way. 24 Only fear
Jehovah, and serve him in truth
with all your heart; for consider
how great things he hath done for
you. 25 But if ye shall still do
wickedly, ye shall be consumed,
both ye and your king.
5 Or, then shall both ye. . . Jehovah your God: but b'c.
I. SAMUEL 15.1—13.20
i Q Saul was [^forty] years old
1 O when he began to reign; and
when he had reigned two years over
Israel, 2 Saul chose him three
thousand men of Israel, whereof
two thousand were with Saul in
Michmash and in the mount of
Beth-el, and a thousand were with
Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin:
and the rest of the people he sent
every man to his tent. 3 And
Jonathan smote the garrison of the
Philistines that was in Geba; and the
Philistines heard of it. And Saul
blew the trumpet throughout all the
land, saying. Let the Hebrews hear.
4 And all Israel heard say that
Saul had smitten the garrison of the
Philistines, and also that Israel was
had in abomination with the Philis-
War with Philistines. Saul at Gilgal. His ill-advised Sacrifice
behold, Samuel came; and vSaul
went out to meet him, that he might
^salute him. 11 And Samuel said,
What hast thou done.? And Saul
said, Because I saw that the people
were scattered from me, and that
thou camest not within the days
appointed, and that the Philistines
assembled themselves together at
Michmash; 12 therefore said I, Now
will the Philistines come down upon
me to Gilgal, and I have not en-
treated the favor of Jehovah: I
forced myself therefore, and offered
the burnt-offering. 13 And Samuel
said to Saul, Thou hast done fool-
ishly; thou hast not kept the com-
mandment of Jehovah thy God,
which he commanded thee: for now
would Jehovah have established thy
tines. And the people were gath- 1 kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But
ered together after Saul to Gilgal. now thy kingdom shall not continue:
5 And the Philistines assembled | Jehovah hath sought him a man
themselves together to fight with I after his own heart, and Jehovah
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 encamped in Michmash,
eastward of Beth-aven. 6 When
the men of Israel saw that they
were in a strait (for the people were
distressed), then the people did
hide themselves in caves, and in
thickets, and in rocks, and in cov-
erts, and in ^pits. 7 Now some
of the Hebrews had gone over the
Jordan to the land of Gad and
Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet
in Gilgal, and all the people fol-
lowed him trembling.
8 And he tarried seven days,
according to the set time that
Samuel had appointed: but Samuel
came not to Gilgal; and the people
were scattered from him. 9 And
Saul said. Bring hither the burnt-
offering to me, and the peace-offer-
ings. 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-offering,
1 The number is lacking in the Heb. text, and is sup-
plied coujecturaxly. 2 Or, cislerns
hath appointed him to be prince
over his people, because thou hast
not kept that which Jehovah com-
manded 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
Philistines encamped in Michmash.
17 And the spoilers came out of the
camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned
unto the way that leadeth to Oph-
rah, unto the land of Shual; 18 and
another company turned the w^ay to
Beth-horon; and another company
turned the way of the border that
looketh down upon the valley of
Zeboim toward the wilderness.
19 Now there was no 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
3 Or, bless
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sharpen every man his share, and
his coulter, and his axe, and his
mattock; 21 V^t they had a file
for the mattocks, and for the coul-
ters, and for the forks, and for the
axes, and to set the goads. 22 So
it came to pass in the day of battle,
that there was neither sword nor
spear found in the hand of any of
the people that were with Saul and
Jonathan: but with Saul and with
Jonathan his son was there found.
23 And the garrison of the Philis-
tines went out unto the pass of
Michmash.
UNow it fell upon a day,
that Jonathan the son of
Saul said unto the young man that
bare his armor. Come, and let us
go over to the Philistines' garrison,
that is on yonder side. But he
told not his father. 2 And Saul
abode in the uttermost part of
Gibeah under the pomegranate-tree
which is in Migron: and the people
that were with him were about six
hundred men; 3 and Ahijah, the son
of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the
son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the
priest of Jehovah in Shiloh, wearing
an ephod. And the people knew
not that Jonathan was gone. 4 And
between the passes, by which Jona-
than sought to go over unto the
Philistines' garrison, there was a
rocky crag on the one side, and a
rocky crag on the other side: and
the name of the one was Bozez, and
the name of the other Seneh. 5
The one crag -rose up on the north
in front of Michmash, and the other
on the south in front of Geba.
6 And Jonathan said to the
young man that bare his armor,
Conie, and let us go over unto the
garrison of these uncircumcised :
it may be that Jehovah will work
for us; for there is no restraint to
Jehovah to save by many or by
few. 7 And his armorbearer said
unto him. Do all that is in thy
heart: turn thee, behold, I am with
* Or, when the edges of the mattocks . . , and of the axes
were blunt The Hebrew text is obscure.
I. SAMUEL 13.21—14.18
thee according to thy heart. 8
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we
will pass over unto the men, and
we will disclose ourselves unto them.
9 If they say thus unto us. Tarry
until we come to you; then we will
stand still in our place, and will not
go up unto them. 10 But if they
say thus. Come up unto us; then
we will go up; for Jehovah hath
delivered them into our hand: and
this shall be the sign unto us. 11
And both of them disclosed them-
selves unto the garrison of the
Philistines: and the Philistines said,
Behold, the Hebrews come forth
out of the holes where they had
hid themselves. 12 And the men
of the garrison answered Jonathan
and his armorbearer, and said. Come
up to us, and we will show you a
thing. And Jonathan said unto
his armorbearer. Come up after me;
for Jehovah hath delivered them
into the hand of Israel. 13 And
Jonathan climbed up upon his hands
and upon his feet, and his armor-
bearer after him: and they fell
before Jonathan; and his armor-
bearer slew them after him. 14 And
that first slaughter, which Jonathan
and his armorbearer made, was
about twenty men, within as it were
^half a furrow's length in an acre of
land. 15 And there was a trembling
in the camp, in the field, and among
all the people; the garrison, and
the spoilers, they also trembled;
and the earth quaked: so there was
^an exceeding great trembling.
16 And the watchmen of Saul in
Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and,
behold, the multitude melted away,
and they went hither and thither.
17 Then said Saul unto the people
that were with him. Number now,
and see who is gone from us. And
when they had numbered, behold,
Jonathan and his armorbearer were
not there. 18 And Saul said unto
Ahijah, ^Bring hither the ark of God.
For' the ark of God was there at
2 Or, half an acre of land » Heb. a trembling of God.
4 Same editions of Sept. have. Bring hither the ephod.
For he wore the ephod at that time before Israel.
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I. SAMUEL 14.19 — 14.38 Battle at Beth-aven. Saul's Adjuration and Jonathan's Trespass
that time Vith the children of
Israel. 19 Arid it came to pass,
while Saul talked unto the priest,
that the tumult that was in the
camp of the Philistines went on and
increased: and Saul said unto the
priest, Withdraw thy hand. 20 And
Saul and all the people that 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 Philistines as
beforetime, and that went up with
them ^into the camp, /rom the country
round about, even they also turned
to be with the Israelites that were
with Saul and Jonathan. 22 Like-
wise all the men of Israel that had
hid themselves in the hill-country of
Ephraim, when they heard that
the Philistines fled, even they, also
followed hard after them in the
battle. 23 So Jehovah saved Is-
rael that day : and the battle passed
over by Beth-aven.
24 And the men of Israel were
distressed that day; for Saul had
adjured the people, saying. Cursed
be the man that eateth any food un-
til it be evening, and I be avenged!
on mine enemies. So none of the
people tasted food. 25 And all
^the people came into the forest;
and there was honey upon the
ground. 26 And when the people
were come unto the forest, behold,
^the hoiiey dropped: but no man
put his hand to his mouth; for the
people feared the oath. 27 But
Jonathan heard not when his father
charged the people with the oath:
wherefore he put forth the end of
the rod that was in his hand, and
dipped it in the 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
1 Heb. and.
3 Heb. the land.
2 Or, in the camp, round ahoul
4 Or, a stream of honey
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 en-
lightened, because I tasted a little
of this honey. 30 How much more,
if haply the people had eaten freely
to-day of the spoil of their enemies
which they found. ^^ ^for now hath
there been no great slaughter among
the Philistines.
31 And they smote of the Philis-
tines that 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 people did eat
them with the blood. 33 Then
they told Saul, saying. Behold, the
people sin against Jehovah, in that
they eat with the blood. And he
said. Ye have dealt treacherously:
roll a great stone unto me this day.
34 And Saul said. Disperse your-
selves among the people, and say
unto them, Bring me hither every
man his ox, and every man his
sheep, and slay them here, and
eat; and sin not against Jehovah
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 Jehovah: the same
was the first altar that he built
unto Jehovah.
36 And Saul said. Let us go
down after the Philistines by night,
and take spoil among them until
the morning light, and let us not
leave a man of them. And they
said. Do whatsoever seemeth good
unto thee. Then said the priest.
Let us draw near hither unto God.
37 And Saul asked counsel of God,
Shall I go down after the Philis-
tines.^ wilt thou deliver them into
the hand of Israel .^^ But he an-
swered him not that day. 38 And
Saul said. Draw nigh hither, all ye
^chiefs of the people; and know and
. 6 Or, for had there not been now a much greater slaughter
^c,"^ 6 Heb. corners.
320
Jonathan sentenced to Death. The People rescue him. Amalek attacked I. SAMUEL 14,39 15.8
see wherein this sin hath been this
day. 39 For, as Jehovah Hveth,
who saveth Israel, though it be in
Jonathan my son, he shall surely
die. But there was not a man
among all the people that answered
him. 40 Then said he unto all Is-
rael, Be ye on one side, and I and
Jonathan my son will be on the
other side. And the people said
unto Saul, Do what seemeth good
unto thee. 41 Therefore Saul said
unto Jehovah, the God of Israel,
^Show the right. And Jonathan
and Saul were taken hy 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 Jonathan told him, and said,
I did certainly taste a little honey
with the end of the rod that was in
my hand; and, lo, I must die. 44
And Saul said, God do so and
more also; for thou shalt surely
die, Jonathan. 45 And the people
said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die,
who hath wrought this great sal-
vation in Israel.^ Far from it: as
Jehovah liveth, there shall not one
hair of his head fall to the ground;
for he hath wrought with God this
day. So the people ^rescued Jona-
than, that he died not. 46 Then
Saul went up from following the
Philistines; and the Philistines went
to their own place.
, 47 Now when Saul had taken
I the kingdom over Israel, he fought
i against all his enemies on every
I side, against Moab, and against
I the children of Ammon, and against
i Edom, and against the kings of
I Zobah, and against the Philistines:
i and whithersoever he turned him-
■ self, he put them to the worse.
! 48 And he did valiantly, and smote
the Amalekites, and delivered Israel
out of the hands of them that des-
poiled them.
49 Now the sons of Saul were
Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchi-
1 Or, Give a perfect lot.
11
2 Heb. ravsomed.
shua; and the names of his two
daughters were these: the name
of the first-born Merab, and the
name of the younger Miclial : 50 and
the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam
the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the
name of the captain of his host was
Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
51 And Kish was the father of Saul;
and Ner the father of Abner was the
son of Abiel.
52 And there was sore war
against the Philistines all the days
of Saul: and when Saul saw any
mighty man, or any valiant man,
he ^took him unto him.
1^ And Samuel said unto
'J Saul, Jehovah sent me to
anoint thee to be king over his
people, over Israel: now therefore
hearken thou unto the voice of the
words of Jehovah. 2 Thus saith
Jehovah of hosts, I %ave 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 Am-
alek, and ^utterly destroy all that
they have, and spare them not; but
slay both man and woman, infant
and suckling, ox and sheep, camel
and ass.
4 And Saul summoned the peo-
ple, and numbered them in Telaim,
two hundred thousand footmen,
and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 And Saul came to the city of
Amalek, and ^laid wait in the val-
ley. 6 And Saul said unto the
Kenites, Go, depart, get you down
from among the Amalekites, lest I
destroy you with them; for ye
showed kindness to all the children
of Israel, when they came up out
of Egypt. So the Kenites departed
from among the Amalekites. 7 And
Saul smote the Amalekites, from
Havilah as thou goest to Shur,
that is before Egypt. 8 And he
took Agag the king of the Amale-
kites alive, and ^utterly destroyed
all the people with the edge of the
3 Heb. gathered.
« Or, strove
* Or, will visit
"> Heb. devoted.
5 Heb. dev(a*.
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I. SAMUEL 15.9 — 15.30 SauPs Disobedience respecting Amalek. God's rejection of Saul
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 ^ut-
terly destroy them: but everything
that was vile and refuse, that they
^destroyed utterly.
10 Then came the word of Jeho-
vah unto Samuel, saying, 11 It
repenteth me that I have set up
Saul to be king; for he is turned
back from following me, and hath
not performed my commandments.
And Samuel was wroth; and he
cried unto Jehovah all night. 12
And Samuel rose early to meet
Saul in the morning; and it was
told Samuel, saying, Saul came to
Carmel, and, behold, he set him
up a ^monument, and turned, and
passed on, and went down to Gil-
gal. 13 And Samuel came to Saul;
and Saul said unto him, Blessed
be thou of Jehovah: I have per-
formed the commandment of Jeho-
vah. 14 And Samuel said. What
meaneth then 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 Jeho-
vah thy God; and the rest we have
^utterly destroyed. 16 Then Sam-
uel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will
tell thee what Jehovah hath said to
nie this night. And he said unto
him. Say on.
17 And Samuel said, '^Though
thou wast little in thine own sight,
wast thou not made the head of
the tribes of Israel.^ And Jehovah
anointed thee king over Israel; 18
and Jehovah sent thee on a journey,
and said. Go, and utterly destroy
the sinners the Amalekites, and
fight against them until they be
consumed. 19 Wherefore then
didst thou not obey the voice of
Jehovah, but didst fly upon the
I Heb. devote 2 Heb. devoted. 3 Heb. hand.
spoil, and didst that which was evil
in the sight of Jehovah? 20 And
Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I
have obeyed the voice of Jehovah,
and have gone the way which Jeho-
vah sent me, and have brought
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
Jehovah thy God in Gil gal. 22
And Samuel said. Hath Jehovah
as great delight in burnt-offerings
and sacrifices, as in obeying the
voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey
is better than sacrifice, and to
hearken than the fat of rams. 23
For rebellion is as the sin of ^witch-
craft, and stubbornness is as ^idol-
atry and teraphim. Because thou
hast rejected the word of Jehovah,
he hath also rejected thee froni
being king.
24 And Saul said unto Samuel,
I have sinned; for I have trans-
gressed the commandment of Jeho-
vah, and thy words, because I feared
the people, and obeyed their voice.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee,
pardon my sin, and turn again with
me, that I may worship Jehovah.
26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I
will not return with thee; for thou
hast rejected the word of Jehovah,
and Jehovah hath rejected thee
from being king over Israel. 27
And as Samuel turned about to go
away, Saul laid hold upon the
skirt of his robe, and it rent. 28
And Samuel said unto him, Jeho-
vah hath rent the kingdom of Israel
from thee this day, and hath given
it to a neighbor of thine, that is
better than thou. 29 And also the-
^Strength of Israel will not lie
nor repent; for he is not a man,
that he should repent. 30 Then he
said, I have sinned: yet honor me
now, I pray thee, before the elders
of my people, and before Israel, and
turn" again with me, that I may
6 Heb. divination.
7 Or, Victory Or, Glory
« Or, iniquity.
322
^^P^orship Jehovah thy God. 31 So
Samuel turned again after Saul;
and Saul worshipped Jehovah.
32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye
hither to me Agag the king of the
Amalekites. And Agag came unto
him cheerfully. And Agag said,
Surely the bitterness of death is
past. 33 And Samuel said, As
thy sword hath made women child-
less, so shall thy mother be child-
less among women. And Samuel
hewed Agag in pieces before Jeho-
vah 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; ^for Samuel mourned
for Saul: and Jehovah repented that
he had made Saul king over Israel.
1f^ And Jehovah said unto
O Samuel, How long wilt thou
jQnoum for Saul, seeing I have re-
Jaeted him from being king over
Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and
go: I will send thee to Jesse the
Beth-lehemite; for I have provided
ajie a king among his sons. 2 And
[Samiuel said, How can I go? if Saul
ibear ii^ he will kill me. And Jeho-
vah mid^ Take a heifer with thee,
and say, I mxi come to sacrifijce to
Jehovah. 3 Aswt call Jesse to the
fsacrifice, and I will show thee
wh^t thou shalt doi and thou
shalt anoint unto me him whom I
ii^me mito thee. 4 And Samuel
did that which Jehovah spake, and
came to Eeth-lela^m. . And the elders
of the city came i^ meet him trem-
bling, and said, Coiaest thou peace-
:ah\y? 5 And he said, Re^aeeably;
I am come to sacrifice unto Je&W^h:
sanctify yourselves, and come wUh !
me to the saerifice. And he sancti-
fied lesse and his ,§pns, and called
them to the sacrifice.
6 And it came to pass, wkea they
were come, that he looked i^n
^Eliab, and said. Surely Jehovah's |
anointed is before him. 7 But Je-
hovah said unto Samuel, Look not
Agag killed. Samuel sent to Jesse. He anoints David I, SAMUEL 15,31 16.18
on his countenance, or on the height
of his stature; because I have re-
jected him: for Jehovah seeth not as
man seeth; for man looketh on the
outward appearance, but Jehovah
looketh on the heart. 8 Then Jesse
called Abinadab, and made him
pass before Samuel. And he said.
Neither hath Jehovah chosen this.
9 Then Jesse made ^Shammah to
pass by. And he said, Neither hath
Jehovah chosen this. 10 And Jesse
made seven of his sons to pass be-
fore Samuel. And Samuel said unto
Jesse, Jehovah hath not chosen
these. 11 And Samuel said unto
Jesse, Are here all thy children.?^
And he said. There remaineth yet
the youngest, and, behold, he is
keeping the sheep. And Samuel
said unto Jesse, Send and fetch
him; for we will not sit Mown till
he come hither. 12 And he sent,
and brought him in. Now he was
ruddy, and withal ^of a beautiful
countenance, and goodly to look
upon. And Jehovah said. Arise,
anoint him; for this is he. 13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil,
and anointed him in the midst of
his brethren: and the Spirit of
Jehovah came mightily upon David
from that day forward. So Samuel
rose up, and went to Ramah.
14 Now the Spirit of Jehovah
departed from Saul, and an evil
spirit from Jehoyah ^troubled him.
15 And Saul'i servants said unto
him. Behold now, an evil spirit
from God troubleth thee, 16 I^et
our lord now command thy sepr
vants, that are before thee, to seek
out a man who is a skilful player
on the harp: and it shall come to
pass, when the evil spirit from God
|§ upon thee, that he shall play
with his hand, and thou shalt be
well. If And Saul said unto his
servants. Provide me now a man
that can play well, and bring him
tQ me. 18 Then answered one of
the i^pung men, and said, Behold,
1 Or, but
2 In 1 Chr. 27. 18, Elihu.
3 In 2 S. 18, :3, Shimeah. In 1 Chr. 2. 13, Shimea.
-» Heb. around, -^ Heb. fair of eyes. « Or, terrified
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I. SAMUEL 16.19 — 17.19 war with the PhiUsUnes. Goliath's ChaIIi»rtg«
I have seen a son of Jesse the Betli-
lehemite, that is skilful in playing,
and a mighty man of valor, and a
man of war, and ^prndent in ^speech,
and a comely person; and Jehovah
is with hini. 19 Wherefore Saul
sent messengers unto Jesse, and
said. Send me David thy son, who
is with the sheep. 20 And Jesse
took an ass laden with bread, and
a 'bottle of wine, and a kid, and
sent them by David his son unto
Saul. 21 And David came to Saul,
like a weaver's beam; and his spear*s
head weighed six hundred shekels
of iron: and his shield-bearer went
before him. 8 And he stood and
cried unto the ^armies of Israel,
and said unto them, AVhy 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, tlien
will we be vour servants; but if I
and stood before him: and he; prevail against him, and kill him,
loved him greatly: and he became then shall ve be our servants, and
his armorbearer. 22 And Saul sent
to Jesse, saying. Let David, I
prav thee, stand before me; for he
hatfi found favor in my sight. 23
serve us. 10 And the Philistine
said, I 'defy tlie armies of Israel
this day; give me a man, that we
mav hfifht together. 11 And when
And it came to pass, when the evil Saul and all Israel heard those
spirit from God was upon Saul
that David took the harp, and
played with his hand: so Saul was
refreshed, and was well, and the
evil spirit departed from him.
i ij Now the Philistines gath-
1 I ered together their armies to
battle; and they were gathered to-
gether at Socoli, which belongeth
to Judah, and encamped between
Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dam
words of the riiilistine, they were
dismayed, and greatly afraid.
12 Now David was the son of
that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem- |
iudah, whose name was Jesse; and J
he had eight sons: and the man
was an old man in the days of
Saul, stricken in years among men.
13 And the three eldest sons of
Jesse had gone after Saul to the
battle: and the names of his three
mm. 2 And Saul and the men sons that went to the battle were
of Israel were gathered together, jEliab the lirst-born, and next unto
and encamped in the vale of ^Elah, him Abinadab, and the third Sham-
and set the battle in array against
the Philistines. 3 And the Philis-
mah. 14 And David was the young-
est: and the three eldest followed
tines stood on the mountain on the i Saul. 15 Now David went to and
one side, and Israel stood on the
moimtain 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 Groliath, of Gath, whose
fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep
at Beth-lehem. 16 And the Philis-
tine drew near morning and evening,
and presented himself forty days.
17 And Jesse said unto David
his son. Take now for thv breth-
height was six cubits and a span, iren an ephah of this parched grain,
5 And he had a helmet of brass and these ten loaves, and carr^-
upon his head, and he was clad | ///<^?rt quickly to the camp to tin-
wit h a coat of mail; and the weight
of the coat was five thousand shekels
of brass. 6 And he had greaves of
brethren; 18 and bring these ten
cheeses unto the captain of their
thousand, and look how tliv breth-
brass upon his legs, and a javelin ren fare, and take their pledge.
of brass between his shoulders. 19 Now Saul, and they, and all
7 And the *staff of his spear was the men of Israel, ^ere in the
3 Or. ^lu^tN4r£{ • Or, sftta !
• HelK rmmkt (and so in v«r. 10. 21. 22. 26. &c).
» Or. skilful
« Or. th* ttrthimtk
% Or> according to anothtf re^dENs. btmd*
^Or.npnmck
• Or. «r<
324
David visits the Camp, and hears the Challense. He accepts It I. SAMUEL 17.20 — 17.40
vale of Elah, fighting with the
Philistines. 20 And David rose
up early in the morning, and left
the sheep with a keeper, and took,
and went, as Jesse had commanded
him; and he came to the ^place
of the wagons, as the host which
was going forth to the ^ght shouted
for the battle. 21 And Israel and
the Philistines 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
saluted 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 Mefy
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 daugh-
ter, and make his father's house
free in Israel. 26 And David spake
^ to the men that stood by him, say-
ing. 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 Mefy the
i armies of the living God? 27 And
I the people answered him after this
: manner, saying, So shall it be
done to the man that killeth him. '
28 And Eliab his eldest brother
i 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 thy
heart; for thou art come down
that thou mightest see the battle.
29 And David said. What have I
' Or, barricade 2 Qr, batlle ground * Or, reproach
now done? ^Is there not a cause?
30 And he turned away from him
toward another, and spake after the
same manner: and the people an-
swered 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 •'^because of him; thy servant
will go and fight with this Philis-
tine. 33 And Saul said to David,
Thou art not able to go against
this Philistine to fight with him;
for thou art but a youth, and he
a man of war from his youth. 34
And David said unto Saul, Thy
servant was keeping his father's
sheep; ^and when there came a
lion, or a bear, and took a lamb
out of the flock, 35 I went out after
him, and smote him, and delivered
it out of his mouth; and when he
arose against me, I caught him by
his beard, and smote him, and slew
him. 36 Thy servant smote both
the lion and the bear: and this un-
circumcised Philistine shall be as one
of them, seeing he hath Mefied the
armies of the living God. 37 And
David said, Jehovah that delivered
me out of the paw of the lion, and
out of the paw of the bear, he will
deliver me out of the hand of this
Philistine. And Saul said unto
David, Go, and Jehovah shall be
with thee. 38 And Saul clad David
with his apparel, and he put a
helmet of brass upon his head,
and he clad him with a coat of
mail. 39 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 %rook, and put them in the
< Or, Was it not but a word? « Or, within him
« Or, and there came a lion and a bear . . .and I went out
(s'c. ' Or, reproached « Or, torrent bed
325
I. SAMUEL 17.41 18.4 David kills Goliath. He is brought to Saul
shepherd's bag which he had, even
in his wallet; and his sling was in
his hand: and he drew near to the
Philistine.
41 And the Philistine came on
and drew near unto David; and
the man that bare the shield went
before him. 42 And when the
Philistine looked about, and saw
David, he disdained him; for he
was but a youth, and ruddy, and
withal of a fair countenance. 43
And the Philistine said unto David,
Am I a dog, that thou comest to
me with staves.^ And the PhiHs-
tine cursed David by his gods.
44 And the Philistine said to David,
Come to me, and I will give thy
flesh unto the birds of the heavens,
and to the beasts of the field.
45 Then said David to the Philis-
tine, Thou comest to me with a
sword, and with a spear, and with
a javelin: but I come to'^thee in the
name of Jehovah of hosts, the God
of the armies of Israel, whom thou
hast ^defied. 46 This day will
Jehovah deliver thee into my hand;
and I will smite thee, and take thy
head from off thee; and I will give
the dead bodies of the host of the
Philistines this day unto the birds
of the heavens, and to the 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 Jehovah
saveth not with sword and spear:
for the battle is Jehovah's, and
he will give you into our hand.
48 And it came to pass, when
the Philistine arose, and came and
drew nigh to meet David, that
David hastened, and ran toward
the army to meet the Philistine.
49 And David put his hand in his
bag, and took thence a stone, and
slang it, and smote the Philistine
in his forehead; and the stone
sank into his forehead, and he fell
upon his face to the earth.
50 So David prevailed over the
Philistine with a sling and with a
1 Or, reproached
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stone, and smote the Philistine,
and slew him; but there was no
sword in the hand of David. 51
Then David ran, and stood over
the Philistine, and took his sword,
and drew it out of the sheath
thereof, and slew him, and cut off
his head therewith. And when the
Philistines saw that their ^champion
was dead, they fled. 52 And the
men of Israel and of Judah arose,
and shouted, and pursued the Philis-
tines, until thou comest to ^Gai, and
to the gates of Ekron. And the
wounded of the Phihstines fell down
by the way to ^Shaaraim, even unto
Gath, and unto Ekron. 53 And
the children of Israel returned from
chasing after the Philistines, and
they plundered their camp. 54 And
David took the head of the Philis-
tine, and brought it to Jerusalem;
but he put his armor in his tent.
55 And when Saul saw David
go forth against the Philistine, he
said unto Abner, the captain of
the host, Abner, whose son is this
youth .'^ And Abner said. As thy
soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
56 And the king said, Inquire
thou whose son the stripling is.
57 And as David returned from
the slaughter of the Philistine, Ab-
ner 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 ser-
vant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
10 And it came to pass, when
O he had made an end of
speaking unto Saul, that the soul
of Jonathan was knit with the
soul of David, and Jonathan loved
him as his own soul. 2 And Saul
took him that day, and would
let him go no more home to his
father's house. 3 Then Jonathan
and David made a covenant, be-
cause he loved him as his own soul.
4 And Jonathan stripped himself
2 Or, mighty man < Or, the tivo gates
» The Syr. and some editions of Sept. have, Gath.
Love of Jonathan for David. Saul's Anger towards David I. SAMUEL 18.5 18.26
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 %ent out whithersoever Saul
sent him, and ^behaved himself
isely: and Saul set him over
wi
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 xAnd it came to pass as they
came, when David returned from
the slaughter of the ^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 ^in-
struments of music. 7 And the
women ^sang one to another as
they played, and said,
Saul hath slain his thousands.
And David his ten thousands.
8 And Saul was very wroth, and this
saying displeased him; and he said.
They have ascribed unto David
ten thousands, and to me they have
ascribed but thousands: and what
can he have more but the kingdom.?
9 And Saul eyed David from that
day and forward.
10 And it came to pass on the
morrow, that an evil spirit from
God came mightily upon Saul, and
he ^prophesied in the midst of
the house: and David played with
his hand, as he did day by day.
And Saul had his spear in his
hand; 11 and Saul cast the spear;
for he said, I will smite David even
to the wall. And David avoided
out of his presence twice. 12 And
Saul was afraid of David, because
Jehovah was with him, and was
departed from Saul. 13 Therefore
Saul removed him from him, and
made him his captain over a thou-
sand; and he went out and came in
before the people. 14 And David
^behaved himself wisely in all his
ways; and Jehovah was with him.
15 And when Saul saw that he
1 Or, went out; whithersoever Saul sent him, he b'c.
- Or, prospered ^ Or, Philistines
* Or, triangles Or, three-stringed insirumenti
* Or, answered one another 6 Or, raved
behaved himself very wisely, he
stood in awe of him. 16 But all
Israel and Judah loved David; for
he went out and came in before
them.
17 And Saul said to David, Be-
hold, my elder daughter Merab,
her will I give thee to wife: only
be thou valiant for me, and fight
Jehovah's battles. For Saul said.
Let not my hand be upon him, but
let the hand of the Philistines be
upon him. 18 And David said
unto Saul, Who am I, and Vhat
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 Meholathite to
wife. 20 And Michal, Saul's daugh-
ter, 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 day be my son-in-law a second
time.
22 And Saul commanded his ser-
vants, saying. Commune with Da-
vid secretly, and say. Behold, the
king hath delight in thee, and all
his servants love thee: now there-
fore be the king's son-in-law. 23
And Saul's servants spake those
words in the ears of David. And
David said, Seemeth it to you a
light thing to be the king's son-in-
law, seeing that I am a poor man,
and lightly esteemed.? 24 And the
servants of Saul told him, saying.
On this manner spake David. 25
And Saul said. Thus shall ye say
to David, The king desireth not any
dowry, but a hundred foreskins of
the Philistines, to be avenged of
the king's enemies. Now Saul
thought to make David fall by the
hand of the Philistines. 26 And
when his servants told David these
^ Or, who are my kinsfolk
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I. SAMUEL 18.27 — 19.18 David marries Michal.Saul's Daughter. She saves David from Saul
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 his men,
and slew of the Philistines two
hundred men; and David brought
their foreskins, and they gave them
in full number to the king, that he
might be the king's son-in-law.
And Saul gave him Michal his
daughter to wife. 28 And Saul
saw and knew that Jehovah 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 con-
tinually.
30 Then the princes of the Philis-
tines went forth: and it came to
pass, as often as they went forth,
that David ^behaved himself more
wisely than all the servants of Saul;
so that his name was much ^set by.
"1 Q And Saul spake to Jona-
1 i^ than his son, and to all his
servants, that they should slay
David. But Jonathan, Saul's son,
delighted much in David. 2 And
Jonathan told David, saying, . Saul
my father seeketh to slay thee:
now therefore, I pray thee, take
heed to thyself in the morning, and
abide in a secret place, and hide
thyself: 3 and I will go out and
stand beside my father in the field
where thou art, and I will con-
mune 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 his life in hfs hand, and
smote the Philistine, and Jehovah
wrought a great Victory for all
Israel: thou sawest it, and didst
rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou
sin against innocent blood, to slay
David without a cause? 6 And
1 Or, prospered more than
3 Heb. salvation.
2 Heb. precious.
Saul hearkened unto the voice of
Jonathan: and Saul sware. As Je-
hovah liveth, he shall not be put
to death. 7 And Jonathan called
David, and Jonathan showed him
all those things. And Jonathan
brought David to Saul, and he was
in his presence, as beforetime.
8 And there was war again: and
David went out, and fought with
the Philistines, and slew them with
a great slaughter; and they fled
before him. 9 And %n evil spirit
from Jehovah was upon Saul, as he
sat in his house with his spear in
his hand; and David was playing
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 escaped that night.
11 And Saul sent messengers unto
David's house, to watch him, and
to slay him in the morning: and
Michal, David's wife, told him, say-
ing, If thou save not thy life to-
night, to-morrow thou wilt 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 ^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 ^pillow of
goats' hair at the head thereof. 17
And Saul said unto Michal, Why
hast thou deceived me thus, and
let mine enemy go, so that he is
escaped? And Michal 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,
* Or, the spirit of Jehovah was evil toward Saul
* Or, quilt Or, network
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David escapes to Ramah. Covenant between David and Jonathan I. SAMUEL 19.19 20.14
and told him all that Saul had done
to him. And he and Samuel went
and dwelt in Naioth. 19 And it
was told Saul, saying, Behold, 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 standing 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 the great Veil that is
in Secu: and he asked and said.
Where are Samuel and David .^^
And one said. Behold, they are 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 prophe-
sied before Samuel, and ^lay down
naked all that day and all that
night. Wherefore they say. Is Saul
also among the prophets .^^
O/^ And David fled from
^\J Naioth in Ramah, and came
and said before Jonathan, What
have I done? what is mine iniquity.?
and what is my sin before thy
father, that he seeketh my life.f^
2 And he said unto him. Far from
it; thou shalt not die: behold, my
(father doeth nothing either great
or small, but that he ^discloseth 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 favor in thine
eyes; and he saith. Let not Jonathan
know this, lest he be grieved: but
truly as Jehovah liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, there is but a step
between me and death. 4 Then
1 Or, cistern
^ Heb. uncover eth mine ear.
2 Or, fell
said Jonathan unto David, ^What-
soever thy soul Mesireth, 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 sac-
rifice there for ell the family. 7 If
he say thus. It is well; thy servant
shall have peace : but if he be wroth,
then know that evil is determined
by him. 8 Therefore deal kindly
with thy servant; for thou hast
brought thy servant into a cove-
nant of Jehovah 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,
Jehovah, the God of Israel, he
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 dis-
close it unto thee.? 13 Jehovah
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
may est go in peace: and Jehovah
be with thee, as he hath been with
my father. 14 And thou shalt not
only while yet I live show me the
lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I
4 Or, What doth thy soul desire, that I should do it for thee?
5 Heb. saith.
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I. SAMUEL 20.15—20.37
die not; 15 but also thou shalt
not cut off thy kindness from my
house for ever; no, not when Jeho-
vah 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,
saying. And Jehovah will require
it at the hand of David's enemies.
17 And Jonathan caused David
to swear again, ^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 wilt be
missed, because thy seat will be
^empty. 19 And when thou hast
stayed three days, thou shalt go
down ^quickly, and come to the
place where thou didst hide thyself
^when the business was in hand, and
shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
20 And I will shoot three arrows on
the side thereof, as though I shot
at a mark. 21 And, behold, I will
send the lad, saying. Go, find the
arrows. If I say unto the lad.
Behold, the arrows are on this side
of thee; take ^them, and come; for
there is peace to thee and ®no hurt,
as Jehovah liveth. 22 But if I say
thus unto the boy. Behold, the
arrows are beyond thee; go thy way;
for Jehovah hath sent thee away.
23 And as touching the matter
which thou and I have spoken of,
behold, Jehovah 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
food. 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
anything 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 mor-
^ Or, hy his love toward him 2 Heb. missed.
3 Heb. greatly.
* Heb. in the day of the business. See ch. 19. 2.
« Or, him « Heb. not any thing.
David avoids Saul. Saul angry at Jonathan
row after the new moon, which was
the second day, that David's place
was empty: and Saul said unto
Jonathan his son, Wherefore Com-
eth not the son of Jesse to meat,
neither yesterday, nor to-day .^^ 28
And Jonathan answered Saul, Da-
vid earnestly asked leave of me to
go to Beth-lehem: 29 and he said.
Let me go, I pray thee; for our
family hath a sacrifice in the city;
and my brother, he hath com-
manded me to be there: and now,
if I have found favor in thine eyes,
let me get away, I pray thee, and
see my brethren. 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 perverse rebel-
lious 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 established, nor thy king-
dom. Wherefore now send and
fetch him unto me, for he '^shall
surely die. 32 And Jonathan an-
swered Saul his father, and said
unto him. Wherefore should he be
put to death? what hath he done.^^
33 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
Jonathan arose from the table in
fierce anger, and did eat no food
the second day of the month; for
he was grieved for David, because
his father had done him shame.
35 And it came to pass in the
morning, that Jonathan went out
into the field ^at the time appointed
with David, and a little lad with
him. 36 And he said unto his lad.
Run, find now the arrows which I
shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot
an arrow ^beyond him. 37 And
when the lad was come to the place
of the arrow which Jonathan had
^ Or, is worthy to die Heb. is a son of death.
8 Or, to the place » Heb. making it pass over him.
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David's Parting from Jonathan. David goes to Nob. He flees to Qath I. SAMUEL 20.38 — 21.15
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
I up the arrows, and came to his
' master. 39 But the lad knew not
I anything: only Jonathan and David
i knew the matter. 40 And Jonathan
; gave his weapons unto his lad, and
said unto him, Go, carry them to
I the city. 41 And as soon as the lad
I was gone, David arose ^out of a
i '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 Jehovah,
saying, Jehovah shall be between
me and thee, and between my seed
and thy seed, for ever. . *And he
arose and departed: and Jonathan
went into the city.
O -| Then came David to Nob
-^1 to Ahimelech the priest :
and Ahimelech came to meet Da-
ivid trembling, and said unto him,
jWhy 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 anything of the business where-
about I send thee, and what I have
icommanded thee: and I have ap-
pointed the young men to such and
such a place. 3 Now therefore what
is under thy hand.? give me five
loaves of bread in my hand, or
whatsoever there is present. 4 And
the priest answered David, and
said. There is no common bread
under my hand, but there is holy
ibread; if only the young men have
vept themselves from women. 5
\nd David answered the priest,
jind said unto him. Of a truth
jvvomen have been kept from us
iibout these three days; when I
^ame out, the vessels of the young
1 Ileb. ^rom beside the South. * Ch. 21. 1 in Heb.
men were holy, ^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 showbread, that was
taken from before Jehovah, to put
hot bread in the day when it was
taken away.
7 Now a certain man of the ser-
vants of Saul was there that day,
detained before Jehovah; and his
name was Doeg the Edomite, the
^chiefest of the herdsmen that be-
longed to Saul. 8 And David said
unto Ahimelech, And is there not
here under thy hand spear or
sword? for I have neither brought
my sword nor my weapons with me,
because the king's business required
haste. 9 And the priest said. The
sword of Goliath the Philistine,
whom thou slewest in the vale of
^Elah, behold, it is here wrapped
in a cloth behind the ephod: if
thou wilt take that, take it; for
there is no other save that here.
And David said. There is none
like that; give it me.
10 And David arose, and fled
that day for fear of Saul, and went
to Achish the king of Gath. 11
And the servants of Achish said
unto him. Is not this David the
king of the land? did they not
sing one to another of 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 behavior be-
fore them, and feigned himself mad
in their hands, and ^scrabbled on
the doors of the gate, and let his
spittle fall down upon his beard.
14 Then said Achish unto his ser-
vants, Lo, ye see the man is mad;
wherefore then have ye brought him
to me? 15 Do I lack madmen, that
2 Or, and it may be used as common bread ; and especially
since to-day it will be holy in respect to their vessels
3 Or, mightiest * Or, the terebinth
5 Or, made marks
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I. SAMUEL 22. 1 22. 19 David hides at Adullam and Mizpeh. Doeg slays the Priests at Nob
ye have brought this fellow to play
the madman in my presence? shall
this fellow come into my house?
QQ David therefore departed
^^ thence, and escaped to the
cave of Adullam: and when his
brethren and all his father's house
heard it, they went down thither
to him. 2 And every one that was
in distress, and every one that was
in debt, and every one that was
discontented, gathered themselves
unto him; and he 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 he with you, till I
know what God will do for me.
4 And he brought them before
the king of Moab: and they dwelt
with him all the while that David
was in the stronghold. 5 And
the prophet Gad said unto David,
Abide not in the stronghold; de-
part, and get thee into the land
of Judah. Then David departed,
and came into the forest of Hereth.
6 And Saul heard that David
was discovered, and the men that
were with him: now Saul was
sitting in Gibeah, under the tam-
arisk-tree ^in 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
captains of thousands and captains
of hundreds, 8 that all of you have
conspired against me, and ^there is
none that discloseth to me when
my son maketh a league with the
son of Jesse, and there is none of
you 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
1 Heb. Utter of soul. 2 Or, on the height
' Or, there was none that disclosed it to me when my son
made &*c.
answered Doeg the Edomite, who
^stood by the servants of Saul, and
said, I saw the son of Jesse coming
to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of
Ahitub. 10 And he inquired of
Jehovah for him, and gave him
victuals, and gave him the sword
of Goliath the Philistine.
11 Then the king sent to call
Ahimelech the priest, the son of
Ahitub, and all his father's house,
the priests that were in Nob: and
they came all of them to the king.
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 con-
spired against me, thou and the
son of Jesse, in that thou hast
given him bread, and a sword, and
hast inquired of God for him, that
he should rise against me, to lie
in wait, as at this day? 14 Then
Ahimelech answered the king, and
said. And who among all they ser-
vants is so faithful as David, who
is the king's son-in-law, and is taken
into thy council, and is honorable
in thy house? 15 Have I to-day
begun to inquire of God for him?
be it far from me: let not the king
impute anything unto his servant,
nor to all the house of my father;
for thy servant knoweth nothing of
all this, less or more. 16 And the
king said. Thou shalt surely die,
Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's
house. 17 And the king said unto
the ^guard that stood about him,
Turn, and slay the priests of Jeho-
vah; because their hand also is
with David, and because they knew
that he fled, and did not disclose
it to me. But the servants of the
king would not put forth their
hand to fall upon the priests of
Jehovah. 18 And the king said
to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon
the priests. And Doeg the Edom-
ite turned, and he fell upon the
priests, and he slew on that day
fourscore and five persons that did
wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob,
< Or, was set over » Heb. runners.
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Abiathar joins David. David saves Keilah. Saul pursues him I. SAMUEL 22.20 23.19
sal
the city of the priests, smote he
with the edge of the sword, both
men and women, children and suck-
lings, and oxen and asses and sheep,
with the edge of the sword.
20 And one of the sons of Ahime-
lech, the son of Ahitub, named
Abiathar, escaped, and fled after
David. 21 And Abiathar told Da-
vid that Saul had slain Jehovah's
priests. 22 And David said unto
Abiathar, I knew on that day, when
Doeg the Edomite was there, that
he would surely tell Saul: I have
occasioned the death of all the per-
sons of thy father's house. 23
Abide thou with me, fear not; for
lie that seeketh my life seeketh thy
life: for with me thou shalt be in
safeguard.
3 And they told David, say-
ing. Behold, the Philistines
e fighting against Keilah, and
re robbing the threshing-floors.
2 Therefore David inquired of Je-
hovah, saying, Shall I go and
smite these Philistines.? And Je-
hovah said unto David, Go, and
smite the Philistines, and save
Keilah. ^ 3 And David's men said
unto him. Behold, we are afraid
here in Judah: how much more
then if we go to Keilah against the
armies of the Phihstines.? 4 Then
David inquired of Jehovah yet
again. And Jehovah answered him,
and said. Arise, go down to Keilah;
for I will deliver the Philistines
into thy 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 Saul that Da-
vid was come to Keilah. And Saul
said, God hath delivered him into
my hand; for he is shut in, by
entering into a town that hath
The Sept. has, sold.
gates and bars. 8 And Saul sum-
moned all the people to war, to go
down to Keilah, to besiege David
and his men. 9 And David knew
that Saul was devising mischief
against him; and he said to Abia-
thar the priest. Bring hither the
ephod. 10 Then said David, O
Jehovah, 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 servant hath heard.^
O Jehovah, the God of Israel, I
beseech thee, tell thy servant. And
Jehovah said. He will come down.
12 Then said David, Will the men
of Keilah deliver up me and my
men into the hand of Saul.? And
Jehovah said. They will deliver
thee up. 13 Then David and his
men, who 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 for-
bare to go forth. 14 And David
abode in the wilderness in the
strongholds, 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 ^the wood. 16 And Jona-
than, Saul's son, arose, and went
to David into Hhe wood, and
strengthened his hand in God. 17
And he said unto him. Fear not;
for the hand of Saul my father
shall not find thee; and thou shalt
be king over Israel, and I shall be
next unto thee; and that also Saul
my father knoweth. 18 And they
two made a covenant before Jeho-
vah: and David abode in Hhe wood,
and Jonathan went to his house.
19 Then came up the Ziphites
to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth
2 Or, Horesh
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I. SAMUEL 23.20 — 24.11 Saul's Pursuit of David. David spares Saul's Life at En-gedi
not David hide himself with us
in the strongholds in ^the wood,
in the hill of Hachilah, which is on
the south of ^the desert? 20 Now
therefore, O king, come down, ac-
cording 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 Jehovah; for ye have had
compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray
you, make yet more sure, and know
and see his place where his %aunt
is, and who hath seen him there;
for it is told me that he dealeth
very subtly. 23 See therefore, and
take knowledge of all the lurking-
places where he hideth himself, and
come ye again to me ^of a certainty,
and I will go with you: and it shall
come to pass, if he be in the land,
that I will search him out among
all the ^thousands of Judah.
24 And they arose, and went to
Ziph before Saul: but David and
his men were in the wilderness of
Maon, in the Arabah on the south
of Hhe 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 messenger unto Saul, saying.
Haste thee, and come; for the Philis-
tines have made a raid upon the
land. 28 So Saul returned from
pursuing after David, and went
against the Philistines: therefore
they called that place ^Sela-ham-
mahlekoth. *29 And David went
up from thence, and dwelt in the
strongholds of En-gedi.
1 Or, Horesh 2 Or, Jeshimon s Heb. foot.
*■ Or, with the certainty Or, to a set place s Or, families
8 That is. The rock of divisions (or, escape),
* Ch. 24.1 in Heb.
Q/L ^^^ ^^ came to pass, when
^^ Saul was returned from fol-
lowing the Philistines, that it was
told him, saying. Behold, David
is in the wilderness of En-gedi,
2 Then Saul took three thousand
chosen men out of all Israel, and
went to seek David and his men
upon the rocks of the wild goats.
3 And he came to the sheepcotes
by the way, where was a cave; and
Saul went in to cover his feet. Now
David and his men were ^abiding
in the innermost parts of the cave.
4 And the men of David said unta'
him. Behold, the day of which Jeho-
vah said unto thee. Behold, I will
deliver thine enemy into thy hand,
and thou shalt do to him as it shall
seem good unto thee. Then David
arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's
robe privily. 5 And it came to
pass afterward, that David's heart
smote him, because he had cut off
Saul's skirt. 6 And he said unto
his men, Jehovah forbid that I
should do this thing unto my lord,
Jehovah's anointed, to put forth
my hand against him, seeing he is
Jehovah's anointed. 7 So David
checked his men with these words,
and suffered them not to rise against
Saul. And Saul rose up out of the
cave, and went on his way.
8 David also arose afterward,
and went out of the cave, and
cried after Saul, saying, My lord
the king. And when Saul looked
behind him, David bowed with his
face to the earth, and did obeisance.
9 And David said to Saul, Where-
fore hearkenest thou to men's words,
saying. Behold, David seeketh thy
hurt? 10 Behold, this day thine
eyes have seen how that Jehovali
had delivered thee to-day into my
hand in the cave : and some bade me
kill thee; but mine eye spared thee;
and I said, I will not put forth my
hand against my lord; for he is
Jehovah's anointed. 11 Moreover,
my father, see, yea, see the skirt
of thv robe in my hand; for in
7 Or, sitting
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Saul relents. Samuel's Death. David's Request of Nabal I. SAMUEL 24.12 25.11
that I cut off the skirt of thy robe,
and killed thee not, know thou and
see that there is neither evil nor
transgression in my hand, and I have
not sinned against thee, though
thou ^huntest after my life to take
it. 12 Jehovah judge between me
and thee, and Jehovah avenge me
of thee; but my hand shall not be
upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb
of the ancients, Out of the wicked
Cometh forth wickedness; but my
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 Jehovah therefore be
judge, and give sentence between
me and thee, and see, and plead
my cause, and ^deliver me out of
thy hand.
16 And it came to pass, when
David had made an end of speak-
ing these words unto Saul, that
Saul said. Is this thy voice, my
son David.? And Saul lifted up
liis voice, and wept. 17 And he
Wmd to David, Thou art more
^nghteous than I; for thou hast
rendered unto me good, whereas
I have rendered unto thee evil.
18 And thou hast declared this
day how that thou hast dealt well
with me, forasmuch as when Je-
hovah had delivered me up into
thy hand, thou killedst me not.
19 For if a man find his enemy,
will he let him go well away.? where-
j fore Jehovah reward thee good for
that which thou hast done unto me
Htiis day. 20 And now, behold, I
>aow that thou shalt surely be king,
nd that the kingdom of Israel shall
be established in thy hand. 21 Swear
now therefore unto me by Jehovah,
that thou wilt not cut off my seed
after me, and that thou wilt not
destroy my name out of my father's
house. 22 And David sware unto
Saul. And Saul went home; but
David and his men gat them up
unto the stronghold.
* Or, layest wait for
' Heb. give sentence for me.
O ^ And Samuel died; and all
-^vJ Israel gathered themselves
together, and lamented 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 ^possessions were in Carmel;
and the man was very great, and
he had three thousand sheep, and
a thousand goats: and he was
shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3
Now the name of the man was
Nabal; and the name of his wife
Abigail; and the woman was of
good understanding, and of a beauti-
ful countenance: but the man was
churlish and evil in his doings; and
he was of the house of Caleb. 4
And David heard in the wilderness
that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
5 And David sent ten young men,
and David said unto the young men,
Get you up to Carmel, and go to
Nabal, and greet him in my name:
6 and Hhus shall ye say to him that
liveth in prosperity. Peace be unto
thee, and peace be to thy house,
and peace be unto all that thou
hast. 7 And now I have heard
that thou hast shearers: thy shep-
herds have now been with us, and
we Mid them no hurt, neither was
there aught missing unto them,
all the while they were in Carmel.
8 Ask thy young men, and they
will tell thee: wherefore let the
young men find favor in thine eyes;
for we come in a good day: give, I
pray thee, whatsoever cometh to
thy hand, unto thy servants, and
to thy son David.
9 And when David's young men
came, they spake to Nabal accord-
ing to all those words in the name
of David, and ^ceased. 10 And
Nabal answered David's servants,
and said. Who is David.? and who
is the son of Jesse.? there are many
servants now-a-daysthat break away
every man from his master. 11
Shall I then take my bread, and my
3 Or, business was
* Or, thus shall ye say. All hail! and peace be unto thee &c.
5 Heb. put them not to shame. 6 Or, remained quiet
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I. SAMUEL 25.12 — 25.30 Nabal's ChurUsh Refusal. David threatens Vengeance
water, and my ^flesh that I have
killed for my shearers, and give it
unto men of whom I know not
whence they are? 12 So David's
young men turned on their way, and
went back, and came and told him
according to all these words. 13
And David said unto his men, Gird
ye on every man his sword. And they
girded on every man his sword ; and
David also girded on his sword: and
there went up after David about
four hundred men; and two hundred
abode by the baggage.
14 But one of the young men
told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying.
Behold, David sent messengers out
of the wilderness to ^salute our
master; and he railed at them. 15
But the men were very good unto
us, and we were not ^hurt, neither
missed we anything, as long as we
went with them, when we were in
the fields: 16 they were a wall
unto us both by night and by day,
all the while we were w^ith them
keeping the sheep. 17 Now there-
fore know and consider what thou
wilt do; for evil is determined
against our master, and against all
his house: for he is such a worthless
fellow, that one cannot speak to
him.
18 Then Abigail made haste, and
took two hundred loaves, and two
^bottles of wine, and five sheep
ready dressed, and five measures
of parched grain, and a hundred
clusters of raisins, and two hun-
dred cakes of figs, and laid them on
asses. 19 And she said unto her
young men. Go on before me; be-
hold, I come after you. But she
told not her husband Nabal. 20
And it was so, as she rode on her
ass, and came down by the covert
of the mountain, that, behold, Da-
vid and his men came down toward
her; and she met them. 21 Now
David had said, Surely in vain have I
kept all that this fellow hath in the
wilderness, so that nothing was
1 Heb. slaughter.
3 Heb. put to shame.
■^ Heb. bless.
^ Or, skins
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 so much as one
man-child.
23 And when Abigail saw David,
she hasted, and alighted from her
ass, and fell before David on her
face, and bowed herself to the
ground. 24 And she fell at his
feet, and said. Upon me, my lord,
upon me be the iniquity; and let
thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak
in thine ears, and hear thou the
words of thy handmaid. 25 Let
not my lord, I pray thee, regard
this worthless fellow, even Nabal;
for as his name is, so is he; ^Nabal
is his name, and folly is with him:
but I thy handmaid saw not the
young men of my lord, whom thou
didst send. 26 Now therefore, my
lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy
soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath
withholden thee ^from bloodguilti-
ness, and from ^avenging thyself
with thine own hand, now there-
fore let thine enemies, and them
that seek evil to my lord, be as Na-
bal. 27 And now this ^present
which thy servant hath brought
unto my lord, let it be given unto
the young men that follow my
lord. 28 Forgive, I pray thee,
the trespass of thy handmaid: for
Jehovah will certainly make my
lord a sure house, because my lord
fighteth the battles of Jehovah;
and evil shall not be found in thee
all thy days. 29 And though man
be risen up to pursue thee, and
to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my
lord shall be bound in the bundle
of ^4ife with Jehovah thy God; and
the souls of thine enemies, them
shall he sling out, as from the
hollow of a sling. 30 And it shall
come to pass, when Jehovah shall
have done to my lord according to
* The Syr. and some editions of Sept. have, unto David.
6 That is, Fool. ^ Heb. from coming into blood.
8 Heb. thtJie own hand saving thee.
9 Heb. blessing. ^^ Or» the liying
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David is appeased. Nabal's Death. David marries Abigail I. SAMUEL 25.31 26.6
all the good that he hath spoken
I concerning thee, and shall have
appointed thee prince over Israel,
31 that this shall be no ^grief unto
thee, nor offence of heart unto my
lord, ^either that thou hast shed
blood without cause, or that my
: lord hath avenged himself. And
I when Jehovah shall have dealt
! well with my lord, then remember
' thy handmaid.
32 And David said to Abigail,
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of
Israel, who sent thee this day to
meet me: 33 and blessed be thy
discretion, and blessed be thou,
that hast kept me this day from
bloodguiltiness, and from avenging
myself with mine own hand. 34
For in very deed, as Jehovah, the
God of Israel, liveth, who hath
withholden me from hurting thee,
except thou hadst hasted and come
to meet me, surely there had not
been left unto Nabal by the morn-
ing light so much as one man-child.
35 So David received of her hand
that which she had brought him:
and he said unto her, Go up in
peace to thy house; see, I have
hearkened 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
i Nabal's heart was merry within
I him, for he was very drunken:
wherefore she told him nothing,
less or more, until the morning light.
37 And it came to pass in the morn-
ing, when the wine was gone out of
Nabal, that his wife told him these
things, and his heart died within
him, and he became as a stone.
38 And it came to pass about ten
days after, that Jehovah smote
Nabal, so that he died.
39 And when David heard that
Nabal was dead, he said. Blessed
be Jehovah, that hath pleaded the
cause of my reproach from the
hand of Nabal, and hath kept
Heb. cause of staggering.
Or, 50 that thou shouldest shed b'c
back his servant from evil: and
the evil-doing of Nabal hath Jeho-
vah returned upon his own head.
And David sent and spake con-
cerning Abigail, to take her to him
to wife. 40 And when the ser-
vants of David were come to Abi-
gail to Carmel, they spake unto
her, saying, David hath sent us
unto thee, to take thee to him to
wife. 41 And she arose, and bowed
herself with her face to the earth,
and said. Behold, thy handmaid is
a servant to wash the feet of the
servants of my lord. 42 And Abi-
gail 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 ^Palti the son of Laish, who
was of Gallim.
O/:* And the Ziphites came
^yy unto Saul to Gibeah, saying,
Doth not David hide himself in
the hill of Hachilah, which is before
^the desert .f^ 2 Then Saul arose,
and went down to the wilderness
of Ziph, having three thousand
chosen men of Israel with him, to
seek David in the wilderness of
Ziph. 3 And Saul encamped in
the hill of Hachilah, which is before
Hhe desert, by the way. But Da-
vid abode in the wilderness, and
he saw that Saul came after him
into the wilderness. 4 David there-
fore sent out spies, and understood
that Saul was come ^of a certainty.
5 And David arose, and came to the
place where Saul had encamped;
and David beheld the place where
Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner,
the captain of his host: and Saul
lay within the ^place of the wagons,
and the people were encamped
round about him.
6 Then answered David and said
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8 In 2 S. 3. 15. Paltiel. ^ Or, Jeshimon See ch. 23. 19.
5 Or, to a set place See ch. 23. 23. « Or, barricade
I. SAMUEL 26.7 — 26.24 David spares Saul's Life at Ziph. Their Talk with each other
to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to
Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother
to Joab, saying, Who will go down
with me to Saul to the camp? And
Abishai said, I will go down with
thee. 7 So David and Abishai
came to the people by night: and,
behold, Saul lay sleeping within
the ^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 deliv-
ered up thine enemy into thy hand
this day: 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 Jehovah's
anointed, and be guiltless.^ 10 And
David said. As Jehovah liveth,
Jehovah will smite him; ^or his
day shall come to die; or he shall
go down into battle, and perish. 11
Jehovah forbid that I should put
forth my hand against Jehovah'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 Sa 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 Jehovah 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 between them; 14 and David
cried to the people, and to Abner
the son of Ner, saying, Answerest
thou not, Abner? Then Abner an-
swered and said. Who art thou that
criest to the king? 15 And David
said to Abner, Art not thou a val-
iant man? and who is like to thee
in Israel? wherefore then hast thou
not kept watch over thy lord the
king? for there came one of the
Or, barricade
2 Or, either
people in to destroy the king thy
lord. 16 This thing is not good
that thou hast done. As Jehovah
liveth, ye are ^worthy to die, be-
cause ye have not kept watch over
your lord, Jehovah'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 David'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 pur-
sue after his servant? for what
have I done? or what evil is in my
hand? 19 Now therefore, I pray
thee, let my lord the king hear the
words of his servant. If it be Je-
hovah that hath stirred thee up
against me, let him Accept an
offering: but if it be the children of
men, cursed be they before Jeho-
vah; for they have driven me out
this day that I should ^not cleave
unto the inheritance of Jehovah,
saying. Go, serve other gods. 20
Now therefore, let not my blood
fall to the earth away from the
presence of Jehovah: for the king
of Israel is come out to seek 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 answered and said,
Behold Hhe spear, O king! let then
one of the young men come over
and fetch it. 23 And Jehovah will
render to every man his righteous-
ness and his faithfulness; foras-
much as Jehovah delivered thee
into my hand to-day, and I would
not put forth my hand agamst
Jehovah's anointed. 24 And, be-
hold, as thy life was much set by
this day in mine eyes, so let my life
be much set bv in the eyes of Jeho-
8 Heb. sons of death. '" Or, have no share in
* Heb. smell. * Another reading is, the king's spear.
s.^^
David flees to the Philistines. Ziklag is given to him
vah, 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.
Q'y . And David said in his
^ I 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 will despair of
me, to seek me any more in all the
borders of Israel: so shall I escape
out of his hand. 2 And David arose,
and passed over, he and the six
hundred men that were with him,
unto Achish the son of Maoch, king
of Gath. 3 And David dwelt with
Achish at Gath, he and his men,
every man with his household, even
David with his two wives, Ahinoam
the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the
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 favor in thine
eyes, let them give me a place in
one of the cities in the ^country,
that I may dwell there: for why
should thy servant dwell in the
royal city with thee.f^ 6 Then Achish
gave him Ziklag that day : wherefore
Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of
Judah unto this day. 7 And the
number of the days that David
dwelt in the ^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 ^Girzites, and
the Amalekites; for those nations
were the inhabitants of the land,
who were of old, as thou goest to
5hur, even unto the land of Egypt.
) And David smote the land, and
saved neither man nor woman alive,
land took away the sheep, and the
3xen, and the asses, and the camels.
Heb. field.
2 Another reading is, Gizrites.
I. SAMUEL 26.25—28.7
and the apparel; and he returned,
and came to Achish. 10 And Achish
said, ^Against whom have ye made
a raid to-day.^ And David said,
Against the South of Judah, and
against the South of the Jerah-
meelites,^ and against the South of
the Kenites. 11 And David saved
neither man nor woman alive, to
bring them to Gath, saying, Lest
they should tell of us, saying. So
did David, and so hath been his
manner all the while he hath dwelt
in the ^country of the Philistines.
12 And Achish believed David, say-
ing. He hath made his people Israel
utterly to abhor him; therefore he
shall be my servant for ever.
OQ And it came to pass in
-^O those days, that the Philis-
tines gathered their %osts together
for warfare, to fight with Israel.
And Achish said unto David, Know
thou assuredly, that thou shalt go
out with me in the host, thou and
thy men. 2 And David said to
Achish, Therefore thou shalt know
what thy servant will do. And
Achish said to David, Therefore
will I make thee keeper of my head
for ever.
3 Now Samuel was dead, and
all Israel had lamented him, and
buried him in Ramah, even in his
own city. And Saul had put away
those that had familiar spirits, and
the wizards, out of the land. 4
And the Philistines gathered them-
selves together, and came and en-
camped in Shunem; and Saul gath-
ered all Israel together, and they
encamped 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 Jehovah, Jehovah an-
swered 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 ser-
vants said to him, Behold, there
3 So Sept. and Vulg.
4 Heb. camps.
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I, SAMUEL 28.8 — 29.1 Saul and the Necromancer of En-dor. Samuel pronounces SauTs Doom
is a woman that hath a iamiHar
spirit at En-dor.
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 whomso-
ever 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 Je-
hovah, saying, as Jehovah liveth,
there shall no ^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.f^ And the woman said unto
Saul, I see ^a god coming up out of
the earth. 14 And he said unto
her, What form is he of.^^ And she
said. An old man cometh up; and
he is covered with a robe. And
Saul perceived that it w^as 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. Wherefore
then dost thou ask of me, seeing
Jehovah is departed from thee,
and is become thine adversary .^^
1 Or, guilt come upon thee
2 Or, gods
17 And Jehovah hath done unto
^thee, as he spake by me: and Je-
hovah hath rent the kingdom out
of thy hand, and given it to thy
neighbor, even to David. 18 Be-
cause thou obeyedst not the voice
of Jehovah, and didst not execute
his fierce wrath upon Amalek, there-
fore hath Jehovah done this thing
unto thee this day. 19 Moreover
Jehovah will deliver Israel also with
thee into the hand of the Philis-
tines; and to-morrow shalt thou and
thy sons be with me: Jehovah will
deliver the host of Israel also into
the hand of the Philistines.
20 Then Saul fell straightway his
full length upon the 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. Behold, thy hand-
maid hath hearkened unto thy
voice, and I have put my life in
my hand, and have hearkened unto
thy words which thou spakest unto
me. 22 Now therefore, I pray thee,
hearken thou also unto the voice of
thy handmaid, and let me set a mor-
sel of bread before thee; and eat,
that thou mayest have strength,
when thou goest on thy way. 23
But he refused, and said, I will not
eat. But his servants, together with
the woman, constrained him; and
he hearkened unto their voice. So
he arose from the earth, and sat
upon the bed. 24 And the woman
had a fatted calf in the house; and
she hasted, and killed it; and she
took flour, and kneaded it, and did
bake unleavened bread thereof: 25
and she brought it before Saul, and
before his servants; and they did
eat. Then they rose up, and went
away that night.
OQ Now the Philistines gath-
^^ ered together all their hosts
to Aphek: and the Israelites en-
camped by the fountain which is in
3 So Vulg. and some editions of Sept. The Heb. has him.
340
Z>avid mistrusted by the Philistine Princes.
JezreeL 2 And the lords of the
PhiKstines 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 Phihstines, What do these
Hebrews here^ And Achish said unto
the princes of the PhiKstines, Is not
this David, the servant of Saul
the king of Israel, who hath been
with me these days, or rather 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
I him; and the princes of the Philis-
tines said unto him. Make the man
return, that he may go back to his
j place where thou kast appointed
I him, and let him not go down with
us to battle, lest in the battle he
IJ^come an adversary to us: for
^Rherewith should this fellow rec-
oncile himself unto his lord? should
f it not be with the heads of these
Psn? 5 Is not this David, of
lom they sang one to another in
nces, saying,
Saul hath slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands?
6 Then Achish called David, and
said unto him. As Jehovah liveth,
thou hast been upright, and thy
going out and thy coming in with
me in the host is good in my sight;
for I have not found evil in thee
since the day of thy coming unto
me unto this day: nevertheless the
lords favor thee not. 7 Wherefore
now return, and go in peace, that
thou displease not the lords of the
Philistines. 8 And David said unto
Achish, But what have I done?
and what hast thou found in thy
servant so long as I have been be-
fore thee unto this day, that I may
I not go and fight against the ene-
^ mies 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: not-
withstanding the princes of the
Philistines have said, He shall
not go up with us to the battle.
He returns to Philistia
30
I. SAMUEL 29.2—30.9
10 Wherefore now rise up early in
the morning with the servants of thy
lord that are come with thee; and
as soon as ye are up early in the
morning, and have light, depart.
11 So David rose up early, he and
his men, to depart in the morning,
to return into the land of the Philis-
tines. And the Philistines went up.
to JezreeL
And it came to pass, when
David and his men were
come to Ziklag on the third day,
that the Amalekites had made a
raid upon the South, and upon
Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag,
and burned it with fire, 2 and had
taken captive the women and all
that were therein, both small and
great: they slew not any, but car-
ried them off, and went their way.
3 And when David and his men
came to the city, behold, it was
burned with fire; and their wives,
and their sons, and their daughters,
were taken captive. 4 Then David
and the people that were with him
lifted up their voice and wept, until
they had no more power to weep.
5 And David's two wives were
taken captive, Ahinoam the Jez-
reelitess, and Abigail the wife of
Nabal the Carmelite. 6 And David
was greatly distressed; for the people
spake of stoning him, because the
soul of all the people was grieved,
every man for his sons and for his
daughters: but David strengthened
himself in Jehovah his God.
7 And David said to Abiathar the
priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray
thee, bring me hither the ephod.
And Abiathar brought thither the
ephod to David. 8 And David
inquired of Jehovah, saying, ^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 hundred men that
were with him, and came to the
brook Besor, where those that were
1 Or, Shall I pursue
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I. SAIVxUEL 30.10 30.29 David pursues and defeats the Amalekltes. He divides the Spoi
left behind stayed. 10 But David
pursued, he and four hundred men;
for two hundred stayed behind, who
were so faint that they could not go
over the brook Besor.
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
ago 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 dancing, ^be-
cause of all the great spoil that
they had taken out of the land of
the Philistines, and out of the land
of Judah. 17 And David smote
them from the twilight even unto
the evening of the next day: and
there escaped not a man of them,
save four hundred young men, who
rode upon camels and fled. 18 And
David recovered all that the Amale-
kites had taken; and David rescued
his two wives. 19 And there was
nothing lacking to them, neither
small nor great, neither sons nor
daughters, neither spoil, nor any-
2 Or, amidst
thing that they had taken to them:
David brought back all. 20 And
David took all the flocks and the
herds, which they drove before those
other cattle, and said. This is David's
spoil.
21 And David came to the two
hundred men, who were so faint
that they could not follow David,
whom also they had made to abide
at the brook Besor; and they went
forth to meet David, and to meet J
the people that were with himrl
and when David came near ^to the
people, he ^saluted them. 22 Then
answered all the wicked men and
base fellows, of those that went |
with David, and said. Because they |
went not with* us, we will not give
them aught of the spoil that we
have recovered, save to every man
his wife and his children, that he
may lead them away, and depart.
23 Then said David'^ Ye shall not
do so, my brethren, with that
which Jehovah hath given unto
us, who hath preserved us, and de-
livered 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 baggage: they
shall share alike. 25 And it was
so from that day forward, that he
made it a statute and an ordinance
for Israel unto this day.
26 And when David came to Zik-
lag, he sent of the spoil unto the
elders of Judah, even to his friends,
saying. Behold, a ^present for you
of the spoil of the enemies of Je-
hovah : 27 to them that were in Beth-
el, and to them that were in Ramcth
of the South, and to them that were
in Jattir, 28 and to them that
were in Aroer, and to them that were
in Siphmoth, and to them that
were in Eshtemoa, 29 and to them
that were in Racal, and to them
that were in the cities of the Jerah-
meelites, and to them that were in
2 Or, with
•< Heb. blessing.
3 Or, asked them of their welfare
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Saul and his Sons slain by the Philistines; buried at Jabesh-gilead I. SAMUEL 30.30 31.13
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
the Jordan, saw that the men of
Israel fled, and that Saul and his
sons were dead, they forsook the
cities, and fled; and the Philistines
came and dwelt in them. 8 And it
came to pass on the morrow, when
the Philistines came to strip the
slain, that they found Saul and his
three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And they cut off his head, and
stripped off his armor, and sent
into the land of the Philistines
round about, to carry the tidings
unto the house of their idols, and
to the people. 10 And they put
his armor in the house of the Ash-
taroth; and they fastened his body
to the wall of Beth-shan. 11 And
when the inhabitants of Jabesh-
gilead heard concerning him that
which the Philistines had done to
Saul, 12 all thei valiant men arose,
and went all night, and took the
body of Saul and the bodies of his
sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and
they came to Jabesh, and burnt
them there. 13 And they took
their bones, and buried them under
the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and
fasted seven days.
the cities of the Kenites, 30 and to
them that were in Hormah, and to
them that were in Bor-ashan, and
to them that were in Athacli, 31 and
to them that were in Hebron, and
to all the places where David him-
self and his men were w^ont to
haunt.
O 1 Now the Philistines fought
O 1 against Israel : and the men
of Israel fled from before the Philis-
tines, and fell down ^slain in mount
r Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines fol-
l^fcwed hard upon Saul and upon his
f^^ons; and the Philistines slew Jona-
than, and ^Abinadab, and Malchi-
shua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the
battle went sore against Saul, and
the archers overtook him; and he
as greatly distressed by reason of
e archerso 4 Then said Saul to
s armorbearer. Draw thy sword,
d thrust me through therewith,
t these uncircumcised come and
rust me through, and ^abuse me.
But his armorbearer would not;
for he was sore afraid. Therefore
Saul took his sw^ord, and fell upon
t5 And when his armorbearer
w that Saul was dead, he like-
wise fell upon his sword, and died
f) with him. 6 So Saul died, and his
three sons, and his armorbearer,
1 Or, wounded 2 jn ch. 14. 49, Ishvi.
3 Or, make a mock of me
THE SECOND BOOK OF
I
■R And it came to pass after
»1 the death of Saul, when David
was returned from the slaughter of
the Amalekites, and David had
abode two days in Ziklag; 2 it came
j to pass on the third day, that,
i I behold, a man came out of the camp
'.! from Saul, with his clothes rent, and
^' earth upon his head: and so it was,
i; when he came to David, that he
SAMUEL
David learns of the Battle of Gilboa
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 an-
swered. The people are fled from the
battle, and many of the people also
are fallen and dead; and Saul and
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II. SAMUEL 1.5—1.27
Jonathan his son are dead also.
5 And David said unto the young
man that told him, How knowest
thou that Saul and Jonathan his
son are dead? 6 And the young
man that told him said, As I hap-
pened by chance upon mount Gil-
boa, behold, Saul was leaning upon
his spear; and, lo, the chariots and
the horsemen followed hard after
him. 7 And when he looked be-
hind 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, Reside
me, and slay me; for ^anguish hath
taken hold of me, because my life
is yet whole in me. 10 So I stood
^beside him, and slew 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 like-
wise 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 Jehovah, 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 an-
swered, I am the son of a sojourner,
an Amalekite. 14 And David said
unto him. How wast thou not afraid
to put forth thy hand to destroy
Jehovah's anointed? 15 And Da-
vid called one of the young men,
and said, Go near, and fall upon him.
And he smote him, so that he died.
16 And David said unto him. Thy
blood be upon thy head ; for thy mouth
hath testified against thee, saying,
I have slain Jehovah's anointed.
17 And David lamented with
this lamentation over Saul and
over Jonathan his son 18 (and he
1 Or, over 2 Qj-^ giddiness
David's Dirge over Saul and Jonathan
bade them teach the children of
Judah the song of the bow: behold,
it is written in the book of ^Jashar) :
19 ^Thy glory, O Israel, is slain
upon thy high places!
How are the mighty fallen!
20 Tell it not in Gath,
Publish it not in the streets of
Ashkelon;
Lest the daughters of the Philis-
tines rejoice.
Lest the daughters of the un-
circumcised triumph.
21 Ye mountains of Gilboa,
Let there be no dew nor rain
upon you, neither fields of
offerings :
For there the shield of the
mighty was ^vilely cast away,
The shield of Saul, ^not an-
ointed 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 divided:
They were swifter than eagles.
They were stronger than lions.
24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep
over Saul,
Who clothed you in scarlet Meli-
cately.
Who put ornaments of gold
upon your apparel.
25 How are the mighty fallen in
the midst of the battle!
^Jonathan is slain upon thy high
places.
26 I am distressed for thee, my
brother Jonathan:
Very pleasant hast thou been
unto me:
Thy love to me was wonderful,
Passing the love of women.
27 How are the mighty fallen.
And the weapons of war per-
ished !
3 Or, The Upright
* Or, The gazelle
5 Or, defiled
* Or, as of one noCanointed
' Heb. with delights.
>> Or, O Jonathan, slain en
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David made King over Judah. Ish-bosheth King over Israel H, SAMUEL 2.1 2.23
2 And it came to pass after
this, that David inquired of
Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up into
any of the cities of Judah? And
Jehovah said unto him. Go up.
And David said, Whither shall I
go up? And he said. Unto He-
bron. 2 So David went up thither,
and his two wives also, Ahinoam
the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the
wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 3
And his men that were with him
did David bring up, every man
with his household: and they dwelt
in the cities of Hebron. 4 And the
men of Judah came, and there they
anointed David king over the house
of Judah.
And they told David, saying,
The men of Jabesh-gilead were
they that buried Saul. 5 And Da-
vid sent messengers unto the men
of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them.
Blessed be ye of Jehovah, that ye
have showed this kindness unto
your lord, even unto Saul, and have
buried him. 6 And now Jehovah
show lovingkindness 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
^Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and
brought him over to Mahanaim;
9 and he made him king over
Gilead, and over the ^Ashurites,
and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim,
and over Benjamin, and over all
Israel. 10 Ish-bosheth, Saul's son,
I 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,
1 In 1 Chr. 8. 33; 9. 39. Eshbaal.
* The Vulg. and Syr. have, Geshurites.
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 ser-
vants of David, went out, and
met Hhem 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
fellow's side; so they fell down to-
gether: wherefore that place was
called ^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 ^as a wild roe. 19 And Asahel
pursued after Abner; and in going
he turned not to the right hand nor
to the left from following Abner.
20 Then Abner looked behind him,
and said, Is it thou, Asahel .^^ And he
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 ^armor. But Asahel
would not turn aside from follow-
ing him. 22 And Abner said again
to Asahel, Turn thee aside from
following me: wherefore should I
smite thee to the ground .f^ how
then should I hold up my face to
Joab thy brother? 23 Howbeit he
refused to turn aside: wherefore
Abner with the hinder end of the
spear smote him in the body, so
that the spear came out behind
him; and he fell down there, and
3 Heb. them together. 6 Or 'spoil See Judg. 14.' 19.
* That is, The field of the sharp knives.
5 Heb. as one of the roes that are in the field.
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II. SAMUEL 2.24 — 3.13 David's Family. Abner, being censured by Ish-bosheth, revolts to David
died in the same place : and it came
to pass, that as many as came to
the place where Asahel fell down
and died stood still.
24 But Joab and Abishai pursued
after Abner: and the sun went
down when they were come to the
hill of Ammah, that lieth before
Giah by the way of the wilderness
of Gibeon. 25 And the children of
Benjamin gathered themselves to-
gether after Abner, and became one
band, and stood on the top of a hill.
26 Then Abner called to Joab, and
said, Shall the sword devour for
ever? 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 follow-
ing their brethren? 27 And Joab
said, As God liveth, if thou hadst
not spoken, surely then 4n 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 pur-
sued after Israel no more, neither
fought they any more. 29 And
Abner and his men went all that
night through the Arabah; and
they passed over the Jordan, and
went through all Bithron, and came
to Mahanaim.
30 And Joab returned from fol-
lowing Abner: and when he had
gathered all the people together,
there lacked of David's servants
nineteen men and Asahel. 31 But
the servants of David had smitten
of Benjamin, and of Abner 's men,
so that three hundred and three-
score men died. 32 And they took
up Asahel, and buried him in the
sepulchre of his father, which was
in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his
men went all night, and the day
brake upon them at Hebron:
3 Now there was long war be-
tween the house of Saul and
the house of David: and David
waxed stronger and stronger, but
the house of Saul waxed weaker and
weaker.
1 Heb. from the morning.
2 And unto David were sons
born in Hebron: and his first-bom
was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jez-
reelitess; 3 and his second, Chil-
eab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal
the Carmelite; and the third, Ab-
salom the son of Maacah the daugh-
ter 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 ^made himself strong
in the house of Saul. 7 Now Saul
had a concubine, whose name was
Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and
Jsh-hosheth said to Abner, Where-
fore hast thou gone in unto my
father's concubine? 8 Then was
Abner very wroth for the words of
Ish-bosheth, and said. Am I a dog's
head that belongeth to Judah?
This day do I show kindness unto
the house of Saul thy father, to his
brethren, and to his friends, and
have not delivered thee into the
hand of David; and yet thou charg-
est me this day with ^a fault con-
cerning this woman. 9 God do so
to Abner, and more also, if, as Je-
hovah hath sworn to David, I do
not even so to him; 10 to transfer
the kingdom from the house of Saul,
and to set up the throne of David
over Israel and over Judah, from
Dan even to Beer-sheba. 11 And
he could not answer Abner another
word, because he feared him.
12 And Abner sent messengers
to David '*on his behalf, saying,
Whose is the land? saying also,
Make thy league with me, and, be-
hold, my hand shall be with thee,
to 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
2 Or, showed himself strong for
» Or, the fault of this woman
* Or, where he was
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Joab suspects Abner, and murders him. David mourns for Abner II, SAMUEL 3. 14 3.35
first bring Michal, Saul's daughter,
when thou comest to see my face,
14 And David sent messengers to
Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, saying, De-
liver me my wife Michal, whom I
betrothed to me for a hundred
foreskins of the Philistines. 15 And
Ish-bosheth sent, and took her
from her husband, even from ^Paltiel
the son of Laish. 16 And her hus-
band 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 communica-
tion w4th the elders of Israel, say-
ing, In times past ye sought for
David to be king over you: 18 now
then do it; for Jehovah hath spoken
of David, saying. By the hand of
my servant David I will save my
people Israel out of the hand of the
Philistines, and out of the hand of
all their enemies. 19 And Abner
also spake in the ears of Benjamin:
and Abner went also to speak in
the ears of David in Hebron all
that seemed good to Israel, and to
the whole house of Benjamin. 20
So Abner came to David to He-
i bron, and twenty men with him.
I And David made Abner and the
men that were with him a feast.
I 21 And Abner said unto David, I
j will arise and go, and will gather
i all Israel unto my lord the king,
! that they may make a covenant
i with thee, and that thou mayest
I reign over all that thy soul desire th.
I And David sent Abner away; and
' he went in peace.
22 And, behold, the servants of
David and Joab came from ^a foray,
and brought in a great spoil with
them: but Abner was not with
David in Hebron; for he had sent
him away, and he was gone in 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, and he hath sent
ihim away, and he is gone in peace.
24 Then Joab came to the king, and
In 1 S. 25. 44, Palli.
Ileb. the Iroop.
said, What hast thou done.? behold,
Abner came unto thee; why is it
that thou hast sent him away, and
he is quite gone.? 25 Thou knowest
Abner the son of Ner, that he came
to deceive thee, and to know thy
going out and thy coming in, and to
know all that thou doest. 26 And
when Joab was come out from
David, he sent messengers after
Abner, and they brought him back
from the %ell of Sirah: but David
knew it not.
27 And when Abner was re-
turned to Hebron, Joab took him
aside into the midst of the gate to
speak with him quietly, and smote
him there in the body, so that he
died, for the blood of Asahel his
brother. 28 And afterward, when
David heard it, he said, I and my
kingdom are guiltless before Jeho-
vah for ever of the blood of Abner
the son of Ner: 29 let it fall upon
the head of Joab, and upon all his
father's house; and let there not
fail from the house of Joab one
that hath an issue, or that is a
leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or
that falleth by the sword, or that
lacketh bread. 30 So Joab and
Abishai his brother slew Abner,
because he had killed their brother
Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
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 David
followed the bier. 32 And they
buried Abner in Hebron: and the
king lifted up his voice, and wept
at the grave of Abner; and all the
people wept. 33 And the king
lamented for Abner, and said.
Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
34 Thy hands were not bound, nor
thy feet put into fetters:
As a man falleth before the
children of iniquity, so didst
thou fall.
And all the people wept again over
him. 35 And all the people came
s Or, cislcrn
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II. SAMUEL 3.36 — 5.3 Jonathan's Lame Son. Ish-bosheth killed. His Murderers executed
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 are too hard for me :
Jehovah reward the evil-doer ac-
cording to his wickedness.
4 And when Ish-bosheth, Saul's
son, heard that Abner was
dead in Hebron, his hands became
feeble, and all the Israelites 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 Rechab, the sons of Rim-
mon the Beerothite, of the children
of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is
reckoned to Benjamin: 3 and the
Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and
have been sojourners there until
this day) .
4 Now Jonathan, Saul's son,
had a son that was lame of his
feet. He was five years old when
the tidings came of Saul and Jona-
than out of Jezreel; and his nurse
took him up, and fled: and it came
to pass, as she made haste to flee,
that he fell, and became lame. And
his name was ^Mephibosheth.
5 And the sons of Rimmon the
Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah,
went, and came about the heat of
the day to the house of Ish-bosheth,
as he took his rest at noon. 6 And
Hhey came thither into the midst
of the house, as though they would
have fetched wheat; and they smote
1 In 1 Chr. 8. 34; 9. 40, Merib-baal.
2 Or, there came . . . men fetching wheat
him in the body: and Rechab and
Baanah his brother escaped. 7 Now
when they came into the house, as he
lay on his bed in his bedchamber,
they smote him, and slew him, and
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, Be-
hold, the head of Ish-bosheth, the
son of Saul, thine enemy, who
sought thy life; and Jehovah hath
avenged my lord the king this day
of Saul, and of his seed. 9 And
David answered Rechab and Baa-
nah his brother, the sons of Rim-
mon the Beerothite, and said unto
them. As Jehovah liveth, who hath
redeemed my soul out of all adver-
sity, 10 when one told me, saying,
Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to
have brought good tidings, I took
hold of him, and slew him in Zik-
lag, which was the rew^ard 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 re-
quire 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 hands and their feet, and
hanged them up beside the pool in
Hebron. But they took the head of
Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the
grave of Abner in Hebron.
5 Then came all the tribes of
Israel to David unto Hebron,
and spake, saying. Behold, we are
thy bone and thy flesh. 2 In times
past, when Saul was king over us,
it was thou that leddest out and
broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah
said to thee, Thou shall be shep-
herd of my people Israel, and thou
shall be ^prince over Israel. 3 So
all the elders of Israel came to the
king to Hebron; and king David
made a covenant with them in
Hebron before Jehovah: and they
anointed David king over Israel.
3 Or, leader
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David King of Israel and Judah. He captures Zion; defeats the Philistines H. SAMUEL 5.4 6.2
phia, 16 and Elishama, and ^Eliada,
and Eliphelet.
17 And when the Philistines heard
that they had anointed David king
over Israel, all the Philistines went
up to seek David; and David heard
of it, and went down to the strong-
hold. 18 Now the Philistines had
come and spread themselves in the
valley of Rephaim. 19 And David
inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall
I go up against the Philistines? wilt
thou deliver them into my hand?
And Jehovah said unto David, Go
up; for I will certainly deliver the
Philistines into thy hand. 20 And
David came to Baal-perazim, and
David smote them there; and he
said, Jehovah hath ^broken mine
enemies before me, like the breach
of waters. Therefore he called the
name of that place '^Baal-perazim.
21 And they left their images there;
and David and his men took them
4 David was thirty years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned
forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned
over Judah seven years and six
months; and in Jerusalem he reigned
thirty and three years over all
Israel and Judah.
6 And the king and his men
went to Jerusalem against the Je-
busites, the inhabitants of the land,
who spake unto David, saying,
^Except thou take away the blind
and the lame, thou shall not come
in hither; thinking, David cannot
come in hither. 7 Nevertheless Da-
vid took the stronghold of Zion;
the same is the city of David. 8
And David said on that day. Who-
soever smiteth the Jebusites, let
him get up to the watercourse, ^and
smite the lame and the blind, ^that
are hated of David's soul. Where-
fore they say, ^There are the blind
and the lame; he cannot come into
the house. 9 And David dwelt in
the stronghold, and called it the
city of David. And David built
round about from Millo and inward.
10 And David waxed greater and
greater; for Jehovah, the God of
hosts, was with him.
11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent
Imessengers to David, and cedar-
trees, and carpenters, and masons;
and they built David a house.
12 And David perceived that Je-
liovah had established him king
Dver Israel, and that he had exalted
iis kingdom for his people Israel's
Jake.
! 13 And David took him more
concubines and wives out of Jeru-
salem, after he was come from He-
bron; and there were yet sons and
laughters born to David. 14 And
hese are the names of those that
yere born unto him in Jerusalem:
5hammua, and Shobab, and Na-
han, and Solomon, 15 and Ibhar,
jind Elishua, and Nepheg, and Ja-
, * Or, Thou Shalt not come in hither, hut the blind and the
\ime shall turn thee away
'■ 2 Or, and as for the lame and the blind, that are hated of
'avtd's soul —
' Another reading is, that hate David's soul.
* Or, The blind and the lame shall not comejnto the house
away.
22 And the Philistines came up
yet again, and spread themselves
in the valley of Rephaim. 23 And
when David inquired of Jehovah,
he said. Thou shall not go up : make
a circuit behind them, and come
upon them over against the ^mul-
berry-trees. 24 And it shall be,
when thou hearest the sound of
marching in the tops of the mul-
berry-trees, that then thou shall
bestir thyself; for then is Jehovah
gone out before thee to smite the host
of the Philistines. 25 And David
did so, as Jehovah commanded him,
and smote the Philistines from
^Geba until thou come to Gezer.
6 And David again gathered
together all the chosen men
of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And
David arose, and went with all the
people that were with him, from
Baale-judah, to bring up from thence
the ark of God, ^° which is called by
the Name, even the name of Jeho-
5 In 1 Chr. 14. 7, Beeliada.
8 Or, broken forth upon mine enemies
7 That is. The place of breakings forth.
" Or, balsam-trees
9 In 1 Chr. 14. 16, Gibeon.
10 Heb. whereupon is called the Name.
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II. SAMUEL 6.3 — 6.23 The Ark brought to Perez-uzzah; to Jerusalem. Michal taunts David
vail of hosts that ^sitteth above the
cherubim. 3 And they set the ark
of God upon a new cart, and brought
it out of the house of Abinadab that
was in ^the hill: and Uzzah and
Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove
the new cart. 4 And they brought
it out of the house of Abinadab,
which was in ^the hill, with the ark
of God: and Ahio went before the
ark. 5 And David and all the
house of Israel played before Jeho-
vah with all manner of instruments
made of ''fir- wood, and with harps,
and with psalteries, and w^ith tim-
brels, and with ^castanets, and with
cymbals.
6 And when they came to the
threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put
forth his hand to the ark of God,
and took hold of it; for the oxen
^stumbled. 7 And the anger of
Jehovah was kindled against Uzzah;
and God smote him there for his
^error; and there he died by the ark
of God. 8 And David was dis-
pleased, because Jehovah had bro-
ken forth upon Uzzah; and he called
that place 'Perez-uzzah, unto this
day. 9 And David was afraid of
Jehovah that day; and he said,
How shall the ark of Jehovah come
unto me.^ 10 So David would not
remove the ark of Jehovah unto
him into the city of David; but
David carried it aside into the
house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
11 And the ark of Jehovah re-
mained in the house of Obed-edom
the Gittite three months: and Je-
hovah blessed Obed-edom, and all
his house.
12 And it was told king David,
saying, Jehovah hath blessed the
house of Obed-edom, and all that
pertaineth unto him, because of
the ark of God. And David went
and brought up the ark of God
from the house of Obed-edom into
the city of David with joy. 13
And it was so, that, when they that
bare the ark of Jehovah had gone
1 Or, 15 enthroned 2 Or, Gibeah ^ Or, cyPress-wood
» Or, sislra ^ Or, 'were restive Or, threw it doivn
8 Or, rashness ' That is, The breach of Uzzah.
six paces, he sacrificed an ox and
a falling. 14 And David danced
before Jehovah with all his might;
and David was girded with a linen
ephod. 15 So David and all the
house of Israel brought up the ark
of Jehovah with shouting, and with
the sound of the trumpet.
16 And it was so, as the ark of
Jehovah came into the city of
David, that Michal the daughter
of Saul looked out at the window,
and saw king David leaping and
dancing before Jehovah; and she
despised him in her heart. 17 And
they brought in the ark of Jeho-
vah, and set it in its place, in the
midst of the tent that David had
pitched for it; and David offered
burnt-offerings and peace-offerings
before Jehovah. 18 And when Da-
vid had made an end of offering
the burnt-offering and the peace-
offerings, he blessed the people in
the name of Jehovah 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 ^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 un-
covered himself to-day in the eyes
of the handmaids of his servants,
as one of the vain fellows shame-
lessly uncovereth himself! 21 And
David said unto Michal, It wa.^
before Jehovah, who chose me abov<
thy father, and above all his house,
to appoint me prince over the peo
pie of Jehovah, over Israel: there-
fore will I play before Jehovah.
22 And I will be yet more vile than
this, and will be base in mine own
sight: but of the handmaids of
whom thou hast spoken, of them
shall I be had in honor. 23 And
Michal the daughter of Saul had
« Or, of wine
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David plans to build a Temple. God's Message to him
no child unto the day of her
death.
7 And it came to pass, when
the king dwelt in his house,
and Jehovah had given him rest
from all his enemies round about,
' 2 that the king said unto Nathan
! the prophet, See now, I dwell in
1 a house of cedar, but the ark of
God dwelleth within curtains. 3
And Nathan said to the king, Go,
1 do all that is in thy heart; for
! Jehovah is with thee. 4 And it
I came to pass the same night, that the
1 word of Jehovah came unto Nathan,
! saying, 5 Go and tell my servant
! David, Thus saitli Jehovah, Shalt
thou build me a house for me to
dwell in.f^ 6 for I have not dwelt in
a house since the day that I brought
up the children of Israel out of
Egypt, even to this day, but have
; walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
! 7 In all places wherein I have walked
\ with all the children of Israel, spake
I a word v/ith ^any of the tribes of
Israel, whom I commanded to be
shepherd of my people Israel, saying,
Ky have ye not built me a house
cedar.? 8 Now therefore thus
It thou say unto my servant
David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts,
. I took thee from the ^sheepcote,
from following the sheep, that thou
shouldest be ^prince over my people,
over Israel; 9 and I have been with
thee whithersoever thou wentest,
and have cut off all thine enemies
rrom before thee; and I will make
Lhee a great name, like unto the
lame of the great ones that are in
the earth. 10 And I will appoint a
Dlace for my people Israel, and
vill plant them, that they may
Iwell in their own place, and be
noved no more; neither shall the
children of wickedness afflict them
my more, as at the first, 11 and as
rom the day that I commanded
udges to be over my people Israel;
Ind I ^will cause thee to rest from
.11 thine enemies. Moreover Jeho-
I
In 1 Chr. 17. G, any of the judges.
■ Or, pasture ^ Or, leader * Or, have caused
II. SAMUEL 7.1—7.23
vah telleth thee that Jehovah will
make thee a house. 12 When thy
days are fulfilled, and thou shall
sleep with thy fathers, I will set up
thy seed after thee, that shall pro-
ceed out of thy bowels, and I will
establish his kingdom. 13 He shall
build a house for my name, and I
will establish the throne of his king-
dom 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 lovingkindness shall not
depart from him, as I took it from
Saul, whom I put away before thee.
16 And thy house and thy kingdom
shall be made sure for ever before
thee: thy throne shall be established
for ever. 17 According to all these
words, and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak unto
David.
18 Then David the king went in,
and sat before Jehovah; and he
said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah,
and what is my house, that thou
hast brought me thus far.^^ 19 And
this was yet a small thing in thine
eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou
hast spoken also of thy servant's
house for a great while to come;
^and this too after the manner of
men, O Lord Jehovah! 20 And
what can David say more unto
thee.f^ for thou knowest thy ser-
vant, O Lord Jehovah. 21 For
thy word's sake, and according to
thine own heart, hast thou wrought
all this greatness, to make thy ser-
vant know it. 22 Wherefore thou
art great, O Jehovah God: for
there is none like thee, neither is
there any God besides thee, ac-
cording to all that we have heard
with our ears. 23 ^And what one
nation in the earth is like thy peo-
ple, even like Israel, whom God
went to redeem unto himself for a
people, and to make him a name,
and to do great things for you,
5 Or, and is this the law of man, O Lord Jehovah?
6 Or, And who is like thy people, like Israel, a nation
that is alone in the earth &°c.
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II. SAMUEL 7.24 — 8.14 David's Prayer and Thanksgiving. His Victories. King Toi's Present
and terrible things for thy land,
before thy people, whom thou re-
deemedst to thee out of^ Egypt,
from the nations and their gods?
24 And thou didst establish to
thyself thy people Israel to be a
people unto thee for ever; and
thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
25 And now, O Jehovah God, the
word that thou hast spoken con-
cerning thy servant, and concern-
ing his house, confirm thou it for
ever, and do as thou hast spoken.
26 And let thy name be magnified
for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is
God over Israel; and the house of
thy servant David shall be estab-
lished before thee. 27 For thou, O
Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel,
hast revealed to thy servant, saying,
I will build thee a house: therefore
hath thy servant ^found in his heart
to pray this prayer unto thee.
28 And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou
art God, and thy words are truth,
and thou hast promised this good
thing unto thy servant: 29 now
therefore ^let it please thee to bless
the house of tliy servant, that it
may continue for ever before thee;
for thou, O Lord Jehovah, hast
spoken it: and with thy blessing
let the house of thy servant be
blessed for ever.
8 And after this it came to
pass, that David smote the
Philistines, and subdued them: and
David took hhe bridle of the mother
city out of the hand of the Philis-
tines'.
2 And he smote Moab, and
measured them with the line, mak-
ing 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 became
servants to David, and brought
tribute.
3 David smote also Hadadezer
the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as
he went to recover his dominion
at Hhe River. 4 And David took
* Or, begin and bless
> Or, been bold
' Or, Metheg-ammah
^ Another reading is, the river Euphrates.
from him a thousand and seven
hundred horsemen, and twenty thou-
sand footmen: and David hocked
all the chariot horses, but reserved
of them for a hundred chariots.
5 And when ^the Syrians of Damas-
cus came to succor Hadadezer king
of Zobah, David smote of ^the Syrians
two and twenty thousand men.
6 Then David put garrisons in
^Syria of Damascus ; and ^the Syrians
became servants to David, and
brought tribute. And Jehovah ^gave
victory to David whithersoever ho
went. 7 And David took the shields
of gold that were on the servants
of Hadadezer, and brought them to
Jerusalem. 8 And from "Betah and
from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer,
king David took exceeding much
brass.
9 And when Toi king of Hamath
heard that David had smitten all
the host of Hadadezer, 10 then Toi
sent ^Joram his son unto kilig
David, to ^salute him, and to bless
him, because he had fought against
Hadadezer and smitten him: for
Hadadezer ^^had wars with Toi.
And ^^Joram brought with him ves-
sels of silver, and vessels of gold,
and vessels of brass: 11 these also
did king David dedicate unto Jeho-
,vah, with the silver and gold that
he dedicated of all the nations which
he subdued; 12 of ^-Syria, and of
Moab, and of the children of Am-
nion, and of the Philistines, and of
Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadad-
ezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah*
13 And David gat him a name
when he returned from smiting
^^the Syrians in the Valley of Salt,
even eighteen thousand men. 14
And he put garrisons in Edom;
throughout all Edom put he garri-
sons, and all the Edomites became
servants to David. And Jehoval
^^gave victory to David whitherso
ever he went.
» Heb. Aram » In. 1 Chr. 18. 10. Hadoram
» Or, saved David » Heb. ask him of his icelfart
' In. 1 Chr. 18. 8, Tibhath. " Heb. was a man of wars.
11 Heb. in his hand were. ^- Heb. Aram.
13 Edom, in 1 Chr. 18. 11, 12; Ps. 60. title. i
" Or, saved David
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II. SAMUEL 8.15—10.5
15 And David reigned over all
Israel; and David executed jus-
tice and righteousness unto all his
people. 16 And Joab the son of
Zeruiah was over the host; and Je-
hoshaphat the son of Ahilud was
.^recorder; 17 and Zadok the son
jof Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son
'of Abiathar, were priests; and Se-
raiah was ^scribe; 18 and Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada ^was tover the
Cherethites and the Pelethites; and
David's sons were '^chief ministers.
9 And David said, Is there yet
any that is left of the house of
Saul, that I may show him kind-
ness for Jonathan's sake.^^ 2 And
there was of the house of Saul a
servant whose name was Ziba, and
they called him unto David; and
the king said unto him. Art thou
Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is
he. 3 And the king said. Is there
not yet any of the house of Saul,
that I may show the kindness of
God unto him.? And Ziba said
unto the king, Jonathan hath yet
a son, who is lame of his feet. 4
And the king said unto him. Where
is he? And Ziba said unto the king,
I Behold, he is in the house of Ma-
i chir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
5 Then king David sent, and fetched
him out of the house of Machir the
son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
6 And Mephibosheth, the son of
Jonathan, the son of Saul, came
unto David, and fell on his face,
and did obeisance. And David said,
Mephibosheth. And he answered.
Behold, thy servant! 7 And David
said unto him, Fear not; for I
will surely show thee kindness for
Jonathan thy father's sake, and
will restore thee all the ^land of
Saul thy father; and thou shalt
eat bread at my table continually.
8 And he did obeisance, and said.
What is thy servant, that thou
shouldest look upon such a dead
dog as I am?
I * Or, chronicler 2 Qr, secretary
» So in ch. 20. 23. and 1 Chr. 18. 17.
text has, and the Cherethites b'c.
* Or, priests s Heb. field.
12
The Hebrew
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
rnaster'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. 1 1 Then said Ziba
unto the king. According to all
that my lord the king commandeth
his servant, so shall thy servant do.
^As for Mephibosheth, said the king,
he shall eat at my table, as one of
the king's sons. 12 And Mephi-
bosheth had a young son, whose
name was Mica. And all that
dwelt in the house of Ziba were
servants unto Mephibosheth. 13 So
Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem;
for he did eat continually at the
king's table. And he was lame in
both his feet.
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 show kindness
unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as
his father showed kindness unto me.
So David sent by 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 hon-
or thy father, in 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
overthrow 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
them away. -5 When they told it
unto David, he sent to meet them;
for the men were greatly ashamed.
« Or, But Mephibosheth eateth b'c.
10
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II. SAMUEL 10. G 11.6 David defeats allied Ammon and Syria. David's Sin against L'riali
And the king said, Tarry at Jericho
until your beards be grown, and
then return.
6 And when the children of Am-
mon saw that they were become
odious to David, the children of
Ammon sent and hired the Syri-
ans of Beth-rehob, and the Syri-
ans of Zobah, twenty thousand
footmen, and the king of Maacah
with a thousand men, and the men
of Tob twelve thousand men. 7
And when David heard of it, he sent
Joab, and all the host of the mighty
men. 8 And the children of Am-
mon came out, and put the battle
in array at the entrance of the
gate: and the Syrians of Zobah
and of Rehob, and the men of Tob
and Maacah, were by themselves
in the field.
9 Now when Joab saw that Hhe
battle was set against him before
and behind, he chose of all the
choice men of Israel, and put them
in array against the Syrians: 10
and the rest of the people he com-
mitted into the hand of ^Abishai
his brother; and he put them in
array against the children of Am-
mon. 11 And he said, If the Syri-
ans be too strong for me, then thou
shalt help me; but if the children
of Ammon be too strong for thee,
then I will come and help thee.
12 Be of good courage, and let
us play the man for oin- people, and
for the cities of our God: and Je-
hovah do that which seemeth him
good. 13 So Joab and the people
that were with him drew nigh unto
the battle against the Syrians: and
they fled before him. 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
children of Ammon, and came to
Jerusalem.
15 And when the Syrians saw
that they were put to the worse
before Israel, they gathered them-
1 Heb. the face of the battle was against.
iUch.Ahshai.
selves together. 16 And ^Hadar-
ezer sent, and brought out the
Syrians that w^ere 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
the Jordan, and came to Helam.
And the Syrians set themselves in
array against David, and fought
with him. 18 And the Syrians fled
before Israel; and David slew of the
Syrians the men of seven hundred
chariots, and forty thousand horse-
men, and smote Shobach the cap-
tain of their host, so that he died
there. 19 And when all the kings
that were servants to Hadarezer
saw that ihey were put to the worse
before Israel, they made peace with
Israel, and served them. So the
Syrians feared to help the children
of Ammon any more.
11 And it came to pass, at
1 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 chil-
dren of Ammon, and besieged Rab-
bah. But David tarried at Jeru-
salem, j
2 And it came to pass at even-!
tide, that David arose from off
his bed, and walked upon the roof
of the king's house: and from the
roof he saw a woman bathing; and
the woman was very beautiful to
look upon. 3 And David sent, and
inquired after the woman. And
one said, Is not this Bath-sheba,
the daughter of Eliam, the wife of
Uriah the Hittite.? 4 And David
sent messengers, and took her;
and she came in unto him, and he
lay with her (for she was purified
from her uncleanness) ; and she
returned unto her house. 5 And
the woman conceived: and she sent
and told David, and said, I am with
child.
6 And David sent to Joab, sai/-
» In ch. 8. 3, Hadadezer.
854
The Death of Uriah. David marries Bath-sheba
ing, Send me Uriah the Hittite.
And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 And when Uriah was come unto
him, David asked of him how
Joab did, and how the people
fared, and how the war prospered.
8 And David said to Uriah, Go
down to thy house, and wash thy
feet. And Uriah departed out of
the king's house, and there followed
him a ^mess of food from the king.
9 But Uriah slept at the door of the
king's house with all the servants of
his lord, and 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 .f^ wherefore didst thou not go
down unto thy house? 11 And
Uriah said unto David, The ark, and
Israel, and Judah, abide in booths;
and my lord Joab, and the ser-
vants of my lord, are encamped in
the open field; shall I then go into
my house, to eat and to drink, and
to lie with my wife? 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 de-
jpart. So Uriah abode in Jeru-
salem ^that day, and the morrow.
113 And when David had called
him, he did eat and drink before
him; and he made him drunk: and
at even he went out to lie on his
bed with the servants of his lord,
but went not down to his house.
1 14 And it came to pass in the
j morning, that David wrote a letter
to Joab, and sent it by the hand
of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in
the letter, saying. Set ye Uriah
in the forefront of the ^hottest
battle, and retire ye from him,
that he may be smitten, and die.
16 And it came to pass, when Joab
%ept 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
I 1 Or, present from
2 Or, that day. And on the morrow David called him,
and he b'c. » Heb. strong. * Or, observed
II. SAMUEL 11.7—11.27
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, say-
ing. When thou hast made an
end of telling all the things con-
cerning the war unto the king,
20 it shall be that, if the king's
wrath arise, and he say unto thee,
Wherefore went ye so nigh unto
the city to fight? knew ye not that
they would shoot from the wall?
21 who smote Abimelech the son
of ^Jerubbesheth? did not a woman
cast an upper millstone upon him
from the wall, so that he died at
Thebez? 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 showed David all that
Joab had sent him for. 23 And
the messenger said unto David,
The men prevailed against us, and
came out unto us into the field,
and we were upon them even unto
the entrance of the gate. 24 And
the shooters shot at thy servants
from off the wall; and some of the
king's servants are dead, and thy
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead
also. 25 Then David said unto
the messenger. Thus shalt thou say
unto Joab, Let not this thing dis-
please thee, for the sword devour-
eth one as well as another; make
thy battle more strong against the
city, and overthrow it: and en-
courage thou him.
26 And when the wife of Uriah
heard that Uriah her husband was
dead, she made lamentation for
her husband. 27 And when the
mourning was past, David sent
and took her home to his house,
and she became his wife, and bare
him a son. But the thing that
David had done displeased Jeho-
vah.
5 In Judg. 0. 32, Jerubhaal.
i
II. SAMUEL 12.1 12.20 Nathan's Parable. His Reproof of David. Death of David's Child
i Q And Jehovah sent Nathan
1 Ld unto David. And he came
unto him, and said ^ unto him,
There were two men in one city;
the one rich, and the other poor.
2 The rich man had exceeding
many flocks and herds; 3 but the
poor man had nothing, save one
little ewe lamb, which he had
bought and nourished up: and it
grew up together with him, and
with his children; it did eat of his
own morsel, and drank of his own
cup, and lay in his bosom, and was
unto him as a daughter. 4 And
there came a traveller unto the
rich man, and he spared to take of
his own flock and of his own herd,
to dress for the 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 Jehovah liveth,
the man that hath done this is
Worthy to die: 6 and he shall
restore the lamb fourfold, because
he did this thing, and because he
had no pity.
7 And Nathan said to David,
Thou art the man. Thus saith
Jehovah, the God of Israel, I an-
ointed 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
Jehovah, to do that which is evil
in his sight .f^ 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 thy house, be-
cause thou hast despised me, and
hast taken the wife of Uriah the
' Ilcb. a son of death.
Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith
Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up
evil against thee out of thine own
house; and I will take thy wives
before thine eyes, and give them
unto thy neighbor, and he shall
lie with thy wives in the sight of
this sun. 12 For 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 Je-
hovah. And Nathan said unto Da-
vid, Jehovah also hath put away
thy sin; thou shalt not die. 14
Howbeit, because by this deed thou
hast given great occasion to the
enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme,
the child also that is born unto thee
shall surely die. 15 And Nathan
departed unto his house.
And Jehovah struck the child
that Uriah's wife bare unto David, k
and it was very sick. 16 David *
therefore besought God for the
child; and David fasted, and went
in, and lay all night upon the
earth. 17 And the elders of his
house arose, and stood beside him,
to raise him up from the earth:
but he would not, neither did he
eat bread with them. 18 And it
came to pass on the seventh day,
that the child died. And the ser-
vants of David feared to tell him
that the child was dead; for they
said. Behold, while the child was
yet alive, we spake unto him, and
he hearkened not unto our voice:
%ow will he then vex himself, if
we tell him that the child is dead!
19 But when David saw that his
servants were whispering together,
David perceived that the child
was dead; and David said unto his
servants, Is the child dead.^^ And
they said, He is dead. 20 Then
David arose from the earth, and
washed, and anointed himself, and
changed his apparel; and he came
into the house of Jehovah, and
worshipped: then he came to his
2 Or, how then shall we tell him that the child is dead, so
that he do himself some harm!
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Solomon's Birth. David goes to Rabbah. Capture of Rabbah H, SAMUEL 12.21 13.10
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 Je-
hovah will not be gracious to me,
that the child may live.f^ 23 But
now he is dead, wherefore should I
fast? can I bring him back again?
I shall go to him, but he will not
return to me.
24 And David comforted Bath-
sheba his wife, and went in unto
her, and lay with her: and she
bare a son, and %e called his name
Solomon. And Jehovah loved him;
25 and he sent by the hand of Na-
than the prophet; and he called his
name ^Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake.
26 Now Joab fought against Rab-
bah of the children of Ammon, and
took the royal city. 27 And Joab
sent messengers to David, and said,
I have fought against Rabbah; yea,
I have taken the city of waters.
28 Now therefore gather the rest of
the people together, and encamp
against the city, and take it; lest I
take the city, and ^it be called after
my name. 29 And David gathered
all the people together, and went
to Rabbah, and fought against it,
and took it. 30 And he took the
crown of '^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 ^under saws, and ^under
harrows of iron, and ^under axes of
iron, and ^made them pass through
' Another reading is, she called.
2 That is, Beloved of Jehovah.
' Heb. my name be called upon it.
* Or, Malcam See Zeph. 1. 5. ^ Or, to
« Or, with a slight change in the Hebrew text, made
them labor at,
the ^brickkiln: and thus did he unto
all the cities of the children of Am-
mon. And David and all the peo-
ple returned unto Jerusalem.
i O And it came to pass after
A O this, that Absalom the son
of David had a fair sister, whose
name was Tamar; and Amnon the
son of David loved her. 2 And
Amnon was so vexed that he fell
sick because of his sister Tamar;
for she was a virgin; and it seemed
hard to Amnon to do anything
unto her. 3 But Amnon had a
friend, whose name was Jonadab,
the son of Shimeah, David's brother:
and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
4 And he said unto him. Why, O son
of the king, art thou thus lean ^from
day to day? wilt thou not tell me?
And Amnon said unto him, I love
Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay
thee down on thy bed, and feign thy-
self sick: and when thy father
Cometh to see thee, say unto him.
Let my sister Tamar come, I pray
thee, and give me bread to eat, and
dress the food in my sight, that I
may see it, and eat it from her hand.
6 So Amnon lay down, and feigned
himself sick : and when the king was
come to see him, Amnon said unto
the king, Let my sister Tamar come,
I pray thee, and make me a couple
of cakes in my sight, that I may eat
from her hand.
7 Then David sent home to
Tamar, saying, Go now to thy
brother Amnon's house, and dress
him food. 8 So Tamar went to
her brother Amnon's house; and
he was laid down. And she took
dough, and kneaded it, and made
cakes in his sight, and did bake the
cakes. 9 And she took the pan,
and poured them out before him;
but he refused to eat. And Am-
non said. Have out all men from
me. And they went out every
man from him. 10 And Amnon
said unto Tamar, Bring the food
into the chamber, that I may eat
7 Or, brick-mould
8 Heb. morning by morning.
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II. SAMUEL 13.11—13.32
from thy hand. And Tamar took
the cakes which she had made,
and brought them into the cham-
ber to Amnon her brother. 11
And when she had brought them
near unto him to eat, he took hold
of her, and said unto her, Come,
He with me, my sister. 12 And she
answered him. Nay, my brother,
do not ^force me; for no such thing-
ought to be done in Israel: do not
thou this folly. 13 And I, whither
shall I carry my shame .^^ and as for
thee, thou wilt 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 And 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 Am-
non said unto her, Arise, be gone.
16 And she said unto him, ^Not
so, because this great wrong in
putting me forth is worse than the
other that thou didst unto me.
But he would not hearken unto
her. 17 Then he called his ser-
vant that ministered unto him,
and said, Put now this woman out
from me, and bolt the door after
her. 18 And she had ^a garment
of divers colors upon her; for with
such robes were the king's daugh-
ters that were virgins 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 colors that was on her; and
she laid her hand on her head, and
went her way, crying aloud as she
went.
20 And Absalom her brother
said unto her, Hath ^Amnon thy
brother been with thee.? but now
hold thy peace, my sister: he is
' Heb. humble. 3 Or, a long gartnent with sleeves
" Or, Think not there is occasion for this great sarong in
pulling me forth, which is worse i^c. * llcb. Aminon.
Amnon's Abuse of Tamar. Absalom avenges Tamar
thy brother; take not this thing
to heart. So Tamar remained des-
olate in her brother Absalom's house.
21 But when king David heard of
all these things, he was very wroth.
22 And Absalom spake unto Amnon
neither good nor bad; for Absalom
hated Amnon, because he had forced
his sister Tamar.
23 And it came to pass after
two full years, that Absalom had
sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which
is beside Ephraim: and Absalom
invited all the king's sons. 24 And
Absalom came to the king, and
said. Behold now, thy servant hath
sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray
thee, and his servants go with thy
servant. 25 And the king said to
Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not
all go, lest we be burdensome unto
thee. And he pressed him: how-
beit he would not go, but blessed
him. 26 Then said Absalom, If
not, I pray thee, let my brother
Amnon go with us. And the king
said unto him. Why should he go
with thee.? 27 But Absalom pressed
him, and he let Amnon and all the
king's sons go with him. 28 And
Absalorii commanded his servants,
saying, Mark ye now, when Amnon's
heart is merry with wine; and when
I say imto you. Smite Amnon, then
kill him; fear not; have not I com-
manded you.? be courageous, and
be valiant. 29 And the servants
of Absalom did unto Amnon as
Absalom had commanded. Then
all the king's sons arose, and every
man gat him up upon his mule and
fled.
30 And it came to pass, while
they were in the way, that the
tidings came to David, saying,
Absalom hath slain all the king's
sons, and, there is not one of them
left. 31 Then the king arose, and
rent his garments, and lay on the
earth; and all his servants stood
by with their clothes rent. 32 And
Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, Da-
vid's brother, answered and said,
Let not my lord suppose that they
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Absalom flees to Qeshur. Joab procures Absalom's Recall H. SAMUEL 13.33 — 14.14
have killed all the young men the
kmg's sons; for Amnon only is dead:
for by the appointment of Absalom
this hath been determined from the
day that he forced his sister Tamar.
33 Now therefore let not my lord
the king take the thing to his
heart, to think that all the king's
sons are dead; for Amnon only is
dead.
34 But Absalom fled. And the
young man that kept the watch
lifted up his eyes, and looked, and,
behold, there came much people
by the way of the hill-side behind
him. 35 And Jonadab said unto
the king, Behold, the king's sons are
come: as thy servant said, so it is.
36 And it came to pass, as soon as
he had made an end of speaking,
that, behold, the king's sons came,
and lifted up their voice, and wept:
and the king also and all his ser-
vants wept Very sore.
37 But Absalom fled, and went
to Talmai the son of ^Ammihur,
king of Geshur. And David mourned
for his son every day. 38 So
Absalom fled, and went to Geshur,
and was there three j^ears. 39 And
the soul of king David longed to go
forth unto Absalom: for he was
comforted concerning Amnon, seeing
he was dead.
UNow Joab the son of Ze-
ruiah perceived that the
king's heart was toward Absalom.
2 And Joab sent to Tekoa, and
fetched thence a wise woman, and
said unto her, I pray thee, feign
thyself to be a mourner, and put
on mourning apparel, I pray thee,
and anoint not thyself with oil,
but be as a woman that hath a long
time mourned for the dead: 3 and
go in to the king, and speak on
this manner unto him. So Joab
put the words in her mouth.
4 And when the woman of Tekoa
spake to the king, she fell on her
face to the ground, and did obei-
sance, and said, Help, O king.
1 Heb. with a very great weeping.
2 Another reading is, A mmihud.
5 And the king said unto her. What
aileth thee? And she answered,
Of a truth I am a widow, and my
husband is dead. 6 And thy hand-
maid 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 thy hand-
maid, and they say. 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 will
they quench my coal which is left,
and will leave to my husband
neither name nor remainder upon
the face of the earth.
8 And the king said unto the
woman. Go to thy house, and I
will give charge concerning thee.
9 And the woman of Tekoa said
unto the king, My lord, O king,
the iniquity be on me, and on my
father's house; and the king and
his throne be guiltless. 10 And
the king said. Whosoever saith
aught unto thee, bring him to
me, and he shall not touch thee
any more. 11 Then said she, I
pray thee, let the king remember
Jehovah thy God, that the avenger
of blood destroy not any more, lest
they destroy my son. And he
said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall
not one hair of thy son fall to the
earth. -
12 Then the woman said,' Let
thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak
a word unto my lord the king.
And he said. Say on. 13 And the
woman said. Wherefore then hast
thou devised such a thing against
the people of God? for in speaking
this word the king is as one that is
guilty, in that the king doth not
fetch home again his banished one.
14 For we must needs die, and are
as water spilt on the ground, which
cannot be gathered up again; neither
doth God take away life, but de-
viseth means, that he that is ban-
ished be not an outcast from him.
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II. SAMUEL 14.15—15.2
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 hand-
maid said, I will now speak unto
the king; it may be that the king
will perform the request of his ser-
vant. 16 For the king will hear,
to deliver his servant out of the
hand of the man that would destroy
me and my son together out of the
inheritance of God. 17 Then thy
handmaid said. Let, I pray thee, the
word of my lord the king be ^com-
fortable; for as ^an angel of God, so
is my lord the king ^to discern good
and "bad: and Jehovah thy God be
with thee.
18 Then the king answered and
said unto the woman. 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 thy hand-
maid; 20 to change the face of
the matter hath thy servant Joab
done this thing: and my lord is
wise, according to the wisdom of
^an angel of God, to know all things
that are in the earth.
21 And the king said unto Joab,
Behold ^now, ^I have done this
thing: go therefore, bring the young
man Absalom back. 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 favor in
thy sight, my lord, O king, in that
the king hath performed the request
of %is servant. 23 So Joab arose
and went to Geshur, and brought
Absalom to Jerusalem. 24 And
1 Heb. for rest. 2 Or, the » Heb. to hear.
< Another reading is, thou hast done.
» Another reading is, thy.
Absalom's Beauty. He is admitted to David's Presence
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 blemish
in him. 26 And when he cut the
hair of his head (now it was at
every year's end that he cut it;
because it was heavy on him, there-
fore he cut it); he weighed the
hair of his head at two hundred
shekels, 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 Ab-
salom 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
Therefore 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 servants
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.f^ 32 And Absalom an-
swered Joab, Behold, 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 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.
1 ^ And it came to pass after
1 ^ this, that Absalom prepared
him a chariot and horses, and fifty
men to run before him. 2 And
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Absalom seduces the People. David flees from Jerusalem H. SAMUEL 15.3 15.23
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 judgment, then Absalom called
unto him, and said. Of what city
art thou? And he said. Thy ser-
vant 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 more-
over, Oh that I were made judge in
the land, that every man who 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 judgment: so Absalom stole the
hearts of the men of Israel.
7 And it came to pass at the end
of ^forty years, that Absalom said
unto the king, I pray thee, let me
go and pay my vow, which I have
vowed unto Jehovah, in Hebron.
8 For thy servant vowed a vow
while I abode at Geshur in ^Syria,
saying, If Jehovah shall indeed
bring me again to Jerusalem, then
I will ^serve Jehovah. 9 And the
king said unto him. Go in peace.
So he arose, and went to Hebron.
10 But Absalom sent spies through-
out all the tribes of Israel, saying.
As soon as ye hear the sound of the
trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom
is king in Hebron. 11 And with
Absalom went two hundred men out
of Jerusalem, that were invited, and
went in their simplicity; and they
knew not anything. 12 And Ab-
salom ^sent for Ahithophel the Gil-
onite, David's counsellor, from his
city, even from Giloh, while he was
offering the sacrifices. And the con-
spiracy was strong; for the people
increased continually with Absalom.
13 And there came a messenger
' According to Syr. and some editions of Sept., four.
2 Heb. Aram. ^ Or, worship * Or, sent Ahithophel
to David, saying. The hearts of
the men of Israel are after Absa-
lom. 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 servants said
unto the king, Behold, thy servants
are ready to do whatsoever my lord
the king shall choose. 16 And the
king went forth, and all his house-
hold after him. And the king left
ten women, that were concubines,
to keep the house. 17 And the
king went forth, and all the people
after him; and they tarried ^in
Beth-merhak. 18 And all his ser-
vants passed on beside him; and all
the Cherethites, and all the Pele-
thites, and all the Gittites, six
hundred men that 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 foreigner,
and also an exile; return to thine
own place. 20 Whereas thou cam-
est but yesterday, should I this day
make thee go up and down with us,
seeing I go whither I may.f^ return
thou, and take back thy brethren;
mercy and truth be with thee.
21 And Ittai answered the king,
and said. As Jehovah 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 ser-
vant be. 22 And 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
5 Or, al the Far House
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11. SAMUEL 15.24—16.6
Zadok, Abiathar, and Hushai sent back. Ziba's Lie
passed over, toward the way of
the wilderness.
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
favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he
will bring me again, and show 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, ^Art thou not a
seer.f^ return into the city in peace,
and your two sons with you, Ahi-
maaz thy son, and Jonathan the
son of Abiathar. 28 See, I will
tarry ^at 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 bare-
foot: and all the people that were
with him covered every man his
head, and they went up, w^eeping
as they went up. 31 And one
told David, saying, Ahithophel is
among the conspirators with Absa-
lom. And David said, O Jehovah,
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,
^where God was worshipped, be-
hold, Hushai the Archite came to
meet him with his coat rent, and
earth upon his head. 33 And Da-
vid said unto him. If thou passest
on with me, then thou wilt be
a burden unto me: 34 but if thou
return to the city, and say unto
16
' Or, Seest thou? - Another reading is, in the plains.
^ Or, where he wai: ■'vont lo worship Cod
Absalom, I will be thy servant^ O
king; as I have been thy father's
servant in time past, so will I now
be thy servant; then wilt thou de-
feat for me the counsel of Ahitho-
phel. 35 And hast thou not there
with thee Zadok and Abiathar the
priests.'^ 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, Ahim-
aaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan,
Abiathar's son; and by them ye
shall send unto me everything that
ye shall hear. 37 So Hushai, Da-
vid's friend, came into the city; and
Absalom came into Jerusalem.
And when David was a
little past the top of the as-
cent, behold, Ziba the servant of
Mephibosheth met him, with a
couple of asses saddled, and upon
them two hundred loaves of bread,
and a hundred clusters of raisins,
and a hundred of summer fruits, and
a ^bottle of wine. 2 And the king
said unto Ziba, What meanest thou
by these? And Ziba said, The
asses are for the king's household
to ride on; and the bread and sum-
mer fruit for the young men to eat;
and the wine, that such as are
faint in the wilderness ftiay 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
will the house of Israel restore me
the kingdom of my father. 4 Then
said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine
is all that pertaineth unto Mephib-
osheth. And Ziba said, I do obei-
sance; let me find favor in thy
sight, my lord, O king.
5 And when king David came to
Bahurim, behold, there came out
thence a man of the family of the
house of Saul, whose name was
Shimei, the son of Gera; he came
out, and cursed still as he came. 6
And he cast stones at David, and
< Or, skin
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David cursed by Shimei. Ahithophel's Counsel to Absalom H. SAMUEL 16.7 — 17.0
at all the servants of king David:
and all the people and all the
mighty men were on his right hand
and on his left. 7 And thus said
Shimei when he cursed. Begone,
begone, thou man of blood, and
base fellow: 8 Jehovah hath re-
turned upon thee all the blood of
the house of Saul, in whose stead
thou hast reigned; and Jehovah
hath delivered the kingdom into
the hand of Absalom thy son; and,
behold, thou art tahe7i 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.f^ 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 .^^ ^Because
he curseth, and because Jehovah
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.
Behold, my son, who came forth
from my bowels, seeketh my life:
how much more may this Ben-
jamite now do it? let him alone,
and let him curse; for Jehovah
hath bidden him. 12 It may be
that Jehovah will look on the wrong
done unto me, and that Jehovah
will requite me good for his cursing
of me this day. 13 So David and
his men went by the way; and
Shimei went along on the hillside
over against him, and cursed as he
went, and threw stones ^at him,
and cast dust. 14 And the king,
and all the people that were with
him, came ^ weary; and he 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 Hus-
]isd said unto Absalom, Long live
1 Or, When he curseth, and when b'c. Another reading
is, So lei him curse, because.
2 Heb. over against. ^ Or, to Ayephim
the king. Long live the king. 17
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is
this thy kindness to thy friend.^
why wentest thou not with thy
friend.'^ 18 And Hushai said unto
Absalom, Nay; but whom Jehovah,
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 Ahitho-
phel, Give your counsel what we
shall do. 21 And Ahithophel said
unto Absalom, Go in unto thy
father's concubines, that he hath
left to keep the house; and all
Israel will hear that thou art ab-
horred of thy father: then will the
hands of all that are with thee be
strong. 22 So they spread Absa-
lom a tent upon the top of the
house; and Absalom went in unto
his father's concubines in the sight
of all Israel. 23 And the counsel
of Ahithophel, which he gave in
those days, was as if a man in-
quired at the ^oracle of God: so
was all the counsel of Ahithophel
both with David and with Absalom.
Irj Moreover Ahithophel said
/ unto Absalom, Let me now
choose out twelve thousand 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
sm_ite the king only; 3 and I will
bring back all the people unto thee:
the man w^hom thou seekest is as if
all returned: so all the people shall
be in peace. 4 And the saying
pleased Absalom well, and all the
elders of Israel.
5 Then said Absalom, Call now
Hushai the Archite also, and let
us hear likewise what he saith. 6
And when Hushai was come to
Absalom, Absalom spake unto him,
* Heb. word.
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II. SAMUEL 17.7 — ^17. 23 Hushal's counsel to Absalom adopted. David urged to cross Jordan
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 are
mighty men, and they are ^chafed
in their minds, as a bear robbed of
her whelps in the field; and thy
father is a man of war, and will not
lodge with the people. 9 Behold,
he is hid now in some pit, or in
some other place: and it will come to
pass, Vhen some of them are fallen
at the first, that whosoever heareth
it will say, There is a slaughter
among the people that follow Absa-
lom. 10 And even he that is
valiant, whose heart is as the heart
of a lion, will utterly melt; for all
Israel knoweth that thy father is a
mighty man, and they that are with
him are valiant men. 11 But T
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 ^that
thou go to battle in thine own per-
son. 12 So shall we come upon
him in some place where he shall
be found, and we will light upon
him as the dew falleth on the
ground; and of him and of all the
men that are with him we will not
leave so much as one. 13 More-
over, if he ^be gotten into a city,
then shall all Israel bring ropes to
that city, and we will draw it into
the river, until there be not one
small stone found there. 14 And
Absalom and all the men of Israel
said, ^ The counsel of Hushai the
Archite is better than the counsel
of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had
ordained to defeat the good coun-
sel of Ahithophel, to the intent
that Jehovah might bring evil upon
Absalom.
15 Then said Hushai unto Za-
dok and to Abiathar the priests.
1 Heb. hitter of soul. 2 Qr, when he falleth upon them
3 Or, that thy presence (Heb. face) go to the battle
4 Or, withdraw himself
Thus and thus did Ahithophel coun-
sel Absalom and the elders of Israel ;
and thus and thus have I counselled.
16 Now therefore send quickly, and
tell David, saying, Lodge not this
night ^at the fords of the wilderness,
but by all means pass over; lest the
king be swallowed up, and all the
people that are with him. 17 ^Now
Jonathan and Ahimaaz were stay-
ing 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 Absalom: and they
went both of them away quickly,
and came to the house of a man in
Bahurim, who had a well in his
court; and they went down thither.
19 And the woman took and spread
the covering over the well's mouth,
and strewed bruised grain thereon;
and nothing was known. 20 And
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 are 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 thus
hath Ahithophel counselled against
you. 22 Then David arose, and all
the people that were with him, and
they passed over the Jordan: by
the morning light there lacked not
one of them that was not gone over
the Jordan. 23 And when Ahitho-
phel 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.
5 Another reading is, in the plains.
6 Or, Now Jonathan and A himaaz are staying by Enrogel;
so let the maid-servant go and tell them, . and let them go
and tell king David; for they may not be seen to come into
the city
3G4
Absalom follows David. David's Army defeats Absalom's H. SAMUEL 17.24 18.13
24 Then David came to Maha-
naim. And Absalom passed over
the 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 ^Ithra the
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
Israelite, that went in to ^Abigal | the people heard when the king
the daughter of Nahash, sister to I gave all the captains charge con-
Zeruiah, Joab's mother. 26 And | cerning Absalom.
Israel and Absalom encamped 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 Am-
mon, and Machir the son of Am-
miel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the
Gileadite of Rogelim, 28 brought
beds, and basins, and earthen ves-
sels, and wheat, and barley, and
meal, and parched grain, and beans,
and lentils, and parched pulse, 29
and honey, and butter, and sheep,
and cheese of the herd, for David,
and for the people that were with
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 de-
voured more people that day than
the sword devoured.
9 And Absalom chanced to meet
the servants of David. And Absa-
lom was riding upon his mule, and
the mule went under the thick
18
him, to eat: for they said, The boughs of a great ^oak, and his
people are hungry, and weary, and head caught hold of the oak, and
thirsty, in the wilderness. he was taken up between heaven
And David numbered the and 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 sawest it, and
why didst thou not smite him there
to the ground .f^ and I would have
given thee ten pieces of silver, and
a girdle. 12 And the man said
unto Joab, Though I should receive
a thousand pieces of silver in my
hand, yet would I not put forth my
hand against the king's son: for
in our hearing the king charged
thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying,
^Beware that none touch the young
man Absalom. 13 Otherwise if I
had dealt falsely against %is life
(and there is no matter hid from
the king), then thou thyself would-
est have set thyself against me.
people that were with him,
and set captains of thousands 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 my-
self 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: but Hhou art worth
ten thousand of us; therefore now
it is better that thou be ready to
succor us out of the city. 4 And
the king said unto them. What
seemeth you best I will do. And
' In 1 Chr. 2. 17, Jether the Ishmaelile.
2 In 1 Chr. 2. 16, 17, Abigail.
3 So Vulg. and some editions of Sept. The Hebrew
text has, for now are there ten thousand such as we.
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* Or, terebinth ^ Heb. Have a care, whosoever ye be, of b'c.
8 Another reading is. my.
II. SAMUEL 18.14 18.33 Absalom slain. Messengers sent to David reporting Absalom's Death
14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry
thus with thee. And he took three
Marts 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 armor compassed about
and smote Absalom, and slew him.
16 And Joab blew the trumpet,
and the people returned from pur-
suing after Israel; for Joab ^held
back the people. 17 And they
took Absalom, and 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 lifetime 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 remem-
brance: 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
Jehovah hath ^avenged him of his
enemies. 20 And Joab said imto
him. Thou shalt not be the bearer
of tidings this day, but thou shalt
bear tidings another day; but this
day thou shalt bear no tidings, be-
cause the king's son is dead. 21
Then said Joab to the Cushite, 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 *wilt have no reward
for the tidings? 23 But come what
may, said he, I will run. And he
said unto him, Run. Then Ahim-
aaz ran by the way of the Plain,
and outran the Cushite.
24 Now David was sitting be-
tween the two gates : and the watch-
man 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
watchman 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,
I think the running of the foremost
is like the rimning 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, ^All is well. And
he bowed himself before the king
with his face to the earth, and said.
Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who
hath delivered up the men that
lifted up their hand against my
lord the king. 29 And the king
said, ^Is it well with the young
man Absalom? And Ahimaaz an-
swered. When Joab sent the king's
servant, ^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 Jehovah 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
And 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,
niy son Absalom! would I had
died for thee, O Absalom, my son,
mv son!
1 Heb. staves. ' Heb. judged him from the hand b'c. s Heb. Peace.
2 Or, spared * Or, hast no sufficient tidings n Heb. Is there peace with &c ?
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7 Or. and
*Ch. 19.1 in Heb.
David's Lamentation. Joab reproves him for it. David brought back IL SAMUEL 19.1 19.20
tie. Now therefore why speak ye
not a word of bringing the king
back.'^
11 And king David sent to Za-
dok and to Abiathar the priests,
saying, Speak unto the elders of
Judah, saying, Why are ye the
last to bring the king 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 the
Jordan. And Judah came to Gil-
gal, to go to meet the king, to
bring the king over the Jordan.
16 And Shimei the son of Gera,
the Benjamite, who was of Bahu-
rim, hasted and came down with
the men of Judah to meet king
David. 17 And there were a thou-
sand men of Benjamin with him,
and Ziba the servant of the house
of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his
twenty servants with him; and
they went through the Jordan in
the presence of the king. 18 And
there went over ^a 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
^was come over the Jordan. 19
And he said unto the king. Let
not my lord impute iniquity unto
me, neither do thou remember that
which thy servant did perversely
the day that my lord the king went
out of Jerusalem, that the king
should take it to his heart. 20 For
thy servant doth know that I have
i Q And it was told Joab, Be-
1 i^ hold, the king weepeth and
mourneth for Absalom. 2 And the
Victory that day was turned into
mourning unto all the people; for
the people heard say that day.
The king grieveth for his son. 3
And the people gat them by stealth
that day into the city, as people
that are ashamed steal away when
they flee in battle. 4 And the king
covered his face, and the king
cried with a loud voice, O my son
Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my
son! 5 And Joab came into the
house to the king, and said. Thou
hast shamed this da}^ the faces of
all thy servants, who this day have
saved thy life, and the lives of thy
sons and of thy daughters, and the
lives of thy wives, and the lives of
thy concubines; 6 in that thou
lovest them that hate thee, and
hatest them that love thee. For
thou hast declared this day, that
princes and servants are nought
unto thee: for this day I perceive,
that if Absalom had lived, and all
we had died this day, then it had
pleased thee well. 7 Now there-
fore arise, go forth, and speak com-
fortably unto thy servants; for I
swear by Jehovah, if thou go not
forth, there will not tarry a man
with thee this night: and that will
be worse unto thee than all the evil
that hath befallen thee from thy
youth until now. 8 Then the king
arose, and sat in the gate. And
they told unto all the people, say-
ing. Behold, the king is sitting in
the gate: and all the people came
before the king.
Now Israel had fled every man
to his tent. 9 And all the people
were at strife throughout all the
tribes of Israel, saying, The king
delivered us out of the hand of our
enemies, and he saved us out of
the hand of the Philistines; and
now he is fled out of the land from
Absalom. 10 And Absalom, whom
we anointed over us, is dead in bat-
1 Heb. salvation.
- Or, the convoy
3 Or, would go over
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II. SAMUEL 19.21 — 19.41 Shlmei's Confession. David's Interview with Mephibosheth
sinned: therefore, behold, I am
come this day the first of all the
house of Joseph to go down to meet
my lord the king.
21 But Abishai the son of Zeru-
iah answered and said. Shall not
Shimei be put to death for this,
because he cursed Jehovah's an-
ointed? 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 the king said unto Shimei,
Thou shall 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, %hen he was
come to Jerusalem to meet the
king, that the king said unto him,
Wherefore wentest not thou with
me, Mephibosheth? 26 And he
answered, My lord, O king, my
servant deceived me: for thy ser-
vant said, I will saddle me an ass,
that I may ride thereon, and go
^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 ^an angel
of God : do therefore what is good in
thine eyes. 28 For all my father's
house were but ^dead men before
my lord the king; yet didst thou
set thy servant among them that
did eat at thine own table. What
right therefore have I yet that I
should cry any more unto the king?
29 And the king said unto him.
Why speakest thou any more of
thy matters? I say. Thou and
Ziba divide the land. 30 And Mephi-
bosheth said unto the king. Yea,
let him take all, forasmuch as my
1 Or, when Jerusalem was come ' Or, the
2 Another reading is, lo. 4 Heb. men of death.
lord the king is come in peace unto
his own house.
31 And Barzillai the Gileadite
came down from Rogelim; and he
went over the Jordan with the
king, to conduct him over the
Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a
very aged man, even fourscore years
old: and he had provided the king
with 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
Jerusalem. 34 And Barzillai said
unto the king. How many are the
days of the years of my life, that I
should go up with the king unto
Jerusalem? 35 I am this day four-
score years old: can I discern be-
tween good and bad? can thy ser-
vant 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 the 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
him that which shall seem good
unto thee: and whatsoever thou
shall ^require of me, that will I
do for thee. 39 And all the people
went over the Jordan, and the
king went over: and the king kissed
Barzillai, and blessed him; and he
returned unto his own place.
40 So the king went over to Gil-
gal, and Chimham went over with
him: and all the people of Judah
brought the king over, and also
half the people of Israel. 41 And,
* Heb. choose to lay' upon.
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Jealousy between Israel and Judah. Joab murders Amasa
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 house-
hold, over the Jordan, and all
David's men with him? 42 And
all the men of Judah answered the
men of Israel, Because the king is
near of kin to us: wherefore then
are ye angry for this matter? have
we eaten at all at the king's cost?
or hath he given us any gift? 43
And the men of Israel answered
the men of Judah, and said, We
have ten parts in the king, and we
have also more right in David than
ye: why then did ye despise us,
^that our advice should not be first
had in bringing back our king?
And the words of the men of Judah
were fiercer than the words of the
men of Israel.
^C\ And there happened to be
^\J there a base fellow, whose
name was Sheba, the son of Bichri,
a Benjamite: and he blew the trum-
pet, and said. We have no portion
in David, neither have we inheri-
tance in the son of Jesse: every man
to his tents, O Israel. 2 So all the
men of Israel went up from follow-
ing David, and followed Sheba the
son of Bichri; but the men of Judah
clave unto their king, from the
Jordan even to Jerusalem.
3 And David came to his house
at Jerusalem; and the king took
the ten women his concubines, whom
he had left to keep the house, and
put them in ward, and provided
them with sustenance, but went
not in unto them. So they were
shut up unto the day of their
death, living in widowhood.
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 together;
but he tarried longer than the set
time which he had appointed him.
1 Or, and were we not the first to speak of bringing back
our king? 2 Heb. in widowhood of life.
11. SAMUEL 19.42—20.15
6 And David said to Abishai,
Now will Sheba the son of Bichri
do us more harm than did Absalom:
take thou thy lord's servants, and
pursue after him, lest he get him
fortified cities, arid escape out of
our sight. 7 And there went out
after him Joab's men, and the
Cherethites and the Pelethites, and
all the mighty men; and they went
out of Jerusalem, to pursue after
Sheba the son of Bichri. 8 When
they were at the great stone which
is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet
them. And Joab was girded with
his apparel of war that he had put
on, and thereon was a girdle with a
sword fastened upon his loins in
the sheath thereof; and as he went
forth it fell out. 9 And Joab said
to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my
brother? And Joab took Amasa
by the beard with his right hand
to kiss him. 10 But Amasa took
no heed to the sword that was in
Joab's hand: so he smote him
therewith in the body, and shed
out his bowels to the ground, and
struck him not again; 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 favoreth Joab, and
he that is for David, let him follow
Joab. 12 And Amasa lay wallow-
ing in his blood in the midst of
the highway. And when the man
saw that all the people stood still,
he carried Amasa out of the high-
way into the field, and cast a gar-
ment over him, when he saw that
every one that came by him stood
still ."^ 13 When he was removed
out of the highway, all the people
went on after Joab, to pursue
after Sheba the son of Bichri.
14 And he went through all the
tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to
Beth-maacah, and all the Berites:
and they were gathered together,
and went also after him. 15 And
they came and besieged him in
Abel of Beth-maacah, and they
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II. SAMUEL 20.16 — 21.9 Sheba besieged and slain. The Gibeonites avenged on Saul
cast up a mound against the city,
and it stood against the rampart;
and all the people that were with
Joab Mattered 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 woman said, Art
thou Joab? And he answered, I
am. Then she said unto him. Hear
the words of thy handmaid. And
he answered, I do hear. 18 Then
she spake, saying. They were wont
to speak in old time, saying, They
shall surely ask counsel at Abel:
and so they ended the matter. 19
I am of them that are peaceable
and faithful in Israel: thou seek-
est to destroy a city and a mother
in Israel: why wilt thou swallow
up the inheritance of Jehovah?
20 And Joab answered and said,
Far be it, far be it from me, that
I should swallow up or destroy.
21 The matter is not so: but a man
of the hill-country of Ephraim,
Sheba the son of Bichri by name,
hath lifted up his hand against the
king, even against David; deliver
him only, and I will depart from
the city. And the woman said unto
Joab, Behold, his head shall be
thrown to thee over the wall. 22
Then the woman went unto all the
people in her wisdom. And they
cut .off the head of Sheba the son
of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab.
And he blew the trumpet, and
they were dispersed from the city,
every man to his tent. And Joab
returned to Jerusalem unto the
king.
23 Now Joab was over all the
host of Israel; and Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada was over the ^Chereth-
ites and over the Pelethites; 24 and
Adoram was over the men subject
to taskwork; and Jehoshaphat the
son of Ahilud was the ^recorder;
25 and Sheva was "^scribe; and Zadok
1 Or, undermined
2 Another reading is, Carites. See 2 K. 11. 4.
3 Or, chronicler * Or, secretary
and Abiathar were priests; 26 and
also Ira the Jairite was ^chief min-
ister unto David.
O "1 And there was a famine
^^ i- in the days of David three
years, year after year; and David
sought the face of Jehovah. And
j Jehovah said. It is for Saul, and
I 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 Amo-
rites; and the children of Israel
I had sworn unto them: and Saul
I sought to slay them in his zeal for
I the children of Israel and Judah);
; 3 and David said unto the Gibeon-
ites, What shall I do for you? and
wherewith shall I make atonement,
that ye may bless the inheritance
of Jehovah? 4 And the Gibeonites
said unto him. It is no matter of
silver or gold between us and Saul,
or his house; ^neither is it for us
to put any man to death in Israel.
And he said, What ye shall say,
that will I do for you. 5 And they
said unto the king. The man that
consumed us, and that devised
against us, '^that we should be de-
stroyed from remaining in any of
the borders of Israel, 6 let seven
men of his sons be delivered unto
us, and we will haug them up unto
Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the
chosen of Jehovah. And the king
said, I will give them.
7 But the king spared Mephibo-
sheth, the son of Jonathan the son
of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath
that was between them, between
David and Jonathan the son of
Saul. 8 But the king took the two
sons of Rizpah the daughter of
Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul,
Armoni and Mephibosheth; and
the five sons of ^Michal the daughter
of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel
the son of Barzillai the Meholathite :
9 and he delivered them into the
5 Or, priest See 1 Chr. 18. 17. » In 1 S. 18. 19, Merab.
6 Or, neither for us shalt thou put any man to death in
Israel ' Or, so that we Iiave been destroyed
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The Bones of Saul and Jonathan brought to Zela
II. SAMUEL 21.10—22.6
hands of the Gibeonites, and they
hanged them in the mountain before
Jehovah, and they fell all seven
together. And they were put to
death in the days of harvest, in
the first days, at the beginning of
barley harvest.
10 And Rizpah the daughter of
Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it
for her upon the rock, from the be-
ginning of harvest until water was
poured upon them from heaven;
and she suffered neither the birds
of the heavens to rest on them by
day, nor the beasts of the field by
night. 11 And it was told David
what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah,
the 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, who had stolen them
from the ^street of Beth-shan, where
the Philistines had hanged them,
in thie day that the Philistines
slew Saul in Gilboa; 13 and he
brought up from thence the bones
of Saul and the bones of Jonathan
his son: and they gathered the
bones of them that were hanged.
14 And they buried the bones of
Saul and Jonathan his son in the
country of Benjamin in Zela, in
the sepulchre of Kish his father:
and they performed all that the
king commanded. And after that
God was entreated for the land.
15 And the Philistines had war
again with Israel; and David went
down, and his servants with him,
and fought against the Philistines.
And David waxed faint; 16 and
Ishbi-benob, who was of the sons
of the ^giant, the weight of whose
spear was three hundred shekels of
brass in weight, he being girded
with ^a new sivord, thought to
have slain David. 17 But Abishai
the son of Zeruiah succored him,
and smote the Philistine, and killed
him. Then the men of David sware
unto him, saying. Thou shall go
no more out with us to battle, that
Or. broad place 2 Heb. Raphah. « Or, ^^^^"armor
thou quench not the lamp of Israel.
18 And it came to pass after
this, that there was again war
with the Philistines at ^Gob: then
Sibbecai the Hushathite slew ^Saph,
who was of the sons of the
^giant. 19 And there was again
war with the Philistines at Gob;
and Elhanan the son of Jaare-
oregim the Beth-lehemite slew ^Go-
liath 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 ^giant.
21 And when he Mefied Israel,
Jonathan the son of ^Shimei, Da-
vid's brother, slew him. 22 These
four were born to the ^giant in
Gath; and they fell by the hand
of David, and by the hand of his
servants.
C%C% And David spake unto
Ji^^ Jehovah the words of this
song in the day that Jehovah deliv-
ered him out of the hand of all his
enemies, and out of the hand of
Saul: 2 and he said,
Jehovah is my rock, and my
fortress, and my deliverer,
even mine;
3 God, my rock, in him will I take
refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my
salvation, my high tower, and
my refuge;
My saviour, thou savest me
from violence.
4 I will call upon Jehovah, who
is worthy to be praised:
So shall I be saved from mine
enemies.
5 For the waves of death com-
passed me;
The floods of ^ungodliness made
me afraid :
6 The cords of Sheol were round
about me;
« In 1 Chr. 20. 4, Gezer. ' s in 1 Chr. 20. 4, Sippai.
« In 1 Chr. 20. 5, the brother of Goliath. ^ Or, reproached
8 In 1 Sam. 16, 9, Shammah. In 1 Chr. 2. 13; 20. 7,
Shimea. * Heb. Belial.
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II. SAMUEL 22.7—22.32
David's Psalm of Praise
The snares of death came upon
me.
7 In my distress I called upon
Jehovah ;
Yea, I called unto my God:
And he heard my voice out of
his temple,
And my cry came into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trem-
bled.
The foundations of heaven
quaked
And were shaken, because he
was wroth.
9 There went up a smoke ^out of
his nostrils,
And fire out of his mouth de-
voured :
Coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and
came down;
And thick darkness was under
his feet.
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and
did fly;
Yea, he was seen upon the wings
of the wind.
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 Jehovah thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered his
voice.
15 And he sent out arrows, and
scattered them;
Lightning, and discomfited them.
16 Then the channels of the sea
appeared.
The foundations of the world
were laid bare.
By the rebuke of Jehovah,
At the blast of the breath of
his nostrils.
17 He sent from on high, he took
me;
He drew me out of ^many waters;
18 He delivered me from my strong
enemy.
From them that hated me; for
they were too mighty for me.
1 Or, in his wrath
2 Or, great
19 They came upon me in the day
of my calamity;
But Jehovah was my stay.
20 He brought me forth also into
a large place;
He delivered me, because he
delighted in me.
21 Jehovah rewarded me accord-
ing to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of
my hands hath he recom-
pensed me.
22 For I have kept the ways of
Jehovah,
And have not wickedly de-
parted from my God.
23 For all his ordinances were be-
fore 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 Jehovah rec-
ompensed me according to
my righteousness.
According to my cleanness in
his eyesight.
26 With the merciful thou wilt
show thyself merciful;
With the perfect man thou wilt
show thyself perfect;
27 With the pure thou wilt show
thyself pure;
And with the perverse thou
wilt show thyself Broward.
28 And the afliicted people thou
wilt save;
But thine eyes are upon the
haughty, ^that thou may est
bring them down.
29 For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah ;
And Jehovah will lighten my
darkness.
30 For by thee I run ^upon a troop;
By my God do I leap over a wall.
31 As for God, his way is perfect:
The word of Jehovah is tried;
He is a shield unto all them that
take refuge in him.
32 For who is God, save Jehovah.'^
And who is a rock, save our God.''
' So Ps. 18. 26. The text has, unsavory.
* Or, whom thou wilt bring down * Or, through
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33 God is my strong fortress;
And he ^guideth the perfect in
his way.
34 He maketh ^his feet Kke hinds'
feeU
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
under me;
And my "^Feet have not slipped.
38 I have pursued mine enemies,
and destroyed them;
Neither did I turn again till they
were consumed.
39 And I have consumed them,
and smitten them through, so
that they cannot arise:
Yea, they are fallen under my
feet.
40 For thou hast girded me with
strength unto the battle;
Thou hast ^subdued under me
those that rose up against
me.
41 Thou hast also made mine ene-
mies turn their backs unto me.
That I might cut off them that
hate me.
42 They looked, but there was none
to save;
Even unto Jehovah, but he an-
swered them not.
43 Then did I beat them small as
the dust of the earth,
I did crush them as the mire
of the streets, and did spread
them abroad.
44 Thou also hast delivered me
from the strivings of my peo-
ple;
Thou %ast kept me to be the
head of the nations:
A people whom I have not
known shall serve me.
* Or, setteth free According to another reading,
guidelh my way in perfeclness. * Heb. ankles.
2 Another reading is, my. * Heb. caused to bow.
' Or, condescension 8 Or, will keep
n. SAMUEL 22.33—23.3
45 The foreigners shall 'submit
themselves unto me:
As soon as they hear of me,
they shall obey me.
46 The foreigners shall fade away.
And shall ^come trembling out
of their close places.
47 Jehovah liveth; and blessed be
my rock;
And exalted be God, the rock
of my salvation,
48 Even the God that executeth
vengeance for me.
And that bringeth down peo-
ples under me,
49 And that bringeth me forth
from mine enemies:
Yea, thou liftest me up above
them that rise up against me;
Thou deliverest me from the
violent man.
50 Therefore I will give thanks
unto thee, O Jehovah, among
the nations.
And will sing praises unto thy
name.
51 ^Great ^^deliverance giveth he
to his king.
And showeth lovingkindness to
his anointed.
To David and to his seed, for
evermore.
OQ Now these are the last
^O words of David.
David the son of Jesse saith.
And the man who was raised on
high saith.
The anointed of the God of
Jacob,
And ^^the sweet psalmist of Israel :
2 The Spirit of Jehovah spake ^^by
me.
And his word was upon my
tongue.
3 The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spake to me:
^^One that ruleth over men ^^right-
eously.
That ruleth in the fear of God,
^ Or, yield feigned obedience Heb. lie.
8 So Ps. 18. 45. The text has, gird themselves.
9 Another reading is. He is a tower of deliverance.
1" Heb: salvations.
11 Heb. pleasant in the psalms of Israel. i^ Or, in
13 Or, There shall be one . . . and it shall be as b'c.
1^ Heb. a righteous one.
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II. SAMUEL 23.4—23.22
4 He shall he as the light of the
morning, when the sun riseth,
A morning without clouds,
When the tender grass springeth
out of the earth.
Through clear shining after rain.
5 ^Verily my house is not so with
God;
Yet he hath made with me an
everlasting covenant,
Ordered in all things, and sure:
For it is all my salvation, and all
my desire.
Although he maketh it not to grow,
6 But ^the ungodly shall be all of
them as thorns to be thrust
away,
Because they cannot be taken
with the hand;
7 But the man that toucheth them
Must be ^armed with iron and
the staff of a spear:
And they shall be utterly burned
with fire in their place.
8 These are the names of the
mighty men whom David had:
^Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemo-
nite, chief of the captains; the
same was Adino the Eznite, against
eight hundred slain at one time.
9 And after him was Eleazar the
son of Dodai the son of an Aho-
hite, one of the three mighty men
with David, when they defied the
Philistines that were there gathered
together to battle, and the men of
Israel %ere gone away. 10 He
arose, and smote the Philistines
until his hand was weary, and his
hand clave unto the sword; and
Jehovah wrought a great Victory
that day; and the people returned
after him only to take spoil.
11 And after him was Shammah
the son of Agee a Hararite. And
the Philistines were gathered to-
gether ^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
1 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?
2 Heb. Belial, that is, worthlessness. ^ Heb. filled.
* In 1 Chr. 11. 11, Jashobeam. The Hebrew of this
verse is obscure. 5 j^gb^ ^g„^ „p_
6 Heb, salvation. ^ Or, for foraging
David's Mighty Men and their Exploits
the plot, and defended it, and slew
the Philistines; and Jehovah wrought
a great ^victory.
13 And three of the thirty chief
men went down, and came to David
in the harvest time unto the cave
of Adullam; and the troop of the
Philistines was encamped in the
valley of Rephaim. 14 And David
was then in the stronghold; and
the garrison of the Philistines was
then in Beth-lehem. 15 And Da-
vid longed, and said, Oh that one
would give me "water to drink of
the well of Beth-lehem, which is
by the gate! 16 And the three
mighty men brake through the
host of the Philistines, and drew
water out of the well of Beth-lehem,
that was by the gate, and took it,
and brought it to David: but he
would not drink thereof, but poured
it out unto Jehovah. 17 And he
said. Be it far from me, O Jehovah,
that I should do this: shall I drink
the blood of the men that went ^in
jeopardy of their lives? therefore
he would not drink it. These things
did the three mighty men.
18 And Abishai, the brother of
Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief
of the three. And he lifted up his
spear against three hundred ^^and
slew them, and had a name among
the three. 19 Was he not most
honorable of the three .^^ therefore
he was made their captain : howbeit
he attained not unto the first three.
20 And Benaiah the son of Je-
hoiada, 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 ow^n spear. 22 These things
did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
8 Heb. salvation. » Heb. with their lives. >° Heb. slain.
" According to another reading, Ish-hai.
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David's Mighty Men. The People numbered
II. SAMUEL 23.23—24.13
and had a name among the three
mighty men. 23 He was more
honorable than the thirty, but he
attained not to the first three. And
David set him over his ^guard.
24 Asahel tl^ie brother of Joab
was one of the thirty; Elhanan the
son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 25
Shammah the Harodite, Ehka the
Harodite, 26 Helez the Paltite,
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Teko-
ite, 27 Abiezer the Anathothite,
Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28 Zal-
mon the Ahohite, Maharai the Ne-
lophathite, 29 Heleb the son of
Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the
son of Ribai of Gibeah 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 Jashen, Jonathan, 33 Sham-
mah the Hararite, Ahiam the son
of Sharar the Ararite, 34 Eliphelet
the son of Ahasbai, the son of the
Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahi-
thophel the Gilonite, 35 ^Hezro the
Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 36
Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah,
Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the
Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite,
^armorbearers to Joab the son of
Zeruiah, 38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb
the Ithrite, 39 Uriah the Hittite:
thirty and seven in all.
C% A And again the anger of
^"T Jehovah 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,
who was with him. Go now to and
fro through all the tribes of Israel,
from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and
number ye the people, that I may
know the sum of the people. 3 And
Joab said unto the king. Now Je-
hovah thy God add unto the peo-
ple, how many soever they may be,
a hundredfold; and may the eyes
of my lord the king see it: but why
1 Or, council 2 Or, Hezrai
» Another reading is, armorbearer.
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 number the people
of Israel. 5 And they passed over
the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer,
on the right side of the city that is
in the middle of the valley ^of Gad,
and unto Jazer: 6 then they came to
Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-
hodshi; and they came to Dan-
jaan, and round about to Sidon,
7 and came to the stronghold of
Tyre, and to all the cities of the
Hivites, and of the Canaanites;
and they went out to the south of
Judah, at Beer-sheba. 8 So when
they had gone to and fro through
all the land, they came to Jerusa-
lem at the end of nine months and
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 thou-
sand valiant men that drew the
sword; and the men of Judah were
^ve hundred thousand men.
10 And David's heart smote him
after that he had numbered the
people. And David said unto Je-
hovah, I have sinned greatly in
that which I have done: but now,
O Jehovah, put away, I beseech
thee, the iniquity of thy servant;
for I have done very foolishly.
11 And when David rose up in the
morning, the word of Jehovah came
unto the prophet Gad, David's
seer, saying, 12 Go and speak
unto David, Thus saith Jehovah, I
^offer thee three things: choose
thee one of them, that I may do it
unto thee. 13 So Gad came to
David, and told him, and said unto
him. Shall seven years of famine
come unto thee in thy land.? or wilt
thou flee three months before thy
foes while they pursue thee.? or
shall there be three days' pestilence
in thy land.? now advise thee, and
* Or, toward
Or, lay upon
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II. SAMUEL 24.14 24.25 a Pestilence sent. David builds an Altar
consider what answer I shall re-
turn to him that sent me. 14 And
David said unto Gad, I am in a
great strait: let us fall now into the
hand of Jehovah; for his mercies
are ^great; and let me not fall into
the hand of man.
15 So Jehovah sent a pestilence
upon Israel from the morning even
to the time appointed; and there
died of the people from Dan even
to Beer-shebaSseventy thousand men.
16 And when the angel stretched
out his hand toward Jerusalem to
destroy it, Jehovah repented him
of the evil, and said to the angel
that destroyed the people. It is
enough; now stay thy hand. And
the angel of Jehovah was by the
threshing-floor of ^Araunah the Je-
busite. 17 And David spake unto
Jehovah when he saw the angel
that smote the people, and said, Lo,
I have sinned, and I have done
perversely; but these sheep, what
have they done.? let thy hand, I
pray thee, be against me, and against
my father's house.
18 And Gad came that day to
David, and said unto him, Go up,
rear an altar unto Jehovah in the
threshing-floor of Araunah the Je-
busite. 19 And David went up
according to the saying of Gad,
as Jehovah commanded. 20 And
1 Or, many 2 Or, Ornah In 1 Chr. 21. 15, Oman.
Araunah looked forth, and saw the
king and his servants ^coming on
toward him: and Araunah went
out, and bowed himself before the
king with his face to the ground.
21 And Araunah ^said, Wherefore
is my lord the king come to his
servant .f* And David said. To buy
the threshing-floor of thee, to build
an altar unto Jehovah, that the
plague may be stayed from the
people. 22 And Araunah said unto
David, Let my lord the king take
and offer up what seemeth good
unto him: behold, the oxen for
the burnt-offering, and the thresh-
ing instruments and the yokes of
the oxen for the wood: 23 ^all this,
O king, doth Araunah give unto the
king. And Araunah said unto the
king, Jehovah thy God accept thee.
24 And the king said unto Araunah,
Nay; but I will verily buy it of
thee at a price; neither will I offer
burnt-offerings unto Jehovah my
God which cost me nothing. So
David bought the threshing-floor
and the oxen for fifty shekels of
silver. 25 And David built there
an altar unto Jehovah, and offered
burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.
So Jehovah was entreated for the
land, and the plague was stayed
from Israel.
' Or, passing over
* Or, all this did Araunah the king give b'c.
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE
KINGS
David's Old Age
i Now king David was old and
l stricken in years; and they cov-
ered him with clothes, but he gat no
heat. 2 Wherefore 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 damsel throughout all the
borders of Israel, and found Abi-
shag the Shunammite, and brought
her to the king. 4 And the damsel
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Adonijah's attempted Usurpation. Bath-sheba's Remonstrance I. KINGS 1.5 — 1.27
was very fair; and she cherished the
king, and ministered to him; but
the king knew her not.
5 Then Adonijah the son of
Haggith exalted himself, saying,
I will be king: and he prepared
him chariots and horsemen, and
fifty men to run before him. 6
And his father had not displeased
him ^at any time in saying, Why
hast thou done so.^ and he was also
a very goodly man; and he was
born after Absalom. 7 And he
conferred with Joab the son of
Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the
priest: and they following Adonijah
helped him. 8 But Zadok the priest,
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and
Nathan the prophet, and Shimei,
and Rei, and the mighty men that
belonged to David, were not with
Adonijah. 9 And Adonijah ^slew
sheep and oxen and fatlings by the
stone of Zoheleth, which is beside
En-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, say-
ing. Hast thou not heard that
Adonijah the son of Haggith doth
reign, and David our lord knoweth
-it not? 12 Now therefore come,
let me, I pray thee, give thee coun-
sel, that thou mayest save thine
own life, and the life of thy son
Solomon. 13 Go and get thee in
unto king David, and say unto
him. Didst not thou, my lord, O
king, swear unto thy 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 talkest 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 Abi-
1 Or, all his life 2 Qr, sacrificed
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shag the Shunammite was minis-
tering 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 Jehovah thy God unto
thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly
Solomon thy son shall reign after
me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
18 And now, behold, Adonijah
reigneth; ^and 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 Abia-
thar the priest, and Joab the captain
of the host; but Solomon thy servant
hath he not called. 20 And Hhou,
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 will
come to pass, when my lord the
king shall sleep with his fathers,
that I and my son Solomon shall
be counted ^offenders.
22 And, lo, while she yet talked
with the 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 him-
self 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, a:nd he shall sit upon my
throne? 25 For he is gone down
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 are eating and drinking be-
fore him, and say. Long live 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
' Another reading is, and now, my lord the king, thou b'c.
* Another reading is, now.
5 Heb. sinners.
I. KINGS 1.28 — 1.49 Solomon anointed King. Adonijah alarmed
by my lord the king, and thou hast
not showed unto thy ^servants who
should sit on the throne of my lord
the king after him?
28 Then king David answered
and said, Call to me Bath-sheba.
And she came into the king's pres-
ence, and stood before the king.
29 And the king sware, and said.
As Jehovah liveth, who hath re-
deemed my soul out of all adver-
sity, 30 verily as I sware unto
thee by Jehovah, the God of Is-
rael, saying. Assuredly Solomon 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 obei-
sance to the king, and said. Let
my lord king David live for ever.
32 And king David said. Call to
me Zadok the priest, and Nathan
the prophet, and Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada. And the^^ came be-
fore 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 down to Gihon: 34 and let
Zadok the priest and Nathan the
prophet anoint him there king over
Israel; and blow ye the trumpet,
and say. Long live 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 ^prince over Israel and over
Judah. 36 And Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada answered the king, and
said. Amen: Jehovah, the God of
my lord the king, say so too. 37 As
Jehovah hath been with my lord
the king, even so be he witli Solo-
mon, and make his throne greater
than the throne of my lord king
David.
38 So Zadok the priest, and
Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, and the Chere-
thites and the Pelethites, went
Another reading is, servant.
2 Or, leader
down, and caused Solomon to ride
upon king David's mule, and brought
him to Gihon. 39 And Zadok the
priest took the horn of oil out of
the Tent, and anointed Solomon.
And they blew the trumpet; and
all the people said. Long live king
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-
ing. And when Joab heard the
sound of the trumpet, he said.
Wherefore is this noise of the city
being in an uproar.^ 42 While he
yet spake, behold, Jonathan the
son of Abiathar the priest came:
and Adonijah said. Come in; for
thou art a worthy man, and bringest
good tidings. 43 And Jonathan
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,
and the Cherethites and the Pele-
thites; and they have caused him
to ride upon the king's mule; 45
and Zadok the priest and Nathan
the prophet have anointed him
king in Gihon; and they are come-
up from thence rejoicing, so that
the city rang again. This is the
noise that ye have heard. 46 And
also Solomon sitteth on the throne
of the kingdom. 47 And moreover
the king's servants came to bless
our lord king David, saying, ^Thy
God make the name of Solomon ,
better than thy name, and make
his throne greater than thy throne:
and the king bowed himself upon
the bed. 48 And also thus said
the king, Blessed be Jehovah, the
God of Israel, who hath given
one to sit on my throne this day,
mine eyes even seeing it.
49 And all the guests of Adoni-
3 Another reading omits Thy.
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Adbnijah spared. David's Charge to Solomon. His Death I. KINGS 1.50 2.18
jah 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 Solo-
mon ; for, lo, he hath laid hold on the
horns of the altar, saying, Let king
Solomon swear unto me ^first that
he will not slay his servant with the
sword. 52 And Solom^on said, If he
shall show himself a worthy man,
there shall not a hair of him fall to
the earth; but if wickedness be
found in him, he shall die. 53 So
king Solomon sent, and they brought
him down from the altar. And
he came and did obeisance to king
Solomon; and Solomon said unto
him, Go to thy house.
2 Now the days of David dfew
nigh that he should die; and he
charged Solomon his son, saying,
2 I am going the way of all the earth :
be thou strong therefore, and show
thyself a man; 3 and keep the
charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk
in his ways, to keep his statutes,
and his commandments, and his
ordinances, and his testimonies, ac-
cording to that which is written
in the law of Moses, that thou may est
^prosper in all that thou doest, and
whithersoever thou turnest thyself;
4 that Jehovah may establish his
word which he spake concerning me,
saying, If thy children take heed
to their way, to walk before me
in truth with all their heart and
with all their soul, there shall not
fail thee (said he) a man on the
throne of Israel. 5 Moreover thou
knowest also v/hat 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 ^shed
the blood of v/ar 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
1 Ileb. lO'day.
' Or, do wisely
3 Heb. sel.
therefore according to thy wisdom,
and let not his hoar head go down
to Sheol in peace. 7 But show
kindness unto the sons of Barzillai
the Gileadite, and let them be of
those that eat at thy table; for so
they came to me when I fled from
Absalom thy brother. 8 And, be-
hold, there is with thee Shimei the
son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Ba-
hurim, who cursed me with a griev-
ous curse in the day when I went to
Mahanaim; but he came down to
meet me at the Jordan, and I sware
to him by Jehovah, saying, I will
not put thee to death with the
sword. 9 Now therefore hold him
not guiltless, for thou art a wise
man; and thou wilt know what
thou oughtest to do unto him, and
thou shalt bring his hoar head down
to Sheol with blood.
10 And David slept with his
fathers, and was buried in 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 king-
dom was established greatly.
13 Then Adonijah the son of
Haggith came to Bath-sheba the
mother of Solomon. And she said,
Comest thou peaceably.? And he
said. Peaceably. 14 He said more-
over, I have somewhat to say unto
thee. And she said. Say on. 15
And he said, Thou knowest that
the kingdom was mine, and that
all Israel set their faces on me,
that I should reign: howbeit the
kingdom is turned about, and is be-
come my brother's; for it w^as his
from Jehovah. 16 And now I ask
one petition of thee; Meny 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,
* Heb. turn not away my face.
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I. KINGS 2.19 — 2.37 AdonUah Slaln. Abiathar deposed. Joab slain
Well; I will speak for thee unto
the king.
19 Bath-sheba therefore went unto
king Solomon, to speak unto him
for Adonijah. And the king rose
up to meet her, and bowed himself
unto her, and sat down on his throne,
and caused a throne to be set for
the king's mother; and she sat on
his right hand. 20 Then she said,
I ask one small petition of thee;
deny me not. And the king said
unto her. Ask on, my mother; for
I will not deny thee. 21 And she
said. Let Abishag the Shunammite
be given to Adonijah thy brother to
wife. 22 And king Solomon an-
swered and said unto his mother.
And why dost thou ask Abishag the
Shunammite for Adonijah.'^ ask for
him the kingdom also; for he is
mine elder brother; even for him,
and for Abiathar the priest, and for
Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23 Then
king Solomon sware by Jehovah,
saying, God do so to me, and more
also, if Adonijah hath not spoken
this word against his own life. 24
Now therefore as Jehovah liveth,
who hath established me, and set
me on the throne of David my
father, and who hath made me a
house, as he promised, surely Adoni-
jah shall be put to death this day.
25 And king Solomon sent by
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and
he fell upon him, so that he died.
26 And unto Abiathar the priest
said the king. Get thee to Ana-
thoth, unto thine own fields; for
thou art ^worthy of death: but I
will not at this time put thee to
death, because thou barest the ark
of the Lord Jehovah before David
my father, and because thou wast
afflicted in all wherein my father
was afflicted. 27 So Solomon thrust
out Abiathar from being priest
unto Jehovah, that he might fulfil
the word of Jehovah, which he spake
concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
28 And the tidings came to
Joab; for Joab had turned after
1 Heb. a man of.
Adonijah, though he turned not
after Absalom. And Joab fled unto
the Tent of Jehovah, and caught
hold on the horns of the altar. 29
And it was told king Solomon, Joab
is fled unto the Tent of Jehovah,
and, behold, he is by the altar.
Then Solomon sent Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, saying. Go, fall
upon him. 30 And Benaiah came
to the Tent of Jehovah, and said
unto him. Thus saith the king,
Come forth. And he said. Nay;
but I will die here. And Benaiah
brought the king word again, say-
ing. Thus said Joab, and thus he
answered me. 31 And the king
said unto him. Do as he hath said,
and fall upon him, and bury him;
that thou mayest take away the
blood, which Joab shed without
cause, from me and from my father's
house. 32 And Jehovah will return
his blood upon his own head, be-
cause 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 Jehovah. 34 Then Ben-
aiah 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 a house in Jerusalem,
and dwell there, and go not forth
thence any whither. 37 For on
the day thou goest out, and pass-
est over the brook Kidron, know
thou for certain that thou shalt
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Shimei breaks his Word and is slain. Solomon's Marriage
I. KINGS 2.38—3.12
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
days.
39 And it came to pass at the
end of three years, that two of the
servants of Shimei ran away unto
Achish, son of Maacah, king of
Gath. And they told Shimei, say-
ing, Behold, thy servants are in
Gath. 40 And Shimei arose, and
saddled his ass, and went to Gath
to Achish, to seek his servants;
and Shimei went, and brought his
servants from Gath. 41 And it
was told Solomon that Shimei had
gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and
was come again. 42 And the king
sent and called for Shimei, and
said unto him. Did I not adjure
thee by Jehovah, and protest
unto thee, 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
Jehovah, and the commandment
that I have charged thee with?
44 The king said moreover to
Shimei, Thou knowest all the wicked-
ness which thy heart is privy to,
that thou didst to David my father:
therefore Jehovah shall return thy
wickedness upon thine own head.
45 But king Solomon shall be blessed,
and the throne of David shall be
established before Jehovah for ever.
46 So the king commanded Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada; and he went
out, and fell upon him, so that he
died. And the kingdom was estab-
lished in the hand of Solomon.
3 And Solomon made affinity
with Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and took Pharaoh's daughter, and
brought her into the city of David,
until he had made an end of build-
ing his own house, and the house
of Jehovah, and the wall of Jeru-
salem round about. 2 Only the
people sacrificed in the high places,
because there was no house built
for the name of Jehovah until
those days. 3 And Solomon loved
Jehovah, walking in the statutes
of David his father: only he sacri-
ficed and burnt incense in the high
places.
4 And the king went to Gibeon
to sacrifice there; for that was
the great high place: a thousand
burnt-offerings did Solomon offer
upon that altar. 5 In Gibeon Je-
hovah appeared to Solomon in a
dream by night; and God said,
Ask what T shall give thee. 6 And
Solomon said. Thou hast showed
unto thy servant David my father
great lovingkindness, according as
he walked before thee in truth,
and in righteousness, and in up-
rightness of heart with thee; and
thou hast kept for him this great
lovingkindness, that thou hast given
him a son to sit on his throne, as
it is this day. 7 And now, O
Jehovah my God, thou hast made
thy servant king 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 servant is in
the midst of thy people which thou
hast chosen, a great people, that
cannot be numbered nor counted
for multitude. 9 Give thy servant
therefore an ^understanding heart
to judge thy people, that I may
discern between good and evil; for
who is able to judge this thy ^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
^long life, neither hast asked riches
for thyself, nor hast asked the life
of thine enemies, but hast asked for
thyself understanding to ^discern
justice; 12 behold, I have done
according to thy word: lo, I have
1 Heb. hearing.
3 Heb. many days.
2 Heb. heavy.
* Heb. hear.
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I. KINGS 3.13 — 4.10 Solomon's wise Judgment. His Officers
given thee a wise and an ^under-
standing heart; so that there hath
been none hke thee before thee,
neither after thee shall any arise
like unto thee. 13 And I have
also given thee that which thou
hast not asked, both riches and
honor, so that there ^shall not be
any among the kings like unto
thee, all thy days. 14 And if
thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep
my statutes and my command-
ments, 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 Jehovah,
and offered up burnt-offerings, and
offered peace-offerings, and made a
feast to all his servants.
16 Then there came two women
that were harlots, unto the king,
and stood before 'him. 17 And
the one woman said. Oh, my lord,
I and this woman dw^ell in one
house; and I was delivered of a
child with her in the house. 18
And it came to pass the third day
after I was delivered, that this
woman was delivered also; and
we were together; there was no
stranger with us in the house, save
we two in the house. 19 And this
woman's child died in the night,
because she lay upon it. 20 And
she arose at midnight, and took
my son from beside me, w^hile thy
handmaid slept, and laid it in her
bosom, and laid her dead child in
my bosom. 21 And when I rose
in the morning to give my child
suck, behold, it was dead; but
when I had looked at it in the
morning, behold, it was not my
son, whom I did bear. 22 And the
other woman said. Nay; but the
living is my son, and the dead is
thy son. And this said. No; but
the dead is thy son, and the living
is my son. Thus they spake before
the king.
23 Then said the king. The one
1 Heb. hearing 2 Or, hath not been
saith. This is my son that livetn,
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
before the king. 25 And the king
said. Divide the living child in
two, and give half to the one, and
half to the other. 26 Then spake
the woman whose the living child
was unto the king, for her heart
yearned over her son, and she said,
Oh, my lord, give her the living
child, and in no wise slay it. But
the other said, It shall be neither
mine nor thine; divide it. 27 Then
the king answered and said. Give
her the living child, and in no wise
slay it: she is the mother thereof.
28 And all Israel heard of the judg-
ment which the king had judged;
and they feared the king: for they
saw^ that the wisdom of God was in
him, to do justice.
4 And king Solomon was king
over all Israel. 2 And these
were the princes whom he had:
Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
3 ,Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons
of Shisha, ^scribes; Jehoshaphat the
son of Ahilud, the "^recorder; 4 and
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was
over the host; and Zadok and
Abiathar were priests; 5 and Aza-
riah the son of Nathan was over
the officers; and Zabud the son of
Nathan w^as ^chief minister, and the
king's friend; 6 and Ahishar w^as
over the household; and Adoniram
the son of Abda was over the men
subject to taskwork.
7 And Solomon had twelve offi-
cers over all Israel, w^ho provided
victuals for the king and his house-
hold: each man had to make pro-
vision for a month in the year.
8 And these are their names: Ben-
hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
9 Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in
Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and
Elon-beth-hanan; 10 Ben-hesed, in
3 Or, secretaries ^ Or, chronicler
» Or, priest See 2 S. 8. IS.
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Solomon's Power and Wealth. His Wisdom
Arubbotli (to liim pertained Socoli,
and all the land of Hepher) ; 1 1 Ben-
abinadab, in all ^the ^height of Dor
(he had Taphath the daughter of
Solomon to w^ife) ; 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 ^beyond Jokmeam; 13 Ben-geber,
in Ramoth-gilead (to him pertained
Hhe towns of Jair the son of Man-
asseh, which are in Gilead; even to
him pertained the region of Argob,
which is in Bashan, threescore great
cities with walls and brazen bars);
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in
Mahanaim; 15 Ahimaaz, in Naph-
tali (he also took Basemath the
daughter of Solomon to wife); 16
Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher
and ^Bealoth; 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 that was in the land.
20 Judah and Israel were many
as the sand which is by the sea in
multitude, eating and drinking and
making merry. *21 And Solomon
ruled over all the kingdoms from
the River unto the land of the
Philistines, and unto the border of
Egypt: they brought tribute, and
served Solomon all the days of his
life. 22 And Solomon's provision
for one day was thirty ^measures of
fine flour, and three score measures
of meal, 23 ten fat oxen, and twenty
oxen out of the pastures, and a
hundred sheep, besides harts, and
gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted
fowl. 24 For he had dominion over
all the region ^on this side the River,
from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over
all the kings ^on this side the
Hiver: and he had peace on all
sides round about him. 25 And
1 Or, Naphath-dor 2 Or, region ^ Or, over against
* Or, Havvoth-jair ^ Or, in A loth « Heb. and one officer.
7 Heb. cor. s Or, beyond the River
*Ch. 5.1 in Heb.
I. KINGS 4.11—5.3
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 ^forty thou-
sand stalls of horses for his chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen. 27
And those officers provided victuals
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
^^ where the officers were, every man
according to his charge.
29 And God gave Solomon wis-
dom and understanding exceeding
much, and largeness of heart, even
as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled
the wisdom of all the children of
the east, and all the wisdom of
Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than
all men; than Ethan the 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 ^ve. 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 birds,
and of creeping things, and of fishes.
34 And there came of all peoples
to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
from all kings of the earth, who
had heard of his wisdom.
*^ And Hiram king of Tyre
J sent his servants unto Solo-
mon; for he had heard that they
had anointed him king in the room
of his father: for Hiram was ever
a lover of David. 2 And Solomon
sent to Hiram, saying, 3 Thou
knowest how that David my father
could not build a house for the name
of Jehovah his God for the wars
which were about him on every
side, until Jehovah put them under
» In 2 Chr. 9. 25, four thousand.
10 Or, where he (that is, the king) was Or, where it
should be *Ch. 5.15 in Heb.
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I. KINGS 5.4 6.5 Solomon's League with King Hiram respecting the Building of the Temple
the soles of his feet. 4 But now
Jehovah my God hath given me
rest on every side; there' is neither
adversary, nor evil occurrence. 5
And, behold, I purpose to build a
house for the name of Jehovah my
God, as Jehovah spake unto David
my father, saying. Thy son, whom
I will set upon thy throne in thy
room, he shall build the house for
my name. 6 Now therefore com-
mand thou that they cut me cedar-
trees out of Lebanon; and my ser-
vants shall be with thy servants;
and I will give thee hire for thy
servants according to all that thou
shalt say: for thou knowest that
there is not among us any that
knoweth how to cut timber like
unto the Sidonians.
7 And it came to pass, when
Hiram heard the words of Solo-
mon, that he rejoiced greatly, and
said, Blessed be Jehovah this day,
who hath given unto David a wise
son over this great people. 8 And
Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I
have heard the message which thou
hast sent unto me: I will do all
thy desire concerning timber of
cedar, and concerning timber of ^fir.
9 My servants shall bring them down
from Lebanon unto the sea; and I
will make them into rafts to go by
sea unto the place that thou shalt
appoint me, and will cause them to
be broken up there, and thou shalt
^receive them; and thou shalt ac-
complish my desire, in giving food
for my household. 10 So ^Hiram gave
Solomon timber of cedar and timber
of fir according to all his desire.
II And Solomon gave Hiram twenty
thousand ^measures of wheat for
food to his household, and twenty
measures of ^pure oil: thus gave
Solomon to Hiram year by year.
12 And Jehovah gave Solomon wis-
dom, as he promised him; and there
was peace between Hiram and Solo-
mon; and they two made a league
together.
> Or, cypress 2 Or, carry them away
» Heb. Hirom (and in ver. 18).
* Heb. cor. 5 Or, beaten
13 And king Solomon raised a
^levy out of all Israel; and the
levy was thirty thousand men. 14
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten
thousand a month by courses; a
month they were in Lebanon, and
two months at home: and Adoni-
ram was over the men subject to
taskwork. 15 And Solomon had
threescore and ten thousand that
bare burdens, and fourscore thou-
sand that were hewers in the moun-
tains; 16 besides Solomon's chief
officers that were over the work,
three thousand and three hundred,
who bare rule over the people that
wrought in the work. 17 And the
king commanded, and they "hewed
out great stones, costly stones, to
lay the foundation of the house
with wrought stone. 18 And Solo-
mon's builders and Hiram's build-
ers and the Gebalites did fashion
them, and prepared the timber and
the stones to build the house.
6 And it came to pass in the
four hundred and eightieth year
after the children of Israel were
come out of the land of Egypt, in
the fourth year of Solomon's reign
over Israel, in the month Ziv,
which is the second month, that he
^began to build the house of Jeho-
vah. 2 And the house which king
Solomon built for Jehovah, the
length thereof was threescore cubits,
and the breadth thereof twenty cu-
bits, and the height thereof thirty
cubits. 3 And the porch before
^the temple of- the house, twenty
cubits was the length thereof ac-
cording to the breadth of the house;
and ten cubits was the breadth
thereof before the house. 4 And
for the house he made ^"^windows
of fixed lattice-work. 5 And against
the wall of the house he built
stories round about, against the
walls of the house round about,
both of the temple and of ^Hhe
oracle; and he made side-cham-
6 Heb. men subject to taskwork. "> Heb. brought away.
8 Heb. built. » That is, the holy place,
10 Or, windows broad within, and narrow without
>i That is, the most holy place.
384.
Jehovah's Covenant. The Oracle. The Cherubim of the Oracle I. KINGS 6.6 6.29
bers round about. 6 The nether-
most story was five cubits broad,
and the middle was six cubits
broad, and the third was seven
cubits broad; for on the outside he
made offsets 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 ^at the quarry;
and there was neither hammer nor
axe nor any tool of iron heard in
the house, while it was in building.
8 The door for the middle side-
chambers was in the right %ide of
the house: and they went up by
winding stairs into the middle story,
and out of the middle into the third.
9 So he built the house, and fin-
ished it; and he covered the house
with beams and ^planks of cedar.
10 And he built the stories against
all the house, each five cubits high:
and '^they rested on the house with
timber of cedar.
11 And the word of Jehovah
came to Solomon, saying, 12 Con-
cerning this house which thou art
building, if thou wilt walk in my
statutes, and execute mine ordi-
nances, and keep all my command-
ments to walk in them; then will
I establish my word with thee,
which I spake unto David thy
father. 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: ^from the floor
of the house unto the walls of the
ceiling, he covered them on the
inside with wood; and he covered
the floor of the house with boards
of ®fir. 16 And he built twenty
cubits on the hinder part of the
house with boards of cedar from the
floor unto the walls of the ceiling:
he built them for it within, for
^ Or, when it was brought away 2 fjeb. shoulder.
* Heb. rows. * Or, he fastened the house
* Or, both the floors of the house and the walls b'c. (and
so ver. 16). 6 Or, cypress
an oracle, even for the most holy
place. 17 And the house, that is,
the temple before the oracle, was
forty cubits long. 18 And there
was cedar on the house within,
carved with ^knops and open flow-
ers: 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 Jehovah. 20 And with-
in the oracle was a space of twenty
cubits in length, and twenty cubits
in breadth, and twenty cubits in
the height thereof; and he overlaid
it with pure gold: ^and he covered
the altar with cedar. 21 So Solo-
mon overlaid the house within with
pure gold: and he drew chains
of gold across before the oracle;
and he overlaid it with gold. 22
And the whole house he overlaid
with gold, until all the house was
finished: also the whole altar that
belonged to the oracle he overlaid
with gold.
23 And in the oracle he made
two cherubim of olive-wood, each
ten cubits high. 24 And five 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 cherubim were
stretched forth, so that the wing of
the one touched the one wall,
and the wing of the other cherub
touched the other wall; and their
wings touched one another in the
midst of the house. 28 And he
overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29 And he carved all the walls
of the house round about with
carved figures of cherubim and
7 Or, gourds
8 Or, he overlaid (he altar also, which was of cedar
13
385
I. KINGS 6.30 7.15 Duration of the work. Solomon's Own House
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 entrance of the oracle he made
doors of olive-wood: the Hintel
and door-posts were a fifth part
of the wall. 32 So he made two
doors of olive-wood; and he carved
upon them carvings of cherubim
and palm-trees and open flowers,
and overlaid them with gold; and
he spread the gold upon the cheru-
bim, and upon the palm-trees. 33
So also made he for the entrance
of the temple door-posts of olive-
wood, out of a fourth part of the
wall; 34 and two doors of ^fir-
wood: the two leaves of the one
door were folding, and the two
leaves of the other door were fold-
ing. 35 And he carved thereon
cherubim and palm-trees and open
flowers; and he overlaid them with
gold fitted upon the graven work.
36 And he built the inner court
with three courses of hewn stone,
and a course of cedar beams.
37 In the fourth year was the
foundation of the house of Jeho-
vah laid, in the month Ziv. 38
And in the eleventh year, in the
month Bui, which is the eighth
month, was the house finished
^throughout all the parts thereof,
and according to all the fashion of it.
So was he seven years in 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
a hundred cubits, and the breadth
thereof fifty cubits, and the height
thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows
of cedar pillars, with cedar beams
upon the pillars. 3 And it was cov-
ered with cedar above over the forty
and ^ve ^beams, that were upon the
pillars; fifteen in a row. 4 And
there were ^beams in three rows,
1 Or, posts 2 Or, cypress
' Or, with all the appurtenances thereof, and with all the
ordinances thereof * Or, side-chambers Heb. ribs.
s Or, frames for the windows
386
and window was over against win-
dow in three ranks. 5 And all the
doors and posts were made square
with beams: and window was over
against window in three ranks.
6 And he made the porch of pil-
lars; the length thereof was fifty
cubits, and the breadth thereof
thirty cubits; and a porch before
them; and pillars and a threshold
before them. 7 And he made the
porch of the throne where he was to
judge, even the porch of judg-
ment: and it was covered with
cedar from floor to floor. 8 And
his house where he was to dwell,
the other court within the porch,
was of the like work. He made
also a house for Pharaoah's daughter
(whom Solomon had taken to wife),
like unto this porch.
9 All these were of costly stones,
even of hewn stone, ^according to
measure, sawed with saws, within
and without, even from the foun-
dation unto the coping, and so on
the outside unto the great court.
10 And the foundation was of
costly stones, even great stones,
stones of ten cubits, and stones of
eight cubits. 11 And above were
costly stones, even hewn stone, ac-
cording to measure, and cedar-
wood. 12 And the great court
round about had three courses of
hewn stone, and a course of cedar
beams; ^like as the inner court
of the house of Jehovah, and the
porch of the house.
13 And King Solomon sent and
fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He
was the son of a widow of the tribe
of Naphtali, and his father was a
man of Tyre, a worker in brass;
and he was filled with wisdom and
understanding and skill, to work
all works in brass. And he came
to king Solomon, and wrought all
his work. 15 For he fashioned
the two pillars of brass, ^eighteen
cubits high apiece: and a line of
twelve cubits compassed ^either of
« Or, after divers measures ^ Qr, both for . . . and for
8 Heb. eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar.
» Ileb. the other pillar.
Hiram of Tyre's Work in the Temple
them about. 16 And lie made
two capitals of molten brass, to set
upon the tops of the pillars: the
height of the one capital was five
cubits, and the height of the other
capital was five cubits. 17 There
were nets of checker-work, and
wreaths of chain- work, for the capi-
tals which were upon the top of
the pillars; seven for the one capital,
and seven for the other capital.
18 So he made the pillars; and there
were two rows round about upon
the one net-work, to cover the capi-
tals that were upon the top of the
^pillars: and so he did for the other
capital. 19 And the capitals that
were upon the top of the pillars
in the porch were of lily-work, four
cubits. 20 And there were capitals
above also upon the two pillars,
close by the belly which was beside
the net- work : and the pomegranates
were two hundred, in rows round
about upon the other capital. 21
And he set up the pillars at the
porch of the temple: and he set up
the right pillar, and called the name
thereof ^Jachin; and he set up the
left pillar, and called the name
thereof ^Boaz. 22 And upon the
top of the pillars was lily-work: so
was the work of the pillars finished.
23 And he made the 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, "^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 look-
ing toward the west, and three
looking toward the south, and three
looking toward the east; and the
sea was set upon them above, and
all their hinder parts were inward.
26 And it was a handbreadth thick:
T. KINGS 7.16—7.36
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 panels; ^and there were
panels between the ledges; 29 and
on the panels that were between
the ledges were lions, oxen, and
cherubim; and upon the ledges
^there was a pedestal above; and
beneath the lions and oxen were
wreaths of hanging work. 30 And
every base had four brazen wheels,
and axels of brass; and the four
feet thereof had 'undersetters : be-
neath the laver were the under-
setters molten, with wreaths at
the side of each. 31 And the
mouth of it within the capital and
above was a cubit: and the mt)uth
thereof was round after the work
of a pedestal, a cubit and a half;
and also upon the mouth of it were
gravings, and their panels were
foursquare, not round. 32 And
the four wheels were underneath the
panels; and the axletrees of the wheels
were in the base : and the height
of a wheel was a cubit and
half a cubit. 33 And the work of
the wheels was like the work of
a chariot wheel: their axletrees,
and their felloes, and their spokes,
and their naves, were all molten.
34 And there were four underset-
ters at the four corners of each base :
the undersetters thereof were of
the base itself. 35 And in the
top of the base was there a round
compass half a cubit high; and on
the top of the base the ^stays
thereof and the panels thereof were
of the same. 36 And on the plates
of the stays thereof, and on the
panels thereof, he graved cherubim,
lions, and palm-trees, according to
> So the Syr. The Heb. has pomegranates.
- That is, He shall establish.
3 That is, perhaps, In it is strength. ■» Or, ten in a cubit
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5 Or, even borders
« Or, it was in like manner above
7 Heb. shoulders.
8 Heb. hands.
I. KINGS 7.37 — 8.7 Hiram of Tyre's Work in the Temple. The Ark brought into the Temple
the space of each, with wreaths
round about. 37 After this manner
he made the ten bases: all of them
had one casting, one measure, and
one form.
38 And he made ten lavers of
brass: one laver contained forty
baths; and 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 ^side of
the house, and five on the left side
of the house: and he set the sea on
the right side of the house east-
ward, toward the south.
40 And ^Hiram made the ^la-
vers, and the shovels, and the basins.
So Hiram made an end of doing all
the work that he wrought for king
Solomon in the house of Jehovah:
41 the two pillars, and the two
bowls of the capitals that were on
the top of the pillars; and the two
networks to cover the two bowls
of the capitals that were on the top
of the pillars; 42 and the four
hundred pomegranates for the tw^o
networks ; two rows of pomegranates
for each network, to cover the two
bowls of the capitals that were
%pon the pillars; 43 and the ten
bases, and the ten lavers on the
bases; 44 and the one sea, and the
twelve oxen under the sea; 45 and
the pots, and the shovels, and the
basins: even all Hhese vessels, which
Hiram made for king Solomon, in
the house of Jehovah, were of bur-
nished brass. 46 In the plain of
the Jordan did the king cast them,
in the clay ground between Suc-
coth and Zarethan. 47 And Sol-
omon left all the vessels unweighed
because they were exceeding many:
the weight of the brass ^could not
be found out.
48 And Solomon made all the
vessels that were in the house of
Jehovah: the golden altar, and
the table whereupon the showbread
was, of gold; 49 and the candle-
1 Heb. shoulder. 2 Heb. Hirom. « In 2 Chr. 4. 11, pots.
* Heb. upon the face of the pillars.
* Another reading is, the vessels of the Tent.
* Or, was not searched out
sticks, five on the right side, and
^YQ on the left, before the oracle,
of pure gold; and the flowers, and
the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
50 and the cups, and the snuffers,
and the basins, and the spoons, and
the firepans, of pure gold; and
the hinges, both for the doors of
the inner house, the most holy
place, and for the doors of the
house, to wit, of the temple, of gold.
51 Thus all the work that king
Solomon wrought in the house of
Jehovah w^as finished. And Solo-
mon brought in the things which
David his father had dedicated,
even the silver, and the gold, and
the vessels, and put them in the
treasuries of the house of Je-
hovah.
8 Then Solomon assembled the
elders of Israel, and all the
heads of the tribes, the princes of
the fathers' houses of the children
of Israel, unto king Solomon in
Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of
the covenant of Jehovah out of
the city of David, which is Zion.
2 And all the men of Israel assembled
themselves unto king Solomon at
the feast, in the month Ethanim,
which is the 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 Jehovah,
and the tent of meeting, and all
the holy vessels that were in the
Tent; even these did the priests
and the Levites bring up. 5 And
king Solomon and all the congre-
gation of Israel, that were assem-
bled unto him, ivere with him be-
fore the ark, sacrificing sheep and
oxen, that could not be counted nor
numbered for multitude. 6 And
the priests brought in the ark of
the covenant of Jehovah unto its-
place, into the oracle of the house,
to the most holy place, even under
the wings of the cherubim. 7 For
the cherubim spread forth their
wings over the place of the ark,
and the cherubim covered the ark
and the staves thereof above.
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Solomon's Address to the People. His Prayer of Dedication
I. KINGS 8.8—8.29
8 And ^the staves were so long that
the ends of the staves were seen
from the holy place before the
oracle; but they were not seen
without: and there the^ are unto
this day. 9 There was nothing
in the ark save the two tables of
stone which Moses put there at
Horeb, ^when Jehovah made a cove-
nant 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 Jehovah, 11 so
that the priests could not stand
to minister by reason of the cloud;
for the glory of Jehovah filled the
house of Jehovah.
12 Then spake Solomon, Jeho-
vah hath said that he would dwell
in the thick darkness. 13 I have
surely built thee a house of habita-
tion, a place for thee to dwell in
for ever. 14 And the king turned
his face about, and blessed all the
assembly of Israel: and all the as-
sembly of Israel stood. 15 And he
said. Blessed be Jehovah, the God
of Israel, who spake with his mouth
unto David my father, and hath
with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
16 Since the day that I brought
forth my people Israel out of Egypt,
I chose no city out of all the tribes
of Israel to build a house, that my
name might be there; but I chose
David to be over my people Israel.
17 Now it was in the heart of David
my father to build a house for the
name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
18 But Jehovah said unto David my
father, Whereas it was in thy heart
to build a house for my name, thou
didst well that it was in thy heart:
19 nevertheless thou shall not build
the house; but thy son that shall
come forth out of thy loins, he shall
build the house for my name.
20 And Jehovah hath established
his word that he spake; for I am
risen up in the room of David my
father, and sit on the throne of
Israel, as Jehovah promised, and
have built the house for the name
of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
21 And there have I set a place for
the ark, wherein is the covenant of
Jehovah, which he made with our
fathers, when he brought them
out of the land of Egypt.
22 And Solomon stood before
the altar of Jehovah in the pres-
ence of all the assembly of Israel,
and spread forth his hands toward
heaven; 23 and he said, O Jehovah,
the God of Israel, there is no God
like thee, in heaven above, or on
earth beneath ; who keepest covenant
and lovingkindness ^with thy ser-
vants, 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 thy hand,
as it is this day. 25 Now therefore,
O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep
with thy servant David my father
that which thou hast promised
him, saying, ^There shall not fail
thee a man in my sight to sit on
the throne of Israel, if only thy
children take heed to their way, to
walk before me as thou hast walked
before me. 26 Now therefore, O
God of Israel, let thy word, I pray
thee, be verified, which thou spakest
unto thy servant David my father.
27 But will God in very deed
dwell on the earth? behold, heaven
and the heaven of heavens cannot
contain thee; how much less this
house that I have builded ! 28 Yet
have thou respect unto the prayer
of thy servant, and to his suppli-
cation, O Jehovah my God, to
hearken unto the cry and to the
prayer which thy servant prayeth
before thee this day; 29 that thine
eyes may be opened 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
1 Or, they drew out the staves, so that d'c. « Or, where
^ Or, for ^ , ,
* Heb. There shall not be cut off unto thee a man from my
sight.
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I. KINGS 8.30 — 8.47 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication
shall pray toward this place. 30
And hearken thou to the supplica-
tion 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 hearest, forgive.
31 ^If a man sin against his
neighbor, and an oath be laid upon
him to cause him to swear, and he
come and swear before thine altar
in this house; 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 are
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,
^when thou ^dost afflict them: 36
then hear thou in heaven, and for-
give the sin of thy servants, and
of thy people Israel, Hvhen 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 inheri-
tance.
37 If there be in the land famine,
if there be pestilence, if there
be blasting or mildew, locust or
caterpillar; if their enemy besiege
them in the land of their ^cities;
whatsoever plague, whatsoever sick-
ness there be; 38 what prayer
and supplication soever be made
by any man, or by all thy people
Israel, who shall know every man
' Or, Whereinsoever a man shall sin
3 Or, ar.s'icrcsl
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 days
that they live in the land which
thou gavest unto our fathers.
41 Moreover concerning the for-
eigner, 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 thine outstretched arm); when
he shall come and pray toward this
house; 43 hear thou in heaven thy
dwelling-place, and do according to
all that the foreigner calleth to thee
for; that all the peoples of the
earth may know thy name, to fear
thee, as doth thy people Israel, and
that they may know^ that Hhis
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 shall send them, and
they pray unto Jehovah 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 ^cause.
46 If they sin against thee (for
there is no man that sinneth not),
and thou be angry with them, and
deliver them to the enemy, so that
^they carry them 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, and make suppli-
cation unto thee in the land of
them that carried them captive,
saying, We have sinned, and have
' Or. because ^ Or, thy name is railed upon this house b'c. « Or, right
* Ileb. gales, "> Heb. ihcy Ihal lake them captive carry Ihcm away.
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Solomon's Benediction. Dedicatory Sacrifices
I. KINGS 8.48—8.66
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 their
enemies, who carried them captive,
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 ^cause;
50 and forgive thy people who
have sinned against thee, and all
their transgressions wherein they
have transgressed against thee; and
give them ^compassion before those
who carried them captive, that
they may have compassion on them
51 (for they are 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 the
supplication of thy servant, and
unto the supplication of thy people
Israel, to hearken unto them when-
soever 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 Moses thy servant, when
thou broughtest our fathers out of
Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.
54 And it was so, that, when
Solomon had made an end of pray-
ing all this prayer and supplication
unto Jehovah, he arose from before
the altar of Jehovah, from kneel-
ing on his knees with his hands
spread forth toward heaven. 55
And he stood, and blessed all the
assembly of Israel with a loud
voice, saying, 56 Blessed be Jeho-
vah, that hath given rest unto his
people Israel, according to all that
he promised: there hath not ^failed
one word of all his good promise,
which he promised by Moses his
servant. 57 Jehovah our God be
with us, as he was with our fathers:
let him not leave us, nor forsake us;
Or, right ^ Heh. to be for compassion. ^ Heh. fallen.
58 that he may incline our hearts
unto him, to walk in all his waj^s, and
to keep his commandments, and
his statutes, and his ordinances,
which he commanded our fathers.
59 And let these my words, where-
with I have made supplication be-
fore Jehovah, be nigh unto Jehovah
our God day and night, that he
maintain the cause of his servant,
and the cause of his people Israel,
%s every day shall require; 60
that all the peoples of the earth
may know that Jehovah, he is
God; there is none else. 61 Let
your heart therefore be perfect
with Jehovah our God, to waUc in
his statutes, and to keep his com-
mandments, as at this day.
62 And the king, and all Israel
with him, offered sacrifice before
Jehovah. 63 And Solomon offered
for the sacrifice of peace-offerings,
which he offered unto Jehovah, two
and twenty thousand oxen, and
a hundred and twenty thousand
sheep. So the king and all the
children of Israel dedicated the
house of Jehovah. 64 The same
day did the king hallow the mid-
dle of the court that was before
the house of Jehovah; for there he
offered the burnt-offering, and the
meal-offering, and the fat of the
peace-offerings, because the brazen
altar that was before Jehovah was
too little to receive the burnt-offer-
ing, and the meal-offering, and the
fat of the peace-offerings. 65 So
Solomon held the feast at that
time, and all Israel with him, a
great assembly, from the entrance
of Hamath unto the brook of
Egypt, before Jehovah our God,
seven days and seven days, even
fourteen days. 66 On the eighth
day he sent the people away; and
they blessed the king, and went
unto their tents joyful and glad
of heart for all the goodness that
Jehovah had showed unto David
his servant, and to Israel his peo-
ple.
* Heb. the thing of a day in its day.
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I. KINGS 9.1 9.21 Jehovah's Covenant with Solomon. Cities given to Hiram
9 And it came to pass, when
Solomon had finished the build-
ing of the house of Jehovah, and
the king's house, and all Solo-
mon's Mesire which he was pleased
to do, 2 that Jehovah appeared to
Solomon the second time, as he
had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
3 And Jehovah said unto him, I
have heard thy prayer and thy
supplication, that thou hast made
before me: I have hallowed this
house, which thou hast built, to
put my name there for ever; and
mine eyes and my heart shall be
there perpetually. 4 And as for
thee, if thou wilt walk before me,
as David thy father walked, in in-
tegrity of heart, and in upright-
ness, to do according to all that
I have commanded thee, and wilt
keep my statutes and mine ordi-
nances; 5 then I will establish the
throne of thy kingdom over Israel
for ever, according as I ^promised
to David thy father, saying. There
shall not fail thee a man upon the
throne of Israel. 6 But if ye shall
turn away from following me, ye
or your children, 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 hallowed for my name, will I
cast out of my sight; and Israel
shall be a proverb and a byword
among all peoples. 8 ^And though
this house is so high, yet shall every
one that passeth by it be astonished,
and shall hiss; and they shall say.
Why hath Jehovah done thus unto
this land, and to this house .^ 9 and
they shall answer. Because they
forsook Jehovah their God, who
brought forth their fathers out of
the land of Egypt, and laid hold on
other gods, and worshipped them,
and served them: therefore hath Je-
hovah brought all this evil upon them.
10 And it came to pass at the
end of twenty years, wherein Solo-
mon had built the two houses,
the house of Jehovah and the
king's house 11 (now Hiram the
king of Tyre had furnished Solo-
mon with cedar- trees and fir-trees,
and with gold, according to all his
desire), that then king Solomon
gave Hiram twenty cities in the
land of Galilee. 12 And Hiram
came out from Tyre to see the cities
which Solomon had given him; and
they pleased him not. 13 And he
said. What cities are these which
thou hast given me, my brother.'^
And %e called them the land of
Cabul unto this day. 14 And Hiram
sent to the king sixscore talents of
gold.
15 And this is the ^reason of the
^levy which king Solomon raised,
to build the house of Jehovah, and
his own house, and Millo, and the
wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and
Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 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, Solo-
mon's wife. 17 And Solomon built
Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
18 and Baalath, and ^Tamar in the
wilderness, in the land, 19 and all
the store-cities that Solomon
had, and the cities for his chariots,
and the cities for his horsemen, and
that which Solomon desired to build
for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and
in Lebanon, and in all the land of
his dominion. 20 As for all the
people that were left of the Amo-
rites, the Hittites, the Perizzites,
the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who
were not of the children of Israel;
21 their children that were left
after them in the land, whom the
children of Israel were not able
^utterly to destroy, of them did
Solomon raise ^a levy of bondser-
1 Or, delight 2 Qr, spake concerning
3 Or, and this house shall be high; every one &c.
* Or, they were called * Or, account
6 Heb. men subject to taskwork.
7 Another reading is, Tadmor. So 2 Chr. 8. 4.
8 Heb. to devote. » Heb. men subject to servile taskwork.
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Solomon's Annual Offerings. His Navy. The Queen of Sheba's Visit I. KINGS 9.22 10.14
varits unto this day. 22 But of
the children of Israel did Solomon
make no bondservants; but they
were the men of war, and his ser-
vants, and his princes, and his
captains, and rulers of his chariots
and of his horsemen.
23 These were the chief officers
that were over Solomon's work,
five hundred and fifty, who bare
rule over the people that wrought
in the work.
24 But Pharaoh's daughter came
up out of the city of David unto
her house which Solomon had built
for her: then did he build Millo.
25 And three times in a year
did Solomon offer burnt-ofiFerings
and peace-offerings upon the altar
which he built unto Jehovah, burn-
ing incense therewith, upon the
altar that was before Jehovah. 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 in the navy his
servants, shipmen that had knowl-
edge 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.
i f\ And when the queen of
1 v7 Sheba heard of the fame
of Solomon concerning the name
of Jehovah, she came to prove
him with hard questions. 2 And
she came to Jerusalem with 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, and the house
that he had built, 5 and the food
of his table, and the sitting of his
servants, and the ^attendance of
his ministers, and their apparel,
and his cupbearers, and ^his ascent
by which he went up unto the
house of Jehovah; there was no
more spirit in her. 6 And she
said to the king. It was a true re-
port that I heard in mine own
land of thine ^acts, and of thy
wisdom. 7 Howbeit I believed not
the words, until I came, and mine
eyes had seen it: and, behold,
the half was not told me; ^thy
wisdom and prosperity exceed the
fame which I heard. 8 Happy are
thy men, happy are these thy ser-
vants, that stand continually be-
fore thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
9 Blessed be Jehovah thy God,
who delighted in thee, to set thee on
the throne of Israel: because Jeho-
vah loved Israel for ever, therefore
made he thee king, to do justice
and righteousness. 10 And she gave
the king a hundred and twenty
talents of gold, and of spices very
great store, and precious stones:
there came no more such abundance
of spices as these which the queen
of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11 And the navy also of Hiram,
that brought gold from Ophir,
brought in from Ophir great plenty
of ^almug-trees and precious stones.
12 And the king made of the al-
mug-trees ^pillars for the house of
Jehovah, and for the king's house,
harps also and psalteries for the
singers: there came no such almug-
trees, nor were seen, unto this day.
13 And king Solomon gave to
the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, besides that
^ which Solomon gave her of his
royal bounty. So she turned, and
went to her own land, she and her
servants.
14 Now the weight of gold that
came to Solomon in one year was
1 Heb. standing.
2 Or, his burnt-offering which he offered in &'c.
3 Or, sayings
* Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to the fame.
5 In 2 Chr. 2. 8, 9. 10, algum-trees. Perhaps, sandal-
wood. « Or, a railing Heb. o prop.
' Heb. which he gave her according to the hand of king
Solomon,
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I. KINGS 10.15 — 11.8 Solomon's Wealth and Splendor. His Wives and his Apostasy
six hundred threescore and six talents
of gold, 15 besides that which the
traders brought, and the traffic of the
merchants, and of all the kings of
Hhe mingled people, and of the
governors of the country. 16 And
king Solomon made two hundred
bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred
shekels of gold went to one buckler.
17 And he made three hundred
shields of beaten gold; three ^pounds
of gold went to one shield: and the
king put them in the house of the
forest of Lebanon. 18 Moreover
the king made a great throne of
ivory, and overlaid it with the finest
' gold. 19 There were six steps to
the throne, and the top of the
throne was round behind; and there
were ^stays on either side by the
place of the seat, and two lions
standing beside the stays. 20 And
twelve lions stood there on the one
side and on the other upon the six
steps: there was not the like made
in any kingdom. 21 And all king
Solomon's drinking vessels were of
gold, and all the vessels of the
house of the forest of Lebanon were
of pure gold: none were of silver; it
was nothing accounted of in the
days of Solomon. 22 For the king
had at sea a navy of Tarshish with
the navy of Hiram : once every three
years came the navy of 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 wisdom. 24 And all the
earth sought the presence of Solo-
mon, to hear his wisdom, which
God had put in his heart. 25 And
they brought every man his tribute,
vessels of silver, and vessels of gold,
and raiment, and armor, and spices,
horses, and mules, a rate year by
year.
26 And Solomon gathered to-
gether chariots and horsemen: and
he had a thousand and four hun-
dred chariots, and twelve thousand
ln2Chr.^.U, Arabia.
Or, arms Heb. hands.
2 Heb. maneh.
horsemen, that he bestowed in the
chariot cities, and with the king
at Jerusalem. 27 And the king
made silver to be in Jerusalem as
stones, and cedars made he to be as
the sycomore-trees that are in the
lowland, for abundance. 28 And
the horses which Solomon had were
brought out of Egypt; and the
king's merchants received them in
droves, each drove at a price. 29
And a chariot came up and went
out of Eg3^pt for six hundred shekels
of silver, and a horse for a hundred
and fifty; and so for all the kings
of the Hittites, and for the kings of
Syria, did they bring them out ^by
their means.
11 Now king Solomon loved
1 many foreign women, ^to-
gether with the daughter of Pha-
raoh, women of the Moabites, Am-
monites, Edomites, Sidonians, and
Hittites; 2 of the nations con-
cerning which Jehovah said unto
the children of Israel, Ye shall
not go among them, neither shall
they come among you; for surely
they will turn away your heart
after their gods: Solomon clave
unto these in love. 3 And he had
seven hundred w^ves, princesses,
and three hundred concubines; and
his wives turned aw^ay 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 wdth Jehovah
his God, as was the heart of David
his father. 5 For Solomon went
after Ashtoreth the goddess of the
Sidonians, and after Milcom the
abomination of the Ammonites. 6
And Solomon did that which w^as
evil in the sight of Jehovah, and
went not fully after Jehovah, as did
David his father. 7 Then did Solo-
mon build a high place for Chemosh
the abomination of Moab, in the
mount that is before Jerusalem, and
for Molech the abomination of the
children of Ammon. 8 And so
did he for all his foreign wives,
* Heb. in their hand.
8 Or, besides
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Qod in Anger raises up Adversaries. Hadad the Edomite I, KINGS 11.9 — 11.30
who burnt incense and sacrificed
unto their gods.
9 And Jehovah was angry with
Solomon, because his heart was
turned away from Jehovah, the
God of Israel, who had appeared
unto him twice, 10 and had com-
manded him concerning this thing,
that he should not go after other
gods: but he kept not that which
Jehovah commanded. 11 Where-
fore Jehovah said unto Solomon,
Forasmuch as this ^is done of thee,
and thou hast not kept my cove-
nant and my statutes, which I
have commanded thee, I will surely
rend the kingdom from thee, and
will give it to thy servant. 12 Not-
withstanding in thy days I will not
do it, for David thy father's sake:
but I will rend it out of the hand of
thy son. 13 Howbeit I wall 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 Jehovah raised up an
adversary unto Solomon, Hadad
the Edomite: he was of the king's
seed in Edom. 15 For it came to
pass, when David was in Edom,
and Joab the captain of the host
was gone up to bury the slain, and
had smitten every male in Edom
16 (for Joab and all Israel re-
mained there six months, until he
had cut off every male in Edom);
17 that Hadad fled, he and certain
Edomites of his father's servants
with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad
being yet a little child. 18 And
they arose out of Midian, and came
to Paran; and they took men with
them out of Paran, and they came
to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of
Egypt, who gave him a house, and
appointed him victuals, and gave
him land. 19 And Hadad found
great favor in the sight of Pharaoh,
so that he gave him to wife the
sister of his own wife, the sister of
Tahpenes the queen. 20 And the
1 Heb. is with thee.
sister of Tahpenes bare him Genu-
bath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned
in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath
was in Pharaoh's house among the
sons of Pharaoh. 21 And when
Hadad heard in Egypt that David
slept w^ith his fathers, and that
Joab the captain of the host was
dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let
me depart, that I may go to mine
own country. 22 Then Pharaoh
said unto him. But what hast thou
lacked with me, that, behold, thou
seekest to go to thine own country?
And he answered, Nothing: howbeit
only let me depart.
23 And God raised up another
adversary unto him, Rezon the son
of Eliada, who had fled from his
lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
24 And he gathered men unto
him, and became captain over a
troop, when David slew them of
Zohah: and they went to Damas-
cus, and dwelt therein, and reigned
in Damascus. 25 And he was an
adversary to Israel all the days of
Solomon, besides 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 Solomon, whose mother's
name was Zeruah, a widow, he also
lifted up his hand against the king.
27 And this was the reason w^hy he
lifted up his hand against the king:
Solomon built Mfllo, and ^repaired
the breach of the city of David his
father. 28 And the man Jeroboam
was a- mighty man of valor; and
Solomon saw the young man that
he was industrious, and he gave
him charge over all the ^labor of
the house of Joseph. 29 And it
came to pass at that time, when
Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
that the prophet Ahijah the Shi-
lonite found him in the way; now
Ahijah had clad himself with a new
garment; and they two were alone
in the field. 30 And Ahijah laid
hold of the new garment that was
2 Heb. closed up. 3 Heb. burden.
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I, KINGS 11.31 12.9 Ahijah's Prophecy. Rehoboam King. He follows Evil Counsel
on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.
31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take
thee ten pieces; for thus saith Je-
hovah, 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 Ashtoreth the
goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh
the god of Moab, and Milcom the
god of the children of Ammon; and
they have not walked in my ways,
to do that which is right in mine
eyes, and to keep my statutes and
mine ordinances, as did David his
father. 34 Howbeit I will not take
the whole kingdom out of his hand;
but I will make him prince all the
days of his life, for David my ser-
vant's sake whom I chose, Vho
kept my commandments and my
statutes; 35 but I will take the
kingdom out of his son's hand,
and will give it unto thee, even
ten tribes. 36 And unto his son
will I give one tribe, that David
my servant may have a lamp 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 ^accord-
ing to all that thy soul desireth, and
shalt b*e king over Israel. 38 And it
shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto
all that I command thee, and wilt
walk in my ways, and do that which
is right in mine eyes, to keep my
statutes^ and my 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 Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose,
and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak
1 Or, because he kept
" Or, over all
king of Egypt, and was in Egypt
until the death of Solomon.
41 Now the rest of the ^acts of
Solomon, and all that he did, and
his wisdom, are they not written
in the book of the acts of Solomon.^
42 And the time that Solomon
reigned in Jerusalem over all Is-
rael was forty years. 43 And Solo-
mon slept with his fathers, and was
buried in the city of David his
father: and Rehoboam his son
reigned in his stead.
"1 O And Rehoboam went to
i- ^ Shechem : for all Israel were
come to Shechem to make him
king. 2 And it came to pass,
when Jeroboam the son of Nebat
heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt,
whither he had fled from the presence
of king Solomon, and Jeroboam
dwelt in Egypt, 3 and they sent
and called him), that Jeroboam and
all the assembly of Israel came, and
spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 4
Thy father made our yoke grievous :
now therefore make thou the griev-
ous service of thy father, and his
heavy yoke which he put upon us,
lighter, and we wiU serve thee.
5 And he said unto them. Depart
yet for three days, then come again
to me. And the people departed.
6 And king Rehoboam took coun-
sel with the old men, that had
stood before Solomon his father
while he yet lived, saying. What
counsel give ye me to return answer
to this people .f^ 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 ser-
vants for ever. 8 But he forsook
the counsel of the old men which
they had given him, and took coun-
sel with the young men that were
grown up with him, that stood
before him. 9 And he said unto
them. What counsel give ye, that
we may return answer to this peo-
ple, who have spoken to me, say-
' Or, words Or. matters
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Israel rebels. Jeroboam made their King
I KINGS 12.10—12.28
ing, Make the yoke that thy father
did put upon us lighter? 10 And
the young men that were grown up
with him spake unto him, saying,
Thus shalt thou say unto this peo-
ple that spake unto thee, saying.
Thy father made our yoke heavy,
but make thou it lighter unto us;
thus shalt thou speak unto them.
My little finger is thicker than my
father's loins. 11 And now whereas
my father did lade you with a heavy
yoke, I will add to your yoke: my
father chastised you with whips,
but I will chastise you with scor-
pions.
12 So Jeroboam and all the peo-
ple came to Rehoboam the third
day, as the king bade, saying.
Come to me again the third day.
13 And the king answered the peo-
ple roughly, and forsook the coun-
sel of the old men which they had
given him, 14 and spake to them
after the counsel of the young men,
saying. My father made your yoke
heavy, but I will add to your yoke:
my father chastised you with whips,
but I will chastise you with scor-
pions. 15 So the king hearkened
not unto the people; for it was
a thing brought about of Jehovah,
that he might establish his word,
which Jehovah spake by Ahijah
the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son
of Nebat.
16 And when all Israel saw that
the king hearkened not unto them,
the people answered the king, say-
ing. What portion have we in
David.^ neither have we inheri-
tance in the son of Jesse: to your
tents, O Israel: now see to thine
own house, David. So Israel de-
parted unto their tents. 17 But
as for the children of Israel that
dwelt in the cities of Judah, Reho-
boam reigned over them. 18 Then
king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who
was over the men subject to task-
work; and all Israel stoned him to
death with stones. And king Reho-
boam made speed to get him up
to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 So Israel rebelled against the
house of David unto this day. 20
And it came to pass, when all Is-
rael heard that Jeroboam was re-
turned, that they sent and called
him unto the congregation, and
made him king over all Israel:
there was none that followed the
house of David, but the tribe of
Judah only.
21 And when Rehoboam was
come to Jerusalem, he assembled
all the house of Judah, .and the
tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and
fourscore thousand chosen men, that
were warriors, to fight against the
house of Israel, to bring the kingdom
again to Rehoboam the son of
Solomon. 22 But the word of God
came unto Shemaiah the man of
God, saying, 23 Speak unto Reho-
boam the son of Solomon, king
of Judah, and unto all the house of
Judah and Benjamin, and to the
rest of the people, saying, 24 Thus
saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up,
nor fight against your brethren the
children of Israel: return every
man to his house; for this thing
is of me. So they hearkened unto
the word of Jehovah, and returned
and went their way, according to
the word of Jehovah.
25 Then Jeroboam built She-
chem in the hill-country of Eph-
raim, and dwelt therein; and he
went out from thence, and built
Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in
his heart, Now will the kingdom
return to the house of David: 27
if this people go up to offer sac-
rifices in the house of Jehovah at
Jerusalem, then will the heart of
this people turn again unto their
lord, even unto Rehoboam king of
Judah; and they will kill me, and
return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
28 Whereupon the king took counsel,
and made two calves of gold;
and he said unto them, ^It is too
much for you to go up to Jerusalem :
behold thy gods, O Israel, which
brought thee up out of the land
1 Or, Ye have gone up long enough
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I. KINGS 12.29 — 13. IG Jeroboam's unlawful institutions. He is warned by a Prophet of Judah
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 ^the one, even unto Dan.
31 And he made houses of high
places, and made priests from among
all the people, that were not of the
sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam
ordained a feast in the eighth
month, on the fifteenth day of the
month, like unto the feast that is
in Judah, and he ^went up unto the
altar; so did he in Beth-el, ^sacri-
ficing unto the calves that he had
made: and he placed in Beth-el the
priests of the high places that he had
made. 33 And he Vent up unto
the altar which he had made in
Beth-el on the fifteenth day in the
eighth month, even in the month
which he had devised ^oi his own
heart: and he ordained a feast for
the children of Israel, and ^went up
unto the altar, to burn incense.
1 Q And, behold, there came
1 0 a man of Gpd out of Ju-
dah by the word of Jehovah unto
Beth-el: and Jeroboam was stand-
ing by the altar to burn incense.
2 And he cried against the altar
by the word of Jehovah, and said,
O altar, altar, thus saith Jehovah:
Behold, a son shall be born unto
the house of David, Josiah by
name; and upon thee shall he sac-
rifice the priests of the high places
that burn incense upon thee, and
men's bones shall they burn upon
thee. 3 And he gave a sign the
same day, saying. This is the sign
which Jehovah hath spoken: Be-
hold, the altar shall be rent, and
the ashes that are upon it shall be
poured out. 4 And it came to
pass, when the king heard the say-
ing of the man of God, which he
cried against the altar in Beth-el,
that Jeroboam put forth his hand
from the altar, saying. Lay hold on
him. And his hand, which he put
forth against him, dried up, so that
1 Or, each of them
2 Or, offered upon
3 Or, to sacrifice
^ Another reading is, apart.
he could not draw it back again to
him. 5 The altar also was rent, and
the ashes poured out from the altar,
according to the sign which the
man of God had given by the word
of Jehovah. 6 And the king an-
swered and said unto the man of
God, Entreat now the favor oi
Jehovah thy God, and pray for me,
that my hand may be restored me
again. And the man of God en-
treated Jehovah, and the king's
hand was restored him again, and
became as it was before. 7 Anc'
the king said unto 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 thy house, I will not go in
with thee, neither will I eat bread
nor drink water in this place; 9
for so was it charged me by the
word of Jehovah, saying. Thou
shalt eat no bread, nor drink
water, neither return by the way
that thou camest. 10 So he went
another way, and returned not
by the way that he came to Beth-el.
11 Now there dwelt an old proph-
et in Beth-el; and ^one of his
sons came and told him all the
works that the man of God had
done that day in Beth-el: the
words which he had spoken unto
the king, them also they told unto
their father. 12 And their father
said unto them. What way went
he? Now his sons had ^seen what
way the man of God went, that
came from Judah. 13 And he said
unto his sons. Saddle me the ass.
So they saddled him the ass; and
he rode thereon. 14 And he went
after the man of God, and found
him sitting under an ^oak; and he
said unto him. Art thou the man of
God that camest from Judah? And
h^ 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
5 Heb. his son. '' Or, terebinth
» Or, as otherwise read, s.owed him.
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The Prophet led into Disobedience. He is killed by a Lion
I. KINGS 13.17—14.3
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 Jehovah, 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 angel spake
unto me by the word of Jehovah,
saying, Bring him back with thee
into thy house, that he may eat
bread and drink water. But he
lied unto him. 19 So he went back
with him, and did eat bread in his
house, and drank water.
20 And it came to pass, as they
sat at the table, that the word of
Jehovah came unto the prophet
that brought him back; 21 and he
cried unto the man of God that
came from Judah, saying. Thus
saith Jehovah, Forasmuch as thou
has %een disobedient unto the
mouth of Jehovah, and hast not
kept the commandment which Je-
hovah thy God commanded thee,
22 but camest back, and hast eaten
bread and drunk water in the place
of which he said to thee. Eat no
bread, and drink no water; thy
body shall not come unto the
sepulchre of thy fathers. 23 And
it came to pass, after he had eaten
bread, and after he had drunk, that
he saddled for him the ass, to 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 body
was cast in the way, and the ass
stood by it; the lion also stood by
the body. 25 And, behold, men
passed by, and saw the body cast
in the way, and the lion standing
by the body; and they came and
told it in the city where the old
prophet dwelt.
26 And when the prophet that
brought him back from the way
heard thereof, he said. It is the
man of God, who Vas disobedient
unto the mouth of Jehovah: there-
1 Or, rebelled against the word
fore Jehovah hath delivered him
unto the lion, which hath torn him,
and slain him, according to the
word of Jehovah, 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 body cast in
the way, and the ass and the lion
standing by the body: the lion had
not eaten the body, nor torn the
ass. 29 And the prophet took up
the body of the man of God, and
laid it upon the ass, and brought it
back; and he came to the city of
the old prophet, to mourn, and
to bury him. 30 And he laid his
body in his own grave; and they
mourned over him, saying, Alas,
my brother! 31 And it came to
pass, after he had buried him, that
he spake to his sons, saying. When
1 am dead, then bury me in the
sepulchre wherein the man of God
is buried; lay my bones beside
his bones. 32 For the saying which
he cried by the word of Jehovah
against the altar in Beth-el, and
against all the houses of the high
places which are in the cities of
Saniaria, shall surely come to pass.
33 After this thing Jeroboam re-
turned not from his evil way, but
made again from among all the
people priests of the high places:
^whosoever would, he consecrated
him, that there might be priests of
the high places. 34 And Hhis
thing became sin unto the house of
Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and
to destroy it from off the face of
the earth.
UAt that time Abijah the
son of Jeroboam fell sick.
2 And Jeroboam said to his wife,
Arise, I pray thee, and disguise
thyself, that thou be not known to
be the wife of Jeroboam; and get
thee to Shiloh: behold, there is
Ahijah the prophet, who spake
concerning me that I should be
king over this people. 3 And take
2 Or, whomsoever he would
3 Or, by this thing he became
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I. KINGS 14.4 14.22 Ahljah's Prophecy against Jeroboam. Rehoboam's Reign over Judah
with thee ten loaves, and cakes,
and a ^cruse of honey, and go to
him: he will tell thee what shall
become of the child. 4 And Jero-
boam'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
Jehovah said unto Ahijah, Behold,
the wife of Jeroboam cometh to in-
quire of thee concerning her son;
for he is sick: thus and thus shalt
thou say unto her; for it will be,
when she cometh in, that she will
feign herself to be another woman.
6 And it was so, when Ahijah
heard the sound of her feet, as she
came in at the door, that he said.
Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam;
why feignest thou thyself to be
another.'^ for I am sent to thee with
heavy tidings. 7 Go, tell Jero-
boam, thus saith Jehovah, the God
of Israel: Forasmuch as I exalted
thee from among the people, and
made thee ^prince over my people
Israel, 8 and rent the kingdom
away from the house of David, and
gave it thee; and yet thou hast
not been as my servant David, who
kept my commandments, and who
followed me with all his heart, to
do that only which was right in
mine eyes, 9 but hast done evil
above all that were before thee,
and hast gone and made thee
other gods, and molten images, to
provoke me to anger, and hast
cast me behind thy back: 10 there-
fore, behold, I will bring evil upon
the house of Jeroboam, and will cut
off from Jeroboam every man-child,
him that is shut up and him that
is left at arge in Israel and will
utterly sweep away the house of
Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away
dung, till it be all gone. 11 Him
that dieth of Jeroboam in the city
shall the dogs eat; and him that
dieth in the field shall the birds of
the heavens eat: for Jehovah hath
spoken it. 12 Arise thou there-
of, boitle
2 Or, leader
fore, get thee to thy house: and
when thy feet enter into the city,
the child shall die. 13 And all
Israel shall mourn for him, and
bury him; for he only of Jeroboam
shall come to the grave, because in
him there is found some good thing
toward Jehovah, the God of Israel,
in the house of Jeroboam. 14 More-
over Jehovah will raise him up a
king over Israel, who shall cut off
the house of Jeroboam that day:
^but what? even now. 15 For Je-
hovah will smite Israel, as a reed
is shaken in the water; and he
will root up Israel out of this good
land which he gave to their fathers,
and will scatter them beyond the
River, because they have made
their Asherim, provoking Jehovah
to anger. 16 And he will give
Israel up because of the sins of
Jeroboam, %hich he hath sinned,
and wherewith he hath made Israel
to sin.
17 And Jeroboam's wife arose,
and departed, and came to Tirzah:
and as she came to the threshold
of the house, the child died. 18
And all Israel buried him, and
mourned for him, according to the
word of Jehovah, which he spake
by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
19 And the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, how he warred, and
how he reigned, behold, they are
written in the book of the chroni-
cles of the kings of Israel. 20 And
the days which Jeroboam reigned
were two and twenty years: and
he slept with his fathers, and Na-
dab his son reigned in his stead.
21 And Rehoboam the son of
Solomon reigned in Judah. Re-
hoboam was forty and one years
old when he began to reign, and
he reigned seventeen years in Je-
rusalem, the city which Jehovah
had chosen out of all the tribes
of Israel, to put his name there:
and his mother's name was Naamah
the Ammonitess. 22 And Judah
' Or, and what even now?
* Or, who did sin, and who made &*c.
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Death of Rehoboam. Abijam's and Asa's Reign over Judah I. KINGS 14.23 15.15
did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, and they pro-
voked him to jealousy with their
sins which they committed, above
all that their fathers had done.
23 For they also built them high
places, and ^pillars, and Asherim,
on every high hill, and under every
green tree; 24 and there were also
sodomites in the land: they did
according to all the abominations of
the nations which Jehovah drove
out before the children of Israel.
25 And it came 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
Jehovah, and the treasures of the
king's house; he even took away
all: and he took away all the shields
of gold which Solomon had made.
27 And king Rehoboam made in
their stead shields of brass, and
committed them to the hands of
the captains of the ^guard, who
kept the door of the king's house.
28 And it was so, that, as oft as
the king went into the house of
Jehovah, the guard bare them, and
brought them back into the guard-
chamber.
29 Now the rest of the acts of
Rehoboam, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah .^^
30 And there was war between
Rehoboam and Jeroboam continu-
ally. 31 And Rehoboam slept with
his fathers, and was buried with
his fathers in the city of David:
and his mother's name was Naa-
mah the Ammonitess. And ^Abi-
jam his son reigned in his stead.
1^ 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 ^Maacah the
daughter of ^Abishalom. 3 And
1 Or, obelisks 2 Heb. runners.
8 In2Chr. 12. 16, Abijah.
* In 2 Chr. 13. 2, Micaiah the daughter of Uriel.
6 In 2 Chr. 11. 20, 21, Absalom.
he walked in all the sins of his
father, which he had done before
him; and his heart was not perfect
with Jehovah his God, as the
heart of David his father. 4 Never-
theless for David's sake did Jeho-
vah his God give him a lamp in
Jerusalem, to set up his son after
him, and to establish Jerusalem;
5 because David did that which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah,
and turned not aside from any-
thing that he commanded him all
the days of his life, save only in
the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
6 Now there was war between
Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the
days of his life.
7 And the rest of the acts of
Abijam, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Ju-
dah.^ And there was war between
Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 And Abi-
jam 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
Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa
to reign over Judah. 10 And forty
and one years reigned he in Je-
rusalem: and his mother's name
was Maacah the daughter of Abish-
alom. 11 And Asa did that which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah,
as did David his father. 12 And
he put away the sodomites, out
of the land, and removed all the
idols that his fathers had made.
13 And also Maacah his mother
he removed from being ^queen,
because she had made an abomi-
nable image "for an Asherah; and
Asa cut down her image, and burnt
it at the brook Kidron. 14 But
the high places were not taken
away: nevertheless the heart of
Asa was perfect with Jehovah al]
his days. 15 And he brought into
the house of Jehovah the things
that his father had dedicated, and
the things that himself had dedi-
cated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
6 Or, queen mother "> Or, for Asherah
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I. KINGS 15.16 — 16.2 war with Baasha. Nadab's Reign over Israel. Jehu's Prophecy
16 And there was war between
Asa and Baasha king of Israel all
their days. 17 And Baasha king
of Israel went up against Judah,
and built Ramah, that he might
not suffer any one to go out or
come in to Asa king of Judah. 18
Then Asa took all the silver and
the gold that were left in the
treasures of the house of Jehovah,
and the treasures of the king's
house, and delivered them into
the hand of his servants; and
king Asa sent them to Benhadad,
the son of Tabrimmon, the son of
Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt
at Damascus, saying, 19 ^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 Benhadad 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 Naph-
tali. 21 And it came to pass, when
Baasha heard thereof, that he left
off building Ramah, and dwelt in
Tirzah. 22 Then king Asa made
a proclamation unto ail Judah;
none was exempted: and they car-
ried, away the stones of Ramah,
and. the timber thereof, wherewith
Baasha had builded; and king Asa
built therewith Geba of Benja-
min, and Mizpah.
23 Now the rest of all the acts
of Asa, and all his might, and all
that he did, and the cities which
he built, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah.? But in the time
of his old age he was diseased in
his feet. 24 And Asa slept with
his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David his
father; and Jehoshaphat his son
reigned in his stead.
25 And Nadab the son of Jero-
1 Or, Let there be
boam began to reign over Israel
in the second year of Asa king of
Judah; and he reigned over Israel
two years. 26 And he did that
which was evil in the sight of Je-
hovah, and walked in the way of
his father, and in his sin wherewith
he made Israel to sin. 27 And
Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the
house of Issachar, conspired against
him; and Baasha smote him at
Gibbethon, which belonged to the
Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel
were laying siege to Gibbethon.
28 Even in the third year of Asa
king of Judah did Baasha slay
him, and reigned in his stead.
29 And it came to pass that, as
soon as he was king, he smote all
the house of Jeroboam: he left not
to Jeroboam any that breathed,
until he had destroyed him; ac-
cording unto the saying of Jehovah,
which he spake by his servant Ahi-
jah the Shilonite; 30 for the sins
of Jeroboam which he sinned, and
wherewith he made Israel to sin,
because of his provocation where-
with he provoked Jehovah, the God
of Israel, to anger.
31 Now the rest of the acts of
Nadab, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Is-
rael.'^ 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 reign over all Israel
in Tirzah, and reigned twenty and
four years. 34 And he did that
which was evil in the sight of Je-
hovah, and walked in the way of
Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith
1/:^ he made Israel to sin. 1 And
vJ the word of Jehovah came
to Jehu the son of Hanani against
Baasha, saying, 2 Forasmuch as
I exalted thee out of the dust, and
made thee ^prince over my people
Israel, and thou hast walked in the
way of Jeroboam, and hast made my
2 Or, kader
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Elah's Reign over Israel. Zimri slays Elah, and reigns over Israel
people Israel to sin, to provoke me
to anger with their sins; 3 behold,
I will utterly sweep away Baasha
and his house; and I will make
thy house like the house of Jero-
boam the son of Nebat. 4 Him
that dieth of Baasha in the city
shall the dogs eat; and him that
dieth of his in the field shall the
birds of the heavens eat.
5 Now the rest of the acts of
Baasha, and what he did, and his
might, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the
kings of 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 prophet Jehu the
son of Hanani came the word of
Jehovah against Baasha, and against
his house, both because of all the
evil that he did in the sight of
Jehovah, to provoke him to anger
with the work of his hands, in
being like the house of Jeroboam,
and because he smote %im.
8 In the twenty and sixth year
of Asa king of Judah began Elah
the son of Baasha to reign over
Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two
years. 9 And his servant Zimri,
captain of half his chariots, con-
spired against him. Now he was
in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk
in the house of Arza, who was
over the household in Tirzah: 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 Baa-
sha, according to the word of Jeho-
vah, which he spake against Baa-
sha by Jehu the prophet, 13 for
all the sins of Baasha, and the
sins of Elah his son, which they
' Or, it
I. KINGS 16.3—16.24
sinned, and wherewith they made
Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah,
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 belonged
to the Philistines. 16 And the
people that were encamped heard
say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath
also smitten the king: wherefore
all Israel made Omri, the captain
of the host, king over Israel that
day in the camp. 17 And Omri
went up from Gibbethon, and all
Israel with him, and they besieged
Tirzah. 18 And it came to pass,
when Zimri saw that the city was
taken, that he went into the ^castle
of the king's house, and burnt the
king's house over him with fire,
and died, 19 for his sins which he
sinned in doing that which was evil
in the sight of Jehovah, in walking
in the way of Jeroboam, and in his
sin which he did, to make Israel
to sin. 20 Now the rest of the
acts of Zimri, and his treason that
he wrought, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel .f^
21 Then were the people of
Israel divided into two parts: half
of the people followed Tibni the
son of Ginath, to make him king;
and half followed Omri. 22 But
the people that followed Omri pre-
vailed against the people that fol-
lowed Tibni the son of Ginath:
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 ^Samaria of Shemer for two
talents of silver; and he ^built on
2 Or, palace 3 Heb. Shomeron. ♦ Or, fortified the hill
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I. KINGS 16.25 — 17.13 Ahab King of Israel. Elijah predicts a Drought; is fed at Cherith
the hill, and called the name of
the city which he built, after the
name of Shemer, the owner of the
hill, ^Samaria. 25 And Omri did
that which was evil in the sight
of Jehovah, and dealt wickedly
above all that were before him.
26 For he walked in all the way
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
and in his sins wherewith he made
Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah,
the God of Israel, to anger with
their vanities. 27 Now the rest of
the acts of Omri which he did, and
his might that he showed, are
they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Is-
rael.'^ 28 So Omri slept with his
fathers, and was buried in Samaria;
and Ahab his son reigned in his
stead.
29 And in the thirty and eighth
year of Asa king of Judah began
Ahab the son of Omri to reign over
Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri
reigned over Israel in Samaria
twenty and two years. 30 And Ahab
the son of Omri did that which was
evil in the sight of Jehovah above
all that were before him. 31 And
it came to pass, as if it had been a
light thing for him to walk in the
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
that he took to wife ^Jezebel the
daughter of Ethbaal king of the
Sidonians, and went and served
Baal, and worshipped him. 32 And
he reared up an altar for Baal
in the house of Baal, which he
had built in Samaria. 33 And
Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab
did yet more to provoke Jehovah,
the God of Israel, to anger than
all the kings of Israel that were
before him. 34 In his days did
Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho:
he laid the foundation thereof with
the loss of Abiram his first-born,
and set up the gates thereof with
the loss of his youngest son Segub,
according to the word of Jehovah,
which he spake by Joshua the son
of Nun.
* Heb. Shomeron.
2 Heb. Izebel.
1IJ And Elijah the Tishbite,
I who was of the sojourners
of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As
Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth,
before whom I stand, there shall
not be dew nor rain these years,
but according to my word. 2 And
the word of Jehovah came unto
him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and
turn thee eastward, and hide thy-
self by the brook Cherith, that is
before the Jordan. 4 And it shall
be, that thou shalt drink of the
brook; and I have commanded
the ravens to feed thee there.
5 So he went and did according
unto the word of Jehovah; for he
went and dwelt by the brook Che-
rith, that is before the Jordan.
6 And the ravens brought him
bread and flesh in the morning,
and bread and flesh in 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 Jehovah came
unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee
to Zarephath, which belongeth to
Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I
have commanded a widow there to
sustain thee. 10 So he arose and
went to Zarephath; and when he
came to the gate of the city, be-
hold, a widow was there gathering
sticks: and he called to her, and
said. Fetch me, I pray thee, a little
water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11 And as she was going to fetch
it, he called to her, and said. Bring
me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread
in thy hand. 12 And she said,
As Jehovah thy God liveth, I
have not a cake, but a handful of
meal in the jar, and a little oil in
the cruse: and, behold, I am gath-
ering two sticks, that I may go in
and dress it for 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 afterward make for thee and for
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Elijah increases a Widow's Meal and Oil; raises her Son
thy son. 14 For thus saith Jeho-
vah, the God of Israel, The jar of
meal shall not waste, neither shall
the cruse of oil fail, until the day
that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the
earth. 15 And she went and did
according to the saying of Elijah:
and she, and he, and her house, did
eat many days. 16 The jar of meal
wasted not, neither did the cruse
of oil fail, according to the word of
Jehovah, which he spake by Elijah.
17 And it came to pass after
these things, that the son of the
woman, the mistress of the house,
fell sick; and his sickness was so
sore, that there was no breath left
in him. 18 And she said unto
Elijah, What have I to do with
thee, O thou man of God? ^thou
art come unto me to bring my sin
to remembrance, and to slay my
son! 19 And he said unto her.
Give me thy son. And he took
him out of her bosom, and carried
him up into the chamber, where
he abode, and laid him upon his
own bed. 20 And he cried unto
Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my
God, hast thou also brought evil
upon the widow with whom I
sojourn, by slaying her son.^^ 21
And he stretched himself upon
the child three times, and cried
unto Jehovah, and said, O Jeho-
vah my God, I pray thee, let this
child's soul come into him again.
22 And Jehovah hearkened unto
the voice of Elijah; and the soul
of the child came into him again,
and he revived. 23 And Elijah
took the child, and brought him
down out of the chamber into the
house, and delivered him unto his
mother; and Elijah said, See, thy
son liveth. 24 And the woman
said to Elijah, Now I know that
thou art a man of God, and that
the word of Jehovah in thy mouth
is truth.
10 And it came to pass after
O many days, that the word
of Jehovah came to Elijah, in the
I. KINGS 17.14—18.13
third year, saying, Go, show thy-
self unto Ahab; and I will send
rain upon the earth. 2 And Elijah
went to show himself unto Ahab.
And the famine was sore in Sama-
ria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah,
who was over the household. (Now
Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly:
4 for it was so, when Jezebel cut
off the prophets of Jehovah, that
Obadiah took a hundred prophets,
and hid them by fifty in a cave, and
fed them with bread and water).
5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go
through the land, unto all the
fountains of water, and unto all
the brooks: peradventure we may
find grass and save the horses and
mules alive, ^that we lose not all
the beasts. 6 So they divided the
land between them to pass through-
out it: Ahab went one way by him-
self, 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 Jehovah thy
God liveth, there is no nation or
kingdom, whither my lord hath
not sent to seek thee: and when
they said, He is not here, he took
an oath of the kingdom and na-
tion, that they found thee not.
11 And now thou sayest. Go, tell
thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
12*^ And it will come to pass, as
soon as I am gone from thee, that
the Spirit of Jehovah will carry
thee whither I know not; and so
when I come and tell Ahab, and he
cannot find thee, he will slay me:
but I thy servant fear Jehovah
from my youth. 13 Was it not
told my lord what I did when
Jezebel slew the prophets of Jeho-
vah, how I hid a hundred men of
1 Or, art thou b-c.
2 Or, and lose none of
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I. KINGS 18.14 — 18.35 Ahab meets Elijah. The Contest on Mount Carmel
Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a
cave, and fed them with bread and
water? 14 And now thou say est,
Go, tell thy lord. Behold, Elijah is
here; and he will slay me. 15 And
Elijah said. As Jehovah of hosts
liveth, before whom I stand, I will
surely show myself unto him to-
day.
16 So Obadiah went to meet
Ahab, and told him; and Ahab
went to meet Elijah. 17 And it
came to pass, when Ahab saw Eli-
jah, that Ahab said unto him. Is
it thou, thou troubler of Israel .^^
18 And he answered, I have not
troubled Israel; but thou, and thy
father's house, in that ye have
forsaken the commandments of Je-
hovah, and thou hast followed the
Baalim. 19 Now therefore send,
and gather to me all Israel unto
mount Carmel, and the prophets
of Baal four hundred and fifty, and
the prophets of the Asherah four
hundred, that eat at Jezebel's table.
20 So Ahab sent unto all the chil-
dren of Israel, and gathered the
prophets together unto mount Car-
mel. 21 And Elijah came near
unto all the people, and said, How
long go ye limping between the
two sides .f^ if Jehovah be God,
follow him; but if Baal, then fol-
low him. And the people answered
him not a word. 22 Then said Eli-
jah unto the people, I, even I only,
am left a prophet of Jehovah; but
Baal's prophets are four hundred
and fifty men. 23 Let them there-
fore give us two bullocks; and let
them choose one bullock for them-
selves, and cut it in pieces, and lay
it on the wood, and put no fire
under; and I will dress the other
bullock, and lay it on the wood,
and put no fire under. 24 And
call ye on the name of your god,
and I will call on the name of Jeho-
vah: and the God that answereth
by fire, let him be God. And all
the people answered and said. It is
well spoken.
25 And Elijah said unto the
prophets of Baal, Choose you one
bullock for yourselves, and dress
it first; for ye are many; and call
on the name of your god, but put
no fire under. 26 And they took
the bullock which was given them,
and they dressed it, and called on
the name of Baal from morning
even until noon, saying, O Baal,
%ear us. But there was no voice,
nor any that answered. And they
^leaped about the altar which was
made. 27 And it came to pass at
noon, that Elijah mocked them, and
said, Cry aloud; for he is a god:
either he is musing, or he is gone
aside, or he is on a journey, or per-
adventure he sleepeth and must be
awaked. 28 And they cried aloud,
and cut themselves after their man-
ner with ^knives and lances, till the
blood gushed out upon them. 29
And it was so, when midday was
past, that they prophesied until the
time of the offering of the evening
oblation; but there was neither
voice, nor any to answer, nor any
^hat regarded.
30 And Elijah said unto all the
people, Come near unto me; and
all the people came near unto him.
And he repaired the altar of Jeho-
vah that was thrown down. 31 And
Elijah took twelve stones, accord-
ing to the number of the tribes
of the sons of Jacob, unto whom
the word of Jehovah came, saying,
Israel shall be thy name. 32 And
with the stones he built an altar in
the name of Jehovah; and he made
a trench about the altar, as great
as would contain ^two measures of
seed. 33 And he put the wood
in order, and cut the bullock in
pieces, and laid it on the wood.
And he said. Fill four jars with
water, and pour it on the burnt-
offering, and on the wood. 34 And
he said. Do it the second time; and
they did it the second time. And he
said. Do it the third time; and
they did it the third time. 35 And
Or answer
Heb. attention.
- Or, limped ' Or, swords
^ Or, a two-seah measure
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End of the Drought. Jezebel's Threat. Elijah flees to Horeb I. KINGS 18.36 — 19.10
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 EHjah
the prophet came near, and said,
O Jehovah, the God of Abraham,
of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be
known this day that thou art God
in Israel, and that I am thy ser-
vant, and that I have done all
these things at thy word. 37 Hear
me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this
people may know that thou, Jeho-
vah, art God, ^and that thou hast
turned their heart back again. 38
Then the fire of Jehovah fell, and
consumed the burnt-offering, and
the wood, and the stones, and the
dust, and licked up the water that
was in the trench. 39 And when
all the people saw it, they fell on
their faces: and they said, Jeho-
vah, he is God; Jehovah, he is
God. 40 And Elijah said unto
them. Take the prophets of Baal;
let not one of them escape. And
they took them; and Elijah brought
them down to the brook Kishon,
and slew them there.
41 And Elijah said unto Ahab,
Get thee up, eat and drink; for
there is the sound of abundance of
rain. 42 So Ahab went up to eat
and to drink. And Elijah went up
to the top of Carmel; and he bowed
himself down upon the earth, and
put his face between his knees.
43 And he said to his servant. Go
up now, look toward the sea. And
he went up, and looked, and said.
There is nothing. And he said.
Go again seven times. 44 And it
came to pass at the seventh time,
that he said. Behold, there ariseth
a cloud out of the sea, as small as a
man's hand. And he said. Go up,
say unto Ahab, ^Make ready thy
chariot^ and get thee down, that the
rain stop thee not. 45 And it
came to pass in a little while, that
the heavens grew black with clouds
and wind, and there was a great
rain. And Ahab rode, and went
to Jezreel : 46 and the hand of Jeho-
vah was on Elijah; and he girded
up his loins, and ran before Ahab
to the entrance of Jezreel.
I Q And Ahab told Jezebel all
A ^ that Elijah had done, and
withal how he had slain all the
prophets with the sword. 2 Then
Jezebel sent a messenger unto Eli-
jah, 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 And
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 ^juniper-tree:
and he requested for himself that
he might die, and said. It is enough;
now, O Jehovah, 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
^coals, and a cruse of water. And
he did eat and drink, and laid him
down again. 7 And the angel of
Jehovah 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 food
forty days and forty nights unto
Horeb the mount of God.
9 And he came thither unto a
cave, and lodged there; and, be-
hold, the word of Jehovah came
to him, and he said unto him. What
doest thou here, Elijah.? 10 And
he said, I have been very jealous
for Jehovah, 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
Or, for thou didst turn their heart backward 2 Or, Yoke
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Or, broom-tree
* Or, hot stones
I, KINGS 19.11 20.7 Jehovah's Still Small Voice. Elisha becomes Elijah's Successor
left; and they seek my life, to take
it away. 11 And he said, Go
forth, and stand upon the mount
before Jehovah. And, behold, Je-
hovah passed by, and a great and
strong wind rent the mountains,
and brake in pieces the rocks be-
fore Jehovah; but Jehovah was not
in the wind: and after the wind
an earthquake; but Jehovah was
not in the earthquake: 12 and
after the earthquake a fire; but
Jehovah 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 entrance 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 Jeho-
vah, the God of hosts; for the chil-
dren of Israel have forsaken thy
covenant, thrown down thine al-
tars, 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 Jehovah said unto him.
Go, return on thy way ^to the wil-
derness of Damascus: and when
thou comest, thou shalt anoint
Hazael to be king over Syria;
16 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 thou-
sand 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
1 Heb. a sound of gentle stillness.
2 Or, by the wilderness to
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 ^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 unto
him.
Orv And Ben-hadad the king
-^vJ 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 chil-
dren, even the goodliest, are mine.
4 And the king of Israel answered
and said, It is according to thy say-
ing, my lord, O king; I am thine, and
all that I have. 5 And the mes-
sengers 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 chil-
dren; 6 but I will S2nd my servants
unto thee to-morrow about this
time, and they shall search thy
house, and the houses of thy ser-
vants; and it shall be, that 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 you, and see how
this man seeketh mischief: for he
sent unto me for my wives, and for
my children, and for my silver,
and for my gold; and I denied him
3 Or, roasted
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* Heb. all the desire of thine eyes.
Ben-hadad wars against Ahab. The Syrians defeated
not. 8 And all the elders and all
the people said unto him, Hearken
thou not, neither consent. 9 Where-
fore 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 ^follow me. 11 And
the king of Israel answered and said.
Tell him. Let not him that girdeth
on his armor 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 ^pavilions,
that he said unto his servants, ^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 Jehovah, Hast
thou seen all this great multitude.^
behold, I will deliver it into thy
hand this day; and thou shalt
know that I am Jehovah. 14 And
Ahab said. By whom.? And he
said. Thus saith Jehovah, By the
'*young men of the princes of the
provinces. Then he said. Who shall
^begin the battle? And he an-
swered. Thou. 15 Then he mus-
tered the young men of the princes
of the provinces, and they were
two hundred and thirty -two: and
after them he mustered all the
people, even all the children of
Israel, being seven thousand.
16 And they went out at noon.
But Ben-hadad was drinking him-
self drunk in the ^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,
1 Heb. are at my feet. ^ Or, huts
3 Or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines
♦ Or, servants * Heb. bind.
I. KINGS 20.8—20.28
There are men come out from Sama-
ria. 18 And he said. Whether they
are come out for peace, take them
alive; or whether they are 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 followed them.
20 And they slew every one his man ;
and the Syrians fled, and Israel pur-
sued them: and Ben-hadad the
king of Syria escaped ^on a horse
with horsemen. 21 And the king
of Israel went out, and smote the
horses and chariots, and slew the
Syrians with a great slaughter.
22 And 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 ^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 victualled, and
went against them: and the chil-
dren of Israel encamped before
them like two little flocks of kids;
but the Syrians filled the country.
28 And ^a man of God came near
and spake unto the king of Israel,
and said, Thus saith Jehovah, Be-
« Or, with horse and horsemen
' Or, governors See ch. 10. 15.
8 Or, the
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I. KINGS 20.29 21.2 Ben-hadad defeated. Ahab rebuked for his Leniency
cause the Syrians have said, Jehovah
is a god of the hills, but he is not a
god of the valleys; therefore will I
deliver all this great multitude into
thy hand, and ye shall know that I
am Jehovah. 29 And they en-
camped 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 a hundred thou-
sand footmen in one day. 30 But
the rest fled to Aphek, into the city;
and the wall fell upon twenty and
seven thousand men that were left.
And Ben-hadad fled, and came
into the city, ^into 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 sack-
cloth on their loins, and put ropes
on their heads, and came to the
king of Israel, and said. Thy ser-
vant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee,
let me live. And he said. Is he
yet alive? he is my brother. 33
Now the men ^observed diligently,
and hasted ^to catch whether it
were %is 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, said Ahab, will let thee go with
this covenant. So he made a cove-
nant with him, and let him go.
35 And a certain man of the sons
of the prophets said unto his fel-
low by the word of Jehovah, Smite
1 Or, from chamber to chamber
2 Or, took it as an omen (Heb. divined), and hasted
3 Another reading is, to catch it from him.
* Heb. from him.
me, I pray thee. And the man
refused to smite him. 36 Then
said he unto him, Because thou
hast not obeyed the voice of Je-
hovah, behold, as soon as thou art
departed from me, a lion shall slay
thee. And as soon as he was de-
parted 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 wound-
ing 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 judgment be; thyself hast de-
cided it. 41 And he hasted, and
took the headband away from his
eyes; and the king of Israel dis-
cerned him that he was of the
prophets. 42 And he said unto
him. Thus saith Jehovah, 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 Sama-
ria.
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, saying.
Give me thy vineyard, that I may
have it for a garden of herbs, be-
cause it is near unto my house; and
I will give thee for it a better vine-
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21
Ahab desires Nabotti's Vineyard. Naboth killed
I. KINGS^21.3~21.22
yard than it: or, if it seem good to
thee, I will give thee the worth of
it in money. 3 And Naboth said
to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me,
that I should give the inheritance
of my fathers unto thee. 4 And
Ahab came into his house heavy
and displeased because of the word
which Naboth the Jezreelite had
spoken to him; for he had said,
I will not give thee the inheritance
of my fathers. And he laid him
f down upon his bed, and turned
I 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 .f^ 6 And he said unto
her, Because I spake unto Naboth
the Jezreelite, and said unto him,
Give me thy vineyard for money;
or else, if it please thee, I will give
thee another vineyard for it: and
he answered, I will not give thee
my vineyard. 7 And Jezebel his
wife said unto him. Dost thou
now govern the kingdom of Israel .^^
arise, and eat bread, and let thy
heart be merry: I will give thee
the vineyard of Naboth the Jez-
reelite. 8 So she wrote ^letters
in Ahab's name, and sealed them
with his seal, and sent the letters
unto the elders and to the nobles
that were in his city, and that
dwelt with Naboth. 9 And she wrote
in the letters, saying. Proclaim
a fast, and set Naboth ^on high
among the people: 10 and set two
men, base fellows, before him, and
let them bear witness against him,
: saying. Thou didst ^curse God and
the king. And then carry him out,
and stone him to death.
11 And the men of his city, even
the elders and the nobles who
dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel
had sent unto them, according as
I it was written in the letters which
1 she had sent unto them. 12 They
I proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth
J Or, a letter
' Or, renounce
2 Or, al the head of
-on high among the people. 13
And the two men, the base fellows,
came in and sat before him: and
the base fellows bare witness against
him, even against Naboth, in the
presence of the people, saying, Na-
both did ^curse God and the king.
Then they carried him forth out
of the city, and stoned him to
death with stones. 14 Then they
sent to Jezebel, saying, 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 vine-
yard 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 Jehovah
came to Elijah the Tishbite, say-
ing, 18 Arise, go down to meet
Ahab king of Israel, who dwelleth
in Samaria: behold, he is in the
vineyard of Naboth, whither he is
gone down to take possession of
it. 19 And thou shalt speak unto
him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah,
Hast thou killed, and also taken
possession.? And thou shalt speak
unto him, saying, Thus saith Je-
hovah, In the place where dogs
licked the blood of Naboth shall
dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast
thou found me, O mine enemy.?
And he answered, I have found
thee, because thou hast sold thy-
self to do that which is evil in
the sight of Jehovah. 21 Behold,
I will bring evil upon thee, 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 thy
house like the house of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, and like the
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I. KINGS 21.23 22.16 Ahab humbled. He and Jehoshaphat allied against Syria
house of Baasha the son of Ahi-
jah for the provocation wherewith
thou hast provoked me to anger,
and hast made Israel to sin. 23
And of Jezebel also spake Jehovah,
saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel
by the rampart of Jezreel. 24
Him that dieth of Ahab in the
city the dogs shall eat; and him
that dieth in the field shall the
birds of the heavens eat. 25 (But
there was none like unto Ahab,
who did sell himself to do that
which was evil in the sight of Jeho-
vah, whom Jezebel his wife stirred
up. 26 And he did very abominably
in following idols, according to all
that the Amorites did, whom Jeho-
vah cast out before the children of
Israel) .
27 And it came to pass, when
Ahab heard those words, that he
rent his clothes, and put sackcloth
upon his flesh, and fasted, and
lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
28 And the word of Jehovah came
to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth
himself before me.^^ because he hum-
bleth himself before me, I will not
bring the evil in his days; but in
his son's day will I bring the evil
upon his house.
OQ And they continued three
Zd^ years without war between
Syria and Israel. 2 And it came
to pass in the third year, that
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
came down to the king of Israel.
3 And the king of Israel said unto
his servants. Know ye that Ramoth-
gilead is ours, and we ^are still, and
take it not out of the hand of the
king of Syria? 4 And he said unto
Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me
to battle to Ramoth-gilead.f^ And
Jehoshaphat said to the king of
Israel, I am as thou art, my people
as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
5 And Jehoshaphat said unto
the king of Israel, Inquire ^first, I
pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.
6 Then the king of Israel gath-
ered the prophets together, about i
four hundred men, and said untoj
them. Shall I go against Ramoth-I
gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?!
And they said. Go up; for the Lord
will deliver it into the hand of the
king. 7 But Jehoshaphat said. Is
there not here a prophet of Jeho-
vah besides, that we may inquire
of him? 8 And the king of Israel
said unto Jehoshaphat, There is
yet one man by whom we may in-
quire of Jehovah, Micaiah the son
of Imlah: but I hate him; for he
doth not prophesy good concerning
me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat
said, Let not the king say so. 9
Then the king of Israel called an
^officer, and said, Fetch quickly
Micaiah the son of Imlah. 10 Now
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah were sitting
each on his throne, arrayed in their
robes, in %n open place at the en-
trance of the gate of Samaria; and
all the prophets were prophesying
before them. 11 And Zedekiah the
I son of Chenaanah made him horns
of iron, and said, Thus saith Je-
hovah, With these shalt thou push
the Syrians, until they be con-
sumed. 12 And all the proph-
ets prophesied so, saying. Go up to
Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for
Jehovah will deliver it into the
hand of the king.
13 And the messenger that went
to call Micaiah spake unto him,
saying. Behold now, the words of
the prophets declare good unto the
king with one mouth: let thy word,
I pray thee, be like the word of
one of them, and speak thou good.
14 And Micaiah said, As Jeho-
vah liveth, what Jehovah saith unto
me, that will I speak. 15 And
when he was come to the king, the
king said unto him, Micaiah, shall
we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle,
or shall we forbear? And he an-
swered him. Go up and prosper;
and Jehovah will deliver it into the
hand of the king. 16 And the king
Or, keep silence
2 Heb. lo-day.
i ' Or, eunuch
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< Heb. a threshing- floor.
Micaiah's Prophecy against Ahab. Ramoth-gilead attacked. Ahab killed I. KINGS 22.17 22.38
said unto him, How many times
shall I adjure thee that thou speak
unto me nothing but the truth in
the name of Jehovah? 17 And he
said, I saw all Israel scattered
upon the mountains, as sheep that
have no shepherd: and Jehovah
said, These have no master; let
them return every man to his
house in peace. 18 And the king
of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did
I not tell thee that he would not
prophesy good concerning me, but
evil? 19 And Micaiah said. There-
fore hear thou the word of Jeho-
vah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his
throne, and all the host of heaven
standing by him on his right hand
and on his left. 20 And Jehovah
said. Who shall ^entice Ahab, that
he may go up and fall at Ramoth-
gilead .^^ And one said on this man-
ner; and another said on that
manner. 21 And there came forth
^a spirit, and stood before Jehovah,
and said, I will entice him. 22
And Jehovah said unto him. Where-
with .^ And he said, I will go forth,
and will be a lying spirit in the
mouth of all his prophets. And
he said, Thou shalt entice him, and
shalt prevail also: go forth, and do
so. 23 Now therefore, behold, Je-
hovah hath put a lying spirit in
the mouth of all these thy prophets;
and Jehovah hath spoken evil con-
cerning thee.
24 Then Zedekiah the son of
Ghenaanah came near, and smote
Micaiah on the cheek, and said.
Which way went the Spirit of Je-
hovah from me to speak unto thee.f*
25 And Micaiah said. Behold, thou
shalt see on that day, when thou
shalt go ^into an inner chamber
to hide thyself. 26 And the king
of Israel said. Take Micaiah, and
carry him back unto Amon the
governor of the city, and to Joash
the king's son; 27 and say. Thus
saith the king. Put this fellow in
the prison, and feed him with bread
1 Or, deceive ^ Heb. the spirit.
3 Or, from chamber to chamber
of affliction and with water of afflic-
tion, until I come in peace. 28 And
Micaiah said. If thou return at all
in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken
by me. And he said. Hear, ye
peoples, all of you.
29 So the king of Israel and Je-
hoshaphat the king of Judah went
up to Ramoth-gilead. 30 And the
king of Israel said unto Jehosha-
phat, I will disguise myself, and
go into the battle; but put thou on
thy robes. And the king of Israel
disguised himself, and went into
the battle. 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 And it came to pass, when the
captains of the chariots saw that it
was not the king of Israel, that
they turned back from pursuing
him. 34 And a certain man drew
his bow %t a venture, and smote
the king of Israel between ^the
joints of the armor: wherefore he
said unto the driver of his chariot.
Turn thy hand, and carry me out of
the host; for I am sore wounded.
35 And the battle increased that
day: and the king was stayed up
in his chariot against the Syrians,
and died at even; and the blood
ran out of the wound into the bot-
tom of the chariot. 36 And there
went a cry throughout the host
about the going down of the sun,
saying. Every man to his city, and
every man to his country.
37 So the king died, and was
brought to Samaria; and they buried
the king in Samaria. 38 And they
washed the chariot by the pool of
Samaria; and the dogs licked up his
blood (^now the harlots washed
* Heb. in his simplicity.
* Or, the lower armor and the breastplate
6 Or, and they washed the armor
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I. KINGS 22.39 ^22.53 Jehoshaphat's Reign over Judah. Ahaziah King of Israel
themselves there)', according unto
the word of Jehovah which he spake.
39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab,
and all that he did, and the ivory
house which he built, and all the
cities that he built, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel? 40 So Ahab
slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah
his son reigned in his stead.
41 And Jehoshaphat the son of
Asa began to reign over Judah in
the fourth year of Ahab king of
Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty
and ^ye years old when he began
to reign; and he reigned twenty
and ^\e years in Jerusalem. And
his mother's name was Azubah the
daughter of Shilhi. 43 And he
walked in all the way of Asa his
father; he turned not aside from
it, doing that which was right in
the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the
high places were not taken away;
the people still sacrificed and burnt
incense in the high places. 44 And
Jehoshaphat made peace with the
king of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoshaphat, and his might that
he showed, and how he warred, are
they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
46 And the remnant of the sodom-
ites, that remained in the days of
his father Asa, he put away out of
the land. 47 And there was no
king in Edom: a deputy was king.
48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tar-
shish to go to Ophir for gold: but
they went not; for the ships were
broken at Ezion-geber. 49 Then
said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto
Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go
with thy servants in the ships. But
Jehoshaphat would not. 50 And Je-
hoshaphat slept with his fathers, and
was buried with his fathers in the
city of David his father; and Jeho-
ram his son reigned in his stead.
51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab be-
gan to reign over Israel in Samaria
in the seventeenth year of Jehosha-
phat king of Judah, and he reigned
two years over Israel. 52 And he
did that which was evil in the sight
of Jehovah, and walked in the
way of his father, and in the way
of his mother, and in the way of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Hvhere-
in he made Israel to sin. 53 And
he served Baal, and worshipped him,
and provoked to anger Jehovah, the
God of Israel, according to all that
his father had done.
1 Or, who made
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE
KINGS
Ahaziah sends Messengers to Elijah
IAnd Moab rebelled against
Israel after the death of Ahab.
2 And Ahaziah fell down through
the lattice in his upper chamber
that was in Samaria, and was sick:
and he sent messengers, and said
unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-
zebub, the god of Ekron, whether
I shall recover of this sickness.
3 But the angel of Jehovah said to
Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up
to meet the messengers of the king
of Samaria, and say unto them. Is
it because there is no God in Israel,
that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub,
the god of Ekron? 4 Now there-
fore thus saith Jehovah, Thou
shall not come down from the bed
whither thou art gone up, but
shall surely die. And Elijah de-
parted.
5 And the messengers returned
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Ahaziah dies according to Elijah's Word. Jehoram succeeds him II. KINGS 1.6 2.5
unto him, and he said unto them,
Why is it that ye are returned?
6 And they said unto him. There
came up a man to meet us, and
said unto us. Go, turn again unto
the king that sent you, and say
unto him. Thus saith Jehovah, Is
it because there is no God in Is-
rael, that thou sendest to inquire
of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?
therefore thou shalt not come down
from the bed whither thou art gone
up, but shalt surely die. 7 And he
said unto them, What manner of
man was he that came up to meet
you, and told you these words?
8 And they answered him. He was
^a hairy man, and girt with a girdle
of leather about his loins. And he
said. It is Elijah the Tishbite.
9 Then tJie king sent unto him a
captain of fifty with his fifty. And
he went up to him: and, behold, he
was ^sitting on the top of the hill.
And he spake unto him, O man of
God, the king hath said. Come
down. 10 And Elijah answered
and said to the captain of fifty. If
I be a man of God, let fire come
down from heaven, and consume
thee and thy fifty. And there
came down fire from heaven, and
consumed him and his fifty. 11
And again he sent unto him an-
other captain of fifty with his
fifty. And he answered and said
unto him, O man of God, thus
hath the king said, Come down!
quickly. 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 cap-
tain of fifty went up, and came and
fell on his knees before Elijah, and
besought him, and said unto him,
O man of God, I pray thee, let my
life, and the life of these fifty thy
servants, be precious in thy sight.
Or, a man with a earment of hair
Or, dwelling
14 Behold, there came fire down
from heaven, and consumed the
two former captains of fifty with
their fifties; but now let my life
be precious in thy sight. 15 And
the angel of Jehovah said unto
Elijah, Go down with him: be not
afraid of him. And he arose, and
went down with him unto the
king. 16 And he said unto him,
Thus saith Jehovah, Forasmuch as
thou hast sent messengers to in-
quire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ek-
ron, is it because there is no God in
Israel to inquire of his word? there-
fore thou shalt not come down from
the bed whither thou art gone up,
but shalt surely die.
17 So he died according to the
word of Jehovah which Elijah had
spoken. And Jehoram began to
reign in his stead in the second
year of Jehoram the son of Jehosh-
aphat king of Judah; because he
had no son. 18 Now the rest of
the acts of Ahaziah which he did,
are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
2 And it came to pass, when
Jehovah would take up Elijah
by a whirlwind into heaven, that
Elijah went with Elisha from Gil-
gal. 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha,
Tarry here, I pray thee; for Jeho-
vah hath sent me as far as Beth-el.
And Elisha said. As Jehovah liveth,
and as thy soul liveth, I will not
leave thee. So they went down to
Beth-el. 3 And the sons of the
prophets that were at Beth-el came
forth to Elisha, and said unto him,
Knowest thou that Jehovah will
take away thy master from thy
head to-day? And he said, Yea,
I know it; hold ye your peace.
4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha,
tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah
hath sent me to Jericho. And he
said, As Jehovah 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 EHsha, and
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II. KINGS 2.6 2.24 Elijah taken up into Heaven. His Spirit rests on Elisha
said unto him, Knowest thou that
Jehovah will take away thy master
from thy head to-day? And he
answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye
your peace. 6 And Elijah said unto
him, Tarry here, I pray thee; for
Jehovah hath sent me to the Jor-
dan. And he said, As Jehovah liv-
eth, and as thy soul liveth, I will
not leave thee. And they two
went on. 7 And fifty men of the
sons of the prophets went, and
stood over against them afar off:
and they two stood by the Jordan.
8 And Elijah took his mantle, and
wrapped it together, and smote
the waters, and they were divided
hither and thither, so that they
two went over on dry ground.
9 And it came to pass, Vhen they
were gone over, that Elijah said
ters, they were divided hither and
thither; and Elisha went over.
15 And when the sons of the
prophets that were at Jericho over
against him saw him, they said,
The spirit of Elijah doth rest on
Elisha. And they came to meet
him, and bowed themselves to the
ground before him. 16 And they
said unto him. Behold now, there
are with thy servants fifty strong
men; let them go, we pray thee,
and seek thy master, lest the Spirit
of Jehovah hath taken him up,
and cast him upon some 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
unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do they came back to him, while he
for thee, before I am taken from tarried at Jericho; and he said unto
thee. And Elisha said, I pray them, Did I not say unto you, Go
thee, let ^a double portion of thy not.^^
spirit be upon me. 10 And he 19 And the men of the city said
said. Thou hast asked a hard thing: unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee,
nevertheless, if thou see me when I the situation of this city is pleasant,
am taken from thee, it shall be so as my lord seeth : but the water is
unto thee; but if not, it shall not bad, and the land ^miscarrieth.
be so. 11 And it came to pass, as 20 And he said. Bring me a new
they still went on, and talked, j cruse, and put salt therein. And
that, behold, ^/^^re a^jpear^c? ^a chariot they brought it to him. 21 And
of fire, and horses of fire, which he went forth unto the spring of
parted them both asunder; and the waters, and cast salt therein,
Elijah went up by a whirlwind into and said. Thus saith Jehovah, I
heaven. 12 And Elisha saw it, have healed these waters; there
and he cried. My father, my father, shall not be from thence any more
the ^chariots of Israel and the ; death or ^miscarrying. 22 So the
horsemen thereof ! \ waters were healed unto this day,
And he saw him no more : and according to the word of Elisha
he took hold of his own clothes, \ which he spake,
and rent them in two pieces. 13
He took up also the mantle of Eli-
jah that fell from him, and went
back, and stood by the bank of the young lads out of the city, and
mocked him, and said unto him.
Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou
baldhead. 24 And he looked be-
hind him and saw them, and cursed
them in the name of Jehovah.
And there came forth two she-
bears out of the wood, and tare
6 Or, castelh its fruit ' Or, casting of fruit
416
23 And he went up from thence
unto Beth-el; and as he was going
up by the way, there came forth 1
vminoc l«rls nut of thp Pitv. and ■
Jordan. 14 And he took the man-
tle of Elijah that fell from him, and
smote the waters, and said. Where
is Jehovah, Hhe God of Elijah.^ and
when he also had smitten the wa-
* Or, as they went
2 That is, the portion of the first-born. See Dt. 21. 17.
' Or, chariots ^ Or, chariot
^ Or, the God of Elijah, even he? and when he had smit-
ten &*C.
Jehoram King of Israel. League of Israel and Judah. Elisha's Counsel H. KINGS 2.25 3.21
forty and two lads of them. 25
And he went from thence to mount
Carmel, and from thence he re-
turned to Samaria.
3 Now Jehoram the son of
Ahab began to reign over Is-
rael 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 Jehovah, but not like his
father, and like his mother; for he
put away the ^pillar of Baal that
his father had made. 3 Neverthe-
less he cleaved unto the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, where-
with he made Israel to sin; he de-
parted not therefrom.
4 Now Mesha king of Moab was
a sheep-master; and he rendered
unto the king of Israel ^the wool
of a hundred thousand lambs, and
of a hundred thousand rams. 5
But it came to pass, when Ahab
was dead, that the king of Moab
rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 And king Jehoram 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 re-
belled against me: wilt thou go
with me against Moab to battle .^^
And he said, I will go up: I am
as thou art, my people as thy peo-
ple, my horses as thy horses. 8
And he said. Which way shall we
go up.^
And he answered. The
way of the wilderness of Edom.
9 So the king of Israel went, and
the king of Judah, and the king
of Edom; and they made a circuit
of seven days' journey: and there
was no water for the host, nor for
the beasts that followed them. 10
And the king of Israel said, Alas!
for Jehovah hath called these three
kings together to deliver them into
the hand of Moab. 11 But Je-
hoshaphat said, Is there not here a
prophet of Jehovah, that we may
inquire of Jehovah by him.^^ And
1 Or, obelisk
2 Or, a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand
rams, with the wool
one of the king of Israel's servants
answered and said, Elisha the son
of Shaphat is here, who poured
water on the hands of Elijah.
12 And Jehoshaphat said. The word
of Jehovah is with him. So the
king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and
the king of Edom went down to
him.
13 And Elisha said unto the
king of Israel, What have I to do
with thee.? get thee to the prophets
of thy father, and to the prophets
of thy mother. And the king of
Israel said unto him. Nay; for
Jehovah hath called these three
kings together to deliver them into
the hand of Moab. 14 And Elisha
said. As Jehovah of hosts liveth,
before whom I stand, surely, were
it not that I regard the presence of
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 Jehovah came upon
him. 16 And he said. Thus saith
Jehovah, Make this valley full of
trenches. 17 For thus saith Je-
hovah, 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 Jehovah: he will also
deliver the Moabites into your
hand. 19 And ye shall smite every
fortified 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
^gathered themselves together, all
3 Or, were called together
14
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II. KINGS 3.22 — 4.15 The widow's Oil increased. Elisha and the Shunammite Woman
that were able to ^put on armor,
and upward, and stood on the
border. 22 And they rose up early
in the morning, and the sun shone
upon the water, and the Moabites
saw the water over against them as
red as blood: 23 and they said.
This is blood; the kings ^are surely
destroyed, and they have smitten
each man his fellow: now therefore,
Moab, to the spoil. 24 And when
they came to the camp of Israel,
the Israelites rose up and smote the
Moabites, so that they fled before
them; and they went forward ^into
the land smiting the 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 slingers went about it,
and smote it. 26 And when the
king of Moab saw that the battle
was too sore for him, he took with
him seven hundred men that drew
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 ^here was
great wrath against Israel: and
they departed from him, and re-
turned to their own land.
4 Now there cried a certain
woman of the wives of the
sons of the prophets unto Elisha,
saying. Thy servant my husband
is dead; and thou knowest that
thy servant did fear Jehovah: and
the creditor is come to take unto
him my two children to be bond-
men. 2 And Elisha said unto her,
What shall I do for thee.^ tell me;
what hast thou in the house? And
she said, Thy handmaid hath not
anything in the house, save a pot
of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow
thee vessels abroad of all thy neigh-
* Heb. gird themselves with a girdlt.
2 Or, have surely fought together 3 Heb. into it.
* Or, there came great wrath upon Israel
bors, even empty vessels; borrow
not a few. 4 And thou shalt go in,
and shut the door upon thee and
upon thy sons, and pour out into
all those vessels; and thou shalt
set aside that which is full. 5 So
she went from him, and shut the
door upon her and upon her sons;
they brought the vessels to her, and
she poured out. 6 And it came to
pass, when the vessels were full,
that she said unto her son, Bring
me yet a vessel. And he said unto
her, There is not a vessel more.
And the oil stayed. 7 Then she
came and told the man of God.
And he said. Go, sell the oil, and
pay thy debt, and live thou and
thy sons of the rest.
8 And it fell on a day, that
Elisha passed to Shunem, where
was a great woman; and she con-
strained 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
husband, Behold now, I perceive
that this is a holy man of God,
that 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 seat, and a candle-
stick : and it shall be, when he cometh
to us, that he shall turn in thither.
11 And it fell on a day, that he
came thither, and he 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 %een 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 people. 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,
6 Or, with walls
6 Or, showed us all this reverence
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Elisha raises the Shunammite's Dead Son
Call her. And when he had called
her, she stood in the door. 16 And
he said, At this season, when the
time ^Cometh round, thou shalt
embrace a son. And she said, Nay,
my lord, thou man of God, do not
lie unto thy 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 .f^ it is neither new
moon nor sabbath. And she said,
^It 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
Carmel.
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 hus-
band.? is it well with the child.?
And she answered. 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 ^vexed within her; and
Heb. liveth (or, reviveih). • Heb. Peace. 3 Heb. bitter,
11. KINGS 4.16-4.38
Jehovah 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
thy 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 Je-
hovah liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee. And
he arose, and followed her. 31
And Gehazi passed on before them,
and laid the staff upon the face of
the child; but there was neither
voice, nor %earing. Wherefore 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 therefore, and shut
the door upon them twain, and
prayed unto Jehovah. 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
^stretched himself upon him; and
the flesh of the child waxed warm.
35 Then he returned, and walked in
the house once to and fro; and went
up, and ^stretched himself upon him :
^and the child sneezed seven
times, and the child opened his
eyes. 36 And he called Gehazi,
and said, Call this Shunammite.
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 before him;
and he said unto his servant, Set
on the great pot, and boil pottage
* Heb. attention.
8 Or, and embraced the child
5 Or, bowed himself
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II, KINGS 4.39 5.13 Loaves and Qrain multiplied. Elisha heals Naaman's Leprosy
for the sons of the prophets. 39
And one went out into the field to
gather herbs, and found a wild
vine, and gathered thereof wild
gourds his lap full, and came and
shred them into the pot of pottage;
for they knew them not. 40 So
they poured out for the men to eat.
And it came to pass, as they were
eating of the pottage, that they
cried out, and said, O man of God,
there is death in the pot. And
they could not eat thereof. 41
But he said. Then bring meal.
And he cast it into the pot; and
he said, Pour out for the people,
that they may eat. And there was
no %arm in the pot.
42 And there came a man from
Baal-shalishah, and brought the
man of God bread of the first-
fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and
fresh ears of grain in ^his sack,
And he said, Give unto the people,
that they may eat. 43 And his
^servant said. What, should I set
this before a hundred men? But
he said, Give the people, that they
may eat; for thus saith Jehovah,
They shall eat, and shall leave
thereof. 44 So he set it before
them, and they did eat, and left
thereof, according to the word of
Jehovah.
5 Now Naaman, captain of the
host of the king of Syria, was
a great man ^with his master, and
honorable, because by him Jehovah
had given ^ victor}^ unto Syria: he
was also a mighty man of valor,
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 maiden;
and she Vaited on Naaman's wife.
3 And she said unto her mistress,
Would that my lord were ^with
the prophet that is in Samaria!
then would he recover him of his
leprosy. 4 And We went in, and
told his lord, saying, Thus and
thus said the maiden that is of the
1 Heb. evil thing. 2 Or, the husk thereof » Or, minister
* Heb. before. 5 Heb. salvation.
» Heb. was before. ' Or, he
land of Israel. 5 And the king of
Syria said. Go now, and I will
send a letter unto the king of
Israel. And he departed, and took
with him ten talents of silver,
and six thousand ^pieces of gold,
and ten changes of raiment. 6
And he brought the letter to the
king of ^ Israel, saying. And now
when this letter is come unto thee,
behold, I have sent Naaman my
servant to thee, that thou mayest
recover him of his leprosy. 7 And
it came to pass, when the king of
Israel had read the letter, that he
rent his clothes, and said, Am I
God, to kill and to make alive,
that this man doth send unto me
to recover a man of his leprosy .^^
but consider, I pray you, and see
how he seeketh ^a quarrel against
me.
8 And it was so, when Elisha
the man of God heard that the
king of Israel had rent his clothes,
that he sent to the king, saying,
Wherefore hast thou rent thy
clothes.'^ let him come now to me,
and he shall know that there is a
prophet in Israel. 9 So Naaman
came with his 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 the Jordan seven
times, and thy flesh shall come
again to thee, and ^Hhou shalt be
clean. 11 But Naaman was wroth,
and went away, and said. Behold,
I thought. He will surely come out
to me, and stand, and call on the
name of Jehovah his God, and
wave his hand over the place, and
recover the leper. 12 Are not
^^Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers
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
8 Or. shekels » Or, an occasion »o Heb. be thou clean.
1' Another reading is, Amanah. See S. S. 4. S.
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Gehazi's Avarice and Falsehood. His Punishment
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 the Jordan, accord-
ing to the saying of the man of
God; and his flesh came again
like unto the flesh of a little child,
and he was clean.
15 And he returned to the man
of God, he and all his company,
and came, and stood before him;
and he said. Behold now, I know
that there is no God in all the
earth, but in Israel: now there-
fore, I pray thee, take a ^present
of thy servant. 16 But he said.
As Jehovah liveth, before whom
I stand, I will receive none. And
he urged him to take it; but he
refused. 17 And Naaman said. If
not, yet, I pray thee, let there be
given to thy servant two mules'
burden of earth; for thy servant
will henceforth offer neither burnt-
offering nor sacrifice unto other
gods, but unto Jehovah. 18 In
this thing Jehovah pardon thy ser-
vant: 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, Jehovah
pardon thy servant in this thing.
19 And he said unto him. Go in
peace. So he departed from him
^a little way.
20 But Gehazi, the servant of
Elisha the man of God, said. Be-
hold, my master hath spared this
Naaman the Syrian, in not receiv-
ing at his hands that which he
brought: as Jehovah liveth, I will
run after him, and take somewhat
of him. 21 So Gehazi followed
after Naaman. And when Naaman
saw one running after him, he
alighted from the chariot to meet
him, and said, Is all well? 22 And
he said, All is well. My master
hath sent me, saying, Behold, even
• Heb. blessing. 2 Or, some distance
II. KINGS 5.14—6.6
now there are come to me from
the hill-country of Ephraim two
young men of the sons of the proph-
ets; give them, I pray thee, a talent
of silver, and two changes of rai-
ment. 23 And Naaman said. Be
pleased to take two talents. And
he urged him, and bound two
talents of silver in two bags, with
two changes of raiment, and laid
them upon two of his servants; and
they bare them before him. 24
And when he came to the ^hill, he
took them from their hand, and
bestowed them in the house; and
he let the men go, and they de-
parted. 25 But he went in, and
stood before his master. And
Elisha said unto him, Whence com-
est thou, Gehazi? And he said,
Thy servant went no whither. 26
And he said unto him, ^Went
not my heart with thee, when the
man turned from his chariot to
meet thee? Is it a time to receive
money, and to receive garments,
and oliveyards and vineyards, and
sheep and oxen, and men-servants
and maid-servants? 27 The lep-
rosy therefore of Naaman shall
cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed
for ever. And he went out from
his presence a leper as white as
snow.
And the sons of the proph-
ets said unto Elisha, Behold
now, the place where we dwell be-
fore thee is too strait for us. 2 Let
us go, we pray thee, unto the
Jordan, 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 pleased, I pray thee, to go
with thy servants. And he an-
swered, I will go. 4 So he went
with them. And when they came
to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
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
2 Heb. Ophel. * Or, My heart- went not from me, when b'c.
6
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II. KINGS 6.7 6.28 Ellsha and the invading Syrians. Samaria besieged and famished
fell it? And he showed him the
place. And he cut down a stick,
and cast it in thither, and ^made
the iron to swim. 7 And he said.
Take it up to thee. So he put out
his hand, and took it.
8 Now the king of Syria was
warring against Israel; and he took
counsel with his servants, saying,
In such and such a place shall be
my ^camp. 9 And the man of
God sent unto the king of Israel,
saying. Beware that thou pass not
such a place; for thither the Syr-
ians are coming down. 10 And
the king of Israel sent to the place
which the man of God told him and
warned him of; and he saved him-
self there, not once nor twice. 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 show me
which of us is for the king of Israel.'^
12 And one of his servants said.
Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha,
the prophet that is in Israel, telleth
the king of Israel the words that
thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
13 And he said. Go and see where
he is, that I may send and fetch
him. And it was told him, saying,
Behold, he is in Dothan.
14 Therefore sent he thither
horses, and chariots, and a great
host: and they came by night, and
compassed the city about. 15 And
when the ^servant of the man of
God was risen early, and gone
forth, behold, a host with horses
and chariots was round about the
city. And his servant said unto
him, Alas, my master! how shall
we do.^ 16 And he answered. Fear
not; for they that are with us
are more than they that are with
them. 17 And Elisha prayed, and
said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open
his eyes, that he may see. And
Jehovah opened the eyes of the
young man; and he saw: and, be-
hold, the mountain was full of
horses and chariots of fire round
1 Or, Ihe iron did swim • Or, encamping 3 Or, minister
about Elisha. 18 And when they
came down to him, Elisha prayed
unto Jehovah, and said. Smite this
^people, I pray thee, with blind-
ness. And he smote them with
blindness according to the word of
Elisha. 19 And Elisha said unto
them. This is not the way, neither
is this the city: follow me, and I
will bring you to the man whom ye
seek. And he led them to Samaria.
20 And it came to pass, when
they were come into Samaria, that
Elisha said, Jehovah, open the eyes
of these men, that they may see.
And Jehovah opened their eyes, and
they 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.^^ shall I smite
them.f^ 22 And he answered. Thou
shalt not smite them: wouldest
thou smite those whom thou hast
taken captive with thy sword and
with thy bow.f^ 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 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 gath-
ered 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 four-
score ^pieces of silver, and the
fourth part of a kab of dove's dung
for five ^pieces of silver. 26 And as
the king of Israel was passing by
upon the wall, there cried a woman
unto him, saying. Help, my lord,
0 king. 27 And he said ^If Jeho-
vah do not help thee, whence shall
1 help thee? out of the threshing-
floor, or out of the winepress? 28
And the king said unto her. What
< Heb. nation. ^ Or, shekels
• Or, Nay, lei Jehovah help thee!
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riisha predicts Plenty. Four Lepers discover the Flight of the Syrians
aileth thee? And she answeitxl,
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 upon the
wall); and the people looked, and,
behold, he had sackcloth within
upon his flesh. 31 Then he said,
God do so to me, and more also, if
the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat
shall stand on him this day.
32 But Elisha was sitting in his
house, and the elders were sitting
with him; and the king sent a man
from before him: but ere the mes-
senger came to him, he said to the
elders. See ye how this son of a
murderer hath sent to take away
my head.^ look, when the mes-
senger Cometh, shut the door, and
%old the door fast against him: is
II. KINGS 6.29—7.12
say. We will enter into the city,
then the famine is in the city, and
we shall die there; and if we sit
still here, we die also. Now there-
fore come, and let us fall unto the
host of the Syrians: if they save us
alive, we shall live; and if they kill
us, we shall but die. 5 And they
rose up in 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 Wherefore 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
not the sound of his master's feet I tent, and did eat and drink, and
behind him.^ 33 And while he was carried thence silver, and gold,
yet talking with them, behold, the and raiment, and went and hid it;
messenger came down unto him : I and they came back, and entered
and he said. Behold, this evil is of into another tent, and carried thence
Jehovah; why should I wait for] also, and went and hid it.
7 Jehovah any longer.^ 1 And i 9 Then they said one to another,
Elisha said. Hear ye the word We do not well; this day is a day
of Jehovah : thus saith Jehovah, | of good tidings, and we hold our
To-morrow about this time shall a
-measure of fine flour be sold for a
shekel, and two measures of barley
for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2 Then the captain on whose hand
the king leaned answered the man
of God, and said. Behold, if Je-
hovah should make windows in
heaven, might this thing be.^ And
he said. Behold, thou shalt see it
with thine eyes, but shalt not eat
thereof.
3 Now there were four leprous
men at the entrance of the gate:
and they said one to another. Why
sit we here until we die? 4 If we
1 Heb. thrust him back with the door. - Heb. seah.
peace: if we tarry till the morning
light, ^punishment will overtake us;
now therefore 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 %e called the por-
ters; and they told it to the king's
household within. 12 And the king
arose in the night, and said
3 Or, our iniquity will find us out
•» Or, porters ^ Or, the porters called
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II. KINGS 7.13 8.9 The Shunammite Woman's Land restored. Bed-hadad sick |
unto his servants, I will now show
you what the Syrians have done
to us. They know that we are
hungry; therefore are they gone
out of the camp to hide them-
selves in the field, saying. When
they come out of the city, we shall
take them alive, and get into the
city. 13 And one of his servants
answered and said. Let some take,
I pray thee, five of the horses that
remain, which are left ^in the city
(behold, they are as all the multi-
tude of Israel that are left in it;
behold, they are as all the multi-
tude of Israel that are consumed);
and let us send and see. 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 the Jordan: and, lo, all the
way was full of garments and ves-
sels, which the Syrians had cast
away in their haste. And the mes-
sengers returned, and told the
king.
16 And the people went out, and
plundered the camp of the Syrians.
So a measure of fine flour was sold
for a shekel, and two measures of
barley for a shekel, according to
the word of Jehovah. 17 And the
king appointed the captain on whose
hand he leaned to have the charge
of the gate: and the people trod
upon him in the gate, and he died
as the man of God had said, who
spake when the king came down
to him. 18 And it came to pass,
as the man of God had spoken
to the king, saying. Two measures
of barley for a shekel, and a measure
of fine flour for a shekel, shall be
to-morrow about this time in the
gate of Samaria; 19 and that cap-
tain answered the man of God,
and said. Now, behold, if Jehovah
should make windows in heaven,
might such a thing be? and he said.
Behold, thou shall see it with thine
eyes, but shall not eat thereof: 20
it came to pass even so unto him;
1 Heb. in it.
for the people trod upon him in
the gate, and he died.
8 Now Elisha had spoken unto
the woman, whose son he had
restored to life, saying. Arise, and go
thou and thy household, and
sojourn wheresoever thou canst so-
journ: for Jehovah hath called for
a famine; and it shall also come
upon the land seven years. 2 And
the woman arose, and did accord-
ing 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
Geliazi the servant of the man of
God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee,
all the great things that Elisha
hath done. 5 And it came to pass,
as he was telling the king how he
had restored to life him that was
dead, that, behold, the woman,
whose son he had restored to life,
cried to the king for her house and
for her land. And Gehazi said, My
lord, O king, this is the woman,
and this is her son, whom Elisha
restored to life. 6 And when the
king asked the woman, she told
him. So the king appointed unto
her a certain ^officer, saying, Re-
store all that was hers, and all the
fruits of the field since the day
that she left the land, even until
now.
7 And Elisha came to Damas-
cus; and Ben-hadad the king of
Syria was sick; and it was told him,
saying, The man of God is come
hither. 8 And the king said unto
Hazael, Take a present in thy
hand, and go, meet the man of God,
and inquire of Jehovah by him,
saying. Shall I recover of this sick-
ness .^^ 9 So Hazael went to meet
him, and took a present ^with him,
'^even of every good thing of Da-
2 Or, eunuch
' Heb. in his hand.
* Or, and
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He is killed. Jehoram's Reign over Judah. Ahaziah King of Judah
mascus, forty camels' burden, and
came and stood before him, and
said. Thy son Ben-hadad king of
Syria hath sent me to thee, saying.
Shall I recover of this sickness?
10 And Elisha said unto him. Go,
^say unto him, Thou shalt surely
recover; howbeit Jehovah hath
showed me that he shall surely
die. 11 And he settled his counte-
nance stedfastly upon him, 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 strongholds 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, who is but a
dog, that he should do this great
thing .f^ And Elisha answered, Je-
hovah hath showed me that thou
shalt be king over Syria. 14 Then
he departed from Elisha, and came
to his master; who said to him,
What said Elisha to thee.'^ And he
answered. He told me that thou
wouldest surely recover. 15 And
it came to pass on the morrow, that
he took the coverlet, and dippe'd it
in water, and spread it on his face,
so that he died: and Hazael reigned
in his stead.
16 And in the fifth year of Joram
the son of Ahab king of Israel,
Jehoshaphat being then king of
Judah, Jehoram the son of Je-
hoshaphat king of Judah began to
reign. 17 Thirty and two years
old was he when he began to reign;
and he reigned eight years in Jeru-
salem. 18 And he walked in the
way of the kings of Israel, as did
the house of Ahab: for he had the
daughter of Ahab to wife; and he
did that which was evil in the sight
of Jehovah. 19 Howbeit Jehovah
would not destroy Judah, for David
1 Another reading is. say, Thou shalt not recover; for
Jehovah (3°c.
n. KINGS 8.10—8.29
his servant's sake, as he promised
him to give unto him a lamp ^for
his children alway.
20 In his days Edom revolted
from under the hand of Judah, and
made a king over themselves. 21
Then Joram passed over to Zair,
and all his chariots with him: and
he rose up by night, and smote the
Edomites that compassed him about,
and the captains of the chariots;
and the people fled to their tents.
22 So Edom revolted from under
the hand of Judah unto this day.
Then did Libnah revolt at the same
time. 23 And the rest of the
acts of Joram, and all that he did,
are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah.? 24 And Joram slept with
his fathers, and was buried with
his fathers in the city of David;
and Ahaziah his son reigned in
his stead.
25 In the twelfth year of Jo-
ram the son of Ahab king of Israel
did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram
king of Judah begin to reign. 26
Two and twenty years old was
Ahaziah when he began to reign;
and he reigned one year in Jerusa-
lem. And his mother's name was
Athaliah the ^daughter of Omri
king of Israel. 27 And he walked
in the way of the house of Ahab,
and did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, as did the house
of Ahab; for he was the son-in-
law of the house of Ahab. 28 And
he went with Joram the son of
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 Ju-
dah went down to see Joram the
son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he
was sick.
2 Another reading is, and to his children.
3 Or, granddaughter See ver. 18.
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II, KINGS 9.1 — 9.20 Jehu anointed King of Israel. His Conspiracy against Joram
9
And Elisha the prophet called
one of the sons of the prophets,
and said unto him, Gird up thy
loins, and take this vial of oil in
thy hand, and go to Ramoth-
gilead. 2 And when thou comest
thither, look out there Jehu the
son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nim-
the man and what his talk was.
12 And thej^ said. It is false; tell
us now. And he said, Thus and
thus spake he to me, saying, Thus
saith Jehovah, I have anointed
thee king over Israel. 13 Then they
hasted, and took every man his
garment, and put it under him ^on
shi, and go in, and make him arise the top of the stairs, and blew the
up from among his brethren, and
carry him to an inner chamber.
3 Then take the vial of oil, and
pour it on his head, and say, Thus
saith Jehovah, I have anointed
thee king over Israel. Then open
the door, and flee, and tarry not.
4 So the young man, even the
young man the prophet, went to
Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he
came, behold, the captains of the
host were sitting; and he said, I
have an errand to thee, O captain.
And Jehu said. Unto which of us
all.^ And he said. To thee, O cap-
tain. 6 And he arose, and went
into the house; and he poured the
oil on his head, and said unto him.
Thus saith Jehovah, the God of
Israel, I have anointed thee king
over the people of Jehovah, even
over Israel. 7 And thou shall smite
the house of Ahab thy master,
that I may avenge the blood of
my servants the prophets, and the
blood of all the servants of Jeho-
vah, 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
trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.
14 So Jehu the son of Jehosha-
phat the son of Nimshi conspired
against Joram. (Now Joram was
keeping Ramoth-gilead, he and ail
Israel, because of Hazael king of
Syria; 15 but king -Joram was
returned to be healed in Jezreel of
the wounds which the Sj-rians 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 Ju-
dah was come down to see Joram.
17 Now the watchman was stand-
ing on the tower in Jezreel, and he
spied the company of Jehu as he
came, and said, I see a company.
And Joram said. Take a horseman,
and send to meet them, and let him
say, ^Is 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 messenger came
to them, but he cometh not back.
19 Then he sent out a second
on horseback, who came to them.
Nebat, and like the house of | and said. Thus saith the king,
Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 And \ Is it peace.? And Jehu answered,
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
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What hast thou to do with peace.?
turn thee behind me. 20 And the
watchman told, sa;^ang, He came
even unto them, and cometh not
back: and the driving is like the
driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi;
for he driveth furiously.
1 Or, on the bare steps ^ Or, 7^ all melU
« Heb. Jehoram (and in ver. 17, 21. 22. 2;-!. 24\
Jehu slays Kings Joram and Ahaziah. Jezebel slain II, KINGS 9.21 — 10. .5
21 And Joram said, ^Make ready.
And they made ready his chariot.
And Joram king of Israel and
Ahaziah king of Judah went out,
each in his chariot, and they went
out to meet Jehu, and found him
in the portion of Naboth the Jez-
reelite. 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 Jeze-
bel and her witchcrafts are so many?
23 And Joram turned his hands, and
fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is
treachery, O Ahaziah. 24 And Jehu
Mrew 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 re-
member how that, when I and thou
rode together after Ahab his father,
Jehovah ^laid this burden upon
him: 26 Surely I have seen yester-
day the blood of Naboth, and the
blood of his sons, saith Jehovah;
and I will requite thee in this
^plat, saith Jehovah. Now there-
fore take and cast him into the
plat of ground, according to the
word of Jehovah.
27 But when Ahaziah the king
of Judah saw this, he fled by the
way of the garden-house. And
Jehu followed after him, and said.
Smite him also in the chariot: and
they smote him at the ascent of Gur,
which is by Ibleam. And he fled
to Megiddo, and died there. 28
And his servants carried him in
a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried
him in his sepulchre with his fathers
in the city of David.
29 And in the eleventh year
of Joram the son of Ahab began
Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
30 And when Jehu was come
to Jezreel. Jezebel heard of it; and
1 Or, Yoke ^ Heb. fiU^d his hand with the how.
' Or, uttered this oracle against him * Or, portion
she painted her eyes, and attired
her head, and looked out at the
window. 31 And as Jehu entered
in at the gate, she said, ^Is it peace,
thou Zimri, thy master's murderer?
32 And he lifted up his face to the
window, and 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 down; and some of
her blood was sprinkled on the wall,
and on the horses: and he trod her
under foot. 34 And when he was
come in, he did eat and drink; and
he said. See now to this cursed
woman, and bury her; for she is a
king's daughter. 35 And they went
to bury her; but they found no
more of her than the skull, and the
feet, and the palms of her hands.
36 Wherefore they came back, and
told him. And he said. This is
the word of Jehovah, which he
spake by his servant Elijah the
Tishbite, saying. In the portion of
Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh
of Jezebel; 37 and the body of
Jezebel shall be as dung upon the
face of the field in the portion of
Jezreel, so that they shall not say.
This is Jezebel.
-I r\ Now Ahab had seventy
1 V/ ^ons in Samaria. 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, seeing your master's sons
are with you, and there are with
you chariots and horses, a fortified
city also, and armor; 3 look ye out
the best and meetest of your mas-
ter's sons, and set him on his father's
throne, and fight for your master's
house. 4 But they were exceedingly
afraid, and said, Behold, the two
kings stood not before him: how
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
5 Or, 75 it well
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II. KINGS 10.6 — 10.23 Jehu slays Ahab's Sons and Adherents, and Ahaziah's Brethren
up the children, sent to Jehu, say-
ing, We are thy servants, and
will do all that thou shalt bid us;
we will not make any man king:
do thou that which is good in
thine eyes. 6 Then he wrote a
letter the second time to them,
saying, If ye be on my side, and
if ye will hearken unto my voice,
take ye the heads of the men your
master's sons, and come to me to
Jezreel by to-morrow this time.
Now the king's sons, being seventy
persons, were with the great men
of the city, who brought them up.
7 And it came to pass, when the
letter came to them, that they took
the king's sons, and slew them,
even seventy persons, and put their
heads in baskets, and sent them
unto him to Jezreel. 8 And there
came a messenger, and told him,
saying. They have brought the
heads of the king's sons. And
he said. Lay ye them in two heaps
at the entrance of the gate until
the morning. 9 And it came to
pass in the morning, that he went
out, and stood, and said to all the
people. Ye are righteous: behold,
I conspired against my master,
and slew him; but who smote all
these. f^ 10 Know now that there
shall fall unto the earth nothing
of the word of Jehovah, which
Jehovah spake concerning the house
of Ahab: for Jehovah hath done
that which he spake by his servant
Elijah. 11 So Jehu smote all that
remained of the house of Ahab
in Jezreel, and all his great men,
and his familiar friends, and his
priests, until he left him none
remaining.
12 And he arose and departed,
and went to Samaria. And as he
was at the ^shearing-house of the
shepherds in the way, 13 Jehu
niet 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
» Or, house of gathering
the king and the children of the
queen. 14 And he said. Take them
alive. And they took them alive,
and slew them at the ^pit of the
^shearing-house, even two and forty
men; neither left he any of them.
15 And when he was departed
thence, he lighted on Jehonadab
the son of Rechab coming to meet
him; and he saluted him, and said
to him. Is thy heart right, as my
heart is with thy heart .^ And Je-
honadab answered. It is. If it be,
give me thy hand. And he gave
him his hand; and he took him up
to him into the chariot. 16 And
he said. Come with me, and see
my zeal for Jehovah. So they made
him ride in his 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 Je-
hovah, which he spake to Elijah.
18 And Jehu gathered all the
people together, and said unto them,
Ahab served Baal a little; but
Jehu will serve him much. 19
Now therefore call unto me all
the prophets of Baal, all his wor-
shippers, and all his priests; let
none be wanting: for I have a
great sacrifice to do to Baal; who-
soever shall be wanting, he shall
not live. But Jehu did it in subt-
lety, to the intent that he might
destroy the worshippers of Baal.
20 And Jehu said, Sanctify a sol-
emn assembly for Baal. And they
proclaimed it. 21 And 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 vest-
ments for all the worshippers of
Baal. And he brought them forth
vestments. 23 And Jehu went, and
Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into
the house of Baal; and he said
2 Or, cistern
428
Worshippers of Baal entrapped and slain. Jehu's Death II, KINGS 10.24 — 11.7
unto the worshippers of Baal, Search,
and look that there be here
with you none of the servants of Je-
hovah, but the worshippers of Baal
only. 24 And they went in to
offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings.
Now Jehu had appointed him 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 ^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 ^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, there-
with 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 Jehovah said unto Jehu,
Because thou hast Mone well in
executing that which is right in
mine eyes, and hast done unto the
house of Ahab according to all that
was in my heart, thy sons of the
fourth generation shall sit on the
throne of Israel. 31 But Jehu took
no heed to walk in the law of Jeho-
vah, the God of Israel, with all his
heart: he departed not from the
sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he
made Israel to sin.
32 In those days Jehovah began
to cut off from Israel: and Hazael
smote them in all the borders of
Israel; 33 from the Jordan east-
ward, all the land of Gilead, the
Gadites, and the Reubenites, and
the Manassites, from Aroer, which
is by the valley of the Arnon, even
Gilead and Bashan. 34 Now the
rest of the acts of Jehu, and all
that he did, and all his might, are
they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel.'*
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 Sama-
ria was twenty and eight years.
11 Now when Athaliah the
1 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, ^and put them in the ^bed-
chamber; and they hid him from
Athaliah, so that he was not slain;
3 and he was with her hid in the
house of Jehovah six years. And
Athaliah reigned over the land.
4 And in the seventh year Je-
hoiada sent and fetched the cap-
tains over hundreds of the ^Carites
and of the ^guard, and brought
them to him into the house of Je-
hovah; and he made a covenant
with them, and took an oath of
them in the house of Jehovah, and
showed them the king's son. 5 And
he commanded them, saying, This^
is the thing that ye shall do: a
third part of you, that come in on
the sabbath, shall be keepers of the
watch of the king's house; 6 and a
third part shall be at the gate Sur;
and a third part at the gate behind
the guard: so shall ye keep the
watch of the house, and be a bar-
rier. 7 And the two companies of
you, even all that go forth on the
sabbath, shall keep the watch of
the house of Jehovah about the
1 Heb. runners.
* Or, executed well
2 Or, obelisks
3 Or, who
Or, who were
Or, executioners
6 Or, chamber for the beds
8 Heb. runners.
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II, KINGS 11.8 — 12.5 Jehoiada's Resistance. Athaliah slain. Jehoash made King of Judah
king. 8 And ye shall compass the of the horses' entry to the king's
king round about, every man with
his weapons in his hand; and he
that Cometh within the ranks, let
him be slain: and be ye with the
king when he goeth out, and when
he Cometh in.
9 And the captains over hundreds
did according to all that Jehoiada
the priest commanded; and they
took every man his men, those that
were to come in on the sabbath,
with those that were to go out on
the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada
the priest. 10 And the priest de-
livered to the captains over hun-
dreds the spears and shields that
had been king David's, which were
in the house of Jehovah. 11 And
the guard stood, every man with
his weapons in his hand, from the
right ^side of the house to the left
side of the house, along by the altar
and the house, by the king round
about. 12 Then he brought out
the king's son, and ^put the crown
upon him, and gave him the testi-
mony; and they made him king,
and anointed him; and they clapped
their hands, and said, Long live the
king.
13 And when Athaliah heard
the noise of the guard and of the
people, she came to the people
into the house of Jehovah: 14 and
she looked, and, behold, the king
stood ^by the pillar, as the man-
ner was, and the captains and the
trumpets by the king; and all
the people of the land rejoiced,
and blew trumpets. Then Atha-
Hah 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
Jehovah. 16 So they made way
for her; and she went by the way
Heb. shoulder.
2 Or, put upon him the croiim and the testimony
' Or, on the platform
house: and there was she slain.
17 And Jehoiada made a cove-
nant between Jehovah and the
king and the people, that they
should be Jehovah's people; be-
tween the king also and the people.
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 thor-
oughly, and slew Mattan the priest
of Baal before the altars. And
the priest appointed ^officers over
the house of Jehovah. 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 Jehovah, and came by
the way of the gate of the guard
unto the king's house. And he
sat on the throne of the kings.
20 So all the people of the land
rejoiced, and the city was quiet.
And Athaliah they had slain with
the sword at the king's house.
*21 Jehoash was seven years old
1 O when he began to reign. 1 In
-I ^ 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
Jehovah all his days wherein Je-
hoiada the priest instructed him.
3 Howbeit the high places were not
taken away; the people still sacri-
ficed 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 Jehovah, ^in current money,
^the money of the persons for whom
each man is rated, and all the money
that it Cometh into any man's
heart to bring into the house of
Jehovah, 5 let the priests take it to
them, every man from his acquaint-
* Heb. offices. *Ch. 12. 1 in Heb.
* Or, even the money of every one that passeth the
numbering See Ex. 30. 13.
Heb. each man the money of the souls of his estimation.
See Lev. 27. 2.
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Jehoash repairs the Temple. He wards off Hazael's Invasion. Heiskilled H. KINGS 12.6 — 13.3
ance; and they shall repair the
breaches of the house, whereso-
ever any breach shall be found.
6 But it was so, that in the three
and twentieth year of king Jehoash
the priests had not repaired the
breaches of the house. 7 Then
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 de-
liver it for the breaches of the
house. 8 And the priests con-
sented that they should take no
more money from the people, neither
repair the breaches of the house.
9 But Jehoiada the priest took
a chest, and bored a hole in the
lid of it, and set it beside the altar,
them that did the work, and re-
paired therewith the house of Jeho-
vah. 15 Moreover they reckoned
not with the men, into whose hand
they delivered the money to give to
them that did the work; for they
dealt faithfully. 16 The money
for the trespass-offerings, and the
money for the sin-offerings, was not
brought into the house of Jehovah:
it was the priests'.
17 Then Hazael king of Syria
went up, and fought against Gath,
and took it; and Hazael set his
face to go up to Jerusalem. 18 And
Jehoash king of Judah took all
the hallowed things that Jehosha-
phat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his
fathers, kings of Judah, had dedi-
cated, and his own hallowed things,
and all the gold that was found
on the right side as one cometh in the treasures of the house of
into the house of Jehovah : and Jehovah, and of the king's house,
the priests that kept the threshold j and sent it to Hazael king of Syria :
put therein all the money that was
brought into the house of Jehovah.
10 And it was so, when they saw
that there was much money in the
chest, that the king's ^scribe and
the high priest came up, and they
^put up in bags and counted the
money that was found in the house
of Jehovah. 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 Jehovah: and they
^paid it out to the carpenters and
the builders, that wrought upon
the house of Jehovah, 12 and to
the masons and the hewers of
stone, and for buying timber and
hewn stone to repair the breaches
of the house of Jehovah, and for
all that ''was laid out for the house
to repair it. 13 But there were
not made for the house of Jehovah
cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trump-
ets, any vessels of gold, or vessels
of silver, of the money that was
brought into the house of Jeho-
vah; 14 for they gave that to
1 Or, secretary
' Heb. brought it forth.
2 Heb. hound up and b'c.
* Heb. went forth.
and he went away from Jerusalem.
19 Now the rest of the acts of
Joash, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 And his servants arose, and
made a conspiracy, and smote Joash
at the house of Millo, on the way
that goeth down to Silla. 21 For
Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and
Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his
servants, smote him, and he died;
and they buried him with his fathers
in the city of David: and Amaziah
his son reigned in his stead.
'I Q In the three and twentieth
1 0 year of Joash the son of
Ahaziah, king *of Judah, Jehoahaz
the son of Jehu began to reign
over Israel in Samaria, and reigned
seventeen years. 2 And he did
that which was evil in the sight
of Jehovah, and followed the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, where-
with he made Israel to sin; he de-
parted not therefrom. 3 And the
anger of Jehovah was kindled against
Israel, and he delivered them into
the hand of Hazael king of Syria,
and into the hand of Ben-hadad the
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JI, KINGS 13.4 — 13.24 Jehoash's Reign over Israel. Elisha's Death. Wars with Moab and Syria
son of Hazael, ^continually. 4 And
Jehoahaz besought Jehovah, and
Jehovah hearkened unto him; for
he saw the oppression of Israel,
how that the king of Syria op-
pressed them. 5 (And Jehovah gave
Israel a saviour, so that they went
out from under the hand of the
Syrians; and the children of Israel
dwelt in their tents as beforetime.
6 Nevertheless they departed not
from the sins of the house of Jero-
boam, wherewith he made Israel
to sin, but -walked therein : and there
remained the Asherah also in Sa-
maria). 7 For he left not to Je-
hoahaz 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 ^in threshing.
8 Now the rest of the acts of Je-
hoahaz, and all that he did, and his
might, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings
of Israel .f^ 9 And Jehoahaz slept
with his fathers; and they buried
him in Samaria: and Joash his son
reigned in his stead.
10 In the thirty and seventh
year of Joash king of Judah began
Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to
reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned sixteen years. 11 And he
did that which was evil in the sight
of Jehovah; he departed not from
all the sins of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, wherewith he made Is-
rael to sin; but he walked therein.
12 Now the rest of the acts of
Joash, and all that he did, and
his might wherewith he fought
against Amaziah king of Judah,
are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.? 13 And Joash slept with his
fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon
his throne: and Joash was buried
in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
14 Now Elisha was fallen sick
of his sickness whereof he died:
and Joash the king of Israel came
1 Heb. all the days.
» Or, to trample on
Heb. he wmlked.
down unto him, and wept over
%im, and said. My father, my
father, the ^chariots of Israel and -
the horsemen thereof! 15 And Eli- I
sha 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 thy 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 window eastward;
and he opened it. Then Elisha
said. Shoot; and he shot. And
he said, Jehovah's arrow of ^victory,
even the arrow of ^victory ^over
Syria; for thou shalt smite the
Syrians in Aphek, till thou have
consumed them. 18 And he said,
Take the arrows; and he took
them. And he said unto the
king of Israel, Smite upon the
ground; and he smote thrice, and
stayed. 19 And 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 burj^-
ing a man, that, behold, they spied
a band; and they cast the man into
the sepulchre of Elisha: and %s
soon as the man touched the bones
of Elisha, he revived, and stood up
on his feet.
22 And Hazael king of Syria
oppressed Israel all the days of
Jehoahaz. 23 But Jehovah was
gracious unto them, and had com-
passion on them, and had respect
unto them, because of his cove-
nant with Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and would not destro^^ them,
neither cast he them from his
presence ^as yet. 24 And Hazael
king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad
< Heb. his face. '" Or, chariot
6 Heb. salvation. ' Or, against
8 Heb. when the man went and touched. ^ Heb. until now.
432
Amaziah King of Judah. Slain by Conspirators H. KINGS 13.25 — 14.20
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.
Uln the second year of
Joash son of 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 Jerusalem.
3 And he did that which was right
in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like
David his father: he did according
to all that Joash his father had
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
established in his hand, that he
slew his servants who had slain the
king his father: 6 but the children
of the murderers he put not to
death; according to that which is
written in the book of the law of
Moses, as Jehovah commanded, say-
ing, The fathers shall not be put
to death for the children, nor
the children be put to death for the
fathers; but every man shall die
for his own sin. 7 He slew of
Edom in the Valley of Salt ten
thousand, and took ^Sela by war,
and called the name of it Jok-
theel, unto this day.
8 Then Amaziah sent messen-
gers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoa-
haz son of Jehu, king of Israel,
saying. Come, let us look one an-
other in the face. 9 And Jehoash
the king of Israel sent to Amaziah
king of Judah, saying. The Hhistle
that was in Lebanon sent to the
cedar that \^as in Lebanon, saying,
Give thy daughter to my son to
wife: and there passed by a wild
1 Or, the rock
2 Or, thorn
beast that was in Lebanon, and
trod down the thistle. 10 Thou
hast indeed smitten Edom, and
thy heart hath lifted thee up:
glory thereof, and abide at home;
for why shouldest thou ^meddle to
thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall,
even thou, and Judah with thee.'^
11 But Amaziah would not hear.
So Jehoash king of Israel went up;
and he and Amaziah king of Judah
looked one another in the face at
Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to
Judah. 12 And Judah was put to
the worse before Israel; and they
fled every man to his tent. 13 And
Jehoash king of Israel took Ama-
ziah king of Judah, the son of
Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at
Beth-shemesh, and came to Jeru-
salem, and brake down the wall
of Jerusalem from the gate of
Ephraim unto the corner gate, four
hundred cubits. 14 And he took
all the gold and silver, and all the
vessels that were found in the house
of Jehovah, and in the 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
chronicles of the kings of Israel .^^
16 And Jehoash slept with his
fathers, and was buried in Samaria
with the kings of Israel; and Jero-
boam his son reigned in his stead.
17 And Amaziah the son of
Joash king of Judah lived after
the death of Jehoash son of Jehoa-
haz king of Israel fifteen years.
18 Now the rest of the acts of
Amaziah, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah .^ 19 And they made
a conspiracy against him in Jeru-
salem; 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 buried at Jerusalem
3 Or, provoke calamity
433
II, KINGS 14.21 — 15.14 Reigns of Jeroboam II, Zechariah, and Shaiium over Israel
with his fathers in the city of
David. 21 And all the people of
Judah took ^Azariah, who was six-
teen years old, and made him king
in the room of his father Amaziah.
22 He built Elath, and restored
it to Judah, after that the king
slept with his fathers.
23 In the fifteenth year of Ama-
ziah the son of Joash king of Judah
Jeroboam the son of Joash king of
Israel began to reign in Samaria,
and reigned forty and one years.
24 And he did that which was evil
in the sight of Jehovah: he de-
parted not from all the sins of Jero-
boam the son of Nebat, wherewith
he made Israel to sin. 25 He re-
stored the border of Israel from
the entrance of Hamath unto the
sea of the Arabah, according to the
word of Jehovah, the God of Israel,
which he spake by his servant
Jonah the son of Amittai, the
prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.
26 For Jehovah saw the affliction
of Israel, that it was very bitter;
for there was none shut up nor
left at large, neither was there any
helper for Israel. 27 And Jeho-
vah said not that he would blot
out the name of Israel from under
heaven; but he saved them by the
hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
28 Now the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, and all that he did,
and his might, how he warred,
and how he recovered 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.
i ^ In the twenty and seventh
1 vJ year of Jeroboam king of
Israel began ^Azariah son of Ama-
ziah king of Judah to reign. 2
Sixteen years old was he when
he began to reign; and he reigned
1 In ch. 15. 13, and 2 Chr. 26. 1, Uzziah.
2 In ver. 13, 30. &c., Uzziah.
two and fifty years in Jerusalem:
and his mother's name was Jecoliah
of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that
which was right in the eyes of Je-
hovah, according to all that his
father Amaziah had done. 4 How-
beit the high places were not taken
away: the people still sacrificed
and burnt incense in the high places.
5 And Jehovah smote the king,
so that he was a leper unto the
day of his death, and dw^elt in a
^separate house. And Jotham the
king's son was over the household,
judging the people of the land. 6
Now the rest of the acts of Azariah,
and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of 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 Azariah king of Judah did Zec-
hariah the son of Jeroboam reign
over Israel in Samaria six months.
9 And he did that which was evil
in the sight of Jehovah, as his
fathers had done: he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, wherewith he made Is-
rael 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 chroni-
cles of the kings of Israel. 12
This was the word of Jehovah which
he spake unto Jehu, saying. Thy
sons to the fourth generation shall
sit upon the throne of Israel. And
so it came to pass.
13 Shallum the son of Jabesh be-
gan to reign in the nine and 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 Sa-
« Or, infirmary
434
Reigns of Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, and Jotham over Israel H, KINGS 15.15 — 15.36
maria, and slew him, and reigned
in his stead. 15 Now the rest of
the acts of Shallum, and his con-
spiracy which he made, behold,
they are written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Is-
rael. 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 Jehovah: he departed not
all his days from the sins of Jero-
boam the son of Nebat, wherewith
he made Israel to sin. 19 There
came against the land Pul the
king of Assyria; and Menahem
gave Pul a thousand talents of
silver, that his hand mi^ht be with
him to confirm the kingdom in his
hand. 20 And Menahem exacted
the money of Israel, even of all the
mighty men of wealth, of each
man fifty shekels of silver, to give
to the king of Assyria. So the
king of Assyria turned back, and
stayed not there in the land. 21
Now the rest of the acts of 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 Aza-
riah king of Judah Pekahiah the
son of Menahem began to reign
over Israel in Samaria, and reigned
two years. 24 And he did that
which was evil in the sight of
Jehovah: he departed not from
the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, wherewith he made Israel
to sin. 25 And Pekah the son of
Remaliah, his captain, conspired
against him, and smote him in
Samaria, in the ^castle of the king's
house, with Argob and Arieh; and
with him were fifty men of the
Gileadites: and he slew him, and
reigned in his stead. 26 Now the
rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and
all that he did, behold, they are
written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel.
27 In the two and fiftieth year
of Azariah king of Judah Pekah
the son of Remaliah began to reign
over Israel in Samaria, and reigned
twenty years. 28 And he did that
which was evil in the sight of Je-
hovah: he departed not from the
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
wherewith he made Israel to sin.
29 In the days of Pekah king of
Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of
Assj^ria, and took Ijon, and Abel-
beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Ke-
desh, 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 conspiracy against
Pekah the son of Remaliah, 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 Five
and twenty years old was he when
he began to reign; and he reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem: and
his mother's name was Jerusha the
daughter of Zadok. 34 And he
did that which was right in the
eyes of Jehovah; he did according
to all that his father Uzziah had
done. 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 Jeho-
vah. 36 Now the rest of the acts
Or, palace
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II. KINGS 15.37 — 16.18 Reign of Ahaz over Judah. He wars with Syria and Israel
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 days Jehovah 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.
10 In the seventeenth year of
O Pekah the son of Remaliah
Ahaz the son of Jotham 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 Jehovah his God, like Da-
vid his father. 3 But he walked
in the way of the kings of Israel,
yea, and made his son to pass
through the fire, according to the
abominations of the nations, whom
Jehovah cast out from before the
children of Israel. 4 And he sac-
rificed and burnt incense in the
high places, and on the hills, and
under every green tree.
5 Then Rezin king of Syria and
Pekah son of Remaliah king of
Israel came up to Jerusalem to
war: and they besieged Ahaz, but
could not overcome him. 6 At
that time Rezin king of Syria re-
covered Elath to Syria, and drove
the Jews from ^Elath; and the
^Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt
there, unto this day.
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to
Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, say-
ing, I am thy servant and thy
son: come up, and save me out of
the hand of the king of Syria, and
out of the hand of the king of
Israel, who rise up against me.
8 And Ahaz took the silver and
gold that was found in the house
of Jehovah, and in the treasures
of the king's house, and sent it for
a present to the king of Assyria.
9 And the king of Assyria heark-
1 Heb. Eloth. 2 According tP another reading, Edomites.
ened 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 Da-
mascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king
of Assyria, and saw the altar that
was at Damascus; and king Ahaz
sent to Urijah the priest the fashion
of the altar, and the pattern of
it, according to all the workman-
ship thereof. 11 And Urijah the
priest built an altar: according to
all that king Ahaz had sent from
Damascus, so did Urijah the priest
make it against the coming of
king Ahaz from Damascus. 12 And
when the king was come from
Damascus, the king saw the altar:
and the king drew near unto the
altar, and ^offered thereon. 13 And
he burnt his burnt-offering and his
meal-offering, and poured his drink-
offering, and sprinkled the blood
of %is peace-offerings, upon the
altar. 14 And the brazen altar,
which was before Jehovah, he
brought from the forefront of the
house, from between his altar and
the house of Jehovah, and put it
on the north side of his altar. 15
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah
the priest, saying. Upon the great
altar burn the morning burnt-offer-
ing, and the evening meal-offering,
and the king's burnt-offering, and
his meal-offering, with the burnt-
offering of all the people of the 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 brazen altar shall be for
me to inquire by. 16 Thus did
Urijah the priest, according to all
that king Ahaz commanded.
17 And king Ahaz cut off the
panels of the bases, and removed
the laver from off them, and took
down the sea from off the brazen
oxen that were under it, and put it
upon a pavement of stone. 18 And
Or, went up unto it
Heb. the peace-offerings which were his.
436
Hoshea's Reign over Israel. Israel conquered by Assyria II. KINGS 16.19 — 17.18
the ^covered way for the sabbath against Jehovah their God : and
that they had built in the house,
and the king's entry without, turned
he ^unto the house of Jehovah,
because of the king of Assyria.
19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz
which he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of 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.
1^ In the twelfth year of Ahaz
/ king of Judah began Ho-
shea 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 Jeho-
vah, yet not as the kings of Israel
that were before him. 3 Against
him came up Shalmaneser king of
Assyria; and Hoshea became his
servant, and brought him tribute.
4 And the king of Assyria found
conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had
sent messengers to So king of
Egypt, and offered no tribute to
the king of Assyria, as he had done
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 on the Habor, the river of
Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 And it was so, because the
children of Israel had sinned against
Jehovah their God, who brought
them up out of the land of Egypt
from under the hand of Pharaoh
king of Egypt, and had feared
other gods, 8 and walked in the
statutes of the nations, whom Je-
hovah cast out from before the
children of Israel, and of the kings
of Israel, which they ^made. 9
And the children of Israel did
secretly things that were not right
* Or, covered place
2 Or, round ^ Or, practised
they built them high places in all
their cities, from the tower of the
watchman to the fortified city; 10
and they set them up ^pillars and
Asherim upon every high hill,
and under every green tree; 11
and there they burnt incense in all
the high places, as did the nations
whom Jehovah carried away before
them; and they wrought wicked
things to provoke Jehovah to anger;
12 and they served idols, whereof
Jehovah had said unto them, Ye
shall not do this thing. 13 Yet
Jehovah testified unto Israel, and
unto Judah, by every prophet,
and every seer, saying. Turn ye
from your evil ways, and keep my
commandments and my statutes,
according to all the law which I
commanded your fathers, and which
I sent to you by my servants the
prophets. 14 Notwithstanding, they
would not hear, but hardened their
neck, like to the neck of their
fathers, who believed not in Jeho-
vah their God. 15 And they re-
jected his statutes, and his covenant
that he made with their fathers,
and his testimonies which he testi-
fied unto them; and they followed
vanity, and became vain, and went
after the nations that were round
about them, concerning whom Je-
hovah had charged them that they
should not do like them. 16 And
they forsook all the commandments
of Jehovah their God, and made
them molten images, even two
calves, and made an Asherah, and
worshipped 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 enchantments, and
sold themselves to do that which
was evil in the sight of Jehovah,
to provoke him to anger. 18 There-
fore Jehovah was very angry with
Israel, and removed them out of
his sight: there was none left but
the tribe of Judah only.
* Or, obelisks
437
II. KINGS 17.19 — 17.38 Foreigners brought into Samaria. A Mixed Population the Result
19 Also Judah kept not the
commandments of Jehovah their
God, but walked in the statutes
of Israel which they hnade. 20
And Jehovah 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 Mrove
Israel from following Jehovah, and
made them sin a great sin. 22
And the children of Israel walked
in all the sins of Jeroboam which
he did; they departed not from
them; 23 until Jehovah removed
Israel out of his sight, as he spake
by 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 Sepharvaim, and
placed them in the cities of Sa-
maria instead of the children of
Israel; and they possessed Sama-
ria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
25 And so it was, at the beginning
of their dwelling there, that they
feared not Jehovah: therefore Je-
hovah sent lions among them, which
killed some of them. 26 Wherefore
they spake to the king of Assyria,
saying, The nations which thou
hast carried away, and placed in
the cities of Samaria, know not the
law of the god of the land: there-
fore he hath sent lions among them,
and, behold, they slay them, be-
god of the land
27 Then the king of Assyria com-
manded, saying. Carry thither one
of the priests whom ye brought
from thence; and let them go and
dwell there, and let him teach them
the law of the god of the land. 28
So one of the priests whom they
1 Or, practised
' According to another reading, drew Israel away.
had carried away from Samaria
came and dwelt in Beth-el, and
taught them how they should fear
Jehovah. 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 Seph-
arvaim. 32 So they feared Jeho-
vah, and made unto them from
among themselves priests of the
high places, who sacrificed for them
in the houses of the high places.
33 They feared Jehovah, and 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 former manner: they fear not
Jehovah, neither do they after their
statutes, or after their ordinances, or
after the law or after the command-
ment which Jehovah commanded
the children of Jacob, whom he
named Israel ; 35 with whom
Jehovah had made a covenant,
and charged them, saying. Ye shall
not fear other gods, nor bow your-
selves to them, nor serve them,
nor sacrifice to them: 36 but Je-
hovah, who brought you up out
of the land of Egypt with great
power and with an outstretched
arm, him shall ye fear, and unto
cause they know not the law of the' him shall ye bow yourselves, and
to him shall ye sacrifice: 37 and
the statutes and the ordinances,
and the law and the command-
ment, which he wrote for you, ye
shall observe to do for evermore;
and ye shall not fear other gods:
38 and the covenant that I have
made with you ye shall not forget;
neither shall ye fear other gods:
3 Or, god
438
Hczekiah King of Judah. His Good Reign. Captivity of Israel
39 but Jehovah your God shall ye
fear; and he will dehver 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 Jeho-
vah, and served their graven im-
ages; their children likewise, and
their children's children, as did
their fathers, so do they unto this
day.
i O Now it came to pass in
1 O the third year of Hoshea son
of Elah king of Israel, that Heze-
kiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah
began to reign. 2 Twenty and five
years old was he when he began to
reign; and he reigned twenty and
nine years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Abi the daugh-
ter of Zechariah. 3 And he did
that which was right in the eyes of
Jehovah, according to all that Da-
vid his father had done. 4 He
removed the high places, and brake
the pillars, and cut down the Ash-
erah: and he brake in pieces the
brazen serpent that Moses had
made; for unto those days the
children of Israel did burn incense
to it; and ^he called it ^Nehush-
tan. 5 He tiTisted in Jehovah,
the God of Israel; so that after
him was none Kke him among all
the kings of Judah, nor among
tliem that were before him. 6 For
he clave to Jehovah; he departed
not from following him, but kept
his commandments, which Jehovah
commanded Moses. 7 And Jeho-
vah was with him; whithersoever
he went forth he prospered: and
he rebelled against the king of
Assyria, and served him not. 8
He smote the Philistines unto Gaza
and the borders thereof, from the
tower of the watchmen to the forti-
fied city.
9 And it came to pass in the
fourth year of king Hezekiah, which
was the seventh year of Hoshea
son of Elah king of Israel, that
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came
Or, it was called
2 That is, A piece of brass
11. KINGS 17.39—18.18
up against Samaria, and besieged
it. 10 And at the end of three
years they took it: in the sixth
year of Hezekiah, which was the
ninth year of Hoshea king of Is-
rael, Samaria was taken. 11 And
the king of Assyria carried Israel
away unto Assyria, and put them
in Halah, and on the Habor, the
river of Gozan, and in the cities of
the Medes, 12 because they obeyed
not the voice of Jehovah their God,
but transgressed his covenant, even
all that Moses the servant of Je-
hovah commanded, and would not
hear it, nor do it.
13 Now in the fourteenth year
of king Hezekiah did ^Sennacherib
king of Assyria come up against all
the fortified cities of Judah, and
took them. 14 And Hezekiah king
of Judah sent to the king of As-
syria to Lachish, saying, I have
offended; return from me: that
which thou puttest on me will I
bear. And the king of Assyria ap-
pointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah
three hundred talents of silver and
thirty talents of gold. 15 And
Hezeldah gave him all the silver
that was found in the house of
Jehovah, and in the treasures of
the king's house. 16 At that time
did Hezekiah cut off tJie gold from
the doors of the temple of Jehovah,
and from the ^pillars which Heze-
kiah king of Judah had overlaid,
and gave it to the king of Assyria.
17 And the king of Assyria sent
^Tartan and ^Rab-saris and ^Rab-
shakeh from Lachish to king Heze-
kiah with a great army unto Je-
rusalem. And they went up and
came to Jerusalem. And when they
were come up, they came and stood
by the conduit of the upper pool,
which is in the highway of the
fuller's field. 18 xlnd when they
had called to the king, there came
out to them Eliakim the son of
Hilkiah, who was over the house-
hold, and Shebnah the ^scribe, and
3 Heb. Sanherib.
5 The titles of Assyrian officers.
^ Or, doorposts
6_Or, secretary
439
II. KINGS 18.19—18.37 Rabshakeh's Defiant speech
the
Te-
Joah the son of Asaph
corder,
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 the 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 Jehovah our God; is not that
he, whose high places and whose
altars Hezekiah hath taken away,
and hath said to Judah and to
Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before
this altar in Jerusalem? 23 Now
therefore, I pray thee, ^give pledges
to my master the king of Assyria,
and I will give thee two thousand
horses, if thou be able on thy part
to set riders upon them. 24 How
then canst thou turn away the face
of one captain of the least of my
master's servants, and put thy
trust on Egypt for chariots and for
horsemen? 25 Am I now come up
without Jehovah against this place
to destroy it? Jehovah said unto
me. Go up against this land, and
destroy it.
26 Then said Eliakim the son of
Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah,
unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray
thee, to thy servants in the "^Syr-
ian language; for we understand
it: and speak not with us in the
Jews' language, in the ears of the
people that are on the wall. 27 But
Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath
my master sent me to thy master,
and to thee, to speak these words?
hath he not sent me to the men that
sit on the wall, to eat their own dung.
6r, chronicler
Or, make a wager with
2 Heb. a word of the lips.
* Heb. Arameau.
and 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 Assyria. 29 Thus saith
the king. Let not Hezekiah deceive
you; for he will not be able to de-
liver you out of his hand : 30 neither
let Hezekiah make you trust in Je-
hovah, saying, Jehovah will surely
deliver us, and this city shall not
be given into the hand of the king
of Assyria. 31 Hearken not to
Hezekiah: for thus saith the king
of Assyria, ^Make 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 I come and take
you away to a land like your
own land, a land of grain and new
wine, a land of bread and vine-
yards, a land of olive-trees and
of honey, that ye may live, and not
die: and hearken not unto Heze-
kiah, when he persuadeth you,
saying, Jehovah will deliver us.
33 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 hand? 35 Who are they
among all the gods of the coun-
tries, that have delivered their coun-
try out of my hand, that Jehovah
should deliver Jerusalem out of
my hand?
36 But the people held their
peace, and answered him not a
word; for the king's command-
ment was, saying, Answer him not.
37 Then came Eliakim the son of
Hilkiah, who was over the house-
hold, and Shebna the scribe, and
Joah the son of Asaph the recorder,
to Hezekiah with their clothes rent,
and told him the words of Rab-
shakeh.
\fal-e U'ilh me a blessing.
440
Siezekiah is alarmed, but is comforted by Isaiah. Hezekiah's Praye
1Q 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 Jehovah. 2 And
he sent Eliakim, who was over the
household, and Shebna the scribe,
and the elders of the priests, cov-
ered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah
the prophet the son of Amoz. 3
And they said unto him. Thus
saith Hezekiah, This day is a day
of trouble, and of rebuke, and of
contumely; for the children are
come to the birth, and there is not
strength to bring forth. 4 It may
be Jehovah thy God will hear all
the words of Rabshakeh, Vhom
the king of Assyria his master
hath sent to defy the living God,
and will rebuke the w^ords which
Jehovah thy God hath heard : where-
fore lift up thy prayer for the
remnant that is left. 5 So the
servants of king Hezekiah came to
Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said unto
them. Thus shall ye say to your
master. Thus saith Jehovah, Be
not afraid of the words that thou
hast heard, wherewith the servants
of the king of Assyria have blas-
phemed me. 7 Behold, I will put
a spirit in him, and he shall hear
tidings, and shall return to his
own land; and I will cause him to
fall by the sword in his own
land.
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and
found the king of Assyria warring
against Libnah; for he had heard
that he was departed from La-
chish. 9 And when he heard say of
Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold,
he is come out to fight against thee,
he sent messengers again unto Heze-
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 done to
Or, wherewith the king of Assyria hath sent him
n. KINGS 19.1—19.22
all lands, by destroying them ut-
terly: and shalt thou be deHvered.^
12 Have the gods of the nations
delivered them, which my fathers
have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran,
and Rezeph, and the children of
Eden that were in Telassar.? 13
Where is the king of Hamath, and
the king of Arpad, and the king of
the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena,
and Ivvah.^
14 And Hezekiah received the
letter from the hand of the mes-
sengers, and read it; and Hezekiah
went up unto the house of Jeho-
vah, and spread it before Jehovah.
15 And Hezekiah prayed before
Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the
God of Israel, that ^sittest above
the cherubim, thou art the God,
even thou alone, of all the king-
doms of the earth; thou hast made
heaven and earth. 16 Incline thine
ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open
thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see;
and hear the words of Sennacherib,
wherewith he hath sent him to
defy the living God. 17 Of a
truth, Jehovah, the kings of As-
syria 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 destroyed them. 19 Now
therefore, O Jehovah our God, save
thou us, I beseech thee, out of his
hand, that all the kingdoms of the
earth may know that thou Jehovah
art God alone.
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz
sent to Hezekiah, saying. Thus
saith Jehovah, the God of Israel,
Whereas thou hast prayed to me
against Sennacherib king of As-
syria, I have heard thee. 21 This
is the word that Jehovah hath
spoken concerning him: The vir-
gin daughter of Zion hath de-
spised thee and laughed thee to
scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem
hath shaken her head ^at thee.
22 Whom hast thou defied and
2 Heb. devoting them. ^ Or, art enthroned * Heb. after.
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ill, KINGS 19.23 20.4 Isaiah's Prophecy of Deliverance. Sennacherib slain. Hezekiah sick
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 defied
the Lord, and hast said. With the
^multitude of my chariots am I
come up to the height of the moun-
tains, to the innermost parts of
Lebanon; and I will cut down the
tall cedars thereof, and the choice
2fir- trees thereof; and I will enter
into his farthest lodging-place, the
forest of his fruitful field. 24 I
have digged and drunk strange
waters, and with the sole of my
feet will I dry up all the rivers of
'Egypt.
25 Hast thou not heard how I
have done it long ago, and formed
it of ancient times? now have I
brought it to pass, that it should
be thine to lay waste fortified
cities into ruinous heaps. 26 There-
fore their inhabitants were of small
power, they were dismayed and
confounded; they were as the grass
of the field, and as the green herb,
as the grass on the housetops,
and as grain blasted before it is
grown up. 27 But I know thy
sitting down, and thy going out,
and thy coming in, and thy raging
against me. 28 Because of thy
raging against me, and because
^thine arrogancy is come up into
mine ears, therefore will I put my
hook in thy nose, and my bridle
in thy lips, and I will turn thee
back by the way by which thou
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 Hhe remnant that
is escaped of the house of Judah
shall again take root downward,
and bear fruit upward. 31 For
1 According to another reading, driving. 2 Or, cypress
3 Or, defence Heb. Mazor. * Or, thy careless ease
' Heb. the escaped of the house of Judah that remain.
out of Jerusalem shall go forth
a remnant, and out of mount Zion
they that shall escape: the zeal
of ^Jehovah shall perform this.
32 Therefore thus saith Jehovah
concerning 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 up a mound against it.
33 By the way that he came, by
the same shall he return, and he
shall not come unto this city, saith
Jehovah. 34 For I will defend this
city to save it, for mine own sake,
and for my servant David's sake.
35 And it came to pass that
night, that the angel of Jehovah
went forth, and smote in the camp
of the Assyrians a hundred four-
score and five thousand: and when
men arose early in the morning,
behold, these were all dead bodies.
36 So Sennacherib king of As-
syria departed, and went and re-
turned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 37
And it came to pass, as he was
worshipping in the house of Nis-
roch his god, that 'Adrammelech
and Sharezer smote him with the
sword: and they escaped into the
land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon
his son reigned in his stead.
Q/^ In those days was Heze-
^yj kiah sick unto death. And
Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz
came to him, and said unto him.
Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house
in order; for thou shalt die, and
not live. 2 Then he turned his
face to the wall, and prayed unto
Jehovah, saying, 3 Remember now,
O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I
have walked before thee in truth
and with a perfect heart, and have
done that which is good in thy
sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
4 And it came to pass, before
Isaiah was gone ^out into ®the
middle part of the city, that the
word of Jehovah came to him.
1 According to another reading, Jehovah of hosts, and
so in Is. 37. 32.
^ According to another reading, Adrammelech and
Sharezer his sons (and so in Is. 37. 38). ^ Or, out of
« According to another reading, the middle court.
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Hezekiah's Life prolonged. He shows his Treasures to Babylonians H. KINGS 20.5 — 21.4
saying, 5 Turn back, and say to
Hezekiah the ^prince of my peo-
ple, Thus saith Jehovah, the God
of David thy father, I have heard
thy prayer, I have seen thy tears:
behold, I will heal thee; on the
third day thou shalt go up unto the
house of Jehovah. 6 And I will
add unto thy days fifteen 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 servant 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 Jehovah
will heal me, and that I shall go
up unto the house of Jehovah
the third day.^^ 9 And Isaiah said.
This shall be the sign unto thee
from Jehovah, that Jehovah will
do the thing that he hath spoken:
^shall the shadow go forward ten
^steps, or go back ten steps .^^ 10
And Hezekiah answered, It is a
light thing for the shadow to de-
cline ten steps: nay, but let the
shadow return backward ten steps.
11 And Isaiah the prophet cried
unto Jehovah; and he brought the
shadow ten steps backward, by
which it had gone down on the
Mial of Ahaz.
12 At that time ^Berodach-bala-
dan 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 showed 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
^armor, and all that was found in
his treasures: there was nothing
in his house, nor in all his dominion,
that Hezekiah showed them not.
14 Then came Isaiah the prophet
1 Or, leader
2 Or, the shadow is gone forward ten steps, shall it go
l"irk Ss'c. 3 Or, degrees < Heb. steps.
In Is. 39. 1, Merodach-baladan. " Or, spicery
Another reading is, all the house. * Or, jewels
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 Baby-
lon. 15 And he said. What have
they seen in thy house.? And Heze-
kiah answered. All that is in my
house have they seen: there is
nothing among my treasures that
I have not showed them.
16 And Isaiah said unto Heze-
kiah, Hear the word of Jehovah.
17 Behold, the days come, that
all that is in thy house, and that
which thy fathers have laid up in
store unto this day, shall be carried
to Babylon: nothing shall be left,
saith Jehovah. 18 And of thy
sons that shall issue from thee,
whom thou shalt beget, shall they
take away; and they shall be eunuchs
in the palace of the king of Babylon.
19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah,
Good is the word of Jehovah which
thou hast spoken. He said more-
over. Is it not so, if peace and truth
shall be in my days.^^ 20 Now the
rest of the acts of Hezekiah, 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 Heze-
kiah slept with his fathers ; and Man-
asseh his son reigned in his stead.
O "1 Manasseh was twelve years
^ 1 old when he began to reign;
and he reigned five and fifty years
in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Hephzibah. 2 And he
did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, after the abomi-
nations of the nations whom Je-
hovah cast out before the chil-
dren of Israel. 3 For he built
again the high places which Heze-
kiah 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 Jehovah, whereof Je-
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II. KINGS 21.5 — 22.1 Manasseh's Reign over Judah. Amon's Reign over Judah
liovah said, In Jerusalem will I
put my name. 5 And lie built
altars for all the host of heaven
in the two courts of the house of
Jehovah. 6 And he made his son
to pass through the fire, and prac-
tised augury, and used enchant-
ments, and Mealt with them that
had familiar spirits, and with wiz-
ards: he wrought much evil in
the sight of Jehovah, to provoke
him to anger. 7 And he set the
graven image of Asherah, that he
had made, in the house of which
Jehovah said to David and to Solo-
mon 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 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 commanded
them. 9 But they hearkened not:
and Manasseh seduced them to
do that which is evil more than did
the nations whom Jehovah destroyed
before the children of Israel.
10 And Jehovah spake by his
servants the prophets, saying, 11
Because Manasseh king of Judah
hath done these abominations, and
hath done wickedly above all that
the Amorites did, that were before
him, and hath made Judah also
to sin with his idols; 12 therefore
thus saith Jehovah, the God of
Israel, Behold, I bring such evil
upon Jerusalem 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 upside
down. 14 And I will cast off the
reninant of mine inheritance, and
deliver them into the hand of their
enemies; and they shall become a
1 Or, appointed Heb. made.
prey and a spoil to all their ene-
mies; 15 because they have 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 in-
nocent blood very much, till he
had filled Jerusalem from one end
to another; besides his sin where-
with he made Judah to sin, in
doing that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah. 17 Now the
rest of the acts of Manasseh, and
all that he did, and his sin that he
sinned, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah .f^ 18 And Manasseh slept
with his fathers, and was buried
in the garden of his own house, in
the garden of Uzza: and Amon his
son reigned in his stead.
19 Amon was twenty and two
years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned two years in Jeru-
salem: and his mother's name was
Meshullemeth the daughter of Ha-
ruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did
that which was evil in the sight
of Jehovah, 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 them: 22
and he forsook Jehovah, the God
of his fathers, and walked not in
the way of Jehovah. 23 And the
servants of Amon conspired against
him, and put the king to death in
his own house. 24 But the peo-
ple of the land slew all them that
had conspired against king Amon;
and the people of the land made
Josiah his son king in his stead.
25 Now the rest of the acts of
Amon which he did, are they not
written in the book of the chron-
icles of the kings of Judah .^^ 26
And he was buried in his sepul-
chre in the garden of Uzza: and
Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
Josiah was eight years old
when he began to reign;
and he reigned thirty and one
22
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Josiah King of Judah. Hilkiah finds the Book of the Law H. KINGS 22.2 — 22.19
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
Jehovah, 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
eighteenth year of king Josiah,
that the king sent Shaphan, the
son of Azaliah the son of Meshul-
1am, the scribe, to the house of
Jehovah, saying, 4 Go up to Hil-
kiah the high priest, that he may
sum the money which is brought
into the house of Jehovah, which
the keepers of the threshold have
gathered of the people: 5 and let
them deliver it into the hand of
the workmen that have the over-
sight of the house of Jehovah; and
let them give it to the workmen
that are in the house of Jehovah,
to repair the breaches of the house,
6 unto the carpenters, and to the
builders, and to the masons, and
for buying timber and hewn stone
to repair the house. 7 Howbeit
there was no reckoning made with
them of the money that was de-
livered into their hand; for they
dealt faithfully.
8 And Hilkiah the high priest
said unto Shaphan the scribe, I
have found the book of the law in
the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah
delivered the book to Shaphan, and
he read it. 9 And Shaphan the
scribe came to the king, and brought
the king word again, and said.
Thy servants have ^emptied out
the money that was found in the
house, and have delivered it into
the hand of the workmen that have
the oversight of the house of Je-
hovah. 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 the law, that he
1 Or, poured out
rent his clothes. 12 And the king
commanded Hilkiah the priest, and
Ahikam the son of Shaphan,
and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and
Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the
king's servant, saying, 13 Go ye,
inquire of Jehovah for me, and for
the people, and for all Judah, con-
cerning the words of this book that
is found; for great is the wrath of
Jehovah that is kindled against us,
because our fathers have not heark-
ened unto the words of this book,
to do according unto all that which
is ^written concerning us.
14 So Hilkiah the priest, and
Ahikam, and Achbor, and Sha-
phan, and Asaiah, went unto Hul-
dah the prophetess, the wife of
Shallum the son of Tikvah, the
son of Harhas, keeper of the ward-
robe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem
in the ^second quarter); and they
communed with her. 15 And she
said unto them. Thus saith Jehovah,
the God of Israel: Tell ye the
man that sent you unto me, 16
Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will
bring evil upon this place, and
upon the inhabitants thereof, even
all the words of the book which
the king of Judah hath read. 17
Because they have forsaken me,
and have burned incense unto other
gods, that they might 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 Judah, who sent
you to inquire of Jehovah, thus
shall ye say to him. Thus saith
Jehovah, the God of Israel: As
touching the words which thou
hast heard, 19 because thy heart
was tender, and thou didst humble
thyself before Jehovah, when thou
heardest what I spake against this
place, and against the inhabitants
thereof, that they should become
% desolation and a curse, and hast
rent thy clothes, and wept before
2 Or, enjoined us
* Or, an astonishment
3 Heb. Mishneh.
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II, KINGS 22.20 23.13 Josiah reads the Law publlcly, and institutes a Religious Reformation
me; I also have heard thee, saith
Jehovah. 20 Therefore, behold, I
will gather thee to thy fathers, and
thou shalt be gathered to thy grave
in peace, neither shall thine eyes
see all the evil which I will bring
upon this place. And they brought
the king word again.
OO And the king sent, and
^O they gathered unto him all
the elders of Judah and of Jerusa-
lem. 2 And the king went up to
the house of Jehovah, and all the
men of Judah and all the inhab-
itants of Jerusalem with him, and
the priests, and the prophets, and
all the people, both small and great :
and he read in their ears all the
words of the book of the covenant
which was found in the house of
Jehovah. 3 And the king stood
^by the pillar, and made a cove-
nant before Jehovah, to w^alk after
Jehovah, and to keep his command-
ments, and his testimonies, and his
statutes, with all his heart, and all
his soul, to ^confirm the words of
this covenant that were written in
this book: and all the people stood
to the covenant.
4 And the king commanded Hil-
kiah the high priest, and the priests
of the second order, and the keepers
of the threshold, to bring forth out
of the temple of Jehovah all the
vessels that were made for Baal,
and for the Asherah, and for all
the host of heaven; and he burned
them without Jerusalem in the
fields of the Kidron, and carried
the ashes of them unto Beth-el.
5 And he put down the ^idolatrous
priests, whom the kings of Judah
had ordained to burn incense in
the high places in the cities of Judah,
and in the places round about
Jerusalem; them also that burned
incense unto Baal, to the sun,
and to the moon, and to the "^planets,
and to all the host of heaven. 6
And he brought out the Asherah
from the house of Jehovah, without
• Or, on the platform 2 Or, perform
^ Heb. Chemarim. Sec lies. 10. 5; Zeph. 1. 4.
* Or, twelve signs
Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron,
and burned it at the brook Kidron,
and beat it to dust, and cast the
dust thereof upon the graves of the
^common people. 7 And he brake
down the houses of the sodomites,
that were in the house of Jehovah,
where the women wove ^hangings
for the Asherah. 8 And he brought
all the priests out of the cities of
Judah, and defiled the high places
where the priests had burned in-
cense, from Geba to Beer-sheba;
and he brake down the high places
of the gates that were at the en-
trance of the gate of Joshua the
governor of the city, which were
on a man's left hand at the gate
of the city. 9 Nevertheless the
priests of the high places came
not up to the altar of Jehovah in
Jerusalem, but they did eat un-
leavened bread among their breth-
ren. 10 And he defiled Topheth,
which is in the valley of the ^chil-
dren of Hinnom, that no man
might make his son or his daugh-
ter to pass through the fire to Mo-
lech. 11 And he took away the
horses that the kings of Judah had
given to the sun, at the entrance of
the house of Jehovah, by the cham-
ber of Nathan-melech the chamber-
lain, which was in the precincts;
and he burned the chariots of the
sun with fire. 12 And the altars
that were on the roof of the upper
chamber of Ahaz, which the kings
of Judah had made, and the altars
which Manasseh had made in the
two courts of the house of Jehovah,
did the king break dow^n, and ^beat
them dow^n from thence, and cast
the dust of them into the brook
Kidron. 13 And the high places
that were before Jerusalem, which
were on the right hand of the
mount of ^corruption, which Solo-
mon the king of Israel had builded
for Ashtoreth the abomination of
the Sidonians, and for Chemosh
the abomination of Moab, and for
* Heb. children of the people. • Or, tents Heb. houses.
' According to another readinp, son.
« Or, ran from thence » Or, destruction
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Josiah's Reforms. He is slain by Pharaoh-necoh. Jehoahaz King II. KINGS 23.14 — 23.30
Milcom the abomination of the
children of Amnion, did the king
defile. 14 And he brake in pieces
the ^pillars, and cut down the Ash-
erim, and filled their places with the
bones of men.
15 Moreover the altar that was
at Beth-el, and the high place
which Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin, had made,
even that altar and the high place
he brake down; and he burned
the high place and beat it to dust,
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 Jehovah 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, who 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 m^an 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 Jehovah to anger, Josiah
took away, and did to them accord-
ing to all the acts that he had done
in Beth-el. 20 And he ^slew all
the priests of the high places that
were there, upon the altars, and
burned men's bones upon them;
and he returned to Jerusalem.
21 And the king commanded all
the people, saying. Keep the pass-
over unto Jehovah your God, as
it is written in this book of the
covenant. 22 Surely there was not
kept such a passover from the
days of the judges that judged
Israel, ^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 pass-
over kept to Jehovah in Jerusalem.
24 Moreover them that had
familiar spirits, and the wizards,
and the teraphim, and the idols,
and all the abominations that were
seen in the land of Judah and in
Jerusalem, did Josiah put away,
that he might ^confirm the words
of the law which were written in
the book that Hilkiah the priest
found in the house of Jehovah.
25 And like unto him was there
no king before him, that turned to
Jehovah with all his heart, and
with all his soul, and with all his
might, according to all the law of
Moses; neither after him arose there
any like him.
26 Notwithstanding, Jehovah
turned not from the fierceness of
his great wrath, wherewith his anger
was kindled against Judah, because
of all the provocations wherewith
Manasseh had provoked him. 27
'And Jehovah said, I will remove
kTudah 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
j house of which I said, My name
shall be there.
I 28 Now the rest of the acts of
j Josiah, and all that he did, are
I they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Ju-
dah .f^ 29 In his days Pharaoh-
necoh king of Egypt went up
against the king of Assyria to the
river Euphrates: and king Josiah
went against him; and Pharaoh-
necoh slew him at Megiddo, when
he had seen him. 30 And his
servants carried him in a chariot
dead from Megiddo, and brought
him to Jerusalem, and buried him
in his own sepulchre. And the
people of the land took Jehoahaz
the son of Josiah, and anointed
him, and made him king in his
father's stead.
Or, obelisks "- Or, sacrificed 3 Or, even in all . . . and of * Or, perform
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I J, KINGS 23.31 — 24.14 Jehoahaz King. Jehoiakim becomes subject to Babylon
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 Jehovah, according to all
that his fathers had done. 33 And
Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds
at Riblah in the land of Hamath,
Hhat he might not reign in Jerusa-
lem; and put the land to a ^tribute
of a hundred talents of silver, and
a talent of gold. 34 And Pharaoh-
necoh made Eliakim the son of
Josiah king in the room of Josiah
his father, and changed his name
to Jehoiakim: but he took Jeho-
ahaz away; and he came to Egypt,
and died there. 35 And Jehoiakim
gave the silver and the gold to
Pharaoh; but he taxed the land
to give the money 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 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 daughter of
Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 And he
did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, according to all
that his fathers had done.
C} A In his days Nebuchad-
J^j^ nezzar king of Babylon came
up, and Jehoiakim became his ser-
vant three years: then he turned
and rebelled against him. 2 And
Jehovah sent against him bands
of the Chaldeans, and bands of
the Syrians, and bands of the
Moabites, and bands of the children
of Ammon, and sent them against
Judah to destroy it, according to
the word of Jehovah, which he
spake by his servants the prophets.
3 Surely at the commandment of
1 According to another reading, when he reigned.
- Or, fine
Jehovah came this upon Judah, to
remove them out of his sight, for
the sins of Manasseh, according
to all that he did, 4 and also for
the innocent blood that he shed;
for he filled Jerusalem with innocent
blood: and Jehovah would not par-
don. 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 Ju-
dah.'^ 6 So Jehoiakim slept with
his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son
reigned in his stead. 7 And the
king of Egypt came not again
any more out of his land; for the
king of Babjdon had taken, from
the brook of Egypt unto the river
Euphrates, all that pertained to
the king of Egypt.
8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years
old when he began to reign; and
he reigned in Jerusalem three
months: and his mother's name
was Nehushta the daughter of El-
nathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he
did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, according to all
that his father had done.
10 At that time the servants of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came up to Jerusalem, and the
cit}^ was besieged. 11 And Nebu-
chadnezzar king of Babylon 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 servants, and his princes,
and his ^officers: and the king of
Babylon took him in the eighth
year of his reign. 13 And he carried
out thence all the treasures of the
house of Jehovah, and the treas-
ures of the king's house, and cut
in pieces all the vessels of gold,
which Solomon king of Israel had
made in the temple of Jehovah, as
Jehovah had said. 14 And he car-
ried away all Jerusalem, and all
the princes, and all the mighty
men of valor, even ten thousand
captives, and all the craftsmen
' Or, eunuchs
44S
Zedekiah King. Jerusalem captured, and laid waste
II. KINGS 24.15—25.15
and the smiths; none remained,
save the poorest sort of the peo-
ple of the land. 15 And he car-
ried away Jehoiachin to Babylon;
and the king's mother, and the
king's wives, and his ^officers, and
the ^chief men of the land, carried
he into captivity from Jerusalem
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 them the king of
Babylon brought captive to Baby-
lon. 17 And the king of Baby-
lon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's
father's brother, king in his stead,
and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 Zedekiah was twenty and
one years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned eleven years
in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was ^Hamutal the daughter
of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 And
he did that which was evil in
the sight of Jehovah, according
to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 For through the anger of Je-
hovah did it come to pass in Jeru-
salem and Judah, until he had cast
them out from his presence.
And Zedekiah rebelled against
O ^ the king of Babylon. 1 And
j^^ it came to pass in the ninth
year of his reign, in the tenth
month, in the tenth day of the
month, that Nebuchadnezzar 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 Zede-
kiah. 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
' Or, eunuchs
15
2 Or, mighty ^ Heb. Ilami'.al.
round about); and the king went
by the way of the Arabah. 5
But the army of the Chaldeans
pursued after the king, and over-
took him in the plains of Jericho;
and all his army was scattered
from him. 6 Then they took the
king, and carried him up unto the
king of Babylon to Riblah; and they
"gave judgment 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 Babylon.
8 Now in the fifth month, on
the seventh day 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 of Babylon, unto Jerusa-
lem. 9 And he burnt the house
of Jehovah, and the king's house;
and all the houses of Jerusalem,
even every great house, burnt he
with fire. 10 And all the army
of the Chaldeans, that were with
the captain of the guard, brake
down the wails of Jerusalem 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 Nebu-
zaradan the captain of the guard
carry away captive. 12 But the
captain of the guard left of the
poorest of the land to be vine-
dressers and husbandmen.
13 And the pillars of brass that
were in the house of Jehovah, and
the bases and the brazen sea that
were in the house of Jehovah, did
the Chaldeans break in pieces, and
carried the brass of them to Baby-
lon. 14 And the pots, and the
shovels, and the snuffers, and the
spoons, and all the vessels of brass
wherewith they ministered, took
they away. 15 And the firepans,
and the basins, that which was of
gold, in gold, and that which was
of silver, in silver, the captain of
Or, spake with him of judgment
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II. KINGS 25.16 — 25.30 captives slaln at Riblah. Jehoiachin kindly treated by Evil-merodach
the guard took away. 16 The two
pillars, the one sea, and the bases,
which Solomon had made for the
house of Jehovah, the brass of all
these vessels was without weight.
17 The height of the one pillar
was eighteen cubits, and a capital
of brass was upon it; and the height
of the capital was three cubits,
with network and pomegranates
upon the capital round about, all
of brass: and like unto these had
the second pillar with network.
18 And the captain of the guard
took Seraiah the chief priest, and
Zephaniah the second priest, and
the three keepers of the threshold:
19 and out of the city he took an
^officer that was set over the men
of war; and five men of them
that saw the king's face, who were
found in the city; and the ^scribe,
the captain of the host, who mus-
tered 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 Baby-
lon had left, even over them he
made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
the son of Shaphan, governor. 23 Now
when all the captains of the forces,
they and their men, heard that the
king of Babylon had made Gedaliah
1 Or, eunuch
8 Or, scribe of the captain of the host
governor, they came to Gedaliah to
Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and Johanan the son
of Kareali, and Seraiah the son of
Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and
Jaazaniah the son of the Maaca-
thite, they and their men. 24 And
Gedaliah sware to them and to
their men, and said unto them.
Fear not because of the servants
of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land,
and serve the king of Babylon, and
it shall be well with you. 25 But
it came to pass in the seventh
I month, that Ishmael the son of
I Nethaniah, the son of Elishama of
the seed roj^al, came, and ten men
' with him, and smote Gedaliah, so
that he died, and the Jews and
the Chaldeans that were with him
at Mizpah. 26 And all the people,
both small and great, and the cap-
tains of the forces, arose, and
came to Egypt; for they were afraid
of the Chaldeans.
27 And it came to pass in the
seven and thirtieth year of the
captivity of Jelioiachin king of
Judah, in the twelfth month, on
the seven and twentieth day of the
month, that Evil-merodach king of
Babylon, in the year that he began
j 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 changed
his prison garments. And Jehoia-
chin 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.
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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE
CHRONICLES
Descendants of Noah, of Abraham, of Esau, and of Seir
IAdam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Kenan,
Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Me-
thuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah, Shem,
Ham, and Japheth.
5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer,
and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,
and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
6 And the sons of Gomer: Ashke-
naz, and ^Diphath, and Togarmah.
7 And the sons of Javan: Elishah,
and Tarshish, Kittim, and ^Roda-
nim.
8 The sons of Ham: Gush, and
Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9 And
the sons of Gush: Seba, and Havi-
lah, and Sabta, and Raama, and
Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah:
Sheba, and Dedan. 10 And Gush
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 Gasluhim (from
whence came ^the Philistines), and
Gaphtorim. 13 And Ganaan begat
Sidon his first-born, and Heth, 14
and the Jebusite, and the Amorite,
and the Girgashite, 15 and the
Hivite, and the Arkite, and the
Sinite, 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 ^Meshech. 18 And
Arpachshad begat Shelah, and She-
lah 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
In Gon. in. 3. Riphath.
Heb rrlishlim
" In Gen. 10. 4, Dodanim.
4 In Gen. 10. 23 Mash.
Jerah, 21 and Hadoram, and Uzal,
and Diklah, 22 and ^Ebal, and Abi-
mael, 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 Abraham).
28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac,
and Ishmael. 29 These are their
generations: the first-born of Ish-
mael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and
Adbeel, and Mibsam, 30 Mishma,
and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and
Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Ke-
demah. These are the sons of
Ishmael.
32 And the sons of Keturah,
Abraham's concubine: she bare
Zimran, and Jokshan, and Me-
dan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and
Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan:
Sheba, and Dedan. 33 And the
sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher,
and Hanoch, and Abida, and El-
daah. All these were the sons of
Keturah.
34 And Abraham begat Isaac.
The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Is-
rael.
35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz,
Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and
Korah. 36 The sons of Eliphaz :
Teman, and Omar, ^Zephi, and Ga-
tam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Ama-
lek. 37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath,
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38 And the sons of Seir: Lotan,
and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
39 And the sons of Lotan: Hori,
and ^Homam; and Timna was Lo-
5 In Gen. 10. 28. Obal.
' In Gen. 36. 22, Hemam.
6 la Gen. 36. 11. Zcpho.
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I. CHRONICLES 1.40 — 2.22 Kings and Chiefs of Edoin. Descendants of Judah; of Hezron
tan's sister. 40 The sons of Shobal :
^Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal,
^Shephi, and Onam. And the sons
of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah. 41
The sons of Anah: Dishon. And
the sons of Dishon: ^Hamran, and
Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and
Zaavan, ^Jaakan. The sons of
Dishan: Uz, and Aran.
43 Now these are the kings
that reigned in the land of Edom,
before there reigned any king over
the children of Israel: Bela the
son of Beor; and the name of his
city was Dinhabah. 44 And Bela
died, and Jobab the son of Zerah
of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
45 And Jobab died, and Hushani
of the land of the Temanites reigned
in his stead. 46 And Husham
died, and Hadad the son of Bedad,
who smote Midian in the field of
Moab, reigned in his stead; and the
name of his city was Avith. 47
And Hadad died, and Samlah of
Masrekah reigned in his stead. 48
And Samlah died, and Shaul of
Rehoboth 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 Tai: and his wife's name
was Mehetabel, the daughter of
Hatred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
51 And Hadad died.
And the chiefs of Edom were:
chief Timna, chief ^Aliah, chief
Jetheth, 52 chief Oholibamah, chief
Elah, chief Pinon, 53 chief Kenaz,
chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 54 chief
Magdiel, chief Iram. These are
the chiefs of Edom.
2 These are the sons of Is-
rael: Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
and Judah, Issachar, and Zebu-
lun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin,
Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah: Er, and
1 In Gen. 36. 23, Alvan. ^ In Gen. 36. 39, Hadar.
2 In Gen. 36. 23, Shepho. s in Gen. 36. 39, Paw.
» In Gen. 36. 26, Hemdan. ~ In Gen. 36. 40, Alvah.
< In Gen. 36. 27, and Akan.
Onan, and Shelah; which three
were born unto him of Shua's
daughter the Canaanitess. And Er,
Judah's first-born, was wicked in
the sight of Jehovah; and he slew
him. 4 And Tamar his daughter-
in-law bare him Perez and Zerah.
All the sons of Judah were five.
5 The sons of Perez: Hezron,
and Hamul. 6 And the sons of
Zerah: ^Zimri, and Ethan, and He-
man, and Calcol, and ^Dara; five
of them in all. 7 And the sons
of Carmi: ^^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 unto him: Jerahmeel,
and Ram, and Chelubai. 10 And
Ram begat Amminadab, and Am-
minadab begat Nahshon, prince of
the children of Judah; 11 and
Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma
begat Boaz, 12 and Boaz begat
Obed, and Obed begat Jesse; 13
and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab,
and Abinadab the second, and Shi-
mea the third, 14 Nethanel the
fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozein
the sixth, David the seventh; 16
and their sisters were Zeruiah and
Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah :
^^iVbishai, and Joab, and Asahel,
three. 17 And Abigail bare Amasa;
and the father of Amasa was
Jether the Ishmaelite.
18 And Caleb the son of Hezron
begat children of Azubah his wife,
and of Jerioth; and these were her
sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ar-
don. 19 And Azubah died, and
Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who
bare him Hur. 20 And Hur begat
Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.
21 And afterward Hezron went
in to the daughter of Machir the
father of Gilead, whom he took
to wife when he was threescore
years old; and she bare him Segub.
22 And Segub begat Jair, who had
three and twenty cities in the land
8 In Josh. 7. 1, Zahdi.
» In 1 K. 4 31, Darda.
10 In Tosh. 7. 1, Achan.
" Heb. Abshai.
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Descendants of Judah:-of Jerahmeel; of Caleb; of David I. CHRONICLES 2.23 — 3.3
h
of Gilead. 23 And Geshur and
Aram took ^the towns of Jair from
them, with Kenath, and the ^vil-
lages 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 Abijah Hezron's
wife bare him Ashhur the father
of Tekoa.
25 And the sons of Jerahmeel
the first-born of Hezron were Ram
the first-born, and Bunah, and
Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. 26 And
Jerahmeel had another wife, whose
name was Atarah; she was the
motl^gr of Onam. 27 And the sons
of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel
w^ere 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 Mohd. 30 And
the sons of Nadab: Seled, and
Appaim; but Seled died without
^children. 31 And the sons of Ap-
paim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi:
Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan:
Ahlai. 32 And the sons of Jada the
brother of Shammai: Jether, and
Jonathan; and Jether died with-
out ^children. 33 And the sons
of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza.
These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but
daughters. And Sheshan had a
servant, an Egyptian, whose name
was Jarha. 35 And Sheshan gave
his daughter to Jarha his servant
to wife; and she bare him Attai.
36 And Attai begat Nathan, and
Nathan begat Zabad, 37 and Za-
bad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat
Obed, 38 and Obed begat Jehu,
and Jehu begat Azariah, 39 and
Azariah begat Helez, and Helez
begat Eleasah, 40 and Eleasah be-
gat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shal-
lum, 41 and Shallum begat Jeka-
miah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
42 And the sons of Caleb the
1 Or, Havvoth-jair 2 Heb. daughters. ' Or, sons
brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha
his first-born, who was the father
of Ziph; and the sons of Mare-
shah the father of Hebron. 43
And the sons of Hebron: Korah,
and Tappuah, and Rekem, and
Shema. 44 And Shema begat Ra-
ham, 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 con-
cubine, bare Haran, and Moza,
and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.
47 And the sons of Jahdai: Regem,
and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet,
and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maa-
cah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber
and Tirhanah. 49 She bare also
Shaaph the father of Madmannah,
Sheva the father of Machbena, and
the father of Gibea; and the daugh-
ter of Caleb was Achsah.
50 These were the sons of Caleb,
the son of Hur, the first-born of
Ephrathah: Shobal the father of
Kiriath-jearim, 51 Salma the father
of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father
of Beth-gader. 52 And Shobal the
father of Kiriath-jearim had sons:
Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
53 And the families of Kiriath-
jearim: the Ithrites, and the Puth-
ites, and the Shumathites, and the
Mishraites; of them came the Zora-
thites and the Eshtaolites. 54 The
sons of Salma: Beth-lehem, and
Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab,
and half of the Manahathites, the
Zorites. 55 And the families of
scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the
Tirathites, the Shimeathites, 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, that were born unto
him in Hebron: the first-born, Am-
non, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess ;
the second, Daniel, of Abigail the
Carmelitess; 2 the third, Absalom
the son of Maacah the daughter of
Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth,
Adonijah the son of Haggith; 3 the
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I. CHRONICLES 3.4 — 4.15 Descendants of David and of Judah
fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the j of Elioenai: Hodaviali, and Eliashib,
sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife: i and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Joha-
4 six were born unto him in Hebron; I nan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven,
and there he reigned seven years | y| The sons of Judah: Perez,
and six months. And in Jerusalem \ ^ Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur,
he reigned thirty and three years; | and Shobal. 2 And Reaiah the son
5 and these were born unto him \ of Shobal begat Jahath ; and Jahath
in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, i begat Ahumai and Lahad. These
and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of | are the families of the Zorathites.
Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel; I 3 And these were the sons of the
6 and Ibhar, and Elishama, and father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma,
Eliphelet, 7 and Nogah, and Nepheg,
and Japhia, 8 and Elishama, and
Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9 All
these were the sons of David,
besides the sons of the concubines;
and Tamar was their sister.
10 And Solomon's son was Reho-
boam, Abijah his son, Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son, 11 Joram his
son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his
son, Jotham his son, 13 Ahaz his
son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh
his son, 14 Amon his son, Josiah
his son. 15 And the sons of Jo-
siah: the first-born Johanan, the
second Jehoiakim, the third Zede-
kiah, the fourth Shallum. 16 And
the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah
his son, Zedekiah his son. 17 And
the sons of Jeconiah, Hhe captive:
Shealtiel his son, 18 and Mal-
chiram, and Pedaiah, and She-
nazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and
Nedabiah. 19 And the sons of
Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei.
And the ^sons of Zerubbabel: Me-
shullam, and Hananiah; and She-
lomith was their sister; 20 and
Hashubah, and Oliel, and Bere-
chiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed,
five. 21 And the -sons of Hana-
niah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the
sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan,
the sons of Obadiah, the sons of
Shecaniah. 22 And the sons of
Shecaniah : Shemaiah. And the sons
of Shernaiah : Hattush, and Igal,
and Bariah, and Neariah, and Sha-
phat, six. 23 And the ^sons of
Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and
Azrikam, three. 24 And the sons
Or, Assir
Heb. son.
and Idbash; and the name of their
sister was Hazzelelponi; 4 and Pe-
nuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer
the father of Hushah. These are
the sons of Hur, the first-born of
Ephrathah, the father of Beth-le-
hem. 5 And Ashhur the father of
Tekoa had two wives, Helah and
Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him
Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni,
and Haahashtari. These were the
sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of
Helah were Zereth, ^Izhar, and Eth-
nan. 8 And Hakkoz begat Anub,
and Zobebah, and the families of
Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 And
Jabez was more honorable than his
brethren: and his mother called his
name Jabez, saying. Because I bare
him with sorrow. 10 And Jabez
called on the God of Israel, saying,
Oh that thou wouldest bless me in-
deed, and enlarge my border, and
that thy hand might be with me,
and that thou wouldest keep me
from evil, that it be not to my
sorrow ! And God granted him that
which he requested. 11 And Che-
lub the brother of Shuhah be-
gat Mehir, who was the father of
Eshton. 12 And Eshton begat Beth-
rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah
the father of '^Ir-nahash. These
are the men of Recall. 13 And
the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and
Seraiah. And the sons of Oth-
niel: 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 Je-
3 Another reading is, and Zohar.
* Or, the cily of Naliash * Or, Uu valley of craftsmen
4.54
Descendants of Judah and of Simeon I. CHRONICLES 4.16 5.1
pliunneli: Iru, Elah, and Naam;
and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
16 And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph,
and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 17
And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and
Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and
she bare Miriam, and Shammai,
and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 And his wife ^the Jewess bare
Jered the father of Gedor, and He-
ber the father of Soco, and Jeku-
thiel the father of Zanoah. And
these are the sons of Bithiah the
daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered
took. 19 And the sons of the wife
of Hodiah, the sister of Naham,
were the father of Keilah the Gar-
mite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20 And the sons of Shimon : Amnon,
and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon.
And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and
Ben-zoheth. 21 The sons of Shelah
the son of Judah: Er the father of
Lecah, and Laadah the father of
Mareshah, and the families of the
house of them that wrought fine
Hnen, of the house of Ashbea; 22
and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba,
and Joash, and Saraph, who had
dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-
lehem. And the ^records are an-
cient. 23 These were the pot-
ters, and ^the inhabitants of Netaim
and Gederah: there they dwelt with
the king for his work.
24 The sons of Simeon: ^Nemuel,
and Jamin, ^Jarib, ^Zerah, Shaul;
25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his
son, Mishma his son. 26 And the
sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son,
Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and
six daughters; but his brethren
had not many children, neither did
all their family multiply like to the
children of Judah. 28 And they
dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah,
and Hazar-shual, 29 and at Bilhah,
and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 30 and
at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at
Ziklag, 31 and at Beth-marcaboth,
1 Or, Ha-jehudijah ^ Heb. words.
3 Or, those that dwelt among plantations and hedges
* In Gen. 46. 10, Ex. 6. 15, Jemuel.
* In Gen. 46. 10, Jachin. « In Gen. 46. 10, Zohar.
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, and Tochen, and
Ashan, five cities; 33 and all their
villages that were round about the
sanie cities, unto Baal. These were
their habitations, and they have
their genealogy. 34 And Mesho-
bab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the
son of Amaziah, 35 and Joel, and
Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son
of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 and
Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jesho-
haiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and
Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37 and Ziza
the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon,
the son of Jedaiah, the son of
Shimri, the son of Shemaiah — 38
these mentioned by name were
princes in their families: and their
fathers' houses increased greatly.
39 And they went to the entrance
of Gedor, even unto the east side of
the valley, to seek pasture for their
flocks. 40 And they found fat pas-
ture and good, and the land was
wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for
they that dwelt there aforetime
were of Ham. 41 And these writ-
ten by name came in the days of
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 Nea-
riah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the
sons of Ishi.' 43 And they smote
the remnant of the Amalekites that
escaped, and have dwelt there unto
this day.
5 And the sons of Reuben the
first-born of Israel (for he was
the first-born; but, forasmuch as
he defiled his father's couch, his
birthright was given unto the sons
of Joseph the son of Israel; and the
^ Heb. devoted them.
455
I. CHRONICLES 5.2 — 5.26 Descendants of Reuben and of Gad. The Half-tribe of Manasseh
genealogy is not to be reckoned
after the birthright. 2 For Judah
prevailed above his brethren, and
of him came the ^prince; but the
birthright was Joseph's), 3 the sons
of Reuben the first-born of Israel:
Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and
Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel: She-
maiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei
his son, 5 Micah his son, Reaiah
his son, Baal his son, 6 Beerah his
son, whom ^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 genera-
tions was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel,
of Judah, and in the days of Jero-
boam king of Israel.
18 The sons of Reuben, and the
Gadites, and the half-tribe of Ma-
nasseh, of valiant men, men able
to bear buckler and sword, and to
shoot with bow, and skilful in war,
were forty and four thousand 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 No-
dab. 20 And they were helped
against them, and the Hagrites
were delivered into their hand, and
all that were with them; for they
cried to God in the battle, and he
and Zechariah, 8 and Bela the son \ was entreated of them, because
of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son i they put their trust in him. 21
of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even j And they took away their cattle;
unto Nebo and Baal-meon: 9 and ; of their camels fifty thousand, and
eastward he dwelt even unto the I of sheep two hundred and fifty
entrance of the wilderness from the thousand, and of asses two thou-
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 Shapham the second, and
Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13
And their brethren of their fathers'
houses: Michael, and Meshullam,
and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan,
and Zia, and Eber, seven. 14 These
were the sons of Abihail, the son of
Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of
Gilead, the son of Michael, the son
of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the
son of Buz; 15 Ahi the son of Ab-
diel, the son of Guni, chief of
their fathers' houses. 16 And they
dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in
its Howns, and in all the ^suburbs
of Sharon, as far as their ^borders.
17 All these were reckoned by gen-
ealogies in the days of Jotham king
1 Or, leader
2 In 2 K. 15. 29; 16. 7. Tiglath-pileser.
3 Heb. daughters. * Or, pasture lands
^ Heb. goings forth.
sand, and of ^men a hundred thou-
sand. 22 For there fell many slain,
because the war was of God. And
they dwelt in their stead until the
captivity.
23 And the children of the half-
tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the
land: they increased from Bashan
unto Baal-hermon and Senir and
mount Hermon. 24 And these were
the heads of their fathers' houses:
even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel,
and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hoda-
viah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of
valor, famous men, heads of their
fathers' houses.
25 And they trespassed against
the God of their fathers, and played
the harlot after the gods of the
peoples of the land, whom God
destroyed before them. 26 And
the God of Israel stirred up the
spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and
the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king
of Assyria, and he carried them
away, even the Reubenites, and
the Gadites, and the half-tribe of
Manasseh, and brought them unto
Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and
to the river of Gozan, unto this dav.
• Heb. souls of men.
456
Descendants of Levi. Levite Singers I. CHRONICLES 6.1— 6.44
*/::» The sons of Levi: ^Gershon,
VJ 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, Elea-
zar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar begat
Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
5 and Abishua begat Bukki, and
Bukki begat Uzzi, 6 and Uzzi
begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat
Meraioth, 7 Meraioth begat Ama-
riah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
8 and Ahitub begat Zadok, and
Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9 and Ahi-
maaz begat Azariah, and Azariah
begat Johanan, 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 ^Shallum, 13 and Shallum
begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat
Azariah, 14 and Azariah begat Sera-
iah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak;
15 and Jehozadak went into cap-
tivity, when Jehovah carried away
Judah and Jerusalem by the hand
of Nebuchadnezzar.
tl6 The sons of Levi: ^Gershom,
Kohath, and Merari. 17 And these
are the names of the sons of Ger-
shom: 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, Jahath his son,
Zimmah his son, 21 ^Joah his son,
^Iddo his son, Zerah his son, ^Jea-
therai his son. 22 The sons of
Kohath: ^Amminadab his son, Korah
his son, Assir his son? 23 Elkanah
his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and
Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son,^Uriel
* Ch. 5. 27 in Heb. i In ver. 16, Gershom.
2 In ch. 9. 11. Meshullam. t Ch. 6. 1 in Heb.
* In ver. 1, Gershon. ^ In ver. 42, Ethan.
^ In ver. 41, Adaiah. " In ver. 41, Elhni.
7 In ver. 2, 18. 38. Izhar.
* In ver. .3H, Zephaniah, .Azariah, .Joel.
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: ^Zophai his son, and ^^Na-
hath his son, 27 ^^Eliab his son,
Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28 And the sons of Samuel: the
first-born, ^^Joel, and the second
Abijah. 29 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 Jehovah, after
that , the ark had rest. 32 And
they ministered with song before
the tabernacle of the tent of meet-
ing, until Solomon had built the
house of Jehovah in Jerusalem:
and they ^^waited on their office
according to their order. 33 And
these are they that ^^waited, and
their sons. Of the sons of the Ko-
hathites: Heman the singer, the
son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 34
the son of Elkanah, the son of
Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son
of i^Toah, 35 the son of ^^Zuph, the
son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath,
the son of Amasai, 36 the son of
Elkanah, the son of ^^Joel, the son
of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
37 the son of Tahath, the son of
Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son
of Korah, 38 the son of Izhar, the
son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the
son of Israel. 39 And his brother
Asaph, who stood on his right
hand, even Asaph the son of 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 son of
Gershom, the son of Levi. 44 And
9 In ver. 35, Zuph. i" In ver. 34, Toah.
11 In ver. 34, Eliel.
12 See ver. 33, and 1 S. 8. 2. The Hebrew text has,
Vashni, and Abiah. " Heb. stood.
1* In ver. 26. Nahath. •» In ver. 26, Zophai.
18 In ver. 24, Shaul, Uzziah, Uriel.
457
I. CHRONICLES 6.45 — 6.73 Levite Priests. Dwelling-places of the Levites
on the left hand their brethren the
sons of Merari: ^Ethan the son of
^Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son
of Malluch, 45 the son of Hasha-
biah, the son of Amaziah, the son
of Hilkiah, 46 the son of Amzi,
the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
47 the son of MahH, the son of
Mushi, the son of Merari, the son
of Levi. 48 And their brethren
the Levites were ^appointed for all
the service of the tabernacle of the
house of God.
49 But Aaron and his sons W-
fered upon the altar of burnt-
offering, and upon the altar of
incense, for all the work of the
most holy place, and to make
atonement for Israel, according to
all that Moses the servant of God
had commanded. 50 And these
are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his
son, Phinehas his son, Abishua
his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his
son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth
his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub
his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahim-
aaz his son.
54 Now these are their dwelling-
places according to their encamp-
ments in their borders: to the sons
of Aaron, of the families of the
Kohathites (for theirs was the first
lot), 55 to them they gave Hebron
in the land of Judah, and the
suburbs thereof round about it;
56 but the fields of the city, and
the villages thereof, they gave to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57
And to the sons of Aaron they
gave the cities of refuge, Hebron;
Libnah also with its suburbs, and
Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its sub-
urbs, 58 and ^Hilen with its sub-
urbs, Debir with its suburbs, 59
and ^Ashan with its suburbs, and
Beth-shemesh with its suburbs;
60 and out of the tribe of Ben-
jamin, Geba with its suburbs, and
'Allemeth with its suburbs, and An-
athoth with its suburbs. All their
1 In ch. 9. 16, Jeduthun. 2 In ch. 15. 17, Kushaiah.
3 Heb. given. See Num. 3. 9. ^ Or, burnt incense
5 In Josh. 21. 15. Holon. 6 in Josh. 21. 16, Ain.
7 In Josh. 21. 18, Almon.
cities throughout their families were
thirteen cities.
61 And unto the rest of the
sons of Kohath were given by lot,
out of the family of the tribe, out
of the half-tribe, the half of Ma-
nasseh, ten cities. 62 And to the
sons of Gershom, according to their
families, out of the tribe of Issachar,
and out of the tribe of iVsher, and
out of the tribe of Naphtali, and
out of the tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen cities. 63 Unto
the sons of Merari were given by
lot, according to their families, 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 children of Israel gave to
the Levites the cities with their
suburbs. 65 And they gave by
lot out of the tribe of the children
of Judah, and out of the tribe of
the children of Sim.eon, and out
of the tribe of the children of Ben-
jamin, these cities which are men-
tioned by name.
66 And some of the families of
the sons of Kohath had cities of
their borders out of the tribe of
Ephraim. 67 And they gave unto
them the cities of refuge, Shechem
in the hill-country of Ephraim with
its suburbs; Gezer also with
its suburbs, 68 ^and Jokmeam
with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with
its suburbs, 69 and Aijalon with its
suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with
its suburbs; 70 and out of the half-
tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its
suburbs, and Bileam with its sub-
urbs, for the rest of the family of
the sons of Kohath.
71 Unto the sons of. Gershom
were given, out of the family of
the half -tribe of Manasseh, Golan
in Bashan with its suburbs, and
Ashtaroth with its suburbs; 72
and out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath
with .its suburbs, 73 and Ramoth
with its suburbs, and Anem with
8 See Josh. 21. 22-39, where some of the names are
different.
458
Descendants of Issachar, of Benjamin, and of Manasseh I, CHRONICLES 6.74 — 7.19
its suburbs; 74 and out of the tribe
of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs,
and Abdon with its suburbs, 75
and Hukok with its suburbs, and
Rehob with its suburbs; 76 and out
of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh
in GaHlee with its suburbs, and
Hammon with its suburbs, and
Kiriathaim with its suburbs.
77 Unto the rest of the Levites,
the sons of Merari, were given, out
of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono
with its suburbs. Tabor with its
suburbs; 78 and beyond the Jor-
dan at Jericho, on the east side of
the Jordan, were given them, out
of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in
the wilderness with its suburbs,
and Jahzah w^ith its suburbs, 79 and
Kedemoth with its suburbs, and
Mephaath w^ith its suburbs; 80
and out of the tribe of Gad, Ra-
moth in Gilead with its suburbs,
and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
81 and IJeshbon with its sub-
urbs, and . Jazer with its 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 Ibsam,
and Shemuel, heads of their fathers'
houses, to wit, of Tola; mighty
and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jeri-
moth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers'
houses, mighty men of valor; and
they were reckoned by genealogy
twenty and two thousand and thirty
and four. 8 And the sons of Becher :
Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer,
and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jere-
moth, and Abijah, and Anathoth,
and Alemeth. All these were the
sons of Becher. 9 And they were
reckoned by genealogy, after their
generations, heads of their fathers'
houses, mighty men of valor, twenty
thousand and two hundred. 10
And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan.
And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and
Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaa-
nah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and
Ahishahar. 11 All these were sons
of Jediael, according to the heads of
their fathers' houses, mighty men
of valor, seventeen thousand and
two hundred, that were able to
go forth in the host for war. 12
^Shuppim also, and ^Huppim, the
sons of ^Ir, Hushim, the sons of
'*Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali: ^Jah-
ziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
^Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 The sons of Manasseh: As-
riel, whom his concubine the Ara-
men of valor in their generations :! mitess bare; she bare Machir the
their number in the days of David I father of Gilead. 15 And Machir
was two and twenty thousand and | took a wife W Huppim and Shup-
six hundred. 3 And the sons of \ pim, ^ whose sister's name was Maa-
Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of cah; and the name of the second
Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad
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
valor, reckoned in all by gene-
alogy, were fourscore and seven
thousand.
6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela,
and Becher, and Jediael, three.
7 And the. sons of Bela: Ezbon,
In Gen. 46. 13, Puvah and lob.
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 Manasseh. 18 And his
sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod,
and ^Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19 And
the sons of Shemida were Ahian,
2 In Num. 26. 39, Shephupham and Hupham.
3 In ver. 7, Iri. * In Num. 26. 38, Ahiram.
5 In Gen. 46. 24, Jahzeel. « In Gen. 46. 24, Shillem.
7 Or, for 8 Or, and his ^ In Num. 26. 30. Iczer.
459
I. CHRONICLES 7.20 8.15 cities of Ephralm. Descendants of Asher, and of Benjamin
and Shechem, and Likhi, and
Aniam.
20 And the sons of Ephraim:
Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and
Tahath his son, and Eleadah his
son, and Tahath his son, 21 and
Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his
son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom
the men of Gath that were born
in the land slew, because they
came down to take away their
cattle. 22 And Ephraim their father
mourned many days, and his breth-
ren 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 Sheerah, who
built Beth-horon the nether and
the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah. 25
And Rephah was his son, and
Resheph, and Telah hi? son, and
Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son,
Ammihud his son, Elishama his
son, 27 ^Nun his son, Joshua his
son.
28 And their possessions and
habitations were Beth-el and the
^towns thereof, and eastward ^Naa-
ran, and westward Gezer, with the
towns thereof; Shechem also and
the towns thereof, unto ^Azzah
and the towns thereof; 29 and by
the borders of the children of Ma-
nasseh, Beth-shean and its towns,
Taanach and its towns, Megiddo
and its towns, Dor and its towns.
In these dwelt the children of
Joseph the son of Israel.
30 The sons of Asher: Imnah,
and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah,
and Serah their sister. 31 And
the sons of Beriah: Heber, and
Malchiel, who was the father of
Birzaith. 32 And Heber begat Japh-
let, and ^Shomer, and Hotham,
and Shua their sister. 33 And
the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and
Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are
the children of Japhlet. 34 And
the sons of ^Shemer: Ahi, and
1 Heb. Non.~ 2 Heb. daughters.
3 In Josh. 16. 7, Naarah. « Many MSS. read, Ayyah.
8 In ver. 34, Shemer. • In ver. 32, Shomer.
Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35
And the ^sons of Helem his brother:
Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh,
and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah:
Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual,
and Beri, and Imrah, 37 Bezer, and
Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah,
and Ithran, and Beera. 38 And
the sons of Jether: Jephunneh,
and Pispa, and Ara.* 39 And the
sons of Ulla : Arah, and Hanniel, and
Rizia. 40 All these were the chil-
dren of Asher, heads of the fathers'
houses, choice and mighty men of
valor, chief of the princes. And
the number of them reckoned by
genealogy for service in war was
i twenty and six thousand men.
8 And Benjamin begat Bela
his first-born, Ashbel the sec-
j ond, and Aharah the third, 2 Nohah
] the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
3 And Bela had sons: ^Addar, and
Gera, and Abihud, 4 and Abishua,
and Naaman, and Ahoah, 5 and
Gera, and ^Shephuphan, ^nd Huram.
6 And these are the sons of Ehud:
these are the heads of fathers'
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 And Shaharaim begat
children in the field of Moab, after
he had ^^sent them away; Hushim
and Baara were his wives. 9 And
he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab,
and Zibia, and Mesha, and Mal-
cam, 10 and Jeuz, and Shachia,
and Mirmah. These were his sons,
heads of fathers' houses. 11 And
of Hushim he begat Abitub and
Elpaal. 12 And the sons of El-
paal: Eber, and Misham, and She-
med, who built Ono and Lod, 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
inhabitants of Gath; 14 and Ahio,
Shashak, and Jeremoth, 15 and
7 Heb. son. a in Gen. 46. 21, Ard.
» In Num. 26. 39, Shephupham. '
10 Or, sent away Hushim and Baara his wives
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Descendants of Benjamin. Former Inhabitants of Jerusalem I. CHRONICLES 8.16 9.12
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 Ish-
merai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the
sons of Elpaal, 19 and Jakim,
and Zichri, and Zabdi, 20 and
Elienai, and Zillethai, and EHel,
21 and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and
Shimrath, the sons of ^Shimei, 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 Penuel, the sons of Shashak,
26 and Shamsherai, and Shehariah,
and Athaliah, 27 and Jaareshiah,
and EHjah, and Zichri, the sons of
Jeroham. 28 These were heads of
fathers' houses throughout their gen-
erations, chief men: these dwelt in
Jerusalem.
29 And in Gibeon there dwelt
the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose
wife's name was Maacah; 30 and
his first-born son Abdon, and Zur,
and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
31 and Gedor, and Ahio, ,and ^Ze-
cher. 32 And Mikloth begat ^Shi-
meah. And they also dwelt with
their brethren in Jerusalem, over
against their brethren. 33 And Ner
begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul;
and Saul begat Jonathan, and Mal-
chi-shua, and ^Abinadab, and ^Esh-
baal. 34 And the son of Jonathan
was ^Merib-baal; and Merib-baal
begat Micah. 35 And the sons of
Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and
^Tarea, and Ahaz. 36 And Ahaz
begat ^Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah
begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and
Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza. 37
And Moza begat Binea; ^Raphah
was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel
his son. 38 And Azel had six sons,
whose names are these: Azrikam,
Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah,
and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these
2 In ch. 9. 37, Zechariah.
< In 1 S. 14. 49, Ishvi.
1 In ver. 13, Shema.
3 In ch. 9. 38, Shimeam.
5 In 2 S. 2. 8, Ishhosheth.
6 In 2 S. 4. 4; 9. 6, 10, Mephibosheth.
7 In ch. 9. 41, Tahrea. s jn ch. 9. 42, Jarak.
» In ch. 9. 43, Rephaiah..
were the sons of Azel. 39 And the
sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his
first-born, Jeush the second, and
Eliphelet the third. 40 And the sons
of Ulam were mighty men of valor,
archers, and had many sons, and
sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All
these were of the sons of Benjamin.
9 So all Israel were reckoned
by genealogies; and, behold,
they are written in the book of
the kings of Israel. And Judah
was carried away captive to Baby-
lon for their transgression. 2 Now
the first inhabitants that dwelt
in their possessions in their cities
were Israel, the priests, the Levites,
and the Nethinim. 3 And in Jeru-
salem dwelt of the children of
Judah, and of the children of Ben-
jamin, and of the children of Eph-
raim and Manasseh: 4 Uthai the
son of Ammihud, the son of Omri,
the son of Imri, the son of Bani,
of the children of Perez the son of
Judah. 5 And of the Shilonites:
Asaiah the first-born, and his sons.
6 And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel,
and their brethren, six hundred
and ninety. 7 And of the sons of
Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshul-
lam, the son of Hodaviah, the son
of Hassenuah, 8 and Ibneiah the
son of Jeroham, and Elah the son
of Uzzi, the son of INIichri, 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 ^°Aza-
riah 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 Jahzerah, the son of Me-
shullam, the son of Meshillemith,
10 In Neh. 11. 11, Seraiah.
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I. CHRONICLES 9.13 — 9.39 Priests, Levites, and Porters; their Functions
the son of Immer; 13 and their
brethren, heads of their fathers'
houses, a thousand and seven hun-
dred and threescore; very able men
for the work of the service of the
house of God.
14 And of the Levites: She-
maiah the son of Hasshub, the son
of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah,
of the sons of Merari; 15 and
Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and
Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son
of ^Zichri, the son of Asaph, 16 and
^Obadiah the son of ^Shemaiah, the
son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun,
and Berechiah the son of Asa, the
son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the
villages of the Netophathites.
17 And the porters: Shallum,
and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahi-
man, and their brethren (Shallum
was the chief), 18 who hitherto
waited in the king's gate east-
ward: they were the porters ior
the camp of the children of Levi.
19 And Shallum the son of Kore,
the son of Ebiasaph, the son of
Korah, and his brethren, of his
father's house, the Korahites, were
over the work of the service, keep-
ers of the thresholds of the tent:
and their fathers had been over
the camp of Jehovah, keepers of
the entry. 20 And Phinehas the
son of Eleazar was ruler over them
in time past, and Jehovah was with
him. 21 Zechariah the son of Mes-
helemiah was porter of the door
of the tent of meeting. 22 All
these that were chosen to be porters
in the thresholds were two hundred
and twelve. These were reckoned
by genealogy in their villages, whom
David and Samuel the seer did
ordain in their office of trust. 23
So they and their children had
the oversight of the gates of the
house of Jehovah, even the house
of the tent, by wards. 24 ^On the
four sides were the porters, toward
the east, west, north, and south.
25 And their brethren, in their
1 In Neh. 11. 17. Zahdi. 3 in Neh. 11. 17. Shammua.
2 In Neh. 11. 17, Abda. ♦ Heb. Towards the four winds.
villages, were to come in every
seven days from time to time to
be with them: 26 for the four,
chief porters, who were Levites,!
were in an office of trust, and were
over the chambers and over the
treasuries in the house of God.
27 And they lodged round about
the house of God, because the
charge thereof^ was upon them; and
to them pertained the opening there-
of morning by morning.
28 And certain of them had
charge of the vessels of service;
for by count were these brought
in and by count were these taken
out. 29 Some of them also were
appointed over the furniture, and
over all the vessels of the sanc-
tuary, 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
first-born of Shallum the Korah-
ite, had the office of trust over
the things that were baked in
pans. 32 And some of their breth-
ren, of the sons of the Kohathites,
were over the showbread, to pre-
pare it every sabbath.
33 And these are the singers,
heads of fathers' houses of the
Levites, ivho 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 gener-
ations, 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 first-born son Abdon, and Zur,
and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and
Nadab, 37 and Gedor, and Ahio,
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;
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Residents of Gibeon. Death of Saul and his Sons I. CHRONICLES 9.40 11.5
and Kish begat Saul; and Saul
begat Jonathan, and Malchishua,
and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 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, and Ahaz.
42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and
Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth,
and Zimri; and Zimri begat 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 f Azri-
kam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and
Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan:
these were the sons of Azel.
i ri Now the Philistines fought
1 yJ against Israel : and the men
of Israel fled from before the Phi-
listines, and fell down ^slain in
mount Gilboa. 2 And the Phi-
listines followed hard after Saul
and after his sons; and the Philis-
tines slew Jonathan, and ^Abina-
dab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of
Saul. 3 And the battle went sore
against Saul, and the archers over-
took him; and he was distressed
by reason of the archers. 4 Then
said Saul unto his armorbearer,
Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith, lest these un-
circumcised come and ^abuse me.
But his armorbearer would not;
for he was sore afraid. Therefore
Saul took his sword, and fell upon
it. 5 And when his armorbearer
saw that Saul was dead, he like-
wise fell upon his sw^ord, and died.
6 So Saul died, and his three sons;
and all his house died together.
7 And when all the men of Is-
rael 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 Phi-
listines came and dwelt in them.
8 And it came to pass on the mor-
row, when the Philistines came
to strip the slain, that they found
Saul and his sons fallen in mount
' Or, wounded
3 Or, make a mock of me
2 In 1 S. 14. 49. Ishvi.
Gilboa. 9 And they stripped him,
and took his head, and his armor,
and sent into the land of the Phi-
listines round about, to carry the
tidings unto their idols, and to
the people. 10 And they put his
armor in the house of their gods,
and fastened his head in the house
of Dagon. 11 And when all Ja-
besh-gilead heard all that the Phi-
listines had done to Saul, 12 all the
valiant 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 ^oak in Jabesh, and
fasted seven days.
13 So Saul died ^for his tres-
pass which he committed against
Jehovah, because of the word of
Jehovah, 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 Jehovah: therefore he slew
him, and turned the kindgom unto
David the son of Jesse.
Then all Israel gathered
themselves 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 Je-
hovah thy God said unto thee.
Thou shalt be shepherd of my
people Israel, and thou shalt be
^prince over my people Israel. 3 So
all the elders of Israel came to the
king to Hebron; and David made
a covenant with them in Hebron
before Jehovah; and they anointed
David king over Israel, accord-
ing to the word of Jehovah by
Samuel.
4 And David and all Israel went
to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus);
and the Jebusites, the inhabitants
of the land, were there. 5 And
the inhabitants of Jebus said to
David, Thou shalt not come in
hither. Nevertheless David took
the stronghold of Zion; the same
11
* Or, terebinth
5 Or, in
6 Or, leader
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I. CHRONICLES 11.6— 11.29 David's Mighty Men and their Exploits
is the city of David. 6 And David
said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebu-
sites 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 ^repaired
the rest of the city. 9 And Da-
vid waxed greater and greater;
for Jehovah of hosts was with him.
10 Now these are the chief of the
mighty men whom David had,
who ^showed themselves strong with
him in his kingdom, together with
all Israel, to make him king, accord-
ing to the word of Jehovah con-
cerning Israel. 11 And this is the
number of the mighty men whom
David had: Jashobeam, the son
of a Hachmonite, the chief of the
^thirty ; he lifted up his spear against
three hundred %nd 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
^Pas-dammim, and there the Philis-
tines were gathered together to
battle, 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 Jehovah saved them
by a great Victory.
15 And three of the thirty chief
men 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 stronghold, and the gar-
rison 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 the three brake through
the host of the Philistines, and
1 Heb. revived. 2 Or, held strongly with him
' Another reading is, captains. * Heb. slain.
' In 1 S. 17. 1, Ephes-dammim. ^ Heb. salvation.
drew water out of the 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 Jehovah,
19 and said. My God forbid it me,
that I should do this: shall I drink
the blood of these men '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 ^and slew them,
and had a name among the three.
21 ^°0f the three, he was more
honorable than the two, and was
made their captain: howbeit he
attained not to the first three.
22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
the son of a valiant man of Kab-
zeel, 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. 23 And he slew an
Egyptian, a man of great stature,
five cubits high; and in the Egyp-
tian'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 Be-
naiah the son of Jehoiada, and had
a name among the three mighty
men. 25 Behold, he was more
honorable than the thirty, but he
attained not to the ^ir^^ three: and
David set him over his ^^guard.
26 Also the mighty men of the
armies: Asahel the brother of Joab,
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-
lehem, 27 ^^Shammoth the Haro-
rite, Helez the ^Telonite, 28 Ira
the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
Abiezer the Anathothite, 29 ^^^Sib-
7 Heb. zvith their lives. » Heb. Abshai. » Heb. slain.
'" Or, Of the three in the second rank he was the most
honorable n Or, council
12 In 2 S. 23. 2n, Shammah the Harodite.
13 In 2 S. 23. 26, Paltite.
» In 2 S. 23. 27, Mebunnai.
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David's Friends in Zikiag. Gad ites who followed David I. CHRONICLES 11.30 — 12.18
becai the Hushathite, ^Ilai the Joash, the sons of Shemaah the
Ahohite, 30 Maharai the Netopha-
thite, ^Heled the son of Baanah
the Netophathite, 31 Ithai the son
of Ribai of Gibeah of the children
of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathon-
ite, 32 ^Hurai of the brooks of
Gaash, ^Abiel the Arbathite, 33
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba
the Shaalbonite, 34 the sons of
^Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan
the son of Shagee the Hararite,
35 Ahiam the son of ^Sacar the
Hararite, "^EHphal the son of Ur,
36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahi-
jah the Pelonite, 37 Hezro the
Carmehte, ^Naarai the son of
Ezbai, 38 Joel the brother of Na-
than, Mibhar the son of Hagri,
39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai
the Berothite, the armorbearer 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 Beu-
benites, 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 Shimri, 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 Mezo-
baite.
"i O Now these are they that
1 ^ came to David to Zikiag,
^while he yet kept himself close
because of Saul the son of Kish;
and they were among the mighty
men, his helpers in war. 2 They
^°were armed with bows, and could
use both the right hand and the
left in slinging stones and in shoot-
ing arrows from the bow: they were
of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
3 The chief was Ahiezer; then
1 In 2 S. 23. 28, Zalmon. 2 In 2 S. 23. 29, Heleb.
3 In 2 S. 23. 30, Hiddai. < In 2 S. 23. 31, Abi-alhon.
6 In 2 S. 23. 32, Jashen. 6 in 2 S. 23. 33, Sharar.
Mn 2 S. 23. 34, Eliphelel the son of Ahasbai.
8 In 2 S. 23. 35, Paarai the Arbite.
» Heb. being yet shut up. i** Or, drew the bow
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 thirty, and Jeremiah, and Ja-
haziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad
the Gederathite, 5 Eluzai, and Jeri-
moth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah,
and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 6
Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel*
and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the
Korahites, 7 and Joelah, and Zeba-
diah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 And of the Gadites there sepa-
rated themselves unto David to
the stronghold in the wilderness,
mighty men of valor, 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 moun-
tains: 9 Ezer the chief, Obadiah
the second, Eliab the third, 10
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah
the fifth, 11 Attai the sixth, Eliel
the seventh, 12 Johanan the eighth,
Elzabad 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 ^^equal to a hundred, and
the greatest ^^to a thousand. 15
These are they that went over the
Jordan in the first month, when it
had overflowed 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 chil-
dren of Benjamin and Judah to
the stronghold 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, my heart shall be knit
unto you ; but if ye be come to betray
me to mine adversaries, seeing there
is no ^^wrong in my hands, the God
of our fathers look thereon, and re-
buke it. 18 Then the Spirit ^^came
upon Amasai, who was chief of the
" Or, over
12 Or, violence
13 Heb. clothed.
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I. CHRONICLES 12.19 12.40 Enumeration of those who helped David to become King
Hhirty, and he said. Thine are we,
David, and on thy side, thou son
of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee,
and peace be to thy helpers; for thy
God helpeth thee. Then David re-
ceived them, and made them cap-
tains of the band.
19 Of Manasseh also there fell
away some to David, when he came
with the Phihstines against Saul to
battle; but they helped them not;
for the lords of the Philistines upon
advisement 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 Zille-
thai, captains of thousands that
were of Manasseh. 21 And they
helped David against the band
of rovers: for they were all mighty
men of valor, and were captains in
the host. 22 For from day to day
men came to David to help him,
until there 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, who came to David to
Hebron, to turn the kingdom of
Saul to him, according to the
word of Jehovah. 24 The chil-
dren of Judah that bare shield and
spear were six thousand and eight
hundred, armed for war. 25 Of
the children of Simeon, mighty
men of valor 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 valor, 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
^ Another reading is, captains.
2 Heb. kept the charge of the house.
of Saul. 30 Arid of the children
of Ephraim twenty thousand and
eight hundred, mighty men of valor,
famous men in their fathers' houses.
31 And of the half -tribe of Manasseh
eighteen thousand, who were men-
tioned by name, to come and make
David king. 32 And of the chil-
dren 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 com-
mandment. 33 Of Zebulun, such
as were able to go out in the host,
that could set the battle in array,
with all manner of instruments of
war, fifty thousand, and that could
order the battle array, and were not
of double heart. 34 And of Naph-
tali a thousand captains, and with
them with shield and spear thirty
and seven thousand. 35 And of
the Danites that could set the
battle in 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 the
Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and of the half-tribe of
Manasseh, with all manner of in-
struments of war for the battle, a
hundred and twenty thousand.
38 All these, being men of war,
that could order the battle array,
came with a perfect heart to He-
bron, to make David king over all
Israel: and all the rest also of Is-
rael were of one heart to make
David king. 39 And they were
there with David three days, eat-
ing and drinking; for their breth-
ren had made preparation for them.
40 Moreover they that were nigh
unto them, even as far as Issachar
and Zubulun and Naphtali, brought
bread on asses, and on camels,
and on mules, and on oxen, victuals
of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters
of raisins, and wine, and oil, and
oxen, and sheep in abundance:
for there was joy in Israel.
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The Ark brought to Obed-edom's House. Uzza's Death I. CHRONICLES 13.1 — 14.12
i O And David consulted with
1 0 the captains 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 Jeho-
vah our God, let us send abroad
every where unto our brethren
that are left in all the ^land of Is-
rael, ^with whom the priests and
Levites are in their cities that have
^suburbs, that they may gather
themselves unto us; 3 and let us
bring again the ark of our God to
us: for we sought not unto it in
the days of Saul. 4 And all the
assembly said that they would do
so; for the thing was right in the
eyes of all the people. 5 So David
assembled all Israel together, from
the Shihor the brook of Egypt even
unto the entrance of Hamath, to
bring the ark of God from Kiriath-
jearim. 6 And David went up,
and all Israel, to Baalah, that is,
to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged
to Judah, to bring up from thence
the ark of God Jehovah that ^sit-
teth above the cherubim, Hhat is
called by the Name. 7 And they
carried the ark of God upon a new
cart, and brought it out of the
house of Abinadab: and Uzza and
Ahio drove the cart. 8 And Da-
vid and all Israel played before
God with all their might, even
with songs, and with harps, and
with psalteries, and with timbrels,
and with cymbals, and with trum-
pets.
9 And when they came unto the
threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put
forth his hand to hold the ark; for
the oxen ^stumbled. 10 And the
anger of Jehovah was kindled against
Uzza, and he smote him, because
he put forth his hand to the ark;
and there he died before God.
11 And David was displeased, be-
cause Jehovah had broken forth
upon Uzza : and he called that place
1 Heb. lands.
2 Or, and with them to the priests and Levites that are b'c.
3 Or, pasture lands * Or, is enthroned
* Or, where the Name is called on
» Or, were restive Or, threw it down
u
^Perez-uzza, unto this day. 12 And
David was afraid of God that day,
saying, How shall I bring the ark
of God home to me? 13 So David
removed not the ark unto him into
the city of David, but carried it
aside into the house of Obed-
edom the Gittite. 14 And the ark
of God remained with the family
of Obed-edom in his house three
months: and Jehovah blessed the
house of Obed-edom, and all that
he had.
And Hiram king of Tyre
sent messengers to David,
and cedar-trees, and masons, and
carpenters, to build him a house.
2 And David perceived that Je-
hovah had established him king
over Israel; for his kingdom was
exalted on high, for liis people
Israel's sake.
3 And David took more wives at
Jerusalem; and David begat more
sons and daughters. 4 And these
are the names of the children whom
he had in Jerusalem: Shammua,
and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
5 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and El-
pelet, 6 and Nogah, and Nepheg,
and Japhia, 7 and Elishama, and
Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
8 And when the Philistines heard
that David was anointed king over
all Israel, all the Philistines went
up to seek David: and David heard
of it, and went out ^against them.
9 Now the Philistines had come
and made a raid in the valley of
Hephaim. 10 And David inquired
of God, saying. Shall I go up against
the Philistines.^ and wilt thou de-
liver them into my hand.'^ And Je-
hovah said unto him. Go up; for I
will deliver them into thy hand.
11 So they came up to Baal-pera-
zim, and David smote them there;
and David said, God hath ^broken
mine enemies by my hand, like the
breach of waters. Therefore they
called the name of that place ^^Baal-
perazim. 12 And they left their
That is, The breach of Uzza.
Or, before * Or, broken forth upon mine enemies
That is, The place of breakings forth.
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I. CHRONICLES 14.13 — 15.22 The Ark brought by the Levites to Jerusalem
gods there; and David gave com-
mandment, and they were burned
with fire.
13 And the Philistines yet again
made a raid in the valley. 14
And David inquired again of God;
and God said unto him, Thou
shalt not go up after them: turn
away from them, and come upon
them over against the ^mulberry-
trees. 15 And it shall be, when
thou hearest the sound of march-
ing* 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 Phihstines
from ^Gibeon even to Gezer. 17
And the fame of David went
out into all lands; and Jehovah
brought the fear of him upon all
nations.
1 ^ And David made him
1 vJ 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
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 Amminadab, 12 and
said unto them. Ye are the heads
of the fathers' houses of the Levites:
sanctify yourselves, both ye and
your brethren, that ye may bring
up the ark of Jehovah, the God
of Israel, unto the place that I
have prepared for it. 13 For be-
cause ye bare it not at the first,
Jehovah 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 Jehovah, 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 com-
manded according to the word of
Jehovah.
16 And David spake to the chief
of the Levites to appoint their
brethren the singers, with instru-
ments of music, psalteries and harps
ought to carry the ark of God but and cymbals, sounding aloud and
the Levites: for them hath Jeho- 1 lifting up the voice with joy. 17
vah chosen to carry the ark of' So the Levites appointed Heman
God, and to minister unto him for the son of Joel; and of his brethren,
ever. 3 And David assembled all Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of
Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up | the sons of Merari their brethren,
the ark of Jehovah unto its place, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 18 and
which he had prepared for it. 4
And David gathered together the
sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
5 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the
chief, and his brethren a hundred
and twenty; 6 of the sons of Merari,
Asaiah the chief, and his brethren
two hundred and twenty; 7 of
the sons of Gershom, Joel the
chief, and his brethren a hundred
and thirty; 8 of the sons of Eliza-
phan, Shemaiah the chief, and his
brethren two hundred; 9 of the
sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief,
and his brethren fourscore; 10 of
the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the
chief, and his brethren a hundred
^ Or, balsam-trees
2 In 2 S. 5. 25, Geha.
with them their brethren of the
second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and
Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Je-
hiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah,
and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and
Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, andObed-
edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph,
and Ethan, were appointed, with
cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
20 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and L^nni,
and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Ben-
aiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth ;
21 and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu,
and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and
Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set
to the Sheminith, to lead. 22 And
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Sacrifices offered. Psalm of Thanksgiving I. CHRONICLES 15.23— 16.17
) Chenaniali, chief of the Levites,
; was over ^the song : he instructed
about ^the song, because he was
skilful. 23 And Berechiah and Elk-
anah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24 And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat,
and Nethanel, and Amasai, and
Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer,
the priests, did blow the trumpets
before the ark of God; and Obed-
edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers
for the ark.
25 So David, and the elders of
Israel, and the captains over thou-
sands, went to bring up the ark of
the covenant of Jehovah out of
the house of Obed-edom with joy.
26 And it came to pass, when God
helped the Levites that bare the
ark of the covenant of Jehovah,
that they sacrificed seven bullocks
and seven rams. • 27 And David
was clothed with a robe of fine
linen, and all the Levites that bare
the ark, and the singers, and Che-
naniah the master of ^the song
with the singers: and David had
upon him an ephod of linen. 28
Thus all Israel brought up the ark
of the covenant of Jehovah with
shouting, and with sound of the
cornet, and with trumpets, and
with cymbals, sounding aloud with
psalteries and harps.
29 And it came to pass, as the
ark of the covenant of Jehovah
came to the city of David, that
Michal the daughter of Saul looked
out at the window, and saw king
David dancing and playing; and
she despised him in her heart.
-| n And they brought in the
1 O ark of God, and set it in
the midst of the tent that David
had pitched for it: and they of-
fered burnt-offerings and peace-
offerings before God. 2 And when
David had made an end of offering
the burnt-offering and the peace-
offerings, he blessed the people in
the name of Jehovah. 3 And he
dealt to every one of Israel, both
man and woman, to every one a
> Or, the carrying of the ark Heb. the lifting up.
469
loaf of bread, and a portion "^of
flesh, and a cake of raisins.
4 And he appointed certain of
the Levites to minister before the
ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate
and to thank and praise Jehovah,
the God of Israel: 5 Asaph the
chief, and second to him Zechariah,
^Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Je-
hiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab,
and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and
Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps;
and Asaph with cymbals, sounding
aloud; 6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel
the priests with trumpets continu-
ally, before the ark of the covenant
of God.
7 Then on that day did David
^first ordain to give thanks unto
Jehovah, by the hand of Asaph
and his brethren.
8 O give thanks unto Jehovah,
call upon his name;
Make known his doings among
the peoples.
9 Sing unto him, sing praises unto
him;
^Talk ye of all his marvellous
works.
10 Glory ye in his holy name;
Let the heart of them rejoice
that seek Jehovah.
1 1 Seek ye Jehovah and his strength ;
Seek his face evermore.
12 Remember his marvellous works
that he hath done.
His wonders, and the judgments
of his mouth,
13 O ye seed of Israel his servant.
Ye children of Jacob, his chosen
ones.
14 He is Jehovah our God;
His judgments are in all the
earth.
15 Remember his covenant for ever.
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.
2 Or, of wine
4 Or, make it the chief work
3 In ch. 15. 18, Jaaziel.
6 Or, Meditate
L CHRONICLES 16.18 16.42 Ministersof the Religious services
To Israel for an everlasting
covenant,
18 Saying, Unto thee will I give
the land of Caanan,
The ^lot of your inheritance;
19 When ye were but a few men in
number,
Yea, very few, and sojourners
in it;
20 And they went about from na-
tion to nation,
And from one kingdom to an-
other people.
21 He suffered no man to do them
wrong;
Yea, he reproved kings for their
sakes,
22 Saying, Touch not mine an-
ointed ones,
And do my prophets no harm.
23 Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth;
Show forth his salvation from
day to day.
24 Declare his glory among the
nations.
His marvellous works among
all the peoples.
25 For great is Jehovah, and greatly
to be praised:
He also is to be feared above all
gods.
26 For all the gods of the peoples
31
and
are
^idols :
But Jehovah made the heavens.
27 Honor and majesty are before
him:
Strength and gladness are in
his place.
28 Ascribe unto Jehovah, ye kin-
dreds of the peoples.
Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and
strength ;
29 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory
due unto his name:
Bring an offering, and come
before him;
Worship Jehovah ^in holy ar-
ray.
80 Tremble before him, all the
earth :
The world also is established
that it cannot be moved.
1 Heb, cord, or, line. " 2 Or, Ihinss of nought
' Or, in the beauty of holiness
36
Let the heavens be glad,
let the earth rejoice;
And let them say among the
nations, Jehovah reigneth.
32 Let the sea roar,* and the ful-
ness thereof;
Let the field exult, and all that
is therein;
33 Then shall the trees of the wood
sing for joy before Jehovah;
For he cometh to judge the earth.
34 O give thanks unto Jehovah;
for he is good;
For his lovingkindness eridureth
for ever.
35 And say ye, Save us, O God of
our salvation.
And gather us together and de-
liver us from the nations,
To give thanks unto thy holy
name.
And to triumph in thy praise.
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of
Israel,
From everlasting even to ever-
lasting.
And all the people said. Amen,
and praised Jehovah.
37 So he left there, before the
ark of the covenant of Jehovah,
Asaph and his brethren, to minis-
ter before the ark continually, as
every day's work required; 38 and
Obed-edom with their brethren,
threescore and eight; Obed-edom
also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah
to be doorkeepers; 39 and Zadok
the priest, and his brethren the
priests, before the tabernacle of
Jehovah in the high place that was
at Gibeon, 40 to offer burnt-offer-
ings unto Jehovah upon the altar
of burnt-offering continually morn-
ing and evening, even according
to all that is written in the law of
Jehovah, which he commanded unto
Israel; 41 and with them Heman
and Jeduthun, and the rest that
were chosen, who were mentioned
by name, to give thanks to Jehovah,
because his lovingkindness endiireth
for ever; 42 and with them Heman
and Jeduthun icith trumpets and
cymbals for those that should sound
0*^
id'5 Purpose to build a Temple. God s Message to Da vfd I. CHRONICLES 16.43—17.22
aloud, and with instruments for
the songs of God; and the sons of
Jeduthun to be at the gate. 43
x\nd all the people departed every
man to his house: and David re-
turned to bless his house.
1^ And it came to pass, when
I David dwelt in his house,
that David said to Nathan the
prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house
of cedar, but the ark of the cov-
enant of Jehovah dwelleth under
curtains. 2 And Nathan said unto
David, Do all that is in thy heart;
for God is with thee. 3 And it
came to pass the same night, that
the word of God came to Nathan,
saying, 4 Go and tell David my
servant. Thus saith Jehovah, Thou
shalt not build me a house to dwell
in : 5 for I have not dwelt in a
! house since the day that I brought
I up Israel, unto this day, but %ave
I 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, any of the judges of Israel,
I whom I commanded to be shep-
' herd of my people, saying. Why
have ye not built me a house of
cedar .^ 7 Now therefore thus shalt
thou say unto my servant David,
I Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took
\ thee from the ^sheepcote, from fol-
lowing the sheep, that thou shouldest
be ^prince over my people Israel:
8 and I have been with thee whither-
soever thou hast gone, and have
cut off all thine enemies from before
thee; and I will makfe thee a name,
like unto the name of the great
ones that are in the earth. 9 And
I will appoint a place for my people
Israel, and will plant them, that
they may dwell in their own place,
and be moved no more; neither
shall the children of wickedness
waste them any more, as at the
first, 10 and as from the day that
I commanded judges to be over my
people Israel; and I %ill subdue
1 Heb. have been.
3 Or, leader
2 Or, pasture
* Or, have subdued
all thine enemies. Moreover I tell
thee that Jehovah will build thee a
house. 11 And it shall come to
pass, when thy days are fulfilled
that thou must go to be with thy
fathers, that I will set up thy seed
after thee, who shall be of thy sons;
and I will establish his kingdom.
12 He shall build me a 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
lovingkindness away from him, as
I took it from him that was
before thee; 14 but I will settle
him in my house and in my kingdom
forever; and his throne shall be
established for ever. 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 Jehovah; and
he said. Who am I, O Jehovah
God, and what is my house, that
thou hast brought me thus far.^
17 And this was a small thing in
thine eyes, O God; but thou hast
spoken of thy servant's house for a
great while to come, and hast re-
garded me according to the estate
of a man of high degree, O Jehovah
God. 18 What can David say yet
more unto thee concerning the honor
which is done to thy servant.^
for thou knowest thy servant. 19
O Jehovah, 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 O Jehovah, there is none like
thee, neither is there any God
besides thee, according to all that
we have heard with our ears. 21
^And what one nation in the earth is
like thy people Israel, whom God
went to redeem unto himself for a
people, to make thee a name by
great and terrible things, in driv-
ing out nations from before thy
people, whom thou redeemedst out
of Egypt.? 22 For thy people Is-
5 Or, A nd who is like thy people Israel, a nation that
alone in the earth tfc.
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I. CHRONICLES 17.23 19.1 David- conquers Phillstia, Moab, Zobah, Syria, and Edom
rael didst thou make thine own
people for ever; and thou, Jeho-
vah, becamest their God. 23 And
now, O Jehovah, let the word that
thou hast spoken concerning thy
servant, and concerning his house,
be established forever, and do as
thou hast spoken. 24 ^And let
thy name be established and mag-
nified for ever, saying, Jehovah of
hosts is the God of Israel, even a
God to Israel: and the house of
David thy servant is established
before thee. 25 For thou, O my
God, hast revealed to thy servant
that thou wilt build him a house:
therefore hath thy servant found
in his heart to pray before thee.
26 And now, O Jehovah, thou
art God, and hast promised this
good thing unto thy servant: 27
and now it hath pleased thee to
bless the house of thy servant,
that it may continue for ever be-
fore thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast
blessed, and it is blessed for ever.
10 And after this it came to
O pass, that David smote the
Philistines, and subdued them, and
took Gath and its towns out of the
hand of the Philistines. 2 And he
smote Moab; and the Moabites be-
came servants to David, and brought
tribute.
3 And David smote Hadarezer
king of Zobah ^unto Hamath, as
he went to establish his dominion
by the river Euphrates. 4 And
David took from him a thousand
chariots, and seven thousand horse-
men, and twenty thousand foot-
men; and David hocked all the
chariot horses, but reserved of them
for a hundred chariots.
5 And when ^the Syrians of \
^Damascus came to succor Hadar- 1
ezer king of Zobah, Dayid smote
of ^the Syrians two and twenty
thousand men. . 6 Then David put
garrisons in ^Syria of ^Damascus;
and ^the Syrians became servants
to David, and brought tribute.
And Jehovah ^'gave victory to Da-
vid whithersoever he went. 7 And
David took the shields of gold that
were on the servants of Hadarezer,
and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 And from Tibhath and from Gun,
cities of Hadarezer, David took
very much brass, wherewith Solo-
mon made the brazen sea, and the
pillars, and the vessels of brass.
9 And when Tou king of Hamath
heard that David had smitten all
the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah,
10 he sent Hadoram his son to king
David, to salute him, and to bless
him, because he had fought against
Hadarezer and smitten him (for
Hadarezer had wars with Tou);
and he had with him all manner of
vessels of gold and silver and brass.
11 These also did king David dedi-
cate unto Jehovah, with the silver
and the gold that he carried away
from all the nations; from Edom,
and from Moab, and from the chil-
dren of Ammon, and from the Phi-
listines, and from Amalek.
12 Moreover ^Abishai the son of
Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in
the Valley of Salt eighteen thou-
sand. 13 And he put garrisons in
Edom; and all the Edomites be-
came servants to David. And Je-
hovah ^gave victory to David
whithersoever he went.
14 And David reigned over all
Israel; and he executed justice and
righteousness unto all his people.
15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah
was over the host; and Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud was ^recorder;
16 and Zadok the son of Ahitub,
and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,
were priests; and Shavsha was
^scribe; 17 and Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada was over the Cherethites
and the Pelethites; and the sons of
David were chief about the king.
1Q And it came to pass after
^ this, that Nahash the king
of the children of Ammon died,
and his son reigned in his stead.
I Or, Yea, let it be established, and lei thv name be mag-
nified &*f. 2 Or, by 3 Heb. Aram. * Heb. Darmesek.
5 Or, saved David
' Or, chronicler
6 Heb. Abshai.
s Or, secretary
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David's Messengers abused by Hanun, King of Ammon I. CHRONICLES 19.2 — 20.1
2 And David said, I will show
kindness unto Hanun the son of
t Nahash, because his father showed
Ikindness to me. So David sent
messengers to comfort him con-
cerning his father. And David's
servants came into the land of
the children of Ammon to Hanun,
to comfort him. 3 But the princes
of the children of Ammon said to
Hanun, Thinkest thou that David
doth honor thy father, in that he
hath sent comforters unto thee.^^
are not his servants come unto
thee to search, and to overthrow,
and to spy out the land.f^ 4 So
Hanun took David's servants, and
shaved them, and cut off their gar-
ments in the middle, even to their
buttocks, and sent them away. 5
Then there went certain persons,
and told David how the men were
served. And he sent to meet them;
for the men were greatly ashamed.
And the king said. Tarry at Jericho
until your beards be grown, and
then return.
6 And when the children of
Ammon saw that they had made
themselves odious to David, Ha-
nun and the children of Ammon
sent a thousand talents of silver
to hire theni chariots and horse-
men out of Mesopotamia, and out
of Aram-maacah, and out of Zo-
bah. 7 So they hired them thirty
and two thousand chariots, and
the king of Maacah and his peo-
ple, who came and encamped be-
fore Medeba. And the children
of Ammon gathered themselves to-
gether from their cities, and came
to battle. 8 And when David heard
of it, he sent Joab, and all the host
of the mighty men. 9 And the
children of Ammon came out, and
put the battle in array at the gate
of the city: and the kings that were
come were by themselves in the field.
10 Now when Joab saw that
^the battle was set against him
before and behind, he chose of all
the choice men of Israel, and put;
them in array against the Syrians.
11 And the rest of the people
he committed into the hand of
^Abishai his brother; and they
put themselves in array against
the children of Ammon. 12 And
he said, If the Syrians be too
strong for me, then thou shall
help me; but if the children of
Ammon be too strong for thee,
then I will help thee. 13 Be of
good courage, and let us play the
man for our people, and for the
cities of our God: and Jehovah
do that which seemeth him good.
14 So Joab and the people that
were with him drew nigh before
the Syrians unto the battle; and
they fled before him. 15 iVnd when
the children of Ammon saw that
the Syrians were fled, they like-
wise fled before Abishai his brother,
and entered into the city. Then
Joab came to Jerusalem.
16 And when the Syrians saw
that they were put to the worse
before Israel, they sent messengers,
and drew forth the Syrians that
were beyond the River, with Sho-
phach the captain of the host
of Hadarezer at their head. 17
And it was told David; and he
gathered all Israel together, and
passed over the Jordan, and came
upon them, and set the battle in
array against them. So when Da-
vid had put the battle in array
against the Syrians, they fought
with him. 18 And the Syrians
fled before Israel; and David slew
of the Syrians the men of seven
thousand chariots, and forty thou-
sand footmen, and killed Shophach
the captain of the host. 19 And
when the servants of Hadarezer
saw that they were put to the worse
before Israel, they made peace with
David, and served him: neither
would the Syrians help the children
of Ammon any more.
C%f\ And it came to pass, at
-^v/ the time of the return of
the year, at the time when kings
Heb. the face of the battle was against.
2 Heb. Abshai.
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I. CHRONICLES 20.2 — 21.14 Joab captures Rabbah. The People numbered
go out to battle, that Joab led forth
the army, and wasted the country
of the children of Ammon, and
came and besieged Rabbah. But
David tarried at Jerusalem. And
Joab smote Rabbah, and over-
threw it. 2 And David took the
crown of ^their king from off his
head, and found it to weigh a
talent of gold, and there were
precious stones in it; and it was
set upon David's head: and he
brought forth the spoil of the
city, exceeding much. 3 And he
brought forth the people that were
therein, and cut them with saws,
and with harrows of iron, and with
axes. And thus did David unto
all the cities of the children of
Ammon. And David and all the
people returned to Jerusalem.
4 And it came to pass after this,
that there arose war at ^Gezer with
the Philistines: then Sibbecai the
Hushathite slew Sippai, of the sons
of the giant; and they were sub-
dued. 5 And there was again war
with the Philistines; and Elhanan
the son of Jair slew Lahmi the
brother of Goliath the Gittite, the
staff of whose spear was like a
weaver's beam. 6 And there was
again war at Gath, where was
a man of great stature, whose fin-
gers and toes were four and twenty,
six on each hand, and six on each
foot', and he also was born unto
the giant. 7 And when he Mefied
Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea
David's brother slew him. 8 These
were born unto the giant in Gath;
and they fell by the hand of David,
and by the hand of his servants.
O "1 And ^Satan stood up against
^ A Israel, and moved David
to number Israel. 2 And David
said to Joab and to the princes of
the people. Go, number Israel from
Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring
me word, that I may know the sum
of them. 3 And Joab said, Jeho-
vah make his people a hundred
1 Or, Malcam See Zeph. 1. 5. 2 In 2 S. 21. 18, Gob.
^ Or, reproached < Or, an adversary I
times as many as they are: but, i
my lord the king, are they not all
my lord's servants .^^ why doth my
lord require this thing? why will
he be a cause of guilt unto Israel.?
4 Nevertheless the king's word
prevailed against Joab. ^Yherefore
Joab departed, and went through-
out all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
5 And Joab gave up the sum of the
numbering of the people unto David.
And all they of Israel were a thou-
sand thousand and a hundred thou-
sand men that drew sword: and
Judah was four hundred threescore
and ten thousand men that drew
sword. 6 But Levi and Benja-
min counted he not among them;
for the king's word was abominable
to Joab. 7 And God was dis-
pleased with this thing; therefore
he smote Israel. 8 And David
said unto God, I have sinned greatly,
in that I have done this thing:
but now put away, I beseech thee,
the iniquity of thy servant; for I
have done very foolishly.
9 And Jehovah spake unto Gad,
David's seer, saying, 10 Go and
speak unto David, saying. Thus
saith Jehovah, I ^offer thee three
things: choose thee one of them,
that I may do it unto thee. 11 So
Gad came to David, and said unto
him. Thus saith Jehovah, Take
which thou wilt: 12 either three
years of famine; or three months
to be consumed before thy foes,
while the sword of thine enemies
overtaketh thee; or else three days
the sword of Jehovah, ^even pes-
tilence in the land, and the angel
of Jehovah destroying throughout
all the borders of Israel. Now
therefore consider what answer I
shall return to him that sent me.
13 And David said unto Gad, I
am in a great strait: let me fall,
I pray, into the hand of Jehovah;
for very ^great are his mercies:
and let me not fall into the hand
of man. 14 So Jehovah sent a
pestilence upon Israel; and there
« Heb. stretch out unto. « Or, and ^ Or, many
474
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fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15 x4nd God sent an angel unto
Jerusalem to destroy it: and as
lie was about to destroy, Jehovah
beheld, and he repented him of the
evil, and said to the destroying
angel. It is enough; now stay thy
hand. And the angel of Jehovah
was standing by the threshing-
floor of ^Ornan the Jebusite. 16
And David lifted up his eyes, and
saw the angel of Jehovah standing
between earth and heaven, having
a drawn sword in his hand stretched
out over Jerusalem. Then David
and the elders, clothed in sackcloth,
fell upon their faces. 17 And David
said unto God, Is it not I that com-
manded the people to be numbered.^
even I it is that have sinned and
done very wickedly; but these sheep,
what have they done? let thy hand,
I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be
against me, and against my father's
house; but not against thy people,
that they should be plagued.
18 Then the angel of Jehovah
commanded Gad to say to David,
that David should go up, and rear
an altar unto Jehovah in the thresh-
ing-floor of Oman the Jebusite.
19 And David went up at the
saying of Gad, which he spake
in the name of Jehovah. 20 And
Oman turned back, and saw the
angel; and his four sons that were
with him hid themselves. Now
prnan was threshing wheat. 21
And as David came to Oman, Or-
nan looked and saw David, and
went out of the threshing-floor,
and bowed himself to David with
his face to the ground. 22 Then
David said to Oman, Give me the
place of this threshing-floor, that I
may build thereon an altar unto
Jehovah: for the full price shalt
thou give it me, that the plague
may be stayed from the people.
23 And Oman said unto David,
Take it to thee, and let my lord
the king do that which is good in
his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen
In 2 S. 24. 16, &c., Araunah.
for burnt-offerings, and the thresh-
ing instruments for wood, and the
wheat for the meal-offering; I give
it all. 24 And king David said to
Oman, Nay; but I will verily buy
it for the full price: for I will not
take that which is thine for Je-
hovah, nor offer a burnt-offering
without cost. 25 So David gave
to Oman for the place six hundred
shekels of gold by weight. 26 And
David built there an altar unto Je-
hovah, and offered burnt-offerings
and peace-offerings, and called upon
Jehovah; and he answered him
from heaven by fire upon the
altar of burnt-offering. 27 And
Jehovah commanded the angel; and
he put up his sword again into the
sheath' thereof.
28 At that time, when David
saw that- Jehovah had answered
him in the threshing-floor of Or-
nan the Jebusite, then he sacri-
ficed there. 29 For the tabernacle
of Jehovah, which Moses made
in the wilderness, and the altar of
burnt-offering, were at that time
in the high place at Gibeon. 30
But David could not go before
it to inquire of God; for he was
afraid because of the sword of the
QO angel of Jehovah. 1 Then
A^jL^ David said. This is the house
of Jehovah God, and this is the
altar of burnt-offering for Israel.
2 And David commanded to
gather together the sojourners that
were in the land of Israel; and
he set masons to hew wrought
stones to build the house of God.
3 And David prepared iron in
abundance for the nails for the
doors of the gates, and for the
couplings; and brass in abundance
without weight; 4 and cedar- trees
without number: for the Sidonians
and they of Tyre brought cedar-
trees in abundance to David. 5
And David said, Solomon my son is
young and tender, and the house
that is to be builded for Jehovah
must be exceeding magnificent, of
fame and of glory throughout all
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I. CHRONICLES 22.6—23.10 David's charge to Solomon concerning the Temple
countries: I will therefore make
preparation for it. So David pre-
pared abundantly before his death.
6 Then he called for Solomon
his son, and charged him to build
a house for Jehovah, the God of
Israel. 7 And David said to Solo-
mon %is son, As for me, it was in
my heart to build a house unto the
name of Jehovah my God. 8 But
the word of Jehovah came to me,
saying. Thou hast shed blood abun-
dantly, and hast made great wars:
thou shalt not build a house unto
my name, because thou hast shed
much blood upon the earth in
my sight. 9 Behold, a son shall be
born to thee, who shall be a man
of rest; and I will give him rest
from all his enemies round about;
for his name shall be ^Solomon,
and workers of stone and timber,
and all men that are skilful in
every manner of work: 16 of the
gold, the silver, and the brass, and
the iron, there is no number. Arise
and be doing, and Jehovah be with
thee.
17 David also commanded ail
the princes of Israel to help Solo-
mon his son, saying, 18 Is not Je-
hovah your God with you? and
hath he not given you rest on
every side? for he hath delivered
the inhabitants of the land into
my hand;. and the land is subdued
before Jehovah, and before his peo-
ple. 19 Now set your heart and
your soul to seek after Jehovah
your God; arise therefore, and build
ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God,
to bring the ark of the covenant of
and I will give peace and quietness ! Jehovah, and the holy vessels of
unto Israel in his days. 10 He shall
build a house for my name; and he
shall be my son, and I will be his
father; and I will establish the
throne of his kingdom over Israel
for ever. 11 Now, my son, Jeho-
vah be with thee; and prosper thou,
and build the house of Jehovah thy
God, as he hath spoken concerning
thee. 12 Only Jehovah give thee
discretion and understanding, and
give thee charge concerning Israel;
that so thou mayest keep the law of
Jehovah thy God. 13 Then shalt
thou prosper, if thou observe to do
the statutes and the ordinances
which Jehovah charged Moses with
concerning Israel: be strong, and of
good courage; fear not, neither be
dismayed. 14 Now, behold, in my
^affliction I have prepared for the
house of Jehovah a hundred thou-
sand talents of gold, and a thou-
sand thousand talents of silver,
and of brass and iron without
weight; for it is in abundance:
timber also and stone have I pre-
pared; and thou mayest add there-
to. 15 Moreover there are work-
men with thee in abundance, hewers
23
1 According to another reading, My son, as for me b'c.
2 That is, Peaceful. 3 Qr, low estate
God, into the house that is to be
built to the name of Jehovah.
Now David was old and
full of days; and he made
Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 And he gathered together all the
princes of Israel, witii the priests
and the Levites. 3 And the Le-
vites were numbered from thirty
years old and upward: and their
number by their polls, man by man,
w^as thirty and eight thousand.
4 Of these, twenty and four thou-
sand were to oversee the work of
the house of Jehovah; and six
thousand were officers and judges;
5 and four thousand were door-
keepers; and four thousand praised
Jehovah with the instruments which
I made, said David, to praise there-
with. 6 And David divided them
into ^courses according to the sons of
Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites: ^Ladan and
Shimei. 8 The sons of Ladan:
Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and
Joel, three. 9 The sons of Shimei:
Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran,
three. These were the heads of
the fathers' houses of Ladan. 10
And the sons of Shimei: Jahath,
I * Heb. divisions.
476
s In ch. 6. 17, Libni.
David prescribes the Offices of the Levites
I. CHRONICLES 23.11—24.4
^Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These I Levites shall no more have need
four were the sons of Shimei. 11 to carry the tabernacle and all the
And Jahath was the chief, and
Zizah the second: but Jeush and
Beriah had not many sons ; therefore
they became a fathers' house in one
reckoning.
12 The sons of Kohath: Amram,
Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 The sons of Amram: Aaron
and Moses; and Aaron was sepa-
rated, ^that he should sanctify the
most holy things, he and his sons,
for ever, to burn incense before
Jehovah, to minister unto him, and
to bless in his name, for ever. 14
But as for Moses the man of God,
his sons were named among the
tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of
Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. 16
The sons of Gershom: ^Shebuel
the chief. 17 And the sons of
Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief;
and Eliezer had no other sons; but
the sons of Rehabiah were very
many. 18 The sons of Izhar: ^She-
lomith the chief. 19 The sons
of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Ama-
riah the second, Jahaziel the third,
and Jekameam the fourth. 20 The
sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and
Isshiah the second.
21 The sons of Merari: Mahli
and Mushi. The sons of Mahli:
Eleazar and Kish. 22 And Eleazar
died, and had no sons, but daughters
only: and their brethren the sons
of Kish took them to wife, 23 The
sons of Mushi : Mahli, and Eder, and
Jeremoth, three.
24 These were the sons of Levi
after their fathers' houses, even the
heads of the fathers' houses of those
of them that were counted, in the
number of names by their polls,
who did the work for the service
of the house of Jehovah, from
twenty years old and upward. 25
For David said, Jehovah, the God
of Israel, hath given rest unto his
people; and he dwelleth in Jeru-
salem for ever: 26 and also the
vessels of it for the service thereof.
27 For ^by the last words of David
the sons of Levi were numbered,
from twenty years old and upward.
28 For ^tlieir office was to wait
on the sons of Aaron for the service
of the house of Jehovah, in the
courts, and in the chambers, and in
the purifying of all holy things,
even the work of the service of the
house of God; 29 for the showbread
also, and for the fine flour for a
meal-offering, whether of unleavened
wafers, or of that which is baked in
the pan, or of that which is soaked,
and for all manner of measure and
size; 30 and to stand every morn-
ing to thank and praise Jehovah,
and likewise at even; 31 and to
offer all burnt-offerings unto Jeho-
vah, on the sabbaths, on the new
moons, and on the set feasts, in
number according to the ordinance
concerning them, continually be-
fore Jehovah; 32 and that they
should keep the charge of the tent
of meeting, and the charge of the
holy place, and the charge of the
sons of Aaron their brethren, for
the service of the house of Jehovah.
O /| And the courses of the
^^ sons of Aaron were these.
The sons of Aaron: Nadab and
Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2
But Nadab and Abihu died before
their father, and had no children:
therefore Eleazar and Ithamar ex-
ecuted the priest's office. 3 ^And
David with Zadok of the sons of
Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons
of Ithamar, divided them accord-
ing to their ordering in their service.
4 And there were more chief men
found of the sons of Eleazar than of
the sons of Ithamar; and thus were
they divided: of the sons of Eleazar
there were sixteen, heads of fathers'
houses; and of the sons of Ithamar,
according to their fathers' houses,
1 In ver. 11, Zizah. 2 Qr, lo sanctify as most holy him b'c.
3 In ch. 24. 20. Shubael. ■« In ch. 24. 22. Shelomoth. I
477
6 Or, in the last acts
6 Heb. their station was at the hand of the sons of Aaron.
See Neh. 11. 24.
7 Or, And David divided them, even Zadok b'c.
L CHRONICLES 24.5—25.5
eight. 5 Thus were they divided by
lot, one sort with another; for there
were princes of the sanctuary, and
princes of God, both of the sons of
Eleazar, and of the sons of Itha-
mar. 6 And Shemaiah the son of
Nethanel the scribe, who was of
the Levites, wrote them in the pres-
ence of the king, and the princes,
and Zadok the priest, and Ahime-
lech the son of Abiathar, and the
heads of the fathers' houses of the
priests and of the Levites; one
fathers' house being taken for Elea-
zar, and ^one taken for Ithamar.
7 Now the first lot came forth to
Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
8 the third to Harim, the fourth
to Seorim, 9 the fifth to Malchi-
jah, the sixth to Mijamin, 10 the
seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to
Abijah, 11 the ninth to Jeshua,
the tenth to Shecaniah, 12 the
eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to
Jakim, 13 the thirteenth to Hup-
pah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the
sixteenth to Immer, 15 the seven-
teenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to
Happizzez, 16 the nineteenth to
Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehez-
kel, 17 the one and twentieth to
Jachin, the two and twentieth to
Gamul, 18 the three and twentieth
to Delaiah, the four and twentieth
to Maaziah. 19 This was the order-
ing of them in their service, to
come into the house of Jehovah
according to the ordinance given
unto them by Aaron their father,
as Jehovah, the God of Israel, had
commanded him.
20 And of the rest of the sons of
Levi: of the sons of Amram, ^Shu-
bael; of the sons of Shubael, Jeh-
deiah. 21 Of Rehabiah: of the
sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
22 Of the Izharites, ^Shelomoth;
of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
23 And the sons of Hebron: Je-
riah the chief, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the
Courses of the Sons of Aaron. Of the Other Sons of Levi
' The Hebrew text has, taken, taken.
2 In ch. 23. 16, Shebuel. » In ch. 23. IS, Shclomith.
fourth. 24 The sons of Uzziel, Mi-
cah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
25 The brother of Micah, Isshiah;
of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
26 The sons of Merari: Mahli and
Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno.
27 The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah,
Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur,
and Ibri. 28 Of Mahli: Eleazar,
who had no sons. 29 Of Kish; the
sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. 30 And \
the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and
Eder, and Jerimoth. These were
the sons of the Levites after their
fathers' houses. 31 These likewise i
cast lots even as their brethren the
sons of Aaron in the presence of
David the king, and Zadok, and
Ahimelech, and the heads of the \
fathers' houses of the priests and of I
the Levites; the fathers' Jiouses of '
the chief even as those of his younger
brother.
O ^ Moreover David and the
^yJ captains of the host set apart
for the service certain of the sons
of Asaph, and of Heman, and of
Jeduthun, who should prophesy with
harps, with psalteries, and with
cymbals: and the number of them
that did the work according to their
service was: 2 of the sons of Asaph:
Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah,
and '^Asharelah, the sons of Asaph,
under the hand of Asaph, who
prophesied ^after the order of the
king. 3 Of Jeduthun; the sons of
Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and '^Zeri, and
Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Matti-
thiah, ''six, under the hands of their
father Jeduthun with the harp,
who prophesied in giving thanks and
praising Jehovah. 4 Of Heman;
the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mat-
taniah, ^Uzziel, ^Shebuel, and Jeri-
moth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah,
Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Josh-
bekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Ma-
hazioth. 5 All these were the sons
of Heman the king's seer in the
words of God, to lift up the horn.
And God gave to Heman fourteen
* In ver. 14, Jesharelah. ^ Heb. by the hands of the king.
6 In ver. 11, Izri. ' With Shimei, mentioned in ver. 17.
8 In ver. 18. Azarel. » In ver. 20, Hhubacl,
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Order of the Service of Song; the twenty^four Classes of Singers I. CHRONICLES 25.6—26.12
ren, twelve: 28 for the one and
twentieth to Ilothir, his sons and
his brethren, twelve: 29 for the
two and twentieth to Giddalti, his
sons and his brethren, twelve: 30
for the three and twentieth to
Mahazioth, his sons and his breth-
ren, twelve: 31 for the four and
twentieth to Romamti-ezer, his sons
and his brethren, twelve.
^f\ For the courses of the
^yJ doorkeepers: of the Korah-
ites, ^Meshelemiah the son of Kore,
of the sons of ^Asaph. 2 And
Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah
the first-born, Jediael the second,
Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the
fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan
the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
4 And Obed-edom had sons: She-
maiah the first-born, Jehozabad the
second, Joah the third, and Sacar
the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the
seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for
God blessed him. 6 Also unto
Shemaiah his son were sons born,
that ruled over the house of their
father; for they were mighty men
of valor. 7 The sons of Shemaiah:
Othni, and Rephael, and Obed,
Elzabad, whose brethren were val-
iant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
8 All these were of the sons of
Obed-edom: they and their sons
and their brethren, able men in
strength for the service; threescore
and two of Obed-edom. 9 And
Meshelemiah had sons and breth-
ren, valiant men, eighteen. 10 Also
Hosah, of the children of Merari,
had sons: Shimri the chief (for
though he was not the first-born,
yet his father made him chief),
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the
third, Zechariah the fourth: all the
sons and brethren of Hosah were
thirteen.
12 Of these were the courses of
the doorkeepers, even of the chief
men, having ^offices like their breth-
ren, to minister in the house of
sons and three daughters. 6 All
these were under the hands of
their father for song in the house
of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries,
and harps, for the service of the
house of God; ^ Asaph, Jeduthun,
and Heman being under the order
of the king. 7 And the number of
them, with their brethren that were
instructed in singing unto Jehovah,
even all that were skilful, was two
hundred fourscore and eight. 8 And
they cast lots ^for their offices, all
alike, as well the small as. the great,
the teacher as the scholar.
9 Now the first lot came forth
for Asaph to Joseph: the second
to Gedaliah; he and his brethren
and sons were twelve: 10 the third
to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren,
twelve: 11 the fourth to Izri, his
sons and his brethren, twelve: 12
the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons
and his brethren, twelve: 13 the
sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his
brethren, twelve: 14 the seventh
to Jesharelah, his sons and his
brethren, twelve: 15 the eighth to
Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren,
twelve: 16 the ninth to Mattaniah,
his sons and his brethren, twelve:
17 the tenth to Shimei, his sons and
his brethren, twelve: 18 the eleventh
to Azarel, his sons and his brethren,
twelve: 19 the twelfth to Hasha-
biah, his sons and his brethren,
twelve: 20 for the thirteenth, Shu-
bael, his sons and his brethren,
twelve: 21 for the fourteenth, Mat-
tithiah, his sons and his brethren,
twelve: 22 for the fifteenth to
Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren,
twelve: 23 for the sixteenth to
Hananiah, his sons and his brethren,
twelve: 24 for the seventeenth to
Joshbekashah, his sons and his
brethren, twelve: 25 for the eigh-
teenth to Hanani, his sons and his
brethren, twelve: 26 for the nine-
teenth to Mallothi, his sons and his
brethren, twelve : 27 for the twentieth
to Eliathah, his sons and his breth-
Or, after the order of the king, even Asaph b'c.
Or, ivard aminst ward, as icrU b'c.
3 In ver. 14. SheUmiah. <• In ch. 9. 19, Ebiasaph.
6 Or, wards over agaivst their brethren
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I. CHRONICLES 26.13—27.4
Jehovah. 13 And they cast lots,
as well the small as the great,
according to their fathers' houses,
for every gate. 14 And the lot
eastward fell to ^Shelemiah. Then
for Zechariah his son, a discreet
counsellor, they cast lots; and his
lot came out northward. 15 To
Obed-edom southward; and to his
sons the store-house. 16 To Shup-
pim and Hosah westward, by the
gate of ^Shallecheth, at the cause-
way that goeth up, watch against
watch. 17 Eastward were six Le-
vites, northward four a day, south-
ward four a day, and for the store-
house two and two. 18 For ^Parbar
westward, four at the causeway, and
two at ^Parbar. 19 These were
the courses of the doorkeepers; of
the sons of the Korahites, and of
the sons of Merari.
20 And of the Levites, Ahijah
was over the treasures of the house
of God, and over the treasures
of the '^dedicated things. 21 The
sons of ^Ladan, the sons of the
Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the
heads of the fathers' houses belong-
ing to Ladan the Gershonite: ^Je-
hieli. 22 The sons of Jehieli: Ze-
tham, and Joel his brother, over
the treasures of the house of Je-
hovah. 23 Of the Amramites, of
the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of
the Uzzielites: 24 and Shebuel the
son of Gershom, the son of Moses,
was ruler over the treasures. 25
And his brethren: of Eliezer came
Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his
son, and Joram his son, and Zichri
his son, and Shelomoth his son. 26
This Shelomoth and his brethren
were over all the treasures of the
dedicated things, which David the
king, and the heads of the fathers'
houses, the captains over thousands
and hundreds, and the captains of
the host, had dedicated. 27 ^Out
of the spoil won in battles did they
dedicate to repair the house of
1 In ver. 1, Meshelemiah. 2 That is, Casting forth.
3 Or, the precinct * Heb. holy things.
5 In ch. 6. 17, Libni. ' « in ch. 23. 8, Jehiel.
7 Heb. Out of the battles and the spoil.
Keepers of the Treasures of the Temp3e. Civil Officials
Jehovah. 28 And all that Sam-
uel the seer, and Saul the son of M
Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, 1
and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had
dedicated, whosoever had dedicated
anything, it was under the hand of
^Shelomoth, and of his brethren.
29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah
and his sons were for the outward
business over Israel, for officers and _
judges. 30 Of the Hebronites, Has- ,i
habiah and his brethren, men of
valor, a thousand and seven hun-
dred, had the oversight of Israel
beyond the Jordan westward, for
all the business of Jehovah, and
for the service of the king. 31
Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the
chief, even of the Hebronites, ac-
cording to their generations by
fathers' houses. In the fortieth year
of the reign of David they were
sought for, and there were found
among them mighty men of valor
at Jazer of Gilead. 32 And his
brethren, men of valor, were two
thousand and seven hundred, heads
of fathers' houses, whom king David
made overseers over the Reubenites,
and the Gadites, and the half-tribe
of the Manassites, for every matter
pertaining to God, and for the affairs
of the king.
O ^y Now the children of Israel
^ § after their number, to wit,
the heads of fathers' houses and
the captains of thousands and of
hundreds, and their officers that
served the king, in any matter of
the courses which came in and went
out month by month throughout all
the months of the year — of every
course were twenty and four thou-
sand. 2 Over the first course for
the first month was Jashobeam the
son of Zabdiel: and in his course
were twenty and four thousand.
3 He teas of the children of Perez,
the chief of all the captains of the
host for the first month. 4 And
over the course of the second month
was Dodai the Ahohite, and his
course; and Mikloth the ruler: and
8 Heb. Shelomith.
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Captains of the Host. Captains of the Tribes
in his course were twenty and four
thousand. 5 The third captain of
the host for the third month was
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the
spriest, chief: and in his course
were twenty and four thousand. 6
This is that Benaiah, who was the
mighty man of the thirty, and over
the thirty: and of his course was
Ammizabad his son. 7 The fourth
captain for the fourth month was
Asahel the brother of Joab, and
Zebadiah his son after him: and in
his course were twenty and four
thousand. 8 The fifth captain for
the fifth month was Shamhuth the
Izrahite: and in his course were
twenty and four thousand. 9 The
sixth captain for the sixth month
was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Teko-
ite: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand. 10 The seventh
captain for the seventh month was
Helez the Pelonite, of the children
of Ephraim: and in his course
were twenty and four thousand.
11 The eighth captain for the
eighth month was Sibbecai the
Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and
in his course were twenty and four
thousand. 12 The ninth captain
for the ninth month was Abiezer
the Anathothite, of the Benjamites:
and in his course were twenty and
four thousand. 13 The tenth cap-
tain for the tenth month was Ma-
harai the Netophathite, of the Zerah-
ites: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand. 14 The eleventh
captain for the eleventh month
was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of
the children of Ephraim: and in his
course were twenty and four thou-
sand. 15 The twelfth captain for
the twelfth month was ^Heldai the
Netophathite, of Othniel: and in
his course were twenty and four
thousand.
16 Furthermore over the tribes
of Israel: of the Reubenites was
Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler:
of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the
1 Or, chief minister See 2 S.
2 In :h. 11. 30, Heled.
16 "
18.
I. CHRONICLES 27.5—27.30
son of Maacah: 17 of Levi, Hasha-
biah the son of Kemuel: of Aaron,
Zadok: 18 of Judah, ^Elihu, one
of the brethren of David: of Issa-
char, Omri the son of Michael:
19 of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son
of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth
the son of Azriel: 20 of the children
of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of
Azaziah: of the half -tribe of Man-
asseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
21 of the hsili-tribe of Manasseh in
Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah:
of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of
Abner: 22 of Dan, Azarel the son
of Jeroham. These were the cap-
tains of the tribes of Israel. 23
But David took not the number of
them from twenty years old and
under, because Jehovah had said
he would increase Israel like to
the stars of heaven. 24 Joab the
son of Zeruiah began to number,
but finished not; and there came
wrath for this upon Israel; neither
was the number put into the ac-
count in the chronicles of king
David.
25 And over the king's treasures
was Azmaveth the son of Adiel:
and over the treasures in the fields,
in the cities, and in the villages,
and in the castles, was Jonathan the
son of Uzziah: 26 and over them
that did the work of the field for
tillage of the ground was Ezri the
son of Chelub: 27 and over the
vineyards was Shimei the Rama-
thite: and over the increase of the
vineyards for the wine-cellars was
Zabdi the Shiphmite: 28 and over
the olive-trees and the sycomore-
trees that were in the lowland was
Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over
the cellars of oil was Joash: 29 and
over the herds that fed in Sharon
was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over
the herds that were in the valleys
was Shaphat the son of Adlai: 30
and over the camels was Obil the
Ishmaelite: and over the asses was
Jehdeiah the Meronothite: and over
the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.
» In 1 S. 16. 6, Eliab.
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I, CHRONICLES 27.31 — 28.15 David's counsellors. His Address concerning the Temple
31 All these were the rulers of the
substance which was king David's.
32 Also Jonathan, David's ^uncle,
was a counsellor, a man of under-
standing, and a scribe: and Jehiel
the son of Hachmoni was with the
king's sons: 33 and Ahithophel was
the king's counsellor: and Hushai
the Archite was the king's friend:
34 and after Ahithophel was Je-
hoiada the " son of Benaiah, and
Abiathar: and the captain of the
king's host was Joab.
QO And David assembled all
^O the princes of Israel, the
princes of the tribes, and the cap-
tains of the companies that served
the king by course, and the cap-
tains of thousands, and the cap-
tains of hundreds, and the rulers
over all the substance and ^posses-
sions of the king and of his sons,
with the ^officers, and the mightj^
men, even all the mighty men of
valor, unto Jerusalem. 2 Then Da-
vid the king stood up upon his
feet, and said. Hear me, my breth-
ren, and my people: as for me, it
was in my heart to build a house of
rest for the ark of the covenant of
Jehovah, and for the footstool of
our God; and I had made ready
for the building. 3 But God said
unto me. Thou shalt not build a
house for my name, because thou
art a man of war, and hast shed
blood. 4 Howbeit Jehovah, the
God of Israel, chose me out of all
the house of my father to be king
over Israel for ever: for he hath
chosen Judah to be "^prince; and
in the house of Judah, the house
of my father; and among the sons
of my father he took pleasure in
me to make me king over all Is-
rael; 5 and of all my sons (for
Jehovah hath given me many sons),
he hath chosen Solomon my son
to sit upon the throne of the king-
dom of Jehovah over Israel. 6
And he said unto me, Solomon
thy son, he shall build my house
1 Or, brother's son
3 Or, eunuchs
2 Or, cattle
* Or, Ifcuier
and my courts; for I have chosen
him to be my son, and I will be his
father. 7 And I will establish his
kingdom for ever, if he be con-
stant to do my commandments and
mine ordinances, as at this day.
8 Now therefore, in the sight of
all Israel, the assembly of Jehovah,
and in the audience of our God,
observe and seek out all the com-
mandments of Jehovah your God;
that ye may possess this good
land, and leave it for an inheritance
to your children after you for ever.
9 And thou, Solomon my son,
know thou the God of thy father,
and serve him with a perfect heart
and with a willing mind; for Jeho-
vah searcheth all hearts, and under-
standeth all the imaginations of
the thoughts. If thou seek him,
he will be found of thee; but if
thou forsake him, he will cast thee
off forever. 10 Take heed now;
for Jehovah hath chosen thee to
build a house for the sanctuary:
be strong, and do it.
11 Then David gave to Solomon
his son the pattern of the porch of
the temple, and of the houses thereof,
and of the treasuries thereof, and of
the upper rooms thereof, and of the
inner chambers thereof, and of the
^place of the mercy-seat; 12 and the
pattern of all that he had ^by the
Spirit, for the courts of the house
of Jehovah, and for all the cham-
bers round about, for the treas-
uries of the house of God, and for
the treasuries of the dedicated things;
13 also for the courses of the priests
and the Levites, and for all the work
of the service of the house of Jeho-
vah, and for all the vessels of ser-
vice in the house of Jehovah; 14 of
gold by weight for the vessels of
gold, for all vessels of every kind
of service; of silver for all the vessels
of silver by weight, for all vessels
of every kind of service; 15 by
weight also for the candlesticks of
gold, and for the lamps thereof, of
gold, by weight for every candle-
6 Heb. house.
6 Or, in his spirit
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David's final Charge to Solomon and to the People
stick and for the lamps thereof; and
for the candlesticks of silver, silver
by weight for every candlestick and
for the lamps thereof, according to
the use of every candlestick; 16
and the gold by weight for the
tables of showbread, for every table;
and silver for the tables of silver;
17 and the flesh-hooks, and the
basins, and the cups, of pure gold;
and for the golden bowls by weight
for every bowl; and for the silver
bowls by weight for every bowl;
18 and for the altar of incense
refined gold by weight; and gold
for the pattern of the chariot, even
the cherubim, that spread out their
wings, and covered the ark of the
covenant of Jehovah. 19 All this,
said David, %ave I been made to
understand in writing from the
hand of Jehovah, even all the works
of this pattern.
20 And David said to Solomon
his son. Be strong and of good
courage, and do it: fear not, nor
be dismayed; for Jehovah God,
even my God, is with thee; he
will not fail thee, nor forsake thee,
until all the work for the service
of the house of Jehovah be finished.
21 And, behold, there are the
courses of the priests and the
Levites, for all the service of the
house of God: and there shall be
with thee in all manner of work
every willing man that hath skill,
for any manner of service: also the
captains and all the people will be
wholly at thy commandment.
OQ And David the king said
i-ii/ unto all the assembly, Solo-
mon my son, whom alone God hath
chosen, is yet young and tender,
and the work is great; for the
palace is not for man, but for Je-
hovah God. 2 Now I have pre-
pared with all my might for the
house of my God the gold for the
things of gold, and the silver for
the things of silver, and the brass
for the things of brass, the iron for
1 Or. Jehovah made me understand in writing by his
land upon me, even b'c.
I. CHRONICLES 28.16—29.11
the things of iron, and wood for the
things of wood; ^onyx stones, and
stones to be set, stones for inlaid
work, and of divers colors, and all
manner of precious stones, and mar-
ble stones in abundance. 3 More-
over also, because I have set my
affection on the house of my God,
seeing that I have a treasure of
mine own of gold and silver, I give
it unto the house of my God, over
and above all that I have prepared
for the holy house, 4 even three
thousand talents of gold, of the
gold of Ophir, and seven thousand
talents of refined silver, wherewith
to overlay the walls of the houses;
5 of gold for the things of gold, and
of silver for the things of silver, and
for all manner of work to be made
by the hands of artificers. Who
then offereth willingly ^to conse-
crate himself this day unto Jeho-
vah .f^
6 Then the princes of the fa-
thers' houses, and the princes of
the tribes of Israel, and the cap-
tains of thousands and of hundreds,
with the rulers over the king's work,
offered willingly; 7 and they gave
for the service of the house of God
of gold five thousand talents and
ten thousand darics, and of silver
ten thousand talents, and of brass
eighteen thousand talents, and of
iron a hundred thousand talents.
8 And they with whom precious
stones were found gave them to the
treasure of the house of Jehovah,
under the hand of Jehiel the Ger-
shonite. 9 Then the people re-
joiced, for that they offered willingly,
because with a perfect heart they
offered willingly to Jehovah: and
David the king also rejoiced with
great joy.
10 Wherefore David blessed Je-
hovah before all the assembly; and
David said. Blessed be thou, O Je-
hovah, the God of Israel our father,
for ever and ever. 11 Thine, O
Jehovah, is the greatness, and the
power, and the glory, and the vie-
2 Or, beryl ' ^ Heb. lo Jill his hand.
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I. CHRONICLES 29.12—29.30
tory, and the majesty: for all that
is in the heavens and in the earth
is thine; thine is the kingdom, O
Jehovah, and thou art exalted as
head above all. 12 Both riches
and honor come of thee, and thou
rulest over all; and in thy hand
is power and might; and in thy
hand it is to make great, and to
give strength unto all. 13 Now
therefore, our God, we thank thee,
and praise thy glorious name. 14
But who am I, and what is my
people, that we should %e able to
offer so willingly after this sort?
for all things come of thee, and
^of thine own have we given thee.
15 For we are strangers before thee,
and sojourners, as all our fathers
were: our days on the earth are
as a shadow, and there is no ^abid-
ing. 16 O Jehovah our God, all
this store that we have prepared
to build thee a house for thy holy
name cometh of thy hand, and is
all thine own. 17 I know also,
my God, that thou triest the heart,
and hast pleasure in uprightness.
As for me, in the uprightness of
my heart I have willingly offered
all these things: and now have I
seen with joy thy people, that are
present here, offer willingly unto
thee. 18 O Jehovah, the God of
Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel,
our fathers, keep this for ever in the
imagination of the thoughts of the
heart of thy people, and '^prepare
their heart unto thee; 19 and give
unto Solomon my son a perfect
heart, to keep thy commandments,
thy testimonies, and thy statutes,
and to do all these things, and to
build the palace, for which I have
made provision.
20 And David said to all the as-
sembly, Now bless Jehovah your
God. And all the assembly blessed
Jehovah, the God of their fathers,
^ Heb. retain strength.
8 Heb. hope.
2 Heb. of thy hand.
* Or, establish
David's Prayer. Solomon made King. David's Death
and bowed down their heads, and
worshipped Jehovah, and the king.
21 And they sacrificed sacrifices
unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-
offerings unto Jehovah, on the mor-
row after that day, even a thousand
bullocks, a thousand rams, and a
thousand lambs, with their drink-
offerings, and sacrifices in abun-
dance for all Israel, 22 and did eat
and drink before Jehovah on that
day with great gladness.
And they made Solomon the son
of David king the second time,
and anointed him unto Jehovah
to be ^prince, • and Zadok to be
priest. 23 Then Solomon sat on
the throne of Jehovah as king in-
stead of David his father, and pros-
pered; and all Israel obeyed him.
24 And all the princes, and the
mighty men, and all the sons like-
wise of king David, ^submitted
themselves unto Solomon the king.
25 And Jehovah magnified Solo-
mon exceedingly in the sight of all
Israel, and bestowed upon him
such royal majesty as had not
been on any king before him in
Israel.
26 Now David the son of Jesse
reigned over all Israel. 27 And
the time that he reigned over Is-
rael was forty years; seven years
reigned he in Hebron, and thirty
and three years reigned he in Jeru-
salem. 28 And he died in a good
old age, full of days, riches, and
honor: and Solomon his son reigned
in his stead. 29 Now the acts of
David the king, first and last, be-
hold, they are written in the ^his-
tory of Samuel the seer, and in the
^history of Nathan the prophet, and
in the ^history of Gad the seer, 30
with all his reign and his might, and
the times that went over him, and
over Israel, and over all the king-
doms of the countries.
« Or, leader « Heb. gave the hand under Solomon.
^ Heb. words.
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THE SECOND BOOK OF THE
CHRONICLES
Solomon worships at Gibeon. His Prayer for Wisdom. His Wealth.
IAnd Solomon the son of
David was strengthened in his
kingdom, and Jehovah his God was
with him, and magnified him ex-
ceedingly. 2 And Solomon spake
unto all Israel, to the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and to
the judges, and to every prince in
all Israel, the heads of the fathers'
houses. 3 So Solomon, and all the
assembly with him, went to the
high place that was at Gibeon;
for there was the tent of meeting
of God, which Moses the servant of
Jehovah had made in the wilder-
ness. 4 But the ark of God had
David brought up from Kiriath-
jearim to the place that David had
prepared for it; for he had pitched
a tent for it at Jerusalem. 5 More-
over the brazen altar, that Bezalel
the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had
made, Vas there before the taber-
nacle of Jehovah: and Solomon
and the assembly sought unto it.
6 And Solomon ^went up thither
to the brazen altar before Jeho-
vah, which was at the tent of
meeting, and offered a thousand
burnt-offerings upon it.
7 In that night did God appear
unto Solomon, and said unto him.
Ask what I shall give thee. 8
And Solomon said unto God, Thou
hast showed great lovingkindness
unto David my father, and hast
made me king in his stead. 9
Now, O Jehovah God, let thy
promise unto David my father be
established; for thou hast made
me king over a people like the
dust of the earth in multitude.
10 Give me now wisdom and knowl-
Or, as otherwise read, he had put
Or, offered there, upon . . . yea, he offered
edge, that I may go out and come
in before this people; for who can
judge this thy people, that is so
great.? 11 And God said to Solo-
mon,. Because this was in thy heart,
and thou hast not asked riches,
wealth, or honor, nor the life of
them that hate thee, neither yet
hast asked long life; but hast
asked wisdom and knowledge for
thyself, that thou mayest judge
my people, over whom I have
made thee king: 12 wisdom and
knowledge is granted unto thee;
and I will give thee riches, and
wealth, and honor, such as none of
the kings have had that have been
before thee; neither shall there any
after thee have the like. 13 So
Solomon came ^from the high place
that was at Gibeon, from before the
tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem;
and he reigned over Israel.
14 And Solomon gathered chariots
and horsemen: and he had a thou-
sand and four hundred chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen, that
he placed in the chariot cities, and
with the king at Jerusalem. 15
And the king made silver and gold
to be in Jerusalem as stones, and
cedars made he to be as the syco-
more-trees that are in the lowland,
for abundance. 16 And the horses
which Solomon had were brought out
of Egypt; the king's merchants re-
ceived them in droves, each drove at
a price. 17 And they fetched up and '
brought out of Egypt a chariot for
six hundred shekels of silver, and a
horse for a hundred and fifty: and
so for all the kings of the Hittites,
and the kings of Syria, did they bring
them out bv their means.
3 So Sept., Vulg. and Syr. The Heb. has, to.
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II. CHRONICLES 2.1 2.18 Solomon's Purpose to build a Temple. Huram's Aid
*Q Now Solomon purposed to
^ build a house for the name of
Jehovah, and a hoase for his king-
dom. \2 And Solomon counted
out threescore and ten thousand
men to bear burdens, and fourscore
thousand men that were hewers in
the mountains, and three thousand
and six hundred to oversee them.
3 And Solomon sent to ^Huram
the king of Tyre, saying. As thou
didst deal with David my father,
and didst send him cedars to build
him a house to dwell therein, even
so deal with me. 4 Behold, I am
about to build a house for the
name of Jehovah my God, to dedi-
cate it to him, and to burn before
him incense of sweet spices, and
for the continual showbread, and
for the burnt-offerings morning and
evening, on the sabbaths, and on
the new moons, and on the set
feasts of Jehovah our God. This
is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
5 And the house which I build is
great; for great is our God above
all gods. 6 But who -is able to
build him a house, seeing heaven
and the heaven of heavens cannot
contain him? who am I then, that I
should build him a house, save only
to burn incense before him.^^ 7 Now
therefore send me a man skilful to
work in gold, and in silver, and in
brass, and in iron, and in purple,
and crimson, and blue, and that
knoweth how to grave all manner of
gravings, to be with the skilful
men that are with me in Judah
and in Jerusalem, whom David
my father did provide. 8 Send me
also cedar-trees, ^fir-trees, and ^al-
gum-trees, out of Lebanon; for I
know that thy servants know how
to cut timber in Lebanon. .And,
behold, my servants shall be with
thy servants, 9 even to prepare me
timber in abundance; for the house
which I am about to build shall be
great and wonderful. 10 And, be-
hold, I will give to thy servants, the
*Ch. 1. 18 In Heb. fCh. 2. 1 in Heb.
1 In 1 K. 5. 1, Hiram. ~ Heb. relaineth strength.
3 Or, cyprcss-trces Mn 1 K. 10. 11, almuR-lrecs.
hewers that cut timber, twenty
thousand ^measures of beaten wheat,
and twenty thousand ^measures of
barley, and twenty thousand baths
of wine, and twenty thousand baths
of oil.
11 Then Huram the king of
Tyre answered in writing, which
he sent to Solomon, Because Je-
hovah loveth his people, he hath
made thee king over them. 12
Huram said moreover. Blessed be
Jehovah, the God of Israel, that
made heaven and earth, who hath
given to David the king a wise son,
endued with discretion and un-
derstanding, that should build a
house for Jehovah, and a house
for his kingdom. 13 And now I
have sent a skilful man, endued
with understanding, ^of Huram my
father's, 14 the son of a woman
of the daughters of Dan; and his
father was a man of Tyre, skilful
to work in gold, and in silver,
in brass, in iron, in stone, and
in timber, in purple, in blue, and
in fine linen, and in crimson, also
to grave any manner of graving,
and to devise any device; that
there may be a 'place appointed
unto him with thy skilful men,
and with the skilful men of my
lord David thy father. 15 Now
therefore the wheat and the bar-
ley, the oil and the wine, which
my lord hath spoken of, let him
send unto his servants: 16 and
we will cut wood out of Lebanon,
as much as thou shalt need; and
we will bring it to thee in floats by
sea to 'Joppa; and thou shalt carry
it up to Jerusalem.
17 And Solomon numbered all
the sojourners that were in the
land of Israel, after the number-
ing wherewith David his father
had numbered them; and they were
found a hundred and fifty thousand
and three thousand and six hundred.
18 And he set threescore and ten
thousand of them to bear burdens,
and fourscore thousand that were
» Ilcb. cors. 6 Or, even Iluram my father ? Heb. Japh
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The Temple described: its Dimensions
hewers in the mountains, and three
thousand and six hundred overseers
to set the people at work.
3 Then Solomon began to build
the house of Jehovah at Je-
rusalem on mount Moriah, where
Jehovah appeared unto David his
father, which he made ready 4n
the place that David had appointed,
in the threshing-floor of ^Ornan
the Jebusite. 2 And he began to
build in the second day of the
second month, in the fourth year of
his reign. 3 Now ^ these are the
foundations which Solomon laid for
the building of the house of God.
• The length by cubits after the first
measure was threescore cubits, and
the breadth twenty cubits. 4 And
the porch that was before the house,
the length of it, according to the
breadth of the house, was twenty
cubits, and the height a hundred
and twenty; and he overlaid it
within with pure gold. 5 And the
greater house he ceiled with ^fir-
wood, which he overlaid with fine
gold, and wrought thereon palm-
trees and chains. 6 And he gar-
nished the house with precious
stones for beauty: and the gold was
gold of Parvaim. 7 He overlaid also
the house, the beams, the thresholds,
and the walls thereof, and the doors
thereof, with gold; and graved
cherubim on the walls.
8 And he made the most holy
house: the length thereof, accord-
ing to the breadth of the house,
was twenty cubits, and the breadth
thereof twenty cubits; and he over-
laid it with fine gold, amounting
to six hundred talents. 9 And the
weight of the nails was fifty shekels
of gold. And he overlaid the upper
chambers with gold.
10 And in the most holy house
he made two cherubim of image
work; and they overlaid them with
gold. 11 And the wings of the
cherubim were twenty cubits long:
1 Heb. in the place of David.
2 In 2 S. 24. 16, &c., Araunah.
3 Or, these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed
for b'c. * Or, cypress-wood
11. CHRONICLES 3.1 4.4
the wing of the one cherub was
^ve cubits, reaching to the wall
of the house; and the other wing
was likewise five cubits, reaching
to the wing of the other cherub.
12 And the wing of the other cherub
was five cubits, reaching to the wall
of the house; and the other wing
was five cubits also, joining to the
wing of the other cherub. 13 The
wings of these cherubim spread
themselves forth twenty cubits : and
they stood on their feet, and their
faces were ^toward the house. 14
And he made the veil of blue, and
purple, and crimson, and fine linen,
and wrought cherubim thereon.
15 Also he made before the
house two pillars of thirty and
^ve cubits high, and the capital
that was on the top of each of
them was five cubits. 16 And
he made chains in the oracle, and
put them on the tops of the pillars;
and he made a hundred pomegran-
ates, and put them on the chains.
17 And he set up the pillars before
the temple, one on th^ right hand,
and the other on the left; and
called the name of that on the right
hand ^Jachin, and the name of that
on the left ^Boaz.
4 Moreover he made an altar
of brass, twenty cubits the
length thereof, and twenty cubits
the breadth thereof, and ten cubits
the height thereof. 2 Also he made
the molten sea of ten cubits from
brim to brim, round in compass;
and the height thereof was five
cubits; and a line of thirty cubits
compassed it round about. 3 And
under it was the likeness of ^oxen,
which did compass it round about,
^for ten cubits, compassing the sea
round about. The ^oxen were in
two rows, cast when it was cast.
4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three
looking toward the north, and three
looking toward the west, and three
looking toward the south, and three
looking toward the east: and the
" Or, inward « That is, He shall establish.
' That is. In it is strength. » In 1 K. 7. 24, knops.
9 Or, ten in a cubit
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II. CHRONICLES 4.5 — 5.6 The Temple described. Completion of the Building
sea was set upon them above, and
all their hinder parts were inward.
5 And it was a handbreadth thick;
and the brim thereof was wrought
like the brim of a cup, like the
flower of a lily: it received and held
three thousand baths. 6 He made
also ten lavers, and put five on the
right hand, and five on the left, to
wash in them; such things as be-
longed to the burnt-offering they
washed in them; but the sea was
for the priests to wash in.
7 And he made the ten candle-
sticks of gold according to the ordi-
nance concerning them; and he
set them in the temple, five on the
right hand, and five on the left.
8 He made also ten tables, and
placed them in the temple, five
on the right side, and five on the
left. And he made a hundred ba-
sins of gold. 9 Furthermore he
made the court of the priests,
and the great court, and doors
for the court, and overlaid the doors
of them with brass. 10 And he
set the sea on the right side of the
house eastward, toward the south.
11 And Huram made the pots,
and the shovels, and the basins.
So Huram made an end of doing
the work that he wrought for king
Solomon in the house of God: 12
the two pillars, and the bowls, and
the two capitals which were on the
top of the pillars, and the two net-
works to cover the two bowls of
the capitals that were on the top
of the pillars, 13 and the four
hundred pomegranates for the two
networks; two rows of pomegran-
ates for each network, to cover the
two bowls of the capitals that were
^upon the pillars. 14 He made
also the bases, and the lavers made
he upon the bases; 15 one sea, and
the twelve oxen under it. 16 The
pots also, and the shovels, and
the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels
thereof, did Huram his father make
for king Solomon, for the house of
Jehovah, of bright brass. 17 In
the plain of the Jordan did the
king cast them, in the clay ground
between Succoth and Zeredah. 18
Thus Solomon made all these vessels
in great abundance: for the weight of
the brass ^could not be found out.
19 And Solomon made all the
vessels that were in the house of
God, the golden altar also, and
the tables whereon was the show-
bread; 20 and the candlesticks with
their lamps, to burn according to
the ordinance before the oracle, of
pure gold; 21 and the flowers, and
the lamps, and the tongs, of gold,
and that perfect gold; 22 and the
snuffers, and the basins, and the
spoons, and the fire pans, of pure
gold. And as for the entry of the
house, the inner doors thereof for
the most holy place, and the doors
of the house, to wit, of the temple,
were of gold.
5 Thus all the work that Solo-
mon wrought for the house of
Jehovah was finished. And Solo-
mon brought in the things that
David his father had dedicated,
even the silver, and the gold, and
all the vessels, and put them in
the treasuries of the house of God.
2 Then Solomon assembled the
elders of Israel, and all the heads
of the tribes, the princes of the
fathers' houses of the children of
Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring
up the ark of the covenant of Je-
hovah out of the city of David,
which is Zion. 3 And all the men
of Israel assembled themselves unto
the king at the feast, which was in
the seventh month. 4 And all the
elders of Israel came: and the
Levites took up the ark; 5 and
they brought up the ark, and the
tent of meeting, and all the holy
vessels that were in the Tent;
these did the priests the Levites
bring up. 6 And king Solomon and
all the congregation of Israel, that
were assembled unto him, were
before the ark, sacrificing sheep and
oxen, that could not be counted nor
Heb. upon the face of the pillars.
2 Or, was not searched out
488
The Ark 'is brought in. Solomon's Address
numbered for multitude. 7 And the
priests brought in the ark of the
covenant of Jehovah unto its place,
into the oracle of the house, J:o
the most holy place, even under
the wings of the cherubim. 8 For
the cherubim spread forth their
wings over the place of the ark,
and the cherubim covered the ark
and the staves thereof above. 9
And ^the staves were so long that
the ends of the staves were seen
from the ark before the oracle; but
they were not seen without: and
there it is unto this day. 10 There
was nothing in the ark save the two
tables which Moses put there at
Horeb, ^when Jehovah made a cove-
nant with the children of Israel,
■■-hen they came out of Egypt.
^P 11 And it came to pass, when
^he priests were come out of the
holy place (for all the priests that
were present had sanctified them-
selves, and did not keep their
courses; 12 also the Levites who
were the singers, all of them, even
Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their
sons and their brethren, arrayed
in fine linen, with cymbals and
psalteries and harps, stood at the
east end of the altar, and with them
a hundred and twenty priests sound-
ing with trumpets); 13 it came to
pass, when the trumpeters and
singers were as one, to make one
sound to be heard in praising and
thanking Jehovah; and when they
lifted up their voice with the trum-
pets and cymbals and instruments
^of music, and praised Jehovah, say-
ing, For he is good; for his loving-
kindness endureth for ever; that
then the house was filled with a
cloud, even the house of Jehovah,
14 so that the priests could not
stand to minister by reason of the
cloud: for the glory of Jehovah
filled the house of God.
6 Then spake Solomon, Jeho-
vah hath said that he would
dwell in the thick darkness. 2
m
' Or, they drew out the staves, so that b'c.
• Or, where ^ Or, for song
II. CHRONICLES 5.7-6.13
But I have built thee a house of
habitation, and a place for thee
to dwell in for ever. 3 And the
king turned his face, and blessed
all the assembly of Israel: and all
the assembly of Israel stood.
4 And he said. Blessed be Jeho-
vah, the God of Israel, who spake
with his mouth unto David my
father, and hath with his hands
fulfilled it, saying, 5 Since the day
that I brought forth my people out
of the land of Egypt, I chose no
city out of all the tribes of Israel
to build a house in, that my name
might be there; neither chose I
any man to be ^prince over my
people Israel: 6 but I have chosen
Jerusalem, that my name might be
there, and have chosen David to be
over my people Israel. 7 Now it
was in the heart of David my
father to build a house for the name
of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 8
But Jehovah said unto David my
father. Whereas it was in thy heart
to build a house for my name, thou
didst well that it was in thy heart: 9
nevertheless thou shall not build the
house; but thy son that shall come
forth out of thy loins, he shall build
the house for my name. 10 And Je-
hovah hath performed his word
that he spake; for I am risen up in
the room of David my father, and
sit on the throne of Israel, as
Jehovah promised, and have built
the house for the name of Jehovah,
the God of Israel. 11 And there
have I set the ark, wherein is the
covenant of Jehovah, which he
made with the children of Israel.
12 And he stood before the altar
of Jehovah in the presence of all
the assembly of Israel, and spread
forth his hands 13 (for Solomon
had made a brazen scaffold, five
cubits long, and five cubits broad,
and three cubits high, and had set
it in the midst of the court; and
upon it he stood, and kneeled
down upon his knees before all the
assembly of Israel, and spread forth
* Or, leader
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11. CHRONICLES 6.14—6.31
his hands toward heaven); 14 and
he said, O Jehovah, the God of
Israel, there is no God hke thee,
in heaven, or on earth; who keepest
covenant and lovingkindness Vith
thy servants, that walk before thee
with all their heart; 15 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 thy
hand, as it is this day. 16 Now
therefore, O Jehovah, the God of
Israel, keep with thy servant David
my father that which thou hast
promised him, saying, ^There shall
not fail thee a man in my sight to sit
on the throne of Israel, if only thy
children take heed to their way,
to walk in my law as thou hast
walked before me. 17 Now there-
fore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel,
let thy word be verified, which
thou spakest unto thy servant Da-
vid.
18 But will God in very deed
dwell with men on the earth .'^ be-
hold, heaven and the heaven of
heavens cannot contain thee; how
much less this house which I have
builded! 19 Yet have thou re-
spect unto the prayer of thy ser-
vant, and to his supplication, O
Jehovah my God, to hearken unto
the cry and to the prayer which
thy servant prayeth before thee;
20 that thine eyes may be open
toward this house day and night,
even toward the place whereof thou
hast said that thou wouldest put
thy name there; to hearken unto
the prayer which thy servant shall
pray toward this place. 21 And
hearken thou to the supplications
of thy servant, and of thy people
Israel, when they shall pray toward
this place: yea, hear thou from thy
dwelling-place, even from heaven;
and when thou hearest, forgive.
22 ^If a man sin against his
neighbor, and an oath be laid upon
him to cause him to swear, and he
^ Or. for
- Heb. There shall not be cut off unto thee a man from
my sight. 3 Qr, Whereinsoever a man shall sin
Solomon's Prayer of Dedication
come and swear before thine altar
in this house; 23 then hear thou
from heaven, and do, and judge
thy servants, requiting the wicked,
to bring his way upon his own
head; and justifying the righteous,
to give him according to his right-
eousness.
24 And if thy people Israel be
smitten down before the enemy,
because they have sinned against
thee, and shall turn again and
confess thy name, and pray and
make supplication before thee in
this house; 25 then hear thou from
heaven, and forgive the sin of thy
people Israel, and bring them again
unto the land which thou gavest to
them and to their fathers.
26 When the heavens are 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, ^when thou ^dost afflict
them: 27 then hear thou in heaven,
and forgive the sin of thy servants,
and of thy people Israel, ^when
thou teachest them the good way
wherein they should walk; and
send rain upon thy land, which
thou hast given to thy people for an
inheritance.
28 If there be in the land fam-
ine, if there be pestilence, if there
be blasting or mildew, locust or
caterpillar; if their enemies be-
siege them in the land of their
^cities; whatsoever plague or what-
soever sickness there be; 29 what
prayer and supplication soever be
made by any man, or by all thy
people Israel, who shall know every
man his own plague and his own
sorrow, and shall spread forth his
hands toward this house: 30 then
hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-
place, and forgive, and render unto
every man according to all his ways,
whose heart thou knowest (for thou,
even thou only, knowest the hearts
of the children of men); 31 that
they may fear thee, to walk in
* Or, becaiise » Or, ansuerest « Heb. gates.
490
Solomon's Prayer of Dedication. Jehovah's Glory fills the Temple H, CHRONICLES 6.32 7.6
il pi.
th
th
m
as
thy ways, so long as they live in
the land which thou gavest unto
our fathers.
32 Moreover concerning the for-
eigner, that is not of thy people
Israel, when he shall come from a
far country for thy great name's
sake, and thy mighty hand, and
thine outstretched arm; when they
shall come and pray toward this
house: 33 then hear thou from
heaven, even from thy dwelling-
place, and do according to all that
the foreigner calleth to thee for;
that all the peoples of the earth
ay know thy name, and fear thee,
as doth thy people Israel, and that
they may know that Hhis house
which I have built is called by thy
name.
34 If thy people go out to bat-
tle against their enemies, by what-
soever way thou shalt send them,
nd they pray unto thee toward
is city which thou hast chosen,
nd the house which I have built
or thy name; 35 then hear thou
rom heaven their prayer and their
upplication, and maintain their
cause.
36 If they sin against thee (for
there is no man that sinneth not),
and thou be angry with them, and
deliver them to the enemy, so that
^they carry them away captive
unto a land far off or near; 37 yet
if they shall bethink themselves in
the land whither they are carried
captive, and turn again, and make
supplication unto thee in the land
of their captivity, saying. We have
sinned, we have done perversely,
and have dealt wickedly; 38 if
they return unto thee with all
their heart and with all their soul
the land of their captivity,
m
whither they have carried them
captive, and pray toward their
land, which thou gavest unto their
fathers, and the city which thou
hast chosen, and toward the house
which I have built for thy name:
1 Or, thy name is called upon this house &€. 2 Or, right
3 Heb. they that take them captive carry them away.
491
39 then hear thou from heaven,
even from thy dwelling-place, their
prayer and their supplications, and
maintain their ^cause, and forgive
thy people who have sinned against
thee.
40 Now, O my God, let, I be-
seech thee, thine eyes be open,
and let thine ears be attent, unto
the prayer that is made in this
place. 41 Now therefore arise, O
Jehovah God, into thy resting-
place, thou, and the ark of thy
strength: let thy priests, O Jeho-
vah God, be clothed with salva-
tion, and let thy saints rejoice in
^goodness. 42 O Jehovah God,
turn not away the face of thine
anointed: remember thy ^loving-
kindnesses to David thy servant.
7 Now when Solomon had made
an end of praying, the fire
came down from heaven, and con-
sumed the burnt-offering and the
sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah
filled the house. 2 And the priests
could not enter into the house of
Jehovah, because the glory of Je-
hovah filled Jehovah's house. 3
And all the children of Israel looked
on, when the fire came down, and
the glory of Jehovah was upon the
house; and they bowed themselves
with their faces to the ground upon
the pavement, and worshipped, and
gave thanks unto Jehovah, saying.
For he is good; for his loving-
kindness endureth for ever.
4 Then the king and all the people
offered sacrifice before Jehovah. 5
And king Solomon offered a sacrifice
of twenty and two thousand oxen,
and a hundred and twenty thousand
sheep. So the king and all the
people dedicated the house of God.
6 And the priests stood, according
to their offices; the Levites also
with instruments ^of music of Je-
hovah, which David the king had
made to give thanks unto Jehovah
(for his lovingkindness endureth for
ever), when David praised by their
4 Or, good 5 Or, good deeds See ch. 32. 32.
6 Or, for the song of Jehovah
II. CHRONICLES 7.7—8.5
ministry : and the priests sounded |
trumpets before them; and all Is-
rael stood. 7 Moreover Solomon
hallowed the middle of the court
that was before the house of Je-
hovah; for there he offered the
burnt-offerings, and the fat of the
peace-offerings, because the brazen
altar which Solomon had made was
not able to receive the burnt-offer-
ing, and the meal-offering, and the
fat.
8 So Solomon held the feast at
that time seven days, and all Is-
rael with him, a very great assem-
bly, from the entrance of Hamath
unto the brook of Egypt. 9 And
on the eighth day they held a
^solemn assembly: for they kept
the dedication of the altar seven
days, and the feast seven days.
10 And on the three and twentieth
day of the seventh month he sent
the people away unto their tents,
joyful and glad of heart for the
goodness that Jehovah had shown
unto David, and to Solomon, and
to Israel his people.
11 Thus Solomon finished the
house of Jehovah, and the king's
house: and all that came into Solo-
mon's heart to make in the house
of Jehovah, and in his own house,
he prosperously effected. 12 And
Jehovah appeared to Solomon by
night, and said unto him, I have
heard thy prayer, and have chosen
this place to myself for a house of
sacrifice. 13 If I shut up the
heavens so that there is no rain,
or if I command the locust to
devour the land, or if I send pes-
tilence among my people; 14 if
my people, Vho are called by my
name, shall humble themselves, and
pray, and seek my face, and turn
from their wicked ways; then will
I hear from heaven, and will for-
give their sin, and will heal their
land. 15 Now mine eyes shall be
open, and mine ears attent, unto
the prayer that is made in this
The Feast of Dedication. Jehovah's Promise and Warning
1 Or, closing festival
2 Heb. upon whom my name is called.
place. 16 For now have I chosen ,
and hallowed this house, that my
name may be there for ever; and j
mine eyes and my heart shall be )
there perpetually. 17 And as for j
thee, if thou wilt walk before me j
as David thy father walked, and j
do according to all that I have !
commanded thee, and wilt keep i
my statutes and mine ordinances;
18 then I will establish the throne
of thy kingdom, according as I
covenanted with David thy father,
saying. There shall not fail thee a
man to be ruler in Israel.
19 But if ye turn away, and
forsake my statutes and my com-
mandments which I have set before
you, and shall go and serve other
gods, and worship them; 20 then
will I pluck them up by the roots
out of my land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have
hallowed for my name, will I cast
out of my sight, and I will make it
a proverb and a by word among all
peoples. 21 And this house, which
is so high, every one that passeth
by it shall be astonished, and shall
say. Why hath Jehovah done thus
unto this land, and to this house .^
22 And they shall answer. Because
they forsook Jehovah, the God of
their fathers, who brought them
forth out of the land of Egypt, and
laid hold on other gods, and wor-
shipped them, and served them:
therefore hath he brought all this
evil upon them.
8 And it came to pass at the
end of twenty years, wherein
Solomon had built the house of
Jehovah, and his own house, 2 that
the cities which Huram had given
to Solomon, Solomon built them,
and caused the children of Israel
to dwell there.
3 And Solomon went to Hamath-
zobah, and prevailed against it. 4
And he built Tadmor in the wilder-
ness, and all the store-cities, which
he built in Hamath. 5 Also he
built Beth-horon the upper, and
Beth-horon the nether, fortified cit-
492
Solomon's Workmen. The Queen of Sheba's Visit
ies, with walls, gates, and bars;
6 and Baalath, and all the store-
cities that Solomon had, and all
the cities for his chariots, and the
cities for his horsemen, and all that
Solomon desired to build for his
pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Leba-
non, and in all the land of his do-
minion.
7 As for all the people that
were left of the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and
the Hivites, and the Jebusites, that
were not of Israel; 8 of their chil-
dren that were left after them in
the land, whom the children of Is-
rael consumed not, of them did
Solomon raise a ^levy of bondser-
vants unto this day. 9 But of the
children of Israel did Solomon make
no servants for his work; but they
were men of war, and chief of his
captains, and rulers of his chariots
and of his horsemen. 10 And these
were the chief officers of king Solo-
mon, even two hundred and fifty,
that bare rule over the people.
11 And Solomon brought up the
daughter of Pharaoh out of the city
of David unto the house that he had
built for her; for he said. My wife
shall not dwell in the house of
David king of Israel, because ^the
places are holy, whereunto the ark
of Jehovah hath come.
12 Then Solomon offered burnt-
offerings unto Jehovah on the altar
of Jehovah, which he had built
before the porch, 13 even as the
duty of every day required, offering
according to the commandment of
Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the
new moons, and on the set feasts,
three times in the year, even in the
feast of unleavened bread, and in
the feast of weeks, and in the feast
of tabernacles.
14 And he appointed, accord-
ing to the ordinance of David his
father, the courses of the priests
to their service, and the Levites
to their offices, to praise, and to
minister before the priests, as the
II. CHRONICLES 8.6-9.5
duty of every day required; the
doorkeepers also by their courses
at every gate: for so had David
the man of God commanded. 15
And they departed not from the
commandment of the king unto
the priests and Levites concern-
ing any matter, or concerning the
treasures.
16 Now all the work of Solomon
was prepared unto the day of the
foundation of the house of Jeho-
vah, and until it was finished.
So the house of Jehovah was com-
pleted.
17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-
geber, and to Eloth, on the sea-
shore in the land of Edom. 18 And
Huram sent him by the hands of
his servants ships, and servants
that had knowledge of the sea;
and they came with the servants
of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched
from thence four hundred and fifty
talents of gold, and brought them
to king Solomon.
9 And when the queen of Sheba
heard of the fame of Solo-
mon, she came to prove Solomon
with hard questions at Jerusalem,
with a very great train, and camels
that bare spices, and gold in abun-
dance, and precious stones, and
when she was come to Solomon,
she communed with him of all that
was in her heart. 2 And Solomon
told her all her questions; and
there was not anything hid from
Solomon which he told her not.
3 And when the queen of Sheba
had seen the wisdom of Solomon,
and the house that he had built,
4 and the food of his table, and
the sitting of his servants, and the
^attendance of his ministers, and
their apparel, his cupbearers also,
and their apparel, and his ascent
by which he went up unto the
house of Jehovah; there was no
more spirit in her. 5 And she said
to the king. It was a true report
that I heard in mine own land of
thine ^acts, and of thy wisdom.
1 Heb. men subject to taskwork.
2 Heb. they are.
Heb. standing.
4 Or, sayings
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II. CHRONICLES 9.6—9.29
The Queen of Sheba's Visit. Solomon's Wealth and Power
6 Howbeit I believed not their
words, until I came, and mine eyes
had seen it; and, behold, the half
of the greatness of thy wisdom was
not told me: thou exceedest the
fame that I heard. 7 Happy are
thy men, and happy are these thy
servants, that stand continually be-
fore thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8 Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who
delighted in thee, to set thee on
his throne, to be king for Jehovah
thy God: because thy God loved
Israel, to establish them for ever,
therefore made he thee king over
them, to do justice and righteousness.
9 And she gave the king a hun-
dred and twenty talents of gold,
and spices in great abundance, and
precious stones: neither was there
any such spice as the queen of
Sheba gave to king Solomon. 10
And the servants also of Huram,
and the servants of Solomon, that
brought gold from Ophir, brought
^algum-trees and precious stones.
11 And the king made of the algum-
trees terraces for the house of Je-
hovah, and for the king's house,
and harps and psalteries for the
singers: and there were none such
seen before in the land of Judah.
12 And king Solomon gave to the
queen of Sheba all her desire, what-
soever she asked, besides that which
she had brought unto the king. So
she turned, and went to her own
land, she and her servants.
13 Now the weight of gold that
came to Solomon in one year was
six hundred and threescore and six
talents of gold, 14 besides that
which the traders and merchants
brought: and all the kings of Ara-
bia and the governors of the coun-
try brought gold and silver to
Solomon. 15 And king Solomon
made two hundred bucklers of
beaten gold; six hundred shekels of
beaten gold went to one buckler.
16 And he made three hundred
shields of beaten gold; three hun-
dred shekels of gold went to one
In 1 K. 10. 11, almiig-irees.
shield: and the king put them in
the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17 Moreover the king made a great
throne of ivory, and overlaid it
with pure gold. 18 And there were
six steps to the throne, with a
footstool of gold, which were fas-
tened to the throne, and ^stays
on either side by the place of the
seat, and two lions standing beside
the stays. 19 And twelve lions
stood there on the one side and on
the other upon the six steps: there
was not the like made in any king-
dom. 20 And all king Solomon's
drinking vessels were of gold, and
all the vessels of the house of the
forest of Lebanon were of pure
gold: silver was nothing accounted
of in the days of Solomon. 21 For
the king had ships that went to
Tarshish with the servants of Hu-
ram; once every three years came
the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold,
and silver, ivory, and apes, and
peacocks.
22 So king Solomon exceeded
all the kings of the earth in riches
and wisdom. 23 And all the kings
of the earth sought the presence of
Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which
God had put in his heart. 24 And
they brought every man his tribute,
vessels of silver, and vessels of gold,
and raiment, armor, and spices,
horses, and mules, a rate year by
year. 25 And Solomon had four
thousand stalls for horses and chari-
ots, and twelve thousand horsemen,
that he bestowed in the chariot
cities, and w^ith the king at Jeru-
salem. 26 And he ruled over all
the kings from the River even unto
the land of the Philistines, and
to the border of Egypt. 27 And
the king made silver to be in Jeru-
salem as stones, and cedars made
he to be as the sycomore-trees that
are in the lowland, for abundance.
28 And they brought horses for
Solomon out of Egypt, and out of
all lands.
29 Now the rest of the acts of
» Or, arms Heb. hands.
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Solomon's Death. Rehoboam succeeds him. Israel rebels H, CHRONICLES 9.30 10.19
Solomon, first and last, are they
not written in the ^history of Na-
than the prophet, and in the pro-
phecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and
in the visions of ^Iddo the seer
concerning Jeroboam the son of
Nebat? 30 And Solomon reigned
in Jerusalem over all Israel forty
years. 31 And Solomon slept with
ifiis fathers, and he was buried in
the city of David his father: and
Rehoboam his son reigned in his
stead.
-j r\ And Rehoboam went to
1 U Shechem; for all Israel were
come to Shechem to make him king.
2 And it came to pass, when Jero-
boam the son of Nebat heard of it
(for he was in Egypt, whither he
had fled from the presence of king
Solomon), that Jeroboam returned
out of Egypt. 3 And they sent and
called him; and Jeroboam and all
Israel came, and they spake to Re-
hoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made
our yoke grievous: now therefore
make thou the grievous service of
thy father, and his heavy yoke
which he put upon us, lighter, and
we will serve thee. 5 And he said
unto them. Come again unto me
after three days. And the people
departed.
6 And king Rehoboam took coun-
sel with the old men, that had stood
before Solomon his father while
he yet lived, saying, What counsel
give ye me to return answer to
this people.^ 7 And they spake
unto him, saying. If thou be kind
to this people, and please them,
and speak good words to them,
then they will be thy servants for
ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel
of the old men which they had
given him, and took counsel with
the young men that were grown
up with him, that stood before
him. 9 And he said unto 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
1 Heb. words.' - Heb. Jedai, or, Jedo.
495
upon us lighter.? 10 And the young
men that were grown up with him
spake unto him, saying. Thus shalt
thou say unto the people that spake
unto thee, saying, Thy father made
our yoke heavy, but make thou it
lighter unto us; thus shalt thou
say 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 chas-
tised you with whips, but I will
chastise you with scorpions.
12 So Jeroboam and all the peo-
ple came to Rehoboam the third
day, as the king bade, saying,
Come to me again the third day.
13 And the king answered them
roughly; and king Rehoboam for-
sook the counsel of the old men,
14 and spake to them after the
counsel of the young men, saying,
My father made your yoke heavy,
but I will add thereto: my father
chastised you with whips, but I
will chastise you with scorpions.
15 So the king hearkened not unto
the people; for it was brought
about of God, that Jehovah might
establish his word, which he spake
by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jero-
boam the son of Nebat.
16 And when all Israel saw that
the. king hearkened not unto them,
the people answered the king, say-
ing. What portion have we in
David? neither have we inheri-
tance in the son of Jesse: every
man to your tents, O Israel: now
see to thine own house, David.
So all Israel departed unto their
tents. 17 But as for the children
of Israel that dwelt in the cities
of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over
them. 18 Then king Rehoboam
sent Hadoram, who was over the
men subject to taskwork; and the
children of Israel stoned him to
death with stones. And king Re-
hoboam made speed to get him up
to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 So Israel rebelled against the
house of David unto this day.
II. CHRONICLES 11.1—12.5
1-j And when Rehoboam was ! 17 So they strengthened the kingdom
1 come to Jerusalem, he assem- of Judah, and made Rehoboam the
bled the house of Judah and Ben- j son of Solomon strong, three years;
jamin, a hundred and fourscore
thousand chosen men, that were
warriors, to fight against Israel,
to bring the kingdom again to Re-
hoboam. 2 But the word of Jeho-
vah came to Shemaiah the man of
God, saying, 3 Speak unto Reho-
boam the son of Solomon, king of
Judah, and to all Israel in Judah
and Benjamin, saying, 4 Thus saith
Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor
fight against your brethren: re-
turn every man to his house; for
this thing is of me. So they heark-
ened unto the words of Jehovah,
and returned from going against
Jeroboam.
5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Je-
rusalem, and built cities for defence
in Judah. 6 He built Beth-lehem,
and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 and Beth-
zur, and Soco, and Adullam, 8 and
Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and
Azekah, 10 and Zorah, and Aijalon,
and Hebron, which are in Judah and
in Benjamin, fortified cities. 11
And he fortified the strongholds, and
put captains in them, and stores
of victuals, and oil and wine. 12
And in every city he put shields
and spears, and made them exceed-
ing strong. And Judah and Ben-
jamin belonged to him.
13 And the priests and the Le-
vites that were in all Israel re-
sorted to him out of all their border.
14 For the Levites left their suburbs
and their possession, and came to
Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam
and his sons cast them off, that t\\ey
should not execute the priest's oflSce
unto Jehovah; 15 and he appointed
him priests for the high places,
and for the he-goats, and for the
calves which he had made. 16 And
after them, out of all the tribes
of Israel, such as set their hearts ; prophet came to Rehoboam, and
to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, to the princes of Judah, that were
came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto ; \or, ^ndAbihaii
Jehovah, the God of their fathers, '^^or^^ought^^mum^^^^^^
496
Rehoboam fortifies Cities. Shishak's Invasion
for they walked three years in the
way of David and Solomon.
18 And Rehoboam took him a
wife, Mahalath the daughter of
Jerimoth the son of David, ^and of
Abihail the daughter of Eliab the
son of Jesse; 19 and she bare him
sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and
Zaham. 20 And after her he took
^Maacah the daughter of Absalom;
and she bare him Abijah, and
Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 And Rehoboam loved Maacah
the daughter of Absalom above all
his wives and his concubines (for
he took eighteen wives and three-
score concubines, and begat twenty
and eight sons and threescore daugh-
ters). 22 And Rehoboam appointed
Abijah the son of Maacah to be
chief, even the prince among his
brethren; for he was minded to
make him king. 23 And he dealt
wisely, and dispersed of all his sons
throughout all the lands of Judah
and Benjamin, unto every fortified
city: and he gave them victuals
in abundance. And he ^sought for
them many wives.
And it came to pass, when
the kingdom of Rehoboam
was established, and he was strong,
that he forsook the law of Jehovah,
and all Israel with him. 2 And it
came to pass in the fifth year of
king Rehoboam, that Shishak king
of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,
because they had trespassed against
Jehovah, 3 with twelve hundred
chariots, and threescore thousand
horsemen. And the people were
without number that came with
him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the
Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians. 4
And he took the fortified cities which
pertained to Judah, and came unto
Jerusalem. 5 Now Shemaiah the
12
I
The Temple despoiled. Rehoboam's Death. Abijah's Reign H. CHRONICLES 12.G — 13.9
gathered together to Jerusalem be-
cause of Shishak, and said unto
them, Thus saith Jehovah, Ye have
forsaken me, therefore have I also
left you in the hand of Shishak.
6 Then the princes of Israel and
the king humbled themselves; and
they said, Jehovah is righteous.
7 And when Jehovah saw that they
humbled themselves, the word of
Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying.
They have humbled themselves: I
will not destroy them; but I will
grant them ^some deliverance, and
my wrath shall not be poured out
upon Jerusalem by the hand of
Shishak. 8 Nevertheless they shall
be his servants, that they may
know my service, and the service
of the kingdoms of the countries.
9 So Shishak king of Egypt
came up against Jerusalem, and
took away the treasures of the
house of Jehovah, and the treas-
ures of the king's house; he took
all away: he took away also the
shields of gold which Solomon had
made. 10 And king Rehoboam
made in their stead shields of brass,
and committed them to the hands
of the captains of the ^guard, that
kept the door of the king's house.
11 And it was so, that, as oft as
the king entered into the house of
Jehovah, the guard came and bare
them, and brought them back into
the guard-6hamber. 12 And when
he humbled himself, the wrath of
Jehovah turned from him, so as
not to destroy him altogether: and
moreover in Judah there were good
things found.
13 So king Rehoboam strength-
ened himself in Jerusalem, and
reigned: for Rehoboam was forty
and one years old when he began
to reign, and he reigned seventeen
years in Jerusalem, the city which
Jehovah had chosen out of all the
tribes of Israel, to put his name
there: and his mother's name was
Naamah the Ammonitess. 14 And
13
1 Or, deliverance within a little while Or. a few that
shall escape 2 Heb. runners.
497
he did that which was evil, be-
cause he set not his heart to seek
Jehovah.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam,
first and last, are they not written
in the ^histories of Shemaiah the
prophet and of Iddo the seer,
^after the manner of genealogies.'^
And there were wars between Re-
hoboam and Jeroboam continually.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his
fathers, and was buried in the city
of David: and Abijah his son reigned
in his stead.
In the eighteenth year of
king Jeroboam began Abijah
to reign over Judah. 2 Three years
reigned he in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Micaiah the
daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And
there was war between Abijah and
Jeroboam. 3 And Abijah joined
battle with an army of valiant men
of war, even four hundred thousand
chosen men: and Jeroboam set the
battle in array against him with
eight hundred thousand chosen men,
who were mighty men of valor.
4 And Abijah stood up upon mount
Zemaraim, which is in the hill-
country of Ephraim, and said. Hear
me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:
5 Ought ye not to know that Je-
hovah, the God of Israel, gave the
kingdom over Israel to David for
ever, even to him and to his sons
by a covenant of salt.^^ 6 Yet
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the
servant of Solomon the son of
David, rose up, and rebelled against
his lord. 7 And there were gath-
ered unto him worthless men, base
fellows, that strengthened them-
selves against Rehoboam the son
of Solomon, when Rehoboam was
young and tender-hearted, and could
not withstand them. 8 And now
ye think to withstand the kingdom
of Jehovah in the hand of the sons
of David; and ye are a great multi-
tude, and there are with you the
golden calves which Jeroboam made
you for gods. 9 Have ye not driven
3 Heb. words. < Or, in reckoning the genealogies
II. CHRONICLES 13.10 — 14.8 war with Jeroboam. Israel defeated. Asa's good Reign
out the priests of Jehovah, the sons
of Aaron, and the Levites, and made
you priests after the manner of
the peoples of other lands .^^ so that
whosoever eometh to consecrate
himself with a young bullock and
seven rams, the same may be a
priest of them that are no gods.
10 But as for us, Jehovah is our
God, and we have not forsaken
him; and we have priests minis-
tering unto Jehovah, the sons of
Aaron, and the Levites in their
work: 11 and they burn unto Je-
hovah every morning and every
evening burnt-offerings and sweet
incense: the showbread also set
they in order upon the pure table;
and the candlestick of gold with
the lamps thereof, to burn every
evening: for we keep the charge
of Jehovah our God; but ye have
forsaken him. 12 And, behold, God
is with us at our head, and his
priests with the trumpets of alarm
to sound an alarm against you.
O children of Israel, fight ye not
against Jehovah, the God of your
fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
13 But Jeroboam caused an am-
bushment to come about behind
them: so they were before Judah,
and the ambushment was behind
them. 14 And when Judah looked
back, behold, the battle was be-
fore and behind them; and they
cried unto Jehovah, and the priests
sounded with the trumpets. 15
Then the men of Judah gave a
shout: and as. the men of Judah
shouted, it came to pass, that
God smote Jeroboam and all Israel
before Abijah and Judah. 16 And
the children of Israel fled before
Judah; and God delivered them
into their hand. 17 And Abijah
and his people slew them with a
great slaughter: so there fell down
slain of Israel five hundred thousand
chosen men. 18 Thus the children
of Israel were brought imder at
that time, and the children of
Judah prevailed, because they relied
upon Jehovah, the God of their
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14
fathers. 19 And Abijah pursued
after Jeroboam, and took cities ^
from him, Beth-el with the towns \
thereof, and Jeshanah with the )
towns thereof, and ^Ephron with i
the towns thereof. 20 Neither did t
Jeroboam recover strength again i
in the days of Abijah: and Jehovah j
smote him, and he died. 21 But (
Abijah waxed mightjs and took }
unto himself fourteen wives, and 1
begat twenty and two sons, and 1
sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest :
of the acts of Abijah, and his ways,
and his sayings, are written in ,
the commentary of the prophet i
Iddo.
So Abijah slept with his
fathers, and they buried him
in the city of David; and Asa his
son reigned in his stead. In his
days the land was quiet ten years.
12 And Asa did that which was good
and right in the eyes of Jehovah
his God: 3 for he took away the
foreign altars, and the high places,
and brake down the ^pillars, and
hewed down the Asherim, 4 and
commanded Judah to seek Jehovah,
the God of their fathers, and to do
the law and the commandment.
5 Also he took away out of all the
cities of Judah the high places and
the sun-images: and the kingdom
was quiet before him. 6 And he
built fortified cities in Judah; for
the land was quiet, and he had
no war in those years, because
Jehovah had given him rest. 7
For he said unto Judah, Let us build
these cities, and make about them
walls, and towers, gates, and bars;
the land is yet before us, because
we have sought Jehovah our God;
we have sought him, and he hath
given us rest on every side. So
they built and prospered. 8 And
Asa had an army that bare bucklers
and spears, out of Judah three
hundred thousand; and out of Ben-
jamin, that bare shields and drew
bows, two hundred and fourscore
1 Another reading is, Ephrain. t Ch. 14. 1 in Heb.
* Ch. 13. 23 in Heb. - Or. obeliski.
Exhorted by Azariah, Asa institutes Religious Reforms
thousand: all these were mighty
men of valor.
9 And there came out against
them Zerah the Ethiopian with
an army of a thousand thousand,
and three hundred chariots; and
he came unto Mareshah. 10 Then
Asa went out to meet him, and
they set the battle in array in the
valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11 And Asa cried unto Jehovah
his God, and said, Jehovah, ^there
is none ^besides thee to help, be-
tween the mighty and him that
hath no strength: help us, O Je-
hovah our God; for we rely on
thee, and in thy name are we
come against this multitude. O
Jehovah, thou art our God; let
not man prevail against thee. 12
So Jehovah smote the Ethiopians
before Asa, and before Judah; and
the Ethiopians fled. 13 And Asa
and the people that were with him
pursued them unto Gerar: and
there fell of the Ethiopians ^so
many that they could not recover
themselves; for they were de-
stroyed before Jehovah, and be-
fore his host; and they carried
away very much booty. 14 And
they smote all the cities round
about Gerar; for Hhe fear of Je-
hovah came upon them: and they
despoiled all the cities; for there
was much spoil in them. 15 They
smote also the tents of cattle, and
carried away sheep in abundance,
and camels, and returned to Jeru-
salem.
1r And the Spirit of God
O came upon Azariah the son
of Oded : 2 and he went out to
meet Asa, and said unto him. Hear
ye me, Asa, and all Judah and
Benjamin: Jehovah is with you,
while ye are with him; and if ye
seek him, he will be found of you;
but if ye forsake him, he will for-
sake you. 3 Now for a long sea-
son Israel was without the true
1 Or, there is no difference with thee to help, whether the
mighty or him b°c.
'^ Or, like 3 Or, so that none remained alive
•■ Ileb. broken. '" Or, a terror from Jehovah
II. CHRONICLES 14.9—15.15
God, and without a teaching priest,
and without law: 4 but when in
their distress they turned unto
Jehovah, the God of Israel, and
sought him, he was found of them.
5 And in those times there was no
peace to him that went out, nor to
him that came in; but great vexa-
tions were upon all the inhabitants
of the lands. 6 And they were
broken in pieces, nation against
nation, and city against city; for
God did vex them with all adversity.
7 But be ye strong, and let not
your hands be slack; for your work
shall be rewarded.
8 And when Asa heard these
words, ^and the prophecy of Oded
the prophet, he took courage, and
put away the abominations out of
all the land of Judah and Benja-
min, and out of the cities which
he had taken from the hill-country
of Ephraim; and he renewed the
altar of Jehovah, that was before
the porch of Jehovah. 9 And he
gathered all Judah and Benjamin,
and them that sojourned with them
out of Ephraim and Manasseh,
and out of Simeon : ^ for they fell
to him out of Israel in abundance,
when they saw that Jehovah his
God was with him. 10 So they
gathered themselves together at Je-
rusalem in the third month, in the
fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 And they sacrificed unto Jehovah
in that day, of the spoil which they
had brought, seven hundred oxen
and seven thousand sheep. 12 And
they entered into the covenant to
seek Jehovah, the God of their
fathers, with all their heart and with
all their soul; 13 and that whosoever
would not seek Jehovah, the God
of Israel, should be put to death,
whether small or great, whether
man or woman. 14 And they sware
unto Jehovah with a loud voice, and
with shouting, and with trumpets,
and with cornets. 15 And all Ju-
dah rejoiced at the oath; for they
had sworn with all their heart, and
6 Or, even
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II. CHRONICLES 15.16—17.3
War with Baasha. Asa rebuked by Hanani. His Death
sought him with their whole desire;
and he was found of them : and Jeho-
vah gave them rest round about.
16 And also Maacah, the mother
of Asa the king, he removed from
being ^queen, because she had made
an abominable image ^for an Ash-
erah; and Asa cut down her image,
and made dust of it, and burnt it
at the brook Kidron. 17 But the
high places were not taken away
out of Israel: nevertheless the heart
of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 And he brought into the house
of God the things that his father
had dedicated, and that he himself
had dedicated, silver, and gold, and
vessels. 19 And there was no more
war unto the five and thirtieth year
of the reign of Asa.
'^ f\ In the six and thirtieth
1 vJ year of the reign of Asa,
Baasha king of Israel went up
against Judah, and built Ramah,
that he might not suffer any one
to go out or come in to Asa king
of Judah. 2 Then Asa brought
out silver and gold out of the
treasures of the house of Jehovah
and of the king's house, and sent
to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that
dwelt at ^Damascus, saying, 3 "^ There
is a league between me and thee,
as there was between my father and
thy father: behold, I have sent
thee silver and gold; go, break thy
league with Baasha king of Israel,
that he may depart from me. 4 And
Ben-hadad hearkened unto king
Asa, and sent the captains of his
armies against the cities of Israel;
and they smote Ijon, and Dan,
and Abel-maim, and all the ^store-
cities of Naphtali. 5 And it came
to pass, when Baasha heard thereof,
that he left off building Ramah, and
let his work cease. 6 Then Asa
the king took all Judah; and they
carried away the stones of Ramah,
and the timber thereof, wherewith
Baasha had builded; and he built
therewith Geba and Mizpah.
1 Or, queen mother 2 Or, for A sherah
3 Heb. Darmesek. * Or, Let there be
^ Heb. storehouses of the cities.
7 And at that time Hanani the
seer came to Asa king of Judah,
and said unto him, Because thou
hast relied on the king of Syria, and
hast not relied on Jehovah thy God,
therefore is the host of the king of
Syria escaped out of thy hand.
8 Were not the Ethiopians and the
Lubim a huge host, with chariots
and horsemen exceeding many.^ yet,
because thou didst rely on Jehovah,
he delivered them into thy hand.
9 For the eyes of Jehovah run to
and fro throughout the whole earth,
to show himself strong in the behalf
of them whose heart is perfect
toward him. Herein thou hast done
foolishly; for from henceforth thou
shall have wars. 10 Then Asa
was wroth with the seer, and put
him in the ^prison-house; for he |
was in a rage with him because of '
this thing. And Asa oppressed some
of the people at the same time.
11 And, behold, the acts of
Asa, first and last, lo, they are
written in the book of the kings of
Judah and Israel. 12 And in the
thirty and ninth year of his reign
Asa was diseased in his feet; his
disease was exceeding great: yet
in his disease he sought not to
Jehovah, but to the physicians.
13 And Asa slept with his fathers,
and died in the one and fortieth
year of his reign. 14 And they
buried him in his own sepulchres,
which he had hewn out for himself
in the city of David, and laid him
in the bed which was filled with
sweet odors and divers kinds of
spices prepared by the perfumers'
art: and they made a very great
burning for him.
1^ And Jehoshaphat his son
I reigned in his stead, and
strengthened himself against Israel.
2 And he placed forces in all the
fortified cities of Judah, and set
garrisons in the land of Judah,
and in the cities of Ephraim, which
Asa his father had taken. 3 And
Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, be-
• Heb. house of the slocks.
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Jehoshaphat's Reign. His Power. His League with Ahab
II. CHRONICLES 17.4—18.7
cause he walked in the first ways
of his father David, and sought not
unto the Baalim, 4 but sought to the
God of his father, and walked in
his commandments, and not after
the doings of Israel. 5 Therefore
Jehovah established the kingdom in
his hand; and all Judah brought
to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he
had riches and honor in abundance.
6 And his heart was lifted up in
the ways of Jehovah: and fur-
thermore he took away the high
places and the Asherim out of Judah.
7 Also in the third year of his
reign he sent his princes, even
Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zech-
ariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah,
to teach in the cities of Judah;
8 and with them the Levites, even
Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Ze-
badiah, and Asahel, and Shemira-
moth, and Jehonathan, and Adoni-
jah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah,
the Levites ; and with them Elishama
and Jehoram, the priests. 9 And
they taught in Judah, having the
book of the law of Jehovah with
them; and they went about through-
out all the cities of Judah, and taught
among the people.
10 And ^the fear of Jehovah
fell upon all the kingdoms of the
lands that were round about Judah,
so that they made no war against
Jehoshaphat. 11 And some of the
Philistines brought Jehoshaphat
presents, and silver for tribute;
the Arabians also brought him flocks,
seven thousand and seven hundred
rams, and seven thousand and seven
hundred he-goats. 12 And Jehosha-
phat waxed great exceedingly; and
he built in Judah castles and cities
of store. 13 And he had many
works in the cities of Judah; and
men of war, mighty men of valor,
in Jerusalem. 14 And this was the
numbering of them according to
their fathers' houses: of Judah,
the captains of thousands: Adnah
the captain, and with him mighty
men of valor three hundred thou-
1 Or, a terror frorr Jehovah
sand; 15 and next to him Jeho-
hanan the captain, and with him
two hundred and fourscore thou-
sand; 16 and next to him Ama-
siah the son of Zichri, who willingly
offered himself unto Jehovah; and
with him two hundred thousand
mighty men of valor. 17 And of
Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of
valor, and with him two hundred
thousand armed with bow and shield;
18 and next to him Jehozabad, and
with him a hundred and fourscore
thousand ready prepared for war.
19 These were they that waited on
the king, besides those whom the
king put in the fortified cities through-
out all Judah.
10 Now Jehoshaphat had
O riches and honor in abun-
dance; and he joined afiinity with
Ahab. 2 And after certain years he
went down to Ahab to Samaria.
And Ahab killed sheep and oxen
for him in abundance, and for the
people that were with him, and
moved him to go up with him to
Ramoth-gilead. 3 And Ahab king
of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat
king of Judah, Wilt thou go with
me to Ramoth-gilead .f^ And he
answered him, I am as thou art,
and my people as thy people;
and we will he with thee in the war.
4 And Jehoshaphat said unto
the king of Israel, Inquire ^first, I
pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.
5 Then the king of Israel gathered
the prophets together, four hun-
dred men, and said unto them.
Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to
battle, or shall I forbear.^ And
they said. Go up; for God will
deliver it into the hand of the
king. 6 But Jehoshaphat said. Is
there not here a prophet of Jeho-
vah besides, that we may inquire
of him? 7 And the king of Israel
said unto Jehoshaphat, There is
yet one man by whom we may
inquire of Jehovah: but I hate
him; for he never prophesieth good
concerning me, but always evil:
2 Heb. to-day.
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II. CHRONICLES 18.8 — 18.29 Prophets consulted. Micaiah's Warning. His Punishment
the same is Micaiah the son of \ the word of Jehovah : I saw Jeho-
Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let
not the king say so. 8 Then the
king of Israel called an ^officer,
and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah
the son of Imla. 9 Now the king
of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king
of Judah sat each on his throne,
arrayed in their robes, and they
were sitting in ^an open place at
the entrance of the gate of Samaria;
and all the prophets were prophesy-
ing before them. 10 And Zedekiah
the son of Chenaanah made him
horns of iron and said. Thus saith
Jehovah, With these shalt thou push
the Syrians, until they be con-
sumed. 11 And all the prophets
prophesied so, saying. Go up to
Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for
Jehovah will deliver it into the hand
of the king.
12 And the messenger that went
to call Micaiah spake to him,
saying. Behold, the words of the
prophets declare good to the king
with one mouth: let thy word
therefore, I pray thee, be like one
of theirs, and speak thou good.
13 And Micaiah said, as Jehovah
liveth, what my God saith, that
will I speak. 14 And when he
was come to the king, the king
said unto him, ^Micaiah, shall we
go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or
shall I forbear.? And he said. Go
ye up, and prosper; and they shall
be delivered into your hand. 15
And the king said to him. How
many times shall I adjure thee
that thou speak unto me nothing
but the truth in the name of Jeho-
vah .^^ 16 And he said, I saw all
Israel scattered upon the moun-
tains, as sheep that have no shep-
herd: and Jehovah said. These have
no master; let them return every
man to his house in peace. 17 And
the king of Israel said to Jeho-
shaphat, Did I not tell thee that
he would not prophesy good con-
cerning me, but evil.f^ 18 And
Micaiah said. Therefore hear ye
vah sitting upon his throne, and
all the host of heaven standing on
his right hand and on his left. • 19
And Jehovah said, Who shall ^en-
tice Ahab king of Israel, that he
may go up and fall at Ramoth-
gilead.? And one spake saying after
this manner, and another saying
after that manner. 20 And there
came forth ^a spirit, and stood
before Jehovah, and said, I will
entice him. And Jehovah said unto
him, Where wdth.? 21 And he said.
I will go forth, and wall be a lying
spirit in the mouth of all his proph-
ets. And he said, Thou shalt en-
tice him, and shalt prevail also: go
forth, and do so. 22 Now there-
fore, behold, Jehovah hath put a
lying spirit in the mouth of these
thy prophets; and Jehovah hath
spoken evil concerning thee.
23 Then Zedekiah the son of
Chenaanah came near, and smote
Micaiah upon the cheek, and said.
Which way went the Spirit of
Jehovah from me to speak unto
thee.? 24 And Micaiah said. Be-
hold, thou shalt see on that day,
when thou shalt go ^into an inner
chamber to hide thyself. 25 And
the king of Israel said. Take ye
Micaiah, and carry him back unto
Amon the governor of the city,
and to Joash the king's son; 26
and say. Thus saith the king. Put
this fellow in the prison, and feed
him with bread of affliction and
with water of affliction, until I re-
turn in peace. 27 And Micaiah
said. If thou return at all in peace,
Jehovah hath not spoken by me.
And he said. Hear, ye peoples, all
of you.
28 So the king of Israel and
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
went up to Ramoth-gilead. 29 And
the king of Israel said unto Jehosha-
phat, I will disguise myself, and go
into the battle; but put thou on thy
robes. So the king of Israel dis-
* Or, deceive » Heb. the spirit.
Or, eunuch « Heb. c threshing-floor. « Heb. Micah. « Or, from chamber to chamber
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Ahab killed. Jehoshaphat rebuked. He appoints Judges H. CHRONICLES 18.30 — 20.3
guised himself; and they went into
the battle. 30 Now the king of
Syria had commanded the captains
of his chariots, saying, Fight neither
with small nor great, save only
with the king of Israel. 31 And
it came to pass, when the captains
of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat,
that they said, It is the king of
Israel. Therefore they turned about
to fight against hirn: but Jehosha-
phat cried out, and Jehovah helped
him; and God moved them to
depart from him. 32 And it came
to pass, when the captains of the
chariots saw that it was not the
king of Israel, that they turned
back from pursuing him. 33 And
a certain man drew his bow ^at a
venture, and smote the king of
Israel between ^the joints of the
armor: wherefore he said to the
driver of the chariot. Turn thy
hand, and carry me out of the
host; for I am sore wounded. 34
And the battle increased that day:
howbeit the king of Israel stayed
himself up in his chariot against
the Syrians until the even; and
about the time of the going down
of the sun he died.
1Q And Jehoshaphat the king
y of Judah returned to his
house in peace to Jerusalem. 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 Jehovah.^ for this thing wrath
is upon thee from before Jehovah.
3 Nevertheless there are good things
found in thee, in that thou hast put
away the Asheroth out of the land,
and hast set thy heart to seek God.
4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Je-
rusalem: and he went out again
among the people from Beer-sheba
to the hill-country of Ephraim,
and brought them back unto Je-
hovah, the God of their fathers.
5 And he set judges in the land
throughout all the fortified cities
' Heb. in his simplicity.
2 Or, the lower armor and the breastplate
©f Judah, city by city, 6 and said
to the judges, Consider what ye
do: for ye judge not for man, but
for Jehovah; and he is with you
^in the judgment. 7 Now there-
fore let the fear of Jehovah be upon
you; take heed and do it: for there
is no iniquity with Jehovah our
God, nor respect of persons, nor
taking of bribes.
8 Moreover in Jerusalem did
Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and
the priests, and of the heads of the
fathers' houses of Israel, for the
judgment of Jehovah, and for con-
troversies. And they returned to
Jerusalem. 9 And he charged them,
saying. Thus shall ye do in the fear
of Jehovah, faithfully, and with a
perfect heart. 10 And whensoever
any controversy shall come to you
from your brethren that dwell in
their cities, between blood and
blood, between law and command^-
ment, statutes and ordinances, ye
shall warn them, that they be not
guilty towards Jehovah, and so
wrath come upon you and upon
your brethren: this do, and ye shall
not be guilty. 1 1 And, behold, x\ma-
riah the chief priest is over you
in all matters of Jehovah; and
Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the
ruler of the house of Judah, in all
the king's matters: also the Le-
vites shall be officers before you.
^Deal courageously, and Jehovah
be with the good.
Orv And it came to pass after
^\J this, that the children of
Moab, and the children of Am-
mon, and with them some of the
^Ammonites, came against Jehosha-
phat to battle. 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 are in
Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-
gedi). 3 And Jehoshaphat feared,
and set himself to seek unto Jeho-
vah; and he proclaimed a fast
3 Or, in giving judgment Heb. in the matter of judgment.
* Heb. Be strong and do.
6 Perhaps an error for Meunim. See ch. 26.^7.
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II. CHRONICLES 20.4 20.23 Jehoshaphat prays for Help. Jahaziel predicts Deliverance
throughout all Judah. 4 And Judali
gathered themselves together, to
seek help of Jehovah: 6ven out of
all the cities of Judah they came to
seek Jehovah.
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the
assembly of Judah and Jerusalem,
in the house of Jehovah, before the
new court; 6 and he said, O Jeho-
vah, the God of our fathers, art
not thou God in heaven .^^ and art
not thou ruler over all the king-
doms of the nations? and in thy
hand is power and might, so that
none is able to withstand thee.
7 Didst not thou, O our God,
drive out the inhabitants of this
land before thy people Israel, and
give it to the seed of Abraham
thy friend for ever? 8 And they
dwelt therein, and hg,ve built thee
a sanctuary therein for thy name,
saying, 9 If evil come upon us,
Hhe sword, judgment, 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 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 Jeho-
vah, with their little ones,- their
wives, and their children.
14 Then upon Jahaziel the son
of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah,
the son of Jeiel, the son of Mat-
taniah, the Levite, of the sons of
Asaph, came the Spirit of Jeho-
vah in the midst of the assembly;
15 and he said. Hearken ye, all
Judah, and ye inhabitants of Je-
rusalem, and thou king Jehosha-
phat: Thus saith Jehovah 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 salvation of Jehovah with
you, O Judah and Jerusalem; fear
not, nor be dismayed: to-morrow go
out against them; for Jehovah is
with you. 18 And Jehoshaphat
bowed his head with his face to the
ground; and all Judah and the in-
habitants of Jerusalem fell down
before Jehovah, worshipping Jeho-
vah. 19 And the Levites, of the
children of the Kohathites and of
the children of the Korahites, stood
up to praise Jehovah, the God of
Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.
20 And they rose early in the
morning, and went forth into the
wilderness of Tekoa: and as they
went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and
said. Hear me, O Judah, and ye
inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe
in Jehovah your God, so shall ye
be established; believe his prophets,
so shall ye prosper. 21 And when
he had taken counsel with the peo-
ple, he appointed them that
should sing unto Jehovah, and give
praise ^in holy array, as they went
out before the army, and say. Give
thanks unto Jehovah ; for his loving-
kindness endureth for ever. 22 And
when they began to sing and to
praise, Jehovah set liers-in-wait
against the children of Ammon,
Moab, and mount Seir, that were
come against Judah; and they were
smitten. 23 For the children of
Ammon and Moab stood up against
the inhabitants of mount Seir, ut-
terly to slay and destroy them:
and when they had made an end
Or, Ihe sword of judgment
2 Or, in the beauty of holiness
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Moab and Ammon despoiled. Jehoram's Reign
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 Je-
hoshaphat and his people came to
take the spoil of them, Ihey found
among them in abundance both
riches and Mead bodies, and pre-
cious jewels, which they stripped off
for themselves, more than they
could carry away: and they were
three days in taking the spoil, it
was so much. 26 And on the fourth
day they assembled themselves in
the valley of ^Beracah; for there
they blessed Jehovah: therefore the
name of that place was called The
valley of Beracah unto this day.
27 Then they returned, every man
of Judah and Jerusalem, and Je-
hoshaphat in the forefront of them,
to go again to Jerusalem with joy;
for Jehovah had made them to
rejoice over their enemies. 28 And
they came to Jerusalem with psal-
teries and harps and trumpets unto
the house of Jehovah. 29 And the
fear of God was on all the king-
doms of the countries, when they
heard that Jehovah fought against
the enemies of Israel. 30 So the
realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for
his God gave him 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 daughter of
Shilhi. 32 And he walked in the
way of Asa his father, and turned
not aside from it, doing that which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah.
33 Howbeit the high places were
not taken away; neither as yet had
the people set their hearts unto the
God of their fathers. 34 Now the
rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat,
first and last, behold, they are
1 Ace. to Vulg. garments. • That is, Blessing.
50.5
II. CHRONICLES 20.24—21.7
written in the ^history of Jehu the
son of Hanani, ^which is inserted in
the book of the kings of Israel.
35 And after this did Jehosha-
phat king of Judah join himself
with Ahaziah king of Israel; the
same did very wickedly: 36 and
he joined himself with him to make
ships to go to Tarshish; and they
made the ships in Ezion-geber. 37
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu
of Mareshah prophesied against Je-
hoshaphat, saying, Because thou
hast joined thyself with Ahaziah,
Jehovah hath destroyed thy works.
And the ships were broken, so that
they were not able to go to Tarshish.
O i And Jehoshaphat slept
^ 1 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 Jehosha-
phat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zech-
ariah, and Azariah, 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 fortified cities
in Judah: but the kingdom gave he
to Jehoram, because he was the
first-born. 4 Now when Jehoram
was risen up over the kingdom of
his father, and had strengthened
himself, he slew all his brethren
with the sword, and divers also of
the princes of Israel. 5 Jehoram was
thirty and two years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned
eight years in Jerusalem. 6 And
he walked in the way of the kings
of Israel, as did the house of Ahab;
for he had the daughter of Ahab
to wife: and he did that which was
evil in the sight of Jehovah. 7
Howbeit Jehovah would not de-
stroy the house of David, because
of the covenant that he had made
with David, and as he promised to
give a lamp to him and to his chil-
dren alway.
3 Heb. words. * Or, 7vho is tnentioned
5 Or, made a breach in
II. CHRONICLES 21.8 — 22.7 Cdom revolts. Jehoram's Losses and Death. Ahaziah's Reign
8 In his days Edom revolted
from under the hand of Judah, and
made a king over themselves. 9
Then Jehoram passed over with his
captains, and all his chariots with
him: and he rose up by night, and
smote the Edomites that com-
passed him about, and the cap-
tains of the chariots. 10 So Edom
revolted from under the hand of
Judah unto this day: then did
Libnah revolt at the same time
from under his hand, because he
had forsaken Jehovah, the God of
his fathers.
11 Moreover he made high places
in the mountains of Judah, and
made the inhabitants of Jerusalem
to play the harlot, and Ued Judah
astray. 12 And there came a writ-
ing to him from Elijah the prophet,
saying, Thus saith Jehovah, 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 play
the harlot, like as the house of
Ahab Mid, and also hast slain thy
brethren of thy father's house, who
were better than thyself: 14 behold,
Jehovah will smite with a great
^plague thy people, and thy chil-
dren, and thy wives, and all thy
substance; 15 and thou shalt have
great sickness by disease of thy
bowels, until thy bowels fall out
by reason of the sickness, ^day by
day.
16 And Jehovah stirred up against
Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines,
and of the Arabians that are beside
the Ethiopians: 17 and they came
up against Judah, and brake into it,
and carried away all the substance
that was found ^in the king's house,
and his sons also, and his wives; so
that there was never a son left him,
save^Jehoahaz, the youngest of his
sons.
^ Or, compelled Judah thereto ^ Or, year after year
2 Heb. made to play the harlot. ^ Or, belonging to
3 Heb. stroke. s In ch. 22. 1, Ahaziah.
18 And after all this Jehovah
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 sepul-
chres of the kings.
OC^ And the inhabitants of
^^^ Jerusalem made 'Ahaziah his
youngest son king in his stead;
for the band of men that came with
the Arabians to the camp had slain
all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son
of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 ^Forty and two years old was
Ahaziah when he began to reign;
and he reigned one year in Jerusa-
lem: and his mother's name was
Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
3 He also walked in the ways of
the house of Ahab; for his mother
was his counsellor to do wickedly.
4 And he did that which was evil
in the sight of Jehovah, as did the
house of Ahab; for they were his
counsellors after the death of his
father, to his destruction. 5 He
walked also after their counsel, and
went with Jehoram the son of Ahab
king of Israel to war against Ha-
zael king of Syria at Ramoth- ;
gilead: and the Syrians wounded
Joram. 6 And he returned to be
healed in Jezreel ^°of the wounds
which they had given him at Ra-
mah, when he fought against Hazael
king of Syria. And ^^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-
' In ch. 21. 17, Jehoahaz.
8 In 2 K. 8. 26, Two and twenty. » Or. granddauqhter
10 So in 2 K. 8. 29. The text has because the -.rounds
which b'c, II In ver. 1. Ahaziah. i'- Hcl). Ireadins do-d''^-
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Ahaziah is killed by Jehu. Athaliah's Usurpation H-. CHRONICLES 22.8—23.12
ziah was of God, in that he went
unto Joram: for when he was come^
he went out with Jehoram against
Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Je-
hovah had anointed to cut off the
house of Ahab. 8 And it came
to pass, when Jehu was executing
judgment upon the house of Ahab,
that he found the princes of Judah,
and the sons of the brethren of
Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah,
and slew them. 9 And he sought
Ahaziah, and they caught him (now
he was hiding in 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 Jehovah 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 ^Jehoshabeath, 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 Jeho-
shabeath, the daughter of king
Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the
ipriest (for she was the sister of
Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah,
so that she slew him not. 12 And
he was with them hid in the house
of God six years: and Athaliah
reigned over the land.
OO And in the seventh year
«0 Jehoiada strengthened him-
self, and took the captains of hun-
dreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham,
and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan,
md Azariah the son of Obed, and
llVIaaseiah the son of Adaiah, and
Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into
covenant with him. 2 And they
ivent about in Judah, and gathered
:he Levites out of all the cities
)f Judah, and the heads of fathers'
louses of Israel, and they came to
Terusalem. 3 And all the assembly
made a covenant with the king in
the house of God. And he said
unto them. Behold, the king's son
shall reign, as Jehovah hath spoken
concerning the sons of David. 4
This is the thing that ye shall do:
a third part of you, that come in
on the sabbath, of the priests and of
the Levites, shall be porters of the
thresholds; 5 and a third part shall
be at the king's house; and a third
part at the gate of the foundation:
and all the people shall be in the
courts of the house of Jehovah.
6 But let none come into the house
of Jehovah, save the priests, and
they that minister of the Levites;
they shall come in, for they are
holy: but all the people shall keep
the charge of Jehovah. 7 And the
Levites shall compass the king round
about, every man with his weapons
in his hand; and whosoever cometh
into the house, let him be slain:
and be ye with the king when he
cometh in, and when he goeth out.
8 So the Levites and all Judah
did according to all that Jehoiada
the priest commanded: and they
took every man his men, those
that were to come in on the sab-
bath, with those that were to go
out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada
the priest dismissed not the courses.
9 And Jehoiada the priest delivered
to the captains of 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 ^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, Long
live the king.
12 And when Athaliah heard the
Or, And there was none of the house of Ahaziah that
pmvcr b'c. \ * Heb. shoulder.
In 2 K. 11. 2, Jehoshcba. ^ Or, chamber for the beds 5 Or, put upon him the crown and the testimony
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II. CHRONICLES 23.13 — 24.11 Athallah slain. Baal worship abolished. Joash's Reign
noise ^of the people running and
praising the king, she came to the
people into the house of Jehovah:
13 and she looked, and, behold, the
king stood by his pillar at the en-
trance, and the captains and the
trumpets by the king; and all the
people of the land rejoiced, and
blew trumpets; the singers also
played on instruments of music,
and led the singing of praise. Then
Athaliah rent her clothes, and said.
Treason ! treason ! 14 And Jehoiada
the priest brought out the captains
of hundreds that were set over the
host, and said unto them. Have
her forth between the ranks; and
whoso followeth her, let him be
slain with the sword: for the priest
said, Slay her not in the house of
Jehovah. 15 So they made way
for her; and she went to the entrance
of the horse gate to the king's
house: and they slew her there.
16 And Jehoiada made a cove-
nant between himself, and all the
people, and the king, that they
should be Jehovah's people. 17
And all the people went to the
house of Baal, and brake it down,
and brake his altars and his im-
ages in pieces, and slew Mattan
the priest of Baal before the altars.
18 And Jehoiada appointed the
^officers of the house of Jehovah
under the hand of the priests the
Levites, whom David had distributed
in the house of Jehovah, to offer the
burnt-offerings of Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, that none
that was unclean in anything should
enter in. 20 And he took the cap-
tains of hundreds, and the nobles,
and the governors of the people, and
all the people of the land, and
brought down the king from the
house of Jehovah: and they came
through the upper gate unto the
1 Or, of the people, of the guard, and of those who praised
the king " Heb. offices. ^ Heb. by the hands of David.
king's house, and set the king upon
the throne of the kingdom. 21 So
all the people of the land rejoiced,
and the city was quiet. And Atha-
liah they had slain with the sword.
O yl Joash was seven years
^^ old when he began to reign;
and he reigned forty years in Je-
rusalem: and his mother's name
was Zibiah, of Beer-sheba. 2 And
Joash did that which was right
in the eyes of Jehovah all the days
of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Je-
hoiada took for him two wives;
and he begat sons and daughters.
4 And it came to pass after this,
that Joash was minded to restore
the house of Jehovah. 5 And he
gathered together the priests and
the Levites, and said to them, Go
out unto the cities of Judah, and
gather of all Israel money to re-
pair the house of your God from
year to year; and see that ye
hasten the matter. Howbeit the
Levites hastened it not. 6 And
the king called for Jehoiada the
chief, and said unto him. Why hast
thou not required of the Levites to
bring in out of Judah and out of
Jerusalem the tax of Moses the
servant of Jehovah, and of the as-
sembly ^oi 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 Jehovah did they bestow
upon the Baalim.
8 So the king commanded, and
they made a chest, and set it with-
out at the gate of the house of
Jehovah. 9 And they made a pro-
clamation through Judah and Je-
rusalem, to bring in for Jehovah
the tax that Moses the servant of
God laid upon Israel in the wilder-
ness. 10 And all the princes and
all the people rejoiced, and brought
in, and cast into the chest, until
they had made an end. 11 And it
was so, that, at what time the chest
was brought unto the king's ^offi-
< Or, for Israel b Heb. ofice.
508
Jof^sh repairs the Temple. He is humbled and assassinated H. CHRONICLES 24.12 24.27
cers %y the hand of the Levites,
and when they saw that there was
much money, the king's ^scribe and
to
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 Jehoiada gave it
to such as did the work of the ser-
vice of the house of Jehovah; and
they hired masons and carpenters
to restore the house of Jehovah,
and also such as wrought iron and
brass to repair the hpuse of Jeho-
vah. 13 So the workmen wrought,
and ^the work of repairing went
forward in their hands, and they
set up the house of God ^in its
state, and strengthened it. 14 And
when they had made an end, they
brought the rest of the money be-
fore the king and Jehoiada, whereof
ere made vessels for the house of
ehovah, even vessels wherewith to
minister and Ho offer, and spoons,
and vessels of gold and silver. And
they offered burnt-offerings in the
house of Jehovah continually all
the days of Jehoiada.
15 But Jehoiada waxed old and
was full of days, and he died; a
hundred and thirty years old was
he when he died. 16 And they
buried him in the city of David
among the kings, because he had
done good in Israel, and toward
God and his house. 17 Now after
the death of Jehoiada came the
princes of Judah, and made obei-
sance to the king. Then the king
hearkened unto them. 18 And they
forsook the house of Jehovah, the
God of their fathers, and served the
Asherim and the idols: and wrath
came upon Judah and Jerusalem
for this their guiltiness. 19 Yet he
sent prophets to them, to bring
them again unto Jehovah; and they
testified against them: but they
would not give ear.
1 Or, which was under the hand 2 Qr, secretary
' Heb. healing went up upon the work.
■I Or, according to the proportion thereof
^ Or, pestles
20 And the Spirit of God ^came
upon Zechariah the son of Je-
hoiada the priest; and he stood
above the people, and said unto
them, Thus saith God, Why trans-
gress ye the commandments of Je-
hovah, so that ye cannot prosper.?
because ye have forsaken Jehovah,
he hath also forsaken you. 21 And
they conspired against him, and
stoned him with stones at the
commandment of the king in the
court of the house of Jehovah. 22
Thus Joash the king remembered
not the kindness which Jehoiada his
father had done to him, but slew
his son. And when he died, he
said, Jehovah look upon it, and
require it.
23 And it came to pass at the
^end of the year, that the army
of the Syrians came up against
him: and they came to Judah and
Jerusalem, and destroyed all the
princes of the people from among
the people, and sent all the spoil
of them unto the king of Damas-
cus. 24 For the army of the
Syrians came with a small com-
pany of men; and Jehovah de-
livered a very great host into their
hand, because they had forsaken
Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So
they executed ^judgment upon Joash.
25 And when they were departed
from him (for they left him very
sick), his own servants conspired
against him for the blood of the
^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 con-
spired against him: ^^Zabad the
son of Shimeath the Ammonitess,
and Jehozabad the son of ^^Shim-
rith the Moabitess. 27 Now con-
cerning his sons, and the greatness
of the burdens ^Haid upon him, and
the ^^rebuilding of the house of
6 Heb. clothed itself with. ^ Heb. revolution.
8 Heb. judgments.
9 The Vulg. and some editions of Sept. read, son.
10 In 2 K. 12. 21, Jozacar. " In 2 K. 12, 21, Shomer.
12 Or, uttered against i^ Heb. founding.
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II. CHRONICLES 25.1 — 25.17 Amaziah reigns. He smites Edom; is rebuked for Idolatry
God, behold, they are written in the
commentary of the book of the
kings. And Amaziah his son
reigned in his stead.
Q ^ Amaziah was twenty and
^<J five years old when he began
to reign; and he reigned twenty
and nine years in Jerusalem: and
his mother's name was Jehoaddan,
of Jerusalem. 2 And he did that
which was right in the eyes of Je-
hovah, but not with a perfect heart.
3 Now it came to pass, when the
kingdom was established unto him,
that he slew his servants that had
killed the king his father. 4 But
he put not their children to death,
but did according to that which is
written in the law in the book of
Moses, as Jehovah commanded, say-
ing. The fathers shall not die for
the children, neither shall the chil-
dren die for the fathers; but every
man shall die for his own sin.
5 Moroover Amaziah gathered
Judah together, and ordered them
according to their fathers' houses,
under captains of thousands and
captains of hundreds, even all Ju-
dah and Benjamin: and he num-
bered them from twenty years old
and upward, and found them three
hundred thousand chosen men, able
to go forth to war, that could handle
spear and shield. 6 He hired also
a hundred thousand mighty men of
valor out of Israel for a hundred
talents of silver. 7 But there came
a man of God to him, saying, O
king, let not the army of Israel go
with thee; for Jehovah is not with
Israel, to wit, with all the chil-
dren of Ephraim. 8 But ^if thou
wilt go, do valiantly, be strong for
the battle: God will cast thee
down before the enemy ; for God
hath power to help, and to cast
down. 9 And Amaziah said to
the man of God, But what shall
we do for the hundred talents
which I have given to the ^army
of Israel? And the man of God
answered, Jehovah is able to give
' Or, gu thou
Ilcb. troop.
thee much more than this. 10
Then Amaziah separated them, to
wit, the ^army that was come to
him out of Ephraim, to go home
again: wherefore their anger was
greatly kindled against Judah, and
they returned home in fierce anger.
11 And Amaziah took courage, and
led forth his people, and went to
the Valley of Salt, and smote of
the children of Seir ten thousand.
12 And other ten thousand did the
children of Judah carry away alive,
and brought them unto the top of
^the rock, and cast them down from
the top of ^the rock, so that they
were all broken in pieces. 13 But
'^the men of the army whom Amaziah
sent back, that they should not go
with him to battle, fell upon the
cities of Judah, from Samaria even
unto Beth-horon, and smote of
them three thousand, and took
much spoil.
14 Now it came to pass, after
that Amaziah was come from the
slaughter of the Edomites, that
he brought the gods of the chil-
dren of Seir, and set them up to
be his gods, and bowed down him-
self before them, and burned in-
cense unto them. 15 Wherefore
the anger of Jehovah was kindled
against Amaziah, and he sent unto
him a prophet, who said unto him.
Why hast thou sought after the
gods of the people, which have not
delivered their ow^n people out of
thy hand? 16 And it came to
pass, as he talked with him, that
the king said unto him. Have we
made thee of the king's counsel?
forbear; why shouldest thou be
smitten? Then the prophet for-
bare, and said, I know that God
hath determined to destroy thee,
because thou hast done this, 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.
3 Or, Sela
* llcb. the sons of the troop.
510.
Amaziah defeated. He is assassinated. Uzziah's Reign II. CHRONICLES 25.18 26.11
18 And Joash king of Israel sent to
Amaziah king of Judah, saying,
The ^thistle that was in Lebanon
sent to the cedar that was in Leba-
non, saying. Give thy daughter to
my son to wife: and there passed by
a wild beast that was in Lebanon,
and trod down the thistle. 19
Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten
Edom; and thy heart lifteth thee
up to boast: abide now at home; why
shouldest thou ^meddle to thy hurt,
that thou shouldest "fall, even thou,
and Judah with thee?
20 But Amaziah would not hear;
for it was of God, that he might
deliver them into the hand of their
enemies, because they had sought
after the gods of Edom. 21 So
Joash king of Israel went up; and
he and Amaziah king of Judah
looked one another in the face at
Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to
Judah. 22 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 Jehoahaz, at
Beth-shemesh, and brought him
to Jerusalem, and brake down the
wall of Jerusalem from the gate of
Ephraim unto Hhe corner gate, four
hundred cubits. 24 And he took
all the gold and silver, and all the
vessels that were found in the
house of God with Obed-edom,
and the treasures of the king's
house, the hostages also, and re-
turned to Samaria.
25 And Amaziah the son of
Joash king of Judah lived after
the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz
king of Israel fifteen years. 26
Now the rest of the acts of Ama-
ziah, first and last, behold, are
they not written in the book of the
kings of Judah and Israel.^ 27
Now from the time that Amaziah
did turn away from following Je-
hovah they made a conspiracy
against him in Jerusalem; and he
1 Or, thorn
« So in 2 K. 14. 13.
2 Or, -provoke calamity
The text has, the gale that looketh.
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 '^the city of Judah.
O/Z* And all the people of Ju-
^vJ dah took ^Uzziah, who was
sixteen years old, and made him
king in the room of his father
Amaziah. 2 He built Eloth, and
restored it to Judah, after that the
king slept with his fathers. 3 Six-
teen 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 Jeru-
salem. 4 And he did that which was
right in the eyes of Jehovah, accord-
ing to all that his father Amaziah
had done. 5 And he set himself to
seek God in the days of Zechariah,
who ^had understanding in ^the
vision of God: and as long as he
sought Jehovah, God made him to
prosper.
6 And he went forth and warred
against the Philistines, and brake
down the wall of Gath, and the
wall of Jabneh, and the wall of
Ashdod; and he built cities in the
country of Ashdod, and among the
Philistines. 7 And God helped him
against the Philistines, and against
the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-
baal, and the Meunim. 8 And
the Ammonites gave tribute to
Uzziah: and his name spread abroad
even to the entrance of Egypt; for
he waxed exceeding strong. 9 More-
over Uzziah built towers in Jerusa-
lem 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 wilder-
ness, and hewed out many cisterns,
for he had much cattle; in the low-
land also, and in the ^plain: and he
had husbandmen and vinedressers in
the mountains and in ^the fruitful
fields; for he loved husbandry. 11
Moreover Uzziah had an army of
fighting men, that went out to
4 In 2 K. 14. 20, the city of David. « Or, gave instruction
8 In 2 K. 14. 21, Azariah. "> Heb. the seeing.
8 Or, table-land » Or, Carmel See 1 S. 25. 2.
511
II. CHRONICLES 26.12 — 27.7 Uzzlah's wars. His Leprosy. Jotham's Reign
war by bands, according to the
number of their reckoning made
by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah
the officer, under the hand of Han-
aniah, one of the king's captains.
12 The whole number of the heads
of fathers' houses, even the mighty
men of valor, was two thousand
and six hundred. 13 And under
their hand was ^an army, three
hundred thousand and seven thou-
sand and five hundred, that made
war with 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 Je-
rusalem engines, invented by skilful
men, to be on the towers and upon
the ^battlements, wherewith to shoot
arrows and great stones. And his
name spread far abroad; for he was
marvellously helped, till he was
strong.
. 16 But when he was strong,
his heart was lifted up, ^so that he
did corruptly, and he trespassed
against Jehovah his God; for he
went into the temple of Jehovah
to burn incense upon the altar of
incense. 17 And Azariah the priest
went in after him, and with him
fourscore priests of Jehovah, that
were valiant men: 18 and they
withstood Uzziah the king, and
said unto him. It pertaineth not
unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense
unto Jehovah, but to the priests
the sons of Aaron, that are con-
secrated to burn incense: go out
of the sanctuary; for thou hast
trespassed; neither shall it be for
thine honor from Jehovah 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 Jehovah,
beside the altar of incense. 20 And
1 Heb. the power of an army,
3 Or, to his destruction
2 Or, corner towers
< Heb. rose (as the sun). ^ Or, infirmary
512
Azariah the chief priest, and all
the priests, looked upon him, and,
behold, he was leprous in his fore-
head, and they thrust him out
quickly from thence; yea, himself
hasted also to go out, because Je-
hovah had smitten him. 21 And
Uzziah the king was a leper unto
the day of his death, and dwelt in
a ^separate house, being a leper;
for he was cut off from the house
of Jehovah: and Jotham his son
was over the king's house, judging
the people of the land. 22 Now
the rest of the acts of Uzziah,
first and last, did Isaiah the prophet,
the son of Amoz, write. 23 So
Uzziah slept with his fathers; and
they buried him with his fathers in
the field of burial which belonged
to the kings; for they said. He is a
leper: and Jotham his son reigned
in his stead.
C\^ Jotham was twenty and
^ I five years old when he be-
gan to reign; and he reigned six-
teen years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Jerushah the
daughter of Zadok. 2 And he did
that which was right in the eyes of
Jehovah, according to all that his
father Uzziah had done: howbeit
he entered not into the temple of
Jehovah. And the people did yet
corruptly. 3 He built the upper
gate of the house of Jehovah, and
on the wall of Ophel he built much.
4 Moreover he built cities in the
hill-country of Judah, and in the
forests he built castles and towers.
5 He fought also with the king
of the children of Ammon, and pre-
vailed against them. And the chil-
dren of Ammon gave him the same
year a hundred talents of silver,
and ten thousand ^measures of wheat,
and ten thousand of barley. So
much did the children of Ammon
render unto him, in the second
year also, and in the third. 6 So
Jotham became mighty, because
he ordered his ways before Jehovah
his God. 7 Now the rest of the
4
(
6 Heb. cors.
Reign of Ahaz. War with Syria and Israel
acts of Jotham, and all his wars,
and his ways, behold, they are
written in the book of the kings
oi Israel and Judah. 8 He was
five and tv/enty years old when he
began to reign, and reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem. 9 And Jotham
slept wdth his fathers, and they
buried him in the city of David:
and Ahaz his son reigned in his
28
Ahaz was twenty years
old when he began to reign;
and he reigned sixteen years in
Jerusalem: and he did not that
which v/as right in the eyes of
Jehovah, 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
valley of the son of Hinnom, and
burnt his children in the fire, ac-
cording to the abominations of
the nations whom Jehovah cast
out before the children of Israel.
4 And he sacrificed and burnt in-
cense in the high places, and on the
hills, and under every green tree.
5 Wherefore Jehovah his God
delivered him into the hand of
the king of Syria; and they smote
him, and carried away of his a
great multitude of captives, and
brought them to Damascus. iVnd
he was also delivered into the hand
of the king of Israel, who smote
him with a great slaughter. 6 For
Pekah the son of Remaliah slew
in Judah a hundred and twenty
thousand in one day, all of them
valiant men; because they had
forsaken Jehovah, the God of their
fathers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty
man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah
the king's son, and Azrikam the
ruler of the house, and Elkanah
that was ^next to the king.
8 And the children of Israel
carried away captive of their breth-
ren two hundred thousand, women,
sons, and daughters, and took also
away much spoil from them, and
Heb. second.
17
II. CHRONICLES 27.8—28.17
brought the spoil to Samaria. 9
But a prophet of Jehovah was there,
whose name was Oded: and he went
out to meet the host that came to
Samaria, and said unto them. Be-
hold, because Jehovah, the God of
your fathers, was wroth with Judah,
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 bondmen and
bondwomen unto you: hut are there
not even with you ^trespasses of
your own against Jehovah, your
God? 11 Now hear me therefore,
and send back the captives, that ye
have taken captive of your breth-
ren; for the fierce wrath of Jeho-
vah is upon you. 12 Then certain of
the heads of the children of Ephraim,
Azariah the son of Johanan, Bere-
chiah the son of Meshillemoth,
and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum,
and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood
up against them that came from
the war, 13 and said unto them.
Ye shall not bring in the captives
hither: for ye purpose that which
will bring upon us ^a trespass
against Jehovah, to add unto our
sins and to our ^trespass; for our
^trespass is great, and there is
fierce wrath against Israel. 14 So
the armed men left the captives
and the spoil before the princes and
all the assembly. 15 And the men
that have been mentioned by name
rose up, and took the captives, and
with the spoil clothed all that were
naked among them, and arrayed
them, and shod them, and gave
them to eat and to drink, and an-
ointed them, and carried all the
feeble of them upon asses, and
brought them to Jericho, the city
of palm-trees, unto theii brethren:
then they returned to Samaria.
16 At that time did king Ahaz
send unto the %ings of Assyria to
help him. 17 For again the Edom-
2 Heb. guiltinesses. ^ Or, guilt
* Ace. to Sept., Viilg., and Syr., king.
513
II. CHRONICLES 28.18 29.11 Alliance of Ahaz with Assyria. Hezekiah's Reiitn
ites had come and smitten Judah,
and carried away ^captives. 18 The
Philistines also had invaded the
cities of the lowland, and of the
South of Judah, and had taken
Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and
Gederoth, and Soco with the ^towns
thereof, and Timnah with the
^towns thereof, Gimzo also and
the ^towns thereof: and they dwelt
there. 19 For Jehovah brought Judah
low because of Ahaz king of Israel ; for
he had Mealt wantonly in Judah,
and trespassed sore against Jehovah.
20 And Tilgath-pilneser king of
Assyria came ^unto him, and dis-
tressed him, but ^strengthened him
not. 21 For Ahaz took away a
portion out of the house of Jehovah,
and out of the house of the king and
of the princes, and gave it unto the
king of Assyria: but it helped him
not.
22 And in the time ^of his dis-
tress did he trespass yet more
against Jehovah, this same king
Ahaz. 23 For he sacrificed unto
the gods of ^Damascus, which smote
him; and he said. Because the gods
of the kings of Syria helped them,
therefore will I 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 vessels of the house
of God, and shut up the doors of
the house of Jehovah; and he
made him altars in every corner
of Jerusalem. 25 And in every
city of Judah he made high places
to burn incense unto other gods,
and provoked to anger Jehovah,
the God of his fathers. 26 Now
the rest of his acts, and all his
ways, first and last, behold, they
are written in the book of the
kings of Judah and Israel. 27
And Ahaz slept with his fathers,
and they buried him in the city,
even in Jerusalem; for they brought
1 Heb, a captivity. s Or, prevailed not against him
' Hi;b. dauihte -a. s Qr, that he distressed him
3 Or, cast away restraint ' Heb. Darmesek.
* Or, agains,
him not into the sepulchres of the
kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his
son reigned in his stead.
OQ Hezekiah began to reign
^ i/ when he was five and twenty
years old; and he reigned nine and
twenty years in Jerusalem: and
his mother's name was Abijah, the
daughter of Zechariah. 2 And he
did that which was right in the
eyes of Jehovah, according to all
that David his father had done.
3 He in the first year of his reign,
in the first month, opened the
doors of the house of Jehovah, and
repaired them. 4 And he brought
in the priests and the Levites, and
gathered them together into the
broad place on the east, 5 and said
unto them. Hear me, ye Levites;
now sanctify yourselves, and sanc-
tify the house of Jehovah, the God
of your fathers, and carry forth the
filthiness out of the holy place.
6 For our fathers have trespassed,
and done that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah our God, and have
forsaken him, and have turned
away their faces from the habita-
tion of Jehovah, and turned their
backs. 7 Also they have shut up
the doors of the porch, and put out
the lamps, and have not burned
incense nor offered burnt-offerings
in the holy place unto the God of
Israel. 8 Wherefore the wrath of
Jehovah was upon Judah and Je-
rusalem, and he hath delivered
them to be Hossed to and fro, to
be an astonishment, and a hissing,
as ye see with your eyes. 9 For,
lo, our fathers have fallen by the
sword, and our sons and our daugh-
ters and our wives are in captivity
for this. 10 Now it is in my heart
to make a covenant with Jehovah,
the God of Israel, that his fierce
anger may turn awaj^ from us.
11 My sons, be not now negligent;
for Jehovah hath chosen you to
stand before him, to minister unto
him, and that ye should be his
ministers, and burn incense.
8 Or, a terror
514
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II. CHRONICLES 29.12—29.30
12 Then the Levites arose, Ma- and seven lambs, and seven he-
hath, the son of Amasai, and Joel t goats, for a sin-offering for the
the son of Azariah, of the sons of kingdom and for the sanctuary
the Kohathites; and of the sons
of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi,
and Azariah the son of Jehallelel;
and of the Gershonites, Joah the
son of Zimmah, and Eden the son
of Joah; 13 and of the sons of
Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and
of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah
and Mattaniah; 14 and of the
sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei;
and of the sons of Jeduthun, She-
maiah and Uzziel. 15 And they
gathered their brethren, and sanc-
tified themselves, and went in, ac-
cording to the commandment of
the king by the words of Jehovah,
to cleanse the house of Jehovah.
16 And the priests went in unto
the inner part of the house of Je-
hovah, to cleanse it, and brought
out all the uncleanness that they
found in the temple of Jehovah
into the court of the house of Jeho-
vah. And the Levites took it, to
carry it out abroad to the brook
Kidron. 17 Now they began on
the first day of the first month to
sanctify, and on the eighth day of
the month came they to the porch
of Jehovah; and they sanctified
the house of Jehovah in eight days:
and on the sixteenth day of the
first month they made an end.
18 Then they went in to Heze-
kiah the king within the palace,
and said. We have cleansed all
the house of Jehovah, and the altar
of burnt-offering, with all the
vessels thereof, and the table of
showbread, with all the vessels
thereof. 19 Moreover all the ves-
sels, which king Ahaz in his reign
did cast away when he trespassed,
have we prepared and sanctified;
and, behold, they are before the
altar of Jehovah.
20 Then Hezekiah the king arose
early, and gathered the princes of
the city, and went up to the house
of Jehovah. 21 And they brought
seven bullocks, and seven rams,
515
and for Judah. And he com-
manded the priests the sons of Aaron
to offer them on the altar of Jeho-
vah. 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 assembly; and they laid their
hands upon them: 24 and the
priests killed them, and they made
a sin-offering with their blood upon
the altar, to make atonement for
all Israel; for the king commanded
that the burnt-offering and the
sin-offering should he made for all
Israel.
25 And he set the Levites in
the house of Jehovah with cym-
bals, with psalteries, and with harps,
according to the commandment of
David, and of Gad the king's seer,
and Nathan the prophet; for the
commandment was of Jehovah by
his prophets. 26 And the Levites
stood with the instruments of David,
and the priests with the trumpets.
27 And Hezekiah commanded to
offer the burnt-offering upon the
altar. And when the burnt-offer-
ing began, the song of Jehovah
began also, and the trumpets, to-
gether with the instruments of Da-
vid king of Israel. 28 And all the
assembly worshipped, and the sing-
ers sang, and the trumpeters
sounded; all this cofitinued until
the burnt-oft'ering 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
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the
princes commanded the Levites to
sing praises unto Jehovah with the
words of David, and of Asaph the
seer. And they sang praises with
II. CHRONICLES 29.31— 30.12
All Israel and Judah summoned to keep the Passover
gladness, and they bowed their gether to Jerusalem. 4 And the
heads and worshipped. thing was right in the eyes of the
31 Then Hezekiah answ^ered and king and of all the assembly. 5 So
said, Now ye have ^consecrated they established a decree to make
yourselves unto Jehovah; come near proclamation throughout all Israel,
and bring sacrifices and thank- from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that
offerings into the house of Jeho- they should come to keep the pass-
vah. And the assembly brought over unto Jehovah, the God of
in sacrifices and thank-offerings; | Israel, at Jerusalem: for they had
and as many as were of a w illing | not kept it ^in great numbers in
heart brought burnt-offerings. 32 i such sort as it is written. 6 So
And the number of the burnt-offer- [ the posts went w^th the letters
ings which the assembly brought
was threescore and ten bullocks,
a hundred rams, and two hundred
lambs: all these were for a burnt-
offering to Jehovah. 33 And the
consecrated things were six hun-
dred oxen and three thousand sheep.
34 But the priests were too few, so
that they could not flay all the
burnt-offerings : wherefore their
brethren the Levites did help them,
till the work was ended, and until
the priests had sanctified them-
selves; for the Levites were more
upright in heart to sanctify them-
selves than the priests. 35 And
also the burnt-offerings were in
abundance, with the fat of the
peace-offerings, and with the drink-
from the king and his princes
throughout all Israel and Judah,
and according to the command-
ment of the king, saying. Ye chil-
dren of Israel, turn again unto
Jehovah, the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Israel, that he may
return to the remnant that are
escaped of you out of the hand
of the kings of Assyria. 7 And
be not ye like your fathers, and
like your brethren, who trespassed
against Jehovah, the God of their
fathers, so that he gave them up
Ho desolation, as ye see. 8 Now
be ye not stiffnecked, as your fa-
thers w^ere; but ^yield yourselves
unto Jehovah, and enter into his
sanctuary, which he hath sanctified
off erings for every burnt-offering. So for ever, and serve Jehovah your
the service of the house of Jehovah
was set in order. 36 And Hezekiah
rejoiced, and all the people, because
of that which God had prepared
for the people: for the thing was
done suddenly.
OCi And Hezekiah sent to all
Ov/ Israel and Judah, and wrote
letters also to Ephraim and Manas-
seh, that they should come to the
house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to
keep the passover unto Jehovah,
the God of Israel. 2 For the king
had taken counsel, and his princes,
and all the assembly in Jerusalem,
to keep the passover in the second
month. 3 For they could not keep
it at that time, because the priests
had not sanctified themselves in
sufficient number, neither had the
people gathered themselves to-
* Heb. filled your hand.
516
God, that his fierce anger may
turn away from you. 9 For if
ye turn again unto Jehovah, your
brethren and your children shall
find compassion before them that
led them captive, and shall come
again into this land: for Jehovah
your God is gracious and merciful,
and will not turn away his face
from you, if ye return unto him.
10 So the posts passed from city
to city through the country of
Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto
Zebulun: but they laughed them
to scorn, and mocked them. 11
Nevertheless certain men of Asher
and Manasseh and cf Zebulun hum-
bled themselves, and came to Jeru-
salem. 12 Also upon Judah came
the hand of God to give them one
- Or, of a long time
* Heb. give the hand.
' Or, tu be an astonishmen'
The Passover kept. Idolatry abolished
heart, to do the commandment of
the king and of the princes by the
word of Jehovah.
13 And there assembled at Jeru-
salem much people to keep the feast
of unleavened bread in the second
month, a very great assembly. 14
And they arose and took away
the altars that were in Jerusalem,
and all the ^altars for incense took
they away, and cast them into
the brook Kidron. 15 Then they
killed the passover on the four-
teenth day ,of the second month:
and the priests and the Levites
were ashamed, and sanctified them-
selves, and brought burnt-offerings
into the house of Jehovah. 16 And
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 assembly that had not sanc-
tified themselves: therefore the Le-
vites had the charge of killing
the passovers for every one that
was not clean, to sanctify them
unto Jehovah. 18 For a multi-
tude of the people, even many of
Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar
and Zebulun, had not cleansed
themselves, yet did they eat the
passover otherwise than it is writ-
ten. For Hezekiah had prayed for
them, saying. The good Jehovah
pardon ^every one 19 that setteth
his heart to seek God, Jehovah,
the God of his fathers, though he
he not cleansed according to the
purification of the sanctuary. 20
And Jehovah hearkened to Heze-
kiah, 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 Le-
vites and the priests praised Je-
hovah day by day, singing with
loud instruments unto Jehovah. 22
And Hezekiah spake comfortably
unto all the Levites that had good
Or, vessels
IL CHRONICLES 30.13— 3L3
understanding in the service of Je-
hovah. So they did eat through-
out the feast for the seven days,
offering sacrifices of peace-offerings,
and ^making confession to Jeho-
vah, the God of their fathers.
23 And the whole assembly took
counsel to keep other seven days;
and they kept other seven days with
gladness. 24 For Hezekiah king
of Judah did give to the assembly
for offerings a thousand bullocks
and seven thousand sheep; and
the princes gave to the assembly
a thousand bullocks and ten thou-
sand sheep: and a great number
of priests sanctified themselves.
25 And all the assembly of Judah,
with the priests and the Levites,
and all the assembly that came
out of Israel, and the sojourners
that came out of the land of Israel,
and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
26 So there was great joy in Jeru-
salem; for since the time of Solo-
mon the son of David king of Israel
there was not the like in Jerusalem.
27 Then the priests the Levites
arose and blessed the people: and
their voice was heard, and their
prayer came up to his holy habita-
tion, even unto heaven.
Q1 Now when all this was
O 1 finished, all Israel that were
present went out to the cities of
Judah, and brake in pieces the
"^pillars, and hewed down the Ashe-
rim, and brake down the high places
and the altars out of all Judah and
Benjamin, in Ephraim also and
Manasseh, until they had destroyed
them all. Then all the children
of Israel returned, every man to
his possession, into their own cities.
2 And Hezekiah appointed the
courses of the priests and the Le-
vites after their courses, every man
according to his service, 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 Jehovah. 3 He appointed also
2 Or, him that setteth his whole heart ^ Or, giving thanks
517
Or, obelisks
Law concerning Offerings and Tithes
Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel,
and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and
Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath,
and Benaiah, were overseers under
the hand of Conaniah and Shimei
his brother, by the appointment of
Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the
ruler of the house of God. 14 And
Kore the son of Imnah the Levite,
the porter at the east gate, was
over the freewill-offerings of God, to
distribute the oblations of Jeho-
II. CHRONICLES 31.4—31.21
the king's portion of his substance
for the burnt-offerings, to wit, for
the morning and evening burnt-
offerings, and the burnt-offerings
for the sabbaths, and for the new
moons, and for the set feasts, as
it is written in the law of Jeho-
vah. 4 Moreover he commanded
the people that dwelt in Jerusalem
to give the portion of the priests
and the Levites, that they might
^give themselves to the law of
Jehovah. 5 And as soon as thejvah, and the most holy things,
commandment came abroad, the 15 And under him were Eden,
children of Israel gave in abun- and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and
dance the first-fruits of grain, new Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah,
wine, and oil, and honey, and of all in the cities of the priests, in their
the increase of the field; and the office of trust, to give to their
tithe of all things brought they in brethren by courses, as well to
abundantly. 6 And the children the great as to the small: 16 be-
of Israel and Judah, that dwelt sides them that were reckoned by
in the cities of Judah, they also genealogy of males, from three
brought in the tithe of oxen and years old and upward, even every
sheep, and the tithe of dedicated one that entered into the house of
things which were consecrated unto Jehovah, ^as the duty of every
Jehovah their God, and laid them day required, for their service in
by heaps. 7 In the third month their offices according to their
they began to lay the foundation courses; 17 and them that were
of the heaps, an'd finished them in reckoned by genealogy of the priests
the seventh month. 8 And when by their fathers' houses, and the
Hezekiah and the princes came and Levites from twenty years old and
saw the heaps, they blessed Jeho- upward, in their offices by their
vah, and his people Israel. 9 Then courses; 18 ^and them that were
Hezekiah questioned the priests and reckoned by genealogy of all their
the Levites concerning the heaps, little ones, their wives, and their
10 And Azariah the chief priest, I sons, and their daughters, through
of the house of Zadok, answered | all the congregation : for in their
him and said. Since the people o^qq of trust they sanctified them-
began to bring the oblations into '' selves in holiness. 19 Also for
the house of Jehovah, we have the sons of Aaron the priests, that
eaten and had enough, and have left
plenty: for Jehovah hath blessed
his people; and that which is left
is this great store.
11 Then Hezekiah commanded
to prepare chambers in the house
of Jehovah; and they prepared
them; 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
Heb. be stront in.
were in the fields of the suburbs of
their cities, in every city, there
were men that were mentioned by
name, to give portions to all the
males among the priests, and to
all that were reckoned by gene-
alogy among the Levites.
20 And thus did Hezekiah through-
out all Judah; and he wrought
that which was good and right and
^faithful before Jehovah his God.
21 And in every work that he began
- Or, for his daily portion
' Or, even to give lo them ifc.
Heb. faithfulness.
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Sennacherib invades Judah. He defies Hezekiah H. CHRONICLES 32.1 — 32.19
in the service of the house of God,
and in the law, and in the com-
mandments, to seek his God, he
did it with all his heart, and pros-
pered.
QQ After these things, and
O^ this faithfulness, Sennach-
erib king of Assyria came, and
entered into Judah, and encamped
against the fortified cities, and
thought Ho win them for himself.
2 And when Hezekiah saw that
Sennacherib was come, and that
%e 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 ^raised
it up to the towers, and ^the other
wall without, and strengthened Millo
in the city of David, and made
weapons and shields in abundance.
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 good courage, be not
afraid nor dismayed for the king of
Assyria, nor for all the multitude
that is with him; for ^there is a
greater with us than with him: 8
with him is an arm of flesh; but with
us is Jehovah our God to help us,
and to fight our battles. And the
people rested themselves upon the
words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
9 After this did Sennacherib king
of Assyria send his servants to
Jerusalem (now he was before La-
chish, and all his power with him),
unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and
unto all Judah that were at Jeru-
1 Heb. to break them up. 2 Heb. his face was to fight.
3 The Vulg. has, built towers thereon.
■> Or, another » Or, there are more
salem, saying, 10 Thus saith Sen-
nacherib king of Assyria, Whereon
do ye trust, that ye abide Hhe siege
in Jerusalem.^ 11 Doth not Heze-
kiah persuade you, to give you over
to die by famine and by thirst,
saying, Jehovah our God will de-
liver 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 com-
manded Judah and Jerusalem, say-
ing. Ye shall worship before one
altar, and upon it shall ye burn in-
cense.'^ 13 Know ye not what I and
my fathers have done unto all the
peoples of the lands? Were the
gods of the nations of the lands
in any wise able to deliver their
land out of my hand? 14 Who
was there among all the gods of
those nations which my fathers
^utterly destroyed, that could de-
liver his people out of my hand,
that your God should be able to
deliver you out of my hand? 15
Now therefore let not Hezekiah
deceive you, nor persuade you after
this manner, neither believe ye
him; for no god of any nation or
kingdom was able to deliver his
people out of my hand, and out of
the hand of my fathers: how much
less shall your ^God deliver you out
of my hand?
16 And his servants spake yet
more against Jehovah God, and
against his servant Hezekiah. 17
He wrote also ^letters, to rail on
Jehovah, the God of Israel, and
to speak against him, saying, As
the gods of the nations of the
lands, which have not dehvered
their people out of my hand, so
shall not the God of Hezekiah de-
Kver his people out of my hand.
18 And they cried with a loud
voice in the Jews' language unto
the people of Jerusalem that were
on the wall, to affright them, and
to trouble them; that they might
take the city. 19 And they spake
Or, in the stronghold
Or, gods
7 Heb. devoted.
» Or, a letter
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II. CHRONICLES 32.20 — 33.6 Sennachenb slain. Hezekiah's Death. Manasseh's Reign
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 Jehovah sent
an angel, who cut off all the mighty
men of valor, and 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 from his
own bowels ^slew him there with the
sword. 22 Thus Jehovah saved
Hezekiah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem from the hand of Sen-
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 Hezekiah also stopped
the upper spring of the waters of
Gihon, and brought them straight
down on the west side of the city
of David. And Hezekiah prospered
in all his works. 31 Howbeit in
the business of the '^ambassadors of
the princes of Babylon, 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, be-
hold, thev are written in the vision
nacherib the king of Assyria, and \ of Isaiah the prophet the son of
from the hand of all others, and Amoz, in the book of the kings of
guided them on every side. 23 j Judah and Israel. 33 And Heze-
And many brought gifts unto Je- 1 kiah slept with his fathers, and
hovah to Jerusalem, and precious j they buried him in the ascent of
things to Hezekiah king of Judah;
so that he was exalted in the sight
of all nations from thenceforth.
24 In those days Hezekiah was
sick even unto death : and he prayed
unto Jehovah; and he spake unto
him, and gave him a ^sign. 25 But
Hezekiah rendered not again ac-
cording to the benefit done unto him;
for his heart was lifted up : therefore
there was wrath upon him, and upon
Judah and Jerusalem. 26 Not-
withstanding Hezekiah humbled
himself for ^the pride of his heart,
both he and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, so that the wrath of
Jehovah came not upon them in
the days of Hezekiah.
27 And Hezekiah had exceeding
much riches and honor: and he
provided him treasuries for silver,
and for gold, and for precious
stones, and for spices and for
shields, and for all manner of
goodly vessels; 28 store-houses also
for the increase of grain and new
wine and oil; and stalls for all
manner of beasts, and flocks in
1 Heb. caused him to fall.
» Heb. the lifting up.
2 Or, wonder
the sepulchres of the sons of David:
and all Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem did him honor at his
death. And Manasseh his son
reigned in his stead.
Q Q Manasseh was twelve years
^O old when he began to reign;
and he reigned fifty and ^ve years
in Jerusalem. 2 And he did that
which was evil in the sight of Jeho-
vah, after the abominations of the
nations whom Jehovah cast out
before the children of Israel. 3 For
he built again the high places which
Hezekiah his father had broken
down; and he reared up altars for
the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and
worshipped all the host of heaven,
and served them. 4 And he built
altars in the house of Jehovah,
whereof Jehovah said. In Jeru-
salem shall my name be for ever.
5 And he built altars for all the
host of heaven in the two courts
of the house of Jehovah. 6 He
also made his children to pass
through the fire in the valley of
the son of Hinnom; and he prac-
tised augury, and used enchant-
* Heb. interpreters.
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Manasseh's Idolatry. His Punishment. Anion's Reign
II. CHRONICLES 33.7—33.25
ments, and practised sorcery, and
dealt with them that had famil-
iar spirits, and with wizards: he
wrought much evil in the sight of
Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
7 And he set the graven image of
the idol, which he had made, in the
house of God, of which God said to
David and to Solomon his son, In
this house, and in Jerusalem, which
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 com-
manded them, even all the law and
the statutes and the ordinances
given by Moses. 9 And Manasseh
Sjeduced Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, so that they did evil
more than did the nations whom
Jehovah destroyed before the chil-
dren of Israel.
10 And Jehovah spake to Ma-
nasseh, and to his people; but
they gave no heed. 11 Where-
fore Jehovah brought upon them
the captains of the host of the
king of Assyria, who took Manas-
seh ^in chains, and bound him
with fetters, and carried him to
Babylon. 12 And when he was in
distress, he besought Jehovah his
God, and humbled himself greatly
before the God of his fathers. 13
And he prayed unto him; and he
was entreated of him, and heard
his supplication, and brought him
again to Jerusalem into his king-
dom. Then Manasseh knew that
Jehovah he was God.
14 Now after this he built an
outer wall to the city of David, on
the west side of Gihon, in the val-
ley, even to the entrance at the
fish gate; and he compassed Ophel
about with it, and raised it up to
a very great height: and he put
^valiant captains in all the fortified
cities of Judah. 15 And he took
away the foreign gods, and the idol
- Or, captains of the army
521
» Or, with hooks
out of the house of Jehovah, and all
the altars that he had built in the
mount of the house of Jehovah,
and in Jerusalem, and cast them
out of the city. 16 And he ^built
up the altar of Jehovah, and offered
thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings
and of thanksgiving, and com-
manded Judah to serve Jehovah,
the God of Israel. 17 Neverthe-
less the people sacrificed still in
the high places, but only unto Je-
hovah their God.
18 Now the rest of the acts of
Manasseh, and his prayer unto his
God, and the words of the seers
that spake to him in the name of
Jehovah, the God of Israel, behold,
they are written among the acts of
the kings of Israel. 19 His prayer
also, and how God was entreated
of him, and all his sin and his tres-
pass, and the places wherein he
built high places, and set up the
Asherim and the graven images,
before he humbled himself, behold,
they are written in the history of
^Hozai. 20 So Manasseh slept w^ith
his fathers, and they buried him in
his own house: and Amon his son
reigned in his stead.
21 Amon was twenty and two
years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned two years in Jeru-
salem. 22 And he did that which
was evil in the sight of Jehovah,
as did Manasseh his father; and
Amon sacrificed unto all the graven
images which Manasseh his father
had made, and served them. 23
And he humbled not himself be-
fore Jehovah, as Manasseh his fa-
ther had humbled himself; but this
same Amon ^trespassed more and
more. 24 And his servants con-
spired against him, and put him to
death in his ow^n house. 25 But
the people of the land slew all them
that had conspired against king
Amon; and the people of the land
made Josiah his son king in his
stead.
3 According to another reading, prepared.
^ Or, the seers » Or, became guilty
II. CHRONICLES 34.1 34.19 Josiah's Reign. Hilkiah finds the Book of the Law
Q /J Josiah was eight years old
Ot^ 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 Jehovah, and walked in the ways
of David his father, and turned not
aside to the right hand or to the
left. 3 For in the eighth year of
his reign, while he was yet young,
he began to seek after the God of
David his father; and in the twelfth
year he began to purge Judah and
Jerusalem from the high places, and
the 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 strewed it upon
the graves of them that had sacri-
ficed unto them. 5 And he burnt
the bones of the priests upon their
altars, and purged Judah and Jeru-
salem. 6 And so did he in the cities
of Manasseh and Ephraim and
Simeon, even unto Naphtali, Hn
their ruins round about. 7 And he
brake down the altars, and beat the
Asherim and the graven images
into powder, and hewed down all
the sun-images throughout all the
land of Israel, and returned to
Jerusalem.
8 Now in the eighteenth year of
his reign, when he had purged the
land and the house, he sent Sha-
phan the son of Azaliah, and Maa-
seiah the governor of the city, and
Joah the son of Joahaz the ^re-
corder, to repair the house of Jeho-
vah his God. 9 And they came to
Hilkiah the high priest,*^ and de-
livered the money that was brought
into the house of God, which the
Levites, the keepers of the threshold,
had gathered of the hand of Manas-
seh and Ephraim, and of all the
remnant of Israel, and of all Judah
1 Or, as otherwise read, with their axes The Hebrew
obscure. 2 Or, chronicler
and Benjamin, ^and of the inhabi-
tants of Jerusalem. 10 And they
delivered it into the hand of the
workmen that had the oversight of
the house of Jehovah; and '^the work-
men that wrought in the house of
Jehovah gave it to mend and repair
the house: 11 even to the car-
penters and to the builders gave
they it, to buy hewn stone, and
timber for couplings, and to make
beams for the houses which the
kings of Judah had destroyed. 12
And the men did the work faith-
fully: and the overseers of them
were Jahath and Obadiah, the Le-
vites, of the sons of Merari; and
Zechariah and Meshullam, of the
sons of the Kohathites, ^to set it
forward; and others of the Levites,
all that were skilful with instru-
ments of music. 13 Also they were
over the bearers of burdens, and
set forward all that did the work
in every manner of service: and of
the Levites there were scribes, and
officers, and porters.
14 And when they brought out
the money that was brought into
the house of Jehovah, Hilkiah the
priest found the book of the law
of Jehovah ^ given by Moses. 15
And Hilkiah answered and said
to Shaphan the scribe, I have found
the book of the law in the house
of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered
the book to Shaphan. 16 And
Shaphan carried the book to the
king, and moreover brought back
word to the king, saying. All that
was committed to thy servants,
they are doing. 17 And they have
^emptied out the money that was
found in the house of Jehovah, and
have delivered it into the hand of
the overseers, and into the hand
of the workmen. 18 And Shaphan the
scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah
the priest hath delivered me a book.
And Shaphan read therein before
the king. 19 And it came to pass.
' Another reading is, and they returned to Jerusalem.
* Or, they gave it to the workmen &€. See 2 K. 22. 5.
5 Or, to preside over it
fl Heb. by the hand of. ■ Or, poured out
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when the king had heard the words
of the law, that he rent his clothes.
20 And the king commanded Ilil-
' kiah, and Ahikam the son of Sha-
phan, and ^Abdon the son of Micah,
and Shaphan the scribe, and Asa-
iah the king's servant, saying, 21
Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me,
and for them that are left in Israel
and in Judah, concerning the words
of the book that is found; for great
is the wrath of Jehovah that is
poured out upon us, because our
fathers have not kept the word of
Jehovah, to do according unto all
that is written in this book.
22 So Hilkiah, and they whom
the king hoA commanded^ went to
Huldah the prophetess, the wife
of Shallum the son of ^Tokhath,
the son of ^Hasrah, keeper of the
wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jeru-
salem in the ^second quarter); and
they spake to her to that effect.
23 And she said unto them, Thus
saith Jehovah, the God of Israel:
Tell ye the man that sent you unto
me, 24 Thus saith Jehovah, Be-
hold, I will bring evil upon this
place, and upon the inhabitants
thereof, even all the curses that
are written in the book which they
have read before the king of Judah.
25 Because they have forsaken
me, and have burned incense unto
other gods, that " they might pro-
voke me to anger with all the
works of their hands; therefore is
my 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 Jehovah,
thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith
Jehovah, the God of Israel: As
touching the words which thou
hast heard, 27 because thy heart
was tender, and thou didst humble
thyself before God, when thou
heardest his words against this
place, and against the inhabitants
thereof, and hast humbled thyself
before me, and hast rent thy clothes,
1 In 2 K. 22. 12, Achbor the son of Micaiah.
2 In 2 K. 22. 14. Tikvah.
3 In 2 K, 22. 14, Harhas. ' Heb. Mishneh.
and wept before me; I also have
heard thee, saith Jehovah. 28 Be-
hold, I will gather thee to thy
fathers, and thou shalt be gathered
to thy grave in peace, neither shall
thine eyes see all the evil that I will
bring upon this place, and upon
the inhabitants thereof. And they
brought back word to the king.
29 Then the king sent and gath-
ered together all the elders of
Judah and Jerusalem. 30 And the
king went up to the house of Je-
hovah, 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 cove-
nant that was found in the house of
Jehovah. 31 And the king stood
in his place, and made a covenant
before Jehovah, to walk after Je-
hovah, and to keep his command-
ments, 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 Jeru-
salem and Benjamin to stand to it.
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem
did according to the covenant of
God, the God of their fathers. 33
And Josiah took away all the abomi-
nations out of all the countries
that pertained to the children of
Israel, and made all that were
found in Israel to serve, even to
serve Jehovah their God. All his
days they departed not from fol-
lowing Jehovah, the God of their
fathers.
Q ^ And Josiah kept a pass-
OO over unto Jehovah in Jeru-
salem: and they killed the pass-
over on the fourteenth day of the
first month. 2 And he set the
priests in their offices, and en-
couraged them to the service of
the house of Jehovah. 3 And he
said unto the Levites that taught
all Israel, that were holy unto
Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the
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Description of the Passover kept by Josiah
house which Solomon the son of
David king of Israel did build;
there shall no more be a burden
upon your shoulders. Now serve
Jehovah your God, and his people
Israel; 4 and prepare yourselves
after your fathers' houses by your
courses, according to the writing
of David king of Israel, and ac-
cording to the writing of Solomon
his son. 5 And stand in the holy
place according to the divisions of
the fathers' houses of your breth-
ren the children of the people,
^and let there he for each a portion
of a father's house of the Levites.
6 And kill the passover, and sanc-
tify yourselves, and prepare for
your brethren, to do according to
the word of Jehovah by Moses.
7 And Josiah %ave to the chil-
dren of the people, of the flock,
lambs and kids, all of them for the
passover-offerings, unto all that were
present, to the number of thirty
thousand, and three thousand bul-
locks: these were of the king's
substance. 8 And his princes gave
^for a freewill -offering unto the
people, to the priests, and to the
Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and
Jehiel, the rulers of the house of
God, gave unto the priests for the
passover-offerings two thousand and
six hundred small cattle, and three
hundred oxen. 9 Conaniah also,
and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his
brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel
and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Le-
vites, gave unto the Levites, for the
passover-offerings five thousand
small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
10 So the service was prepared,
and the priests stood in their place,
and the Levites by their courses,
according to the king's command-
ment. 11 And they killed the pass-
over, and the priests sprinkled the
blood which they received of their
hand, and the Levites flayed them.
12 And they removed the burnt-
1 Or, and according to the distribution of each father's
house
2 Or, gave for offerings (and so in ver. 8, 9) See ch. 30. 24.
3 Or, wiUingly
offerings, that they might give them
according to the divisions of the
fathers' houses of the children of the
people, to offer unto Jehovah, 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 boiled they
in pots, and in caldrons, and in
pans, and carried them quickly to
all the children of the people.
14 And afterward they prepared
for themselves, and for the priests,
because the priests the sons of
Aaron were busied in offering the
burnt-offerings and the fat until
night: therefore the Levites pre-
pared for themselves, and for the
priests the sons of Aaron. 15 And
the singers the sons of Asaph were
in their place, according to the
commandment of David, and iVsaph,
and Heman, and Jeduthun the
king's seer; and the porters were at
every gate: they needed not to de-
part from their service; for their
brethren the Levites prepared for
them.
16 So all the service of Jehovah
was prepared the same day, to
keep the passover, and to offer
burnt-offerings upon the altar of
Jehovah, according to the com-
mandment of king Josiah. 17 And
the children of Israel that were
present kept the passover at that
time, and the feast of unleavened
bread seven days. 18 And there
was no passover like to that kept in
Israel from the days of Samuel the
prophet; neither did any of the kings
of Israel keep such a passover as
Josiah kept, and the priests, and
the Levites, and all Judah and
Israel that were present, and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19 In
the eighteenth year of the reign
of Josiah was this passover kept.
20 After all this, when Josiah
had prepared the temple, Neco
king of Egypt went up to fight
against Carchemish by the Eu-
phrates ; and Josiah went out against
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him. 21 But he sent ambassadors
to him, saying, What have I to do
with thee, thou king of Judah? /
come not against thee this day, but
against the house wherewith I have
war; and God ^hath commanded me
to make haste: forbear thee from
meddling with God, who is with me,
that he destroy thee not. 22 Never-
theless Josiah would not turn his
face from him; but disguised himself,
that he might fight with him, and
hearkened not unto the words of
Neco from the mouth of God, and
came to fight in the valley of Me-
giddo. 23 And the archers shot at
king Josiah; and the king said to
his servants. Have me away; for
1 am sore wounded. 24 So his ser-
vants took him out of the chariot,
and put him in the second chariot
that he had, and brought him to
Jerusalem; and he died, and was
buried in the sepulchres of his
fathers. And all Judah and Jeru-
salem mourned for Josiah. 25 And
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and
all the singing men and singing
women spake of Josiah in their
lamentations unto this day; and
they made them an ordinance in
Israel: and, behold, they are writ-
ten in the lamentations. 26 Now
the rest of the acts of Josiah, and
his good deeds, according to that
which is written in the law of
Jehovah, 27 and his acts, first and
last, behold, they are written in
the book of the kings of Israel and
Judah.
OC\ Then the people of the
OU land took Jehoahaz the son
of Josiah, and made him king
in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
2 Joahaz was twenty and 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
fined the land a hundred talents
of silver and a talent of gold. 4
And the king of Egypt made Elia-
kim his brother king over Judah
Or, hath given command to speed me
and Jerusalem, and changed his
name to Jehoiakim. 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
Jehovah his God. 6 Against him
came up Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon, and bound him in fetters,
to carry him to Babylon. 7 Nebu-
chadnezzar also carried of the ves-
sels of the house of Jehovah to
Babylon, and put them in his
^temple at Babylon. 8 Now the
rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and
his abominations which he did,
and that which was found ^in him,
behold, they are written in the
book of the kings of Israel and
Judah: . and '^Jehoiachin his son
reigned in his stead.
9 Jehoiachin was ^eight years
old when he began to reign; and
he reigned three months and ten
days in Jerusalem: and he did that
which was evil in the sight of Je-
hovah. 10 And at the return of
the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent,
and brought him to Babylon, with
the goodly vessels of the house of
Jehovah, and made Zedekiah his
brother king over Judah and Jeru-
salem.
11 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
Jehovah his God; he humbled not
himself before Jeremiah the prophet
speaking from the mouth of Jeho-
vah. 13 And he also rebelled against
king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made
him swear by God: but he stiffened
his neck, and hardened his heart
against turning unto Jehovah, the
God of Israel. 14 Moreover all the
chiefs of the priests, and the peo-
ple, trespassed very greatly after
2 Or, palace ^ Or, against
4 In 1 Chr. 3. 16, Jeconiah. In Jen 22. 24, Coniah.
5 In 2 K. 24. 8, eighteen. « Heb. strengthened.
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II. CHRONICLES 36.15— 36.23 The captivity begins. Cyrus decrees Rebuilding of Temple
all the abominations of the nations;
and they polluted the house of Je-
hovah which he had hallowed in
Jerusalem. 15 And Jehovah, the
God of their fathers, sent to them
by his messengers, rising up early
and sending, because he had com-
passion on his people, and on his
dwelling-place: 16 but they mocked
the messengers of God, and despised
his words, and scoffed at his proph-
ets, until the wrath of Jehovah
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 virgin, old
man or hoary-headed: he gave them
all into his hand. 18 And all
the vessels of the house of God,
great and small, and the treasures
of the house of Jehovah, 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
> Heb. healing.
palaces thereof with fire, and des-
troyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
20 And them that had escaped from
the sword carried he away to Baby-
lon; and they were servants to
him and his sons until the reign
of the kingdom of Persia: 21 to
fulfil the word of Jehovah by the
mouth of Jeremiah, until the land
had enjoyed its sabbaths: for as
long as it lay desolate it kept sab-
bath, to fulfil threescore and ten
years.
22 Now in the first year of ^Cyrus
king of Persia, that the word of
Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah
might be accomplished, Jehovah
stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of
Persia, so that he made a proclama-
tion throughout all his kingdom, and
put it also in writing, saying, 23
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia,
All the kingdoms of the earth hath
Jehovah, the God of heaven, given *
me; and he hath charged me to I
build him a house in Jerusalem,
which is in Judah. Whosoever there
is among you of all his people, Je-
hovah his God be with him, and
let him go up.
• 2 Heb. Coresh.
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Cyrus's Proclamation concerning the Temple
INow in the first year of
^Cyrus king of Persia, that the
word of Jehovah by the mouth of
Jeremiah might be accomplished,
Jehovah stirred up the spirit of
Cyrus king of Persia, so that he
made a proclamation throughout
all his kingdom, and put it also in
writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus
king of Persia, All the kingdoms of
the earth hath Jehovah, the God
of heaven, given me; and he hath
charged me to build him a house
1 Heb. Coresh.
in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
3 Whosoever there is among you
of all his people, his God be with
him, and let him go up to Jerusa-
lem, which is in Judah, and build
the house of Jehovah, the God of
Israel (%e is God), which is in
Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever is
left, in any place where he sojourn-
eth, let the men of his place help
him with silver, and with gold, and
with goods, and with beasts, be-
sides the freewill-offering for the
2 Or, he is the God who is in Jerusalem
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house of God which is in Jerusa-
lem.
5 Then rose up the heads of
fathers' houses of Judah and Ben-
jamin, and the priests, and the
Levites, even all whose spirit God
had stirred to go up to build the
house of Jehovah which is in Jeru-
salem. 6 And all they that were
round about them strengthened their
hands with vessels of silver, with
gold, with goods, and with beasts,
and with precious things, besides
all that was willingly offered. 7
Also Cyrus the king brought forth
the vessels of the house of Jehovah,
which Nebuchadnezzar had brought
forth out of Jerusalem, and had put
in the house of his gods; 8 even those
did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth
by the hand of Mithredath the treas-
urer, and numbered them unto
Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
9 And this is the number of them:
thirty platters of gold, a thousand
platters of silver, nine and twenty
knives, 10 thirty bowls of gold,
silver bowls of a second sort four
hundred and ten, and other ves-
sels a thousand. 11 All the vessels
of gold and of silver were ^ve thou-
sand and four hundred. All these
did Sheshbazzar bring up, when
they of the captivity were brought
up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
2 Now these are the children
of the province, that went up
out of the captivity of those that
had been carried away, whom ^Nebu-
chadnezzar the king of Babylon
had carried away unto Babylon,
and that returned unto Jerusalem
and Judah, every one unto his
city; 2 who came with Zerubba-
bel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, ^Seraiah,
^Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, ^Mis-
par, Bigvai, ^Rehum, Baanah.
The number of the men of the
people of Israel: 3 The children of
Parosh, two thousand a hundred
seventy and two. 4 The children
of Shephatiah, three hundred sev-
^ In Neh. 7, 7, Mispereih.
5 I« Neh. 7. 7, Nehum.
Heb. Nebuchadnezzor.
In Neh. 7. 7, Azariah.
In Neh. 7. 7. Raamiah.
enty 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 thousand eight hun-
dred and twelve. 7 The children
of Elam, a thousand two hundred
fifty and four. 8 The children of
Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
9 The children of Zaccai, seven hun-
dred and three score. 10 The chil-
dren of '^Bani, six hundred forty
and two. 11 The children of Be-
bai, six hundred twenty and three.
12 The children of Azgad, a thou-
sand two hundred twenty and two.
13 The children of Adonikam, six
hundred sixty and six. 14 The
children of Bigvai, two thousand
fifty and six. 15 The children of
Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
16 The children of Ater, of Heze-
kiah, ninety and eight. 17 The
children of Bezai, three hundred
twenty and three. 18 The chil-
dren of '^Jorah, a hundred and
twelve. 19 The children of Ha-
shum, two hundred twenty and
three. ^ 20 The children of ^Gib-
bar, ninety and five. 21 The chil-
dren of Beth-lehem, a hundred
twenty and three. 22 The men of
Netophah, fifty and six. 23 The
men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty
and eight. 24 The children of
^Azmaveth, forty and two. 25 The
children of ^^Kiriath-arim, Chephi-
rah, and Beeroth, seven hundred
and forty and three. 26 The chil-
dren of Ramah and Geba, six hun-
dred twenty and one. 27 The men
of Michmas, a hundred twenty and
two. 28 The men of Beth-el and
Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
29 The children of Nebo, fifty and
two. 30 The children of Magbish,
a hundred fifty and six. 31 The
children of the other Elam, a thou-
sand two hundred fifty and four.
32 The children of Harim, three
hundred and twenty. 33 The chil-
dren of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven
6 In Neh. 7. 15, Binnui. ? In Neh, 7. 24, Hariph.
8 In Neh. 7. 25, Giheon. » In Neh. 7. 28, Beth-azmaveth.
10 In Neh. 7. 29, Kmath-jeanm.
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EZRA 2.34—2.66
hundred twenty and ^ve. 34 The
children of Jericho, three hundred
forty and five. 35 The children of
Senaah, three thousand and six
hundred and thirty.
36 The priests: the children of
Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua
nine hundred seventy and thre^ .
37 The children of Immer, a tho._-
sand fifty and two. 38 The chil-
dren of Pashhur, a thousand two
hundred forty and seven. 39 The
children of Harim, a thousand and
seventeen.
40 The Levites: the children of
Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the chil-
dren of ^Hodaviah, seventy and
four. 41 The singers: the children
of Asaph, a hundred twenty and
eight. 42 The children of the por-
ters: the children of Shallum, the
children of Ater, the children of
Talmon, the children of Akkub,
the children of Hatita, the chil-
dren of Shobai, in all a hundred
thirty and nine.
43 The Nethinim: the children
of Ziha, the children of Hasupha,
the children of Tabbaoth, 44 the
children of Keros, the children of
^Siaha, the children of Padon, 45
the children of Lebanah, the chil-
dren of Hagabah, the children of
Akkub, 46 the children of Hagab,
the children of ^Shamlai, the chil-
dren of Hanan, 47 the children of
Giddel, the children of Gahar, the
children of Reaiah, 48 the children
of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
the children of Gazzam, 49 the
children of Uzza, the children of
Paseah, the children of Besai, 50
the children of Asnah, the children
of Meunim, the children of ^Ne-
phisim, 51 the children of Bakbuk,
the children of Hakupha, the chil-
dren of Harhur, 52 the children of
^Bazluth, the children of Mehida,
the children of Harsha, 53 the chil-
dren of Barkos, the children of
Sisera, the children of Temah, 54
1 In ch. 3. 9, Judah In Neh. 7. 43. Hodevah.
2 In Neh. 7. 47, Sia. 3 In Neh. 7. 48. Salmai.
* Another reading is, Nephusim. In Neh. 7. 52, A''^^-
hushesim. s In Neh. 7. 54, Bazlith.
List of those who returned from Babylon
the children of Neziah, the children
of Hatipha.
55 The children of Solomon's
servants: the children of Sotai,
the children of ^Hassophereth, the
children of ^Peruda, 56 the chil-
dren of Jaalah, the children of
Darkon, the children of Giddel,
57 the children of Shephatiah, the
children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children
of ^Ami. 58 All the Nethinim,
and the children of Solomon's ser-
vants, were three hundred ninety
and two.
59 And these were they that
went up from Tel-melah, Tel-har-
sha. Cherub, ^Addan, and Immer;
but they could not show their
fathers' houses, and their seed,
whether they were of Israel: 60
the children of Delaiah, the chil-
dren of Tobiah, the children of
Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
61 And of the children of the
priests: the children of ^^Habaiah,
the children of Hakkoz, the chil-
dren of Barzillai, who took a wife
of the daughters of Barzillai the
Gileadite, and was called after their
name. 62 These sought their regis-
ter among those that were reckoned
by genealogy, but they were not
found: therefore ^Vere they deemed
polluted and put from the priest-
hood. 63 And the governor said
unto them, that they should not
eat of the most holy things, till
there stood up a priest with tlrini
and with Thummim.
64 The whole assembly together
was forty and two thousand three
hundred and threescore, 65 besides
their men-servants and their maid-
servants, of whom there were seven
thousand three hundred thirty and
seven: and they had two hundred
singing men and singing women.
66 Their horses were seven hun-
dred thirty and six; their mules,
two hundred forty and five;
8 In Neh. 7. 57, Sophereth. ' In Neh. 7. 57, PeHda.
8 In Neh. 7. 59, Amon. » In Neh. 7, 61, Addon.
10 In Neh. 7. C3, Hobaiah.
" Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood.
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67 their camels, four hundred thirty
and five; their asses, six thousand
seven hundred and twenty.
68 And some of the heads of
fathers' houses^ when they came to
the house of Jehovah 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
^pounds of silver, and one hundred
priests' garments.
70 So the priests, and the Le-
vites, and some of the people, and
the singers, and the 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
brethren, and builded the altar of
the God of Israel, to offer burnt-
offerings thereon, as it is written in
the law of Moses the man of God.
3 And they set the altar ^upon its
base; for fear was upon them be-
cause of the peoples of the coun-
tries: and they offered burnt-offer-
ings thereon unto Jehovah, even
burnt-offerings morning and evening.
4 And they kept the feast of taber-
nacles, as it is written, and offered
the daily burnt-offerings by number,
according to the ordinance, as the
duty of every day required; 5 and
afterward the continual burnt-offer-
ing, and the offerings of the new
moons, and of all the set feasts of
Jehovah that were consecrated, and
of every one that willingly offered a
freewill-offering unto Jehovah. 6
From the first day of the seventh
month began they to offer burnt-
offerings unto Jehovah: but the
foundation of the temple of Jeho-
vah was not yet laid. 7 They
Heb. maneh.
Or, in its place.
gave money also unto the ^masons,
and to the carpenters; and food,
and drink, and oil, unto them of
Sidon, and to them of Tyre, 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
coming unto the house of God at
Jerusalem, in the second month,
began Zerubbabel the son of She-
altiel, and Jeshua the son of Joza-
dak, and the rest of their brethren
the priests and the Levites, and all
they that were come out of the
captivity unto Jerusalem, and ap-
pointed the Levites, from twenty
years old and upward, to %ave the
oversight of the work of the house
of Jehovah. 9 Then stood Jeshua
with his sons and his brethren,
Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of
^Judah, ^together, to have the over-
sight of the workmen in the house
of God: the sons of Henadad, with
their sons and their brethren the
Levites. 10 And when the build-
ers laid the foundation of the
temple of Jehovah, ^they set the
priests in their apparel with trum-
pets, and the Levites the sons of
Asaph with cymbals, to praise Je-
hovah, after the order of David
king of Israel. 11 And they sang
one to another in praising and giv-
ing thanks unto Jehovah, saying.
For he is good, for his loving-
kindness endureth for ever toward
Israel. And all the people shouted
with a great shout, when they
praised Jehovah, because the foun-
dation of the house of Jehovah
was laid. 12 But many of the priests
and Levites and heads of fathers'
houses, the old men that had seen
^the first house, when the foundation
of this house was laid before their
eyes, wept with a loud voice; and
many shouted aloud for joy: 13 so
that the people could not discern
3 Or, hewers ^ Or, set forward the work
s In ch. 2. 40, Hodaviah. ^ Heb. as one.
"> According to some MSS, the priests stood.
8 Or, the first house standing on its foundation, when this
house li'as before their eyes
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KZRA 4.1 4.19 Adversaries hinder the Work. Artaxerxes orders the Work to cease
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
were building a temple unto Jeho-
vah, the God of Israel; 2 then
they drew near to Zerubbabel, and
to the heads of fathers' houses, and
said unto them, Let us build with
you; for we seek your God, as ye
do; ^and we sacrifice unto him
since the days of Esar-haddon king
of Assyria, w^ho brought us up
hither. 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jes-
hua, and the rest of the heads
of fathers' houses of Israel, said
unto them. Ye have nothing to
do with us in building a house
unto our God; but we ourselves
together will build unto Jehovah,
the God of Israel, as king Cyrus
the king of Persia hath commanded
us. 4 Then the people of the land
weakened the hands of the people
of Judah, and ^troubled them in
building, 5 and hired counsellors
against them, to 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 ^Ahasuerus, in the
beginning of -his reign, wrote they
an accusation against the inhabi-
tants of Judah and Jerusalem.
7 And in the days of ^Artax-
erxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath,
Tabeel, and the rest of his com-
panions, unto Artaxerxes king of
Persia; and the writing of the
letter was written in the ^Syrian
character, and set forth in the
^Syrian tongue. 8 ^Rehum the chan-
cellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote
a letter against Jerusalem to Artax-
erxes the king in this sort: 9 then
wrote Rehum the chancellor, and
Shimshai the scribe, and the rest
1' Another reading is, yet we do not sacrifice since Ss'c.
2 Or, terrified 3 Or, Xerxes Heb. Ahashverosh.
* Heb. Artahshashta. * Or, Aramaic
6 Ch. 4. 8-6. 18 rs fn Aramaic.
of their companions, the Dinaites,
and the Apharsathchites, the Tar-
pelites, the Apharsites, the Archev-
ites, the Babylonians, the Shush-
anchites, 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 servants the men be-
yond the River, and so forth. 12
Be it known unto the king, that
the Jews that came up from thee
are come to us unto Jerusalem;
they are building the rebellious
and the bad city, and have finished
the walls, and repaired the founda-
tions. 13 Be it known now unto
the king, that, if this city be builded,
and the walls finished, they will not
pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in
the end it will be hurtful unto the
kings. 14 Now because we eat the
salt of the palace, and it is not meet
for us to see the king's dishonor,
therefore have we sent and certified
the king; 15 that search may be
made in the book of the records of
thy fathers : so shalt thou find in the
book of the records, and know that
this city is a rebellious city, and
hurtful unto kings and provinces,
and that they have moved sedition
within the same of old time; for
which cause was this city laid
waste. 16 We certify the king
that, if this city be builded, and
the walls finished, by this means
thou shalt have no portion beyond
the River.
17 Then sent the king an answer
unto Rehum the chancellor, and to
Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest
of their companions that dw^ell in
Samaria, and ^in the rest of the
country beyond the River: Peace,
and so forth. 18 The letter which
ye sent unto us hath been ^plainly
read before me. 19 And I decreed,
and search hath been made, and it
7 Or, unto the rest beyond b'r. ' Or. translated
dSO
The Work resumed. Tattenai writes to Darius concerning it
EZRA 4.20—5.15
is found that this city of old time
hath made insurrection against
kings, and that rebelHon and sedi-
tion have been made therein. 20
There have been mighty kings also
over Jerusalem, who have ruled
over all the country beyond the
River; and tribute, custom, and
toll, was paid unto them. 21 Make
ye now a decree to cause these men
to cease, and that this city be not
builded, until a decree shall be made
by me. 22 And take heed that ye be
not slack herein : why should damage
grow to the hurt of the kings?
23 Then when the copy of king
Artaxerxes' letter was read before
Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe,
and their companions, they went
in haste to Jerusalem unto the
Jews, and made them to cease by
force and power. 24 Then ceased
the work of the house of God which
is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until
the second year of the reign of
Darius king of Persia.
5 Now the prophets, Haggai
the prophet, and Zechariah
the son of Iddo, prophesied unto
the Jews that were in Judah and
Jerusalem; in the name of the
God of Israel ^prophesied they unto
them. 2 Then rose up Zerubbabel
the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua
tiie 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
Tattenai, 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 Then we told them
after this manner, what the names
of the men were that were making
this building. 5 But the eye of
their God was upon the elders of
the Jews, and they did not make
them cease, till the matter should
come to Darius, and then Answer
1 Or, which was upon them
2 Or, ihey retur.ied answer
should be returned by letter con-
cerning it.
6 The copy of the letter that
Tattenai, the governor beyond the
River, and Shethar-bozenai, and his
companions the Apharsachites, who
were beyond the River, sent unto
Darius the king; 7 they sent a letter
unto him, wherein was written thus:
Unto Darius the king, all peace.
8 Be it known unto the king, that we
went into the province of Judah,
to the house of the great God,
which is builded with great stones,
and timber is laid in the walls;
and this work goeth on with dili-
gence and prospereth in their hands.
9 Then asked we those elders,
and said vmto 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 are building the
house that was builded these many
years ago, which a great king of
Israel builded and finished. 12 But
^after that our fathers had provoked
the God of heaven unto wrath, he
gave them into the hand of Nebu-
chadnezzar king of Babylon, the
Chaldean, who destroyed this house,
and carried the people away into
Babylon. 13 But in the first year
of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus
the king made a decree to build
this house of God. 14 And the
gold and silver vessels also of the
house of God, which Nubuchad-
nezzar took out of the temple that
was in Jerusalem, and brought into
the temple of Babylon, those did
Cyrus the king take out of the
temple of Babylon, and they were
delivered unto one whose name was
Sheshbazzar, whom he had made
governor; 15 and he said unto him,
Take these vessels, go, put them
in the temple that is in Jerusalem,
» Or, because that
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EZRA 5.16—6.16
Darius finds Cyrus's Decree. Darius orders Tattenai to help in the Work!
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. 17 Now therefore, if
it seem good to the king, let there
be search made in the king's treas-
ure-house, which is there at Baby-
lon, whether it be so, that a decree
was made of Cyrus the king to
build this house of God at Jerusa-
lem; and let the king send his
pleasure to us concerning this mat-
ter.
6 Then Darius the king made
a decree, and search was made
in the house of the ^archives, where
the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
2 And there was found at ^Achmetha,
in the palace that is in the province
of Media, a roll, and therein was
thus written for a record: 3 In the
first year of Cyrus the king, Cyriis
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 courses of great
stones, and a course of new timber:
and let the expenses be given out of
the king's house. 5 And also let
the gold and silver vessels of the
house of God, which Nebuchadnez-
zar took forth out of the temple
which is at Jerusalem, and brought
unto Babylon, be restored, and
brought again unto the temple
which is at Jerusalem, every one
to its place; and thou shalt put
them in the house of God.
6 Now therefore, Tattenai, gov-
ernor beyond the River, Shethar-
bozenai, and ^your companions the
Apharsachites, who are beyond the
River, be ye far from thence: 7 let
the work of this house of God alone;
let the governor of the Jews and
the elders of the Jews build this
house of God in its place. 8 More
over I make a decree what y^
shall do to these elders of the Jewj
for the building of this house oi
God: that of the king's goods,'
even of the tribute beyond the
River, expenses be given with all
diligence unto these men, that they
be not hindered. 9 And that which
they have need of, both young
bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for
burnt-offerings to the God of heaven ;
also wheat, salt, wine, and oil,
according to the word of the priests
that are at Jerusalem, let it be given
them day by day without fail; 10
that they may offer sacrifices of
sweet savor unto the God of heaven,
and pray for the life of the king, and
of his sons. 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 aijd peoples
that shall put forth their hand to
alter the same, to destroy this house
of God which is at Jerusalem. I
Darius have made a decree; let it be
done with all diligence.
13 Then Tattenai, the governor
beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai,
and their companions, '^because that
Darius the king had sent, did ac-
cordingly with all diligence. 14 And
the elders of the Jews builded and
prospered, through the prophesying
of Haggai the prophet and Zecha-
riah the son of Iddo. And they
builded and finished it, according
to the commandment of the God
of Israel, and according to the
decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and
Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15 And
this house was finished on the third
day of the month Adar, which was
in the sixth year of the reign of
Darius the king.
16 And the children of Israel,
1 Aram, hooks. 2 That is, Echaiana. ^ Aram, their. * Or, because of that which b'c.
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Temple finished and dedicated. Passover kept. Ezra comes to Jerusalem
the priests and the Levites, and
the rest of the children of the
captivity, kept the dedication of
this house of God with joy. 17
And they offered at the dedica-
tion of this house of God a hun-
dred bullocks, two hundred rams,
four hundred lambs; and for a
sin-offering for all Israel, twelve
he-goats, according to the num-
ber of the tribes of Israel. 18
And they set the priests in their
divisions, and the Levites in their
courses, for the service of God,
which is at Jerusalem; as it is
written in the book of Moses.
19 And the children of the cap-
tivity kept the passover upon the
fourteenth day of the first month.
20 For the priests and the Levites
had purified themselves ^together;
all of them were pure: and they
killed the passover for all the chil-
dren of the captivity, and for their
brethren the priests, and for them-
selves. 21 And the children of Is-
rael that were come again out of
the captivity, and all such as had
separated themselves unto them
from the filthiness of the nat'ons of
the land, to seek Jehovah, the
God of Israel, did eat, 22 and
kept the feast of unleavened bread
seven days with joy : for Jehovah had
made them joyful, and had turned
the heart of the king of Assyria unto
them, to strengthen their hands in
the work of the house of God, the
God of Israel.
7 Now after these things, in
the reign of Artaxerxes king
of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah,
the son of Azariah, the son of Hil-
kiah, 2 the son of Shallum, the
son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3 the son of Amariah, the son of
Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4
the son of Zerahiah, the son of
Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5 the son of
Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the
son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron
the chief priest — 6 this Ezra went
up from Babylon. And he was a
EZRA 6.17—7.16
ready scribe in the law of Moses,
which Jehovah, the God of Israel,
had given; and the king granted
him all his request, according to
the hand of Jehovah his God upon
him. 7 And there went up some
of the children of Israel, and of
the priests, and the Levites, and
the singers, and the porters, and
the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the
seventh year of Artaxerxes the
king. 8 And he came to Jerusalem
in the fifth month, which was in
the seventh year of the king. 9
For upon the first day of the first
month ^began he to go up from
Babylon; and on the first day of the
fifth month came he to Jerusalem,
according to the good hand of his
God upon him. 10 For Ezra had
set his heart to seek the law of
Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach
in Israel statutes and ordinances.
1 1 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 com-
mandments of Jehovah, and of his
statutes to Israel: 12 ^Artaxerxes,
king of kings, unto Ezra the priest,
the scribe of the law of the God of
heaven, perfect and so forth. 13 I
make a decree, that all they of the
people of Israel, and their priests
and the Levites, in my realm, that
are minded of their own free will to
go to Jerusalem, go with thee.
14 Forasmuch as thou art sent ^of
the king and his seven counsellors,
to inquire concerning Judah and
Jerusalem, according to the law of
thy God which is in thy hand, 15
and to carry the silver and gold,
which the king and his counsellors
have freely offered unto the God of
Israel, whose habitation is in Jeru-
salem, 16 and all the silver and
gold that thou shalt find in all the
province of Babylon, with the free-
will-offering of the people, and of
the priests, offering willingly for the
house of their God which is in
Heb. as one.
2 Heb. that was the foundation of the going up.
3 Ch. 7. 12-26 is in Aramaic.
* Aram, from before the king.
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EZRA 7.17 — 8.12 Letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra. List of those who went with Ezra
Jerusalem; 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
whatsoever 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 the 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
that are beyond the River, that
whatsoever Ezra the priest, the
scribe of the law of the God of
heaven, shall require of you, it be
done with all diligence, 22 unto a
hundred talents of silver, and to a
hundred ^measures of wheat, and to
a hundred baths of wine, and to a
hundred baths of oil, and salt without
prescribing how much. 23 What-
soever is commanded by the God
of heaven, let it be done exactly
for the house of the God of heaven;
for why should there be wrath
against the realm of the king and
his sons.? 24 Also we certify you,
that touching any of the priests
and Levites, the singers, porters,
Nethinim, or servants of this house
of God, it shall not be lawful to
impose tribute, custom, or toll,
upon them. 25 And thou, Ezra,
after the wisdom of thy God that
is in thy hand, appoint magis-
trates and judges, who may judge
all the people that are beyond the
River, all such as know the laws
of thy God; and teach ye him that
knoweth them not. 26 And who-
soever will not do the law of thy
God, and the law of the king,
let judgment be executed upon
1 Aram. cors.
him with all diligence, whether it
be unto death, or to ^banishment,
or to confiscation of goods, or to
imprisonment.
27 Blessed be Jehovah,' the God
of our fathers, who hath put such
a thing as this in the king's heart, I
to beautify the house of Jehovah *
which is in Jerusalem; 28 and
hath extended lovingkindness unto
me before the king, and his counsel-
lors, and before all the king's mighty
princes. And I was strengthened
according to the hand of Jehovah
my God upon me, and I gath-
ered together out of Israel chief men
to go up with me.
8 Now these are the heads of
their fathers' houses, and this is
the genealogy of them that went up .
with me from Babylon, in the reign
of Artaxerxes the king: 2 Of the
sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of
the sons of Ithamar, Daniel.
Of the sons of David, Hattush.
3 Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the
sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and
with him were reckoned by gene-
alogy of the males a hundred and
fifty. 4 Of the^ sons of Pahath-
moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zera-
hiah; and with him two hundred
males. 5 Of the sons of Shecaniah,
the son of Jahaziel; and with him
three hundred males. 6 And of
the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of
Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
7 And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah
the son of Athaliah; and with
him seventy males. 8 And of the
sons of Shephatiah, 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 a hundred and three-
score 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 Hak-
■ Aram, rooting out.
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Levites and Nethinim sent for. A Fast proclaimed. Gifts for Temple weighed EZRA 8.13 — 8.33
katan; and with him a hundred and
ten males. 13 And of the 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 to-
gether to the river that runneth
to Ahava; and there we encamped
three days: and I viewed the peo-
ple, and the priests, and found
there none of the sons of Levi.
16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for
Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elna-
than, and for Jarib, and for El-
nathan, and for Nathan, and for
Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief
men; also for Joiarib, and for El-
nathan, ^who w^ere teachers. 17
And ^I sent them forth unto Iddo
the chief at the place Casiphia;
and I told them what they should
say unto ^Iddo, and his brethren
the Nethinim, at the place Ca-
siphia, 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 ^a 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 Jeshaiah of the sons of
Merari, his brethren and their sons,
twenty; 20 and of the Nethinim,
whom David and the princes had
given for the service of the Levites,
two hundred and twenty Nethinim:
all of them were mentioned by
name.
21 Then I proclaimed a fast
there, at the river Ahava, that
we might humble ourselves be-
fore 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
1 Another readng is Zaccur
2 Or, who had understanding
3 Another reading is, / gave them commandment.
^ The text as pointed has, Iddo, his brother.
5 Or, Ish-sechel
king a band of soldiers and horse-
men to help us against the enemy
in the way, because we had spoken
unto the king, saj^ing, The hand of
our God is upon all them that seek
him, for good; but his power and
his wrath is against all them that
forsake him. 23 So we fasted and
besought our God for this: and he
was entreated of us.
24 Then I set apart twelve of
the chiefs of the ^priests, ^even
Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of
their brethren with them, 25 and
weighed unto them the 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 weighed
into their hand six hundred and fifty
talents of silver, and silver vessels a
hundred talents; of gold a hun-
dred talents; 27 and twenty bowls
of gold, of a thousand darics; and
two vessels of fine bright brass,
precious as gold. 28 And I said
unto them. Ye are holy unto Je-
hovah, and the vessels are holy;
and the silver and the gold are a
freewill-offering unto Jehovah, the
God of your fathers. 29 Watch
ye, and keep them, until ye weigh
them before the chiefs of the priests
and the Levites, and the princes of
the fathers' houses of Israel, at Jeru-
salem, in the chambers of the house
of Jehovah. 30 So the priests and
the Levites received the weight
of the silver and the gold, and the
vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem
unto the house of our God.
31 Then we departed from the
river Ahava on the twelfth day of
the first month, to go unto Jeru-
salem: and the hand of our God
was upon us, and he delivered us
from the hand of the enemy and
the lier-in-wait by the way. 32
And we came to Jerusalem, and
abode there three days. 33 And
on the fourth day the silver and the
gold and the vessels were weighed
6 In Neh. 12. 24, Levites. ^ Or, besides
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in the house of our God 4nto the
hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah
the priest (and with him was Eleazar
the son of Phinehas; and with them
was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and
Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Le-
vites) — 34 the whole by number
and by weight: and all the weight
was written at that time.
35 The children of the captiv-
ity, that were come out of exile,
offered burnt-offerings unto the God
of Israel, twelve bullocks for all
Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy
and seven lambs, twelve he-goats
for a sin-offering: all this was a
burnt-offering unto Jehovah. 36
And they delivered the king's com-
missions unto the king's satraps,
and to the governors beyond the
River: and they furthered the peo-
ple and the house of God.
9 Now when these things were
done, the princes drew near
unto me, saying, The people of
Israel, and the priests and the
Levites, have not separated them-
selves from the peoples of the
lands, doing according to their abomi-
nations, even of the Canaanites, the
Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebu-
sites, the Ammonites, the Moabites,
the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
2 For they have taken of their
daughters for themselves and for
their sons, so that the holy seed
have mingled themselves with the
peoples of the lands: yea, the hand
of the princes and ^rulers hath been
^chief in this trespass. 3 And when
I heard this thing, I rent my gar-
ment and my robe, and plucked off
the hair of my head and of my beard,
and sat down confounded. 4 Then
were assembled unto me every one
that trembled at the words of the
God of Israel, because of the trespass
of them of the captivity; and I sat
confounded until the evening obla-
tion.
5 And at the evening oblation
I arose up from my humiliation,
even with my garment and my
robe rent; and I fell upon my
knees, and spread out my hands
unto Jehovah my God; 6 and I
said, O my God, I am ashamed
and blush to lift up my face to
thee, my God; for our iniquities
are increased over our head, and
our guiltiness is grown up unto
the heavens. 7 Since the days
of our fathers we have been ^ex-
ceeding guilty unto this day; and
for our iniquities have we, our
kings, and our priests, been deliv-
ered into the hand of the kings
of the lands, to the sword, to cap-
tivity, and to plunder, and to
confusion of face, as it is this day.
8 And now for a little moment
grace hath been showed from Je-
hovah our God, to leave us a rem-
nant to escape, and to give us a nail
in his holy place, that our God may
lighten our eyes, and give us a little
reviving in our bondage. 9 For we
are bondmen; yet our God hath not
forsaken us in our bondage, but
hath extended lovingkindness unto
us in the sight of the kings of Persia,
to give us a reviving, to set up the
house of our God, and to repair the
^ruins thereof, and to give us a ^wall
in Judah and in Jerusalem. 10 And
now, O our God, what shall we say
after this.^ for we have forsaken
thy commandments, 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 un-
cleanness 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 peace or their prosperity
for ever; that ye may be strong, and
eat the good of the land, and leave
it for an inheritance to your children
for ever. 13 And after all that is
come upon us for our evil deeds,
and for our great guilt, seeing
1 Or, by 2 Or, deputies s Qr, first
* Or, fasting ' ' Heb. in great guiltiness.
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6 Or. uaste plact's ■ Or, fente
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Ezra's Confession and Prayer cbncernins Mixed Marriages
that thou our God hast punished
us less than our iniquities deserve,
and hast given us such a rem-
nant, 14 shall we again break thy
commandments, and join in affin-
ity with the peoples that do these
abominations? 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 Jehovah, the God of Israel,
thou art righteous; for we are
left a remnant that is escaped, as
it is this day: behold, we are be-
fore thee in our guiltiness; for
none can stand before thee be-
cause of this.
1r\ Now while Ezra prayed
yj and made confession, weep-
ing and casting himself down be-
fore the house of God, there was
gathered together unto him out
of Israel a Yevy great assembly
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- tres-
passed against our God, and have
married foreign women of the peo-
ples of the land: yet now there is
hope for Israel concerning this thing.
3 Now therefore let us make a cove-
nant with our God to put away all
the wives, and such as are born of
them, according to the counsel of
^my lord, and of those that tremble
at the commandment of our God;
and let it be done according to
the law. 4 Arise; for the matter 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 Le-
vites, and all Israel, to swear that
they would do according to this
word. So they sware. 6 Then Ezra
rose up from before the house of
God, and went into the chamber of
Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and
when he came thither, he did eat
no bread, nor drink water; for he
mourned because of the trespass of
' Or, the Lord
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EZRA 9.14—10.15
them of the captivity. 7 And they
made proclamation throughout Ju-
dah and Jerusalem unto all the chil-
dren of the captivity, that they
should gather themselves together
unto Jerusalem; 8 and that whoso-
ever came not within three days, ac-
cording to the counsel of the princes
and the elders, all his substance
should be ^forfeited, and himself
separated from the assembly of the
captivity.
9 Then all the men of Judah
and Benjamin gathered themselves
together unto Jerusalem within the
three days (it was the ninth month,
on the twentieth day of the month) ;
and all the people sat in the broad
place before the house of God, trem-
bling because of this matter, and
for Hhe great rain. 10 And Ezra
the priest stood up, and said unto
them. Ye have trespassed, and
have married foreign women, to
increase the guilt of Israel. 11
Now therefore ^make confession unto
Jehovah, the God of your fathers,
and do his pleasure; and separate
yourselves from the peoples of the
land, and from the foreign women.
12 Then all the assembly answered
and said with a loud voice, ^As thou
hast said concerning us, so must we
do. 13 But the people are many,
and it is a time of much rain, and we
are not able to stand without:
neither is this a work of one day
or two; for we have greatly trans-
gressed in this matter. 14 Let
now our princes ^be appointed for
all the assembly, and let all them
that are in our cities that have
married foreign women come at
appointed times, and with them the
elders of every city, and the 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 ^stood
up against this matter: and MesLul-
2 Heb. devoted. . « Heb. stand.
3 Heb. the rains. ^ Or, as touching this matter
* Or, give thanks » Or, were appointed over this
8 Or, As thou hast said, so it behoveth us to do
CZRA 1G.16 — 10.44 Mixed Marriages abandoned. List of those that had Foreign Wives
lam and Shabbethai the Levite
helped them.
16 And the children of the cap-
tivity did so. And Ezra the priest,
with certain heads of fathers' houses ,
after their fathers' houses, and all
of them by their names, were set
apart; and they sat down in the
first day of the tenth month to
examine the matter. 17 And they
made an end with all the nien that
had married foreign women by the
first day of the first month.
18 And among the sons of the
priests there were found that had
married foreign women: namely,
of the sons of Jeshua, the son of
Jozadak, and his brethren, Maase-
iah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and
Gedaliah. 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
Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel,
and Uzziah. 22 And of the sons of
Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ish-
mael, 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: Eliashib.
And of the porters: Shallum, and
Telem, and Uri.
25 And of Israel: Of the sons of
Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and
Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Elea-
zar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
26 And of the sons of Elam: Mat-
taniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and
Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.
27 And of the sons of Zattu: Elioe-
nai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jere-
moth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 28
And of the sons of Bebai: Jeho-
hanan, Hananiah, Zabbai . Athlai.
29 And of the sons of Bani: Me-
shullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jas-
hub, and Sheal, ^Jeremoth. 30 And
of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna,
and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mat-
taniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and
Manasseh. 31 And of the sons of
Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah,
Shemaiah, Shimeon, 32 Benjamin,
Malluch, Shemariah. 33 Of the
sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mat-
tattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai,
Manasseh, Shimei. 34 Of the sons
of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, ^Cheluhi, 36
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 37
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and ^Jaasu,
38 and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
39 and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and
Adaiah, 40 Machnadebai, Shashai,
Sharai, 41 Azarel, and Shelemiah,
Shemariah, 42 Shallum, Amariah,
Joseph. 43 Of the sons of Nebo:
Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina,
^Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah. 44 All
these had taken foreign wives; and
^some of them had wives by whom
they had children.
1 Another reading is, and Ramoth.
- Another reading is, Cheluhu.
' Another reading is, Jaasai.
* Another reading is, Jaddai.
^ Or, soyne of the wives had borne children
THE BOOK OF
NE H EMI A H
Nehemiah's Grief and Prayer concerning the Jews left at Jerusalem
1 The Vords of Nehemiah the
1 son of Hacaliah.
Now it came to pass in the month
Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I
1 Or, history
was in Shushan the ^palace, 2 that
Hanani, one of my brethren, came,
he and certain men out of Judah;
and I asked them concerning the
2 Or, castle
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Jews J:hat had escaped, that were [name; and prosper, I pray thee,
thy servant this day, and grant
him mercy in the sight of this man.
2 Now I was cupbearer to the
king. 1 And it came to pass .
in the month Nisan, in the twenti-
eth year of Artaxerxes the king,
when wine was before him, that I
took up the wine, and gave it unto
the king. Now I had not been be-
foretime sad in his presence. 2 And
the king said unto me, Why is thy
countenance sad, seeing thou art
not sick.^ this is nothing else but
sorrow of heart. Then I was very
sore afraid. 3 And I said unto the
king, Let the king Hve for ever:
why should not my countenance be
sad, when the city, the place of
my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste,
and the gates thereof are consumed
with fire.^ 4 Then the king said
unto me, For what dost thou make
request.'^ 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 favor in
thy sight, that thou wouldest send
me unto Judah, unto the city of
my fathers' sepulchres, that I may
build it. 6 And the king said unto
me (the queen also sitting by him).
For how long shall thy journey 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 governors
beyond the River, and gave them
the king's letters. Now the king
1 Or, park
left of the captivity, and concern
ing Jerusalem. 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
down, and the gates thereof are
burned with fire.
4 And it came to pass, when I
heard these words, that I sat down
and wept, and mourned certain
days; and I fasted and prayed be-
fore the God of heaven, 5 and said,
I beseech thee, O Jeht)vah, the God
of heaven, the great and terrible
God, that keepeth covenant and
lovingkindness with them that love
him and keep his commandments:
6 let thine ear now be attentive,
and thine eyes open, that thou may-
est hearken unto the 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 s at-
utes, nor the ordinances, which
thou commandedst thy servant Mo-
ses. 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 but if ye re-
turn unto me, and keep my com-
mandments and do them, though
your outcasts were in the utter-
most part of the heavens, yet will I
gather them from thence, and will
bring them unto the place that I
have chosen, to cause my name to
dwell there. 10 Now these are thy
servants and thy people, whom tliou
hast redeemed by thy great powder,
and by thy strong hand. 110 Lord,
I beseech thee, let now thine ear be
attentive to the prayer of thy ser-
vant, and to the prayer of thy ser-
vants, who delight to fear thy
539
Nehemiah begins the Rebuilding of the Wall
NEHEMIAH 2.10—3.9
had sent with me captains of the
army and horsemen. 10 And when
Sanballat the Horonite, and To-
biah the servant, the Ammonite,
heard of it, it grieved them exceed-
ingly, for that there was come a
man to seek the welfare of the chil-
dren of Israel. 11 So I came to
Jerusalem, 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 jackal's well, and to
the dung gate, and viewed the walls
of Jerusalem, which were broken
down, and the gates thereof were
consumed with fire. 14 Then I
went on to the fountain gate and
to the king's pool: but there was
no place for the beast that was
under me to pass. 15 Then went
I up in the night by the brook,
and viewed the wall; and I turned
back, and entered by the valley
gate, and so returned. 16 And
the ^rulers knew not whither I
went, or what I did; neither had
I as yet told it to the Jews, nor
to the priests, nor to the nobles,
nor to the ^rulers, nor to the rest
that did the work.
17 Then said I unto them, Ye see
the evil case that we are in, how
Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates
thereof are burned with fire: come,
and let us build up the wall of
Jerusalem, that we be no more
a reproach. 18 And I told them
of the hand of my God which was
good upon me, as also of the king's
words that he had spoken unto me.
And they said, Let us rise up and
build. So they strengthened their
hands for the good work. 19 But
when Sanballat the Horonite, and
Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite,
and Geshem the Arabian, heard
it, they laughed us to scorn, and
2 Or, The hundred ^ Heb. him. * Or. lords Or. Lord
1 Or, deputies s Or, the gate of the old city (or. of the old wa!!^ '"'O.- '.-i-,
540
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; therefore we his ser-
vants will arise and build: but ye
have no portion, nor right, nor
memorial, in Jerusalem.
3 Then Eliashib the high priest
rose up with his brethren the
priests, and they builded the sheep
gate; they sanctified it, and set
up the doors of it; even unto
the tower of *Hammeah they sanc-
tified it, unto the tower of Hananel.
^ 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 I
next unto them repaired Meshullam
the son of Berechiah, the son of
Meshezabel. And next unto them
repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
5 And next unto them the Teko-
ites repaired; but their nobles put
not their necks to the w^ork of
their ^lord.
6 And ^the old gate repaired
Joiada the son of Paseah and
Meshullam the son of Besodeiah;
they laid the beams thereof, and
set up the doors thereof, and the
bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.
7 And next unto them repaired
Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon
the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon,
and of Mizpah, that appertained to
the throne of the governor beyond
the River. 8 Next unto him re-
paired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah,
goldsmiths. And next unto him
repaired Hananiah one of the per- .,
fumers, and they ^fortified Jerusa- 1
lem even unto the broad wall. 9
And next unto them repaired Re-
Details of the Work on the Gates and the Wall
phaiah the son of Hur, the ruler
of half the district of Jerusalem.
10 And next unto them repaired
Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, over
against his house. And next unto
him repaired Hattush the son of
Hashabneiah. 1 1 Malchijah the son
of Harim, and Hasshub the son
of Pahath-moab, repaired another
portion, and the tower of the fur-
naces. 12 And next unto him re-
paired Shallum the son of Hallo-
hesh, the ruler of half the district
of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
13 The valley gate repaired Ha-
nun, and the inhabitants 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
Malchijah the son of Rechab, the
ruler of the district of Beth-hac-
cherem; he built it, and set up
the doors thereof, the bolts thereof,
and the bars thereof.
15 And the fountain gate re-
paired 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 ^Shelah
by the king's garden, even unto
the stairs that go down from the
city of David. 16 After him re-
paired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk,
the ruler of half the district of
Beth-zur, unto the place over against
the sepulchres of David, and unto
the pool that was made, and unto
the house of the 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 re-
paired 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, another
portion, over against the ascent to
In Is. 8. 6, Shiloah.
NEHEMIAH 3.10—3.31
the armory at the turning of the wall.
20 After him Baruch the son of ^Zab-
bai earnestly repaired another por-
tion, from the turning of the wall
unto the door of the house of Eliashib
the high priest. 21 After him re-
paired Meremoth the son of Uriah
the son of Hakkoz another portion,
from the door of the house of
EHashib even to the end of the
house of Eliashib. 22 And after
him repaired the priests, the men
of the Tlain. 23 After Hhem re-
paired Benjamin and Hasshub over
against their house. After ^them
repaired Azariah the son of Maa-
seiah the son of Ananiah beside his
own house. 24 After him repaired
Binnui the son of Henadad another
portion, from the house of Azariah
unto the turning of the wall, and
unto the corner. 25 Palal the son
of Uzai repaired over against the
turning of the wall, and ^the tower
that standeth out from the upper
house of the king, which is by the
court of the guard. After him ^Pe-
daiah the son of Parosh repaired.
26 (Now the Nethinim dwelt in
Ophel, unto the place over against
the water gate toward the east,
and the tower that standeth out.)
27 After him the Tekoites repaired
another portion, over against the
great tower that standeth out, and
unto the wall of Ophel.
28 Above the horse gate repaired
the priests, every one over against
his own house. 29 After ''them
repaired Zadok the son of Immer
over against his own house. And
after him repaired Shemaiah the
son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the
east gate. 30 After him repaired
Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and
Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph,
another portion. After him re-
paired Meshullam the son of Bere-
chiah over against his chamber. 31
After him repaired Malchijah one
of the goldsmiths unto the house of
2 Another reading is, Zaccai. ^ Or, Circuit **Heb. him.
6 Or, the upper tower . . . from the house of the king
6 Or, Pedaiah the son of Parosh (notv . . . Ophel) repaired
unto &€.
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NEHEMIAH 3.32 — 4.20 The work ridiculed by Sanballat and Xobiah. Opposition of Enemies
the Nethinim, and of the merchants,
over against the gate of Hammiph-
kad, and to the ^ascent of the
corner. 32 And between the ^ascent of
the corner and the sheep gate repaired
the goldsmiths and the merchants.
*A But it came to pass that,
T^ when Sanballat heard that
we were building the wall, he was
wroth, and took great indignation,
and mocked the Jews. 2 And he
spake before his brethren and the
army of Samaria, and said. What
are these feeble Jews doing .^ ^will
they fortify themselves.^ will they
sacrifice .f^ will they make an end in
a day.f^ 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 are
building, if a ^fox go up, he shall
break down their stone wall. 4
Hear, O our God; for we are de-
spised : and turn back their reproach
upon their own head, and give them
up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
5 and cover not their iniquity, and
let not their sin be blotted out from
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.
t7 But it came to pass that, when
Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the
Arabians, and the Ammonites, and
the Ashdodites, heard that Hhe
repairing of the walls of Jerusalem
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 Jerusalem, 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 burdens is decayed, and there
1 Or, up'per chamber * Ch. 3. 33 in Heb.
- Or, will they leave to themselves aught? Or, will men
let them alone? f Ch. 4. 1 in Heb.
3 Or, jackal ^ Ileb. heal inn went up upon the wells.
is much rubbish; 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 that*dwelt by them came,
they said unto us ten times ^from
all places. Ye must return unto us.
13 Therefore set I in the lowest
parts of the space behind the wall,
in the open places, I set there the
people after their families with
their swords, their spears, and their
bows. 14 And I looked, and rose up,
and said unto the nobles, and to the
^rulers, and to the rest of the people,
Be not ye afraid of them: remember
the Lord, who is great and terrible,
and fight for your brethren, your
sons, and your daughters, your
wives, and your houses.
15 And it came to pass, when
our enemies heard that it was
known unto us, and God had
brought their counsel to nought,
that we- returned all of us to the
wall, every one unto his work. 16
And it came to pass from that time
forth, that half of my servants
wrought in the work, and half of
them held the spears, the shields,
and the bows, and the coats of
mail; and the rulers 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
^rulers and to the rest of the peo-
ple, The work is great and large,
and we are separated upon the
wall, one far from another: 20 in
what place soever ye hear the
* Or, From all places whence ye shall return they will h>-
upon us * Or, deputies
' Or, all the house of Judah that builded the wall. .\ ■■
they that fire.
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Complaints about Usury. Nehemiah secures its Abolition NEHEMIAH 4.21 — 5.17
sound of the trumpet, resort ye
thither unto us; our God will fight
for us.
21 So we wrought in the work:
and half of them held the spears
from the rising of the morning till
the stars appeared. 22 Likewise
at the same time said I unto the
people, Let every one with his
servant lodge within Jerusalem, that
in the night they may be a guard
to us, and may labor in the day.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren,
nor my servants, nor the men of
the guard that followed me, none
of us put off our clothes, ^every one
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 grain, that
we may eat and live. 3 Some also
there were that said, We are mort-
gaging our fields, and our vine-
yards, and our houses: let us get
grain, because of the dearth. 4
There were also that said. We
have borrowed money for the king's
tribute upon our fields and our vine-
yards. 5 Yet now our flesh is as
the flesh of our brethren, our chil-
dren as their children: and, lo, we
bring into bondage our sons and
our daughters to be servants, and
some of our daughters 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 contended with the nobles and
the ^rulers, and said unto them.
Ye exact usury, every one of his
brother. And I held a great as-
sembly against them. 8 And I said
unto them, We after our ability
have ^redeemed our brethren the
Jews, that were sold unto the na-
tions; 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 nations our
enemies.f^ 10 And I likewise, my
brethren and my servants, do lend
them money and grain. I pray
you, let us leave off this usury.
11 Restore, I pray you, to them,
even this day, their fields, their
vineyards, their oliveyards, and their
houses, also the hundredth part of
the money, and of the grain, the
new wine, and the oil, that ye exact
of them. 12 Then said they. We
will restore them, and will require
nothing of them; so will we do, even
as thou say est. Then I called the
priests, and took an oath of them,
that they* would do according to
this promise. 13 Also I shook out
my lap, and said. So God shake
out every man from his house, and
from his labor, that performeth not
this promise; even thus be he shaken
out, and emptied. And all the
assembly said. Amen, and praised
Jehovah. And the people did ac-
cording to this promise.
14 Moreover from the time that
I was appointed to be their gov-
ernor in the land of Judah, from
the twentieth year even unto the
two and thirtieth year of Artax-
erxes 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
people, and took of them bread and
wine, ^besides forty shekels of silver;
yea, even their servants ^bare rule
over the people: but so did not I, be-
cause of the fear of God. 16 Yea,
also I ^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
^ The text is obscure. ^ Or, deputies ' Heb. bought.
* Or, laid burdens upon « Or. lorded over
5 Or, at the rate of Or, afterward ^ Heb. held fast to.
543
NEHEMIAH 5.18— 6.18
table, of the Jews and the ^rulers,
a hundred and fifty men, besides
those that came unto us from
among the nations that were round
about us. 18 Now that which was
prepared for one day was one ox
and six choice sheep; also fowls were
prepared for me, and once in ten days
store of all sorts of wine: yet for all
this I demanded not the bread of
the governor, because the bondage
was heavy upon this people. 19
Remember unto me, O my God,
for good, all that I have done for
this people.
6 Now it came to pass, when
it was reported to Sanballat
Intrigues of Sanballat, Tobiah, and Qeshem. Tobiah's Plots
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, say-
ing. Their hands shall be weakened
from the work, that it be not
done. But now, ^0 God, strengthen
thou my hands.
10 And I went unto the house of
Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son
of Mehetabel, who was shut up;
and he said. Let us meet together
in the house of God, within the
temple, and let us shut the doors
of the temple: for they will come
to slay thee; yea, in the night will
they come to slay thee. 11 And I
and Tobiah, and to Geshem the \ said. Should such a man as I flee.^
Arabian, and unto the rest of our \ and who is there, that, being such
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 Sanballat and
Geshem sent unto me, saying. Come,
let us meet together in one of the
villages in the plain of Ono. But
they thought to do me mischief. 3
And I sent 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 yon? 4 And
they sent unto me four times after
this sort; and I answered them after
the same manner. 5 Then sent
Sanballat his servant unto me in
like manner the fifth time with an
open letter in his hand, 6 wherein
was written, It is reported among
the nations, and ^Gashmu saith it,
that thou and the Jews think to
rebel; for which cause thou art
building the wall : and thou wouldest
be their king, according to these
words. 7 And thou hast also ap-
pointed prophets to preach of thee
at Jerusalem, saying. There is a
king in Judah: and now shall it be
reported to the king according to
these words. Come now therefore,
and let us take counsel together.
8 Then I sent unto him, saying,
1 Or, deputies 2 jn ver. 1, and elsewhere, Geshem.
as I, %ould go into the temple 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 To-
biah 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 for an evil report, that
they might reproach me. 14 Re-
member, O my God, Tobiah and
Sanballat according to these their
w^orks, and also the prophetess Noa-
diah, and the rest of the prophets,
that would have put me in fear.
15 So the wall was finished in
the twenty and fifth day of the
month Elul, in fifty and two days.
16 And it came to pass, when all
our enemies heard thereof, that all
the nations that were about us
^feared, and were much cast down
in their own eyes; for they per-
ceived that this work was wrought
of our God. 17 Moreover in those
days the nobles of Judah sent many
letters unto Tobiah, and the letters
of Tobiah came unto them. 18 For
there were many in Judah sworn
unto him, because he was the son-
in-law of Shecaniah the son of
Arab; and his son Jehohanan had
8 Or, / will strengthen my hands
^ Or, could go into the temple and live
5 According to another reading, saw.
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List of those who first returned from Babylon
NEHEMIAH 6.19—7.39
taken the daughter of Meshullam
the son of Berechiah to wife. 19 Also
they spake of his good deeds be-
fore me, and reported my words to
him. And Tobiah sent letters to
put me in fear.
7 Now it came to pass, when
the wall was built, and I had
set up the doors, and the porters
and the singers and the Levites
were appointed, 2 that I gave my
brother Hanani, and Hananiah the
governor of the castle, charge over
Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man,
and feared God above many. 3 And
I said unto them, Let not the gates
of 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 inhabitants 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 gene-
alogy. And I found the book of the
genealogy of them that came up at
the first, and I found written there-
in: 6 These are the children of the
province, that went up out of the
captivity of those that had been
carried away, whom Nebuchadnez-
zar the king of Babylon had carried
away, and that returned unto Jeru-
salem and to Judah, every one unto
his city; 7 who came with Zerub-
babel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah,
Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bil-
shan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum,
Baanah.
The number of the men of the
people of Israel: 8 The children of
Parosh, two thousand a hundred
and seventy and two. 9 The chil-
dren of Shephatiah, three hundred
seventy and two. 10 The children
of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
II The children of Pahath-moab, of
Or. deputies
18
the children of Jeshua and Joab, two
thousand and eight hundred and
eighteen. 12 The children of Elam,
a thousand two hundred fifty and
four. 13 The children of Zattu,
eight hundred forty and five. 14
The children of Zaccai, seven hun-
dred and threescore. 15 The chil-
dren of Binnui, six hundred forty
and eight. 16 The children of
Bebai, six hundred twenty and
eight. 17 The children of Azgad,
two thousand three hundred twenty
and two. 18 The children of Adoni-
kam, six hundred threescore and
seven. 19 The children of Bigvai,
two thousand threescore and seven.
20 The children of Adin, six hun-
dred 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 hun-
dred twenty and four. 24 The chil-
dren of Hariph, a hundred and
twelve. 25 The children of Gibeon,
ninety and five. 26 The men of
Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hun-
dred fourscore and eight. 27 The
men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty
and eight. 28 The men of Beth-
azmaveth, forty and two. 29 The
men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah,
and Beeroth, seven hundred forty
and three. 30 The men of Ramah
and Geba, six hundred twenty and
one. 31 The men of Michmas, a
hundred and twenty and two. 32
The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hun-
dred twenty and three. 33 The men
of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
34 The children of the other Elam,
a thousand two hundred fifty and
four. 35 The children of Harim,
three hundred and twenty. 36 The
children of Jericho, three hundred
forty and five. 37 The children of
Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hun-
dred twenty and one. 38 The chil-
dren of Senaah, three thousand
nine hundred and thirty.
39 The priests: The children of
Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,
nine hundred seventy and three.
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List of those who first returned from Babylon
40 The children of Immer, a thou-
sand fifty and two. 41 The chil-
dren of Pashhur, a thousand two
hundred forty and seven. 42 The
children of Harim, a thousand and
seventeen.
43 The Levites: the children of
Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children
of ^Hodevah, seventy and four.
44 The singers: the children of
Asaph, a 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 Shobai, a hundred thirty
and eight.
46 The Nethinim: the children
of Ziha, the children of Hasupha,
the children of Tabbaoth, 47 the
children of Keros, the children of
Sia, the children of Padon, 48 the
children of Lebana, the children
of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,
49 the children of Han an, the
children of Giddel, the children
of Gahar, 50 the children of Re-
aiah, the children of Rezin, the
children of Nekoda, 51 the chil-
dren of Gazzam, the children of
Uzza, the children of Paseah, 52
the children of Besai, the children
of Meunim, the children of -Nephu-
shesim, 53 the children of Bakbuk,
the children of Hakupha, the chil-
dren of Harhur, 54 the children of
Bazlith, the children of Mehida, 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 Hati-
pha.
57 The children of Solomon's
servants: the children of Sotai,
the children of Sophereth, the chil-
dren of Perida, 58 the children of
Jaala, the children of Darkon, the
children of Giddel, 59 the children
of Shephatiah, the children of Hat-
til, the children of Pochereth-hazze-
baim, the children of Amon. 60 All
the Nethinim, and the children of
1 Another reading is. Hodeiah.
2 Another reading is, Nephishesim.
Solomon's servants, were three hun-
dred ninety and two.
61 And these were, they that
went up from Tel-melah, Tel-har-
sha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer
but they could not show theii
fathers' houses, nor their seed
w^hether they were of Israel: 62
The children of Delaiah, the chil-
dren of Tobiah, the children -of
Nekoda, six hundred forty and
two. 63 And of the priests: the
children of Hobaiah, the children
of Hakkoz, the children of Barzil
lai, who took a wife of the 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
^were they deemed polluted and put
from the priesthood. 65 And the
governor said unto them, that they
should not eat of the most holy
things, till there stood up a priest
with Urim and Thummim.
66 The whole assembly together
was forty and two thousand three
hundred and threescore, 67 besides
their men-servants and their maid-
servants, of whom there were seven
thousand three hundred thirty and
seven: and they had two hundred
forty and five singing men and sing-
ing women. 68 Their horses were
seven hundred thirty and six; their
mules, two hundred forty and five;
69 their 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 governor gave to
the treasury a thousand darics of
gold, fifty basins, 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
''pounds of silver. 72 And that
which the rest of the people gave
3 Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood.
* Heb. maneh.
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Ezra reads the Law to the People. He and Nehemiah comfort them NEHEMIAH 7.73 — 8.15
was twenty thousand darics of gold,
and two thousand pounds of silver,
and threescore and seven priests'
garments.
73 So the priests, and the Levites,
and the porters, and the singers,
and some of the people, and the
Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in
their cities.
And when the seventh month
was come, the children of Israel
8 were in their cities. 1 And
all the people gathered them-
selves together as one man into
the broad place that was before
the water gate; and they spake
unto Ezra the scribe to bring the
book of the law of Moses, which
Jehovah had commanded to Israel.
2 And Ezra the priest brought
the law before the assembly, both
men and women, and all that could
hear with understanding, upon the
first day of the seventh month.
3 And he read therein before the
broad place that was before the
water gate ^from early morning
until midday, in the presence of
the men and the women, and of
those that could understand; and
the ears of all the people were
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 Mattithiah, and Shema,
and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hil-
kiah, and Maaseiah, on his right
hand; and on his left hand, Peda-
iah, and Mishael, and Malchijah,
and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah,
Zechariah, and MeshuUam. 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 Jehovah, the great
God; and all the people answered.
Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of
their hands: and they bowed their
heads, and worshipped Jehovah
with their faces to the ground. 7
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Shere-
Ilcb. from the liahl.
- Heb. tower.
biah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,
Hodiali, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah,
Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the
Levites, caused the people to un-
derstand the law: and the people
stood in their place. 8 And they
read in the book, in the law of God,
^distinctly ; and they gave the sense,
^so that they understood the read-
ing.
9 And Nehemiah, who was the
governor, and Ezra the priest the
scribe, and the Levites that taught
the people, said unto all the people.
This day is holy unto Jehovah your
God; mourn not, nor weep. For
all the people wept, when they
heard the words of the law. 10
Then he said unto them. Go your
way, eat the fat, and drink the
sweet, and send portions unto him
for whom nothing is prepared; for
this day is holy unto our Lord:
neither be ye grieved; for the joy of
Jehovah is your ^strength. 11 So
the Levites stilled all the people,
saying. Hold your peace, for the
day is holy; neither 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 under-
stood the words that were declared
unto them.
13 And on the second day were
gathered together the heads of fa-
thers' houses of all the people, the
priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra
the scribe, even to give attention
to the words of the law. 14 And
they found written in the law, how
that Jehovah had commanded by
Moses, that the children of Israel
should dwell in booths in the feast
of the seventh month; 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 myr-
tle branches, and palm branches,
and branches of thick trees, to make
' Or, with an interpretation
* Or, and caused them to understand ^ Or, stronghold
547
NEHEMIAH 8.16-9.16
A Prayer of the Levites, acknowledging Jehovah's past Goodness
booths, as it is written. 16 So the
people went forth, and brought
them, and made themselves booths,
every one upon the roof of his
house, and in their courts, and in
the courts of the house of God, and
in the broad place of the water
gate, and in the broad place of
the gate of Ephraim. 17 And all
the assembly of them that were
come again out of the captivity
made booths, and dwelt in the
booths: for since the days of Jeshua
the son of Nun unto that day had
not the children of Israel done so.
And there was very great gladness.
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 assembly,
according unto the ordinance.
9 Now in the tw^enty and fourth
day of this month the children
of Israel were assembled with fast-
ing, and with sackcloth, and earth
upon them. 2 And the seed of
Israel separated themselves from
all foreigners, and stood and con-
fessed 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 Jehovah their
God a fourth part of the day; and
another fourth part they confessed,
and worshipped Jehovah their God.
4 Then stood up upon the stairs of
the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kad-
miel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah,
Bani, and Chenani, and cried with
a loud voice unto Jehovah their God.
5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and
Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Shere-
biah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Peth-
ahiah, said, Stand up and bless
Jehovah your God from everlast-
ing to everlasting; and ^blessed be
thy glorious name, which is ex-
alted above all blessing and praise.
6 Thou art Jehovah, even thou
alone; thou hast made heaven,
the heaven of heavens, with all
their host, the earth and all things
1 Or, closing festival 2 Qr, let them bless
that are thereon, the seas and all
that is in them, and thou pre-
servest them all; and the host of
heaven worshippeth thee. 7 Thou
art ^Jehovah the God, who didst
choose Abram, and broughtest him
forth out of Ur of the Chaldees,
and gavest him the name of Abra-
ham, 8 and foundest his heart
faithful before thee, and madest a
covenant with him to give the land
of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the
Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the
Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give
it unto his seed, and hast performed
thy words; for thou art righteous.
9 And thou sawest the afflic-
tion of our fathers in Egypt, and
heardest their cry by the Red
Sea, 10 and showedst signs and
wonders upon Pharaoh, and on
all his servants, and on all the
people of his land; for thou knewest
that they dealt proudly against
them, and didst get thee a name,
as it is this day. 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 pursuers thou didst cast
into the depths, as a stone into the
mighty waters. 12 Moreover in a
pillar of cloud thou leddest them by
day; and in a pillar of fire by night,
to give them light in the way where-
in they should go. 13 Thou cam-
est down also upon mount Sinai,
and spakest with them from heaven,
and gavest them right ordinances
and true laws, good statutes and
commandments, 14 and madest
known unto them thy holy sabbath,
and commandest them command-
ments, and statutes, and a law, by
Moses thy servant, 15 and gavest
them bread from heaven for their
hunger, and broughtest forth water
for them out of the rock for their
thirst, and commandedst them that
they should go in to possess the
land which thou hadst '^sworn to
give them.
16 But thev and our fathers
3 Or, O Jehovah
* Heb. lifted up thy hand.
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A Prayer of the Levites
dealt proudly, and hardened their
neck, and hearkened not to thy
commandments, 17 and refused to
obey, neither were mindful of thy
wonders that thou didst among them,
but hardened their neck, and in their
rebellion appointed a captain to
return to their bondage. But thou
art ^a God ready to pardon, gracious
and merciful, slow to anger, and
abundant in lovingkindness, and
' forsookest them not. 18 Yea, when
they had made them a molten calf,
I 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 wilder-
ness: the pillar of cloud departed
not from over them by day, to
; lead them in the way; neither the
pillar of fire by night, to show them
light, and the way wherein they
should go. 20 Thou gavest also
thy good Spirit to instruct 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 king-
doms and peoples, ^ 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 con-
cerning which thou didst say to
their fathers, that they should go
in to possess it. 24 So the chil-
dren went in and "possessed the
land, and thou subduedst before
them the inhabitants of the land,
the Canaanites, and gavest them
into their hands, with their kings,
and the peoples of the land, that
they might do with them as they
would. 25 And they took forti-
1 Heb. a God of forgiveness.
2 Or, and didst distribute them into every cornt
NEHEMIAH 9.17—9.32
fied cities, and a fat land, and
possessed houses full of all good
things, cisterns hewn out, vine-
yards, and oliveyards, and fruit-
trees in abundance: so they did
eat, and were filled, and became
fat, and delighted themselves in
thy great goodness.
26 Nevertheless they were dis-
obedient, and rebelled against thee,
and cast thy law behind their back,
and slew thy prophets that testified
against them to turn them again
unto thee, and they wrought great
provocations. 27 Therefore 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 adversaries. 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 testifiedst against
them, that thou mightest bring
them again unto thy law. Yet
they dealt proudly, and hearkened
not unto thy commandments, but
sinned against thine ordinances
(which if a man do, he shall live in
them), and Withdrew the shoulder,
and hardened their neck, and would
not hear. 30 Yet many years didst
thou bear with them, and testi-
fiedst 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 Neverthe-
less in thy manifold mercies thou
didst not make a full end of them,
nor forsake them; for thou art a
gracious and merciful God.
32 Now therefore, our God, the
3 Heb. they gave a stubborn shoulder.
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NEHEMIAH 9.33—10.33
great, the mighty, and the terrible
God, who keepest covenant and lov-
ingkindness, let not all the travail
seem little before thee, that hath
come upon us, on our kings, on our
princes, and on our priests, and on
our prophets, and on our fathers,
and on all thy people, since the
time of the kings of Assyria unto
this day. 33 Howbeit thou art
just in all that is come upon us;
for thou hast dealt truly, but we
have done wickedly; 34 neither
have our kings, our princes, our
priests, nor our fathers, kept thy
law, nor hearkened unto thy com-
mandments and thy testimonies
wherewith thou didst testify against
them. 35 For they have not served
thee in their kingdom, and in thy
The People covenant to keep the Law
Henadad, Kadmiel; 10 and their
brethren, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Ke-
lita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11 Mica, Re-
hob, Hashabiah, 12 Zaccur, Shere-
biah, Shebaniah, 13 Hodiah, Bani,
Beninu. 14 The chiefs of the peo-
ple: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam,
Zattu, Bani, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Be-
bai, 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, 18 Ho-
diah, Hashum, Bezai, 19 Hariph,
Anathoth, ^Nobai, 20 Magpiash,
Meshullam, Hezir, 21 Meshezabel,
Zadok, Jaddua, 22 Pelatiah, Hanan,
Anaiali, 23 Hoshea, Hananiah,
Hasshub, 24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Sho-
bek, 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maa-
seiah, 26 and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
28 And the rest of the people.
great goodness that thou gavest the priests, the Levites, the porters,
them, aiid in the large and fat land; the singers, the Nethinim, and all
which thou gavest before them, they that had separated themselves
neither turned they from their
wicked works. 36 Behold, we are
servants this day, and as for the
from the peoples of the lands unto
the law of God, their wives, their
sons, and their daughters, every one
land that thou gavest unto our \ that had knowledge and under-
fathers to eat the fruit thereof and I standing; 29 they clave to their
the good thereof, behold, we are | brethren, their nobles, and entered
servants in it. 37 And it yieldeth | into a curse, and into an oath,
much increase unto the kings whom i to walk in God's law, which was
thou hast set over us because of given by Moses the servant of God,
our sins: also they have power over
our bodies, and over our cattle, at
their pleasure, and we are in great
distress. *38 and ^et for all this
we make a ^sure covenant, and
write it; and our princes, our
Levites, atid our priests, ^seal unto it.
1 f\ Now those that sealed
1 v7 were: Nehemiah the gov-
ernor, the son of Hacaliah, and
Zedekiah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jere-
miah, 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Mal-
chijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Mal-
luch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Oba-
diah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these
were the priests. 9 And the Le-
vites: namely, Jeshua the son of
Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of
* Ch. 10. 1 in Heb.
' Or, because of - Or, faithful » Heb. are at the sealinf;.
and to observe and do all the com-
mandments of Jehovah our Lord,
and his ordinances and his statutes;
30 and that we would not give our
daughters unto the peoples of the
land, nor take their daughters for
our sons; 31 and if the peoples of
the land bring wares or any grain on
the sabbath day to sell, that we
would not buy of them on the
sabbath, or on a holy day; and that
we would forego the seventh year,
and the exaction of every debt.
32 Also we made ordinances for
us, to charge ourselves yearly with
the third part of a shekel for the
service of the house of our God;
33 for the showbread, and for the
continual meal-offering, and for the
continual burnt-offering, for the sab-
baths, for the new moons, for tlie
^ Another readina; is, IS'cbai.
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List of those who dwelt in Jerusalem
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, according to our
fathers' houses, at times appointed,
year by year, to burn upon the altar
of Jehovah our God, as it is written
in the law; 35 and to bring the first-
fruits of our ground, and the first-
fruits of all fruit of all manner of
trees, year by year, unto the house
of Jehovah; 36 also the first-born
of our sons, and of our cattle, as
it is written in the law, and the
* firstlings of our herds and of our
flocks, to bring to the house of our
God, unto the priests that min-
ister in the house of our God;
37 and that we should bring the
first-fruits of our ^dough, and our
heave-offerings, and the fruit of
all manner of trees, Hhe new 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 tillage: 38 And the
priest the son of Aaron shall be
with the Levites, when the Levites
take tithes: and the Levites shall
bring up the tithe of the tithes
unto the house of our God, to the
chambers, into the treasure-house.
39 For the children of Israel and the
children of Levi shall bring the
heave-offering of the grain, of Hhe
new 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
1 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
Or, coarse meal
2 Or, the vintage
NEHEMIAH 10.34—11.13
And the people blessed all the men
that willingly offered themselves
to dwell in Jerusalem.
3 Now these are the chiefs of
the province that dwelt in Jeru-
salem: but in the cities of Judah
dwelt every one in his possession
in their cities, to wit, Israel, the
priests, and the Levites, and the
Nethinim, and the children of Solo-
mon's servants. 4 And in Jeru-
salem dwelt certain of the chil-
dren of Judah, and of the children
of Benjamin. Of the children of
Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah,
the son of Zechariah, the son of
Amariah, the son of Shephatiah,
the son of Mahalalel, of the chil-
dren of Perez; 5 and Maaseiah the
son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh,
the son of Hazaiah, the son of Ada-
iah, the son of Joiarib, the son of
Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.
6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt
in Jerusalem were four hundred
threescore and eight valiant men.
7 And these are the sons of Ben-
jamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam,
the son of Joed, the son of Peda-
iah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of
Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the
son of Jeshaiah. 8 And after him
Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty
and eight. 9 And Joel the son of
Zichri was their overseer; and Ju-
dah 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 of the house, eight hundred
twent}^ and two; and Adaiah the
son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah,
the son of Amzi, the son of Zecha-
riah, the son of Pashhur, the son
of Malchijah, 13 and his brethren,
chiefs of fathers' houses, two hun-
dred fort}^ and two; and Amashsai
the son Azarel, the son of Ahzai,
the son of Meshillemoth, the son
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NEHEMIAH 11.14—12.13
of Immer, 14 and their brethren,
mighty men of valor, a hundred
twenty and eight. And their over-
seer was Zabdiel, Hhe son of Hag-
gedoHm.
15 And of the Levites: Shema-
iah the son of Hasshub, the son of
Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah,
the son of Bunni; 16 and Shab-
bethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs
of the Levites, who had the over-
sight of the outward business of
the house of God; 17 and Matta-
niah the son of Mica, the son of
Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was
the chief to begin the thanksgiv-
ing in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the
second among his brethren; and
Abda the son of Shammua, the son
of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
18 All the Levites in the holy
city were two hundred fourscore and
four.
19 Moreover the porters, Akkub,
Talmon, and their brethren, that
kept watch at the gates, were a
hundred seventy and two. 20 And
the residue of Israel, of the priests,
the Levites, were in all the cities
of Judah, every one in his inheri-
tance. 21 But the Nethinim dwelt
in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa
were over the Nethinim.
22 The overseer also of the Le-
vites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the
son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah,
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
conimandment from the king con-
cering them, and ^a settled pro-
vision for the singers, as every day
required. 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 con-
cerning the people.
25 And as for the villages, with
their fields, some of the children
of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba
and the Howns thereof, and in
1 Or, one of the great men
3 Or, a sure ordinance concerning
3 Heb. daughters.
other Places which were inhabited
Dibon and the ^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
Howns thereof, 28 and in Ziklag,
and in Meconah and in the ^towns
thereof, 29 and in En-rimmon, and
in Zorah, and in Jarmuth, 30 Za-
noah, Adullam, and their villages,
Lachish and the fields thereof; Aze-
kah and the ^towns thereof. So
they encamped from Beer-sheba
unto the valley of Hinnom. 31 The
children of Benjamin also dwelt from
Geba omvard, at Michmash and
Aija, and at Beth-el and the Howns
thereof, 32 at Anathoth, Nob, Ana-
niah, 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35 Lod,
and Ono, Hhe valley of craftsmen.
36 And of the Levites, certain
courses in Judah were joined to
Benjamin.
"I O Now these are the priests
1 ^ and the Levites that went up
with Zerubbabel the son of Sheal-
tiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jere-
miah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch,
Hattush, 3 Shecaniah, Rehum,
Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abi-
jah, 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah.
These were the chiefs of the priests
and of their brethren in the days
of Jeshua.
8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua,
Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Ju-
dah, and Mattaniah, who was over
^the thanksgiving, he and his breth-
ren. 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unno,
their brethren, were over against
them according to their oflBces.
10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, and
Joiakim begat Eliashib, and Elia-
shib begat Joiada, 11 and Joiada
begat Jonathan, and Jonathan be-
gat Jaddua.
12 And in the days of Joiakim
were priests, heads of fathers' houses:
of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah,
Hananiah; 13 of Ezra, Meshullam;
4 Or, Ge-haharashim See 1 Chr. 4. 14. » Or, the choirs
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NEHEMIAH 12.14—12.42
of Amariah, Jehohanan; 14 of ^Mal-
luchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Jo-
seph; 15 of Harim, Adna; of Mer-
aioth, Helkai; 16 of Iddo, Zechariah;
of Ginnethon, MeshulJam; 17 of Abi-
jah, 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 Jed-
aiah, Nethanel.
22 As for the Levites, in the
days of EKashib, Joiada, and Jo-
hanan, and Jaddua, there were
recorded the heads of fathers' houses;
also the priests, ^in the reign of
Darius the Persian. 23 The sons of
Levi, heads of fathers' houses, were
written in the book of the chronicles,
even until the days of Johanan the
son of Eliashib. 24 And the chiefs
of the Levites: Hashabiah, Shere-
biah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel,
with their brethren over against
them, to praise and give thanks,
according to the commandment of
David the man of God, watch
next to watch. 25 Mattaniah, and
Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam,
Talmon, Akkub, were porters keep-
ing the watch 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 gov-
ernor, and of Ezra the priest the
scribe.
27 And at the dedication of the
wall of Jerusalem they sought the
Levites out of all their places, to
bring them to Jerusalem, to keep
the dedication with gladness, both
with thanksgivings, and with sing-
ing, with cymbals, psalteries, and
with harps. 28 And the sons of
the singers gathered themselves to-
gether, both out of the ^plain round
about Jerusalem, and from the
villages of the Netophathites; 29 also
from Beth-gilgal, and out of the
fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for
the singers had builded them vil-
lages round about Jerusalem. 30
And the priests and the Levites
purified themselves; and they puri-
fied the people, and the gates, and
the wall.
31 Then I brought up the princes
of Judah upon the wall, and ap-
pointed 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 Benjamin, and She-
maiah, and Jeremiah, 35 and certain
of the priests' sons with trumpets:
Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the
son of Shemaiah, the son of Matta-
niah, 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 be-
fore them. 37 And by the foun-
tain gate, and straight before them,
they went up by the stairs of
the city of David, at the ascent
of the wall, above the house of
David, even unto the water gate
eastward.
38 And the other company of
them that gave thanks went to
meet them, and I after them, with
the half of the people, upon the
wall, above the tower of the fur-
naces, even unto the broad wall,
39 and above the gate of Ephraim,
and by the old gate, and by the fish
gate, and the tower of Hananel,
and the tower of ^Hammeah, even
unto the sheep gate: and they stood
still in the gate of the guard. 40 So
stood the two companies of them
that gave thanks in the house
of God, and I, and the half of
the ^rulers with me; 41 and the
priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Minia-
min, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah,
and Hananiah, with trumpets;
42 and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah,
Another reading is, Melicu. 2 Or, to 3 Or, Circuit * Or, The hundred
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5 Or, deputies
NEHEMIAH 12.43 — 13.14 ordinances for the Xemple service. Tobiah driven from the Temple
and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jeho-
hanan, and Malchijah, and Elam,
and Ezer. And the singers sang
loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
43 And they offered great sacrifices
that day, and rejoiced; for God had
made them rejoice with great joy;
and the women also and the chil-
4 Now before this, Eliashib the
priest, who was appointed over
the ^chambers of the house of our
God, being allied unto Tobiah, 5
had prepared for him a great cham-
ber, where aforetime they laid the
meal-offerings, the frankincense, and
the vessels, and the tithes of the
dren rejoiced: so that the joy of grain, the new wine, and the oil,
Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
44 And on that day were men
appointed over the chambers for
the treasures, for the heave-offer-
ings, for +he 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
Judah rejoiced for the priests and
for the Levites that ^waited. 45
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 Babylon I went
unto the king: and after certain
days asked I leave of the king, 7 and
I came to Jerusalem, and under-
stood the evil that Eliashib had
And they kept the charge of their | done for Tcbiah, in preparing him a
God, and the charge of the purifica
tion, and so did the singers and the
porters, according to the command-
ment of David, and of Solomon his
son. 46 For in the days of David
and Asaph of old ^there was a chief
of the singers, and songs of praise
and thanksgiving unto God. 47
And all Israel in the days of Zerub-
babel, and in the days of Nehemiah,
gave the portions of the singers
and the porters, as every day re-
quired: and they set apart that
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 frankin-
cense.
10 And I perceived that the
portions of the Levites had not
been given them; so that the Le-
whick was for the Levites; and thejvites and the singers, that did
Levites set apart that which was
for the sons of Aaron.
"I O On that day they read
1 O in the book of Moses in the
audience of the people; and therein
was found written, that an Am-
monite 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 Balaam against
them, to curse them: howbeit our
God turned the curse into a blessing.
3 And it came to pass, when they
had heard the law, that they separ-
ated from Israel all the mixed multi-
tude.
1 Heb. of the law. 2 Heb. stood.
3 Another reading is, there were chiefs.
the work, were fled every one to
his field. 11 Then contended I
with the "rulers, and said. Why is
the house of God forsaken.^ And
I gathered them together, and set
them in their place. 12 Then
brought all Judah the tithe of
the grain and the new wine and
the oil unto the treasuries. 13
And I made treasurers over the
treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and
Zadok the scribe, and of the Le-
vites, Pedaiah: and next to them
was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the
son of Mattaniah; for they were
counted faithful, and their business
was to distribute unto their breth-
ren. 14 Remember me, O my God,
* Heb. chamber.
^ Or, deputies
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Sabbath-breaking suppressed. Mixed Marriages condemned
NEHEMIAH 13.15—13.31
concerning this, and wipe not out
my good deeds that I have done for
the house of my God, and for the
observances thereof.
15 In those days saw I in Judah
some men treading winepresses on
the sabbath, and bringing in
^sheaves, and lading asses there-
tvith; as also wine, grapes, and
figs, and all manner of burdens,
which they brought into Jerusa-
lem on the sabbath day: and I
testified . against them in the day
wherein they sold victuals. 16 There
dwelt men of Tyre also therein,
who brought in fish, and all manner
of wares, and sold on the sabbath
unto the children of Judah, and in
Jerusalem. 17 Then I contended
with the nobles of Judah, and said
unto them. What evil thing is this
that ye do, and profane the sab-
bath 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 sabbath.
19 And it came to pass that,
when the gates of Jerusalem began
to be dark before the sabbath, I
commanded that the doors should
be shut, and commanded that they
should not be opened till after the
sabbath: and some of my servants
set I over the gates, that there
should no burden be brought in on
the sabbath day. 20 So the mer-
chants and sellers of all kind of
wares lodged without Jerusalem
once or twice. 21 Then I testi-
fied against them, and said unto
them. Why lodge ye ^about the
wall? if ye do so again, I will lay
hands on you. From that time
forth came they no more on the
sabbath. 22 And I commanded the
Levites that they should purify
themselves, and that they should
1 Or, heaps of grain
2 Heb. before.
come and keep the gates, to sanc-
tify the sabbath day. Remember
unto me, O my God, this also, and
spare me according to the great-
ness of thy lovingkindness.
23 In those daj^s also saw I the
Jews that ^had married women
of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of
Moab: 24 and their children spake
half in the speech of Ashdod, and
could not speak in the Jews' lan-
guage, but according to the lan-
guage of each people. 25 And I
contended with them, and ''cursed
them, and smote certain of them,
and plucked off their hair, and
made them swear by God, saying.
Ye shall not give your daughters
unto their sons, nor take their
daughters for your sons, or for
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 be-
loved of his God, and God made
him king over all Israel: neverthe-
less even him did foreign women
cause to sin. 27 Shall we then
hearken unto you to do all this
great evil, to trespass against our
God in marrying foreign women?
28 And one of the sons of Joiada,
the son of Eliashib the high priest,
was son-in-law to Sanballat the
Horonite: therefore I chased him
from me. 29 Remember them, O
my God, ^because they have defiled
the priesthood, and the covenant
of the priesthood, and of the Le-
vites.
30 Thus cleansed I them from
^all foreigners, and appointed charges
for the priests and for the Levites,
every one in his work; 31 and for
the ' wood-offering, at times ap-
pointed, and for the first-fruits.
Remember me, O my God, for good.
3 Heb. had made to dwell with them. < Or, reviled
5 Heb. for the defilings of &c. • Or, everything foreign
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THE BOOK OF
ESTHER
The Feast of Ahasuerus. Queen Vashti refuses to attend it
INow it came to pass in the
days of ^Ahasuerus (this is
Ahasuerus who reigned from India
even unto Ethiopia, over a hun-
dred and seven and twenty prov-
inces), 2 that in those days, when
the king Ahasuerus sat on the
throne of his kingdom, which was
in Shushan the ^palace, 3 in the
third year of his reign, he made a
feast unto all his princes and his
servants; the power of Persia and
Media, the nobles and princes of
the provinces, being before him;
4 when he showed the riches of
his glorious kingdom and the honor
of his excellent majesty many days,
even a hundred and fourscore days.
5 And when these days were ful-
filled, the king made a feast unto
all the people that were present in
Shushan the palace, both great and
small, seven days, in the court of
the garden of the king's palace.
6 There loere hangings of ^white
cloth, of ^green, and of blue, fast-
ened with cords of fine linen and
purple to silver rings and pillars
of marble: the couches were of
gold and silver, 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 an-
other), and royal wine in abun-
dance, according to the ^bounty
of the king. 8 And the drinking
was according to the law; none
could compel: for so the king had
appointed to all the officers of his
house, that they should do accord-
ing to every man's pleasure.
» Or, Xerxes Heb. Ahashverosh. 2 Or, castle
5 Or, fine cloth, white and blue * Or. cotton
5 Or, of porphyry, and while marble, and alabaster, and
stone of blue color * Heb. hand.
9 Also Vashti the queen made a
feast for the women in the royal
house which belonged to king Aha-
suerus. 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 "chamberlains that min-
istered in the presence of Ahasuerus
the king, 11 to bring Vashti the
queen before the king with the
crown royal, to show the peoples
and the princes her beauty; for she
was fair to look on. 12 But the queen
Vashti refused to come at the
king's commandment by the cham-
berlains : therefore was the king very
wroth, and his anger burned in him.
13 Then the king said to the
wise men, who knew the times
(for so was the king's manner to-
ward all that knew law and judg-
ment; 14 and the next unto him
were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha,
Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Me-
mucan, the seven princes of Persia
and Media, who saw the king's
face, and sat first in the king-
dom), 15 What shall we do unto
the queen Vashti according to law,
because she hath not done the bid-
ding of the king Ahasuerus by the
chamberlains.^ 16 And Memucan
answered before the king and the
princes, Vashti the queen hath not
done wrong to the king only, but
also to all the princes, and to all
the peoples that are in all the
provinces of the king Ahasuerus. 17
For this deed of the queen will
come abroad unto all women, to
make their husbands contemptible
in their eves, when it shall be re-
7 Or, eunuchs (and so in ver. 12, &c.)
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Queen Vashti is deposed. A Substitute is sought for
ESTHER 1.18—2.12
ported, The king Ahasuerus com-
manded Vashti the queen to be
brought in before him, but she
came not. 18 And this day will
the princesses of Persia and Media
who have heard of the deed of the
queen ^say the like unto all the
king's princes. So will there arise
^much contempt and wrath. 19 If
it please the king, let there go forth
a royal commandment from him,
and let it be written among the
laws of the Persians and the Medes,
^that it be not altered, that Vashti
come no more before king Ahasue-
rus; and let the king give her
royal estate %nto another that is
better than she. 20 And when the
king's decree which he shall make
shall be published throughout all
his kingdom (for it is great), all
the wives will give to their hus-
bands honor, both to great and
small. 21 And the saying pleased
the king and the princes; and the
king did according to the word of
Memucan: 22 for he sent letters
into all the king's provinces, into
every province according to the
writing thereof, and to every peo-
ple after their language, that every
man should bear rule in his own
house, and should speak according
to the language of his people.
2 After these things, when the
wrath of king Ahasuerus was
pacified, he remembered Vashti,
and what she had done, and what
was decreed against her. 2 Then
said the king's servants that min-
istered unto him, Let there be fair
young virgins sought for the king:
3 and let the king appoint officers
in all the provinces of his kingdom,
that they may gather together all
the fair young virgins unto Shu-
shan the palace, to the house of
the women, unto the custody of
^Hegai the king's chamberlain,
keeper of the women; and let their
things for purification be given
them; 4 and let the maiden that
pleaseth the king be queen instead
of Vashti. And the thing pleased
the king; and he did so.
5 There was a certain Jew in
Shushan the palace, whose name
was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the
son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a
Benjamite, 6 who had been car-
ried away from Jerusalem with the
captives that had been carried away
with ^Jeconiah king of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Baby-
lon had carried away. 7 And he
^brought up Hadassah, that is,
Esther, his uncle's daughter: for
she had neither father nor mother,
and the maiden was fair and beauti-
ful; and when her father and mother
were dead, Mordecai took her for
his own daughter.
8 So it came to pass, when the
king's commandment and his de-
cree was heard, and when many
maidens were gathered together unto
Shushan the palace, to the custody
of Hegai, that Esther was taken
into the king's house, to the custody
of Hegai, keeper of the women.
9 And the maiden pleased him, and
she obtained kindness of him; and
he speedily gave her her things for
purification, with her portions, and
the seven maidens who were meet to
be given her out of the king's
house: and he removed her and
her maidens to the best place of the
house of the women. 10 Esther
had not made known her people
nor her kindred; for Mordecai had
charged her that she should not
make it known. 11 And Mor-
decai walked every day before the
court of the women's house, to
know how Esther did, and what
would become of her.
12 Now when the turn of every
maiden was come to go in to king
Ahasuerus, after that it had been
done to her according to the law
for the women twelve months (for
so were the days of their purifica-
tions accomplished, to wit, six
months with oil of myrrh, and
I Or. tell it 2 Or, enough ^ Heb. that it pass not away. ^ xr oa a t u^-.rU^
* Heb. unto her companion. ^ Heb. Ilegee. 6 In 2 K. 24. 6, Jehotachtn.
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Heb. nourished.
ESTHER 2.13 3.7 Esther chosen to be Queen. Mordecai saves the King's Life. Haman promoted
six months with sweet odors and
with the things for the purifying
of the women), 13 then in this
wise came the maiden unto the
king: Whatsoever she desired was
given her to go w^ith her out of
the house of the women unto the
king's house. 14 In the evening
she went, and on the morrow she
returned into the second house
of the women, to the custody of
Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain,
who kept the concubines: she came
in unto the king no more, except
the king delighted in her, and she
were called by name. 15 Now
when the turn of Esther, the 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 nothing but what Hegai
the king's chamberlain, the keeper
of the women, appointed. And
Esther obtained favor in the sight
of all them that looked upon her.
16 So Esther was taken unto
king Ahasuerus into his house royal
in the tenth month, which is the
month Tebeth, in the seventh j^ear
of his reign. 17 And the king
loved Esther above all the women,
and she obtained favor and kind-
ness 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 ser-
vants, even Esther's feast; and
he made a ^release to the prov-
inces, and gave gifts, according
to the ^bounty of the king.
19 And when the virgins were
gathered together the second time,
then Mordecai was sitting in the
king's gate. 20 Esther had not
yet made known her kindred nor
her people; as Mordecai had charged
her: for Esther did the command-
ment of Mordecai, like as when she
was brought up with him. 21 In
those days, while Mordecai was
sitting in the king's gate, two of the
king's chamberlains, Bigthan and
Teresh, of those that kept the
threshold, were wroth, and sought
to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
22 And the thing became known to
Mordecai, who showed it unto Esther
the queen; and Esther told the
king thereof in Mordecai's name. 23
And when inquisition was made
of the matter, and it was found to
be so, they were both hanged on
a. tree: and it was written in the
book of the chronicles before the
king.
3 After these things did king
Ahasuerus promote Haman the
son of Hammedatha the Agagite,
and advanced him, and set his seat
above all the princes that were
with him. 2 And all the king's
servants, that were in the king's
gate, bowed down, and did reverence
to Haman; for the king had so com-
manded concerning him. But Mor-
decai bowed not down, nor did him
reverence. 3 Then the king's ser-
vants, that were in the king's gate,
said unto Mordecai, Why trans-
gressest thou the king's command-
ment.^ 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
I 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 made
known to 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 Mor-
decai.
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.
1 Heb. rest.
2 Heb. hand.
3 Or, words
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Hanian procures a Decree for the Destruction of the Jews
which is the month Adar. 8 And
Haman said unto king Ahasuerus,
There is a certain people scattered
abroad and ^dispersed among the
peoples in all the provinces 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 treasuries. 10 And
the king took his ring from his
hand, and gave it unto Haman the
son of Hammedatha the Agagite,
the Jews' enemy. 11 And the king
said unto Hanian, The silver is
given to thee, the people also, to do
with them as it seemeth good to
thee.
12 Then were the king's ^scribes
called in the first month, on the
thirteenth day thereof; and there
was written according to all that
Haman commanded unto the king's
satraps, and to the governors that
were over every province, 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 children and women,
in one day, even upon the thir-
teenth 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, ^that
the decree should be given out in
every province, was published unto
all the peoples, that they should be
ready against that day. 15 The
posts went forth in haste by the
1 Or, separated
3 Or, secretaries
2 Or, meet for the king
' Or, to he given out for a decree
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ESTHER 3.8^-4.9
king's commandment, and the de-
cree 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 sack-
cloth with ashes, and went out
into the midst of the city, and
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 com-
mandment and his decree came,
there was great mourning among
the Jews, and fasting, and weeping,
and wailing; and ^many lay in sack-
cloth and ashes.
4 And Esther's maidens and her
chamberlains came and told it her;
and the queen was exceedingly
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
appointed 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 of the
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 writ-
ing of the decree that was given
out in Shushan to destroy them,
to show 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.
* Heb. sackcloth and ashes were spread under many.
ESXHER 4.10 — 5.12 Mordecai persuades Esther to intercede for the Jews. Esther's Banquet
10 Then Esther spake unto Hathach,
and gave him a message 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 those to whom the
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 holdest thy peace at
this time, then will relief and de-
liverance arise to the Jews from
another place, but thou and thy
father's house will perish: and who
knoweth whether thou art not come
to the kingdom for such a time as
this? 15 Then Esther bade them
return 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 day: I
also and my maidens will fast in like
manner; and so will I go in unto the
king, which is not according to the
law: and if I perish, I perish. 17 So
Mordecai went his way, and did
according to all that Esther had
commanded him.
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 favor 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 the banquet
that I hav-e 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 per-
pared. 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 .f^ 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 favor 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 Mordecai in the
king's gate, that he stood not up nor
hnoved for him, he was filled with
wrath against Mordecai. 10 Never-
theless Haman refrained himself, and
went home; and he sent and fetched
his friends and Zeresh his wife.
II 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 prepared but myself; and to-
morrow also am I invited by her
1 Or, trembled hefwe him
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Haman has a Gallows made for Mordecai. Mordecai honored by the King ESTHER 5.13 7.3
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 ^gallows be made 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 com-
manded to bring the book of records
of the chronicles, and they were
read before the king. 2 And it
was found written, that Mordecai
had told of Bigthana and Teresh,
two of the king's chamberlains,
of those that kept the threshold,
who had sought to lay hands on
the king Ahasuerus. 3 And the
king said. What honor and dignity
hath been bestowed on Mordecai
for this.f^ 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 .f^ 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. Be-
hold, 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 honor .^^ Now
Haman said in his heart. To whom
would the king delight to do honor
more than to mj^self.^ 7 And Ha-
man said unto the king. For the
man whom the king delighteth to
honor, 8 let royal apparel be brought
which the king useth to wear, and
the horse that the king rideth upon,
^and on the head of which a crown
royal is set : 9 and let the apparel and
Heb. tree. - Heb. the king's sleep fled from him.
Or, and the crown royal which is set upon his head
the horse be delivered to the hand
of one of the king's most noble
princes, that they may array the
man therewith whom the king de-
lighteth to honor, and cause him
to ride on horseback through the
street of the city, and proclaim
before him. Thus shall it be done
to the man whom the king dehghteth
to honor.
10 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 before
him. Thus shall it be done unto
the man whom the king delighteth
to honor. 12 And Mordecai came
again to the king's gate. But Ha-
man hasted to his house, mourning
and having his head covered. 13
And Haman recounted unto Ze-
resh his wife and all his friends
everything that had befallen him.
Then said his wise men and Zeresh
his wife unto him. If Mordecai, be-
fore 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 pre-
pared.
7 So the king and Haman
came ''to banquet with Esther
the queen. 2 And the king said
again unto Esther on the second
day at the banquet of wine. What
is thy petition, queen Esther.^ and
it shall 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 favor in
thy sight, O king, and if it please
* Heb. to drink.
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ESTHER 7.4 8.10 Esther accuses Hainan to the King. Haman is hanged. Esther's Petition
the king, let my life be given me at
my petition, and my people at my
request: 4 for we are sold, I and my
people, to be destroyed, to be slain,
and to perish. But if we had been
sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I
had held my peace, ^although the
adversary could not have compen-
sated 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: 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 returned 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
• Or, for our affliction is not to be compared with the
king's damage 2 Heb. tree.
Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 And Esther spake yet again
before the king, and fell down
at his feet, and besought him
with tears to put away the mis-
chief of Haman the Agagite, and
his device that he had 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 favor 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 that are
in all the king's provinces : 6 for how
can I endure to see the evil that
shall come unto m}^ 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,
Behold, 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 ^to the Jews, as it
pleaseth 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 ac-
cording to all that Mordecai com-
manded unto the Jews, and to
the satraps, and the governors and
princes of the provinces which are
from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred
twenty and seven provinces, unto
every" province according to the
writing thereof, and unto every peo-
ple after their language, and to the
Jews according to their writing,
and according to their language.
10 And he wrote in the name of
3 Or, concerning
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The Jews authorized to resist their Enemies. Jews destroy their Enemies ESTHER 8.1 1 9,13
king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with
the king's ring, and sent letters
by posts on horseback, riding on
^swift steeds that were used in the
king's service, bred of the stud : 1 1
wherein the king granted the Jews
that 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 assault them, their little ones
and women, and to take the spoil of
them for a prey, 12 upon one day
in all the provinces of king Ahasu-
erus, namely, upon the thirteenth
day of the twelfth month, which is
the month Adar. 13 A copy of the
writing, ^that the decree should be
given out in every province, was
published unto 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 command-
ment; and the decree was given out
in Shushan the palace.
15 And Mordecai went forth
from the presence 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 honor. 17 And in every
province, and in every city, whith-
ersoever the king's commandment
and his decree came, the Jews
had gladness and joy, a feast and
a good day. And manyrfrom 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
1 Or, swift steeds, mules, and youn^ dromedaries
2 Or, to be given out for a decree
execution, on the day that the
enemies of the Jews hoped to have
rule over them (whereas it was
turned to the contrary, that the
Jews had rule over them that hated
them), 2 the Jews gathered them-
selves together in their cities through-
out all the provinces of the king
Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as
sought their hurt : and no man could
withstand them; for the fear of them
was fallen upon all the peoples. 3
And all the princes of the provinces,
and the satraps, and the governors,
and they that did the king's busi-
ness, helped the Jews; because the
fear of Mordecai was fallen upon
them. 4 For Mordecai was great
in the king's house, and his fame
went forth throughout all the prov-
inces; 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 destruction, 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 Par-
shandatha, and Dalphon, and As-
patha, 8 and Poratha, and Adalia,
and Aridatha, 9 and Parmashta, and
Arisai, and Aridai, 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 fur-
ther.^ and it shall be done. 13 Then
said Esther, If it please the king,
let it be granted to the Jews that
are in Shushan to do to-morrow
also accordinoj unto this dav's de-
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ESTHER 9.14-9.31
cree, and let Hainan'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 together on the four-
teenth day also of the month Adar,
and slew three hundred men in
Shushan; but on the spoil they laid
not their hand. 16 And the other
Jews that were in the king's prov-
inces gathered themselves 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 thir-
teenth day of the month Adar;
and on the fourteenth day of the
same they rested, and made it a
day of feasting and gladness. 18
But the Jews that were in Shushan
assembled together on the thir-
teenth day thereof, and on the
fourteenth thereof; and on the fif-
teenth 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
un walled towns, make the four-
teenth day of the month Adar a
day of gladness and feasting, and
a good day, and of sending por-
tions one to another.
20 And Mordecai wrote these
things, and sent letters unto all
the Jews that were in all the prov-
inces of the king Ahasuerus, both
nigh and far, 21 to enjoin them
that they should keep the four-
teenth day of the month Adar, and
the fifteenth day of the same,
yearly, 22 as the days wherein the
Jews had rest from their enemies,
and the month which was turned
unto them from sorrow to gladness,
and from mourning into a good
day; that they should make them
days of feasting and gladness, and
of sending portions one to another,
and gifts to the poor. 23 And the i neb. be ended.
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The Feast of Purim instituted
Jews undertook to do as they had
begun, and as Mordecai had writ- j
ten unto them; 24 because Haman ^
the son of Hammedatha, the Agag-
ite, the enemy of all the Jews,
had plotted against the Jews to
destroy them, and had cast Pur,
that is, the lot, to consume them,
and to destroy them; 25 but when
the matter came before the king,
he commanded by letters that his
wicked device, which he had de-
vised against the Jews, should re-
turn 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
thay had seen concerning this mat-
ter, and that which had come unto
them, 27 the Jews ordained, and
took upon them, and upon their
seed, and upon all such as joined
themselves unto them, so that it
should not fail, that they would
keep these two days according to
the writing thereof, and according
to the appointed time thereof, every
year; 28 and that these days should
be remembered and kept through-
out every generation, every family,
every province, and every city; and
that these days of Purim should not
fail from among the Jews, nor the
remembrance of them ^perish from
their seed.
29 Then Esther the queen, the
daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai
the Jew, wrote with all ^authority
to confirm- this second letter of
Purim. 30 And he sent letters
unto all the Jews, to the hundred
twenty and seven provinces of the
kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words
of peace and truth, 31 to confirm
these days of Purim in their ap-
pointed times, according as Morde-
cai the Jew and Esther the queen
had enjoined them, and as they had
ordained for themselves and for
their seed, in the matter of the
2 Heb. strength.
Mordecai's Greatness
fastings and their cry. 32 And the
commandment of Esther confirmed
these matters of Purim; and it
was written in the book.
1f\ And the king Ahasuerus
v/ laid a tribute 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
ESTHER 9.32—10.3
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 ac-
cepted of the multitude of his
brethren, seeking the good of his
people, and speaking peace to all
his seed.
THE BOOK OP
JOB
Job's Uprightness and Wealth
1 There was a man in the land
of Uz, whose name was ^Job;
and that man was perfect and up-
right, and one that feared God,
and turned away from evil. 2
And there were born unto him
seven sons and three daughters.
3 His ^substance also was seven
thousand sheep, and three thou-
sand 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
sanctified them, and rose up early
in the morning, and offered burnt-
offerings according to the number
of them all: for Job said. It may
be that my sons have sinned, and
^renounced God in their hearts.
Thus did Job continually.
6 Now it came to pass on the
day when the sons of God came
to present themselves before Je-
hovah, that ^Satan also came among
1 Heb. lyob.
2 Or, cattle
3 Or, blasphemed So ver. 11; ch. 2, 5,
* That is, the Adversary.
Satan permitted to test him
them. 7 And Jehovah said unto
Satan, Whence comest thou.^^ Then
Satan answered Jehovah, and said,
From going to and fro in the earth,
and from walking up and down in
it. 8 And Jehovah said unto Satan,
Hast thou considered my servant
Job.^ ^for there is none like him in
the earth, a perfect and upright
man, one that feareth God, and
turneth away from evil. 9 Then
Satan answered Jehovah, and said.
Doth Job fear God for nought.^^ 10
Hast not thou made a hedge about
him, and about his house, and about
all that he hath, on every side.? thou
hast blessed the work of his hands,
and his ^substance is increased in the
land. 11 But put forth thy hand
now, and touch all that he hath,
and he will renounce thee to thy
face. 12 And Jehovah said unto
Satan, Behold, all that he hath is
in thy ^power; only upon himself
put not forth thy hand. So Satan
went forth from the presence of
Jehovah.
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
5 Or. that
6 Heb. hand.
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JOB 1.15-2.13
feeding beside them; 15 and ^the
Sabeans fell upon them, and took
them away: yea, they have slain
the ^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 ^ser-
vants, and consumed them; and I
only am escaped alone to^ tell thee.
17 While he was yet speaking,
there came also another, and said,
The Chaldeans made three bands,
and ^fell upon the camels, and
have taken them away, yea, and
slain the ^servants with the edge
of the sword; and I only am es-
caped alone to tell thee. 18 While
he was yet speaking, there came
also another, and said, Thy sons
and thy daughters were eating and
drinking wine in their eldest broth-
er's house; 19 and, behold, there
came a great wind ""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
robe, and shaved his head, and
fell down upon the ground, and
worshipped; 21 and he said. Naked
came I out of my mother's womb,
and naked shall I return thither:
Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath
taken away; blessed be the name
of Jehovah. 22 In all this Job
sinned not, nor ^charged God fool-
ishly. -
2 Again it came to pass on the
day when the sons of God came
to present themselves before Je-
hovah, that Satan came also among
them to present himself before Je-
hoVah. 2 And Jehovah said unto
Satan, From whence comest thou.^^
And Satan answered Jehovah, and
said. From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and
Job's Afflictions and Patience. His Three Friends visit him
down in it. 3 And Jehovah 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 turneth away from evil:
and he still holdeth fast his integ-
rity, although thou movedst me
against him, 'to destroy him with-
out cause. 4 And Satan answered
Jehovah, and said. Skin for skin,
yea, all that a man hath will he
give for his life. 5 But put forth
thy hand now, and touch his bone
and his flesh, and he will renounce
thee to thy face. 6 And Jehovah
said unto Satan, Behold, he is in
thy hand; only spare his Hfe.
7 So Satan went forth from the
presence of Jehovah, 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
therewith; and he sat among the
ashes. 9 Then said his wife unto him,
Dost thou still hold fast thine in-
tegrity.^ renounce God, and die.
10 But he said unto her, Thou
speakest as one of the foolish women
speaketh. What.'^ shall we receive
good at the hand of God, and shall
we not receive evil.^ 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 Teman-
ite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and
Zophar the Naamathite; and they
made an appointment together to
come to bemoan him and to com-
fort 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 robe, 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 ^grief was very
great.
1 Heb. Sheha. 2 Heb. young men. ^ Or, made a raid « Or, that
* Or, cyver * Or, attributed folly to God « Or, impious
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' Heb. to swallow him up.
9 Or, pain
Job bewails his Birth. Eliphaz's First Speech
JOB 3.1—4.3
3 After this opened Job his
mouth, and cursed his day.
2 And Job answered 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 from above seek
for it.
Neither let the light shine upon
it.
5 Let darkness and Hhe shadow
of death claim it for their own ;
Let a cloud dwell upon it;
Let all that maketh black the
day terrify it.
6 As for that night, let thick dark-
ness seize upon it:
Let it not rejoice among the
days of the year;
Let it not come into the number
of the months.
7 Lo, let that night be ^barren;
Let no joyful voice come therein.
8 Let them curse it that curse the
day,
Who are ^ready to rouse up
leviathan.
9 Let the stars of the twilight
thereof be dark:
Let it look for light, but have
none;
Neither let it behold the eyelids
of the morning:
10 Because it shut not up the doors
of my mother's womb,
Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.
11 Why died I not from the womb.^^
Why did I not give up the ghost
when my mother bare me.^^
12 Why did the knees receive me.^^
Or why the breasts, that I should
suck.^
13 For now should I have lain down
and been quiet;
I should have slept; then had
I been at rest,
14 With kings and counsellors of
the earth.
Who ^built up waste places for
themselves ;
Or. deep darkness (and so elsewhere) 2 Or, solitary
Or, skilful * Or, built solitary piles
15 Or with princes that had gold,
Who filled their houses with
silver:
16 Or as a hidden untimely birth
I had not been,
As infants that never saw light.
17 There the wicked cease from
^troubling;
And there the weary are at rest,
18 There the prisoners are at ease
together;
They hear not the voice of the
taskmaster.
19 The small and the great are
there :
And the servant is free from
his master.
20 Wherefore is light given to him
that is in misery.
And life unto the bitter in soul;
21 Who «long for death, but it
Cometh not.
And dig for it more than for hid
treasures;
22 Who rejoice ^exceedingly.
And are glad, when they can
find the grave.?
23 Why is light given to a man
whose way is hid.
And whom God hath hedged in.^
24 For my sighing cometh ^before
I eat.
And my ^groanings are poured
out like water.
25 For i^the thing which I fear
cometh upon me.
And that which I am afraid of
cometh unto me.
26 I ^^am not at ease, neither am
I quiet, neither have I rest;
But trouble cometh.
4 Then answered Eliphaz the
Temanite, and said,
2 If one assay to commune with
thee, wilt thou be grieved.?
But who can withhold himself
from speaking.?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed
many,
6 Or, raging ^ Heb. wait. ' Or, unto exultation
8 Or, like my food » Heb. roarings.
10 Or, the thing which I feared is come b'c.
" Or, was not at ease . . . yet trouble came
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JOB 4.4 — 5.7 Eliphaz affirms the Justice of God. Man's Insignificance in God's Sight
And thou hast strengthened the
weak hands.
4 Thy words have upholden him
that was falHng,
And thou hast made firm the
^feeble knees.
5 But now it is come unto thee,
and thou ^faintest;
It toucheth thee, and thou art
troubled.
6 Is not thy fear of God thy con-
fidence,
And the integrity of thy ways
thy hope.^
7 Remember, I pray thee, who
ever perished, 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.
11 The old lion perisheth for lack
of prey.
And the whelps of the lioness are
scattered abroad.
12 Now a thing was ^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 trem-
bling.
Which made all my bones to
shake.
15 Then ^a spirit passed before
my face;
The hair of my flesh stood up.
16 It stood still, but I could not
discern the appearance thereof;
A form was before mine eyes:
^ There was silence, and I heard
a voice, saying,
1 Heb. bowing 2 Qr, art grieved 3 Or, mischief
* Heb. brought by stealth. 8 Qr, c breath passed over
« Or, / heard a still voice
17 Shall mortal man ^be more
just than God.^^
Shall a man ^be more pure than
his Maker .f^
18 Behold, he putteth no trust in
his servants;
And his angels he chargeth with
folly:
19 How much more them that
dwell in houses of clay,
W^hose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed ^before the
moth!
20 ^^Betwixt morning and evening
they are ^^destroyed:
They perish for ever without
any regarding it.
21 ^^Is not their tent-cord plucked
up within them.^
They die, and that without
wisdom.
5 Call now; is there any that
will answer thee.'^
And to which of the holy ones
wilt thou turn?
2 For vexation killeth the foolish
man,
And ^^ jealousy slayeth the silly
one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking
root:
But suddenly I cursed his habita-
tion.
4 His children are far from safety.
And they are crushed in the gate,
Neither is there any to deliver
them:
5 W^hose harvest the hungry eat-
eth up.
And taketh it even out of the
thorns ;
And ^^the snare gapeth for their
substance.
6 For ^^affliction cometh not forth
from the dust.
Neither doth trouble spring out
of the ground;
7 But man is born unto trouble,
As ^^the sparks fly upward.
^ Or, be just before God * Or, be pure before his Maker
' Or, like 10 Or. From morning to evening
" Heb. broken in pieces.
12 Or, Is not their excellency which is in them removed}
" Or, indignation » Ace. to Vulg., the thirsty swallow up.
15 Or, iniquity See ch. 4. 8.
J6 Heb. the sons of flame (or, of lightning).
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The Benefits of Chastisement. Job's Second Speech
JOB 5.8—6.6
8 But as for me, I would seek unto
God,
And unto God would I commit
my cause;
9 Who doeth great things and un-
searchable,
Marvellous things without num-
ber:
10 Who giveth rain upon the
earth.
And sendeth waters upon the
fields;
11 So that he setteth up on high
those that are low,
And those that mourn are ex-
alted to safety.
12 He frustrateth the devices of
the crafty.
So that their hands ^cannot
perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their
own craftiness ;
And the counsel of the cunning
is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the
day-time.
And grope at noondaj^ as in the
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 stoppeth her
mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man
whom God ^correcteth:
Therefore despise not thou the
chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth
up;
He woundeth, and his hands
make whole.
19 He will deliver thee in six
troubles ;
Yea, in seven there shall no
evil touch thee.
20 In famine he will redeem thee
from death;
And in war from the power of
the sword.
1 Or, can perform nothing of worth
2 Heb. out of their mouth. ^ Or, reproveth
21 Thou shalt be hid from the
scourge of the tongue;
Neither shalt thou be afraid
of destruction 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 ^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 grain cometh
in in its season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so
it is;
Hear it, and know thou it ^for
thy good.
6 Then Job answered and
said,
2 Oh that my vexation were but
weighed,
And all my calamity laid in the
balances !
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 them-
selves 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 savor
be eaten without salt.^^
Or is there any taste in ^the
white of an egg?
* Or, habitation
B Heb. for thyself
5 Or, shalt not err
7 Or, the juice of purslain
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JOB 6.7—7.2
7 ^My soul refuseth to touch them\
They are as loathsome food to
me.
8 Oh that I might have my re-
quest ;
And that God would grant me
the thing that I long for!
9 Even that it would please God
to crush me;
That he w^ould let loose his hand,
and cut me off!
10 And be it still my consolation,
^Yea, let me ^exult in pain "that
spareth not.
That I have not Menied the
words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I
should wait? •
And what is mine end, that I
should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of
stones?
Or is my flesh of brass?
13 Is it not that I have no help in me.
And that wisdom is driven quite
from me?
14 To him that is ready to faint
kindness should he showed
from his friend;
^Even to him that forsaketh
the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brethren have dealt deceit-
fully as a brook,
' As the channel of brooks that
pass away;
16 Which are black by reason of
the ice.
And wherein the snow hideth
itself :
17 What time they ^wax warm,
they vanish;
When it is hot, they are con-
sumed out of their place.
18 ^The caravans that travel by
the way of them turn aside;
They go up into the waste, and
perish.
1 Or, What things my soul refused to touch, these are
as my loathsome food
' Or, Though I shrink back ^ Or, harden myself
* Or, though he spare not ^ Or, concealed
» Or, Else might he forsake Or, But he forsaketh
7 Or, shrink
8 Or, The paths of their way are turned aside
The Deceitfulness and liinkindness of Job's Friends
19 The caravans of Tema looked,
The companies of Sheba waited
for them.
20 They were put to shame be-
cause they had hoped;
They came thither, and wei*e
confounded.
21 For now ye ^are nothing;
Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
22 Did I say, Give unto me?
Or, Offer a present for me of
your substance?
23 Or, Deliver me from the adver-
sary's hand?
Or, Redeem me from the hand
of the oppressors?
24 Teach me, and I will hold my
peace;
And cause me to understand
wherein I have erred.
25 How forcible are words of up-
rightness !
But your reproof, what doth it
reprove?
26 Do ye think to reprove words,
Seeing that th^ speeches of one
that is desperate are ^"as wind?
27 Yea, ye would cast lots upon the
fatherless.
And make merchandise of your
friend.
28 Now^ therefore be pleased to
look upon me;
^^For surely I shall not lie to
your face.
29 Return, I pray you, let there be
no injustice;
Yea, return again, ^-my cause is
righteous.
30 Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my taste discern mis-
chievous things?
7 Is there not a ^%arfare to
man upon earth?
And are not his days like the
days of a hireling?
2 As a servant that earnestly
desireth the shadow.
And as a hireling that looketh
for his wages:
9 Another reading is, are like thereto, i" Or, for the wind
11 Or, And it will be evident unto you if I lie
12 Heb. my righteousness is in it. i^ Or, tii,te of service
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Job remonstrates with God, Bildad's First Speech
So am I made to possess months ! 16 'I loathe my
of misery,
And wearisome nights
pointed to me.
When I He down, I say,
When shall I arise, and the night
be gone?
And I am full of tossings to and fro
unto the dawning of the day.
My flesh is clothed with worms
and clods of dust;
My skin ^closeth up, and break-
eth out afresh.
My days are swifter than a
weaver's shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
Oh remember that my life is a
breath :
Mine eye shall no more see good.
The eye of him that seeth me
shall behold me no more;
Thine eyes shall be upon me,
but I shall not be.
As the cloud is consumed and
vanisheth away.
So he that goeth down to Sheol
shall come i^d no more.
He shall return no more to his
house.
Neither shall his place know him
any more.
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.
2 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster.
That thou settest a watch over
me.'^ V
3 When I say, My bed shall com-
fort me.
My couch shall ease my com-
plaint;
4 Then thou scarest me with
dreams,
And terrifiest me through vi-
sions :
5 So that my soul chooseth stran-
gling,
And death rather than these my
bones.
1 Or, is broken and become loathsome
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JOB 7.3—8.6
life\ I ^ would not
live alway:
Let me alone; for my days are
''vanity.
17 What is man, that thou should-
est magnify him.
And that thou shouldest set thy
mind upon him,
18 And that thou shouldest visit
him every morning.
And 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 Mo I
unto thee, O thou ^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 wilt seek me dili-
gently, but I shall not be.
Then answered Bildad the
Shuhite, and said,
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 justice.?
Or doth the Almighty pervert
righteousness.?
4 Tf 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
righteousness prosperous.
• Or, I waste away ' Or, shall ^ Or, as a breath
s Or, can I do ^ Or, preserver
' Or, If thy children sinned . . . he delivered crc.
8
2
JOB 8.7 9.11 Bildad says that God favors the Righteous, and destroys the Sinner
7 And though thy beginning was
small,
Yet thy latter end would greatly
increase.
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 ^flag grow without
water?
12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness,
and not cut down,
It withereth before any other
herb.
13 So are the paths of all that forget
God;
And the hope of the godless man
shall perish:
14 Whose confidence shall ^break in
sunder,
And whose trust is a spider's
%eb.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but
it shall not stand:
He shall hold fast thereby, but
it shall not endure.
16 He is green before the sun.
And his shoots go forth over his
garden.
17 His roots are wrapped ^about
the 5^one-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 thee.
19 Behold, this is the joy of his
way;
And out of the ^earth shall
others spring.
^ Or, papyrus 2 Or, reed-grass ' Or, he cut off
*• Heb. house. * Or, beside the spring 6 Or, dust
20 Behold, God will not cast away
a perfect man.
Neither will he uphold the evil-
doers.
21 ^He will yet fill thy mouth with
laughter.
And thy lips with shouting.
22 They that hate thee shall be
clothed with shame;
And the tent of the wicked shall
be no more.
9 Then Job answered and
said,
2 Of a truth I know that it is so:
^But how can man be just ^with
God?
3 ^^If he be pleased to contend
with him,
He cannot answer him one of a
thousand.
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty
in strength:
Who hath hardened himself
against him, and prosper-
ed.?—
5 Him that removeth the moun-
tains, and they know it not.
When he overturneth them in his
anger;
6 That shaketh the earth out of its
place.
And the pillars thereof trem-
ble;
7 That commandeth the sun, and
it riseth not.
And sealeth up the stars;
8 That alone stretcheth out the
heavens.
And treadeth upon the ^Vaves
of the sea;
9 That maketh the Bear, Orion,
and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south;
10 That doeth great things past
finding out.
Yea, marvellous things without
number.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see
him not:
He passeth on also, but I per-
ceive him not.
7 Or, Till he fill s Or. For » Or, before
10 Or. // one should desire . . . He could not b'c.
n Heb. high places.
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Job confesses God's Power; complains that God destroys the Good with the Bad JOB 9.12 10.3
12 Behold, he seizeth the prey, who
can binder him?
Who will say unto him, What do-
est thou?
13 God will not withdraw his
anger;
The helpers of ^Rahab ^do stoop
under him.
14 How much less shall I answer
him.
And choose out my words to
reason with him?
15 Whom, though I were righteous,
yet would I not answer;
I would make supplication to
my judge.
16 If I had called, and he had an-
swered me,
Yet would I not believe that he
hearkened unto my voice.
17 ^For he breaketh me with a
tempest ,
And multiplieth my wounds
without cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take my
breath,
But filleth me with bitterness.
19 \i we speak of strength, ^lo, he is
mighty !
And if of justice. Who, saith he,
will summon me?
20 Though I be righteous, mine
own mouth shall condemn
me:
Though I be perfect, ^it shall
prove me perverse.
21 ^I am perfect; I regard not my-
self;
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 ^trial of the
innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand
of the wicked;
He covereth the faces of the
judges thereof:
If it he not he, who then is it?
1 Or, turn him back 2 Or, arrogancy See Is. 30. 7.
> Or. did 4 Heb. He who.
• Or, Lo, here am I, saith he; And if of justice. Who b'c.
' Or, he ' Or, Though I be perfect, I will not regard d'c.
* Or, calamity
25 Now my days are swifter
than a ^post:
They flee away, they see no good.
26 They are passed away as the
^^swift ships;
As the eagle that swoopeth on
the prey.
27 If I say, I will forget my com-
plaint,
I will put off my sad counte-
nance, and ^%e of good cheer;
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows,
I know that thou wilt not hold
me innocent.
29 I shall be condemned;
Why then do I labor in vain?
30 If I wash myself ^ Vith 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 judgment.
33 There is no umpire 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.
'I f\ My soul is weary of my life;
1 W I will give free course to my
complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of
my soul.
2 I will say unto God, Do not
condemn me;
Show me wherefore thou con-
tendest with me.
3 Is it good unto thee that thou
shouldest oppress,
That thou shouldest despise the
^^work of thy hands,
9 Or, runner i" Heb ships of reed. " Heb. brighten up.
12 Another reading is, with snow.
IS Heb. cleanse my hands with lye. 1* Heb. labor.
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JOB 10.4—11.7
Job protests against God's Severity. Zophar's First Speech
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 de-
liver out of thy hand?
8 Thy hands have framed me and
fashioned , 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.
And knit me together with bones
and sinews.
12 Thou hast granted me life and
lo vingkindness ;
And thy Visitation hath pre-
served my spirit.
13 Yet these things thou didst hide
in thy 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
^Being filled with ignominy,
And looking upon mine affliction.
16 And if my head exalt itself,
thou huntest me as a lion;
And again thou showest thyself
marvellous upon me.
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses
against me,
And increasest thine indignation
upon me:
1 Or, care
- Or, / am filled with ignominy, but look thou
increaseth: thou b'c.
^Changes and warfare are with
me.
1 8 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? ''cease
then.
And let me alone, that I may
Hake comfort a little,
21 Before I go w^hence I shall not
return,
Even to the land of darkness and
of the shadow of death;
22 The land dark as ^midnight.
The land of the shadow of death,
without any order,
And where the light is as ^mid-
night.
11
2
Then answered Zophar the
Naamathite, and said.
Should not the multitude of
words be answered?
And should a man full of talk
be justified?
3 Should th}^ boastings make men
hold their peace?
And when thou mockest, shall
no man make tlie« 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 show thee
the secrets of wisdom!
For he is manifold in understand-
ing.
Know therefore that God ^ex-
actetli of thee less than thine
iniquity deserveth.
7 ^Canst thou by searching find
out God?
3 Or, Host after host is against me
* Another reading is, let him cease, and leave me alone.
^ Heb. brighten up. « Hob. thick darkness.
' Or, remittelh (Heb. causeth to be forgotten) unto iiu
for it I of thine iniquity
i 8 Or, Canst thou find out the deep things of God?
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Zopliar accuses Job of Arrogance and Impiety. Job's Fourth Speech
JOB 11.8-12.13
Canst thou find out the Al-
mighty unto perfection.^
8 ^It is high as heaven; what
canst thou do.^
Deeper than 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 judgment, then
who can hinder him.^
11 For he knoweth false men:
He seeth iniquity also, ^even
though he consider it not.
12 ^But vain man is void of under-
standing.
Yea, man is born as a wild ass's
colt.
13 If thou set thy heart aright.
And stretch out thy hands to-
ward him;
14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put
it far away,
And let not unrighteousness
dwell in thy tents.
15 Surely then shall thou lift up
thy face without spot;
Yea, thou shall be stedfast, and
shall not fear:
16 For thou shall forget thy misery;
Thou shalt remember it as waters
that are passed away.
17 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, be-
cause there is hope;
Yea, thou shalt search aboid
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 ^they shall have no way to
flee ;
I Heb. The heights of heaven. 2 Heb. call an assembly.
3 Or, and him that considereth not
* Or, But an empty man will get understanding, when a
wild ass's colt is born a man
^ Or, arise above 0 Ileb. refuge is perished from them.
And their hope shall be the giv-
ing up of the ghost.
I Q Then Job answered and
li^ 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 neighbor,
I who called upon God, and he
answered :
The just, the perfect man is a
laughing-stock.
5 In the thought of him that is at
ease there is contempt for
misfortune;
It is rep^dy for them whose foot
slippeth.
6 The tents of robbers prosper.
And they that provoke God are
secure ;
^Into whose hand God bringeth
abundantly.
7 But ask now the beasts, and
they shall teach thee;
And the birds of the heavens,
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 ^in all these,
That the hand of Jehovah hath
wrought this,
10 In whose hand is the soul of
every living thing,
And the ^breath of all man-
kind.?
II Doth not the ear try words,
Even as the palate tasteth its
food.?
12 ^^With aged men is wisdom.
And in length of days under-
standing.
13 With ^^God is wisdom and
might;
7 Or, That bring their god in their hand « Or, by
9 Or, spirit i" Or, With aged m.en, ye say, is wisdom
" Heb. him.
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JOB 12.14—13.17
He hath counsel and understand-
ing.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and
it cannot be built again;
He shutteth up a man, and there
can be no opening.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the wa-
ters, and they dry up;
Again, he sendeth them out,
and they overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and wis-
dom;
The deceived and the deceiver
are his.
17 He leadeth counsellors away
stripped.
And judges maketh he fools.
18 He looseth the bond of kings,
And bindeth their loins with a
girdle.
19 He leadeth priests away stripped,
And overthroweth the mighty.
20 He removeth the speech of the
trusty,
And taketh away the under-
standing of the elders.
21 He poureth contempt upon
princes.
And looseth the belt of the
strong.
22 He uncovereth deep things out
of darkness.
And bringeth out to light the
shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and
he destroy eth them:
He enlargeth the nations, and
he leadeth them captive.
24 He taketh away understand-
ing from the chiefs of the
people of the ^earth,
And causeth them to wander
in a wilderness where there
is no way.
25 They grope in the dark without
light;
And he maketh them to ^stag-
ger like a drunken man.
13
Lo, mine eye hath seen
all this,
Mine ear hath heard and under-
stood it.
1 Or, land
2 Heb. wander.
Job affirms the Power of God
What ye know, tke same
know also:
I am not inferior unto you
do I
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 would 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 show partiality to him.^
Will ye contend for God.f^
9 Is it good that he should search
you out.^
Or as one ^deceiveth a man, will
ye Meceive him.^^
10 He will surely reprove you.
If ye do secretly show partiality.
11 Shall not his majesty 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 ^Wherefore should I take my
flesh in my teeth,
And put my life in my hand.'^
15 ^Behold, he will slay me; I
have no hope:
Nevertheless I will ^maintain
my ways before him.
16 This also shall be my salvation.
That a godless man shall not
come before him.
17 Hear diligently my speech,
And let my declaration be in
your ears.
3 Or, mocketh * Or. mock
5 Or, At all adventures I will take b'c.
6 Or, Though he slay me, yet ivill I wait for him
^ Heb. argue.
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Job affirms his Integrity, and begs for Justice. He
18 Behold now, I have set my cause
in order;
I know that I ^am righteous.
19 Who is he that will contend
with me?
For then Vould 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 thy hand far from me ;
And let not thy terror make me
afraid.
22 Then call thou, and I will an-
swer;
Or let me speak, and answer
thou me.
23 How many are mine iniquities
and sins.^
Make me to know my trans-
gression 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 WTitest bitter things
against me,
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 settest a bound to the
soles of my feet:
28 ^Though I am like a rotten
thing that consumeth.
Like a garment that is moth-
eaten.
UMan, that is born of a
woman,
Is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 He comQth forth like a flower,
and % cut down:.
He fleeth also as a shadow, and
continueth not.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes
upon such a one,
And bringest me into judgment
with thee.? :.,,-.
Or, shall be justified
Or, if I hold my peace, I shall give up Ssfc.
Heb. And he is'like. < Or, withereih
19
prays for a Respite JOB 13.18 — ^14* 15
4 "Wlio can bring a clean thing
out of an unclean.? not one.
5 Seeing his days are deterniined,
The number of his months is
with thee.
And thou hast appointed his
bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Look away from him, that lie
may ^rest.
Till he shall ^accomplish, as a
hireling, his day.
7 For there is hope of a tree,
If it be cut down, that it will
sprout again.
And that the tender branch
thereof will not cease.
8 Though the root thereof IWfif
old in the earth,
And the stock thereof die in
the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water
it will bud.
And put forth boughs like a
plant.
10 But man dieth, and is laid low:
Yea, man giveth up the ghost,
and where is he.?
\1 As the waters ^fail from the sea,
And the river wasteth 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 Sheol,
That thou w ouldest keep me se-
cret, until thy wrath be past.
That thou w^ouldest appoint me
a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man die, shall he live a§^in?
All the days of my warfare
^would I wait.
Till my ^^release should come.
15 Thou ^Vouldest call, and I would
answer thee:
Thou wouldest have a desire to
the work of thy hands.
^ Or, Ok thai a clean thing could come out of an unclean!
not one can « Heb. cease. ' Or. have pleasure in
8 Heb. are gone. - Or. 'loill . . . shall come
1" Or, change " Or, shal! call, and I will &-"c.
577
JOB 14.1G- — 15.20 Eliphaz's Second speech. He rebukes Job's Presumptuousness
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
But now thou numberest my
steps :
Dost thou not watch over my sin?
My transgression is sealed up
in a bag,
And thou fastenest up mine
iniquity.
falling
com-
But the mountam
eth to nought;
And the rock is removed out of
its place;
The waters - wear the stones ;
The overflowings thereof wash
away the dust of the earth:
So thou destroyest the hope of
man.
Thou prevailest for ever against
him, and he passeth ;
Thou changest his countenance,
and sendest him away.
His sons come to honor, and he
knoweth it not;
And they are brought low, but
he perceiveth it not of them.
^But his flesh upon him hath
pain.
And his soul within him mourn-
eth.
Ifr Then answered Eliphaz the
^ Temanite, and said,
2 Should a wise man make an-
swer with ^vain knowledge.
And fill himself with the east
wind.f^
3 Should he reason with unprofit-
able talk.
Or with speeches wherewith he
can do no good.^^
4 Yea, thou doest away with fear,
And ^hinderest ^devotion be-
fore God.
5 For ^thine iniquity teacheth
thy mouth,
And thou choosest the tongue
of the crafty.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth
thee, and not I;
Yea, thine own lips testify
against thee.
' Heb. fadeth away. i
^ Or, Only for himself his flesh nam pam. ami for himself '
his soul mourneth * Heb. kno^vledp^e of wind.
* Heb. diminishest. ^ Or. meditation
• Or, thy month teacheth thine iniquity
8
9
Art thou the first man that wa
born ?
Or wast thou brought forth
before the hills?
^Hast thou heard the secret
counsel of God?
And dost thou limit wisdom to
thyself?
What knowest thou, that we
know not?
What understandest thou, which
is not in us?
10 With us are both the gray-
headed and the very aged
men.
Much elder than thy father.
11 Are the consolations of God too
small for thee,
^Even the w^ord that is gentle
toward thee?
12 Why doth thy heart carry thee
away?
And why do thine eyes flash,
13 That against God thou turnest
thy spirit.
And lettest words go out of thy
mouth?
14 What is man, tbat he should be
clean? I
And he that is born of a woman,'
that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in
his holy ojies;
Yea, the heavens are not clean
in his sight:
16 How much less ^one that is
abominable and corrupt,
A man that drinketh iniquity
like water!
17 I will show thee, hear thou me:
And that which I have seen I
will declare
18 (W'hich wise men have told
From their fathers, and have not
hid it;
19 Unto whom alone the land was
given,
And no stranger passed among
them) :
20 The wicked man travaileth with
pain all his days,
' Or, Dost thou hearken in the council
* Or, Or is there anv secret thing with thee?
» Or. that which is
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Eliphaz declares that Sinners shall be speedily cut off.
31
32
^Eveii the number of years that
are laid up for the oppressor.
A sound of terrors is in his ears;
In prosperity the destroyer shall
come upon him.
He believeth not that he shall
return out of darkness,
And he is waited for of the sword.
He wandereth abroad for bread,
saying. Where is it.^^
He knoweth that the day of
darkness is ready at his hand.
Distress and anguish make him
afraid ;
They prevail against him, as a
king ready to the battle.
Because he hath stretched out
his hand against God,
And -behaveth himself proudly
against the Almighty;
He runneth upon him with a
stiff neck,
^With the thick bosses of his
bucklers ;
Because he hath covered his
face with his fatness.
And gathered fat upon his loins ;
And he hath dwelt in ^desolate
cities.
In houses which no man ^inhab-
ited.
Which were ready to become
heaps;
He shall not be rich, neither
shall his substance continue.
Neither shall ^their possessions
be extended on the earth.
He shall not depart out of dark-
ness;
The flame shall dry up his
branches,
And by the breath of '^God's
mouth shall he go away.
Let him not trust in vanity,
deceiving himself;
For vanity shall be his recom-
pense.
It shall be ^accomplished be-
fore his time.
And his branch shall not be
green.
> Or, And years that are numbered are laid up b'c.
2 Or. hiddeth defia^^ce to ' Or, Upon
* Heb. cut off. ■' Or, -u>ould inhabit
» Or, their produce bend to the earth
' Heb. his. » Or, paid in full
33
34
35
Job's Fifth Speech JOB 15.21 - 16.10
He shall shake off his uri>r.pc
grape as the vine.
And shall cast off his flower as
the olive-tree.
For the company of the godless
shall be barren.
And fire shall consume the tents
of bribery.
They conceive mischief, and
bring forth iniquity,
And their heart prepareth deceit.
16
2
10
Then Job answered and
said,
I have heard many such things:
^Miserable comforters are ye all.
Shall ^°vain words have an end.'*
Or what provoketh thee that
thou answerest?
I also could speak as ye do;
If your soul were in my soul's
stead,
I could join words together
against you,
And shake my head at you.
But I would strengthen you with
my mouth,
And the solace of my lips would
assuage your grief.
Though I speak, my grief is
not assuaged ;
And though I forbear, ^Hvhat am
I eased?
But now he hath made me
weary :
Thou hast made desolate all
my company.
And thou hast ^^laid fast hold
on me, which is a witness
against me:
And my leanness riseth up
against me,
It testifieth to my face.
He hath torn me An his wTath,
and ^^persecutcid me;
He hath gnashed upon me with
his teeth: \
Mine adversary shafpeneth his
ej^es upon me. \
They have. gaped up^n me with
their mouth;
9 Or, Wearisome
10 Heb. words of wind.
" Heb. what departcth from n^e
Or, shrivelled me up
13 Or, haltd
JOB 16.11-17.13
They have smitten me upon the
cheek reproachfully :
They gather themselves together
against me.
11 God delivereth me to the un-
godly,
And casteth me into the hands
of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, and he brake me
asunder;
Yea, he hath taken me by the
neck, and dashed me to pieces :
He hath also set me up for his
mark.
13 His ^archers compass me round
about;
He cleaveth my reins asunder,
and doth not spare;
He poureth out my gall upon
the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach
upon breach;
He runneth upon me like a
^giant.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon
my skin
And have '^laid my horn in the
dust.
16 My face is red with weeping.
And on my eyelids is the shadow
of death;
17 Although there is no violence
in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
18 O earth, cover not thou my
blood.
And let my cry ^have no resting-
place.
19 Even now, behold, my witness
is in heaven,
And he that voucheth for me is
on h'gh.
20 M}^ friends scoff at me:
Bid mine *^ye poureth out tears
unto God,
^1 ^That he would mamtain the
right oi a man with God,
And of /a son of man with his
neighbor!
22 For wh^n a few years are come,
•.'s Or,
Job complains of God's Treatment of him. He laments his Dire State
Or, arrowi
' Or, defiled
mighty ones - Or, mighty man
< Or, have no more place
' Or, That one might plead for a man with God, As a son
man pleadeth./or his neighbor
I shall go the way whence I
shall not return.
Iiy My spirit is consumed, my
I days are extinct,
The grave is ready for me.
2 Surely there are ^mockers with
me,
And mine eye dwelleth upon
their provocation.
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 But he hath made me a by-
word of the people;
And they spit in my face.
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason
of sorrow.
And all my members are as a
shadow.
8 Upright men shall be astonished
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 strong-
er.
10 But as for you all, come on now
again;
^And I shall not find a wise man
among you.
11 My days are past, my purposes
are broken off.
Even the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into
day :
The ' light, say they, is near
^^unto the darkness.
13 If I ^Mook for Sheol as my house;
6 Heb. mockery. ' Heb. portion.
8 Or, For I find not « Heb. possessions.
10 Or, because of
" Or. hope. Sheol is my house; I have spread . . . I have
said . . . .\nd where now is my hope?
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God's Power in the Crocodile depicted. Job confesses his Wrong JOB 41 . IQ 42.5
10 None is so fierce that he dare
stir him up;
Who then is he that can stand
before me?
11 Who hath first given unto me,
that I should repay him?
Whatsoever is under the whole
heaven is mine.
12 I will not keep silence concern-
ing his limbs,
Nor his mighty strength, nor
his goodly frame.
13 Who can ^strip off his outer
garment?
Who shall come within his jaws?
14 Who can open the doors of his
face?
^Round about his teeth is terror.
15 His ^strong scales are his pride,
Shut up together as tvith a close
seal.
16 One is so near to another.
That no air can come between
them.
17 They are joined one to another;
They stick together, so that
they cannot be sundered.
18 His sneezings flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids
of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth go burning
torches.
And sparks of fire leap forth.
20 Out of his nostrils a smoke
goeth.
As of a boiling pot and burning
rushes.
21 His breath kindleth coals.
And a flame goeth forth from
his mouth.
22 In his neck abideth strength.
And terror danceth before him.
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined
together :
They are firm upon him; they
cannot be moved.
24 His heart is as firm as a stone;
Yea, firm as the nether mill-
stone.
25 When he raiseth himself up, the
mighty are afraid:
^ Heb. ur.rmer the face of his garment.
2 Or, His Ireth are lerriblr rouvd ahoul
• Or, courses of scale.- Heb. channels of shields.
By reason of consternation they
are beside themselves.
26 If one lay at him with the
sword, it cannot avail;
Nor the spear, the dart, nor the
^pointed shaft.
27 He counteth iron as straw,
And brass as rotten wood.
28 The ^arrow cannot make him
flee:
Sling-stones are turned with him
into stubble.
29 Clubs are counted as stubble:
He laugheth at the rushing of
the javelin.
30 His underparts are like sharp
potsherds :
He spreadeth as it were a thresh-
ing-wain upon the mire.
31 He niaketh the deep to boil like
a pot:
He maketh the sea like a pot of
ointment.
32 He maketh a path to shine after
him;
One would think the deep to be
hoary.
33 Upon earth there is not his like,
That is made without fear.
34 He beholdeth everything that
is high:
He is king over all the sons of
pride.
AC% Then Job answered Jeho-
^Zd vah, and said,
2 I know that thou canst do all
things.
And that no purpose of thine
can be restrained.
3 Who is this that hideth counsel
without knowledge?
Therefore have I uttered that
which I understood not,
Th-ngs too wonderful for me,
which I knew not.
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will
speak;
I will demand of thee, and de-
clare thou unto me.
5 I had heard of thee by the
hearing of the ear;
But now mine eye seeth thee:
'I Or, coal of mail
Heb. son of the bow.
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JOB 42.6 42.17 Jehovah condemns Job's Three Friends. Jehovah restores Job to Prosperit
6 Wherefore I ^abhor myself^
And repent in dust and ashes.
7 And it was so, that, after Jeho-
vah had spoken these words unto
Job, Jehovah said to Ehphaz the
Temanite, My wrath is kindled
against thee, and against thy two
friends; for ye have not spoken
of me the thing that is right, as
my servant Job hath. 8 Now
therefore, take unto you seven
l)ullocks and seven rams, and go
to my servant Job, and offer up
for yourselves a burnt-offering; and
my servant Job shall pray for you;
for him will I accept, that I deal
not with you after your folly;
for ye have not spoken of me the
thing that is right, as my servant
Job hath. 9 So Eliphaz the Teman-
ite and Bildad the Shuhite and
Zophar the Naamathite went, and
did according as Jehovah com-
manded them: and Jehovah ac-
cepted Job.
10 And Jehovah turned the cap-
tivity of Job, when he prayed for
his friends: and Jehovah gave Job
twice as much as he had before.
1 Or, loathe ray words
11 Then came there unto him
all his brethren, and all his sisters,
and all they that had been of
his acquaintance before, and did
eat bread with him in his house:
and they bemoaned him, and com-
forted him concerning all the evil
that Jehovah had brought upon
him: every man also gave him a
Apiece of money, and every one a
ring of gold. 12 So Jehovah blessed
the latter end of Job more than
his beginning: and he had fourteen
thousand sheep, and six thousand
camels, and a thousand yoke of
oxen, and a thousand she- asses.
13 He had also seven sons and
three daughters. 14 And he called
the name of the first, Jemimah;
and the name of the second, Keziah ;
and the name of the third, Keren-
happuch. 15 And in all the land
were no women found so fair as the
daughters of Job: and their father
gave them inher'tance among their
brethren. 16 And after this Job
lived a hundred and forty years,
and saw his sons, and his sons' sons,
even four generations. 17 So Job
died, being old and full of days.
2 Heb. kesitah.
THE PSA LMS
BOOK I
The Righteous and the Wicked contrasted.
1 ^Blessed is the man that walketh
not in the counsel of the
wicked.
Nor standeth in the way of sin-
ners.
Nor sitteth in the seat of scoff-
ers:
2 But his delight is in the law of
Jehovah ;
And on his law doth he meditate
day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree
(^! , Happy
planted by the streams of water.
That bringeth forth its fruit in
its season,
Whose leaf also doth not wither;
And ^whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper.
4 The wicked are not so.
But are like the chaff which
the wind drive th away.
5 Therefore the wicked shall not
stand in the judgment.
Nor sinners in the congregation
of the righteous.
2 Or, in whatsoever lie docth lit shall prosper
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6 For Jehovah knoweth the way
of the righteous;
But the way of the wicked shall
perish.
The Reign of Jehovah's Anointed.
2 Why do the nations ^rage.
And the peoples meditate a
vain thing .f^
2 The kings of the earth set them-
selves,
And the rulers take counsel
together,
Against Jehovah, and against
his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bonds asunder,
And cast away their cords from
us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens
will laugh:
The Lord will have them in
derision.
5 Then will he speak unto them
in his wrath.
And ^vex them in his sore dis-
. pleasure :
6 Yet I have set my king
Upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will tell of the decree:
Jehovah said unto me, Thou
art my son;
This day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I will give thee
the nations for thine inheri-
tance,
And the uttermost parts of the
earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a
rod of iron;
Thou shalt dash them in pieces
like a potter's vessel.
10 Now therefore be wise, O ye
kings :
Be instructed, ye judges of the
earth.
11 Serve Jehovah with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry,
and ye perish in the way.
For his wrath ^will soon be
kindled.
PSALMS L6— 4.2
'^Blessed arc all they that take
refuge m him.
Morning Prayer of Trust in God.
A Psalm of David, when he fled from
Absalom his son.
3 Jehovah, how are mine adver-
saries increased!
Many are they that rise up
against me.
2 Many there are that say ^of my
soul.
There is no %elp for him in
God. [Selah
3 But thou, O Jehovah, art a
shield about me;
My glory, and the lifter up of
my head.
4 I cry unto Jehovah with my
voice,
And he answereth me out of
his holy hill. [Selah
5 I laid me down and slept;
I awaked; for Jehovah sustain-
eth me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thou-
sands of the people
That have set themselves against
me round about.
7 Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O
my God:
For thou hast smitten all mine
enemies upon the cheek bone;
Thou hast broken the teeth of
the wicked.
8 ''Salvation belongeth unto Je-
hovah :
Thy blessing be upon thy peo-
ple. [Selah
Evening Prayer of Trust in Qod.
For the Chief Musician ; on stringed
instruments. A Psalm of David.
4 Answer me when I call,
O God of my righteousness;
Thou hast set me at large when
I was in distress:
^Have mercy upon me, and hear
my prayer.
2 O ye sons of men, how long shall
my glory be turned into dis-
honor?
Or, tumultuously assemble
- Or, trouble » 3 Or, may 1
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* Or, Happy
' Or, Mclory
5 Or, to « Or, salvation
8 Or, Be gracious unto me
PSALMS 4.3—6.2
How long will ye love vanity,
and seek after falsehood?
[Selah
3 But know that Jehovah hath
set apart for himself %im that
is godly :
Jehovah will hear when I call
unto him.
4 ^Stand in awe, and sin not:
Commune with your own heart
upon your bed, and be still.
[Selah
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteous-
ness,
And put your trust in Jehovah.
6 Many there are that say, Who
will show us any good.f^
Jehovah, lift thou up the light
of thy countenance upon us.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my
heart.
More than they have when their
grain and their new wine are
increased.
8 In peace will I both lay me dow^n
and sleep;
For thou, Jehovah, ^alone mak-
est me dwell in safet3\
Prayer for Protection from the Wicked.
For the Chief Musician ; with the *Nehiloth.
A Psalm of David.
5 Give ear to my words, O Je-
hovah,
Consider my meditation.
2 Hearken unto the voice of my
cry, my King, and my God;
For unto thee do I pray.
3 O Jehovah, in the morning shalt
thou hear my voice;
In the morning will I order my
prayer unto thee, and will
keep watch.
4 For thou art not a God that hath
pleasure in wickedness:
^Evil shall not sojourn with thee.
5 ^The arrogant shall not stand in
thy sight:
Thou hatest all workers of in-
iquity.
6 Thou wilt destroy - them that
speak lies:
1 Or, one that he favoreth
3 Or, in solitude
5 Or, The evil man
- Or, Be ye angry
4 Or, wind instruments
6 Or, Fools
Jehovah abhorretli the blood-
thirsty and deceitful man.
7 But as for me, in the abundance
of thy lovingkindness will I
come into thy house:
In thy fear will I worship toward
thy holy temple.
8 Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy
righteousness because of ^mine
enemies ;
Make thy way ^straight before
my face.
9 For there is no ^faithfulness in
their mouth;
Their inward part is ^^very
wickedness ;
Their throat is an open sepul-
chre;
Thev ^^flatter with their tongue.
10 Hold them guilty, O God;
Let them fall ^-by their own
counsels ;
Thrust them out in the multi-
tude of their transgressions;
For they have rebelled against
thee.
11 i^But let all those that take
refuge in thee rejoice.
Let them ever shout for joy, be-
cause thou defendest them:
Let them also that love thy
name be joyful in thee.
12 For thou wilt bless the righteous;
O Jehovah, thou wilt compass
him with favor as with a
shield.
Prayer for Mercy in Time of Trouble.
For the Chief Musician ; on stringed instru-
ments, set to "the Sheminith. A Psalm
of David.
6 0 Jehovah, rebuke me not in
thine anger,
Neither chasten me in thy hot
displeasure.
2 Have mercy upon me, O Je-
hovah; for I am withered
away:
O Jehovah, heal me; for my
bones are troubled.
7 Or, them that lie in -wait for me « Or, level
9 Or, stedfasiness i" Or, a yawning gulf
11 Heb. make smooth their tongue. ^- Or, from their counsels
13 Or, So shall all those . . . rejoice. They shall ever
shout . . . and thou shalt defend them: They aU •: . . shall
be joyful in thee " Or, the iijilh
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3 My soul also is sore troubled:
And thou, O Jehovah, how long?
4 Return, O Jehovah, deliver my
soul :
Save me for thy lovingkindness'
sake.
5 For in death there is no remem-
brance of thee:
In Sheol who shall give thee
thanks?
6 I am weary with my groaning;
Every night make I my bed to
swim;
I water my couch with my tears.
7 Mine eye wasteth away because
of grief;
It waxeth old because of all mme
adversaries.
8 Depart from me, all ye workers
of iniquity;
For Jehovah hath heard the
voice of my weeping.
9 Jehovah hath heard my sup-
plication;
Jehovah will receive my prayer.
10 All mine enemies shall be put
to shame and sore troubled:
They shall turn back, they shall
be put to shame suddenly.
Jehovah implored to defend the Psalmist against
the Wicked.
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jeho-
vah, concerning the words of Gush a
Benjamite.
O Jehovah my God, in thee do
I take refuge:
Save me from all them that
pursue me, and deliver me,
Lest they tear my soul like a lion.
Rending it in pieces, while there
is none to deliver.
O Jehovah my God, if I have
done this;
If there be iniquity in my hands;
If I have rewarded evil unto
him that was at peace with me
(Yea, I have delivered him that
without cause was mine ad-
versary) ;
Let the enemy pursue my soul,
and overtake it;
Yea, let him tread my life down
to the earth,
7
PSALMS 6.3—7.17
And lay my glory in the dust.
[Selah
6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger;
Lift up thyself against the rage
of mine adversaries,
And awake for me; thou hast
commanded judgment.
7 ^And let the congregation of the
peoples compass thee about;
And over them return thou on
high.
8 Jehovah ministereth judgment
to the peoples:
Judge me, O Jehovah, according
to my righteousness, and to
mine integrity ^that is in me.
9 Oh let the wickedness of the
wicked come to an end, but
establish thou the righteous:
For the righteous God trieth
the minds and ^hearts.
10 My shield is with God,
Who saveth the upright in
heart.
11 God is a righteous judge,
Yea, a God that hath indigna-
tion every day.
12 ^If a man turn not, he will whet
his sword;
He hath bent his bow, and made
it ready;
13 He hath also prepared for him
the instruments of death;
He maketh his arrows fiery
shafts.
14 Behold, he travaileth with in-
iquity;
Yea, he hath conceived mischief,
and brought forth falsehood.
15 He hath made a pit, and digged
it.
And is fallen into the ditch
which he made.
16 His mischief shall return upon
his own head,
And his violence shall come
down upon his own pate.
17 I will give thanks unto Jehovah
according to his righteous-
ness,
And will sing praise to the name
of Jehovah Most High.
I Or, So shall
' Heb. reins.
2 Or, be it unto me
< Or, Surely he will again whet
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PSALMS 8.1—9.14
Jehovah's Qlory and Man's Dignity.
For the Chief Musician ; set to the Gittith.
A Psalm of David.
O Jehovah, our Lord,
How excellent is thy name in
all the earth.
Who hast set thy glory kipon
the heavens!
Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings hast thou established
strength,
Because of thine adversaries,
That thou mightest still the
enemy and the avenger.
When I consider thy heavens,
the work of thy fingers.
The moon and the stars, which
thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art
mindful of him?
And the son of man, that thou
visitest him.'^
For thou hast made him but
little lower than -God,
And crownest him with glory
and honor.
Thou makest him to have do-
minion over the works of thy
hands;
Thou hast put all things under
his feet:
All sheep and oxen.
Yea, and the beasts of the field.
The birds of the heavens, and
the fish of the sea.
Whatsoever passeth through the
paths of the seas.
O Jehovah, our Lord,
How excellent is thy name in all
the earth!
A Psalm of Thanksgiving for Ood's Justice.
For the Chief Musician ; set to Muth-labben.
A Psalm of David.
9
I will give thanks unto Jehovah
with my whole heart;
I will show forth all thy mar-
vellous works.
I will be glad and exult in thee;
I will sing praise to thv name, O
thou ^Most High.
When mine enemies turn back.
Or, above ^ Or, the angels Heb. Elohim.
Or, Mosi High; Because mine &c.
They stumble and perish at thy
presence.
4 For thou hast maintained my
right and my cause;
Thou sittest in the throne judi
ing righteously.
5 Thou hast rebuked the ^m
tions, thou hast destroye .
the wicked;
Thou hast blotted out their
name for ever and ever.
6 -^The enemy are come to an end,
they are desolate for ever;
^\nd the cities which thou hast
^overthrown,
The very remembrance of them
is perished.
7 But Jehovah sitteth as hing for
ever :
He hath prepared his throne for
judgment;
8 And he will judge the world in
righteousness.
He will minister judgment to
the ^peoples in uprightness.
9 Jehovah also will be a high tower
for the oppressed,
A high tower in times of trouble;
10 And they that know thy name
will put their trust in thee;
For thou, Jehovah, hast not foi-
saken them that seek thee.
11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who
dwelleth in Zion:
Declare among the ^people his
doings.
12 ^^For he that maketh inquisition
for blood remembereth them ;
He forgetteth not the cry of th*'
^^poor.
13 Have mercy upon me, O Jeho-
vah;
Behold my affliction ivhich I
suffer of them that hate me,
Thou that liftest me up from th('
gates of death;
14 That I may show forth all thy
praise.
In the gates of the daughter of
Zion
* Or, heathen
s Or, O thou enemy, desolations are come to a perpetual end
6 Or, A nd their cities thou hast overthrown
' Heb. plucked up. » Or, people » Or, peoples
1" Or, For when he maketh . . , he remembereth
1' Or, meek
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I will rejoice in thy ^salvation.
15 The nations are sunk down in
the pit that they made :
In the net which they hid is their
own foot taken.
16 Jehovah hath made himself
known, he hath executed
judgment:
-The wicked is snared in the work
of his own hands.
[Higgaion. Selah
17 The wicked shall be turned back
unto Sheol,
Even all the nations that forget
God.
18 For the needy shall not alway
be forgotten,
Nor the expectation of the ^poor
perish for ever.
19 Arise, O Jehovah; let not man
prevail :
Let the nations be judged in thy
sight.
20 Put them in fear, O Jehovah:
Let the nations know themselves
to be but men.
[Selah
A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked.
Why standest thou afar off,
O Jehovah .f^
Why hidest thou thyself in times
of trouble.^
2 In the pride of the wicked "^the
poor ^is hotly pursued;
^Let them be taken in the de-
vices that they have conceived.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his
heart's desire.
And ^the covetous renounceth,
yea, ^contemneth Jehovah.
4 The wicked, in the pride of his
countenance, saith. He will
not require it.
All his thoughts are, There is no
God.
5 His ways are ^firm at all times;
Thy judgments are far above
out of his sight:
As for all his adversaries, he
puffeth at them.
1 Or, saving help - Or, He snareth the wicked
3 Or, meek * Or, he doth hotly pursue the poor
5 Heb. is set on fire. ^ Or, They are taken
' Or, hlesseth the covetous, but contemneth b'c.
» Or, rcvilclh " Or, grievous
10
PSALMS 9.15—10.17
6 He saith in his heart, I shall not
be moved;
To all generations I shall not be
in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and
deceit and ^ ^oppression :
Under his tongue is mischief and
iniquity.
8 He sitteth in the lurking-places
of the villages;
In the secret places doth he
murder the innocent;
His eyes are privily set against
the ^^helpless.
9 He lurketh in secret as a lion in
his covert;
He lieth in wait to catch the poor :
He doth catch the poor, when
he draweth him in his net.
10 ^^He croucheth, he boweth down.
And the ^^elpless fall by his
strong ones.
11 He saith in his heart: God hath
forgotten.
He hideth his face, he will never
see it.
12 Arise, 6 Jehovah; O God, lift
up thy hand:
Forget not the ^poor.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked con-
temn God,
And say in his heart. Thou wilt
not require it"^
14 Thou hast seen it; for thou be-
holdest ^^mischief and spite,
^^to requite it with thy hand :
The ^ ^helpless committeth him-
self \mio thee;
Thou hast been the helper of
the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the
wicked;
And as for the evil man, seek
out his wickedness till thou
find none.
1 6 Jehovah is King for ever and ever :
The ^^nations are perished out
of his land.
17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the
desire of the meek:
Thou wilt ^^prepare their heart,
10 Or, fraud " Or, hapless
12 Another reading is. And being crushed.
13 Or, travail and grief " Or, to take it into thy hand
i» Or, heathen ^^ Or, establish
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thou wilt cause thine ear to
hear;
18 To judge the fatherless and the
oppressed,
That man who is of the earth
may be terrible no more.
Jehovah a Refuge and Defence.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1i In Jehovah do I take refuge:
1 How say ye to my soul,
Flee ^as a bird to your moun-
tain ;
2 For, lo, the wicked bend the bow,
They make ready their arrow
upon the string,
That they may shoot in dark-
ness at the upright in heart;
3 -If the foundations be destroyed.
What can the righteous do?
4 Jehovah is in his holy temple;
Jehovah, his throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, his eyelids
try, the children of men.
5 Jehovah trieth the righteous;
But the wicked and him that
loveth violence his soul hateth.
6 Upon the wicked he will rain
snares;
Fire and brimstone and burning
wind shall be the portion of
their cup.
7 For Jehovah is righteous; he
loveth ^righteousness:
'^The upright shall behold his
face.
God a Helper against the Treacherous.
For the Chief Musician ; set to *the Shemin-
ith. A Psalm of David.
i O Help, Jehovah; for the
1 Zd godly man ceaseth;
For ^the faithful fail from among
the children of men.
2 They speak falsehood every one
with his neighbor:
With flattering lip, and with a
double heart, do they speak.
3 Jehovah will cut off all flatter-
ing lips,
1 Or, ye birds
2 Or, For the foundations are destroyed; What hath the
righteous wrought? 3 Qr, righteous deeds
* Or, His countenance doth behold the upright
6 Or, the eighth / « Or, faithfulness failelh
0
The tongue that speaketh great
things ;
4 Who have said. With our tongue
will we prevail;
Our lips are ^our own: who is
lord over us.^^
5 Because of the oppression of
the poor, because of the sigh-
ing of the needy.
Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;
I will set him in the safety he
panteth for.
6 The words of Jehovah are purr
words ;
As silver tried in a furnace on
the earth,
Purified seven times.
7 Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah,
Thou wilt preserve them from
this generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every
side,
Wlien vileness is exalted among
the sons of men.
Prayer for Help in Affliction.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
i O How long, O Jehovah.^ wilt
1 O thou forget me for ever.?^
How long wilt thou hide thy
face from me.?
2 How long shall I take counsel
in my soul.
Having sorrow in my heart all
the day.'^
How long shall mine enemy be
exalted over vae?
3 Consider and answer me, O Je-
hovah my God:
Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep
the sleep of death;
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have
prevailed against him;
Lest mine adversaries rejoice
when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted in thy lov-
ingkindness ;
My heart shall rejoice in thy
salvation.
6 I will sing unto Jehovah,
Because he hath dealt bounti-
fully with me.
7 Heb. with us.
The Folly and Wickedness of Men.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of
David.
UThe fool hath said in his
heart, There is no God.
They are corrupt, they have done
abominable works;
There is none that doeth good.
2 Jehovah looked down from
heaven upon the children of
men,
To see if there were any that
did ^understand,
That did seek after God.
3 They are all gone aside; they
are together become filthy;
There is none that doeth good,
no, not one.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity
no knowledge.
Who eat up my people as they
eat bread.
And call not upon Jehovah.^
5 There were they in great fear;
For God is in the generation of
the righteous.
6 Ye put to shame the counsel of
the poor,
^Because Jehovah is his refuge.
7 Oh that the salvation of Israel
were come out of Zion!
When Jehovah %ringeth back
the captivity of his people,
Then shall Jacob rejoice, and
Israel shall be glad.
Description of a Citizen of Zion.
A Psalm of David.
1^ Jehovah, who shall sojourn
O in thy ^tabernacle .^
Who shall dwell in thy holy
hill?
2 He that walketh uprightly, and
worketh righteousness.
And speaketh truth in his heart;
3 ^He that slandereth not with his
tongue.
Nor doeth evil to his friend,
Nor taketh up a reproach against
his neighbor;
4 In ^whose eyes a reprobate is
despised,
PSALMS 14.1—16.10
But ^who honoreth them that
fear Jehovah;
^He that sweareth to his own
hurt, and changeth not;
5 ^He that putteth not out his
money to interest.
Nor taketh reward against the
innocent.
He that doeth these things shall
never be moved.
Jehovah the Psalmist's Portion in Life and Deliverer
in Death.
Michtam of David.
IO^ Preserve me, O God; for
^ in thee do I take refuge.
2 0 my soul, thou hast said unto
Jehovah, Thou art ^my Lord:
I have no good beyond thee.
3 ^^As for the saints that are in
the earth,
^^They are the excellent in whom
is all my delight.
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied
that give gifts for another
god:
Their drink-offerings of blood
will I not offer.
Nor take their names upon my
lips.
5 Jehovah is the portion of mine
inheritance and of my cup:
Thou maintainest my lot.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in
pleasant places;
Yea, I have a goodly heri-
tage.
7 I will bless Jehovah, who hath
given me counsel;
Yea, my ^^heart instructeth me
in the night seasons.
8 I have set Jehovah always be-
fore me:
Because he is at my right
hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and
my glory rejoiceth:
My flesh also shall dwell ^^in
safety.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul
to Sheol;
Or, deal wisely ''- Or, But ^ Or, returnelh to
Heb. tent. ^ Or, He slandereth e Or, his . . . he
~ Or, He sweareth
9 Or, the Lord
i 11 Or, And the excellent
' 1'- Heb. reins-
8 Or, He putteth
10 Or, U7ito
delight; Their b'c.
13 Or, confidently
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PSALMS 16.11—18.4
Neither wilt thou suffer thy :
^holy one to see ^corruption. ^
1 1 Thou wilt show me the path of |
life: ^ . , I
In thy presence is fulness of joy;
In thy right hand there are
pleasures for evermore.
Prayer for Protection against Oppressors.
A Prayer of David.
1r^ Hear the right, O Jehovah,
I attend unto my cry;
Give ear unto my prayer, that
goeth not out of feigned lips.
2 Let my sentence come forth
from thy presence;
'^Let thine eyes look upon equity.
3 Thou hast proved my heart;
thou hast visited me in the
night;
Thou hast tried me, and ''find-
est nothing;
I am purposed that my mouth
shall not transgress.
4 As for the works of men, by
the word of thy lips
I have kept me from the ways
of the violent.
5 My steps have held fast to thy
paths,
My feet have not slipped.
6 I have called upon thee, for
thou wilt answer me, O God:
Incline thine ear unto me, and
hear my speech.
7 Show thy marvellous loving-
kindness,
O thou that savest ^by thy
right hand them that take
refuge in thee
From those that rise up against
them,
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye;
Hide me under the shadow of
thy wings,
9 From the wicked that oppress
^J
me.
My deadly enemies, that com-
pass me about.
10 ^They are inclosed in their own
fat:
1 Or, godly Or, beloved Another reading is, holy ones.
- Or, the pit ^ Or, Thine eyes behold with equity
^ Or, findest no evil purpose in me; My mouth b'c.
5 Or, them that lake refuse . . . rise up ai^ainst thy risihl
hand « Or, They have shut up Ihcir heart
With their mouth they speak
proudly.
11 They have now compassed us
in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast us
down to the earth.
12 He is like a lion that is greedy
of his prey.
And as it were a young lion
lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O Jehovah,
^Confront him, cast him down:
Deliver my soul from ^the wicked
by thy sword;
14 From ^men by thy hand, O
Jehovah,
From men ^^of the world,'whose
portion is in this life.
And whose belly thou fillest
with thy treasure:
They are satisfied with children,
And leave the rest of their sub-
stance to their babes.
15 As for me, ^^I shall behold thy
face in righteousness;
^^I shall be satisfied, when I
awake, with beholding thy
form.
Jehovah praised for giving Victory and Dominion.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
the servaiit of Jehovah, ^-who spake unto
Jehovah the words of this song in the
day that Jehovah delivered him from
the hand of all his enemies, and from the
hand of Saul : and he said,
10 I love thee, O Jehovah, my
O strength.
2 Jehovah is my rock, and my
fortress, and my deliverer;
My God, my rock, in whom I
will take refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my
salvation, my high tower.
3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is
worthy to be praised:
So shall I be saved from mine
enemies.
4 The cords of death compassed
me,
And the floods of ^^ungodliness
made me afraid.
7 Or, Forestall » Or, the wicked, who is thy sword
8 Or, men who are thy hand
1" Or, whose portion in life is of the world
11 Or, let me i-' See 2 S. 22. 1-51. " Hcb. Belial.
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The cords of Sheol were round
about me;
The snares of death came upon me .
In my distress I called upon
Jehovah,
And cried unto my God:
He heard mj^ voice out of his
temple,
And my cry before him came
into his ears.
Then the earth shook and
trembled ;
The foundations also of the
mountains quaked
And were shaken, because he
was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke ^out of
his nostrils,
And fire out of his mouth de-
voured :
Coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and
came down;
And thick darkness was under
his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and
did fly; .
Yea, he soared upon the wmgs
of the w^ind.
11 He made darkness his hiding-
place, his pavilion round about
him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds
of the skies.
12 At the brightness before him his
thick clouds passed.
Hailstones and coals of fire.
13 Jehovah also thundered in the
heavens,
And the Most High uttered his
voice.
Hailstones and coals of fire.
14 And he sent out his arrows, and
scattered them;
^Yea, lightnings manifold, and
discomfited them.
15 Then the channels of waters
appeared.
And the foundations of the
world were laid bare.
At thy rebuke, 0_ Jehovah,
At the blast of the breath of thy
nostrils.
PSALMS 18.5—18.29
16 He sent from on high, he took
me;
He drew me out of ^many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong
enemy,
And from them that hated me;
for they were too mighty for
me.
18 They came upon me in the day
of my calamity;
But Jehovah was my stay.
19 He brought me forth also into n
large place;
He delivered me, because lie
delighted in me.
Jehovah hath rewarded me
according to my righteous-
ness;
According to the cleanness of
my hands hath he recom-
pensed me.
21 "For I have kept the ways of
Jehovah,
And have not wickedly departed
from my God.
For all his ordinances were before
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22
me,
And I put not away his statutes
from me.
23 I was also perfect with him.
And I kept myself from mine
iniquity.
24 Therefore hath Jehovah recom-
pensed me according to my
righteousness.
According to the cleanness of
my hands in his eyesight.
25 With the merciful thou wilt
show thyself merciful;
With the perfect man thou wilt
show thyself perfect;
26 With the pure thou wilt show
thyself pure;
And with the perverse thou wilt
show thyself froward.
For thou wilt save the afflicted
people;
But the haughty eyes thou wilt
bring down.
For thou wilt light my lamp:
Jehovah my God will lighten my
darkness.
For by thee I run ^upon a troop;
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28
29
1 Or, in his wrath
' Or, A nd he shot out lightnings ^ Or, great
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^ Or, through
PSALMS 18.30—19.4
xind by my God do I leap over
a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect:
The word of Jehovah is tried;
He is a shield unto all them that
take refuge in him.
?1 For who is God, save Jehovah .^^
And who is a rock, besides our
God,
32 The God that girdeth me with
strength,
And maketh my way perfect.'^
33 He maketh my feet like hinds'
feet:
And setteth me upon my high
places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war;
So that mine arms do bend a
bow of brass.
35 Thou hast also given me the
shield of thy salvation;
And thy right hand hath holden
me up.
And thy ^gentleness hath made
me great.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps
under me,
And my ^feet have not slipped.
37 I will pursue mine enemies, and
overtake them;
Neither will I turn again till
they are consumed.
38 I will smite them through, so
that they shall not be able to
rise:
They shall fall under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with
strength unto the battle:
Thou hast ''subdued under me
those that rose up against me.
40 Thou hast also made mine ene-
mies turn their backs unto me.
That I might cut off them that
hate me.
41 They cried, but there was none
to save;
Even unto Jehovah, but he
answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as
the dust before the wind;
I did ''cast them out as the mire
of the streets.
1 Or, condescension
3 Heb. caused to bow.
2 Heb. ankles.
* Heb. empty.
43 Thou hast delivered me from
the strivings of the people;
Thou '%ast made me the head of
the nations:
A people whom I have not
known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me they
shall obey me;
The foreigners shall ^submit
themselves unto me.
45 The foreigners shall fade away.
And shall come trembling out
of their close places.
46 Jehovah liveth; and blessed be
my rock;
And exalted be the God of my
salvation,
47 Even the God that executeth
vengeance for me.
And subdueth peoples under me.
48 He rescueth me from mine
enemies ;
Yea, thou liftest me up above
them that rise up against me;
Thou deliverest me from the
violent man.
49 Therefore I will give thanks unto
thee, O Jehovah, among the
nations.
And will sing praises unto thy
name.
50 Great Meliverance giveth he to
his king.
And showeth lovingkindness to
his anointed.
To David and to his seed, for
evermore.
The Works and the Word of God.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1r\ The heavens declare the glorv
c' of God;
And the firmament showeth his
handiwork.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech,
And night unto night showeth
knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language;
Their voice is not heard.
4 Their line is gone out through
all the earth,
6 Or, wilt make
« Or, yield feigned obedience Heb. lie.
7 Heb. salvations.
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And their words to the end of the
world.
In them hath he set a tabernacle
for thp-'^unT^
5 Which is^-as a bridegroom com-
ing gut oTIns'cFamber: •
And rejofceth as a strong man to
run his coursed t (( ^L^^cl^)
6 His going forth is from theertcl
of the heavens,
And his circuit unto the ends
of it;
And there is nothing hid from
the heat thereof.
7 The law of Jehovah is perfect,
restoring the soul:
The testimony of Jehovah is
sure, making wise the sim-
ple.
8 The precepts of Jehovah are
right, rejoicing the heart:
The commandment of Jehovah is
pure, enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of Jehovah is clean,
enduring for ever:
The ordinances of Jehovah are
true, and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than
gold, yea, than much fine
^ gold;
Sweeter also than honey and
the droppings of the honey-
comb.
1 1 Moreover by thein is thy servant
warned :
In keeping them there is great
reward.
12 Who can discern his errors.^
Clear thou me from hidden
faults.
13 Keep back thy servant also
^from presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion
over me:
Then shall I be upright,
And I shall be clear from great
transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth and
the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in th}^ sight,
O Jehovah, my rock, and my
redeemer.
PSALMS 19.5-2L3
Prayer for Victory over Enemies.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm oi
David.
0|^ Jehovah answer thee in the
^yJ day of trouble;
The name of the God of Jacob
set thee up on high;
2 Send thee help from the sanc-
tuary.
And ^strengthen thee out of Zion ;
3 Remember all thy '^offerings.
And ^accept thy burnt-sacri-
fice; [Selah
4 Grant thee thy heart's desire,
And fulfil all thy counsel.
5 We will triumph in thy ^sal-
vation.
And in the name of our God
we will set up our banners:
Jehovah fulfil all thy petitions.
6 Now know I that Jehovah
saveth his anointed;
He will answer him from his
holy heaven
With the saving, strength of
his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some
in horses;
But we will make mention of
the name of Jehovah our God.
8 They are bowed down and fallen ;
But we are risen, and stand up-
right.
9 Save, Jehovah:
Let the King answer us when we
call.
Praise for Deliverance.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Q1 The king shall joy in thy
-^ 1 strength, O Jehovah;
And in thy salvation how greatly
shall he rejoice!
2 Thou hast given him his heart's
desire.
And hast not withholden^ the
request of his lips. [Selah
3 For thou meetest him with
the blessings of ^goodness:
Thou settest a crown of fine
srold on his head.
Heb. Unt.
- Or, from the pruuJ
to'
3 Or, support
s Heb. accept as fat.
" Or, good things
■I Or. meal-offerings
« Or, victor \
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PSALMS 21.4—22.15
4 He asked life of thee, thou ga vest
it him,
Even length of days for ever
and ever.
5 His glory is great in thy salva-
tion:
Honor and majesty dost thou
lay upon him.
6 For thou ^makest him most
blessed for ever:
Thou makest him glad with
joy in thy presence.
7 For the king trusteth in Jehovah ;
And through the lovingkindness
of the Most High he shall
not be moved.
8 Thy hand will find out all thine
enemies ;
Thy right hand will find out
those that hate thee.
9 Thou wilt make them as a fiery
furnace in the time of thine
^anger :
Jehovah will swallow them up
in his wrath,
And the fire shall devour them.
10 -Their fruit wilt thou destroy
from the earth,
And their seed from among
the children of men.
11 For they intended evil against
thee;
They conceived a device which
they are not able to perform.
12 For thou wilt make them turn
their back;
Thou wilt make ready with thy
bowstrings against their face.
13 Be thou exalted, O Jehovah,
in thy strength:
So will we sing and praise thy
power.
A Cry of Anguish, and a Song of Praise.
For the Chief Musician ; set to 'Aijeleth hash-
Shahar. A Psalm of David.
My God, my God, why hast
thou forsaken me.^
'^Why art thou so far from help-
ing me, and from the words of
my groaning.^
1 Heb. settest hitn to be blessings. See Gen. 12. 2.
- Or, presence Heb. countenance.
^ That is, The hind of the morning.
' Or. Far from my help are the words of my groaning
Ileb. roarins.
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2 O my God, I cry in the daytime,
but thou answerest not;
And in the night season, ^and
am not silent.
3 But thou art holy,
O thou that ^inhabitest the
praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee:
They trusted, and thou didsl
deliver them.
5 They cried unto thee, and wei
delivered :
They trusted in thee, and were
not put to shame.
6 But I am a worm, and no man;
A reproach of men, and de-
spised of the people.
7 All they that see me laugh me
to scorn:
They shoot out the lip, they
shake the head, saying,
8 ^Commit thyself unto Jehovah;
let him deliver him:
Let him rescue him, seeing he
delighteth in him.
9 But thou art he that took me
out of the womb;
Thou didst make me trust ichoi
I was upon my mother's
breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the
womb;
Thou art my God since my
mother bare me.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble
is near;
For there is none to help.
12 Man}^ bulls have compassed me:
Strong bulls of Bashan have
beset me round.
13 They gape upon me with their
mouth.
As a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like w^ater.
And all my bones are out of
joint:
My heart is like wax;
It is melted within me.
15 My strength is dried up like .1
potsherd;
And my tongue cleavetb to my
jaws;
Or, but find no rest « Or, art enthroned upon
Or, He trusted on Jehovah, that he would deliver him
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And thou hast brought me into
the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me:
A company of evil-doers have
inclosed me;
^They pierced my hands and
my feet.
17 I may count all my bones.
They look and stare upon me;
18 They part my garments among
them,
And upon my vesture do they
cast lots.
19 But be not thou far off, O Je-
hovah :
0 thou my succor, haste thee to
help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword,
My ^darling from the power of
the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth;
Yea, from the horns of the wild-
oxen thou hast answered me.
22 I will declare thy name unto
my brethren:
In the midst of the assembly
will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him;
All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify
him;
And stand in awe of him, all
ye the seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor
abhorred the affliction of the
afflicted ;
Neither hath he hid his face
from him;
But when he cried unto him, he
heard.
25 Of thee cometh my praise in
the great assembly:
1 will pay my vows before them
that fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be
satisfied ;
They shall praise Jehovah that
seek after him:
Let your heart live for ever.
27 All the ends of the earth shall
remember and turn unto Je-
hovah ;
1 So the Sept., Vulg., and Syr. The Hebrew text as
pointed reads, Like a lion, my b'c.
2 Or, dear life Heb. only one.
PSALMS 22.16-23.G
And all the kindreds of the
nations shall worship before
thee.
28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's;
And he is the ruler over the
nations.
29 All the fat ones of the eartii
shall eat and worship:
All they that go down to the
dust shall bow before him,
Even he that cannot keep his
soul alive.
30 A seed shall serve him;
It shall be ^told of the Lord
unto the next generation.
31 They shall come and shall de-
clare his righteousness
Unto a people that shall be
born, that he hath done it.
Jehovah the Psalmist's Shepherd.
A Psalm of David.
OO Jehovah is my shepherd; I
^O shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in
green pastures;
He leadeth me beside ^still
waters.
3 He restoreth my soul:
He guideth me in the paths of
righteousness for his name's
sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the
valley of Hhe shadow of
death,
I will fear no evil; for thou art
with me;
Thy rod and thy staff, they
comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before
me in the presence of mine
enemies :
Thou hast anointed my head
with oil;
My cup runneth over.
6 ^Surely goodness and loving-
kindness shall follow me all
the days of my life*
And I shall dwell in the house of
Jehovah ^for ever.
3 Or, counted unto the Lord for his generations
* Heb. waters of rest.
s Or, deep darkness (and so elsewhere)
6 Or, Ofily '• Heb. for length of days.
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PSALMS 24.1—25.15
The King of Qlory entering Zion.
A Psalm of David.
il A The earth is Jehovah's, and
^^ the fulness thereof;
The world, and they that dwell
therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon
the seas,
And established it upon the
floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill
of Jehovah.^
And who shall stand in his holy
place .f^
4 He that hath clean hands, and
a pure heart;
Who hath not lifted up his soul
unto falsehood.
And hath not sworn deceit-
fully.
5 He shall receive a blessing from
Jehovah,
And righteousness from the God
of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them
that seek after him.
That seek thy face, even Jacob.
[Selah
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates;
And be ye lifted up, ye ^ever-
lasting doors:
And the King of glory will
come in.
8 Who is the King of glory.?
Jehovah strong and mighty,
Jehovah mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates;
Yea, lift them up, ye ^everlasting
doors :
And the King of glory will
come in.
10 Who is this King of glory?
Jehovah of hosts.
He is the King of glory. [Selah
Prayer for Protection, Guidance, and Pardon.
A Psalm of David.
O ^ Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I
^yJ lift up my soul.
2 O my God, n thee have I
trusted,
Let me not be put to shame;
1 Or, ancient
Let not mine enemies triumph
over me.
3 Yea, none that wait for thee
shall be put to shame:
They shall be put to shame that ,
deal treacherously without J
cause.
4 Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; 1
Teach me thy paths.
5 Guide me in thy truth, and
teach me;
For thou art the God of my
salvation;
For thee do I wait all the day. "
6 Remember, O Jehovah, thy
tender mercies and thy lov-
ingkindnesses;
For they have been ever of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my
youth, nor my transgressions:
According to thy lovingkindness
remember thou me,
For thy goodness' sake, O Je-
hovah.
8 Good and upright is Jehovah:
Therefore will he instruct sin-
ners in the way.
9 The meek will he guide in
justice ;
And the meek will he teach his
way.
10 All the paths of Jehovah are
lovingkindness and truth
Unto such as keep his covenant
and his testimonies
1 1 For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, *
Pardon mine iniquity, for it is
great. J
12 What man is he that feareth 1
Jehovah.?
Him shall he instruct in the
way that he shall choose.
13 His soul shall dwell at ease;
And his seed shall inherit the land.
14 The ^friendship of Jehovah is
with them that fear him;
^And he will show them his
covenant.
15 Mine eyes are ever toward Je-
hovah;
For he will pluck my feet out of
the net.
2 Or, counsel Or, secret
3 Or, And his covenant, to make them know it
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16 Turn thee unto me, and have
mercy upon me;
For I am desolate and afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart 'are
enlarged :
Oh bring thou me out of my
distresses.
18 Consider mine affliction and my
travail ;
And forgive all my sins.
19 Consider mine enemies, for they
are many;
And they hate me with cruel
hatred.
20 Oh keep my soul, and deliver me:
Let me not be put to shame,
for I take refuge in thee.
21 Let integrity and uprightness
preserve me,
For I wait for thee.
22 Redeem Israel, O God,
Out of all his troubles.
Protestation of Integrity, and Prayer for Protection.
A Psalm of David.
C%C\ Judge me, O Jehovah, for
i-zO I have walked in mine
integrity :
I have trusted also in Jehovah
2 without wavering.
2 Examine me, O Jehovah, and
prove me;
Try my ^heart and my mind.
3 For thy lovingkindness is be-
fore mine eyes;
And I have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not sat with men of false-
hood;
Neither will I go in with dis-
semblers.
5 I hate the assembly of evildoers.
And will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash my hands in inno-
cency :
So will I compass thine altar, O
Jehovah ;
7 That I may ^make the voice of
thanksgiving to be heard.
And tell of all thy wondrous
works.
8 Jehovah, I love the habitation
of thy house,
1 Or, as""otherwise read, relieroe thou. And bring me fefc.
Or, / shall not slide ' Heb. reitis.
Or, publish with the voice of thanksgiving
PSALMS 25.16—27.6
And the place Vhere thy glory
dwelleth.
9 ^Gather not my soul with sinners,
Nor my life with men of blood ;
10 In whose hands is wickedness,
And their right hand is full of
bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in
mine integrity:
Redeem me, and be merciful
unto me.
12 My foot standeth in an even
place:
In the congregations will I bless
Jehovah.
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A Psalm of Fearless Trust in God.
A Psalm of David.
Jehovah is my light and my
salvation ;
Whom shall I fear.^
Jehovah is the ^strength of my
life;
Of whom shall I be afraid .^^
2 When evil-doers came upon me
to eat up my flesh,
Even mine adversaries and m^^
foes, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though a host should encamp
against me.
My heart shall not fear:
Though war should rise against
me,
^Even then will^ I be confident.
4 One thing have I asked of Je-
hovah, that will I seek after:
That I may dwell in the house
of Jehovah all the davs of m,v
life.
To behold Hhe beauty of Je-
hovah,
And to ^^inquire in his temple.
5 For in the day of trouble he will
keep me secretly in his pavil-
ion :
In the covert of his ^Habernacle
will he hide me;
He will lift me up upon a rock.
6 And now shall my head be lifted
up above mine enemies round
about me;
^ Heb. of the tabernacle of thy glory.
« Or, Take not away ' Or, stronghold
8 Or, In this ' Or, the pleasantness
10 Or, consider his temple ii Heb. tent.
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PSALMS 27.7—29.3
And I will offer in his Haber-
nacle sacrifices of ^oy;
I will sing, yea, I w^ill sing praises
unto Jehovah.
7 Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry
with my voice:
Have mercy also upon me, and
answ^er me.
8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my
face; my heart said imto thee,
Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
9 Hide not thy face from me;
Put not thy servant away in
anger :
Thou hast been my help ;
Cast me not off, neither forsake
me, O God of my salvation.
10 ^When my father and my mother
forsake me,
Then Jehovah w^ill take me up.
11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah;
And lead me in a plain path.
Because of ^mine enemies.
12 Deliver me not over unto the
will of mine adversaries:
For false w^itnesses are risen up
against me.
And such as breathe out cruelty.
13 / had fainted, unless I had be-
lieved to see the goodness of
Jehovah
In the land of the living.
14 Wait for Jehovah:
Be strong, and let th}^ heart take
courage;
Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
A Prayer for Help, and Praise for its Answer.
A Psalm of David.
wi
OQ Unto thee, O Jehovah
^O I call:
My rock, be not thou deaf unto
me;
Lest, if thou be silent unto me,
I become like them that go
down into the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplica-
tions, when I cry unto thee.
When I lift up my hands ^to-
ward thy holy oracle.
* Heb. ieni. 2 Or, shouting Or, trumpet-sound »
' Or, For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
But Jehovah &*<;.
'' Or, them that lie in wait for me
* Or, to'd'ard the innermost place of thy sanctuary
3 Draw me not away with th(
wicked.
And with the workers of iniquity ;
That speak peace w^ith their
neighbors.
But mischief is in their hearts.
4 Give them according to theii-
work, and according to th(>
wickedness of their doings:
Give them after the operation
of their hands;
Render to them their desert.
5 Because they regard not th(^
works of Jehovah,
Nor the operation of his hands,
He will break them down and
not build them up.
6 Blessed be Jehovah,
Because he hath heard the voice
of my supplications.
7 Jehovah is my strength and my
shield;
My heart hath trusted in him,
and I am helped:
Therefore my heart greatly re-
joiceth;
And with my song will I praise^
him.
8 Jehovah is their strength.
And he is a stronghold of sal-
vation to his anointed.
9 Save thy people, and bless thine
inheritance :
Be their shepherd also, and bear
them up for ever.
The Voice of Jehovah in the Storm.
A Psalm of David.
OQ Ascribe unto Jehovah, O ye
^^ ^sons of the 'mightj^
Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and
strength.
2 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory
due unto his name;
Worship Jehovah ^in holy array.
3 The voice of Jehovah is upon
the waters:
The God of glor^^ thundereth.
Even Jehovah
waters.
upon ""many
« Or, sons of God ' Or, gods See Ex. 15. 1 1 .
8 Or, in the beauty of holiness » Or, great
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4 The voice of Jehovah is power-
ful;
The voice of Jehovah is full of
majesty.
5 The voice of Jehovah breaketh
the cedars;
Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces
the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He maketh them also to skip
like a calf;
Lebanon and Sirion like a young
wild-ox.
7 The voice of Jehovah ^cleaveth
the flames of fire.
8 The voice of Jehovah shaketh
the wilderness;
Jehovah shaketh the wilderness
of Kadesh.
9 The voice of Jehovah maketh
the hinds to calve,
And strippeth the forests bare:
And in his temple everything
saith, Glory.
10 Jehovah sat as King at the
Flood;
Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King
for ever.
11 Jehovah will give strength unto
his people;
Jehovah will bless his people
with peace.
Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death.
A Psalm ; a Song at the Dedication of
the House. A Psalm of David.
Or\ I will extol thee, O Jehovah;
OU for thou hast ^raised me up.
And hast not made my foes to
rejoice over me.
2 O Jehovah my God,
I cried unto thee, and thou hast
healed me.
3 O Jehovah, thou hast brought
up my soul from Sheol;
Thou hast kept me alive, Hhat
I should not go down to the
pit.
4 Sing praise unto Jehovah, O ye
saints of his,
And give thanks to his holy
memorial name.
' Or, hewelh out flames of fire 2 Or, drawn
■' Another reading is, from among them that go down to
the pit.
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PSALMS 29.4—31.4
5 For his anger is but for a mo-
ment;
''His favor is for a life-time:
Weeping '^maj^ tarrj' for the
nig'ht,
But joy Cometh in the morning.
6 As for me, I said in my pros-
perity,
I shall never be moved.
7 Thou, Jehovah, of th^^ favor
hadst made my mountain to
stand strong:
Thou didst hide thy face; I
was troubled.
8 I cried to thee, O Jehovah;
And unto Jehovah I made sup-
plication :
9 What profit is there in my blood,
when I go down to the pit.^^
Shall the dust praise thee.'^ shall
it declare thy truth.?
10 Hear, O Jehovah, and have
mercy upon me:
Jehovah, be thou my helper.
11 Thou hast turned for me my
mourning into dancing;
Thou hast loosed my sackcloth,
and girded me with gladness;
12 To the end that my glory may
sing praise to thee, and not be
silent.
O Jehovah my God, I will give
thanks unto thee for ever.
A Psalm of Complaint and of Praise.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of
David.
In thee, O Jehovah, do I
take refuge;
Let me never be put to shame:
Deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Bow down thine ear unto me;
deliver me speedily:
Be thou to me a strong rock,
A house of Mefence to save me.
3 For thou art my rock and my
fortress;
Therefore for thy name's sake
lead me and guide me.
4 Pluck me out of the net that they
have laid privily for me;
For thou art my stronghold.
* Or, In his favor is life
5 Heb. may come in to lodge at even.
6 Heb. fortresses.
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PSALMS 31.5—32.3
5 Into thy hand I commend m^^
spirit :
Thou hast redeemed me, O Je-
hovah, thou God of truth.
6 I hate them that regard lying
vanities ;
But I trust in Jehovah.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in th}^
lovingkindness;
For thou hast seen my afflic-
tion:
Thou hast known hny soul in
adversities;
8 And thou hast not shut me up
into the hand of the enemy;
Thou hast set my feet in a large
place.
9 Have mercy upon me, O Jeho-
vah, for I am in distress:
Mine eye wasteth away with
grief, yea, my soul and my
body.
10 For my life is spent with sorrow,
And my years with sighing:
My strength faileth because of
mine iniquity.
And my bones are wasted away.
11 Because of all mine adversaries
I am become a reproach,
. Yea, unto my neighbors ex-
ceedingly.
And a fear to mine acquaint-
ance :
They that did see me without
fled from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man
out of mind:
I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the defaming
of many,
Terror on every side:
While they took counsel to-
gether against me.
They devised to take away my
life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah:
I said, Thou art my God.
15 My times are in thy hand:
Deliver me from the hand of
mine enemies, and from them
that persecute me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy
servant :
1 Or, the adversities of my soul
Save me in thy lovingkindness.
17 Let me not be put to shame, O
Jehovah; for I have called
upon thee:
Let the wicked be put to shame,
let them be silent in Sheol.
18 Let the lying lips be dumb,
Which speak against the right-
eous insolently.
With pride and contempt.
19 Oh how great is thy goodness,]
Which thou hast laid up fori
them that fear thee,
Which thou hast wrought forj"
them that take refuge in thee,-
Before the sons of men!
20 In the covert of thy presence
wilt thou hide them from the
plottings of man:
Thou wilt keep them secretly
in a pavilion from the strife
of tongues.
21 Blessed be Jehovah;
For he hath showed me his
marvellous lovingkindness in a
strong city.
22 As for me, I said in my Chaste,
I am cut off from before thine
eyes:
Nevertheless thou heardest the
voice of my supplications.
When I cried unto thee.
23 Oh love Jehovah, all ye his
saints :
Jehovah preserveth Hhe faithful ,
And plentifully rewardeth him
that dealeth proudly.
24 Be strong, and let your heart
take courage.
All ye that ^hope in Jehovah.
Blessedness of Forgiveness and of Trust in God.
A Psalm of David. Maschil.
OO Blessed is he whose trans-
K^Zd gression is forgiven.
Whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom
Jehovah imputeth not in-
iquity.
And in whose spirit there is no
guile.
3 When I kept silence, my bones
wasted away
- Or. alarm 3 Or, faithfulness * Or, -u'a«7 for
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Through my ^groaning all the
day long.
4 For day and night thy hand
was heavy upon nie:
My moisture was changed "^as
with the drought of summer.
[Selah
5 I acknowledged my sin unto
thee,
And mine iniquity did I not hide :
I said, I will confess my trans-
gressions unto Jehovah;
And thou forgavest the iniquity
of my sin. [Selah
6 For this let every one that is
godly pray unto thee ^in a
time when thou mayest be
found :
Surely when the great waters
overflow they shall not reach
unto him.
7 Thou art my hiding-place; thou
wilt preserve me from trouble;
Thou wilt compass me about
with songs of deliverance.
[Selah
8 I will instruct thee and teach.
thee in the way which thou
shalt go:
I will counsel thee with mine
eye upon thee.
9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the
mule, which have no under-
standing;
Whose trappings must be bit and
bridle to hold them in,
"^Else they will not come near
unto thee.
10 Many sorrows shall be to the
wicked ;
But he that trusteth in Jeho-
vah, lovingkindness shall com-
pass him about.
11 Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice,
ye righteous;
And shout for joy, all ye that
are upright in heart.
Praise to the Creator and Preserver.
QQ Rejoice in Jehovah, O ye
KJtJ righteous:
Praise is comely for the upright.
I Heb. roaring. - Or, into the
- Or, tti the time of finding out sin
'■ Or, That they come not near
PSALMS 32.4—33.17
2 Give thanks unto Jehovah with
the harp:
Sing praises unto him with the
psaltery of ten strings.
3 Sing unto him a new song;
Play skilfully with a loud noise.
4 For the word of Jehovah is right;
And all his work is done in faith-
fulness.
5 He loveth righteousness and jus-
tice:
The earth is full of the loving-
kindness of Jehovah.
6 By the word of Jehovah were
the heavens made,
And all the host of them by the
breath of his mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of the
sea together as a heap:
He layeth up the deeps in store-
houses.
8 Let all the earth fear Jehovah:
Let all the inhabitants of the
world stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
10 Jehovah bringeth the counsel
of the nations to nought;
He maketh the thoughts of the
peoples to be of no effect.
11 The counsel of Jehovah stand-
eth fast for ever,
The thoughts of his heart to all
generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God
is Jehovah,
The people whom he hath
chosen for his own inheritance.
13 Jehovah looketh from Heaven;
He beholdeth all the sons of men ;
14 From the place of his habitation
he looketh forth
Upon all the inhabitants of the
earth,
15 He that fashioneth the hearts
of them all,
That considereth all their works.
16 There is no king saved by ^the
multitude of a host:
A mighty nian is not delivered
by great strength.
17 A horse is a vain thing for
safety ;
5 Or, a great power
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PSALMS 33.18—34.22
Neither doth he deliver any by
his great power.
18 Behold, the eye of Jehovah is
upon them that fear him,
Upon them that ^hope in his
lovingkindness;
19 To deliver their soul from death,
And to keep them alive in
famine.
20 Our soul hath waited for
Jehovah :
He is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in
him,
Because we have trusted in his
holy name.
22 Let thy lovingkindness, O Je-
hovah, be upon us.
According as we 4iave hoped in
thee.
Jehovah a Provider and Deliverer.
A Psalm of David ; -when he 'changed his
beliavior before Abimelecli, who drove
him away, and he departed.
O /£ I will bless Jehovah at all
Ott times:
His praise shall continually be
in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make her boast
in Jehovah:
The meek shall hear thereof,
and be glad.
3 Oh magnify Jehovah with me,
And let us exalt his name to-
gether.
4 I sought Jehovah, and he an-
swered me.
And delivered me from all my
fears.
5 They looked unto him, and
were radiant;
And their faces shall never be
• confounded.
6 This poor man cried, and Je-
hovah heard him.
And saved him out of all his
troubles.
7 The angel of Jehovah encampeth
round about ihem that fear
him,
And delivereth them.
1
1 Or, wait for
3 Or, feigned madness
2 See 1 S. 21. 10-15.
8 Oh taste and see that Jehovah
is good:
Blessed is the man that taketh
refuge in him.
9 Oh fear Jehovah, ye his saints;
For there is no want to them that
fear him.
10 The young lions do lack, and
suffer hunger;
But they that seek Jehovah
shall not want any good thing.
11 Come, ye children, hearken unto
me:
I will teach you the fear of
Jehovah.
12 What man is he that desireth life.
And loveth many days, that he
may see good?
13 Keep thy tongue from evil.
And thy lips from speaking
guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do good;
Seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of Jehovah are toward
the righteous,
And his ears are open unto their
cry.
16 The face of Jehovah is against
them that do evil.
To cut off the remembrance of
them from the earth.
17 The righteous cried, and Jeho-
vah heard.
And delivered them out of all
their troubles.
18 Jehovah is nigh unto them that
are of a broken heart,
And saveth such as are of a
contrite spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the
righteous ;
But Jehovah delivereth him out
of them all.
20 He keepeth all his bones:
Not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked;
And they that hate the right-
eous shall be ^condemned. j
22 Jehovah redeemeth the soul of I
his servants;
And none of them that take
refuge in him shall be ^con-
demned.
1 Or, held guilty
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Prayer for Rescue from Enemies.
A Psalm of David.
Strive thou, O Jehovah, with
them that strive with me:
Fight thou against them that
fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler.
And stand up for my help.
3 Draw out also the spear, ^and
stop the way against them
that pursue me:
Say unto my soul, I am thy
salvation.
4 Let them be put to shame and
brought to dishonor that seek
after my soul:
Let them be turned back and
confounded that devise my
hurt.
5 Let them be as chaff before the
wind,
And the angel of Jehovah driv-
ing ikevfi on.
6 Let their way be ^dark and
slippery.
And the angel of Jehovah pur-
suing them.
7 For without cause have they hid
for me ^their net in a pit;
Without cause have they digged
a pit for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him
unawares ;
And let his net that he hath hid
catch himself:
^With destruction let him fall
therein.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in
Jehovah :
It shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, Jeho-
vah, who is like unto thee.
Who deliverest the poor from
him that is too strong for him.
Yea, the poor and the needy
from him that robbeth him.^^
11 ''Unrighteous witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I
know not.
12 They reward me evil for good.
To the bereaving of my soul.
1 Or, and the battle axe against &€.
- Heb. darkness and slippery places.
3 Or, the pit of their net
* Or, Into that very destruction let him fall
5 Or, Malicious See Ex. 23: 1.
PSALMS 35.1—35.23
13 But as for me, when they were
sick, my clothing was sack-
cloth :
I ajfflicted my soul with fasting;
And my prayer ^returned into
mine own bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though it
had been my friend or my
brother:
I bowed down mourning, as one
that bewaileth his mother.
15 But in ^mine adversity they
rejoiced, and gathered them^-
selves together:
The ^abjects gathered themselves
together against me, and ^I
knew it not;
They did tear me, and ceased
not:
16 ^^Like the profane mockers in
feasts.
They gnashed upon me with
their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look
on.^
Rescue my soul from their de-
structions,
My ^^darling from the lions.
18 I will give thee thanks in the
great assembly:
I will praise thee among ^^much
people.
19 Let not them that are mine
enemies ^^ wrongfully rejoice
over me;
Neither let them wink with the
eye that hate me without a
cause.
20 For they speak not peace;
But they devise deceitful words
against them that are quiet in
the land.
21 Yea, they opened their mouth
wide against me;
They said. Aha, aha, our eye
hath seen it.
22 Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah;
keep not silence:
O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to
the justice due unto me.
« Or, shall return
8 Or, smiters
1" Or, Among
12 Or, a mighty people
' Heb. my limping.
' Or, those whom I knew not
" Or, dear Ufe Heb. only one.
13 Heb. falsely.
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PSALMS 35.24—37.4
Even unto my cause, my God
and my Lord.
24 Judge me, O Jehovah my God,
according to thy righteous-
ness;
And let them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their heart,
^Aha, so would we have it:
Let them not say, We have
swallowed him up.
26 Let them be put to shame and
confounded together that re-
joice at my hurt:
Let them be clothed with shame
and dishonor that magnify
themselves against me.
27 Let them shout for joy, and be
glad, that ^favor my righteous
cause:
Yea, let them say continually,
Jehovah be magnified.
Who hath pleasure in the pros-
perity of his servant.
28 And my tongue shall talk of thy
righteousness
And of thy praise all the day
long.
Wickedness of Men and Lovingkindness of God.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
the servant of Jeliovah.
O/I* ^The transgression of the
OU wicked ^saith within my
heart.
There is no fear of God before
his eyes.
2 For %e flattereth himself in
his own eyes,
^That his iniquity will not be
found out and be hated.
3 The words of his mouth are
iniquity and deceit:
He hath ceased to be wise and
to do good.
4 He deviseth iniquity upon his
bed;
He setteth himself in a way that
is not good;
He abhor reth not evil.
' Heb. Aha, our desire.
- Heb. have pleasure in my righteousness.
3 Or, Transgression saith to the wicked
* Or, utter eth its oracle
5 Or, it (or, he) flattereth him in his eyes
6 Or, Until his iniquity be found and be hated Heb. Con-
cerning the finding out of his iniquity and hating it.
5 Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah,
is in the heavens;
Thy faithfulness reacheth unto
the skies.
6 Thy righteousness is like the
mountains of God;
Thy judgments are a great deep:
O Jehovah, thou preservest man
and beast.
7 How precious is thy lovingkind-
ness, O God!
And the children of men take
refuge under the shadow of
thy wings.
8 They shall be ^abundantly satis-
fied with the fatness of thy
house ;
And thou wilt make them drink
of the river of thy pleasures.
9 For with thee is the fountain of
life:
In thy light shall we see light.
10 Oh continue thy lovingkindness
unto them that know thee.
And thy righteousness to the
upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come
against me.
And let not the hand of the
wicked drive me away.
12 There are the workers of in-
iquity fallen:
They are thrust down, and shall
not be able to rise.
Security of those who trust in Jehovah, and Inse-
curity of the Wicked.
. / Fsahn of David.
Q^ Fret not thyself because of
O / evil-doers.
Neither be thou envious against
them that work unrighteous-
ness.
2 For they shall soon be cut down
like the grass.
And wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in Jehovah, and do good;
^Dwell in the land, and ^feed on
his faithfulness.
4 ^^Delight thyself also in Jeho-
vah:
7 Heb. watered.
8 Or, So shall thou dwell in the land and feed securely
9 Or, verily thou shall be fed
i« Or, So Shalt thou have thy delight in &c.
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And lie will give thee the de-
sires of thy heart.
5 ^Commit thy way unto Jehovah ;
Trust also in him, and he will
bring it to pass.
6 And he will make thy righteous-
ness to go forth as the light,
And thy justice as the noon-
day.
7 ^Rest in Jehovah, and wait
patiently for him:
Fret not thyself because of him
who prospereth in his way,
Becau'se of the man who bring-
eth wicked devices to pass.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake
wrath :
Fret not thyself, it tendeth only
to evil-doing.
9 For evil-doers shall be cut
off;
But those that wait for Jehovah,
they shall inherit ^the land.
10 For yet a little while, and the
wicked shall not be:
Yea, thou shalt diligently con-
sider his place, and 4ie shall
not be.
11 But the meek shall inherit the
land^
And shall delight themselves in
the abundance of peace.
12 The wicked plotteth against the
just.
And gnasheth upon him with
his teeth.
13 The Lord will laugh at him;
For he seeth that his day is
coming.
14 The wicked have drawn out
the sword, and have bent
their bow.
To cast down the poor and
needy.
To slay such as are upright in
the way.
15 Their sword shall enter into
their own heart".
And their bows shall be broken.
16 Better is a little that the right-
eous hath
1 Heb. petitions.
2 Heb. Roll thy way upon Jehovah.
* Or, Be still before (Heb. silent to) Jehovah
* Or, the earth (and so in ver. 11, 22, 29, 34)
» Or, it
PSALMS 37.5—37.29
Than the abundance of many
wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall
be broken;
But Jehovah upholdeth the
righteous.
18 Jehovah knoweth the days of
the perfect;
And their inheritance shall be
for ever.
19 They shall not be put to shame
in the time of evil;
And in the days of famine they
shall be satisfied.
20 But the wicked shall perish,
And the enemies of Jehovah shall
be as Hhe fat of lambs:
They shall consume; ^in smoke
shall they consume away.
21 The wicked borroweth, and pay-
eth not again;
But the righteous dealeth gra-
ciously, and giveth.
22 For such as are blessed of him
shall inherit the land;
And they that are cursed of him
shall be cut off.
23 A man's goings are established
of Jehovah;
And he delighteth in his way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not l)e
utterly cast down;
For Jehovah ^upholdeth him
with his hand.
25 I have been young, and now am
old;
Yet have I not seen the righteous
forsaken.
Nor his seed begging bread.
26 All the day long he dealeth
graciously, and lendeth;
And his seed is blessed.
27 Depart from evil, and do good;
And dwell for evermore.
28 For Jehovah loveth justice.
And forsaketh not his saints;
They are preserved for ever:
But the seed of the wicked shall
be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the
land,
And dwell therein for ever.
6 Or, the excellency of the pastures
' Or, like smoke
s Or, upholdeth his hand
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30 The mouth of the righteous
talketh of wisdom,
And his tongue speaketh justice.
31 The law of his God is in his
heart;
None of his steps shall slide.
32 The wicked watcheth the right-
eous,
And seeketh to slay him.
33 Jehovah will not leave him in
his hand,
Nor condemn him when he is
judged.
34 Wait for Jehovah, and keep his
way,
And he will exalt thee to inherit
the land:
When the wicked are cut off,
thou shalt see it.
35 I have seen the wicked in great
power,
And spreading himself like a
green tree in its native soil.
36 ^But one passed by, and, lo, he
was not:
Yea, I sought him, but he could
not be found.
37 Mark the perfect man, and be-
hold the upright;
For there is a happy end to the
man of peace.
38 As for transgressors, they shall
be destroyed together:
The end of the wicked shall be
cut off.
39 But the salvation of the right-
eous is of Jehovah :
He is their stronghold in the
time of trouble.
40 And Jehovah helpeth them, and
rescueth them:
He rescueth them from the
wicked, and saveth them.
Because they have taken refuge
in him.
Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.
A Psalm of David, ^to bring to remerabrance.
OO O Jehovah, rebuke me not
<^0 in thy wrath;
Neither chasten me in thy hot
displeasure.
1 Or, Yet he passed away
2 Or, lo make memorial
2 For thine arrows Istick fast in
me,
And thy hand ^presseth me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my
flesh because of thine indigna-
tion;
Neither is there any health in
my bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities are gone
over my head :
As a heavy burden they are too
heavy for me.
5 My wounds are loathsome and
corrupt.
Because of my foolishness.
6 I am ^pained and bowed down
greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with
burning;
And there is no soundness in my
flesh.
8 I am faint and sore bruised:
I have ^groaned by reason of the
disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee;
And my groaning is not hid from
thee.
10 My heart throbbeth, my strengtli
faileth me:
As for the light of mine eyes, it
also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand
aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 They also that seek after my
hfe lay snares /or me;
And they that seek my hurt
speak mischievous things.
And meditate deceits all the day
long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not ;
And I am as a dumb man that
openeth not his mouth.
14 Yea, I am as a man that heareth
not,
And in whose mouth are no
"reproofs.
15 For in thee, O Jehovah, do I
hope:
Thou wilt answer, O Lord mv
God.
Heb. lifihted on me.
Ileb. bent. 6 Hcb. roared.
< Or, rest
~ Or, arguments
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16 For I said, Lest they rejoice
over me:
When my foot slippeth, they
magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to fall,
And my sorrow is continually
before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity;
I wdll be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively,
and are strong;
And they that hate me ^wrong-
fully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for
good
Are adversaries unto me, be-
cause I follow the thing that
is good.
21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah:
O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me,
0 Lord, my salvation.
The Vanity of Life.
For the Chief Musician, for ^Jeduthun.
A Psalm of David.
QQ I said, I will take heed to
kJkJ my ways.
That I sin not with my tongue:
1 will keep ^my mouth with a
bridle,
While the wicked is before me.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held
my peace, ^even from good;
And my sorrow .was stirred.
3 My heart was hot within me;
While I was musing the fire
burned ;
The7i spake I with my tongue:
4 Jehovah, make me to know mine
end.
And the measure of my days,
what it is;
Let me know how frail I am.
5 Behold, thou hast made my
days as handbreadths ;
And my life-time is as nothing
before thee:
Surely every man ^at his best
estate is altogether ^vanity.
[Selah
1 Heb. falsely.
2 Ps. 62. title; 77. title; 1 Chr. 16. 41; 25. 1
•^ Heb. a bridle (or, muzzle) for my mouth.
^ Or, and had no comfort Heb. away from good.
» Heb. standing firm. « Heb. a breath.
PSALMS 38.16—40.3
6 Surely every man walketh 'in
a vain show;
Surely they are disquieted ^in
vain:
He heapeth up riches, and know-
eth not who shall gather them.
7 And now, Lord^ what wait I for?
My hope is in thee.
8 Deliver me from all my trans-
gressions :
Make me not the reproach of
the foolish.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my
mouth ;
Because thou didst it.
10 Remove thy stroke away from
me:
I am consumed by the ^blow of
thy hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost
correct man for iniquity.
Thou ^^makest his beauty to
consume away like a nioth:
Surely every man is ^vanitv.
[Selah
12 Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and
give ear unto my QYy\
Hold not thy peace at my tears:
For I am a stranger with thee,
A sojourner, as all my fathers
were.
13 Oh ^^spare me, that I may
^^recover strength.
Before I go hence, and be no
more.
A Sacrifice of Praise, and Prayer for Help.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of
David.
A(\^ waited patiently for Je-
i^v/ hovah;
And he inclined unto me, and
heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of
i^a horrible pit, out of the miry
clay;
And he set. my feet upon a rock,
and established my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in
my mouth, even praise unto
our God:
7 Or, as a shadow s Qr. for vanity
9 Heb. conflict, i" Or, consumest like a moth his delights
" Or, look away from me " Heb. brighten up.
13 Heb. a pit of tumult (or, destruction).
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PSALMS 40.4— 41.G
Many shall see it, and fear,
And shall trust in Jehovah.
4 Blessed is the man that maketh
Jehovah his trust.
And respecteth not the proud,
nor such as ^turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O Jehovah my God, are
the wonderful works which
thou hast done.
And thy thoughts which are to
US-ward :
^They cannot be set in order
unto thee;
If I would declare and speak of
them.
They are more than can be
numbered.
6 Sacrifice and ^offering thou hast
no delight in;
''Mine ears hast thou opened:
Burnt-offering and sin-offering
hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I am come;
In the roll of the book it is
*" written of me:
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God ;
Yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 I have proclaimed glad tidings
of righteousness in the great
assembly ;
Lo, I will not refrain my lips,
0 Jehovah, thou knowest.
10 I have not hid thy righteousness
within my heart;
1 have declared thy faithfulness
and thy salvation;
I have not concealed thy loving-
kindness and thy truth from
the great assembly.
11 Withhold not thou 'thy tender
mercies from me, O Jehovah;
Let thy lovingkindness and thy
truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have com-
passed me about;
Mine iniquities have overtaken
me, so that I am not able to
look up;
They are more than the hairs of
my head;
And my heart hath *^failed me.
• Or, fall away treacherously
- Or, There is none to be compared unto thee
^ Or, meat-offering
* Heb. Ears hast thou ilii>ged (or, pierced) for me.
^ Or. prescribed tu a Heb. forsaken.
13 Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver
me:
Make haste to help me, O Je-
hovah.
14 Let them be put to shame and
confounded together
That seek after my soul to de-
stroy it:
Let them be turned backward
and brought to dishonor
That delight in my hurt.
15 Let them be Mesolate ^by reason
of their shame
That say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Let all those that seek thee re-
joice and be glad in thee:
Let such as love thj^ salvation
say continually,
Jehovah be magnified.
17 But I am poor and needy;
Yet the Lord thinketh upon me:
Thou art my help and my de-
liverer;
Make no tarrying, O my God.
The Psalmist in Sickness complains of Enemies and
False Friends.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
A 1 Blessed is he that considereth
j^ 1 Hhe poor:
Jehovah will deliver him in
the day of evil.
2 Jehovah will preserve him, and
keep him alive.
And he shall be blessed ^^upon
the earth;
And deliver not thou him unto
the will of his enemies.
3 Jehovah will support him upon
the couch of languishing:
Thou ^hnakest all his bed in his
sickness.
4 I said, O Jehovah, have mercy
upon me:
Heal my soul; for I have sinned
against thee.
5 Mine enemies speak evil against
me, saying.
When will he die, and his name
perish.^
6 And if he come to see me, he
speaketh falsehood;
" Or, astonished
* Or, the weak
11 Heb. turnest, or, changest.
s Or, for a reward
"* Or, in the land
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His heart gathereth iniquity to
itself :
When he goeth abroad, he telleth
it.
7 All that hate me whisper to-
gether against me;
Against me do they devise my
hurt.
8 ^An evil disease, say they, ^cleav-
eth fast unto him;
And now that he lieth he shall
rise up no more.
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend,
in whom I trusted.
Who did eat of my bread.
Hath lifted up his heel against
me.
1 Or, Some wicked thing - Or, is poured out upon him
PSALMS 41.7—42.11
10 But thou, O Jehovali, have
mercy upon me, and raise me
up.
That I may requite them.
11 By this I know that thou de-
lightest in me.
Because mine enemy doth not
triumph over me.
12 And as for me, thou upholdest
me in mine integrity,
And settest me before thy face
for ever.
13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God
of Israel,
From everlasting and to ever-
lasting.
Amen, and Amen.
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Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.
For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the
sons of Korah.
/j^Q As the hart panteth after
j^^ the water brooks.
So panteth my soul after thee,
O God.
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for
the living God:
When shall I come* and appear
before God.^
3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
W^hile they ^continually say unto
me. Where is thy God.^^
4 These things I remember, and
pour out my soul Vithin me.
How I went with the throng, and
^led them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
a multitude keeping holy day.
5 Why art thou ^cast down, O
my soul.f^
And why ait thou disquieted
within me.^
Hope thou in God; for I shall
yet praise him
For the help of his countenance.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down
within me:
^ Heb. all the day. 2 Heb. upon.
2 Or, went in procession with them * Heb. bowed down.
Therefore do I remember thee
from the land of the Jordan,
And the Hermons, from Hhe
hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the
noise of th}^ waterfalls:
All thy waves and thy billows
are gone over me.
8 Yet Jeliovah will command his
lovingkindness in the day-
time;
And in the night his song shall
be with me.
Even a prayer unto the God
of my life.
9 I will say unto God my rock.
Why hast thou forgotten me.^
Why go I mourning ^because of
the oppression of the enemy .'^
10 As with ^a sword in my bones,
mine adversaries reproach me,
While they continually say unto
me. Where is thy God.^^
11 Why art thou cast down, O my
soul.^^
And why art thou disquieted
within me?
Hope thou in God; for I shall
yet praise him.
Who is the help of my counte-
nance, and mv God.
5 Or, the little mountain
« Or, while the enemy oppresselh
Or, crushing
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PSALMS 43.1— 44.10
Prayer for Deliverance.
AO Judge me, O God, and plead
Ti^O my cause against an ungod-
ly nation:
Oh deliver me from the deceitfid
and unjust man.
2 For thou art the God of my
strength; why hast thou
cast me off.^
Why go I mourning because of
the oppression of the enemy .^
3 Oh send out thy light and thy
truth; let them lead me:
Let them bring me unto thv
holy hill,
And to thy tabernacles.
4 Then will I go unto the altar of
God,
Unto God -my exceeding joy;
And upon the harp will I praise
thee, O God, my God.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my
soul.'^
And why art thou disquieted
within me.'^
Hope thou in God; for I shall
yet praise him.
Who is the help of my counte-
nance, and my God.
Former Deliverances and Present Troubles.
For the Chief Musician. A P.salm of the sons
of Korah. Maschil.
A A We have heard with our ears,
^^ O God,
Our fathers have told us.
What work thou didst in their
days.
In the days of old.
2 Thou didst drive out the nations
with thy hand;
But them thou didst plant:
Thou didst affiict the peoples;
But them thou didst spread
abroad.
3 For they gat not the land in
possession by their own sword.
Neither did their own arm save
them:
But thy right hand, and thine
arm, and the light of thy
countenance,
1 Or, while the enemy oppresseth
- Heb. the gladness of my joy.
Because thou wast favorable
unto them.
4 Thou art my King, O God:
Command Meliverance for Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down
our adversaries:
Through thy name will we tread
them under that rise up
against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow.
Neither shall my sword save
me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our
adversaries.
And hast put them to shame
that hate us.
8 In God have we made our boast
all the day long,
And we will give thanks unto
thy name for ever. [Selali
9 But now thou hast cast us off,
and brought us to dishonor.
And goest not forth with our
hosts.
10 Thou makest us to turn back
from the adversary;
And they that hate us take spoil
for themselves.
11 Thou hast made us like sheep
appointed for food.
And hast scattered us among
the nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people for
nought.
And hast not increased /////
trealtk by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to
our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to them
that are round about us.
14 Thou makest us a byword
among the nations,
A shaking of the head among the
peoples.
15 All the day long is my dishonor
before me.
And the shame of my face hath
covered me,
16 For the voice of him that re-
proach eth and blasphemeth.
By reason of the enemy and tlu^
avenger.
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17 All this is come upon us; yet
have we not forgotten thee,
Neither have we dealt falsely
in thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back,
Neither have our steps declined
from thy way,
19 ^That thou hast sore broken us
in the place of jackals.
And covered us with the shadow
of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of
our God,
Or spread forth our hands to a
strange god;
21 Will not God search this out.^^
For he knoweth the secrets of
the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed
all the day long;
We are accounted as sheep for
the slaughter.
23 i^wake, why sleepest thou, O
Lord?
Arise, cast us not off for ever.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy
face,
And forgettest our affliction and
our oppression.^
25 For our soul is bowed down to
the dust:
Our body cleaveth unto the
earth.
26 Rise up for our help.
And redeem us for thy loving-
kindness' sake.
A Song celebrating the King's Marriage.
For the Chief Musician ; set to ^Shoshanim.
A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil.
A Song of loves.
At^ My heart overfloweth with
Jt^^ a goodly matter;
^I speak the things which I have
made touching the king:
My tongue is the pen of a ready
writer.
2 Thou art fairer than the children
of men;
Grace is poured ^into thy lips :
Therefore God hath blessed thee
for ever.
Or, Though
Or, / speak: my work is for a king
- That is, Lilies.
^ Or, upon
PSALMS 44.17—45.14
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh,
O mighty one.
Thy glory and \h\ majesty.
4 And in thy majesty ride on
prosperously,
^Because of truth and meekness
and righteousness :
And ^thy right hand shall teach
thee terrible things.
5 Thine arrows are sharp;
The peoples fall under thee;
They are in the heart of th(?
king's enemies.
6 ^Thy throne, O God, is for ever
and ever:
A sceptre of equity is the sceptre
of thy kingdom.
7 Thou hast loved righteousness,
and hated wickedness:
Therefore God, thy God, hath
anointed thee
With the oil of gladness above
thy fellows.
8 All thy garments smell of
myrrh, and aloes, and cassia;
Out of ivory palaces stringed in-
struments have made thee glad.
9 Kings' daughters are among thy
honorable women:
At thy right hand doth stand
the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Hearken, O daughter, and con-
sider, and incline thine ear;
Forget also thine own people,
and thy father's house:
11 So will the king desire thy
beauty ;
For he is thy lord; and reverence
thou him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall
he there with a gift;
The rich among the people shall
entreat thy favor.
13 The king's daughter ^within the
palace is all glorious:
Her clothing is inwrought with
gold.
14 She shall be led unto the king
^in broidered work:
The virgins her companions that
follow her
Shall be brought unto thee.
5 Or, In behalf of ^ Or, lei thy right hand teach
7 Or, Thy throne is the throne of God sr'c.
8 Or, in the inner part of the palace
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PSALMS 45.15—47.9
15 With gladness and rejoicing shall
they be led:
They shall enter into the king's
palace.
16 Instead of thy fathers shall be
thy children,
Whom thou shalt make princes
in all the earth.
17 I will make thy name to be re-
membered in all genera-
tions :
Therefore shall the peoples give
thee thanks for ever and
ever.
Qod the Refuge of his People.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons
of Korah ; set to Alamoth. A Song.
AC\ God is our refuge and
T^vJ strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will we not fear,
though the earth do change,
And though the mountains be
shaken into the heart of the
seas ;
3 Though the waters thereof roar
and be troubled.
Though the mountains tremble
with the ^swelling thereof.
[Selah
4 There is a river, the streams
whereof make glad the city
of God,
The holy place of the tabernacles
of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she
shall not be moved:
God will help her, ^and that
right early.
6 The nations raged, the kingdoms
were moved:
He uttered his voice, the earth
melted.
7 Jehovah of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our ^refuge.
[Selah
8 Come, behold the works of Je-
hovah,
^What desolations he hath made
in the earth.
2 Heb. ai the dawn of morning.
1 Or, pride
' Or, high tower
* Or, Who hath made desolation b'c
9 He maketh wars to cease unto
the end of the earth;
He breaketh the bow, and cut-
teth the spear in sunder;
He burneth the chariots in the
fire.
10 ^Be still, and know that I am
God:
I will be exalted among the
nations, I will be exalted in
the earth.
11 Jehovah of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our ^refuge.
[Selah
God the King of the Earth.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons
of Korah.
A*y Oh. clap your hands, all ye
j^ I peoples;
Shout unto God with the voice'
of triumph.
2 For ^Jehovah Most High is
terrible;
He is a great King over all the
earth. j
3 He subdueth peoples under us.
And nations under our feet.
4 He chooseth our inheritance for
us.
The glory of Jacob whom he
Hoved. [Selah
5 God is gone up with a shout,
Jehovah with the sound of a
trumpet.
G Sing praises to God, sing praises :
Sing praises unto our King, sing
praises.
7 For God is the King of all the
earth :
Sing ye praises ^with understand-
ing.
8 God reigneth over the nations.
God sitteth upon his holy throne
9 The princes of the peoples art'
gathered together
^To be the people of the God of
Abraham;
For the shields of the earth
belong unto God:
He is greatly exalted.
5 Or, Let be
6 Or, Jehovah is most high and terrible ^ Or, loveth
8 Or, in a skilful psalm Heb. Maschil.
9 Or, Unto the people
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The Beauty and Glory of Zion.
A Song ; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.
AQ Great is Jehovah, and
.rrO greatly to be praised,
In the city of our God, in his
holy mountain.
2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy
of the whole earth,
Is mount Zion, on the sides of
the north.
The city of the great King.
3 God hath made himself known
in her palaces for a ^refuge.
4 For, lo, the kings assembled
themselves,
They ^passed by together.
5 They saw it, then were they
amazed;
They were dismayed, they
^hasted away.
6 Trembling took hold of them
there.
Pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 ^With the east wind
Thou breakest the ships of Tar-
shish.
8 As we have heard, so have we
seen
In the city of Jehovah of hosts,
in the city of our God:
God will establish it for ever.
[Selah
9 We have thought on thy loving-
kindness, O God,
In the midst of thy temple.
10 As is thy name, O God,
So is thy praise unto the ends of
the earth:
Thy right hand is full of right-
eousness.
11 Let mount Zion be glad.
Let the daughters of Judah re-
joice.
Because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round
about her;
Number the towers thereof;
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks;
^Consider her palaces:
That ye may tell it to the gen-
eration following.
> Or, high fower ^ Or, passed away
3 O^-, were stricken with terror
* Or, As with the east wind that breakelh
5 Or, Traverse
PSALMS 48.1—49.12
14 For this God is our God for ever
and ever:
He will be our guide even unto
death.
The Folly of trusting in Riches.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the
sons of Korah.
^Q Hear this, all ye peoples;
^^ Give ear, all ye inhabitants
of the world,
2 Both low and high.
Rich and poor together.
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom;
And the meditation of my heart
shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline mine ear to a
parable :
I will open my dark saying upon
the harp.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the
days of evil.
When ^iniquity at my heels
compasseth me about?
6 They that trust in their wealth.
And- boast themselves in the
multitude of their riches;
7 None of them can by any means
redeem his brother.
Nor give to God a ransom for
him
8 (For the redemption of their life
is costly.
And it faileth for ever),
9 That he should still live alway.
That he should not see ^corrup-
tion.
10 For %e shall see it. Wise men
die;
The fool and the brutish alike
perish.
And leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that
their houses shall continue for
ever.
And their dwelling-places to all
generations;
They call their lands after their
own names.
12 But man being in honor abideth
not:
He is like the beasts that perish.
8 Or, the iniquity of them that would supplant me com-
passeth me about. Even of them that trust . . . riches?
7 Or, the pit » Or, he seelh thai wise men b'c.
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PSALMS 49.13—50.17
13 This ^ their way is -their folly:
Yet after them men approve
their sayings. [Selah
14 They are appointed as a flock
for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd:
And the upright shall have
dominion over them in the
morning;
And their ^beauty shall be for
Sheol to consume,
That there be no habitation for
it.
15 But God will redeem my soul
from the ^power of Sheol;
For he will receive me. [Selah
16 Be not thou afraid when one is
made rich,
When the ^glory of his house is
increased :
17 For when he dieth he shall carry
nothing away;
His glory shall not descend after
him.
18 Though while he lived he blessed
his soul
(And men praise thee, when thou
doest well to thyself),
19 ^He shall go to the generation of
his fathers ;
^They shall never see the light.
20 Man that is in honor, and under-
standeth not.
Is like the beasts that perish.
God the Judge of the Righteous and the Wicked.
A Psalm of Asaph.
r/~\ The Mighty One, God, Je-
Kjyj hovah, hath spoken,
And called the earth from the
rising of the sun unto the
going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of
beauty,
God hath shined forth.
3 Our God cometh, and doth not
keep silence:
A fire devoureth before him,
And it is very tempestuous
round about him.
4 He calleth to the heavens above,
1 Or, is the way of them that are foolish
2 Or, their confidence: and after b'c.
3 Or, form * Heb. hand. ^ Or, wealth
6 Heb. Thou shalt go, or, // shall go.
^ Or, Who never more see
And to the earth, that he may
judge his people:
5 Gather my saints together unto
me.
Those that have made a cove-
nant with me by sacrifice.
6 And the heavens ^shall declare
his righteousness;
For God is judge himself. [Selah
7 Hear, O my people, and I will
speak;
0 Israel, and I will testify
^unto thee:
1 am God, even thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy
sacrifices ;
^°And thy burnt-offerings are
continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of
thy house.
Nor he-goats out of thy folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is
mine,
And the cattle ^^upon a thousand
hills.
11 I know all the birds of the
mountains ;
And the wild beasts of the field
are ^-mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not
tell thee;
For the world is mine, and the
fulness thereof.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls.
Or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God the sacrifice of
thanksgiving;
And pay thy vows unto the
Most High;
15 And call upon me in the day
of trouble:
I will deliver thee, and thou shalt
glorify me.
16 But unto the wicked God saith.
What hast thou to do to declare
my statutes.
And that thou hast taken my
covenant in thy mouth,
17 Seeing that thou hatest ^"^in-
struction,
8 Or, declare » Or, against
10 Or, Nor for thy burnt-offerings, which are 6-c.
" Or, upon the mountains where thousands are
'■- Or, in my mind Heb. with me,
'^ Or, correction
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I
And easiest my words behind
thee?
18 When thou sawest a thief, thou
consenledst with him,
And ^hast been partaker with
adulterers.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil.
And thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against
thy brother;
Thou "slanderest thine own
mother's son.
21 These things hast thou done,
and I kept silence;
Thou thoughtest that I was al-
together such a one as thyself:
But I will reprove thee, and set
them in order before thine
eyes.
22 Now consider this, ye that for-
get God,
Lest I tear you in pieces, and
there be none to deliver:
23 Whoso offereth the sacrifice of
thanksgiving glorifieth me;
And Ho him that ordereth his
way aright
Will I show the salvation of God.
A Contrite Sinner's Prayer for Pardon.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David ;
when Nathan the prophet came unto him,
after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.
^ i Have mercy upon me, O
J 1 God, according to thy lov-
ingkindness :
According to the multitude of
thy tender mercies blot out
my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from mine
iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions;
And my sin is ever before me.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I
sinned.
And done that which is evil in
thy sight;
That thou mayest be justified
when thou speakest.
And be clear when thou judgest.
1 Heb. Ihy portion was with adulterers.
2 Or, givest a thrust against
3 Or, prepareth a way that I may show him
PSALMS 50.18— 5L17
5 Behold, I was brought forth in
iniquity;
And in sin did my mother con-
ceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in
the inward parts;
And in the hidden part thou
wilt make me to know wis-
dom.
7 Purify me with hyssop, and 1
shall be clean:
Wash me, and I shall be whiter
than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and glad-
ness.
That the bones which thou hast
broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins.
And blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create ^in me a clean heart, O
God;
And renew a ^right spirit within
me.
11 Cast me not away from thy
presence;
And take not thy holy Spirit
from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of
thy salvation;
And uphold me with a willing
spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors
thy ways;
And sinners shall ^be converted
unto thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguilti-
ness, O God, thou God of
my salvation;
And my tongue shall sing aloud
of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips;
And my mouth shall show forth
thy praise.
16 For thou delightest not in sac-
rifice; "else would I give it:
Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-
offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a
broken spirit:
A broken and a contrite heart,
O God, thou wilt not de-
spise.
* Or, for me
« Or, return
« Or, siedfasl
7 Or, that I should give it
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PSALMS 51.18—54.3
18 Do good ill thy good pleasure
unto Zion:
Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then wilt thou delight in the
sacrifices of righteousness,
In burnt-offering and whole
burnt-offering :
Then will they offer bullocks
upon thine altar.
Futility of Boastful Wickedness.
For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David ;
when Doeg the Edomite came and told
Saul, and said unto him, David is come
to the house of Ahimelech.
^O Why boastest thou thyself
^^^ in mischief, O mighty man.^
The lovingkindness of God en-
dureth continually.
2 Thy tongue deviseth veiy wick-
edness,
Like a sharp razor, working de-
ceitfully.
3 Thou lovest evil more than good,
And lying rather than to speak
righteousness. [Selah
4 Thou lovest all devouring words,
^O thou deceitful tongue.
5 God will likewise ^destroy thee
for ever;
He will take thee up, and pluck
thee out of thy tent,
And root thee out of the land
of the living. [Selah
6 The righteous also shall see it,
and fear.
And shall laugh at him, saying,
7 Lo, this is the man that made
not God his ^strength.
But trusted in the abundance
of his riches.
And strengthened himself in his
wickedness.
8 But as for me, I am like a greeii
olive-tree in the house of God :
I trust in the lovingkindness of
God for ever and ever.
9 I will give thee thanks for ever,
because thou hast done it;
And I will hope in thy name,
for it is good, in the presence
of thy saints.
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The Folly and Wickedness of Men.
For the Chief Musician ; set to Mahalath.
Maschil of David.
^O The fool hath said in his
^O heart, There is no God.
Corrupt are they, and have done
abominable iniquity ;
There is none that doeth good.
2 God looked down from heaven
upon the children of men.
To see if there were any that
did understand,
That did seek after God.
3 Every one of them is gone back;
thev are together become
filthy;
There is none that doeth good,
no, not one.
4 Have the workers of iniquity
no knowledge.
Who eat up my people as they
eat bread.
And call not upon God.'^
5 There were they in great fear,
where no fear was;
For God hath scattered the
bones of him that encampeth
against thee:
Thou hast put them to shame,
because God hath rejected
them.
6 Oh that the salvation of Israeli
were come out of Zion!
When God ^bringeth back th(
captivity of his people.
Then shall Jacob rejoice, a7u
Israel shall be glad.
Prayer for Defence against Enemies.
For the Chief Musician ; on stringed instru.!
ments. Maschil of David ; when th<
Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not
David hide himself with us?
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Save
O God, bv th^
1 Or, And the deceitful tongue
2 Or, break Ihee down 3 Or, strovshold
me,
name.
And judge me in thy might.
2 Hear my prayer, O God;
Give ear to the words of my
mouth.
3 For strangers are risen up against
me.
And violent men have sought
after my soul:
* Or, deal wisely ^ Or, returneih to
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They have not set God before 9 ^Destrojs
them. [Selah
4 Behold, God is my helper:
The Lord is ^of them that up-
hold my soul.
5 ^He will requite the evil unto
^mine enemies:
Destroy thou them in thy truth.
() With a freewill-offering will I
sacrifice unto thee:
I will give thanks unto thy
name, O Jehovah, for it is
good.
7 For he hath delivered me out of
all trouble;
And mine eye hath seen my
desire upon mine enemies.
Prayer for the Destruction of the Treacherous.
For the Chief Musician : on stringed
Maschil of David.
to my prayer, O
instruments.
55
Give ear
God;
And hide not thyself from my
supplication.
Attend unto me, and answer me:
I am restless in my complaint,
and moan,
Because of the voice of the
enemy.
Because of the oppression of
the wicked;
For they cast iniquity upon me.
And in anger they persecute me.
My heart is sore pained within
me:
And the terrors of death are
fallen upon me.
Fearfulness and trembling are
come upon me.
And horror hath overwhelmed
me.
And I said. Oh that I had wings
like a dove!
Then would I fly away, and be at
rest.
Lo, then would I wander far off,
I would lodge in the wilderness.
[Selah
I would %aste me to a shelter
From the stormy wind and
tempest.
> Or. with - Another reading is. The evil shall return.
* Or, Ihem that lie in 'wait for me
* Or. hasten my escape
PSALMS 54.4—55.19
O Lord, and divide
their tongue;
For I have seen violence and
strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it
upon the walls thereof:
Iniquity also and mischief are
in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness is in the midst there-
of:
^Oppression and guile depart
not from its streets.
12 For it was not an enemy that
reproached me;
Then I could have borne it:
Neither was it he that hated me
that did magnify himself
against me;
Then I would have hid myself
from him:
13 But it was thou, a man mine
equal.
My companion, and my familiar
friend.
14 We took sweet counsel together;
We walked in the house of God
with the throng.
15 ^Let death come suddenly upon
them.
Let them go down alive into
Sheol ;
For wickedness is in their dwell-
ing, in ^the midst of them.
16 As for me, I will call upon
God;
And Jehovah will save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at
noonday, will I complain, and
moan ;
And he will hear my voice.
18 He hath redeemed my soul in
peace ^from the battle that
was against me;
For they were many that strove
with me.
19 God will hear, and ^^answer
them.
Even he that abideth of old,
[Selah
The men who have no changes
And who fear not God.
5 Heb. Swallow up. « Or, Fraud
'' Or, as otherwise read. Desolations be upon them/
* Or, their inward part
9 Or, so that none came nigh me " Or, afflia
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PSALMS 55.20—57.5
20 He hath put forth his hands
against such as were at peace
with him:
He hath profaned his cove-
nant.
21 His mouth was smooth as butter,
But his heart was war:
His words were softer than oil,
Yet were they drawn swords.
22 Cast ^thy burden upon Jehovah,
and he will sustain thee:
He will never suffer the right-
eous to be moved.
23 But thou, O God, wilt bring
them down into the pit of
destruction :
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men
shall not live out half their
days;
But I will trust in thee.
Supplication for Deliverance, and Grateful Trust in
God.
For the Chief Musician ; set to ^Jonath elem
rehokim. A Fsalm of David. Michtam ;
when the Philistines took him in Gath,
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Be merciful unto me, O God;
for man would swallow me
up:
All the day long he fighting
oppresseth me.
2 ^Mine enemies would swallow
me up all the day long;
For they are many that fight
proudly against me.
3 What time I am afraid,
I will put my trust in thee.
4 In God (I will praise his word),
In God have I put my trust, I
will not be afraid;
What can flesh do unto me.^
5 All the day long they wrest my
words :
All their thoughts are against
me for evil.
6 They gather themselves to-
gether, they hide themselves.
They mark my steps,
^Even as they have waited for
my soul.
7 ^Shall they escape by iniquity.^
1 Or, whal he hath given thee
2 That is, The silent dove of them that are afar off. Or,
s otherwise read, The dove of the distant terebinths.
3 Or, They that lie in wait for me
* Or, Inasmuch as ^ Or, They think to escape
In anger cast down the people
O God.
8 Thou numberest my wanderini^
Put thou my tears into thy botth
Are they not in thy ^book.^
9 Then shall mine enemies turi?
back in the day that I call:
This I know, Jthat God is for me.
10 In God (I will praise his word),
In Jehovah (I will praise his
word),
11 In God have I put my trust, I
will not be afraid;
What can man do unto me.^^
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God:
I will render thank-offerings unto
thee.
13 For thou hast delivered my soul
from death:
Hast thou not delivered my feet
from falling.
That I may walk before God
In the light of Hhe living?
Prayer for Rescue from Persecutors.
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth.
A Psabn of David. Michtam; when h
fled from Saul, in the cave.
^/r^ Be merciful unto me, O God,
^ I be merdful unto me;
For my soul taketh refuge in thee :
Yea, in the shadow of thy wings
will I take refuge,
Until these ^calamities be over-
past.
2 I will cry unto God Most High,
Unto God that performeth all
things for me.
3 He will send from heaven, and
save me.
When he that would swallow
me up reproacheth; [Selah
God will send forth his loving-
kindness and his truth.
4 My soul is among lions ;
I ^^lie among them that are set
on fire.
Even the sons of men, whose
teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above
the heavens;
« Or, record
9 Or, wickednesses
Or, for
8 Or. life
10 Or, must lie
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Let thy glory he above all the
earth.
They have prepared a net for
my steps;
My soul is iDowed down:
They have digged a pit before me;
They are fallen into the midst
thereof themselves. [Selah
My heart is fixed, O God, my
heart is fixed:
I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
Awake up, my glory; av/ake,
psaltery and harp:
I myself Hvill awake right early.
I will give thanks unto thee, O
Lord, among the peoples:
I will sing praises unto thee
among the nations.
For thy lovingkindness is great
unto the heavens,
And thy truth unto the skies.
Be thou exalted, O God, above
the heavens;
Let thy glory he above all the
earth.
Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.
the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth.
A Psalm of David. Michtam.
^Q ^Do ye indeed ^in silence
^O speak righteousness .f^
Do ye '^ judge uprightly, O ye
sons of men.f^
2 Nay, in heart ye work wicked-
ness;
Ye weigh out the violence of
your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from
the womb:
They go astray as soon as they
are born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison
of a serpent:
They are like the deaf adder
that stoppeth her ear,
5 Which hearkeneth not to the
voice of ^charmers.
Charming never so wisely.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in
their mouth:
1 Or, will awake the dawn
2 Or, Is the righteousness ye should speak dumb?
» Or, as otherwise read, O ye gods Or, O ye mighty ones
* Or, judge uprightly the sons of men
* Or, enchanters
f-
9
10
11
I?
For
PSALMS 57.6—59.5
Break out the great teeth of the
young lions, O Jehovah.
7 Let them melt away as water
that runneth apace:
When he aimeth his arrows, let
them be as though they were
cut off.
8 Let them he as a snail which
melteth and passe th away,
Like the untimely birth of a
woman, ^that hath not seen
the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the
thorns,
^He will take them away with
a whirlwind, the green and
the burning alike.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when
he seeth the vengeance:
He shall wash his feet in the
blood of the wicked;
11 So that men shall say. Verily
there is ^a reward for the
righteous :
Verily there is a God that
judgeth in the earth.
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies.
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth.
A Psalm of David. Michtam ; when Saul
sent, and they watched the house to kill
him.
^Q Deliver me from mine ene-
«UJ^ mies, O my God:
Set me on high from them that
rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers of
iniquity.
And save me from the blood-
thirsty men.
3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my
soul;
The mighty gather themselves
together against me:
Not for my transgression, nor
for my sin, O Jehovah.
4 They run and prepare themselves
without my fault:
Awake thou to ^help me, and
behold.
5 Even thou, O Jehovah God of
hosts, the God of Israel,
« Or, like them that have not seen the sun
7 Or, Wrath shall take them away while living as with a
whirlwind » Heb. fruit. » Heb. meet.
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PSALMS 59.6—60.10
Arise to visit all the nations :
Be not merciful to any wicked
transgressors. [Selah
6 They return at evening, they
howl like a dog,
And go round about the city.
7 Behold, they belch out with their
mouth;
Swords are in their lips :
For who, say they, doth hear?
8 But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh
at them;
Thou wilt have all the nations
in derision.
9 ^Because of his strength I will
give heed unto thee;
For God is my high tower.
10 My God with his lovingkindness
will meet me:
God will let me see my desire
upon ^mine enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest my people
forget :
^Scatter them by thy power,
and bring them down,
O Lord our shield.
12 For the sin of their mouth,
and the words of their lips.
Let them even be taken in their
pride,
And for cursing and lying which
they speak.
13 Consume them in wrath, con-
sume them, so that they shall
be no more:
And let them know that God
ruleth in Jacob,
Unto the ends of the earth.
[Selah
14 And at evening let them return,
let them howl like a dog,
And go round about the city.
15 They shall wander up and down
for food.
And tarry all night if they be
not satisfied.
16 But I will sing of thy strength;
Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lov-
ingkindness in the morning:
For thou hast been my high tower.
And a refuge in the day of my
distress.
1 Ace. to Sept. and Vulg., My strength.
2 Or, them that lie in wait for me
3 Or, Make them wander to and fro
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will
I sing praises:
For God is my high tower, the
God of my mercy.
Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.
For the Chief Musician; set to *Shushan
Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach ; when
he strove with Aram-naharaim and with
Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and
smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt
twelve thousand.
f\C\ ^ God, thou hast cast us off,
yJyJ thou hast broken us down;
Thou hast been angry; oh re-
store us again.
2 Thou hast made the land to
tremble; thou hast rent it:
Heal the breaches thereof; for
it shaketh.
3 Thou hast showed thy peoplej
hard things:
Thou hast made us to drinki
the wine of staggering.
4 Thou hast given a banner to|
them that fear thee.
That it may be displayed b<
cause of the truth. [Selal
5 That thy beloved may be de-
livered.
Save with thy right hand, and
answer ^us.
6 God hath spoken in his holiness:
I will exult;
I will divide Shechem, and mete
out the valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh
is mine;
Ephraim also is the defence of
my head;
Judah is my ^sceptre.
8 Moab is my washpot;
^Upon Edom will I cast my shoe:
Philistia, shout thou because of
me.
9 Who will bring me into the
strong city.f^
^Who hath led me unto Edom?
10 ^Hast not thou, O God, cast us off .''
And thou goest not forth, 0
God, with our hosts.
* That is, The lily of testimony.
s Another reading is. me. « Or, lawgiver
7 Or. Unto 8 Or, Who will lead me b'c.
9 Or, Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off. And
gocsl . . . hosts?
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11 Give us help against the adver-
sary;
For vain is the ^help of man.
12 Through God we shall do val-
iantly ;
For he it is that will tread down
our adversaries.
Confidence in God's ProtecCion.
For the Chief Musician ; ou a stringed
instrument. A Psalm of David.
/:?i Hear my cry, O God;.
yj i- Attend unto my prayer.
2 From the end of the earth will
I call unto thee, when my
heart % overwhelmed:
Lead me to ^the rock that is
higher than I.
3 For thou hast been a refuge for
me,
A strong tower from the enemy.
4 I will dwell in thy Habernacle
for ever:
I will take refuge in the covert of
thy wings. [Selah
5 For thou, O God, hast heard
my vows:
Thou hast ^given me the heri-
^ tage of those that fear thy
p ' name.
' 6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life;
His years shall be as many gen-
erations.
7 He shall abide before God for
ever :
Oh prepare lovingkindness and
truth, that they may preserve
him.
8 So will I sing praise unto thy
name for ever,
That I may daily perform my
vows.
God alone a Refuge from Treachery and Oppression.
For the Chief Musician ; after the manner of
Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
C\C% My soul *^waiteth in silence
yjLi for God only:
From him cometh my salvation.
2 He only is my rock and my
salvation :
1 Heb. salvation. ^ Or, fainteth
^ Or, a rock that is too high for me ^ Heb. tent.
■'' Or, given a heritage unto those b'c.
" Heb. is silent unto Cod.
PSALMS60.il— 63.1
He is my high tower; I shall
not be greatly moved.
3 How long will ye set upon a man,
'That ye may slay him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tot-
tering fence.''
4 They only consult to thrust him
down from his dignity;
They delight in lies;
They bless with their mouth,
but they curse inwardly.
[Selah
5 My soul, %ait thou in silence for
God only;
For my expectation is from him.
6 He only is my rock and my
salvation :
He is my high tower; I shall not
be moved.
7 With God is my salvation and
my glory:
The rock of my strength, and
my refuge, is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times, ye
people;
Pour out your heart before him:
God is a refuge for us. [Selah
9 Surely men of low degree are
^vanity, and men of high
degree are a lie:
In the balances they will go up;
They are together lighter than
^vanity.
10 Trust not in oppression.
And become not vain in robbery :
If riches increase, set not your
heart thereon.
11 God hath spoken once.
Twice have I heard this,
That power belongeth unto God.
12 Also unto thee, O Lord, be-
longeth lovingkindness ;
For thou renderest to every
man according to his work.
The Thirsting Soul satisfied in God.
A Psalm of David, when lie was in the
wilderness of Judah.
O God, thou art my God;
earnestly will I seek thee:
My soul thirsteth for thee, my
flesh longeth for thee,
7 Or, as otherwise read, Ye shall be slain dr'c.
^ Heb. be thou silent unto God.
9 Heb. a breath.
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PSALMS 63.2—65.4
In a dry and weary land, where
no water is.
2 So have I looked upon thee in
the sanctuary,
To see thy power and thy glory.
3 Because thy lovingkindness is
better than life,
My lips shall praise thee.
4 So will I bless thee while I live:
I will lift up my hands in thy
name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as
with ^marrow and fatness;
And my mouth shall praise thee
with joyful lips;
6 When I remember thee upon
my bed,
^And meditate on thee in the
night-watches.
7 For thou hast been my help,
And in the shadow of thy wings
will I rejoice.
8 My soul followeth hard after
thee:
Thy right hand upholdeth me.
9 But those that seek my soul,
^to destroy it,
Shall go into the lower parts of
the earth.
10 They shall be "^given over to
the power of the sword:
They shall be a portion for
^foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God:
Every one that sweareth by
him shall glory;
For the mouth of them that
speak lies shall be stopped.
Prayer for Deliverance from Secret Enemies.
For the Chief Musician. A Psahn of
David.
f\A Hear my voice, O God, in
yJ^ my complaint:
Preserve my life from fear of
the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret coun-
sel of evil-doers.
From the ^tumult of the workers
of iniquity;
3 Who have whet their tongue like
a sword,
1 Heb. fat. 2 Or, I tneditale
3 Or. shall be destroyed; They shall b'c.
*■ Or, poured out by 6 Or, jackals « Or, throng
And have aimed their arrows,
even bitter words,
4 That they may shoot in secret
places at the perfect:
Suddenly do they shoot at him,
and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves iuj
an evil purpose;
They commune of laying snares
privily;
They say. Who will see them.^^
6 They search out iniquities;
'^W^e have accomplished, say they\
a diligent search:
And the inward thought an(
the heart of every one is deepj
7 But God will shoot at them;
With an arrow suddenly shall
they be wounded.
8 So ^they shall be made to stum-
ble, their own tongue bein^
against them:
All that see them shall ^wag th<
head.
9 And all men shall fear;
And they shall declare the work]
of God,
And shall wisely consider of hij
doing.
10 The righteous shall be glad
Jehovah, and shall take refug<
in him;
And all the upright in hearl
shall glory.
Qod's Abundant Favor to Earth and Man.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm. A Souj
of David.
n ^ ^ ^Praise waiteth for thee,
VJ.O God, in Zion;
And unto thee shall the vow b<
performed.
2 O thou that hearest prayer.
Unto thee shall all flesh come.
3 ^^Iniquities prevail against me;
As for our transgressions, thoi
wilt ^^forgive them.
4 Blessed is the man whom thoi
choosest, and causest to ap-
proach unto thee,
7 Or, as otherwise read, They have accomplished (or^
have hidden)
8 Or, shall they against whom their tongue was
them to stumble « Or, flee away
»" Or. There shall be silence before thee, and praise,
God cs'c. " Heb. Words (or. Matters) of iniquities.
^- Or, expiate
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That he may dwell in thy courts :
We shall be satisfied with the
goodness of thy house,
Thy holy temple.
5 By terrible things thou wilt
answer us in righteousness,
O God of our salvation,
Thou that art the confidence of
all the ends of the earth,
And ^of them that are afar off
upon the sea:
6 Who by his strength setteth
fast the mountains,
Being girded about with might;
7 Who stilleth the roaring of the
seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples.
8 They also that dvv^ell in the ut-
termost parts are afraid at thy
tokens :
Thou makest the outgoings of
the morning and evening to
rejoice.
9 Thou visitest the earth, and
water est it.
Thou greatly enrichest it;
The river of God is full of water:
Thou providest them grain,
^when thou hast so prepared
^the earth.
10 Thou waterest its furrows abun-
dantly;
Thou ^settlest the ridges there-
of:
Thou makest it soft with show-
ers;
Thou blessest the springing
thereof.
11 Thou crownest Hhe year with
thy goodness;
And thy paths drop fatness.
12 ^They drop upon the pastures
of the wilderness;
And the hills are girded with joy.
13 The pastures are clothed with
flocks;
The valleys also are covered over
with grain;
They shout for joy, they also
sing.
» Or, oi the sea, afar of ^ Or, for mo preparest thou
3 Heb. it. * Heb. lowerest.
B Heb. the vear of thy goodness.
» Or, The pastures . . . do drop
PSALMS 65.5—66.14
Praise for God's Mighty Deeds and for his Answer to
Prayer.
For the Chief Musician. A Song, a Psalm.
66
2
Make a joyful noise unto
God, all the earth:
Sing forth the glory of his name:
Make his praise glorious.
3 Say unto God, How terrible are
thy works!
Through the greatness of thy
power shall thine enemies ^sub-
mit themselves unto thee.
4 All the earth shall worship thee.
And shall sing unto thee;
They shall sing to thy name.
[Selah
5 Come, and see the works of God ;
He is terrible in his doing
toward the children of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry land ;
They went through the river on
foot:
There ^did we rejoice in him.
7 He ruleth by his might for ever;
His eyes observe the nations:
Let not the rebellious exalt
themselves. [Selah
8 Oh bless our God, ye peoples,
And make the voice of his praise
to be heard;
9 Who ^holdeth our soul in life.
And suffereth not our feet to
be moved.
10 For thou, O God, hast proved
us:
Thou hast tried us, as silver is
tried.
11 Thou broughtest us into the net;
Thou layedst a sore burden
upon our loins.
12 Thou didst cause men to ride
over our heads;
We went through fire and
through water;
But thou broughtest us out into
^^a wealthy place.
13 I will come into thy house with
burnt-offerings;
I will pay thee my vows,
14 Which my lips uttered.
And my mouth spake, when I
was in distress.
' Or, yield feigned obedience Heb. lie.
8 Or, let us rejoice
9 Heb. putteth. i" Heb. abundance.
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PSALMS 66.15—68.11
15 I will offer unto tnee burnt-
offerings of fatlings,
With the incense of rams;
I will offer bullocks with goats.
[Selah
16 Come, and hear, all ye that fear
God,
And I will declare what he hath
done for my soul.
17 I cried unto him with my mouth.
And %e was extolled with my
tongue.
18 If I ^regard iniquity in my heart.
The Lord ^will not hear:
19 But verily God hath heard;
He hath attended to the voice
of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God,
Who hath not turned away my
prayer,
Nor his lovingkindness from
me.
The Nations exhorted to praise God.
For the Chief Musician ; on stringed
instruments. A Psalm, a Song.
I^T ^^^ ^^ merciful unto us, and
vJ I bless us.
And cause his face to shine
^iiponus; [Selah
2 That thy way may be known
upon earth.
Thy salvation among all nations.
3 Let th^ peoples Upraise thee,
O God;
Let all the peoples praise thee.
4 Oh let the nations be glad and
sing for joy;
For thou wilt judge the peoples
with equity,
And ^govern the nations upon
earth. [Selah
5 Let the peoples praise thee, O
God;
Let all the peoples praise thee.
6 The earth hath yielded its in-
crease :
God, even our own God, will
bless us.
7 God will bless us;
And all the ends of the earth
shall fear him.
* Or, as otherwise read, high praise was under my tongue
2 Or, had regarded ^ Or. would
* Heb. with us. * Or, give thanks unto « Heb. lead.
Jehovah the God of Sinai and of the Sanctuary.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David,
a Song.
/I* O ^Let God arise, let his enemies
vJO be scattered;
Let them also that hate him
flee before him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so
drive them away:
As wax melteth before the fire,
So let the wicked perish at the
presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad;
let them exult before God:
Yea, let them rejoice with glad-
ness.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to
his name:
Cast up a highway for him that
rideth through the deserts;
His name is ^Jehovah; and exult
ye before him.
5 A father of the fatherless, and a
judge of the widows.
Is God in his holy habitation.
6 God ^setteth the solitary in
families :
He bringeth out the prisoners
into prosperity;
But the rebellious dwell in a
parched land.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth
before thy people.
When thou didst march through
the wilderness; [Selah
8 The earth trembled,
The heavens also dropped rain
at the presence of God:
Yon Sinai trembled at the pres-
ence of God, the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst send a
plentiful rain.
Thou didst confirm thine inher-
itance, when it was weary.
10 Thy 1 ^congregation dwelt therein :
Thou, O God, didst prepare of
thy goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord giveth the word:
The women that publish the
tidings are a great host.
" Or, God ariseth', and so throughout ver. 1, 2, 3.
8 Heb. J ah.
9 Heb. makelh the solitary to dwell in a house.
i» Or, troop
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12 Kings of armies flee, they flee;
And she that tarrieth at home
divideth the spoil.
13 ^When ye lie among the sheep-
folds,
It is as the wings of a dove
covered with silver,
And her pinions with yellow
gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered
kings therein.
It ^was as when it snoweth in
Zalmon.
15 A mountain of God is the moun-
tain of Bashan;
A %igh mountain is the moun-
tain of Bashan.
16 Why look ye askance, ye high
mountains.
At the mountain which God
hath desired for his abode.^
Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it
for ever.
17 The chariots of God are twenty
thousand, even thousands up-
on thousands:
The Lord is among them, ^as in
Sinai, in the sanctuary.
18 Thou hast ascended on high,
thou hast led away captives;
tThou hast received gifts among
>=^ men.
Yea, among the rebellious also,
that ^Jehovah God might
^dwell with them.
19 Blessed be ^the Lord, who daily
beareth our burden,
Even the God who is our salva-
tion. [Selali
20 God is unto us a God of de-
liverances;
And unto Jehovah the Lord
belongeth escape from death.
21 But God will smite through the
head of his enemies.
The hairy scalp of such a one as
goeth on still in his guiltiness.
22 The Lord said, I will bring again
from Bashan,
1 Or, Will ye lie among the sheepfolds, as the wings . . .
gold? 2 Or, snowed ^ Heb. mountain of summits.
* Or, Sinai is in the sanctuary ^ Heb. Jah.
•= Or, dwell there
^ Or, the Lord day by dav: if one oppresseth us, God is
our salvation
PSALMS 68.12—68.33
I will bring them again from the
depths of the sea;
23 That thou mayest crush them,
dipping thy foot in blood,
That the tongue of thy dogs
may have its portion from
. thine enemies.
24 Theyhaveseenthygoings,OGod,
Even the goings of my God, my
King, ^into the sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the
minstrels followed after.
In the midst of the damsels
playing with timbrels.
26 Bless ye God in the congrega-
tions.
Even the Lord,, ye that are of
the fountain of Israel.
27 There is little Benjamin their
ruler.
The princes of Judah and their
^council.
The princes of Zebulun, the
princes of Naphtali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy
strength :
^^Strengthen, O God, that which
thou ^^hast wrought for us.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusa-
lem
Kings shall bring presents unto
thee.
30 Rebuke the wild beast of the
reeds,
The multitude of the bulls, with
the calves of the peoples,
^^Trampling under foot the pieces
of silver:
^^He hath scattered the peoples
that delight in war.
31 Princes shall come out of Egypt;
^^Ethiopia shall haste to stretch
out her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of
the earth;
Oh sing praises unto the
Lord ; [Selah
33 To him that rideth upon the
heaven of heavens, which are
of old;
^ Or, in the sanctuary Or, in holiness ' Or, company
>« Or, Be strong, O God, thou that hast Ss'c.
" Or, hast wrought for us out of thy temple. Unto
Jerusalem Ss°c.
12 Or. Every one submitting himself with pieces of silver
»3 Or, as otherwise read, Scatter thou " Heb. Cush.
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PSALMS 68.34—69.20
Lo, he uttereth his voice, a
mighty voice
34 Ascribe ye strength unto God:
His excellency is over Israel,
And his strength is in the skies.
35 ^O God, thou art terrible out of
thy holy places:
The God of Israel, he giveth
strength and power unto his
people.
Blessed be God.
A Cry of Distress, and Imprecation on Adversaries.
For the Chief Musician ; set to ^Shoshan-
nim. A Psalm of David.
C\(\ Save me, O God;
VJ«^ For the waters are come in
unto my soul.
2 I sink in deep mire, where there
is no standing:
I am come into deep waters,
where the floods overflow
me.
3 I am weary with my crying; my
throat is dried :
Mine eyes fail while I wait for
my God.
4 They that hate me without a
cause are more than the hairs
of my head :
They that would cut me off, be-
ing mine enemies ^wrongfully,
are mighty:
That which I took not away I
have to restore.
5 O God, thou knowest my fool-
ishness ;
And my ^sins are not hid from
thee.
6 Let not them that wait for thee
be put to shame through me,
O Lord Jehovah of hosts:
Let not those that seek thee be
brought to dishonor through
me, O God of Israel.
7 Because for thy sake I have
borne reproach;
Shame hath covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my
brethren,
And an alien unto my mother's
children.
1 Or. Terrible is God
8 Heb. falsely.
2 That is. Lilies
* Heb. guiltinesses
9 For the zeal of thy house hath
eaten me up;
And the reproaches of them that
reproach thee are fallen upon
me.
10 When I wept, and chastened my
soul with fasting.
That was to my reproach.
11 When I made sackcloth my
clothing,
I became a byword unto them.
12 They that sit in the gate talk of
me;
And / am the song of the drunk-
ards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto
thee, O Jehovah, in an accept-
able time:
O God, in the abundance of thy
lovingkindness.
Answer me in the truth of thy
salvation.
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and
let me not sink:
Let me be delivered from them
that hate me, and out of the
deep waters.
15 Let not the waterflood over-
whelm me,
Neither let the deep swallow me
up;
And let not the pit shut its
mouth upon me.
16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy
lovingkindness is good:
According to the multitude of
thy tender mercies turn thou
unto me.
17 And hide not thy face from thy
servant;
For I am in distress; answer me
speedily.
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and
redeem it:
Ransorn me because of mine
enemies.
19 Thou knowest my reproach,
and my shame, and my dis-
honor:
Mine adversaries are all before
thee.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart;
and I am ^full of heaviness:
5 Or, sore sick
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And I looked for some to take
pity, but there was none;
And for comforters, but I found
none.
21 They gave me also gall for my
food;
And in my thirst they gave me
vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table before them be-
come a snare;
And when they are in peace, let
it become a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, so
that they cannot see;
And make their loins continually
to shake.
24 Pour out thine indignation upon
them,
And let the fierceness of thine
anger overtake them.
25 Let their habitation be deso-
late;
Let none dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute him whom
thou hast smitten;
And they tell of the ^sorrow of
those whom thou hast
wounded.
27 Add iniquity unto their in-
iquity;
And let them not come into
thy righteousness.
28 Let them be blotted out of the
book of ^life.
And not be written with the
righteous.
29 But I am poor and ^sorrowful:
Let thy salvation, O God, set
me up on high.
30 I will praise the name of God
with a song.
And will magnify him with
thanksgiving.
31 And it will please Jehovah better
than an ox.
Or a bullock that hath horns
and hoofs.
32 The meek have seen it, and
are glad:
Ye that seek after God, let
your heart live.
33 For Jehovah heareth the needy,
1 Or, encampment
3 Or, the living
Or, pain
Or, in pain
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PSALMS 69.21— 7L3
And despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
The seas, and everything that
moveth therein.
35 For God will save Zion, and
build the cities of Judah;
And they shall abide there, and
have it in possession.
36 The seed also of his servants
shall inherit it;
And they that love his name
shall dwell therein.
Prayer for Help against Persecutors.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David ;
*to bring to remembrance.
fjr\ Make haste, O God, to de-
f vy liver me;
Make haste to help me, O Je-
hovah.
2 Let them be put to shame and
confounded
That seek after my soul:
Let them be turned backward
and brought to dishonor
That delight in my hurt.
3 Let them be turned back ^by
reason of their shame
That say. Aha, aha.
4 Let all those that seek thee
rejoice and be glad in thee;
And let such as love thy salva-
tion say continually.
Let God be magnified.
5 But I am poor and needy;
Make haste unto me, O God:
Thou art my help and my
deliverer;
O Jehovah, make no tarrying.
Prayer of an Old Man for Deliverance.
n^i In thee, O Jehovah, do I
1 1 take refuge:
Let me never be put to shame.
2 Deliver me in thy righteous-
ness, and rescue me:
Bow down thine ear unto me,
and save me.
3 Be thou to me a rock of habi-
tation, whereunto I may con-
tinually resort:
Thou hast given command-
ment to save me;
5 Or, lo make memorial « Or, for a reward of
PSALMS 71.4—72.2
For thou art my rock and my
fortress.
4 Rescue me, O my God, out of
the hand of the wicked.
Out of the hand of the un-
righteous and cruel man.
5 For thou art my hope, O Lord
Jehovah :
Thou art my trust from my
youth.
6 By thee have I been holden
up from the womb;
Thou ^art he that took me
out of my mother's bowels:
My praise shall be continually
of thee.
7 I am as a wonder unto many;
But thou art my strong refuge.
8 My mouth shall be filled with
thy praise,
And with thy honor all the day.
9 Cast me not off in the time
of old age;
Forsake me not when my
strength faileth.
10 For mine enemies speak con-
cerning me;
And they that watch for my
soul take counsel together,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him:
Pursue and take him; for there
is none to deliver.
12 O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help
me.
13 Let them be put to shame and
consumed that are adversa-
ries to my soul;
Let them be covered with re-
proach and dishonor that seek
my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually.
And will praise thee yet more
and more.
15 My mouth shall tell of thy
righteousness,
And of thy salvation all the
day;
For I know not the numbers
thereof.
16 I will come ^with the mighty
acts of the Lord Jehovah:
1 Or, hast been my benefactor from b'c.
2 Or, in the strength
I Vvdll make mention of thy
righteousness, even of thine
only.
17 O God, thou hast taught me
from my youth;
And hitherto have I declared
thy wondrous works.
18 Yea, even "when I am old and
gray headed, O God, forsake
me not.
Until I have declared ^thy
strength unto the next gen-
eration.
Thy might to every one that is
to come.
19 Thy righteousness also, O God,
is very high;
Thou who hast done great things,
O God, who is like unto thee.^
20 Thou, who hast showed His
many and sore troubles.
Wilt quicken \is again.
And wilt bring ^us up again
from the depths of the earth.
21 Increase thou my greatness.
And turn again and comfort me.
22 I will also praise thee with the
psaltery.
Even thy truth, O my God:
Unto thee will I sing praises
with the harp,
O thou Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall shout for joy when
I sing praises unto thee;
And my soul, which thou hast
redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy
righteousness all the day long;
For they are put to shame, for
they are confounded, that
seek my hurt.
The Reign of the Righteous King.
A Psalm of Solomon.
^Ci Give the king thy judgments,
i Ad O God,
And thy righteousness unto the
king's son.
2 ^He will judge thy people with
righteousness.
And thy poor with justice.
3 Heb. unto old age and gray hairs.
* Heb. thine arm.
^ Another reading is, me.
5 Or, Let him (and so throughout the Psalm)
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3 The mountains shall bring peace
to the people,
And the hills, in righteousness.
4 He will judge the poor of the
people.
He will save the children of the
needy,
And will break in pieces the
oppressor.
5 They shall fear thee while the
sun endureth,
And ^so long as the moon,
throughout all generations.
6 He will come down like rain
upon the mown grass,
As showers that water the
earth.
7 In his days shall the righteous
flourish.
And abundance of peace, till
the moon be no more.
8 He shall have dominion also
from sea to sea,
And from the River unto the
ends of the earth.
9 They that dwell in the wilder-
ness shall bow before him;
And his enemies shall lick the
dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the
isles shall render tribute:
The kings of Sheba and Seba
shall offer gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down
before him;
All nations shall serve him.
12 For he will deliver the needy
when he crieth.
And the poor, ^that hath no
helper.
Heb. before the moon.
2 Or, and him that hath
PSALMS 72.3—73.5
13 He will have pity on the ^poor
and needy.
And the souls of the needy he
will save.
14 He will redeem their soul from
^oppression and violence;
And precious will their blood be
in his sight:
15 And Hhey shall live; and to him
shall be given of the gold of
Sheba :
And men shall pray for him
continually;
^They shall bless him all the
day long.
16 There shall be ^abundance of
grain in the ^earth upon the
top of the mountains;
The fruit thereof shall shake like
Lebanon :
And they of the city shall
flourish like grass of the earth.
17 His name shall endure for ever;
His name shall ^be continued
^as long as the sun:
And men shall ^°be blessed in him;
All nations shall call him happy.
18 Blessed be Jehovah God, the
God of Israel,
Who only doeth wondrous things :
19 And blessed be his glorious
name for ever;
And let the whole earth be
filled with his glory.
Amen, and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the son of
Jesse are ended.
3 Or, weak * Or, fraud ^ Or. he
6 Or, a handful ^ Or, land ^ Or. have issue
9 Heb. before the sun. i" Or, bless themselves
BOOK III
The End of the Wicked contrasted with that of the
Righteous.
A Psalm of Asaph.
^Q ^Surely God is good to
1 O Israel,
Even to such as are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were
almost gone;
My steps had well nigh slipped.
1 Or, Only good is God
3 For I was envious at the ^ar-
rogant.
When I saw the prosperity of
the wicked.
4 For there are no pangs in their
death;
But their strength is firm.
5 They are not ^in trouble as
other men;
2 Or, fools
3 Heb. in the trouble of men.
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PSALMS 73.6—74.3
Neither are they plagued Hke
other men.
6 Therefore pride is as a chain
about their neck;
Violence covereth them as a
garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fat-
ness:
^They have more than heart
could wish.
8 They scoff, and in wickedness
utter oppression:
They speak ^loftily.
9 They have set their mouth ^in
the heavens,
And their tongue walketh
through the earth.
10 Therefore %is people return
hither:
And waters of a full cup are
drained by them.
11 And they say. How doth God
know.f^
And is there knowledge in the
Most High.?
12 Behold, these are the wicked;
And, being alway at ease, they
increase in riches.
13 Surely in vain have I cleansed
my heart,
And washed my hands in in-
nocency ;
14 For all the day long have I been
plagued.
And ^chastened every morning.
15 If I had 63^ u, I will speak thus;
Behold, I had dealt treacher-
ously with the generation of
thy children.
16 When I thought how I might
know this.
It was ^too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanc-
tuary of God,
And considered their latter end.
18 Surely thou settest them in
slippery places :
Thou easiest them down to
Mestruction.
19 How are they become a desola-
tion in a moment!
' Or, The imaginalions of their heart overflow
" Or, from on high 3 Or, against
* Another reading is, he will bring back his people.
' Heb. my chastisement was.
* Heb. lahor in mine eyes. ^ Heb. ruins.
They are utterly consumed with I
terrors. \
20 As a dream when one awaketh.
So, O Lord, ^when thou awakest,
thou wilt despise their image.
21 For my soul ^was grieved.
And I was pricked inmy^^heart:
22 So brutish ^ Vas I, and ignorant ;
I was as a beast ^^before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually
with thee:
Thou hast holden my right hand.
24 Thou wilt guide me with thy
counsel.
And afterward receive me ^^to
glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven hut thee?
And there is none upon earth
that I desire ^^besides thee. ,
26 My flesh and my heart faileth; !
But God is the ^^strength of my j
heart and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from
thee shall perish: ^
Thou hast destroyed all them j
that play the harlot, departing
from thee. '
28 But it is good for me to draw
near unto God:
I have made the Lord Jehovah
my refuge.
That I may tell of all thy works.
A Complaint over the Devastation of the L^and by
the Enemy.
Maschil of Asaph.
T/L ^ God, why hast thou cast
/ T^ ?/5 off for ever.f^
Why doth thine anger smoke
against the sheep of thy pas-
ture ?
2 Remember th}^ congregation,
which thou hast gotten of old.
Which thou hast redeemed to be
the tribe of thine inheritance;
And mount Zion, wherein thou
hast dwelt.
3 Lift up thy feet unto the per-
petual ruins,
^^All the evil that the enemy
hath done in the sanctuary.
8 Or, in the city ^ Heb. was in a ferment.
10 Heb. reins. " Or, am ^- Heb. with thee.
13 Or, with " Or, loiih thee
16 Heb. rock. " Or, The enemy hath wrought all evil
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4 Thine adversaries have roared in
the midst of thine assembly;
They have set up their ensigns
for signs.
5 They ^seemed as men that
lifted up
Axes upon a thicket of trees.
6 And now all the carved work
thereof
They break down with hatchet
and hammers.
7 They have set thy sanctuary
on fire;
They have profaned the dwell-
ing-place of thy name hy
casting it to the ground.
8 They said in their heart, Let
us make havoc of them alto-
gether :
They have burned up all the
^synagogues of God in the
land.
9 We see not our signs:
There is no more any prophet;
Neither is there among us any
that knoweth how long.
10 How long, O God, shall the ad-
versary reproach.^
Shall the enemy blaspheme thy
name for ever.^^
11 Why drawest thou back thy
hand, even thy right hand.^
Pluck it out of thy bosom and
consume them.
12 Yet God is my King of old,
Working salvation in the midst
of the earth.
13 Thou didst Mi vide the sea by
thy strength:
Thou brakest the h3ads of the
sea-monsters in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the heads of levi-
athan in pieces;
Thou gavest him to be food to
the people inhabiting the wil-
derness. •
15 Thou didst cleave fountain and
flood:
Thou driedst up ^mighty rivers.
16 The day <s thine, the night also
is thine :
1 Or, made themselves known
3 Heb. break tip.
2 Or, places of assembly
* Or, ever-flowing
PSALMS 74.4—75.4
Thou hast prepared the ^light
and the sun.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of
the earth:
Thou hast made summer and
winter.
18 Remember this, that the enemy
%ath reproached, O Jehovah,
And that a foolish people hath
blasphemed thy name.
19 Oh deliver not ^the soul of thy
turtle-dove unto the wild beast :
Forget not the ^life of thy poor
for ever.
20 Have respect unto the covenant ;
For the dark places of the ^earth
are full of the habitations of
violence.
21 Oh let not the oppressed return
ashamed :
Let the poor and needy praise
thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own
cause :
Remember how the foolish man
reproacheth thee all the day.
23 Forget not the voice of thine ad-
versaries :
The tumult of those that rise
up against thee ^^ascendeth
continually.
God abases the Proud, but exalts the Righteous.
For the Chief Musician ; set to Al-tashheth.
A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.
^ ^ We give thanks unto thee,
/ O O God;
We give thanks, ^^for thy name
is near:
Men tell of thy wondrous works.
2 When I shall ^-find the set time,
I will judge uprightly.
3 ^^The earth and all the inhab-
itants thereof are dissolved:
I have ^^set up the pillars of it.
[Selah
4 I said unto the ^^arrogant. Deal
not arrogantly;
And to the wicked. Lift not up
the horn:
6 Heb. luminary. « Or, hath reproached Jehovah
7 Or. thy turtle-dove unto the greedy multitude
8 Or, multitude » Or, land " Or, which ascendeth
11 Or, for that thy name is near Thy wondrous works
declare 12 Heb. take. ^ Or, When the earth . . . I set up
11 Heb. proportioned. ^ Or, fools
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PSALMS 75.5—77.8
5 Lift not up your horn on high;
Speak not ^with a stiff neck.
6 For neither from the east, nor
from the west,
Nor yet %om the ^south, com-
eth Hfting up.
7 But God is the judge:
He putteth down one, and lifteth
up another.
8 For in the hand of Jehovah
there is a cup, and the wine
^foameth;
It is full of mixture, and he
poureth out of the same:
Surely the dregs thereof, all the
wicked of the earth shall drain
them, and drink them.
9 But I will declare for ever,
I will sing praises to the God of
Jacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked also
will I cut off;
But the horns of the righteous
shall be lifted up.
The Victorious Power of the God of Jacob.
For the Chief Musician ; on stringed instru-
ments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.
lyf^ In Judah is God known:
/ vJ His name is great in Israel.
2 In Salem also is his ^taber-
nacle.
And his ^dwelling-place in Zion.
3 There he brake the '^arrows of
the bow;
The shield, and the sword, and
the battle. [Selah
4 Glorious art thou and excellent,
^From the mountains of prey.
5 The stouthearted are made a
spoil,
They have slept their sleep;
And none of the men of might
have found their hands.
6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both chariot and horse are cast
into a dead sleep.
7 Thou, even thou, art to be
feared;
And who may stand in thy sight
when once thou art angry .^
1 Or, insolently with a haughty neck
2 Or, from the wilderness of mountains cometh judgment
* Heb. wilderness. * Or, is red
Or, covert « Or, lair
Or, fiery shafts Or, lightnings * Or, More than
8 Thou didst cause sentence to
be heard from heaven;
The earth feared, and was still,
9 When God arose to judgment.
To save all the meek of the
earth. [Selah
10 Surely the wrath of man shall
praise thee:
The residue of wrath shalt thou
^gird upon thee.
11 Vow, and pay unto Jehovah
your God:
Let all that are round about
him bring presents unto him
that ought to be feared.
12 He will cut off the spirit of
princes :
He is terrible to the kings of the
earth.
Comfort in Trouble from recalling God's Mighty
Deeds.
For the Chief Musician ; after Mie manner of
Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.
>yiy I will cry unto God with
• # my voice.
Even unto God with my voice;
and he will give ear unto me.
2 In the day of my trouble I
sought the Lord:
My hand was stretched out in
the night, and slacked not;
My soul refused to be comforted.
3 I remember God, and am dis-
quieted :
I complain, and my spirit ^^is
overwhelmed. [Selah
4 Thou boldest mine eyes watch-
ing:
I am so troubled that I cannot
speak.
5 I have considered the days of old,
The years of ancient times.
6 I call to remembrance my song
in the night:
I commune with mine own heart;
And my spirit maketh diligent
search.
7 Will the Lord cast off for ever.^
And will he be favorable no
more.'^
8 Is his lovingkindness clean gone
for ever.^
9 Or, restrain
10 Or. fainteth
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Doth his promise fail for ever-
more?
9 Hath God forgotten to be gra-
cious?
Hath he in anger shut up his
tender mercies? [Selah
10 And I said, ^This is my in-
firmity ;
But I will remember the years
of the right hand of the Most
High.
Ill will make mention of the deeds
of ^Jehovah;
For I will remember thy wonders
of old.
12 I will meditate also upon all thy
work,
And muse on thy doings.
13 Thy way, O God, is ^in the
sanctuary :
Who is a great god like unto
God?
14 Thou art the God that doest
wonders :
Thou hast made known thy
strength among the peo-
ples.
15 Thou hast with thine arm re-
deemed thy people.
The sons of Jacob and Joseph.
[Selah
16 The waters saw thee, O God;
The waters saw thee, they ^were
afraid :
The depths also trembled.
17 The clouds poured out water;
The skies sent out a sound:
Thine arrows also went abroad.
18 The voice of thy thunder was
in the whirlwind;
The lightnings lightened the
world :
The earth trembled and shook.
19 Thy way was in the sea.
And thy paths in the great
waters,
And thy footsteps were not
known.
20 Thou leddest thy people like a
flock.
By the hand of Moses and
Aaron.
1 Or. This is my grief. That the right hand of the Most
High doth change ^ Heb. J ah.
3 Or, in holiness ^ Or, were in pain
PSALMS 77.9—78.11
God's Guidance of his People in spite of their Un-
faithfulness.
Masehil of Asaph.
'^O Give ear, O my people, to
1 O my ^law:
Incline your ears to the words
of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a
parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,
3 Which we have heard and
known.
And our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their
children,
Telling to the generation to come
the praises of Jehovah,
And his strength, and his won-
drous works that he hath done.
5 For he established a testimony
in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which he commanded our
fathers,
That they should make them
known to their children;
6 That the generation to come
might know them, even the
children that should be born;
Who should arise and tell theiri
to their children,
7 That they might set their hope
in God,
And not forget the works of God,
' But keep his commandments,
8 And might not be as their
fathers,
A stubborn and rebellious gen-
eration,
A generation Hhat set not their
heart aright.
And whose spirit was not sted-
fast with God.
9 The children of Ephraim, being
armed and carrying bows.
Turned back in the day of
battle.
10 They kept not the covenant of
God,
And refused to walk in his law;
11 And they forgat his doings.
And his wondrous works that he
had showed them.
Or, teaching
« Or, that prepared not their heart
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PSALMS 78.12—78.38
12 Marvellous things did he in
the sight of their fathers,
In the land of Egypt, in the
field of Zoan.
13 He clave the sea, and caused
them to pass through;
And he made the waters to
stand as a heap.
14 In the day-time also he led them
with a cloud,
And all the night with a light of
fire.
15 He clave rocks in the wilder-
ness.
And gave them drink abundantly
as out of the depths.
16 He brought streams also out of
the rock.
And caused waters to run down
like rivers.
17 Yet went they on still to sin
against him,
To rebel against the Most High
in ^the desert.
18 And they tempted God in their
heart
By asking food ^according to
their desire.
19 Yea, they spake against God;
They said. Can God prepare a
table in the wilderness.^
20 Behold, he smote the rock, so
that waters gushed out,
And streams overflowed;
Can he give bread also.^^
Will he provide flesh for his
people .f^
21 Therefore Jehovah heard, and
was wroth;
And a fire was kindled against
Jacob,
And anger also went up against
Israel;
22 Because they believed not in
God,
And trusted not in his salvation.
23 Yet he commanded the skies
above,
And opened the doors of heaven;
24 And he rained down manna
upon them to eat.
And gave them ^food from
heaven.
25 ^Man did eat the bread of the
mighty:
He sent them food to the full.
26 He ^caused the east wind to
blow in the heavens;
And by his power he guided
the south wind.
27 He rained flesh also upon them
as the dust.
And winged birds as the sand of
the seas:
28 And he let it fall in the midst of
their camp,
Round about their habitations.
29 So thev did eat, and were well
filled;
And he gave them their own
desire.
30 They were not estranged from
that which they desired,
Their food was yet in their
mouths,
31 When the anger of God went up
against them.
And slew of the fattest of them.
And smote down the young men
of Israel.
32 For all this thej^ sinned still,
And believed not in his wondrous
works.
33 Therefore their days did he
consume in vanity,
And their years in terror.
34 When he slew them, then they
inquired after him;
And they returned and sought
God earnestly.
35^And they remembered that God
was their rock.
And the Most High God their
redeemer.
36 But they flattered him with
their mouth.
And lied unto him with their
tongue.
37 For their heart was not ^right
with him,
Neither were they faithful in
his covenant.
38 But he, being merciful, forgave
their iniquity, and destroyed
them not:
Or, a dry land
Or, for themselves ^ Heb. grain.
* Or, Every one
6 Or, siedfast
^ Heb. led forth the east wind.
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46
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48
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50
51
Yea, many a time turned he
his anger away,
And did not stir up all his 52
wrath.
And he remembered that they
were but flesh,
A wind that passeth away, and 53
Cometh not again.
How oft did they rebel against
him in the wilderness.
And grieve him in the desert! 54
And they turned again and
tempted God,
And ^provoked the Holy One
of Israel. 55
They remembered not his hand.
Nor the day when he redeemed
them from the adversary;
How he set his signs in Egypt,
And his w^onders in the field of
Zoan, 56
And turned their rivers into
blood,
And their streams, so that they 57
could not drink.
He sent among them swarms of
flies, which devoured them;
And frogs, which destroyed 58
them.
He gave also their increase unto
the caterpillar.
And their labor unto the locust. 59
He ^destroyed their vines with
hail,
And their sycomore-trees with 60
^frost.
He gave over their cattle also
to the hail.
And their flocks to hot thunder- 61
bolts.
He cast upon them the fierce
ness of his anger.
Wrath, and indignation, and 62
trouble,
^A band of angels of evil.
He ^made a path for his anger;
He spared not their soul from 63
death.
But gave Hheir life over to the
pestilence, ^ 64
And smote all the first-born in
Egypt,
Or, limited 2 Heb. killed.
Or, ^reat hailstones * Heb. A sending.
Heb. levelled. ^ Or, their beasts to the murrain
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PSALMS 78.39—78.64
The ^chief of their strength m
the tents of Ham.
But he led forth his own people
like sheep,
And guided them in the wilder-
ness like a flock.
And he led them safely, so that
they feared not;
But the sea overwhelmed their
enemies.
And he brought them to Hhe
border of his sanctuary.
To this ^mountain, which his
right hand had gotten.
He drove out the nations also
before them,
.And allotted them for an in-
heritance by line.
And made the tribes of Israel
to dwell in their tents.
Yet they tempted and rebelled
against the Most High God,
And kept not his testimonies;
But turned back, and dealt
treacherously like their fathers :
They were turned aside like a
deceitful bow.
For they provoked him to anger
with their high places.
And moved him to jealousy
with their graven images.
When God heard thisy he was
wroth.
And greatly abhorred Israel;
So that he forsook the taber-
nacle of Shiloh,
The tent which he placed
among men;
And delivered his strength into
captivity.
And his glory into the adver-
sary's hand.
He gave his people over also
unto the sword.
And was wroth with his inheri-
tance.
Fire devoured their young men;
And their virgins had no mar-
riage-song.
Their priests fell by the sword;
And their widows made no
lamentation.
Heb. beginning. See Dt. 21. 17. . , ^
Or, his holy border » Or, mountain land
PSALMS 78.65—80.1
65 Then the Lord awaked as one
out of sleep,
Like a mighty man that shout-
eth by reason of wine.
66 And he smote his adversaries
backward :
He put them to a perpetual re-
proach.
67 Moreover he refused the tent of
Joseph,
And chose not the tribe of
Ephraim,
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
The mount Zion which he loved.
69 And he built his sanctuary like
the heights.
Like the earth which he hath
established for ever.
70 He chose David also his ser-
vant.
And took him from the sheep-
folds:
71 From following the ewes that
have their young he brought
him.
To be the shepherd of Jacob his
people, and Israel his inheri-
tance.
72 So he was their shepherd ac-
cording to the integrity of
his heart.
And guided them by the skilful-
ness of his hands.
A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and
Prayer for Help.
A Psalm of Asaph.
^Q O God, the nations are come
1 ^ into thine inheritance;
Thy holy temple have thev de-
filed;
They have laid Jerusalem in
heaps.
2 The dead bodies of thy servants
have they , given to be food
unto the birds of the heavens.
The flesh of thy saints unto the
beasts of the earth.
3 Their blood have they shed like
water round about Jerusalem;
And there was none to bury
them.
4 We are become a reproach to
our neighbors,
A scoffing and derision to them
that are round about us.
5 How long, O Jehovah .f^ wilt
thou be angry for ever.^
Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out thy wrath upon the
nations that know thee not,
And upon the kingdoms that
call not upon thy name.
7 For they have devoured Jacob,
And laid waste his habitation.
8 Remember not against us the
iniquities of our forefathers:
Let thy tender mercies speedily
meet us;
For we are brought very low.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of thy name;
And deliver us, and ^forgive our
sins, for thy name's sake.
10 Wherefore should the nations
say. Where is their God.^^
Let the avenging of the blood of
thy servants which is shed
Be known among the nations in
our sight.
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner
come before thee:
iVccording to the greatness of
^thy power preserve thou
^those that are appointed to
death ;
12 And render unto our neighbors
sevenfold into their bosom
Their reproach, wherewith they
have reproached thee, O Lord.
13 So we thy people and sheep of
thy pasture
Will give thee thanks for ever:
We will show forth thj^ praise
to all generations.
God implored to rescue his People from their
Calamities.
For the Chief Musician ; set to ^Shoshannini
Eduth. A Psahn of Asaph.
Give ear, O Shepherd of
Israel,
Thou that leadest Joseph like a
flock:
Thou that ^sittest above the
cherubim, shine forth.
1 Or, pasture - Or, expiate
' Heb. .hive arm. ' Heb. the children of death.
5 That ii, Lilies, a tes..mony. ^ Or. art enthroned
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2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin
and Manasseh, stir up thy
might,
And come to save us.
3 ^Turn us again, O God;
And cause thy face to shine,
and we shall be saved.
O Jehovah God of hosts,
How long ^wilt thou be angry
against the praver of thy peo-
ple.?
Thou hast fed them with the
bread of tears.
And given them tears to drink
in large measure.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto
our neighbors; ,
And our enemies laugh among
themselves.
7 ^Turn us again, O God of hosts;
And cause thy face to shine, and
we shall be saved.
8 Thou broughtest a vine out of
Egypt:
Thou didst drive out the nations,
and plantedst it.
9 Thou preparedst room before
it.
And it took deep root, and filled
the land.
10 The mountains were covered
with the shadow of it.
And ^the boughs thereof were
like ^cedars of God.
11 It sent out its branches unto
the sea.
And its shoots unto the River.
12 Why hast thou broken down its
walls.
So that all they that pass by
the way do pluck it.^^
13 The boar out of the wood doth
ravage it,
And the wild beasts of the field
feed on it.
14 Turn again, we beseech thee,
O God of hosts:
Look down from heaven, and
behold, and visit this vine,
1 Or, Restore
2 Heb. wilt thou smoke. See Ps. 74. 1.
' Or, the cedars of God with the boughs thereof
* Or, goodly cedars
PSALMS 80.2-8L7
15 And Hhe stock which thy right
hand planted,
And the ^branch that thou
madest strong for thyself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut
down:
They perish at the rebuke of thy
countenance.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man
of thy right hand,
Upon the son of man whom thou
madest strong for thyself.
18 So shall we not go back from
thee:
Quicken thou us, and we will
call upon thy name.
19 ^Turn us again, O Jehovah God
of hosts;
Cause thy face to shine, and we
shall be saved.
God's Goodness and Israel's Waywardness.
For the Chief Musician ; set to the Gittith.
A Psalm of Asaph.
O "i Sing aloud unto God our
O 1 strength:
Make a joyful noise unto the
God of Jacob.
2 Raise a song, and ^bring hither
the timbrel.
The pleasant harp with the
psaltery.
3 Blow the trumpet at the new
moon.
At the full moon, on our feast-day.
4 For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of
Jacob.
5 He appointed it in Joseph for a
testimony,
When he went out ^over the
land of Egypt,
Where I heard ^a language that
I knew not.
6 I removed his shoulder from the
burden :
His hands were freed from the
basket.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I
delivered thee;
I answ^ered thee in the secret
place of thunder;
5 Or, protect (or, maintain) that which &'c.
6 Heb. son. ^ Or, strike the timbrel
8 Or, against » Or, the speech of one that &c.
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PSALMS 81.8—83.9
I proved thee at the waters of
Meribah. [Selah
8 Hear, O my people, and I wilJ
testify unto thee:
O Israel, if thou wouldest heark-
en unto me!
9 There shall no strange god be
in thee;
Neither shalt thou worship any
foreign god.
10 I am Jehovah thy God,
Who brought thee up out of the
land of Egypt:
Open thy mouth wide, and I will
fill it.
11 But my people hearkened not
to my voice;
And Israel would none of me.
12 So I let them go after the stub-
bornness of their heart,
That they might walk in their
own counsels.
13 Oh that my people would heark-
en unto me.
That Israel would walk in my
ways !
14 I would soon subdue their ene-
mies.
And turn my hand against their
adversaries.
15 The haters of Jehovah should
^submit themselves unto him:
But their time should endure for
ever.
16 He would feed them also with
the ^finest of the wheat;
And with honey out of the rock
would I satisfy thee.
Unjust Judgments rebuked.
A Psalm of Asaph.
QC) God standeth in the congrega-
O^ tion of God;
He judge th among the gods.
2 How long will ye judge unjustly.
And respect the persons of the
wicked.^ [Selah
3 Judge the ^poor and father-
less:
Do justice to the afflicted and
destitute.
4 Rescue the ^poor and needy:
1 Or, yield feigned obedience Heb. lie.
* Heb. fat of wheal. 3 Or, weak
Deliver them out of the hand of
the wicked.
5 They know not, neither do they
understand;
They walk to and fro in dark-
ness:
All the foundations of the earth
are shaken.
6 I said. Ye are gods,
And all of vou sons of the Most
High.
7 Nevertheless ye shall die like
men.
And fall like one of the princes.
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth;
For thou shalt inherit all the
nations.
God implored to confound his Enemies.
A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.
OO O God, keep not thou si-
OO lence:
Hold not thy peace, and be not
still, O God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a
tumult;
And they that hate thee have
lifted up the head.
3 They take crafty counsel against
thy people.
And consult together against
thy hidden ones.
4 They have said. Come, and 'let
us cut them off from being a
nation ;
That the name of Israel may be
no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together
with one consent;
Against thee do they make a
covenant :
6 The tents of Edom and the
Ishmaelites;
Moab, and the ^Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Amnion, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of
8 Assyria also is joined with them;
They have helped the children
of Lot. [Selah
9 Do thou unto them as unto
Midian,
* Or, Hagrites See 1 Chr. 5. 10.
5 Heb. been an arm to the children of Lot.
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As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the
river Kishon;
Who perished at En-dor,
Who became as dung for the
earth.
Make their nobles hke Oreb
and Zeeb;
Yea, all their princes like Zebah
and Zalmunna;
Who said, Let us take to our-
selves in possession
The habitations of God.
O my God, make them like the
whirling dust;
As stubble before the wind.
As the fire that burneth the
forest.
And as the flame that setteth
the mountains on fire.
So pursue them with thy tempest,
And terrify them with thy storm.
Fill their faces with confusion.
That they may seek thy name,
O Jehovah.
Let them be put to shame and
dismayed for ever;
Yea, let them be confounded
and perish;
That they may know that Hhou
alone, whose name is Jehovah,
Art the Most High over all the
earth.
Longing for the Temple Worship.
For the Chief Musician ; set to the Gittith.
A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
OA How ^amiable are thy tab-
Ot^ ernacles,
0 Jehovah of hosts!
2 My soul longeth, yea, even
fainteth for the courts of
Jehovah ;
My heart and my flesh ^cry out
unto the living God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found
her a house,
And the swallow a nest for her-
self, where she may lay her
young.
Even thine altars, O Jehovah
of hosts.
My King, and my God.
10
11
12
13
il 14
15
16
I 17
18
■ Or, pastures
2 Or, thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art b'c.
3 Or, lovely ^ Or, sing for joy
PSALMS 83.10—85.2
4 Blessed are they that dwell in
thy house:
They will be still praising thee.
[Selah
5 Blessed is the man whose
strength is in thee;
In whose heart are the high-
ways to Zion.
6 Passing through the valley of
^Weeping they make it a
place of springs;
Yea, the early rain covereth it
with blessings.
7 The}^ go from strength to
strength ;
Every one of them appeareth
before God in Zion.
8 O Jehovah God of hosts, hear
my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob.
[Selah
9 ^Behold, O God our shield.
And look upon the face of thine
anointed.
10 For a day in thy courts is better
than a thousand.
I had rather ^be a doorkeeper
in the house of my God,
Than to dwell in the tents of
wickedness.
11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a
shield :
Jehovah will give grace and
glory;
No good thing will he withhold
from them that walk up-
rightly.
12 O Jehovah of hosts.
Blessed is the man that trusteth
in thee.
Prayer for God's Mercy upon the Nation.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the
sons of Korah.
Q ^ Jehovah, thou hast been fa-
kjO vorable unto thy land;
Thou hast ^brought back the
captivity of Jacob.
2 Thou hast forgiven the iniq-
uity of thy people;
Thou hast covered all their sin.
[Selah
» Or, balsam-trees Heb. Baca. See 2 S. 5. 23.
6 Or, Behold our shield, O God
7 Or, stand at the threshold of is'c. » Or. returned to
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PSALMS 85.3—86.16
3 Thou hast taken away all thy
wrath ;
Thou hast turned thyself from
the fierceness of thine anger.
4 ^Turn us, O God of our salva-
tion,
And cause thine indignation
toward us to cease.
5 Wilt thou be angry with us for
ever.f^
Wilt thou draw out thine anger
to all generations.^
6 Wilt thou not quicken us again,
That thy people may rejoice in
thee.^
7 Show us thy lovingkindness, O
Jehovah,
And grant us thy salvation.
8 I will hear what God Jehovah
will speak;
For he will speak peace unto
his people, and to his saints:
But let them not turn again
to folly.
9 Surely his salvation is nigh
them that fear him.
That glory may dwell in our
land.
10 Mercy and truth are met to-
gether;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.
11 Truth springeth out of the earth;
And righteousness hath looked
down from heaven.
12 Yea, Jehovah will give that
which is good;
And our land shall yield its in-
crease.
13 Righteousness shall go before
him.
And shall ^make his footsteps
a way to walk in.
A Psalm of Supplication and Trust.
A Prayer of David.
OC\ Bow down thine ear, O Je-
Cjyj hovah, and answer me;
For I am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my soul; for I am
godly:
O thou my God, save thy ser-
vant that trusteth in thee.
^ Or, Turn to us • Or. sci us in the way ofhis'jteps
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord;
For unto thee do I cry all the
day long.
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant;
For unto thee, O Lord, do I
lift up my soul.
5 For thou. Lord, art good, and
ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness
unto all them that call upon
thee.
6 Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my
prayer;
And hearken unto the voice of
my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will
call upon thee;
For thou wilt ariswerfoe.
8 There is none lik©^unto thee
among the gods, O Lord;
Neither are there any works like
unto thy works.
9 All nations whom thou hast made
- shall come and worship before
thee, O Lord;
And they shall glorify thy name.
10 For thou art great, and doest
wondrous things:
Thou art God alone.
11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah;
I will walk in thy truth:
Unite my heart to fear thy
name.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord \\\y
God, with my whole heart;
And I will glorify thy name for
evermore.
13 For great is thy lovingkindness
toward me;
And thou hast delivered my
soul from the lowest Sheol.
14 O God, the proud are risen up
against me.
And a company of violent men
have sought after my soul.
And have not set thee before
them.
15 But thou, O Lord, art a God
merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abundant in
lovingkindness and truth.
16 Oh turn unto me, and %ave
mercy upon me;
3 Or, be gracious unto
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Give thy strength unto thy
servant,
And save the son of thy hand-
maid.
17 Show me a token for good.
That they who hate me may see
it, and be put to shame,
Because thou, Jehovah, hast
helped me, and comforted me.
The Privileges of Citizenship in Zion.
A Psalm of the sons of Korah ; a Song.
O ^ ^His foundation is in the holy
O / mountains.
2 Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion
More than all the dwellings of
Jacob.
3 Glorious things are spoken of thee,
0 city of God. [Selah
4 I will make mention of ^Rahab
and Babylon as among them
that know me:
Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with
^Ethiopia :
This one was born there.
5 Yea, of Zion it shall be said.
This one and that one was
born in her;
And the Most High himself will
establish her.
6 Jehovah will count, when he
writeth up the peoples.
This one was born there. [Selah
7 They that sing as well as Hhey
that dance shall say.
All my fountains are in thee.
A Petition to be saved from Death.
A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah ; for the
Chief Musician; set to Mahalath ^Lean-
noth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.
OO O Jehovah, the God of my
O O salvation,
1 have cried day and night be-
fore thee.
2 Let my prayer enter into thy
presence;
Incline thine ear unto my cry.
3 For my soul is full of troubles.
And my life draweth nigh unto
Sheol.
1 Or, His foundation in the holy mountains Jehovah
loveth, even the gates b'c. ^ Or, Egypt » Heb. Cush.
* Or, the players on instruments shall be there
5 Or, for singing
PSALMS 86.17—88.15
4 I am reckoned with them that
go down into the pit;
I am as a man that hath no helj),
5 Cast ^off among the dead,
Like the slain that lie in the
grave,
Whom thou rememberest no
more.
And they are cut off from thy
hand.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest
pit.
In dark places, in the deeps.
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me.
And thou hast afflicted me with
all thy waves. [Selah
8 Thou hast put mine acquaint-
ance far from me;
Thou hast made me an abomi-
nation unto them:
I am shut up, and I cannot come
forth.
9 Mine eye wasteth away by
reason of affliction:
I have called daily upon thee,
0 Jehovah;
I have spread forth my hands
unto thee.
10 Wilt thou show wonders to the
dead.^
Shall ^they that are deceased
arise and praise thee.^ [Selah
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be
declared in the grave. '^
Or thy faithfulness in ^Destruc-
tion.'^
12 Shall thy wonders be known in
the dark.f^
And thy righteousness in the
land of forgetfulness.f^
13 But unto thee, O Jehovah, have
1 cried;
And in the morning shall mj^
prayer come before thee.
14 Jehovah, why castest thou off
my soul.'^
Why hidest thou thy face from
me.^^
15 I am afflicted and ready to die
from my youth up:
While I suffer thy terrors I am
distracted.
6 Or, away ^ Or, the shades Heb. Rephaim.
8 Heb. Abaddon. See Job 20. G.
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PSALMS 88.16— 89.22
16 Thy fierce wrath is gone over me;
Thy terrors have cut me off.
17 They came round about me like
water all the day long;
They compassed me about to-
gether.
18 Lover and friend hast thou put
far from me,
And mine acquaintance ^into
darkness.
Jehovah's Covenant with David, and Israel's
Afflictions.
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
QQ I will sing of the lovingkind-
Otl/ ness of Jehovah for ever:
With my mouth will I make
known thy faithfulness to all
generations.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be
built up for ever;
Thy faithfulness wilt thou estab-
lish in the very heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with
my chosen,
I have sworn unto David my
servant :
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever,
And build up thy throne to all
generations. [Selah
5 And the heavens shall praise
thy wonders, O Jehovah;
Thy faithfulness also in the
assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who in the skies can be com-
pared unto Jehovah?
Who among the ^sons of the
^mighty is like unto Jehovah,
7 A God very terrible in the coun-
cil of the holy ones,
And to be feared above all them
that are round about him.^^
8 O Jehovah God of hosts.
Who is a mighty one, like unto
thee, O ^Jehovah?
And thy faithfulness is round
about thee.
9 Thou rulest the pride of the sea:
When the waves thereof arise,
thou stillest them.
1 Or, are darkness
3 Or, gods See Ps. 29. 1.
2 Or, sons of God
4 Heb. Jah.
10 Thou hast broken ^Rahab in
pieces, as one that is slain;
Thou hast scattered thine enemies
with the arm of thy strength.
1 1 The heavens are thine, the earth
also is thine:
The world and the fulness there-
of, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south, thou
hast created them:
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in
thy name.
13 Thou hast ^a mighty arm;
Strong is thy hand, and high is
thy right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are i
the foundation of thy throne: \
Lovingkindness and truth go !
before th}^ face.
15 Blessed is the people that know
the ^joyful sound:
They walk, O Jehovah, in the
light of thy countenance.
16 In thy name do they rejoice all
the day;
And in th}^ righteousness are
they exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their ;
strength; |
And in thy favor ^our horn shall i
be exalted.
18 For our shield belongeth unto
Jehovah ;
^And our king to the Holy One
of Israel.
19 Then thou spakest in vision to
thy ^ ^saints.
And saidst, I have laid help upon
one that is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen out of
the people.
20 I have found David my servant;
With my holy oil have I anointed
him:
21 With whom my hand shall be
established;
Mine arm also shall strengthen
him.
22 The enemy shall not "exact from
him,
5 Or, Egypt 6 Heb. an arm with might.
^ Or, trumpet sound
8 Another reading is. thou shall exalt our horn.
9 Or, Even to the Holy One of Israel our King
10 Or, as otherwise read, saint " Or. do him violence
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Nor the son of wickedness afflict
him.
23 And I will beat down his ad-
versaries before him,
And smite them that hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my
lovingkindness shall be with
him;
And in my name shall his horn
be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also on the sea,
And his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art
my Father,
My God, and the rock of my
salvation.
27 I also will make him my first-
born.
The highest of the kings of the
earth.
28 My Lovingkindness will I keep
for him for evermore;
And my covenant shall ^stand
fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to
endure for ever,
And his throne as the days of
heaven.
30 If his children forsake my law.
And walk not in mine ordi-
nances;
31 If they ^break my statutes.
And keep not my command-
ments ;
Then will I visit their trans-
gression with the rod.
And their iniquity with stripes.
32
33 But my lovingkindness will I
I
not utterly take from him.
Nor suffer my faithfulness to
fail.
34 My covenant will I not ^break.
Nor alter the thing that is gone
out of my lips.
35 ^Once have I sworn by my
holiness :
I will not lie unto David:
36 His seed shall endure for ever.
And his throne as the sun be-
fore me.
37 ^It shall be established for ever
as the moon.
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Or, he faithful 2 Heb. profane. « Or, One thing
Or, As the moon which is established for ever
PSALMS 89.23—89.50
^And as the faithful witness in
the sky. [Selah
But thou hast cast off and re-
jected,
Thou hast been wroth with thine
anointed.
Thou hast abhorred the cove-
nant of thy servant:
Thou hast profaned his crown
by casting it to the ground.
Thou hast broken down all his
hedges;
Thou hast brought his strong-
holds to ruin.
All that pass by the way rob him :
He is become a reproach to
his neighbors.
Thou hast exalted the right
hand of his adversaries;
Thou hast made all his ene-
mies to rejoice.
Yea, thou turnest back the edge
of his sword,
And hast not made him to
stand in the battle.
Thou hast made his brightness
to cease,
And cast his throne down to the
ground.
The days of his youth hast thou
shortened :
Thou hast covered him with
shame. ^ [Selah
How long, O Jehovah .5^ wilt thou
hide thyself for ever?
How long shall thy wrath burn
like fire?
Oh remember how short my
time is:
For what vanity hast thou cre-
ated all the children of men !
What man is he that shall live
and not see death.
That shall deliver his soul from
the ^power of Sheol? [Selah
Lord, where are thy former
lovingkindnesses.
Which thou swarest unto David
in thy faithfulness?
Remember, Lord, the reproach
of thy servants;
Or, And the witness in the sky is faithful ^ Heb. hand.
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PSALMS 89.51—91.2
How I do bear in my bosom the
reproach of all the ^mighty
peoples,
51 Wherewith thine enemies have
reproached, O Jehovah,
1 Or, many
Wherewith they have reproached
the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be Jehovah for ever-
more.
Amen, and Amen.
BOOK IV
Qod's Eternity and Man's Transitoriness.
A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
Qkf\ Lord, thou hast been our
i^V/ dwelling-place
In all generations.
2 Before the mountains were
brought forth.
Or ever thou %adst formed
the earth and the world.
Even from everlasting to ever-
lasting, thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man to Mestruc-
tion.
And sayest, Return, ye children
of men.
4 For a thousand years in thy
sight
Are but as yesterday ^when it
is past,
And as a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as
with a flood ; they are as a
sleep :
In the morning they are like
grass which groweth up.
6 In the morning it flourisheth,
and groweth up;
In the evening it is cut down,
and withereth.
7 For we are consumed in thine
anger,
And in thy wrath are we
troubled.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities
before thee,
Our secret sins in the light of
thy countenance.
9 For all our days are passed
away in thy wrath:
We bring our years to an end
as % sigh.
10 The days of our years are three-
score years and ten.
1 Heb. gavest birth to.
' Or, when U passeth
* Or, dust Heb. crushing.
* Or, c sound
Or even by reason of strength
fourscore years;
Yet is their pride but labor
and sorrow;
For it is soon gone, and we fly
away.
11 Who knoweth the power of
thine anger.
And thy wrath according to the
fear that is due unto thee?
12 So teach us to number our days.
That we may get us a heart of
wisdom.
13 Return, O Jehovah; how long.''
And let it repent thee concern-
ing thy servants.
14 Oh satisfy us in the morning
with thy lovingkindness.
That we may rejoice and be
glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the
days wherein thou hast af-
flicted us.
And the years wherein we have
seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy
servants.
And thy glory upon their chil-
dren.
17 And let the ''favor of the Lord
our God be upon us;
And establish thou the work
of our hands upon us;
Yea, the work of our hands es-
tablish thou it.
Security' of him who trusts in Jehovah.
Q 1 He that dwelleth in the secret
^ 1 place of the Most High
^Shall abide under the shadow
of the Almighty.
2 I will say of Jehovah, He is mv
refuge and my fortress;
My God, in whom I trust.
5 Or, beauty « Or, T}iat abidcth . . . Almighty: Even I &€,
3 For he will deliver thee from
the snare of the fowler,
And from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover thee with his
pinions,
And under his wings shalt thou
take refuge:
His truth is a shield and a
buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for
the terror by night.
Nor for the arrow that flieth by
day;
6 For the pestilence that walketh
in darkness,
Nor for the destruction that
wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side,
And ten thousand at thy right
hand;
But it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou
behold,
And see the reward of the
wicked.
9 ^For thou, O Jehovah, art my
refuge !
Thou hast made the Most High
thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee.
Neither shall any plague come
nigh thy tent.
11 For he will give his angels
charge over thee.
To keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their
hands.
Lest thou dash thy foot against
a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion
and adder:
The young lion and the ser-
pent shalt thou trample under
foot.
14 Because he hath set his love
upon me, therefore will I
deliver him:
I will set him on high, because
he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I
will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble:
I will deliver him, and honor him.
Or, Because tliou hast said, Jehovah is my refuge
PSALMS 9L3-92.12
16 With long life will I satisfy
him,
And show him my salvation.
Praise for Jehovah's Goodness.
A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day.
QO It is a good thing to give
^^ thanks unto Jehovah,
And to sing praises unto thy
name, O Most High;
2 To show forth thy lovingkind-
ness in the morning.
And thy faithfulness every night,
3 With an instrument of ten
strings, and with the psaltery;
With a solemn sound upon the
harp.
4 For thou, Jehovah, hast made
me glad through thy work:
I will triumph in the works of
thy hands.
5 How great are thy works, O
Jehovah !
Thy thoughts are very deep.
6 A brutish man knoweth not;
Neither doth a fool understand
this:
7 When the wicked spring as the
grass.
And when all the workers of
iniquity do flourish;
It is that they shall be destroyed
for ever.
8 But thou, O Jehovah, art on
high for evermore.
9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Je-
hovah,
For, lo, thine enemies shall
perish;
All the workers of iniquity shall
be scattered.
10 But my horn hast thou exalted
like the horn of the wild-ox:
I am anointed with fresh oil.
11 Mine eye also hath seen mjf
desire on -mine enemies,
Mine ears have heard iny desire
of the evil-doers that rise up
against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish like
the palm-tree:
He shall grow like a cedar in
Lebanon.
- Or, Ihem that lie in wait for me
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PSALMS 92.13-94.19
13 They are planted in the house of
Jehovah;
They shall flourish in the courts
of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit
in old age;
They shall be full of sap and
green :
15 To show that Jehovah is upright;
He is my rock, and there is no
unrighteousness in him.
The Majesty of Jehovah.
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Jehovah reigneth ; he
clothed with majesty;
Jehovah is clotjied with strength ;
he hath girded himself there-
with:
The world also is established,
that it cannot be moved.
2 Thy throne is established of old :
Thou art from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O
Jehovah,
, The floods have lifted up their
voice;
The floods lift up their Vaves.
4 Above the voices of many waters.
The mighty breakers of the sea,
Jehbvah on high is mighty.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure:
Holiness becometh thy house,
, G Jehovah, for evermore.
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Jehovah implored to avenge his People.
O JehoVah, thou God to
whom vengeance belongeth,
Thou God to whom vengeance
belongeth, shine forth.
Lift up thyself, thou judge of
the earth:
Render to the proud their dessert.
Jehovah, how long shall the
wicked,
How long shall the wicked
triumph.?
They prate, they speak arro-
gantly:
All the workers of iniquity boast
themselves.
They break in pieces thy people,
O Jehovah,
And^ afflict thy heritage.
1 Or, roaring
6 They slay the widow and the
sojourner.
And murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, ^Jehovah will not
see,
Neither will the God of Jacob
consider.
8 Consider, ye brutish among the
people;
And ye fools, when will ye be
wise.?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he
not hear.?
He that formed the eye, shall he'
not see.?
10 He that ^chastiseth the nations,
shall not he correct.
Even he that teacheth man
knowledge.?
11 Jehovah knoweth the thoughts
of man,
^That they are ^vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou
chastenest, O '^J^hovah,
And teachest out of thy law;
13 That thou may est give him
rest from the days of ad-
versity,
Until the pit be digged for the
wicked. ^
14 For Jehovah will not cast off
his people.
Neither will he forsake his in-
heritance.
15 Tor judgment shall return unto
righteousness;
And all the upright in heart
shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against
the evil-doers.?
Who will stand up for me
against the workers of in-
iquity.? "^
17 Unless Jehovah had been my
help.
My soul had soon dwelt in
silence.
18 When I said. My foot slippeth;
Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah,
held me up.
19 In the multitude of my Hhoughts
within me
Heb. J ah. » Or, inslructeth < Or, For
Heb. a breath. » Or, doubts
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Thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the ^throne of wickedness
, have fellowship with thee,
Which frameth mischief by stat-
ute?
21 They gather themselves together
against the soul of the right-
eous,
And condemn the innocent blood.
22 But Jehovah hath been my
high tower,
And my God the rock of my
refuge.
23 And he hath brought upon them
their own iniquity,
And will cut them off in their
own wickedness;
Jehovah our God will cut them
off.
Praise to Jehovah, and Warning against Unbelief.
Q ^ Oh come, let us sing unto
\y^ Jehovah;
Let us make4 a joyful noise to
the rock of our salvation.
.2 Let us come before his presence
with thanksgiving;
Let us make a joyful noise unto
him with psalms.
3 For Jehovah is a great God,
And a great ^ing above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places
of the earth;
^The ^heights of jthe mountains
are his also.
^ i 5 The sea is his, and he made it;
And his bauds formed the dry
land.
6 Oh come, let us worship and
bow down;
Let us kneel before Jehovah
our Maker:
7 For he is our God,*
And we are the people of his
pasture, and the sheep of his
h^nd.
To-day, ^oh that ye would hear
his voice!
8 Harden not your heart, as at
' 4]y[eribah,
As in the day of ^Massah in the
wil4erness;
1 Or, seat ^ Or, strength
^ Or, if ye will hear his voice, Harden b^c.
« That is,i strife. ' That is, temptation. ■
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PSALMS 94.20—96.10
9 When your fathers tempted me,
Proved me, and saw my work.
10 Forty years long was I grieved
with that generation.
And said. It is a people that do
err in their heart,
And they have not known my
ways: '
11 Wherefore I sware in my wrath.
That they should not enter into
my rest.
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A Call to worship Jehovah the Righteous Judge.
Oh sing unto Jehovah a new
song :
Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth.
2 Sing unto Jehovah,, bless his
name;
Show forth his salvation from
day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the
nations.
His marvellous works among •
all the peoples.
4 For great is Jehovah, and greatly
to be praised :
He is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the peoples
are ^idols;
But Jehovah made the heavens:
6 Honor and majesty are before
him : '
Strength and beauty are in his
sanctuary.'
7 Ascribe unto Jehovah, ye kin-
dreds of the peoples.
Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and
strength.
8 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory
- due vmto his name:
Bring an offering, and come ir\to
hi& courts.
9 Oh worship Jehovah 'in holy
array :
Tremble before him, all the
earth.
Say among the nations, Jehovah
reigneth: ' -
The worid also is established
that it cannot be moved: -
He will judge the peoples with
equity.
« Or, things of nought
"> Or, in the beauty of holiness
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PSALMS 96.11—98.9
11 Let the heavens be glad, and
let the earth rejoice;
Let the sea roar, and the fulness
->^^ thereof;
12 Let the field exult, and all that is
therein; „_..
Then shall all the trees_of the
woj)d sing for joy
"13 Before JeliovaliT for he cometh,
For he cometh to judge the
earth :
He will judge the world with
righteousness,
And the peoples Vith his truth.
Jehovah's Power and Dominion.
Qk^ Jehovah reigneth; let the
^ / earth rejoice;
Let the multitude of isles be
glad.
2 Clouds and darkness are round
about him:
Righteousness and justice are
the foundation of his throne.
3 A fire goeth before him,
And burneth up his adversaries
round about.
4 His lightnings lightened the
world :
The earth saw, and trembled.
5 The mountains melted like wax
at the presence of Jehovah,
At the presence of the Lord of
the whole earth.
6 The heavens declare his right-
eousness.
And all the peoples have seen
his glory.
7 Let all them be put to shame
that serve graven images,
That boast themselves of idols:
Worship him, all ye gods.
8 Zion heard and was glad.
And the daughters of Judah re-
joiced.
Because of thy judgments, O
Jehovah.
9 For thou, Jehovah, art most
high above all the earth:
Thou art exalted far above all
gods.
10 O ye that love Jehovah, hate
evil:
\
1 Or, in his faithfulness
He preserveth the souls of his
saints;
He delivereth them out of the
hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sown for the righteous,
And gladness for the upright in
heart.
12 Be glad in Jehovah, ye right-
eous;
And give thanks to his holy
memorial name,
A Call to praise Jehovah for his Righteousness.
A Psalm.
QQ Oh sing unto Jehovah a new
i^O song;
For he hath done marvellous
things :
His right hand, and his holy
arm, hath wrought salvation
for him.
2 Jehovah hath made knowTi his
salvation :
His righteousness hath he openly
showed in the sight of the
nations.
3 He hath remembered his loving-
kindness and his faithfulness
toward the house of Israel:
All the ends of the earth have
seen the salvation of our God.
4 Make a joyful noise unto Je-
hovah, all the earth:
Break forth and sing for joy, yea,
sing praises.
5 Sing praises unto Jehovah with
the harp;
With the harp and the voice of
melody.
6 With trumpets and sound of
cornet
Make a joyful noise before the
King, Jehovah.
7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness
thereof;
The world, and they that dwell
therein;
8 Let the floods clap their hands;
Let theJulls sing for joy together
9 Before Jehovah; for he cometh
to judge the earth:
He will judge the world with
righteousness.
And the peoples with equity.
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Praise to Jehovah for his Fidelity to Israel.
Jehovah reigneth; let the
peoples tremble:
He ^sitteth above the cherubim;
let the earth be moved.
Jehovah is great in Zion;
And he is high above all the
peoples.
Let them praise thy great and
terrible name:
Holy is he.
The king's strength also loveth
justice;
Thou dost establish equity;
Thou executes t justice and right-
eousness in Jacob.
Exalt ye Jehovah our God,
And worship at his footstool:
Holy is he.
Moses and Aaron among his
priests,
And Samuel among them that
call upon his name;
They called upon Jehovah, and
he answered them.
He spake unto them in the
pillar of cloud:
They kept his testimonies,
And the statute that he gave
them.
Thou answeredst them, O Je-
hovah our God:
Thou wast a God that forgavest
them.
Though thou tookest vengeance
of their doings.
Exalt ye Jehovah our God,
And worship at his holy hill;
For Jehovah our God is holy.
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All Men exhorted to praise God.
A Psalm of ^thanksgiving.
Make a joyful noise
unto Jehovah, ^all ye
lands.
Serve Jehovah with gladness:
Come before his presence with
singing.
Know ye that Jehovah, he is
God:
Or, is enthroned
f leb. all the earth
22
Or, for the thank-offering
PSALMS 99.1—101.7
It is he that hath made us, %nd
we are his;
We are his people, and the sheep
of his pasture.
Enter into his gates with ^thanks-
giving.
And into his courts with praise:
Give thanks unto him, and bless
his name.
For Jehovah is good; his loving-
kindness endureth for ever,
And his faithfulness
generations.
unto all
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The Psalmist's Profession of Uprightness.
A Psalm of David.
I will sing of lovingkind-
ness and justice:
Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I
sing praises.
I will ^behave myself wisely in
a perfect way:
Oh when wilt thou come unto
me?
will walk within my house
^with a perfect heart.
will set no base thing before
mine eyes:
hate ^the work of them that
turn aside;
It shall not cleave unto me.
4 A perverse heart shall depart
from me:
I will know no ^evil thing.
5 Whoso privily slandereth his
neighbor, him will I destroy:
Him that hath a high look
and a proud heart will I not
suffer.
6 Mine eyes shall be upon the
faithful of the land, that they
may dwell with me:
He that walketh in a perfect
way, he shall minister unto
me.
7 He that worketh deceit shall
not dwell within my house:
He that speaketh falsehood shall
not be established before mine
eyes.
* Another reading is, and not we ourstlves.
5 Or, a thank-offering
« Or, give heed unto the perfect way
' Or, in the integrity of my heart
8 Or, the doing of unfaithfulness
9 Or, evil person
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PSALMS 101.8—102.25
8 Morning by morning will I de-
stroy all the wicked of the land ;
To cut off all the workers of
iniquity from the city of
Jehovah.
Prayer of an Afflicted One for Mercy on himself and
on Zion.
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he ^is over-
whelmed, and poureth out his complaint
before Jehovah.
1f\C% Hear my prayer, O Je-
yJ^ hovah,
And let my cry come unto thee.
2 Hide not thy face from me in
the day of my distress:
Incline thine ear unto me;
In the day when I call answer
me speedily.
3 For my days consume away
^like smoke.
And my bones are burned ^as a
firebrand.
4 My heart is smitten like grass,
and withered;
For I forget to eat my bread.
5 By reason of the voice of my
groaning
My bones cleave to my flesh.
6 I am like a pelican of the
wilderness ;
I am become as an owl of the
waste places.
7 I watch, and am become like a
sparrow
That is alone upon the house-
top.
8 Mine enemies reproach me all
the day;
They that are mad against me
do curse by me.
9 For I have eaten ashes like
bread.
And mingled my drink with
weeping,
10 Because of thine indignation
and thy wfath:
For thou hast taken me up, and
cast me away.
11 My days are like a shadow that
Meclineth;
And I am withered like grass.
1 Or, fainteth
» Or, as a hearth
2 Or, in smoke
4 Or, is stretched out
12 But thou, O Jehovah, 'wilt abide
for ever;
And thy memorial name unto
all generations.
13 Thou wilt arise, and have mercy
upon Zion;
For it is time to. have pity upon
her.
Yea, the set time is come.
14 For thy servants take pleasure in
her stones.
And have pity upon her dust.
15 So the nations shall fear the
name of Jehovah,
And all the kings of the earth
thy glory.
16 For Jehovah hath built up Zion;
He hath appeared in his glory.
17 He hath regarded the prayer of
the destitute.
And hath not despised their
prayer.
18 This shall be written for the
generation to come;
And a people which shall be
created shall praise ^Jehovah.
19 For he hath looked down from
the height of his sanctuary;
From heaven did Jehovah be-
hold the earth;
20 To hear the sighing of the
prisoner;
To loose ^those that are ap-
pointed to death;
21 That men may declare the name
of Jehovah in Zion,
And his praise in Jerusalem;
22 When the peoples are gathered
together.
And the kingdoms, to serve
Jehovah.
23 He ^weakened my strength in
the way;
He shortened my days.
24 I said, O my God, take me not
away in the midst of my
days:
Thy years are throughout allj
generations.
25 Of old didst thou lay th<
foundation of the earth;
6 Heb. Jah.
5 Or, sittest as King
' Heb. the children of death.
8 Another reading is, afflicted me with his strength.
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And the heavens are the work of
thy hands.
26 They shall perish, but thou
shalt endure;
Yea, all of them shall wax old
like a garment;
As a vesture shalt thou change
them, and they shall be
changed :
27 But thou art the same.
And thy years shall have no end.
28 The children of thy servants
shall continue,
And their seed shall be estab-
lished before thee.
Praise for Jehovah's Mercies.
A Psalm of David.
1 AQ Bless Jehovah, O my
lUO soul; ; ^
And all that is within me, hless
his holy name.
2 Bless Jehovah, O my soul.
And forget not all his benefits :
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniq-
uities;
Who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from
destruction ;
Who crowneth thee with loving-
kindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth Hhy desire with
good things,
/So that thy youth is renewed like
the eagle.
6 Jehovah executeth righteous acts.
And judgments for all that are
oppressed.
7 He made known his ways unto
Moses,
His doings unto the children of
Israel.
8 Jehovah is merciful and gracious.
Slow to anger, and abundant in
lovingkindness.
9 He will not always chide;
Neither will he keep }m anger
for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after
our sins,
Nor rewarded us after our iniq-
uities.
1 Or, the pit
2 Or, thy years Or, thy prime Heb. thine ornament.
PSALMS 102.2G— 104.1
11 For as the heavens are higli
above the earth.
So great is his lovingkindness
toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the
west.
So far hath he removed our
transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth his
children.
So Jehovah pitieth them that
fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame;
He remembereth that we are
dust.
15 As for man, his days are as
grass ;
As a flower of the field, so he
flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it,
and it is gone;
And the place thereof shall know
it no more.
17 But the lovingkindness of Je-
hovah is from everlasting to
everlasting upon them that
fear him,
And his righteousness unto
children's children;
18 To such as keep his covenant.
And to those that remember his
precepts to do them.
19 Jehovah hath established his
throne in the heavens;
And his kingdom ruleth over aJl.
20 Bless Jehovah, ye his angels,
That are mighty in strength,
that fulfil his word.
Hearkening unto the voice of
his word.
21 Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts,
Ye ministers of his, that do his
pleasure.
22 Bless Jehovah, all ye his works.
In all places of his dominion:
Bless Jehovah, O my soul.
Jehovah's Care over all his Works.
'A f\A Bless Jehovah, O my
1 U4^ soul.
O Jehovah my God, thou art
very great;
Thou art clothed with honor
and majesty:
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PSALMS 104.2—104.28
2 Who coverest thyself with light
as with a garment;
Who stretchest out the heavens
like a curtain;
3 Who layeth the beams of his
chambers in the waters;
Who maketh the clouds his
chariot;
Who walketh upon the wings of
the wind;
4 Who maketh Vinds his mes-
sengers ;
Flames of fire his ministers;
5 ^Who laid the foundations of
the earth.
That it should not be moved
for ever.
6 Thou coveredst it with the deep
as with a vesture;
The waters stood above the
mountains.
7 At thy rebuke they fled;
At the voice of thy thunder they
hasted away
8 ^(The mountains rose, the val-
leys sank down)
Unto the place which thou hadst
founded for them.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they
may not pass over;
That they turn not again to
cover the earth.
10 He sendeth forth springs into
the valleys;
. They run among the mountains;
11 They give drink to every beast
of the field;
The wild asses quench their
thirst.
12 By them the birds of the heav-
ens have their habitation;
They ^sing among the branches.
13 Hq watereth the mountains from
his chambers:
The earth is filled with the fruit
of thy works.
14 He causeth the grass to grow
for the cattle,
And herb for the ^service of man;
That he may bring forth ^food
out of the earth,
1 Or, his angels winds
- Heb. He founded the earth upon its bases.
' Or, They went up by the mountains, they went down by
the valleys
5 Or, labor
15 And wine that maketh glad the
heart of man,
'^And oil to make his face to
shine,
And bread that strengtheneth
man's heart.
16 The trees of Jehovah are filled
with moisture,
The cedars of Lebanon, which he
hath planted;
17 Where the birds make their
nests :
As for the stork, the fir-trees
are her house.
18 The high mountains are for the
wild goats ;
The rocks are a refuge for the
conies.
19 He appointed the moon for J
seasons : S
The sun knoweth his going down.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it
is night.
Wherein all the beasts of the
forest creep forth.
21 The young lions roar after their
prey,
And seek their food from God.
22 The sun ariseth, they get them
away,
And lay theni down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work
And to his labor until the even-
ing.
24 O Jehovah, how manifold are
thy works!
In wisdom hast thou made them
all:
The earth is full of thy ^riches.
25 Yonder is the sea, great and
wide.
Wherein are things creeping in-
numerable.
Both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships;
There is leviathan, whom thou
hast formed to play ^therein.
27 These wait all for thee.
That thou mayest give them
their food in due season.
28 Thou givest unto them, they
gather;
■• Heb. utter their voice.
6 Heb. bread.
7 Heb. To make his face to shine with oil.
8 Or, creatures » Or, with him See Job 41. 5.
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33
34
35
Thou openest thy hand, they
are satisfied with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are
troubled;
Thou Hakest away their breath,
they die,
And return to their dust.
Thou sendest forth thy Spirit,
they are created;
And thou renewest the face of
the ground.
Let the glory of Jehovah endure
for ever;
Let Jehovah rejoice in his works:
Who looketh on the earth, and it
trembleth;
He toucheth the mountains, and
they smoke.
I will sing unto Jehovah as long
as I live:
I will sing praise to my God
while I have any being.
Let my meditation be sweet
unto him:
I will rejoice in Jehovah.
Let sinners be. consumed out
of the earth.
And let the wicked be no more.
Bless Jehovah, O my soul.
^Praise ye Jehovah.
Jehovah's wonderful Works in behalf of Israel.
-| /^ ^ Oh giv^e thanks unto
1 UO Jehovah, call upon his
name;
Make known among the peo-
ples his doings.
2 Sing unto him, sing praises unto
him;
^Talk ye of all his marvellous
works.
3 Glory ye in his holy name:
Let the heart of them rejoice
that seek Jehovah.
4 Seek ye Jehovah and his
strength;
Seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his marvellous works
that he hath done,
His wonders, and the judgments
of his mouth,
6 O ye seed of Abraham his ser-
vant,
1 Or, gatherest in "- Heb. Hallelujah. ^ Or, Meditate
PSALMS 104.29—105.22
Ye children of Jacob, his chosen
ones.
7 He is Jehovah our God:
His judgments are in all the
earth.
8 He hath remembered his cove-
nant for ever,
The word which he commanded
to a thousand generations,
9 The covenant which he made
with Abraham,
And his oath unto Isaac,
10 And confirmed the same unto
Jacob for a statute,
To Israel for an everlasting
covenant,
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give
the land of Canaan,
The "^lot of your inheritance;
12 When they were but a few men
in number.
Yea, very few, and sojourners
in it.
13 And they went about from na^
tion to nation,
From one kingdom to another
people.
14 He suffered no man to do them
wrong;
Yea, he reproved kings for their
sakes,
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed
ones.
And do my prophets no harm.
16 And he called for a famine upon
the land;
He brake the whole staff of bread.
17 He sent a man before them;
Joseph was sold for a servant:
18 His feet they hurt with fetters:
^He was laid in chains of iron,
19 Until the time that his word
came to. pass.
The word of Jehovah tried him.
20 The king sent and loosed him;
Even the ruler of peoples, and
let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house.
And ruler of all his substance;
22 To bind his princes at his
pleasure.
And teach his elders wisdom.
Heb. cord, or, line.
Heb. His soul entered into the. iron.
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PSALMS 105.23—106.7
23 Israel also came into Egypt;
And Jacob sojourned in the land
of Ham.
24 And he increased his people
greatly,
And made them stronger than
their adversaries.
25 He turned their heart to hate
his people,
To deal subtly with his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant,
And Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 They set among them %is signs.
And wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it
dark;
And they rebelled not against
his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood,
And slew their fish.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs
In the chambers of their kings.
31 He spake, and there came
swarms of flies.
And lice in all their borders.
32 He gave them hail for rain.
And flaming fire in their land.
33 He smote their vines also and
their fig-trees.
And brake the trees of their
borders.
34 He spake, and the locust came.
And the grasshopper, and that
without number,
35 And did eat up every herb in
their land,
And did eat up the fruit of their
ground.
36 He smote also all the first-born
in their land,
•The ^chief of all their strength.
37 And he brought them forth with
silver and gold;.
And there was ^not one feeble
person among his tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they de-
parted;
For the fear of them had fallen
upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering,
And fire to give light in the
night.
1 Heb. Ihe words of his signs.
" Heb. begirtvitts^. See Dt. 21. 17.
' Or, none thai stumbled
40 They asked, and he brought i
quails,
And satisfied them with the
bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and waters
gushed out;
They ran in the dry places like
a river.
42 For he remembered his holy
word,
Aiid Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people
with joy,
And his chosen with singing.
44 And he gave them the lands of
the nations;
And they took the labor of the
peoples in possession:
45 That they might keep his
statutes.
And observe his laws.
"^Praise ye Jehovah.
IsraePs Rebelliousness and Jehovah's Deliverances.
1f\ft "^Praise ye Jehovah.
v/U Oh give thanks unto Je-
hovah; for he is good;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts
of Jehovah,
Or show forth all his praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep
justice,
And he that doeth righteousness
at all times.
4 Remember me, O Jehovah, with
the favor that thou bearest
unto thy people;
Oh visit me with thy salva-
tion,
5 That I may see the prosperity
of thy chosen.
That I may rejoice in the glad-
ness of thy nation,
That I may glory with thine
inheritance.
6 We have sinned with our fathers.
We have committed iniquity, we
have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers understood not thy
wonders in Egypt;
* Heb. Hallelujah.
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They remembered not the multi-
tude of thy lovingkindnesses,
But were rebellious at the sea,
even at the Red Sea.
8 Nevertheless he saved them for
his name's sake,
That he might make his mighty
power to be known.
9 He rebuked the Red Sea also,
and it was dried up:
So he led them through the
depths, as through a Hvilder-
ness.
10 And he saved them from the
hand of him that hated them.
And redeemed them from the
hand of the enemy.
11 And the waters covered their
adversaries;
There was not one of them left.
12 Then believed they his words;
They sang his praise.
13 They soon forgat his works;
They waited not for his counsel,
14 But lusted exceedingly in the
wilderness.
And tempted God in the desert.
15 And he gave them their request.
But sent leanness into their soul.
16 They envied Moses also in the
camp,
And Aaron the^saint of Jehovah.
17 The earth opened and swallowed
up Dathan,
And covered the company of
Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in their
company;
The flame burned up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshipped a molten image.
20 Thus they changed their glory
For the likeness of an ox that
eateth grass..
21 They forgat God their Saviour,
Who had done great things in
Egypt,
22 Wondrous works in the land of
Ham,
And terrible things by the Red
Sea.
23 Therefore he said that he would
destroy them,
' Or, pasture-land 2 Or, ho^y one
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PSALMS 106.8—106.38
Had not Moses his chosen stood
before him in the breach,
To turn away his wrath, lest he
should destroy them.
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant
land.
They believed not his word,
25 But murmured in their tents.
And hearkened not unto the
voice of Jehovah.
26 Therefore he ^sware unto them,
That he would "^overthrow them
in the wilderness,
27 And that he would overthrow
their seed among the nations,
And scatter them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves also unto
Baal-peor,
And ate the sacrifices of the
dead.
29 Thus they provoked him to
anger with their doings;
And the plague brake in upon
them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and
executed judgment;
And so the plague was stayed.
31 And that was reckoned unto
him for righteousness,
Unto all generations for ever-
more.
32 They angered him also at the
waters of °i\Ieribah,
So that it went ill with Moses
for their sakes;
33 Because they were rebellious
against his spirit.
And he spake unadvisedly with
his lips.
34 They did not destroy the peo-
ples,
As Jehovah commanded them,
35 But mingled themselves with
the nations,
And learned their works,
36 And served their idols,
Which became a snare unto
them.
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons
and their daughters unto
demons,
38 And shed innocent blood,
Heb. lifted up his hand.
Heb. make them fall.
s Or, strife
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PSALMS 106.39—107.12
Even the blood of their sons and
of their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed unto the
idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with
blood.
39 Thus were they defiled with
their works,
And played the harlot in their
doings.
40 Therefore was the wrath of
Jehovah kindled against his
people,
And he abhorred his inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the hand
of the nations;
And they that hated them ruled
over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed
them.
And they were brought into
subjection under their hand.
43 Many times did he deliver them;
But they were rebellious in their
counsel,
And were brought low in their
iniquity.
44 Nevertheless he regarded their
distress,
When he heard their cry:
45 And he remembered for them
his covenant,
And repented according to the
multitude of his lovingkind-
nesses.
46 He made them also to be pitied
Of all those that carried them
captive.
47 Save us, O Jehovah our God,
And gather us from among the
nations.
To give thanks unto thy holy
name,
And to triumph in thy praise.
48 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of
Israel,
From everlasting even to ever-
lasting.
And let all the people say.
Amen.
^Praise ye Jehovah.
1 Heb. Hallelujah.
BOOK V
Jehovah delivers Men from manifold Troubles.
1 OT ^^ ^^^^ thanks unto Je-
1 v/ / hovah; for he is good;
For his lovingkindness endur-
eth for ever.
2 Let the redeemed of Jehovah
say 50,
Whom he hath redeemed from
the hand of the adversary,
3 And gathered out of the lands.
From the east and from the
west.
From the north and ^from the
south.
4 They wandered in the wilder-
ness in a desert way;
They found no city of habita-
tion.
5 Hungry and thirsty.
Their soul fainted in them.
6 Thei;! they cried unto Jehovah
in their trouble,
1 Heb. from the sea.
10
11
12
And he delivered them out of
their distresses.
He led them also by a straight
way.
That they might go to a city
of habitation.
Oh that men would praise Je-
hovah for his lovingkindness.
And for his wonderful works to
the children of men !
For he satisfieth the longing soul.
And the hungry soul he filleth
with good.
Such as sat in darkness and in
the shadow of death.
Being bound in affliction and iron.
Because they rebelled against
the words of God,
And contemned the counsel of
the Most High:
Therefore he brought down their
heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was
none to help.
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13 Then they cried unto Jehovah
in their trouble,
And he saved them out of their
distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness
and the shadow of death,
And brake their bonds in sunder.
15 Oh that men would praise Je-
hovah for his lovingkindness.
And for his wonderful works to
the children of men!
16 For he hath broken the gates of
brass.
And cut the bars of iron in
sunder.
17 Fools because of ^their trans-
gression.
And because of their iniquities,
are afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner
of food;
And they draw near unto the
gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto Jehovah in
their trouble.
And he saveth them out of their
distresses.
20 He sendeth his word, and healeth
them.
And delivereth them from their
^destructions.
21 Oh that men would praise Je-
hovah for his lovingkindness.
And for his wonderful works to
the children of men!
22 And let them offer the sacrifices
of thanksgiving.
And declare his works with
smgmg.
23
24
25
They that go down to the sea
in ships.
That do business in great waters;
These see the works of Jehovah,
And his wonders in the deep.
For he commandeth, and raiseth
the stormy wind,
Which lifteth up the waves
thereof.
26 They mount up to the heavens,
they go down again to the
depths :
^ Heb. the way of their transgression. - Heb. pits.
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
PSALMS 107.13—107.40
Their soul melteth away because
of trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stag-
ger like a drunken man,
And ^are at their wits' end.
Then they cry unto Jehovah in
their trouble,
And he bringeth them out of
their distresses.
He maketh the storm a calm.
So that the waves thereof are still.
Then are they glad because they
are quiet;
So he bringeth them unto their
desired haven.
Oh that men would praise Je-
hovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful \vorks
to the children of men!
Let them exalt him also in the
assembly of the people,
And praise him in the seat of
the elders.
He turneth rivers into a wilder-
ness.
And watersprings into a thirsty
ground;
A fruitful land into a salt des-
ert.
For the wickedness of them that
dwell therein.
He turneth a wilderness into a
pool of water.
And a dry land into water-
springs.
And there he maketh the hungry
to dwell.
That they may prepare a city
of habitation.
And sow fields, and plant vine-
yards.
And get them fruits of increase.
He blesseth them also, so that
they are multiplied greatly;
And he suffereth not their cattle
to decrease.
Again, they are diminished and
bowed down
Through oppression, trouble, and
sorrow.
He poureth contempt upon
princes,
Heb. all their wisdom is swaUcrwed up.
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PSALMS 107.41—109.11
And causeth them to wander in
the waste, where there is no
way.
41 Yet setteth he the needy on high
from affliction,
And maketh him families like
a flock.
42 The upright shall see it, and
be glad;
And all iniquity shall stop her
mouth.
43 Whoso is wise will give heed
to these things;
And they will consider the lov-
ingkindnesses of Jehovah.
God praised, and supplicated to give Victory.
A Song, a Psalm of David.
1r\Cy My heart is fixed, O God;
UO I will sing, yea, I will sing
praises, even with my
glory.
2 Awake, psaltery and harp:
I myself will ^awake right early.
3 I will give thanks unto thee, O
Jehovah, among the peoples;
And I will sing praises unto
thee among the nations.
4 For thy lovingkindness is great
above the heavens;
And thy truth reacheth unto the
skies.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above
the heavens.
And thy glory above all the
earth.
6 That thy beloved may be de-
livered.
Save with thy right hand, and
answer -us.
7 God hath spoken in his holi-
ness: I will exult;
I will divide Shechem, and mete
out the valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is
mine;
Ephraim also is the defence of
my head;
Judah is my ^sceptre.
9 Moab is my washpot;
"^Upon Edom will I cast my shoe;
Over Philistia will I shout.
1 Or, awake the dawn
3 Or, lawgiver
' Another reading is, me.
* Or, Unto
10 Who will bring me into the
fortified city?
Who ^hath led me unto Edom.^
11 ^Hast not thou cast us off, 0
God.?
And thou goest not forth, 0
God, with our hosts.
12 Give us help against the ad>
versary ;
For vain is the "help of man.
13 Through God we shall do val-
iantl}^ :
For he it is that will tread down
our adversaries.
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Vengeance invoked upon Adversaries.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Hold not thy peace, 0
God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked
and the mouth of deceit have
they opened against me:
They have spoken ^unto me
with a lying tongue.
3 They have compassed me about
also with words of hatred.
And fought against me without
a cause.
4 For my love they are my ad-
versaries :
But I give myself unto prayer.
5 And they have ^rewarded me
evil for good,
And hatred for mj^ love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him;
And let ^*^an adversary stand
at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him come
forth guilty;
And let his prayer ^^be turned
into sin.
8 Let his days be few;
And let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless.
And his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be vagabonds,
and beg;
And let them seek tJieir bread
^^out of their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner ^^catch all
that he hath;
* Or, will lead me b'c.
6 Or, Wilt ftot thou, 0 God, who hast cast us of. 1 >• /
goest . . . hosts? ^ Heb. salvation. ^ Or, cc?' '
9 Heb. laid upon me. lo Or, Satan Or, an acr., r
" Or, becdnie 12 Or, far fi'om i» Heb. snare.
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And let strangers make spoil
of his labor.
12 Let there be none to ^extend
kindness unto him;
Neither let there be any to have
pity on his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off;
In the generation following let
their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his 'fathers
be remembered with Jehovah;
And let not the sin of his mother
be blotted out.
15 Let them be before Jehovah
continually,
That he may cut off the mem-
ory of them from the earth;
16 Because he remembered not to
show kindness,
But persecuted the poor and
needy man.
And the broken in heart, to
slay them.
17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it
came unto him;
And he delighted not in bless-
ing, and it was far from him.
18 He clothed himself also with
cursing as with his garment,
And it came into his inward
parts like water,
And like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be unto him as the raiment
wherewith he covereth him-
self.
And for the girdle wherewith he
is girded continually.
20 This is the reward of mine
adversaries from Jehovah,
And of them that speak evil
against my soul.
21 But deal thou with me, O Je-
hovah the Lord, for thy name's
sake :
Because thy lovingkindness is
good, deliver thou me;
22 For I am poor and needy.
And my heart is wounded with-
in me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when
it Meclineth:
I am tossed up and down as the
locust.
1 Or, continue
2 Or, is stretched out
PSALMS 109.12— U0.3
24 My knees ''are weak through
fasting;
And my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 I am become also a reproach
unto them:
When they see me, they shake
their head.
26 Help me, O Jehovah my God;
Oh save me according to thy
lovingkindness:
27 That they may know that this
is thy hand;
That thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou:
When they arise, they shall be
put to shame.
But thy servant shall rejoice.
29 ^Let mine adversaries be clothed
with dishonor.
And let them cover themselves
with their own shame as with
a robe.
30 I will give great thanks unto
Jehovah with my mouth;
Yea, I will praise him among the
multitude.
31 For he will stand at the right
hand of the needy,
To save him from them that
judge his soul.
Jehovah gives Dominion to the King.
A Psalm of David.
11 r\ Jehovah saith unto my
1 U Lord, Sit thou at my
right hand.
Until I make thine enemies thy
footstool.
2 Jehovah will ^send forth the
^rod of thy strength out of
Zion :
Rule thou in the midst of thine
enemies.
3 Thy people ^offer themselves
willingly
In the day of thy .^power, ^in
holy arra}^:
Out of the womb of the morning
in^hou hast the dew of thy
youth.
3 Or, totter
* Or, Mine adversaries shall be clothed . . . And they
shall cover Cfc. » Or, stretch « Or. sceptre
7 Heb. are freewill-offerings. » Or, army
9 Or, in the beauty of holiness
10 Or, Thy youth are to thee as the dew
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PSALMS 110.4—112.10
4 Jehovah hath sworn, and will
not repent:
Thou art a priest for ever
After the ^order of Melchizedek.
5 The Lord at thy right hand
^Will strike through kings in
the day of his wrath.
6 He will judge among the nations,
^He ^will fill the places with
dead bodies;
He ^will strike through the
head ^in many countries.
7 He will drink of the brook in
the way:
Therefore will he lift up the
head.
Jehovah praised for his Goodness.
11 1 ^Praise ye Jehovah.
All will give thanks unto
Jehovah with my whole
heart,
In the council of the upright,
and in the congregation.
2 The works of Jehovah are great,
Sought out of all them that have
pleasure therein.
3 His work is honor and majesty;
And his righteousness endureth
for ever.
4 He hath made his wonderful
works to be remembered:
Jehovah is gracious and mer-
ciful.
5 He hath given ^food unto them
that fear him:
He will ever be mindful of his
covenant.
6 He hath showed his people the
power of his works,
In giving them the heritage of
the nations.
7 The works of his hands are truth
and justice;
All his precepts are sure.
8 They are established for ever
and ever;
They are Mone in truth and
uprightness.
9 He hath sent redemption unto
his people;
1
1 Or, manner
^ Or, The places are full of b'c.
s Or, over a wide land
"> Heb. prey.
2 Or. Hath stricken
4 Or. hath filled
6 Heb. Hallelujah.
8 Or, made
He hath commanded his cove-
nant for ever:
Holy and reverend is his
name.
10 The fear of Jehovah is the
beginning of wisdom;
^A good understanding have all
they that do ^^his command-
ments :
His 'praise endureth for ever.
Prosperity of him that fears Jehovah.
i Q ^Praise ye Jehovah.
1 ^ Blessed is the man that
feareth Jehovah,
That delighteth greatly in his
commandments .
2 His seed shall be mighty upon
earth :
The generation of the upright
§hall be blessed.
3 Wealth and riches are in his
house;
And his righteousness endureth
for ever.
4 Unto the upright there arisetli
light in the darkness:
He is gracious, and merciful,
and righteous.
5 Well is it with the man
that dealeth graciously and
lendeth;
He shall maintain his cause in
judgment.
6 For he shall never be moved;
The righteous shall be had in
everlasting remembrance.
7 He shall not be afraid of evil
tidings :
His heart is fixed, trusting in
Jehovah.
8 His heart is established, he shall
not be afraid.
Until he see his desire upon his
adversaries.
9 He hath dispersed, he hath given
to the needy;
His righteousness endureth for
ever:
His horn shall be exalted with
honor.
10 The wicked shall see it, and be
grieved ;
» Or, Good repute
>« Heb. them.
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He shall gnash with his teeth, | 5
and melt away: |
The desire of the wicked shall
perish.
113
Jehovah praised for exalting the Humble.
^Praise ye Jehovah.
Praise, O ye servants of
Jehovah,
Praise the name of Jehovah.
Blessed be the name of Jehovah
From this time forth and for
evermore.
From the rising of the sun unto
the going down of the same
Jehovah's name is to be praised.
Jehovah is high above all
nations.
And his glory above the heavens.
Who is like unto Jehovah our
God,
That hath his seat on high.
That humbleth himself ^to be-
hold
The things that are in heaven and
in the earth .^
He raiseth up the poor out of
the dust.
And lifteth up the needy from
the dunghill;
That he may set him with
princes.
Even with the princes of his
people.
He maketh the barren woman
to keep house.
And to he a joyful mother of
children.
^Praise ye Jehovah.
God's Deliverance of Israel from Egypt.
I'd A When Israel went
1 T^ out of Egypt,
forth
The house of Jacob from a peo-
ple of strange language;
Judah became his sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.
The sea saw it, and fled;
The Jordan was driven back.
The mountains skipped like
rams.
The little hills like lambs.
1
8
1 Heb. Hallelujah.
* Or, to regard the heavens and the earth
10
11
PSALMS 113.1—115.11
What aileth thee, O thou sea,
that thou fleest.^
Thou Jordan, that thou turnest
back.'^
Ye mountains, that ye skip like
rams;
Ye little hills, like lambs?
Tremble, thou earth, at the
presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the God of
Jacob,
Who turned the rock into a
pool of water.
The flint into a fountain of
waters.
Heathen idols contrasted with Jehovah.
1 ^ Not unto us, O Jehovah,
1 ^ not unto us.
But unto thy name give glory.
For thy lovingkindness, and for
thy truth's sake.
Wherefore should the nations
Where is now their God.'^
But our God is in the heavens :
He hath done whatsoever he
pleased.
Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men's hands.
They have mouths, but they
speak not;
Eyes have they, but they see not;
They have ears, but they hear
not;
Noses have they, but they smell
not;
They have hands, but they
handle not;
Feet have they, but they walk
not;
Neither speak they through their
throat.
They that make them shall be
like unto them;
Yea, every one that trusteth in
them.
O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah:
He is their help and their shield.
O house of Aaron, trust ye in
Jehovah :
He is their help and their shield.
Ye that fear Jehovah, trust in
Jehovah :
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PSALMS 115.12—118.1
He is their help and their shield.
12 Jehovah hath been mindful of
us; he will bless us:
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless them that fear
Jehovah,
Both small and great.
14 Jehovah increase you more and
more,
You and your children.
15 Blessed are ye of Jehovah,
Who made heaven and earth.
16 The heavens are the heavens of
Jehovah ;
But the earth hath he given to
the children of men.
17 The dead praise not ^Jehovah,
Neither any that go down into
silence;
18 But we will bless ^Jehovah
From this time forth and for
evermore.
-Praise ye Jehovah.
Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death.
1i z:^ I love Jehovah, because
A vJ he heareth
My voice and my supplications.
2 Because he hath inclined his ear
unto me.
Therefore will I call upon him
as long as I live.
3 The cords of death compassed
me.
And the pains of Sheol ^gat hold
upon me:
I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then called I upon the name of
Jehovah :
0 Jehovah, I beseech thee, de-
liver my soul.
5 Gracious is Jehovah, and right-
eous;
Yea, our God is merciful.
6 Jehovah preserveth the simple:
1 was brought low, and he saved
me.
7 Return unto 'hy rest, O my soul;
For Jehovah hath dealt bounti-
fully with thee.
8 For thou hast delivered my soul
from death,
» Heb. Jah. 2 Heb. Hallelujah.
3 Or, found me
Mine eyes from tears.
And my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before Jehovah
In the ^land of the living.
10 I ^believe, for I will speak:
I was greatly afflicted:
11 I said in my %aste.
All men are liars.
12 What shall I render unto Je-
hovah
For all his benefits toward me.^
13 I will take the cup of salvation.
And call upon the name of
Jehovah.
14 I will pay my vows unto Jehovah,
Yea, in the presence of all his
people.
15 Precious in the sight of Jehovah
Is the death of his saints.
16 O Jehovah, truly I am thy
servant :
I am thy servant, the son of thy
handmaid ;
Thou hast loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice
of thanksgiving.
And will call upon the name of
Jehovah.
18 I will pay my vows unto Jeho-
vah,
Yea, in the presence of all his
people,
19 In the courts of Jehovah's house,
In the midst of thee, O Jeru-
salem.
^Praise ye Jehovah.
A Psalm of Praise.
1i ^ Oh praise Jehovah, all ye
1 I nations;
Laud him, all ye peoples.
2 For his lovingkindness is great
toward us;
And the truth of Jehovah en-
dureth for ever.
^Praise ye Jehovah.
Thanksgiving for Jehovah's Saving Goodness.
I'j O Oh give thanks unto Je-
1 O hovah; for he is good;
For his lovingkindness endurefh
for ever.
< Heb. lands.
« Or, alarm
5 Or, believed, when I spake thus
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2 Let Israel now say,
That his lovingkindness endureth
for ever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say,
That his lovingkindness endureth
for ever.
4 Let them now that fear Jehovah
say, ^
That his lovingkindness endureth
for ever.
5 Out of my distress I called upon
^Jehovah :
^Jehovah answered me and set
me in a large place.
6 Jehovah is on my side; I will
not fear:
What can man do unto me.^^
7 Jehovah is on my side among
them that help me:
Therefore shall I see my desire
upon them that hate me.
8 It is better to take refuge in
Jehovah
Than to put confidence in man.
9 It is better to take refuge in
Jehovah
Than to put confidence in princes.
10 All nations compassed me about:
In the name of Jehovah I will
cut them off.
11 They compassed me about; yea,
they compassed me about:
• In the name of Jehovah I will
cut them off.
12 They compassed me about like
bees; they are quenched as
the fire of thorns:
In the name of Jehovah I will
cut them off.
13 Thou didst thrust sore at me
that I might fall;
But Jehovah helped me.
14 ^Jehovah is my strength and song;
And he is become my salvation.
15 The voice of rejoicing and salva-
tion is in the tents of the
righteous :
The right hand of Jehovah doeth
valiantly.
16 The right hand of Jehovah is
exalted :
The right hand of Jehovah doeth
valiantly.
Heb. Jah.
PSALMS 118.2—119.2
17 I shall not die, but live,
And declare the works of ^Je-
hovah.
18 ^Jehovah hath chastened me sore;
But he hath not given me over
unto death.
19 Open to me the gates of right-
eousness :
I will enter into them, I will
give thanks unto ^Jehovah.
20 This is the gate of Jehovah;
The righteous shall enter into it.
21 I will give thanks unto thee;
for thou hast answered me.
And art become my salvation.
22 The stone which the builders
rejected
Is become the head of the corner.
23 This is ^ Jehovah's doing;
It is marvellous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which Jehovah
hath made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
25' Save now, we beseech thee, O Je-
hovah:
O Jehovah, we beseech thee, send
now prosperity.
26 Blessed be he that ^cometh in
the name of Jehovah:
We have blessed you out of the
house of Jehovah.
27 Jehovah is God, and he hath
given us light:
Bind the sacrifice with cords,
even unto the horns of the
altar.
28 Thou art my God, and I will
give thanks unto thee:
Thou art my God, I will exalt
thee.
29 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah;
for he is good;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever.
Meditations aiid Prayers relating to the Law of God.
^ ALEPH.
Blessed are they that are
"^perfect in the way.
Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
2 Blessed are they that keep his
testimonies.
119
2 Heb. from Jehovah.
3 Or, enter eth
* Or, upright in way
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PSALMS 119.3—119.32
That seek him with the whole
heart.
3 Yea, they do no unrighteous-
ness;
They walk in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded us thy
precepts,
That we should observe them
diligently.
5 Oh that my ways were estab-
lished
To observe thy statutes!
6 Then shall I not be put to shame,
When I have respect unto all
thy commandments.
7 I will give thanks unto thee
with uprightness of heart.
When I learn thy righteous
judgments.
8 I will observe thy statutes:
Oh forsake me not utterly.
2 BETH.
9 Wherewith shall a young man
cleanse his way.^^
By taking heed thereto accord-
ing to thy word.
10 With my whole heart have I
sought thee:
Oh let me not wander from
thy commandments.
11 Thy word have I laid up in my
heart.
That I might not sin against
thee.
12 Blessed art thou, O Jehovah:
Teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips have I declared
All the ordinances of thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of
thy testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on thy precepts,
And have respect unto thy ways.
16 I will delight myself in thy
statutes :
I will not forget thy word.
^ GIMEL.
17 Deal bountifully with thy ser-
vant, that I may live;
So will I observe thy word.
18 Open thou mine eves, that I mav
behold
Wondrous things out of thy \
law.
19 I am a sojourner in the earth:
Hide not ' thy commandments
from me.
20 My soul breaketh for the long-
ing
That it hath unto thine ordi-
nances at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud
Hhat are cursed.
That do wander from thy com- j
mandments. |
22 Take away from me reproach
and contempt;
For I have kept thy testimonies.
23 Princes also sat and talked
against me;
But thy servant did meditate
on thy statutes.
24 Thy testimonies also are my de-
light
And hny counsellors.
T DALETH.
25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust:
Quicken thou me according to
thy word.
26 I declared my ways, and thou
answeredst me:
Teach me thy statutes.
27 Make me to understand the
way of thy precepts:
So shall I meditate on thy
wondrous works.
28 My soul ^melteth for heavi-
ness :
Strengthen thou me according
unto thy word.
29 Remove from me the way of
falsehood;
And grant me thy law gra-
ciously.
30 I have chosen the way of faith-
fulness:
Thine ordinances have I set
before me.
31 I cleave unto thy testimonies:
O Jehovah, put me not to
shame.
32 I will run the way of thy com-
mandments.
I
' Or, Cursed are they that &•€.
2 Heb. //if men of my counsel.
« Heb. droppeth.
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When thou shall enlarge my
heart.
HHE.
33 Teach me, O Jehovah, the way
of thy statutes;
And I shall keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I
shall keep thy law;
Yea, I shall observe it with my
whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of
thy commandments;
For therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testi-
monies.
And not to covetousness.
37 Turn away mine eyes from be-
holding vanity,
And quicken me in thy ways.
38 Confirm unto thy servant thy
word,
^Which is in order unto the fear
of thee.
39 Turn away my reproach whereof
I am afraid;
For thine ordinances are good.
40 Behold, J have longed after thy
precepts :
Quicken me in thy righteousness.
^VAV.
41 Let thy lovingkindnesses also
come unto me, O Jehovah,
Even thy salvation, according
to thy word.
42 So shall I have an answer for
him that reproacheth me;
For I trust in thy word.
43 And take not the word of truth
utterly out of my mouth;
For I have hoped in thine
ordinances.
44 So shall I observe thy law con-
tinually
For ever and ever.
45 And I shall walk at liberty;
For* I have sought thy precepts.
46 I will also speak of thy testi-
monies before kings.
And shall not be put to shame.
47 And I will delight myself in thy
commandments,
» Or, Who 13 devoted to
PSALMS 119.33—119.61
Which I have loved.
48 I will lift up my hands also
unto thy commandments,
which I have loved;
And I will meditate on thy
statutes.
1 ZAYIN.
49 Remember the word unto thy
servant,
^Because thou hast made me tg
hope.
50 This is my comfort in my
affliction ;
^For thy word hath quickened
me.
51 The proud have had me greatly
in derision:
Yet have I not swerved from thy
law. ♦
52 I have remembered thine or-
dinances of old, O Jehovah,
And have comforted myself.
53 ^Hot indignation hath taken hold
upon me.
Because of the wicked that for-
sake thy law.
54 Thy statutes have been my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered thy name,
O Jehovah, in the night,
And have observed thy law.
56 This I have had,
^Because I have kept thy pre-
cepts.
n HHETH.-
57 ^Jehovah is my portion:
I have said that I would ob-
serve thy words.
58 I entreated thy favor with my
whole heart:
Be merciful unto me according
to thy word.
69 I thought on my ways,
And turned my feet unto thy
testimonies.
60 I made haste, and delayed not,
To observe thy commandments.
61 The cords of the wicked have
wrapped me round ;
But I have not forgotten thy law.
2 Or, Wherein ' ' Or. That * Or, Horror
» Or, Jehovah is my portion, hare I said: That I may
obsirve iirc.
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PSALMS 119.62—119.89
62 At midnight I will rise to give
. thanks unto thee
Because of thy righteous ordi-
nances.
63 I am a companion of all them
that fear thee,
And of them that observe thy
precepts.
64 The earth, O Jehovah, is full of
thy lovingkindness :
Teach me thy statutes.
B TETH.
65 Thou hast dealt well with thy
servant,
O Jehovah, according unto thy
word.
66 Teach me good judgment and
knowledge;
For I have believed in thy com-
mandments.
76 Let, I pray thee, thy loving-
kindness be for my comfort,
According to thy word unto thy
servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come
unto me, that I may live;
For thy law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be put to shame;
for they have overthrown me
^wrongfully :
But I will meditate on thy
precepts.
79 Let those that fear thee turn
unto me;
^And they shall know thy testi-
monies.
80 Let my heart be perfect in thy
statutes.
That I be not put to shame.
3 KAPH.
67 Before I was afflicted I went 81 My soul fainteth for thy salva-
astray ;
But now I observe thy word.
tion:
But I hope in thy word.
68 Thou art good, and doest good; 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word.
Teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie
against me:
With my whole heart will I
keep thy precepts.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease;
But I delight in thy law.
71 It is good for me that I have
been afflicted;
That I may learn thy statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth is better
unto me
Than thousands of gold and
silver.
^ YODH.
73 Thy hands have made me and
^fashioned me:
Give me understanding, that I
may learn thy commandments.
74 They that fear thee shall see
me and be glad.
Because I have hoped in thy
word.
75 I know, O Jehovah, that thy
judgments are righteous,
And that in faithfulness thou
hast afflicted me.
Or, established
While I say. When wilt thou
comfort me.^
83 For I am become like a wineskin
in the smoke;
Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
84 How many are the days of thy
servant.^
When wilt thou execute judg-
ment on them that persecute
me.'^
85 The proud have digged pits for nu\
Who are not according to thy law.
86 All thy commandments are faith-
ful:
They persecute me ^wrong-
fully; help thou me.
87 They had almost consumed me
upon earth;
But I forsook not thy precepts.
88 Quicken me after thy loving-
kindness;
So shall I observe the testi-
mony of thy mouth. •
^ LAMEDH.
89 For ever, O Jehovah,
Thy word is settled in heaven.
- Or, with falsehood
3 Another reading is, Even they that know.
X
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90 Thy faithfulness is unto all
I generations :
P* Thou hast established the earth,
and it abideth.
91 ^They abide this day according 105
to thine ordinances;
For all things are thy servants.
92 Unless thy law had been my 106
delight,
I should then have perished in
mine affliction.
93 I will never forget thy precepts; 107
For with them thou hast quick-
ened me.
94 I am thine, save me; 108
For I have sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for
me, to destroy me;
But I will consider thy testi- 109
monies.
96 I have seen an end of all per-
fection; 110
But thy commandment is ex
ceeding broad.
QMEM. jjj
97 Oh how love I thy law!
It is my meditation all the
day.
98 ^Thy commandments make me 112
wiser than mine enemies;
For they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding
than all my teachers;
For thy testimonies are my 113
meditation. I
100 I understand more than thej
aged, 114
Because I have kept thy pre-
cepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from 115
every evil way.
That I might observe thy word.
102 I have not turned aside from 116
thine ordinances;
For thou hast taught me.
103 How sweet are thy words unto
my Haste! 117
Yea, sweeter than honey to my
mouth !
104 Through thy precepts I get
understanding : 118
* Or, As for thine ordinances, they abide this dat;
- Or, Thou through thy commandments ntakest
3 Heb. palate.
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PSALMS 119.90—119.118
Therefore I hate every false
way.
J NUN.
Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet,
And light unto my path.
I have sworn, and have con-
firmed it,
That I will observe thy right-
eous ordinances.
I am afflicted very much:
Quicken me, O Jehovah, ac-
cording unto thy word.
Accept, I beseech thee, the
freewill-offerings of my
mouth, O Jehovah,
And teach 'me thine ordinances.
My soul is continually in my
hand;
Yet do I not forget thy law.
The wicked have laid a snare
for me;
Yet have I not gone astray
from thy precepts.
Thy testimonies have I taken
as a heritage for ever; .
For they are the rejoicing of
my heart.
I have inclined my heart to
perform thy statutes
For ever, even unto the end.
D SAMEKH.
I hate them that are of a double
mind;
But thy law do I love.
Thou art my hiding-place and
my shield:
I hope in thy word.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers.
That I may keep the command-
ments of my God.
Uphold me according unto thy
word, that I may live;
And let me not be ashamed of
my hope.
Hold thou me up, and I shall
be safe.
And shall have respect unto
thy statutes continually.
Thou hast set at nought all
them that err from thy stat-
utes;
PSALMS 119.119—119.146
For their deceit is ^falsehood.
119 Thou ^puttest away all the
wicked of the earth like dross :
Therefore I love thy testi-
monies.
120 My flesh trembleth for fear
of thee;
And I am afraid of thy judg-
ments.
y AYIN.
121 I have done justice and right-
eousness :
Leave me not to mine oppres-
sors.
122 Be surety for thy servant for
good:
Let not the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salva-
tion,
And for thy righteous word.
124 Deal with thy servant accord-
ing unto thy lovingkindness,
And teach me thy statutes.
125 I am thy servant; give me
understanding,
That I may know thy testi-
monies.
126 It is time for Jehovah to work;
For they have made void thy
law.
127 Therefore I love thy com-
mandments
Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all thy pre-
cepts concerning all things
to be right;
And 1 hate every false way.
129 Thy testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore doth my soul keep
them.
130 The opening of thy words
giveth light;
It giveth understanding unto
the simple.
131 I opened wide my mouth, and
panted;
For I longed for thy command-
ments.
132 Turn thee unto me, and have
mercy upon me,
1 Or, vain 2 Heb. causest to cease.
As thou usest to do unto those
that love thy name.
133 Establish my footsteps in thy
word;
And let not any iniquity have
dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppres-
sion of man:
So will I observe thy precepts.
135 Make thy face to shine upon
thy servant;
And teach me thy statutes.
136 Streams of water run down
mine eyes.
Because they observe not thy
law.
y TSADHE.
137 Righteous art thou, O Jehovah,
And upright ^are thy judg-
ments.
138 Thou hast commanded thy tes-
timonies in righteousness
And very faithfulness.
139 My zeal hath ^consumed me.
Because mine adversaries have
forgotten thj^ words.
140 Thy word is very ^pure;
Therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I am small and despised;
Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an ever-
lasting righteousness,
And thy law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish ha
^'taken hold on me;
Yet thy commandments are
my delight.
144 Thy testimonies are righteous
for ever:
Give me understanding, and
I shall live.
p QOPH.
145 I have called with my whole
heart; answer me, O Jeho-
vah:
I will keep thy statutes.
146 I have called unto thee; save
me.
And I shall observe thy testi-
monies.
.1-
4
3 Or, in thy judgments
5 Heb. tried, or, refined.
* Heb. cut me off.
8 Or, found me
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147 I anticipated the dawning of
the morning, and cried:
I hoped in thy words.
148 Mine eyes anticipated the
night-watches,
That I might meditate on
thy word.
149 Hear my voice according unto
thy lovingkindness :
Quicken me, O Jehovah, ^ac-
cording to thine ordinances.
150 They draw nigh ^that follow
after wickedness;
They are far from thy law.
151 Thou art nigh, O Jehovah;
And all thy commandments
are truth.
152 Of old have I known from thy
testimonies,
That thou hast founded them
for ever.
n KESH.
153 Consider mine affliction, and
deliver me;
For I do not forget thy law.
154 Plead thou my cause, and
redeem me :
Quicken me according to thy
word.
155 Salvation is far from the
wicked;
For they seek not thy stat-
utes.
156 Great are thy tender mercies,
O Jehovah:
Quicken me according to thine
ordinances.
157 Many are my persecutors and
mine adversaries;
Yet have I not swerved from
thy testimonies.
158 I beheld the treacherous, and
^was grieved,
Because they observe not thy
word.
159 Consider how I love thy pre-
cepts :
Quicken me, O Jehovah, ac-
cording to thy lovingkind-
ness.
160 The sum of thy word is truth;
1 Or, as thou art wont
2 Or, that persecute me with wickedness
' Or, loathed them
PSALMS 119.147—119.174
And every one of thy righteous
ordinances endureth for ever.
^ SHIN.
161 Princes have persecuted me
without a cause;
But my heart standeth in awe
of thy words.
162 I rejoice at thy word,
As one that findeth great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood;
But thy law do I love.
164 Seven times a day do I praise
thee.
Because of thy righteous ordi-
nances.
165 Great .peace have they that
love thy law;
And they have no occasion of
stumbling.
166 I have hoped for thy salva-
tion, O Jehovah,
And have done thy command-
ments.
167 My soul hath observed thy
testimonies ;
And I love them exceedingly.
168 I have observed thy precepts
and thy testimonies;
For all my ways are before thee.
ri TAV.
169 Let my cry come near before
thee, O Jehovah:
Give me understanding accord-
ing to thy word.
170 Let my supplication come be-
fore thee:
Deliver me according to thy
word.
171 Let my lips utter praise;
For thou teachest me thy stat-
utes.
172 Let my tongue sing of thy
word;
For all thy commandments are
righteousness.
173 Let thy hand be ready to help
me;
For I have chosen thy pre-
cepts.
174 I have longed for thy salva-
tion, O Jehovah;
And thy law is my delight.
PSALMS 119.175—123.1
175 Let my soul live, and it shall
praise thee;
And let thine ordinances help
me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost
sheep; seek thy servant;
For I do not forget thy com-
mandments.
Prayer for Deliverance from the Treacherous.
A Song of Ascents.
"I O/^ In my distress I cried
1 ^ v/ unto Jehovah,
And he answered me.
2 Deliver my soul, O Jehovah,
from lying lips.
And from a decei^ul tongue.
3 What shall be given unto thee,
and what shall be done more
unto thee.
Thou deceitful tongue.^
4 ^Sharp arrows of the mighty.
With coals of ^juniper.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in
Meshech,
That I dwell among the tents
of Kedar!
6 My soul hath long had her
dwelling
With him that hateth peace.
7 I am for peace :
But when I speak, they are for
war.
Jehovah the Keeper of his People.
A Song of Ascents.
1 Q 1 I will lift up mine eyes
A -^ 1 unto the mountains :
From whence shall my help
come.f^
2 My help cometh from Jehovah,
Who made heaven and earth.
f]'
3 ^He will not suffer thy foot to
be moved:
He that keepeth thee will not
slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep.
'5 Jehovah is thy keeper:
Jehovah is thy shade upon thy
right hand.
^ Or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man
2 Or, broom
' Or, Let him not suffer , . . Lei him not slumber that b'c.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by
day,
Nor the moon by night.
7 Jehovah will keep thee from
all evil;'
He-wilLkeep thy soul.
8 Jehovah will keep thy going out
and thy coming in
From this time forth and for
evermore.
Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem.
A Song of Ascents ; of David.
"I OO I was glad when they said
A -^-^ unto me.
Let us go unto the house of
Jehovah.
2 Our feet ^are standing
W^ithin thy gates, O Jerusalem,
3 Jerusalem, that art builded
As a city that is compact to-
gether;
4 Whither the tribes go up, even
the tribes of ^Jehovah,
For ^an ordinance for Israel,
To give thanks unto the name
of Jehovah.
5 For there ^are set thrones for
judgment.
The thrones of the house of
David.
6 ^Pray for the peace of Jeru-
salem :
^They shall prosper that love
thee.
7 Peace be within thy walls,
And prosperity within thy pal-
aces.
8 For my brethren and compan-
ions' sakes,
I will now ^^say, Peace be within
thee.
9 For the sake of the house of Je-
hovah our God
I will seek thy good.
An Expectant Prayer for Jehovah's Help.
A Song of Ascents.
Unto thee do I lift up mine
123
eyes,
O thou that sittest in the heav-
ens.
* Or, have stood
' Or, were
9 Or, May they
6 Heb. Jah. « Heb. a testimony.
" Or, Salute ye Jerusalem
lu Or, speak peace concerning, thee
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2 Behold, as the eyes of servants
look unto the hand of their
master.
As the eyes of a maid unto the
hana of her mistress;
So our eyes look unto Jehovah
our God,
Until he have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah,
have mercy upon us;
For we are exceedingly filled
with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scoffing of those that
are at ease.
And with the contempt of the
proud.
Praise for Rescue from Enemies.
A Song of Ascents ; of David.
'i C% A If it had not been Jeho-
1 ^TT vah who was on our side,
Let Israel now say,
2 If it had not been Jehovah who
was on our side.
When men rose up against us;
3 Then they had swallowed us up
alive,
When their wrath was kindled
against us:
4 Then the waters had over-
whelmed us,
The stream had gone over our soul ;
5 Then the proud waters had gone
over our soul.
6 Blessed be Jehovah,
Who hath not given us as a
prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out
of the snare of the fowlers:
The snare is broken, and we are
escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of Je-
hovah,
Who made heaven and earth.
Jehovah round about his People.
A Song of Ascents.
i O r They that trust in Jeho-
Are as mount Zion, which cannot
be moved, but abideth for ever.
2 As the mountains are round
about Jerusalem,
PSALMS 123.2—127.1
So Jehovah is round about his
people
From this time forth and for
evermore.
3 For the sceptre of wickedness
shall not rest upon the lot of
the righteous;
That the righteous put not forth
their hands unto iniquity.
4 Do good, O Jehovah, unto those
that are good,
And to them that are upright
in their hearts.
5 But as for such as turn aside
unto their crooked ways,
Jehovah will lead them forth
with the workers of iniquity.
Peace be upon Israel.
Thanksgiving for Return from Captivity.
A Song of Ascents.
"I O/Z* When Jehovah brought
i. ^\J back those that returned
to Zion,
We were like unto them that
dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with
laughter.
And our tongue with singing:
Then said they among the na-
tions,
Jehovah hath done great things
for them.
3 Jehovah hath done great things
for us.
Whereof we are glad.
4 Turn again our captivity, O
Jehovah,
As the streams in the South.
5 They that sow in tears shall
reap in joy.
6 He that goeth forth and weep-
eth, ^bearing seed for sowing.
Shall doubtless come again with
joy, bringing his sheaves with
him.
Prosperity comes from Jehovah.
A Song of Ascents ; of Solomon.
Except Jehovah build the
- , house.
They labor in vain that build it:
Except Jehovah keep the city.
127
1 Or, bearing the measure of seed
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PSALMS 127.2—130.8
The watchman waketh but in
vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early,
To take rest late,
To eat the bread of toil;
For so he giveth unto his be-
loved ^sleep.
3 Lo, children are a heritage of
Jehovah ;
And the fruit of the womb is his
reward.
4 As arrows in the hand of a
mighty man,
So are the children of youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his
quiver full of them:
They shall not be put to shame.
When they speak with their
enemies in the gate.
Blessedness of the Fear of Jehovah.
A Song of Ascents.
i OQ Blessed is every one that
1 ^O feareth Jehovah,
That walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labor of
thy hands:
Happy shalt thou be, and it
shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful
vine.
In the innermost parts of thy
house;
Thy children like olive plants.
Round about thy table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be
blessed
That feareth Jehovah.
5 Jehovah bless thee out of Zion:
And see thou the good of Jeru-
salem all the days of thy life.
6 Yea, see thou thy children's
children.
^Peace be upon Israel.
Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion*s Enemies.
A Song of Ascents.
^ OQ ^Many a time have they
L ^\j afflicted me from my
youth up.
Let Israel now say,
2 ^Many a time have they afflicted
me from my youth up:
Yet they have not prevailed
against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my
back;
They made long their furrows.
4 Jehovah is righteous:
He hath cut asunder the cords
of the wicked.
5 Let them be put to shame and
turned backward.
All they that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon
the housetops,
Which withereth before it ^grow-
eth up;
7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not
his hand.
Nor he that bindeth sheaves, his
bosom:
8 Neither do they that go by say,
The blessing of Jehovah be
upon you;
We bless you in the name of
Jehovah.
Hope in the Lord's Forgiving Love.
A Song of Ascents. I
1 orv Out of the depths have
1 OU I cried unto thee, O
Jehovah.
2 Lord, hear my voice:
Let thine ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplications.
3 If thou, ^Jehovah, shouldest
mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand .f^
4 But there is forgiveness with thee.
That thou may est be feared.
5 I wait for Jehovah, my soul .
doth wait, I
And in his word do I hope.
6 My soul waiteth for the Lord
More than watchmen wait for
the morning;
Yea, more than watchmen for
the morning.
7 O Israel, hope in Jehovah;
For with Jehovah there is lov-
ingkindness.
And with him is plenteous re-
demption.
8 And he will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.
1 Or, in sleep - Or, And pence upon Israel ^ Or, Much * Or, is plucked up
6 Heb. Jah.
131
Childlike Trust in Jehovah.
A Song of Ascents ; of David.
Jehovah, my heart is
not haughty, nor mine
eyes lofty;
Neither do I ^exercise myself in
great matters,
Or in things too wonderful for
me.
2 Surely I have stilled and quieted
my soul;
Like a weaned child with his
mother,
Like a weaned child is my soul
within me.
3 O Israel, hope in Jehovah
From this time forth and for
evermore.
Prayer for Jehovah's Blessing upon the Sanctuary.
A Song of Ascents.
1 QO Jehovah, remember for
lOi^ David
All his affliction;
2 How he sware unto Jehovah,
And vowed unto the Mighty
One of Jacob:
3 Surely I will not come into the
Habernacle of my house.
Nor go up into ^my bed;
4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes,
Or slumber to mine eyelids;
.5 Until I find out a place for Je-
hovah,
^A tabernacle for the Mighty
One of Jacob.
6 Lo, we heard of it in ^Eph-
rathah :
We found it in the field of ^the
wood.
7 We will go into his tabernacles;
We will worship at his footstool.
8 Arise, O Jehovah, into thy rest-
ing-place;
Thou, and the ark of thy
strength.
9 Let thy priests be clothed with
righteousness;
And let thy saints shout for joy.
10 For thy servant David's sake
Turn not away the face of thine
anointed.
I Heb. walk. 2 Heb. ient.
^ Heb. the couch of my bed. * Heb. Tabernacles.
'■> Or, Ephraim 8 Or, Jaar See 1 Chr. 13. 5. i
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PSALMS 13L1— 133.3
11 Jehovah hath sworn unto Da-
vid in truth;
He will not turn from it:
Of the fruit of thy body will I
set upon thy throne.
12 If thy children will keep my
covenant
And my testimony that I shall
teach them,
Their children also shall sit
upon thy throne for evermore.
13 For Jehovah hath chosen Zion;
He hath desired it foi- his
habitation.
14 This is my resting-place for ever:
Here will I dwell; for I have
desired it.
15 I will ^abundantly bless her
provision :
I will satisfy her poor with
bread.
16 Her priests also will I clothe
with salvation;
And her saints shall shout aloud
for joy.
17 There will I make Hhe horn of
David to bud:
I have ^ordained a lamp for
mine anointed.
18 His enemies will I clothe with
shame;
But upon himself shall his crown
flourish.
The Excellency of Brotherly Unity.
A Song of Ascents ; of David.
100 Behold, how good and
1 €)kJ how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together
in unity!
2 It is like the precious oil upon
the head.
That ran down upon the beard.
Even Aaron's beard;
That came down upon the
^^skirt of his garments;
3 Like the dew of Hermon,
That Cometh down upon the
mountains of Zion:
For there Jehovah commanded
the blessing.
Even life for evermore.
7 Or, surely « Or, a horn to spring forth unto David
9 Or, prepared i" Or, collar
PSALMS 134.1—136.2
Greetings of Night-watchers.
A Song of Ascents.
1 Onr vah, all ye servants of
Jehovah,
That by night stand in the
house of Jehovah.
2 Lift up your hands ^to the
sanctuary,
And bless ye Jehovah.
3 Jehovah bless thee out of Zion;
Even he that made heaven and
earth.
Praise for Jehovah's wonderful Works. Vanity of
Idols.
^ O ^ ^Praise ye Jehovah.
1 OiJ Praise ye the name of Je-
hovah;
Praise him, O ye servants of
Jehovah,
2 Ye that stand in the house of
Jehovah,
In the courts of the house of
our God.
3 Praise ye Jehovah; for Jehovah
is good:
Sing praises unto his name;
for it is pleasant.
4 For ^Jehovah hath chosen Jacob
unto himself.
And Israel for his own possession.
5 For I know that Jehovah is
great.
And that our Lord is above all
gods.
6 Whatsoever Jehovah pleased,
that hath he done.
In heaven and in earth, in the
seas and in all deeps;
7 Who causeth the vapors to as-
cend from the ends of the
earth;
Who maketh lightnings for the
rain;
Who l3ringeth forth the wind
out of his treasuries;
8 Who smote the first-born of
Egypt,
Both of man and beast;
9 Who sent signs and wonders
into the midst of thee, O
Egypt,
Or, in holiness
Heb. Hallelujah.
Upon Pharaoh, and upon all
his servants;
10 Who smote ^many nations,
And slew mighty kings,
1 1 Sihon king of the Amorites,
And Og king of Bashan,
And all the kingdoms of Canaan,
12 And gave their land for a her-
itage,
A heritage unto Israel his people.
13 Thy name, O Jehovah, endureth
for ever;
Thy memorial name, O Jehovah,
throughout all generations.
14 For Jehovah will judge his
people.
And repent himself concerning
his servants.
15 The idols of the nations are
silver and gold.
The work of men's hands.
16 They have mouths, but they
speak not;
Eyes have they, but they see
not;
17 They have ears, but they hear
not;
Neither is there any breath in
their mouths.
18 They that make them shall be
like unto them;
Yea, every one that trusteth in
them.
19 O house of Israel, bless ye
Jehovah :
O house of Aaron, bless ye
Jehovah :
20 O house of Levi, bless ye Jeho-
vah:
Ye that fear Jehovah, bless ye
Jehovah.
21 Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion,
Who dwelleth at Jerusalem.
^Praise ye Jehovah.
Thanks for Jehovah's Goodness to Israel.
1 ^f\ ^^^ ^^^^ thanks unto Je-
1 OU ho vah; for he is good;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever.
2 Oh give thanks unto the God of
gods;
5 Heb. Jah. i * Or, great
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For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever.
3 Oh give thanks unto the Lord
of lords;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever:
4 To him who alone doeth great
wonders;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever:
5 To him that by understanding
made the heavens;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever:
6 To him that spread forth the
earth above the waters;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever:
7 To him that made great
lights;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever:
8 The sun to rule by day;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever;
9 The moon and stars to rule by
night;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever:
10 To him that smote Egypt in
their first-born;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever;
11 And brought out Israel from
among them;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever;
12 With a strong hand, and with
an outstretched arm;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever:
13 To him that divided the Red
Sea in sunder;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever;
14 And made Israel to pass through
the midst of it;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever;
15 But ^overthrew Pharaoh and
his host in the Red Sea;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever:
Heb. shook off.
PSALMS 136.3—137.3
16 To him that led his people
through the wilderness;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever:
17 To him that smote great kings;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever;
18 And slew famous kings;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever:
19 Sihon king of the Amorites;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever;
20 And Og king of Bashan;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever;
21 And gave their land for a her-
itage;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever;
22 Even a heritage unto Israel his
servant;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever:
23 Who remembered us in our low
estate;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever;
24 And hath delivered us from
our adversaries;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever:
25 Who giveth food to all flesh;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever.
26 Oh give thanks unto the God
of heaven;
For his lovingkindness endureth
for ever.
Sorrows of the Exiles in Babylon.
-j O/^ By the rivers of Baby-
There we sat down, yea, we wept.
When we remembered Zion.
2 Upon the willows in the midst
thereof
We hanged up our harps.
3 For there they that led us cap-
tive required of us ^songs,
And ^they that wasted us re-
quired of us mirth, saying.
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Ileb. words of song.
^ Or, our tormentors
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PSALMS 137.4—139.10
4 How shall we sing Jehovah's
song
In a foreign land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget her
skill.
6 Let my tongue cleave to the
roof of my mouth,
If I remember thee not;
If I prefer not Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O Jehovah, against
the children of Edom
The day of Jerusalem;
Who said, Rase it, rase it,
Even to the foundation thereof.
8 O daughter of Babylon, ^that
art to be destroyed,
Happy shall he be, that re-
wardeth thee
As thou hast served us.
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh
and dasheth thy little ones
Against the rock.
Thanksgiving for Jehovah's Favor.
A Psalm of David.
1 QQ I will give thee thanks
1 OO with my whole heart:
Before the gods will I sing
praises unto thee.
2 I will worship toward thy holy
temple.
And give thanks unto thy name
for thy lovingkindness and
for thy truth:
For thou hast magnified thy
word above all thy name.
3 In the day that I called thou
answeredst me.
Thou didst encourage me with
strength in my soul.
4 All the kings of the earth shall
give thee thanks, O Jehovah,
For they have heard the words
of thy mouth.
5 Yea, they shall sing of the ways
of Jehovah;
For great is the glory of Jeho-
vah.
6 For though Jehovah is high,
yet hath he respect unto the
lowly;
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But the haughty he knoweth
from afar.
7 Though I walk in the midst of
trouble, thou wilt revive me;
Thou wilt stretch forth thy
hand against the wrath of
mine enemies.
And thy right hand will save me.
8 Jehovah will perfect that which
concerneth me:
Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah,
endureth for ever;
Forsake not the works of thine
own hands.
God's Omnipresence and Omniscience.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
i OQ O Jehovah, thou hast
1 Oc/ searched me, and known
me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting
and mine uprising;
Thou understandest my thought
afar off.
3 Thou ^searchest out my path
and my lying down,
And art acquainted with all my
ways.
4 For there is not a word in my
tongue.
But, lo, O Jehovah, thou know-
est it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and
before.
And laid thy hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonder-j
ful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain unt<
it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy
Spirit.^
Or whither shall I flee from th:
presence.^
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou
art there:
If I make my bed in Sheol,
behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the
morning,
And dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead
me,
2 Or, ■winnowest
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And thy right hand shall hold
me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness
shall ^overwhelm me,
^And the light about me shall
be night;
12 Even the darkness hideth not
from thee.
But the night shineth as the day :
The darkness and the light are
both alike to thee.
13 For thou didst form my ^inward
parts :
Thou didst ^cover me in my
mother's womb.
14 I will give thanks unto thee;
for I am fearfully and won-
derfully made:
Wonderful are thy works;
And that my soul knoweth right
well.
15 My frame was not hidden from
thee,
When I was made in secret,
And curiously wrought in the
lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see mine un-
formed substance;
And in thy book they were all
written,
Even the days that were ordained
for me.
When as yet there was none
of them.
17 How precious also are thy
thoughts unto me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they
are more in number than
the sand:
When I awake, I am still with
thee.
19 ^Surely thou wilt slay the wicked,
O God:
Depart from me therefore, ye
bloodthirsty men.
20 For they ^speak against thee
wickedly,
And thine enemies ^take thy
name in vain.
1 Or, cover 2 Or, Then the night shall be light about me
3 Heb. reins. ■» Or, knit me together
5 Or, Oh that thou wouldest slay
" Or, utter thy name (Heb. thee) Or, as otherwise read,
rebel' against thee
7 Or, lift themselves m^ 'against thee /or vanity
PSALMS 139.11—140.8
21 Do not I hate them, O Jehovah,
that hate thee.?
And *^am not I grieved with
those that rise up against
thee.?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred:
They are become mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know
my heart :
Try me, and know my thoughts;
24 And see if there be any Vicked
way in me,
And lead me in the way ever-
lasting.
Prayer for Protection against Persecutors.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 A4O ^^^^^^^ "^^' ^ Jehovah,
1 T^v/ from the evil man;
Preserve me from the violent
man:
2 Who devise mischiefs in their
heart;
Continually do they ^^gather
themselves together for war.
3 They have sharpened their
tongue like a serpent;
Adders' poison is under their
lips. [Selah
4 Keep me, O Jehovah, from the
hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from the violent
man:
Who have purposed to thrust
aside my steps.
5 The proud have hid a snare for
me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the
wayside;
They have set gins for me.
[Selah
6 I said unto Jehovah, Thou art
my God:
Give ear unto the voice of my
supplications, O Jehovah.
7 O Jehovah the Lord, the
strength of my salvation.
Thou hast covered my head in
the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O Jehovah, the
desires of the wicked;
8 Or, do not I loathe
1" Or, stir up wars
• Or, way of pain
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PSALMS. 140.9— 142.7
Further not his evil device, lest
they exalt themselves.
[Selah
9 As for the head of those that
compass me about,
Let the mischief of their own
lips cover them.
10 Let burning coals fall upon
them :
Let them be cast into the fire.
Into Meep pits, whence they
shall not rise.
11 ^An evil speaker shall not be
established in the earth:
Evil shall hunt the violent man
to overthrow him.
12 I know that Jehovah will main-
tain the cause of the afflicted.
And justice for the needy.
13 Surely the righteous shall give
thanks unto thy name:
The upright shall dwell in thy
presence.
An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and
Protection.
A Psalm of David.
have called
make haste
1 zLI J^h^vah, I
1 T^ 1 upon thee
unto me:
Give ear unto my voice, when
^ I call unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth as
incense before thee;
The lifting up of my hands as
the evening ^sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O Jehovah, before
my mouth;
Keep the door of my lips.
4 Incline aiot my heart to any
evil thing.
To practise deeds of wickedness
With men that work iniquity:
And let me not eat of their
dainties.
5 Let the righteous smite
it shall he a kindness;
And let him reprove me, it
he as oil upon the head;
Let not my head refuse it:
For ^even in their ^wickedness
shall my prayer continue.
Or. floods 2 Heb. A man of tongue. ' Qr, oblation
me,
shall
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5 Or, calamities
10
Their judges are thrown down
by the sides of the rock;
And they shall hear my words;
for they are sweet.
As when one ploweth and
cleaveth the earth.
Our bones are scattered at the
mouth of Sheol.
For mine eyes are unto thee,
O Jehovah the Lord:
In thee do I take refuge; ^leave
not my soul destitute.
Keep me from the snare which
they have laid for me.
And from the gins of the workers
of iniquity.
Let the wicked fall into their
own nets.
Whilst that I withal ^escape.
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Prayer for Help in Trouble.
Maschil of David, wlien he was in the cave ;
a Prayer.
I cry with my voice unto
Jehovah ;
With my voice unto Jehovah
do I make supplication.
I pour out my complaint before
him;
I show before him my trouble.
When my spirit ^was over-
whelmed within me.
Thou knewest my path.
In the way wherein I walk
Have they hidden a snare f(
me.
Look on my right hand, and see]
For there is no man that knoi
eth me:
Refuge hath failed me;
No man careth for my soul.
I cried unto thee, O Jehovah;
I said. Thou art my refuge,
My portion in the land of th<
living.
Attend unto my cry;
For I am brought very low:
Deliver me from my persecutors
For they are stronger than I.
Bring my soul out of prison,
That I may give thanks wnti
thv name:
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6 Or, pour thou not out my life
7 Heb. pass over.
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8 Or, fainted
The righteous shall ^compass
me about;
For thou wilt deal bountifully
with me.
Prayer for Deliverance and Guidance.
A Psalm of David.
1 ^O Hear my prayer, O Je-
1 T^O hovah; give ear to my
supplications :
In thy faithfulness answer me,
and in thy righteousness.
2 And enter not into judgment
K w^ith thy servant;
^ For in thy sight no man living
is righteous.
3 For the enemy hath persecuted
my soul;
l^k- He hath smitten my life down
W to the ground:
He hath made me to dwell in
dark places, as those that
have been long dead.
4 Therefore ^is my spirit over-
whelmed within me;
My heart within me is desolate.
5 I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all thy doings;
I muse on the work of thy hands.
6 I spread forth my hands unto
thee:
My soul thirsteth after thee, as
a weary land. [Selah
7 Make haste to answer me, O
Jehovah; my spirit faileth:
Hide not thy face from me,
Lest I become like them that
go down into the pit.
8 Cause me to hear thy loving-
kindness in the morning;
For in thee do I trust:
Cause me to know the way
wherein I should walk;
For I lifi up my soul unto thee.
9 Deliver me, O Jehovah, from
mine enemies:
^I flee unto thee to hide me.
10 Teach me to do thy will;
For thou art my God:
^Thy Spirit is good;
Lead me in Hhe land of up-
rightness.
' Or, crown themselves bemuse of me
- Or, my spirit fainteth « Heb. Unto thee have I hidden.
^ Or, Lei thy good Spirit lead me * Or, a plain country
PSALMS 143.1—144.10
11 Quicken me, O Jehovah, for
thy name's sake:
In thy righteousness bring my
soul out of trouble.
12 And in thy lovingkindness cut
off mine enemies,
And destroy all them that afflict
my soul;
For I am thy servant.
Prayer for Rescue. A happy People described.
A Psalm of David.
1 AiAi ^^^ss^^ ^^ Jehovah my
1 t:<t< rock.
Who teacheth my hands to war.
And my fingers to fight:
2 My lovingkindness, and my
fortress,
My high tower, and my de-
liverer;
My shield, and he in whom I
take refuge;
Who subdueth my people under
me.
3 Jehovah, what is man, that
thou takest knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that thou
makest account of him.'^
4 Man is like to ^vanity:
His days are as a shadow that
passeth away.
5 Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah,
and come down:
Touch the mountains, and they
shall smoke.
6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter
them;
Send out thine arrows, and
discomfit them.
7 Stretch forth thy hand from
above;
Rescue me, and deliver me out
of great waters.
Out of the hand of aliens;
8 W^hose mouth speaketh deceit.
And whose right hand is a right
hand of falsehood.
9 I will sing a new song unto thee,
O God:
Upon a psaltery of ten strings
will I sing praises unto thee.
10 Thou art he that giveth salva-
tion unto kings;
« Heb. a breath.
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PSALMS 144.11—146.2
Who rescueth David his servant
from the hurtful sword.
11 Rescue me, and deliver me out
of the hand of aliens.
Whose mouth speaketh deceit,
And whose right hand is a right
hand of falsehood.
12 When our sons shall be as plants
grown up in their youth.
And our daughters as corner-
stones hewn after the fashion
of a palace;
13 When our garners are full,
affording all manner of store.
And our sheep bring forth thou-
sands and ten thousands in
our fields;
14 When our oxen are well laden;
When there is no breaking in,
and no Agoing forth.
And no outcry in our streets:
15 Happy is the people that is in
such a case;
Yea, happy is the people whose
God is Jehovah.
Jehovah extolled for his Goodness and Power.
A Fsa/m of praise ; of David.
-| /I ^ I will extol thee, my
1 4^0 God, O King;
And I will bless thy name for
ever and ever.
2 Every day will I bless thee;
And I will praise thy name
for ever and ever.
3 Great is Jehovah, and greatly
to be praised;
And his greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall laud thy
works to another.
And shall declare thy mighty acts.
5 Of the glorious majesty of thine
honor.
And of thy wondrous works,
will I meditate.
6 And men shall speak of the
might of thy terrible acts;
And I will declare thy greatness.
7 They shall utter the memory
of thy great goodness,
And shall sing of thy righteous-
ness.
1 Or, sallying
8 Jehovah is gracious, and merciful ;
Slow to anger, and of great
lovingkindness.
9 Jehovah is good to all;
And his tender mercies are over
all his works.
10 All thy works shall give thanks
unto thee, O Jehovah;
And thy saints shall bless thee.
11 They shall speak of the glory
of thy kingdom,
And talk of thy power;
12 To make known to the sons of
men his mighty acts.
And the glory of the majesty
of his kingdom.
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom,
And thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations.
14 Jehovah upholdeth all that fall,
And raiseth up all those that
are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait for thee;
And thou givest them their food
in due season.
16 Thou openest thy hand,
And ^satisfiest the desire of every
living thing.
17 Jehovah is righteous in all his
ways.
And gracious in all his works.
18 Jehovah is nigh unto all them
that call upon him,
To all that call upon him in
truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them
that fear him;
He also will hear their cry, and
will save them.
20 Jehovah preserveth all them
that love him;
But all the wicked will he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise
of Jehovah;
And let all flesh bless his holy
name for ever and ever.
Praise to Jehovah the abundant Helper.
1 ^/^ ^Praise ye Jehovah.
A x^vJ Praise Jehovah, O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise Jehovah :
2 Or, satisfiest every living thing with favor
3 Heb. Hallelujah.
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I will sing praises unto my God
while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes,
Nor in the son of man, in whom
there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he re-
turneth to his earth;
In that very day his ^thoughts
perish.
5 Happy is he that hath the God
of Jacob for his help.
Whose hope is in Jehovah his
God:
6 Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that in them is;
Who keepeth truth for ever;
7 Who executeth justice for the
oppressed;
Who giveth food to the hungry.
Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
8 Jehovah openeth the eyes of the
blind;
Jehovah raiseth up them that
are bowed down;
Jehovah loveth the righteous;
9 Jehovah preserveth the so-
journers;
He upholdeth the fatherless and
widow;
But the way of the wicked he
^turneth upside down.
10 Jehovah will reign for ever,
Thy God, O^Zion, unto all gen-
erations.
^Praise ye Jehovah.
Praise for Jerusalem's Restoration and Prosperity.
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^Praise ye Jehovah;
^For it is good to
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praises unto our God;
For it is pleasant, and praise is
comely.
2 Jehovah doth build up Jeru-
salem;
He gathereth together the out-
casts of Israel.
3 He healeth the broken in heart.
And bindeth up their ^wounds.
4 He counteth the number of the
He calleth them all by their
names.
1 Or. purposes 2 Or, maketh crooked 3 Heb. Hallelujah
* Or, For he is good: sing praises unlo our God: For he
is gracious ^ Heb. sorrows.
PSALMS 146.3—147.20
5 Great is our Lord, and mighty
in power;
His understanding is infinite.
6 Jehovah upholdeth the meek:
He bringeth the wicked down to
the ground.
7 Sing unto Jehovah with thanks-
giving;
Sing praises upon the harp unto
our God,
8 Who covereth the heavens with
clouds.
Who prepareth rain for the earth.
Who maketh grass to grow upon
the mountains.
9 He giveth to the beast his food.
And to the young ravens which
cry.
10 He delighteth not In the strength
of the horse:
He taketh no pleasure in the
legs of a man.
11 Jehovah taketh pleasure in them
that fear him,
In those that hope in his loving-
kindness.
12 Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem;
Praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he hath strengthened the
bars of thy gates;
He hath blessed thy children
within thee.
14 He maketh ^peace in thy borders;
He filleth thee with the 'finest
of the wheat.
15 He sendeth out his command-
ment upon earth;
His word runneth very swiftly.
16 He giveth snow like wool;
He scattereth the hoar-frost like
ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like
morsels :
Who can stand before his cold?
18 He sendeth out his word, and
melteth them:
He causeth his wind to blow,
and the waters flow.
19 He showeth his word unto Jacob,
His statutes and his ordinances
unto Israel.
20 He hath not dealt so with any
nation;
6 Heb. thy border peace.
Heb. fat of wheat.
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PSALMS 148.1—150.4
And as for his ordinances, they
have not known them.
^Praise ye Jehovah.
The whole Creation invoked to praise Jehovah.
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^Praise ye Jehovah.
Praise ye Jehovah
from
the heavens:
Praise him in the heights.
2 Praise ye him, all his angels:
Praise ye him, all his host.
3 Praise y^ him, sun and moon:
^ Prai^ him, all ye stars of
ye heavens of
light.
4 Praise him
heavens.
And ye waters that are above
the heavens.
5 Let_ them praisethe name q£
Jehovah;
For he commanded, and they
w^ere created.
6 He hath also established them
for ever and ever:
He hath made a decree ^which
shall not pass away.
7 Praise JehQ:^:ah-4foifr the eai'lb.
Ye sea-monstprs., aTid--flll dppps;
8 Ilire an3 hail, snow and vapor;
Stormy wmd, f ultilliji^IHis'word ;
9 MoilirtEnrs~5TT^ ^
Fruitfut" trees and alPcedars ;
10 Beasts and all cat
Creemng
Tar3s^
11 Kings of the earth and all
peoples;
Princes and all judges of the
earth;
12 Both young men and virgins;
Old men and children:
13 Let them praise the name of
Jehovah ;
For his name alone is exalted ;
His glory is above the earth and
the heavens.
14 And he hath lifted up ^the horn
of his people.
The praise of all his saints;
Even of the children of Israel,
a people near unto him.
^Praise ye Jehovah.
1 Heb. Hallelujah. 2 Or, which none shall transgress
3 Or, a horn for his people, A praise for all his saints;
Even for ^Cf
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Israel invoked to praise Jehovah.
1 idjQ ^^^^^^^ y^ Jehovah.
LH^xJ Sing unto Jehovah a new
song.
And his praise in the assembly
of the saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that
made him:
Let the children of Zion be joy-
ful in their King.
3 Let them praise his name in the
dance :
Let them sing praises unto him
with timbrel and harp.
4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in
his people:
He will beautify the meek with
^salvation.
5 Let the saints exult in glory:
Let them sing for joy upon their
beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be
in their ^mouth.
And a two-edged sword in their
hand ;
7 To execute vengeance upon the
nations.
And punishments upon the peo-
ples;
8 To bind their kings with chains,
And their nobles with fetters of
iron;
9 To execute upon them the judg-
ment written:
^This honor have all his saints.
^Praise ye Jehovah.
Call to praise Qod with Musical Instruments.
1 ^O ^I^^'^is^ y^ Jehovah.
1 Ov/ Praise God in his sanc-
tuary :
Praise him in the firmament of
his power.
2 Praise him for his mighty
acts :
Praise him according to his ex-
cellent greatness.
3 Praise him with trumpet sound:
Praise him with psaltery and
harp.
4 Praise him with timbrel and
dance :
* Or, victory ^ Heb. throat.
« Or, He is the honor of all his saints
Praise him with stringed instru-
ments and pipe.
5 Praise him with loud cymbals :
Praise him with high sounding
cymbals.
PSALMS 150.5—150.*?
6 Let everything that hath breath
praise ^Jehovah.
^Praise ye Jehovah.
» Heb. Jah.
2 Heb. Hallelujah.
THE PROVERBS
1
Use of the Proverbs. Caution against being enticed by Sinners
The proverbs of Solomon
the son of David, king of
Israel :
To know wisdom and instruc-
tion;
To discern the words of under-
standing;
To receive instruction in wise
dealing,
In righteousness and justice and
equity;
To give prudence to the simple,
To the young man knowledge
and discretion:
That the wise man may hear,
and increase in learning;
And that the man of under-
standing may attain unto
sound counsels:
To understand a proverb, and
^a figure.
The words of the wise, and their
Mark sayings.
7 The fear of Jehovah is the
^beginning of knowledge;
But the foolish despise wisdom
and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction' of
thy father,
And "forsake not the "^law of thy
mother :
9 For they shall be a chaplet of
grace unto thy head.
And chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee.
Consent thou not.
11 If they say. Come with us.
Let us lay wait for blood;
1 Or, an interpretation
3 Or, chief part
- Or, riddles
* Or, teaching
Let us lurk privily for the in-
nocent without cause;
12 Let us swallow them up alive as
Sheol,
^And whole, as those that go
down into the pit;
13 We shall find all precious sub-
stance;
We shall fill our houses with
spoil :
14 ^Thou shalt cast thy lot among
us;
We will all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not thou in the
way with them;
Refrain thy foot from their path :
16 For their feet run to evil.
And they make haste to shed
blood.
17 For in vain is the net spread
In the sight of any bird:
18 And these lay wait for their own
blood;
They lurk privily for their own
lives.
19 So are the ways of every one
that is greedy of gain;
It taketh away the life of the
owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the
street;
She uttereth her voice in the
broad places;
21 She crieth ^in the chief place of
concourse;
At the entrance of the gates,
In the city, she uttereth her
words :
5 Or, Even the perfect « Or, Cast in thy lot
' Heb. at the head of the noisy streets.
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^ROVERBS 1.22—2.17
Pursuit of Wisdom wins Security and Virtue
22 How long, ye simple ones, will
ye love simplicity?
And scoffers delight them in
scoffing,
And fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof:
Behold, I will pour out my spirit
upon you;
I will make known my words
' unto you.
24 Because I have called, and ye
have refused;
I have stretched out my hand,
and no man hath regarded;
25 But ye have set at nought all my
counsel,
And would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh in the day of
your calamity;
I will mock when your fear
Cometh;
27 When your fear cometh as ^a
storm,
And your calamity cometh on as
a whirlwind;
When distress and anguish come
upon you.
28 Then will they call upon me, but
I will not answer;
They will seek me ^diligently,
but they shall not find me.
29 For that they hated knowledge,
And did not choose the fear of
Jehovah,
30 They would none of my counsel.
They despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the
fruit of their own way.
And be filled with their own de-
vices.
32 For the backsliding of the simple
shall slay them.
And the careless ease of fools
shall destroy them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me
shall dwell securely.
And shall be quiet without fear
of evil.
2 My son, if thou wilt receive
my words,
And lay up my commandments
with thee;
» Or, desolation - Or, early
2 So as to incline thine ear unto
wisdom.
And apply thy heart to under-
standing;
3 Yea, if thou cry after discern-
ment.
And lift up thy voice for under-
standing;
4 If thou seek her as silver.
And search for her as for hid
treasures :
5 Then shalt thou understand the
fear of Jehovah,
And find the knowledge of God.
6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom;
Out of his mouth cometh knowl-
edge and understanding:
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for
the upright;
^He is a shield to them that
walk in integrity;
8 ^That he may guard the paths
of justice,
^And preserve the way of his
saints.
9 Then shalt thou understand
righteousness and justice,
And equity, yea, every good path.
10 For wisdom shall enter into thy
heart.
And knowledge shall be pleasant
unto thy soul;
11 Discretion shall watch over thee;
Understanding shall keep thee:
12 To deliver thee from the way of
^evil,
From the men that speak per-
verse things;
13 Who forsake the paths of up-
rightness,
To walk in the ways of darkness;
14 Who rejoice to do evil.
And delight in the perverseness
of ^evil;
15 Who are crooked in their ways.
And wayward in their paths:
16 To deliver thee from the strange
woman.
Even from the foreigner that
^flattereth with her words;
17 That forsaketh the ^friend of her
youth,
3 Or, And a shield for b'c. < Or, That they may keep
•■* Or, Yea, he preserveth " Or, the ej'il man
7 Heb. maketh smooth her words, « Or, guide
I
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Exhortations to fear, trust and obey Jehovah. The Rewards of Wisdom PROVERBS 2.18 3.23
And forgetteth the covenant of
her God:
18 For ^her house inclineth unto
death,
And her paths unto ^the dead;
19 None that go unto her return
again,
Neither do they attain unto the
paths of Hfe:
20 That thou mayest walk in the
way of good men.
And keep the paths of the right-
eous.
21 For the upright shall 'dwell in
the ^land.
And the perfect shall remain in
it.
22 But the wicked shall be cut off
from the ^land,
And the treacherous shall be
rooted out of it.
3 My son, forget not my ^law;
But let thy heart keep my com-
mandments :
2 For length of days, and years
of life.
And peace, will they add to thee.
3 Let not kindness and truth for-
sake thee:
Bind them about thy neck;
Write them upon the tablet of
thy heart:
4 So shalt thou find favor and
^good understanding
In the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy
heart.
And lean not upon thine own
understanding :
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him,
And he will ^direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes;
Fear Jehovah, and depart from
evil:
8 It will be health to thy navel.
And ^marrow to thy bones.
9 Honor Jehovah with thy sub-
stance,
And with the first-fruits of all
thine increase:
1 Or, she sinketh down unto death, which is her house
2 Or, the shades Heb. Rephahn. ^ Or, earth
< Or, teaching '" Or, good repute
8 Or, make straight (or, plain)
' Or, refreshing Heb. moistening.
10 So shall thy barns be filled with
plenty.
And thy vats shall overflow
with new wine.
11 My son, despise not the ^chas-
tening of Jehovah;
Neither be weary of his reproof:
12 For whom Jehovah loveth he
reproveth.
Even as a father the son in
whom he delighteth.
13 Happy is the man that findeth
wisdom.
And the man that ^getteth under-
standing.
14 For the gaining of it is better
than the gaining of silver.
And the profit thereof than
fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies:
And none of the things thou
canst desire are to be com-
pared unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right
hand;
In her left hand are riches
and honor.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasant-
ness.
And all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that
lay hold upon her:
And happy is every one that
retaineth her.
19 Jehovah by wisdom founded
the earth;
By understanding he established
the heavens.
20 By his knowledge the depths
were broken up.
And the skies drop down the dew.
21 My son, let them not depart
from thine eyes;
Keep sound wisdom and dis-
cretion :
22 So ^ shall they be life unto thy
soul.
And grace to thy neck.
23 Then shalt thou walk m thy
way securely,
And ^^thv foot shall not stumble.
8 Or, instruction » Heb. draweth forth.
10 Heb. thou shall not dash thy foot.
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PROVERBS 3.24 — 4.16 a Patemal Exhortation to walk in the Life-giving Ways of Wisdom
24 When thou Hest down, thou
shalt not be afraid:
Yea, thou shalt He down, and
thy sleep shall be sweet.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear,
Neither of the ^desolation of the
wicked, when it cometh:
26 For Jehovah will be thy con-
fidence.
And will keep thy foot from
being taken.
27 Withhold not good from them
to whom it is due.
When it is in the power of thy
hand to do it.
28 Say not unto thy neighbor. Go,
and come again.
And to-morrow I will give;
When thou hast it by thee.
29 Devise not evil against thy
neighbor.
Seeing he dwelleth securely by
thee.
30 Strive not with a man without
cause,
If he have done thee no harm.
31 Envy thou not the man of
violence.
And choose none of his ways.
32 For the perverse is an abomi-
nation to Jehovah;
But his ^friendship is with the up-
right.
33 The curse of Jehovah is in the
house of the wicked;
But he blesseth the habitation
of the righteous.
34 ^Surely he scoffeth at the scoff-
ers;
^But he giveth grace unto the
lowly.
35 The wise shall inherit glorj^;
But ^shame shall be the promo-
tion of fools.
4 Hear, my sons, the instruction
of a father.
And attend to know under-
standing :
2 For I give you good doctrine;
Forsake ye not my ^law.
1 Or, storm 2 Or, counsel s Or, riwiigh * Or, Yet
' Or, fools carry away shame ^ Or, teaching
3 For I was a son unto my father.
Tender and ^only beloved in
the sight of my mother.
4 And he taught me, and said
unto me:
Let thy heart retain my words;
Keep my commandments, and
live ;
5 Get wisdom, get understanding;
Forget not, neither decline from
the words of my mouth;
6 Forsake her not, and she will
preserve thee;
Love -her, and she will keep thee.
7 ^Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom;
Yea, with all ^thy getting get
understanding.
8 Exalt her, and she will promote
thee;
She w^ill bring thee to honor,
when thou dost embrace her.
9 She will give to thy head a
chaplet of grace;
A crown of ^^beauty will she
deliver to thee.
10 Hear, O my son, and receive
my sayings;
And the years of thy life shall
be many.
11 I have taught thee in the way
of wisdom;
I have led thee in paths of up-
rightness.
12 When thou goest, thy steps
shall not be straitened;
And if thou runnest, thou shalt
not stumble.
13 Take fast hold of instruction;
let her not go:
Keep her; for she is thy life.
14 Enter not into the path of the
wicked,
And walk not in the way of evil
men.
15 Avoid it, pass not by it;
Turn from it, and pass on.
16 For they sleep not, except they
do evil;
And their sleep is taken away,
unless thev cause some to fall.
' Heb. an only one.
8 Or, The beginning of wisdom is, Get wisdom
9 Or, thou hast gotten i" Or, glorv
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The Perils of unchaste Love
17 For they eat the bread of wicked-
ness,
And drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the righteous
is as the dawning Hght,
That shineth more and more
unto the perfect day.
19 The way of the wicked is as
darkness :
They know not at what they
stumble.
20 My son, attend to my words;
Incline thine ear unto my say-
ings.
21 Let them not depart from thine
eyes;
Keep them in the midst of thy
heart.
22 For they are life unto those that
find them.
And health to all their flesh.
23 Keep thy heart Vith all diligence ;
For out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a wayward
mouth.
And perverse lips put far from
thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on,
And let thine eyelids look
straight before thee.
26 ^Make level the path of thy feet.
And let all thy ways be ^estab-
lished.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor
to the left:
Remove thy foot from evil.
5 My son, attend unto my wisdom;
Incline thine ear to my under-
standing:
2 That thou mayest preserve dis-
cretion,
And that thy lips may keep
knowledge.
3 For the lips of a strange woman
drop honey.
And her mouth is smoother than
oil:
4 But in the end she is bitter as
wormwood.
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
1 Or, above all that thou guardest
2 Or, Weigh carefully 3 Or, ordered aright
PROVERBS 4.17—5.19
5 Her feet go down to death;
Her steps take hold on Sheol;
6 ^So that she findeth not the level
path of life :
Her ways are unstable, and ^she
knoweth it not.
7 Now therefore, my sons, hearken
unto me.
And depart not from the words
of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her,
And come not nigh the door of
her house;
9 Lest thou give thine honor unto
others.
And thy years unto the cruel;
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy
^strength.
And thy labors be in the house
of an alien,
11 And thou 'mourn at thy latter end,
When thy flesh and thy body are
consumed,
12 And say. How have I hated
instruction.
And my heart despised reproof;
13 Neither have I obeyed the voice
of my teachers.
Nor inclined mine ear to them
that instructed me!
14 I was well-nigh in all evil
In the midst of the assembly
and congregation.
15 Drink waters out of thine own
cistern.
And running waters out of thine
own well.
16 ^Should thy springs be dispersed
abroad,
And streams of water in the
streets.'^
17 Let them be for thyself alone.
And not for strangers with thee.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed;
And rejoice in the wife of thy
youth.
19 -^5 a loving hind and a pleasant
doe.
Let her breasts satisfy thee at all
times;
* Or, Lest thou find the level &=€. Or, Lest thou weigh
carefully the path of life * Or, thou canst not know them
6 Or, wealth ' Or, groan * Or, Let
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PROVERBS 5.20—6.22
And %e thou ravished always
with her love.
20 For why shouldest thou, my son,
^be ravished with a strange
woman,
And embrace the bosom of a
foreigner?
21 For the ways of man are before
the eyes of Jehovah;
And he ^maketh level all his paths.
22 His own iniquities shall take the
wicked.
And he shall be holden with the
cords of his sin.
23 He shall die for lack of instruc-
tion ;
And in the greatness of his folly
he shall go astray.
6 My son, if thou art become
surety for thy neighbor.
If thou hast stricken ^thy hands
for a stranger;
2 Thou art snared with the words
of thy mouth,
Thou art taken with the words
of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and de-
liver thyself.
Seeing thou art come into the
hand of thy neighbor:
Go, tumble thyself, and impor-
tune thy neighbor;
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes.
Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
5 Deliver thyself as a ^roe from
the hand of the hunter,
And as a bird from the hand of
the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard;
Consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no ^chief,
Overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her bread in the
summer,
And gathereth her food in the
harvest.
9 How long wilt thou 'sleep, O
sluggard.^
When wilt thou arise out of thy
sleep .^
1 Heb. go astray.
3 Or, Ihy hand with a stranger
5 Or, gazelle « Or, judge
- Or, weigheth carefully
* Or, bestir
"> Heb. lie down.
Warnings against Suretyship and Idleness
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slum-
ber,
A little folding of the hands to
^sleep :
11 So shall thy poverty come as a
^robber,
And thy want as ^an armed
man.
12 A worthless person, a man of
iniquity,
Is he that walketh with a per-
verse mouth;
13 That winketh with his eyes,
that ^^speaketh with his feet.
That ^^maketli signs with his
fingers ;
14 In whose heart is perverseness.
Who deviseth evil continually.
Who ^^soweth discord.
15 Therefore shall his calamity
come suddenly;
On a sudden shall he be broken,
and that without remedy.
16 There are six things which Je-
hovah hateth;
Yea, seven which are an abomi-
nation ^^unto him:
17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue.
And hands that shed innocent
blood ;
18 A heart that deviseth wicked
purposes.
Feet that are swift in running
to mischief,
19 A false witness that ^'^uttereth
lies,
And he that ^^soweth discord
among brethren.
20 My son, keep the command-
ment of thy father.
And forsake not the ^^law of thy
mother :
21 Bind them continually upon thy
heart;
Tie them about thy neck.
22 When thou walkest, it shall lead
thee;
When thou ^^sleepest, it shall
watch over thee;
And when thou awakest, it shall
talk with thee.
8 Or, rover ' Heb. a man with a shield, lo Or, shuffleth
11 Or, leachethwilh '- Heb. letleth loose, i' Heb.of his soul.
" Heb. brealheth out. i* Or, teaching i« Heb. liest down.
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Warnings against Mischievousness, and Adultery
PROVERBS 6.23-7.14
23 For ^the commandment is a
lamp; and Hhe law is light;
And reproofs of instruction are
the way of life:
24 To keep thee from the evil
woman,
From the flattery of the for-
eigner's tongue.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thy
heart;
Neither let her take thee with
her eyelids.
26 For on account of a harlot a
man is brought to a piece of
bread;
And ^the adulteress hunteth for
the precious life.
27 Can a man take fire in his
bosom,
And his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can one walk upon hot coals,
And his feet not be scorched.'^
29 So he that goeth in to his
neighbor's wdfe;
Whosoever toucheth her shall
not be ^unpunished.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if
he steal
To satisfy himself when he is
hungry :
31 But if he be found, he shall
restore sevenfold;
He shall give all the substance
of his house.
32 He that committeth adultery
with a woman is void of
^understanding:
He doeth it who would destroy
his own soul.
33 Wounds and dishonor shall he
get;
And his reproach shall not be
wiped aw^ay.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a
man;
And he will not spare in the day
of vengeance.
35 He will not regard any ran-
som;
Neither will he rest content,
though thou givest many
gifts.
' Or, their commandment
3 Heb. a man's wife.
' Or, his appetite
2 Or, their leaching
« Heb. held innocent.
6 Heb. heart.
7 My son, keep my words.
And lay up my commandments
with thee.
2 Keep my commandments and
live;
And my Haw as the apple of
thine eye.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers;
Write them upon the tablet of
thy heart.
4 Say unto wisdom. Thou art my
sister;
And call understanding thy
^kinswoman :
5 That they may keep thee from
the strange woman,
From the foreigner that ^flat-
tereth with her words.
6 For at the window of my house
I looked forth through my lat-
tice;
7 And I beheld among the simple
ones,
I discerned among the youths,
A young man void of under-
standing,
8 Passing through the street near
her corner;
And he went the way to her
house,
9 In the twilight, in the evening
of the day.
In the i^middle of the night and
in the darkness.
10 And, behold, there met him a
woman
With the attire of a harlot,
and ^Vily of heart.
11 (She is ^^clamorous and wilful;
Her feet abide not in her house:
12 Now she is in the streets, now
in the broad places,
And Heth in wait at every
corner.)
13 So she caught him, and kissed
him,
^^And with an impudent face she
said unto him:
14 Sacrifices of peace-offerings "are
with me;
This day have I paid my vows.
7 Or. teaching « Or. familiar friend
9 Heb. maketh smooth her words.
10 Heb. pupil (of the eye). " Or, close Heb. guarded.
1-' Or, turbulent " Heb. She hardened her face, and satd.
n (Or, 7i'erf due from me
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PROVERBS 7.15—8.14
15 Therefore came I forth to meet
thee,
Diligently to seek thy face, and
I have found thee.
16 I have spread my couch with
^carpets of tapestry,
With striped cloths of the yarn
of Egypt.
17 I have ^perfumed my bed
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love
until the morning;
Let us solace ourselves with
loves.
19 For the man is not at home;
He is gone a long journey:
20 He hath taken a bag of money
with him;
He will come home at the full
moon.
21 With her much fair speech she
causeth him to yield;
With the flattering of her lips
she forceth him along.
22 He goeth after her ^straightway.
As an ox goeth to the slaughter.
Or as one in ^fetters to the
correction of the fool;
23 Till an arrow strike through his
liver;
- As a bird hasteth to the snare,
And knoweth not that it is for
his life.
24 Now therefore, my sons, hearken
unto me.
And attend to the words of my
mouth.
25 Let not thy heart decline to
her ways;
Go not astray in her paths.
26 For she hath cast down many
. wounded:
Yea, all her slain are a mighty
host.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
Going down to the chambers of
death.
8 Doth not wisdom cry,
And understanding put forth
her voice .'^
' Or, cushions
» Heb. suddenly.
2 Or, sprinkled
* The Hebrew is obscure.
Wisdom's Call and Self-commendation
2 On the top of high places by .
the way, I
Where the paths meet, she stand-
eth;
3 Beside the gates, at the entry
of the city.
At the coming in at the doors,
she crieth aloud:
4 Unto you, O men, I call;
And my voice is to the sons of
men.
5 O ye simple, understand pru-
dence;
And, ye fools, be of an under-
standing heart.
6 Hear, for I will speak excellent
things ;
And the opening of my lips:
shall be right things.
7 For my mouth shall utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomina-
tion to my lips.
8 All the w^ords of my moutk
^are in righteousness;
There is nothing crooked or
perverse in them.
9 They are all plain to him that
understandeth.
And right to them that find
knowledge.
10 Receive my instruction, and not
silver;
And knowledge rather than
choice gold.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies;
And all the things that may
be desired are not to be com-
pared unto it.
12 I wisdom have made prudence
my dwelling.
And find out ^knowledge and
discretion.
13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate
evil:
Pride, and arroganey, and the
evil way.
And the perverse mouth, do I
hate.
14 Counsel is mine, and ^sound
knowledge :
I am understanding; I have
might.
5 Or, are righteousness
« Or, knowledge of witty inventions
^ Or, effectual working
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Eternity of Wisdom. Blessedness of the Wise Man
15 By me kings reign,
And princes decree justice.
16 By me ^princes rule,
And nobles, even all the judges
of the earth.
17 I love them that love me;
And those that seek me Mili-
gently shall find me.
18 Riches and honor are with me;
Yea, Murable wealth and right-
eousness.
19 My fruit is better than gold,
yea, than fine gold;
And my ^revenue than choice
silver.
20 I walk in the way of righteous-
ness,
In the midst of the paths of
justice;
That I may cause those that
love me to inherit substance.
And that I may fill their treas-
21
uries.
'm
the
22 Jehovah ^possessed me
beginning of his way,
^Before his works of old.
23 I was set up from everlasting,
from the beginning.
Before the earth was.
24 When there were no depths, I
was brought forth.
When there were no fountains
abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains were set-
tled.
Before the hills was I brought
forth;
26 While as yet he had not made
the earth, nor the fields.
Nor the ^beginning of the dust
of the world.
27 When he ^established the heav-
ens, I was there:
When he set a circle upon the
face of the deep,
28 When he made firm the skies
above,
When the fountains of the deep
became strong,
29 When he gave to the sea ^^its
bound,
1 Or, rulers 2 Or, early * Or, ancient < Or, increase
s Or, formed « Or, as ' Or, The first of
8 Or, sum * Or, prepared i" Or, his decree
PROVERBS 8.15-9.6
That the waters should not
transgress his commandment,
When he ^^marked out the foun-
dations of the earth;
30 Then I was by him, as a master
workman ;
And I ^2was daily his delight,
^^Rejoicing always before him,
^^Rejoicing in his habitable earth;
And my delight was with the
sons of men.
32 Now therefore, my sons, hearken
unto me;
For blessed are they that keep
my ways.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise,
And refuse it not.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth
me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth
life,
And shall ^"^obtain favor of Je-
hovah.
36 But he that ^'^sinneth against
me wrongeth his own soul:
All ihey that hate me love death.
9
Wisdom hath builded her
house;
She hath hewn out her seven
pillars :
She hath killed her beasts; she
hath mingled her wine;
She hath also furnished her
table :
She hath sent forth her maidens;
She crieth upon the highest
places of the city:
Whoso is simple, let him turn
in hither:
As for him that is void of under-
standing, she saith to him,
Come, eat ye of my bread.
And drink of the wine which I
have mingled.
^^Leave off, ye simple ones, and
live;
And walk in the way of under-
standing.
11 Or, appointed
i» Or, Sporting
•5 Or, misseth me
12 Or. had delight continually
" Heb. draw forth.
16 Or, Forsake the simple
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PROVERBS 9.7—10.14
7 He that correcteth a scoffer
getteth to himself reviling;
And he that reproveth a wicked
man getteth himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he
hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he
will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man,
and he will be yet wiser:
Teach a righteous man, and he
will increase in learning.
10 The fear of Jehovah is the be-
ginning of wisdom;
And the knowledge of the Holy
One is understanding.
11 For by me thy days shall be
multiplied.
And the years of thy life shall be
increased.
12 If thou art wise, thou art wise
for thyself;
And if thou scoffest, thou alone
shalt bear it.
13 ^The foolish woman is clam-
orous;
She is ^simple, and knoweth
nothing.
14 And she sitteth at the door of
her house,
On a seat in the high places of
the city,
15 To call to them that pass by,
Who go right on their ways:
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn
in hither;
And as for him that is void of
understanding, she saith to
him,
17 Stolen waters are sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is
pleasant.
18 But he knoweth not that ^the
dead are there;
That her guests are in the depths
of Sheol.
1 f\ The proverbs of Solomon.
maketh a glad
Wisdom's Invitation. The Foolish Woman's Invitation
A wise son
father;
1 Or, Folly 2 Heb. simplicity,
3 Or, the shades Heb. Rephaim.
But a foolish son is the heavi-
ness of his mother.
2 Treasures of wickedness profit
nothing;
But righteousness delivereth from
death.
3 Jehovah will not suffer the soul
of the righteous to famish;
But he thrusteth away the de-
sire of the wicked.
4 He becometh poor that worketh
with a slack hand;
But the hand of the diligent
maketh rich.
5 He that gathereth in summer is
^a wise son;
But he that sleepeth in harvest
is a son ^that causeth shame.
6 Blessings are upon the head of
the righteous;
But ^violence covereth the mouth
of the wicked.
7 The memory of the righteous
is blessed;
But the name of the wicked
shall rot.
8 The wise in heart will receive
commandments ;
But "^Si prating fool ^shall fall.
9 He that walketh uprightly walk-
eth surely;
But he that perverteth his ways
shall be known.
He that winketh with the eye
causeth sorrow;
But ^a prating fool ^shall fall.
11 The mouth of the righteous is a
fountain of life;
But ^violence covereth the
mouth of the wicked.
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes;
But love covereth all transgres-
sions.
In the lips of him that hath
discernment wisdom is found;
But a rod is for the back of him
that is void of ^understand-
10
13
mg.
14 Wise men lay up knowledge;
But the mouth of the foolish
is a present destruction.
* Or, a son that doeth wisely ^ Or, that doeth shamefully
« Or, the mouth of the wicked covereth violence
' Heb. the foolish of lips.
8 Or, shall be overthrown (or, laid low) » Heb. heart.
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Sundry Proverbs contrasting the Upright and the Wicked PROVERBS 10.15 — 11.8
15 The rich man's wealth is his
strong city:
The destruction of the poor is
their poverty.
16 The labor of the righteous tendeth
to life;
The increase of the wicked, to
sin.
17 He ^is in the way of life that
heedeth ^correction;
But he that forsaketh reproof
^erreth.
18 He that hideth hatred is of
lying lips;
And he that uttereth a slander
is a fool.
19 In the multitude of words there
wanteth not transgression;
tBut he that refraineth his lips
Moeth wisely.
20 The tongue of the righteous is
as choice silver:
The heart of the wdcked is little
worth.
21 The lips of the righteous feed
many;
But the foolish die for lack of
^understanding,
22 The blessing of Jehovah, it
maketh rich;
And ^he addeth no sorrow there-
with.
23 It is as sport to a fool to do
wickedness;
^And so is wisdom to a man of
understanding.
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall
come upon him;
And the desire of the righteous
shall be granted.
25 ^When the whirlwind passeth,
the wicked is no more;
But the righteous is an everlast-
ing foundation.
26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as
smoke to the eyes,
So is the sluggard to them that
send him.
27 The fear of Jehovah ^prolongeth
days;
1 Or, is a way 2 Or, instruction
3 Or, causeth to err * Or, is wise
6 Heb. heart. ^ Or, toil addeth nothing thereto
' Or, But a man of understanding hath wisdom
" Or, As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more
» Heb. addeth.
But the years of the wicked shall
be shortened.
28 The hope of the righteous shall
he gladness;
But the expectation of the wick-
ed shall perish.
29 The way of Jehovah is a strong-
hold to the upright;
But ^^it is a destruction to the
workers of iniquity.
30 The righteous shall never be
removed;
But the wicked shall not dwell
in the ^4and.
31 The mouth of the righteous
^^bringeth forth wisdom;
But the perverse tongue shall
be cut off.
32 The lips of the righteous know
what is acceptable;
But the mouth of the wicked
^^speaketh perverseness.
11 ^^A false balance is an abom-
1 ination to Jehovah;
But a just weight is his de-
light.
2 When pride cometh, then Com-
eth shame;
But with the lowly is wdsdom.
3 The integrity of the upright
shall guide them;
But the perverseness of the
treacherous shall destroy them.
4 Riches profit not in the day of
wrath ;
But righteousness delivereth from
death.
5 The righteousness of the perfect
shall ^Mirect his w^ay;
But the wicked shall fall by his
own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright
shall deliver them;
But the treacherous shall be
taken in their own iniquity.
7 When a wicked man dieth, his
expectation shall perish;
And the hope of ^^iniquity perish-
eth.
8 The righteous is delivered out of
trouble;
10 Or, destruction shall be to b'c.
'1 Or, earth 12 Qr, buddeth with
13 Or, is " Heb. A balance of deceit.
15 Or, make straight (or, plain) i^ Qr, strong men
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PROVERBS 1 1.9 — 12.2 sundry Proverbs contrasting the Upright and the Wicked
And the wicked cometh in his
stead.
9 With his mouth the godless man
destroy eth his neighbor;
But through knowledge shall
the righteous be delivered.
10 When it goeth well with the
righteous, the city rejoiceth;
And when the wicked perish,
there is shouting.
11 By the blessing of the upright
the city is exalted;
But it is overthrown by the
mouth of the wicked.
12 He that despiseth his neighbor
is void of Visdom;
But a man of understanding
holdeth his peace.
13 He that goeth about as a tale-
bearer revealeth secrets;
But he that is of a faithful
spirit concealeth a matter.
14 Where no wise guidance is,
the people falleth;
But in the multitude of coun-
sellors there is safety.
15 He that is surety for a stranger
^shall smart for it;
But he that hateth ^suretyship
is secure.
16 A gracious woman obtaineth
honor;
And violent men obtain riches.
17 The merciful man doeth good
to his own soul;
But he that is cruel troubleth
his own flesh.
18 The wicked earneth deceitful
wages;
But he that soweth righteous-
ness hath a sure reward.
19 ^He that is stedfast in right-
eousness shall attain unto life;
And he that pursueth evil doeth
it to his own death.
20 They that are perverse in heart
are an abomination to Jeho-
vah;
But such as are perfect in their
way are his delight.
21 ^Though hand join in hand, the
1 Heb. heart. 2 Heb. shall be sore broken.
^ Heb. those that strike hands.
* Or, So righteousness tendeth to life, and he b°c
' Or, My hand upon it! Heb. Hand to hand.
evil man shall not be un-
punished;
But the seed of the righteous
shall be delivered.
22 As 2i ring of gold in a swine's
snout,
So is a fair woman that ^is with-
out discretion.
23 The desire of the righteous is
only good;
But the expectation of the wicked
is '^ wrath.
24 There is that scattereth, and
increaseth yet more;
And there is that withholdeth
^more than is meet, but it
tendeth only to want.
25 The liberal soul shall be made
fat;
And he that watereth shall be
watered also himself.
26 He that withholdeth grain, the
people shall curse him;
But blessing shall be upon the
head of him that selleth
it.
27 He that diligently seeketh good
seeketh favor;
But he that searcheth after evil,
it shall come unto him.
28 He that trusteth in his riches
shall fall;
But the righteous shall flourish
as the green leaf.
29 He that troubleth his own house
shall inherit the wind;
And the foolish shall be servant
to the wise of heart.
30 The fruit of the righteous is a
tree of life;
And he that is wise winneth
souls.
31 Behold, the righteous shall be
recompensed in the earth;
How much more the wicked and
the sinner!
"1 Q Whoso loveth ^correction
1 ^ loveth knowledge;
But he that hateth reproof is
brutish.
2 A good man shall obtain favor of
Jehovah;
6 Heb. turneth aside from.
8 Or, what is justly due
' Or, arrogance
9 Or, instruction
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Sundry Proverbs contrasting the Upright and the Wicked PROVERBS 12.3 — 12.28
But a man of wicked devices
will he condemn.
3 A man shall not be established
by wickedness;
But the root of the righteous
shall not be moved.
4 A worthy woman is the crown of
her husband;
But she that maketh ashamed is
as rottenness in his bones.
5 The thoughts of the righteous
are just;
But the counsels of the wicked
are deceit.
6 The words of the wicked ^are
of lying in wait for blood;
But the mouth of the upright
shall deliver them.
7 ^Tlie wicked are overthrown,
and are not;
But the house of the righteous
shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended ac-
cording to his wisdom;
But he that is of a perverse
heart shall be despised.
9 Better is he that is lightly es-
teemed, and hath a servant,
Than he that honoreth himself,
and lacketh bread.
10 A righteous man regardeth the
life of his beast;
But the tender mercies of the
wicked are cruel.
11 He that tilleth his land shall
have plenty of bread ;
But he that followeth after
^vain persons is void of under-
standing.
12 The wicked desireth ^the net
of evil men;
But the root of the righteous
yieldeth fruit.
13 In the transgression of the lips
is ^a snare to the evil man;
But the righteous shall come
out of trouble.
14 A man shall be satisfied with
good by the fruit of his mouth;
And the doings of a man's
hands shall be rendered unto
him.
15 The way of a fool is right in his
own eyes;
But he that is wise hearkeneth
unto counsel.
16 A fool's vexation is ^presently
known;
But a prudent man concealeth
shame.
17 He that ^uttereth truth showeth
forth righteousness;
But a false witness, deceit.
18 There is that speaketh rashly
like the piercings of a sword;
But the tongue of the wise is
health.
19 The lip of truth shall be estab-
lished for ever;
But a lying tongue .is but for a
moment.
20 Deceit is in the heart of them
that devise evil;
But to the counsellors of peace
is joy.
21 There shall no mischief happen
to the righteous;
But the wicked shall be filled
with evil.
22 Lying lips are an abomination
to Jehovah;
But they that deal truly are his
delight.
23 A prudent man concealeth
knowledge;
But the heart of fools proclaim-
eth foolishness.
24 The hand of the diligent shall
bear rule;
But Hhe slothful shall be put
under taskwork.
25 ^Heaviness in the heart of a
man maketh it stoop;
But a good word maketh it glad.
26 The righteous is a guide to his
neighbor;
But the way of the \Yicked
causeth them to err.
27 ^The slothful man i^roasteth not
that which he took in hunting;
But the precious substance of
men ^Hs to the diligent.
28 In, the way of righteousness is
life;
1 Or, are a lying in wait ^ Or, openly Heb. in the day.
~ Or, Overthrow the wicked, and they are not » Heb. slothfulness.
3 Or, vain things * Or, the prey s Or, an evil snare i" Or, catcheth not his prey
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7 Heb. breatheth out.
» Or, Care
" Or, is to be diligent
PROVERBS 13.1 — 13.25 Sundry Proverbs contrasting the Upright and the Wickea
And in the pathway thereof
there is no death.
I Q A wise son heareth his father's
1 0 ^instruction;
But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
2 A man shall eat good ^by the
fruit of his mouth;
But Hhe soul of the treacherous
shall eat violence.
3 He that guardeth his mouth
keepeth his life;
But he that openeth wide his
lips shall have destruction.
4 The soul of the sluggard desir-
eth, and hath nothing;
But the soul of the diligent shall
be made fat.
5 A righteous man hateth lying;
But a wicked man ^is loath-
some, and Cometh to shame.
6 Righteousness guardeth %im
that is upright in the way;
But wickedness overthroweth
Hhe sinner.
7 There is that ^maketh himself
rich, 3^et hath nothing:
There is that ^maketh himself
poor, yet hath great wealth.
8 The ransom of a man's life is
his riches;
But the poor heareth no threat-
ening.
9 The light of the righteous re-
joiceth;
But the lamp of the wicked shall
be put out.
10 By pride cometh only conten-
tion;
But with the well-advised is
wisdom.
II Wealth gotten by vanity shall
be diminished;
But he that gathereth ^by labor
shall have increase.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick;
But when the desire cometh, it
is a tree of life.
13 Whoso despiseth the word ^^bring-
eth destruction on himself;
1 Or, correction 2 Or, from
' Or, the desire of the treacherous is for violence
* Or, causeth shame and bringeth reproach
^ Heh. uprightness of way. ^ Heh. sin.
' Or, feigneth » Or, rebuke » Heb. with the hand.
i» Or, maketh himself a debtor thereto
But he that feareth the com-
mandment shall be reward-
ed.
14 The ^4aw of the wise is a fountain
of life,
That one may depart from the
snares of death.
15 Good understanding ^^giveth
favor;
But the way of the transgressor
is hard.
16 Every prudent man worketh
with knowledge;
But a fool flaunteth his folly.
17 A wicked messenger falleth into
evil;
But a faithful ambassador is
health.
18 Poverty and shame shall he to
him that refuseth ^^correc-
tion;
But he that regardeth reproof
shall be honored.
19 The desire accomplished is sweet
to the soul;
But it is an abomination to
fools to depart from evil.
20 ^^Walk with wise men, and thou
shall be wise;
But the companion of fools
shall ^^smart for it.
21 Evil pursueth sinners;
But the righteous shall be rec-
ompensed with good.
22 A good man leaveth an inher-
itance to his children's chil-
dren;
And the wealth of the sinner is
laid up for the righteous.
23 Much food is in the ^Hillage of
the poor;
But there is that is destroyed by
reason of injustice.
24 He that spareth his rod hateth
his son;
But he that loveth him chast-
eneth him ^''betimes.
25 The righteous eateth to the
satisfying of his soul;
But the belly of the wicked shall
want.
>i Or, teaching 12 Qr. getteth i' Or, instruction
'^ According to another reading, He that walketh with
wise -men shall be wise. i^ Heb. be broken.
•« Or. tilled laud '■ Or, diligently
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Sundry Proverbs contrasting the Upright and the Wicked PROVERBS 14.1—14.28
U Every wise woman buildeth
her house;
But Hhe foolish plucketh it
down with her own hands.
2 He that walketh in his upright-
ness feareth Jehovah;
But he that is perverse in his
ways despiseth him.
3 In the mouth of the foolish is
a rod for his pride;
But the Hps of the wise shall
preserve them.
4 Where no oxen are, the crib is
clean ;
But much increase is by the
strength of the ox.
5 A faithful witness will not lie;
But a false witness ^uttereth lies.
6 A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and
findeth it not;
But knowledge is easy unto him
that hath understanding.
7 ^Go into the presence of a
foolish man,
And thou shalt not perceive in
him the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the prudent is
to understand his way;
But the folly of fools is deceit.
9 ^A trespass-offering mocketh
fools ;
But among the upright there is
^good will.
10 The heart knoweth its own
bitterness ;
And a stranger doth not inter-
meddle with its joy.
11 The house of the wicked shall be
overthrown ;
But the tent of the upright shall
flourish.
12 There is a way which ^seemeth
right unto a man;
But the end thereof are the
ways of death.
13 Even in laughter the heart is
sorrowful ;
And the end of mirth is heavi-
ness.
14 The backshder in heart shall be
filled with his own ways;
1 Heb. folly. ^ Heb. breatheih out.
» Or, Go from . . . For thou wilt not b'c.
* Or, Fools make a mock at sin
li Or, the favor of God « Or, is straight be/ore
And a good man shall be satisfied
from himself.
15 The simple belie veth every
word ;
But the prudent man looketh
well to his going.
16 A wise man feareth, and depart-
eth from evil;
But the fool beareth himself
insolently, and is confident.
17 He that is soon angry will deal
foolishly;
And a man of wicked devices is
hated.
18 The simple inherit folly;
But the prudent are crowned
with knowledge.
19 The evil bow down before the
good;
And the wicked, at the gates
of the righteous.
20 The poor is hated even of his
own neighbor;
But the rich hath many friends.
21 He that despiseth his neighbor
sinneth ;
But he that hath pity on the
poor, happy is he.
22 ^Do they not err that devise
evil.^
But mercy and truth shall he to
them that devise good.
23 In all labor there is profit;
But the talk of the lips tendeth
only to penury.
24 ^The crown of the wise is their
riches ;
But the folly of fools is only
folly.
25 A true witness delivereth souls;
But he that ^uttereth lies causeth
deceit.
26 In the fear of Jehovah is strong
confidence ;
And ^his children shall have a
place of refuge.
27 The fear of Jehovah is a foun-
tain of life.
That one may depart from the
snares of death.
28 In the multitude of people is
the king's glory;
7 Or, Shall they not go astray
8 Or, Their riches is a crown unto the wise
9 Or, the children of him that hath it
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PROVERBS 14.29—15.19
Sundry Proverbs contrasting the Upright and the Wicked
But in the want of people is the
destruction of the prince.
29 He that is slow to anger is of
great understanding;
But he that is hasty of spirit
^exalteth folly.
30 A tranquil heart is the life of the
flesh;
But ^envy is the rottenness of
the bones.
31 He that oppresseth the poor
reproacheth his Maker;
But he that hath mercy on the
needy honoreth him.
32 The wicked is thrust down in
his ^evil-doing;
But the righteous hath a refuge
in his death.
33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of
him that hath understand-
ing;
^But that which is in the inw^ard
part of fools is made known.
34 Righteousness exalteth a nation;
But sin is a reproach to ^any
people.
35 The king's favor is toward a
servant that dealeth wisely;
But his wrath will be against
him that ^causeth shame.
1^ A soft answer turneth away
*J wrath;
But a grievous word stirreth
up anger.
2 The tongue of the wise uttereth
knowledge aright;
But the mouth of fools poureth
out folly.
3 The eyes of Jehovah are in every
place,
Keeping watch upon the evil and
the good.
4 ^A gentle tongue is a tree of life;
But perverseness therein is a
breaking of the spirit.
5 A fool despiseth his father's
^correction;
. But he that regardeth reproof
^getteth prudence.
6 In the house of the righteous
is much treasure:
* Or, carrieth away 2 Or, jealousy ' Or, calamity
* Or, And in the midst of fools it maketh itself known
6 Heb. peoples. e Or, doeth shamefully
7 Heb. The healing of the tongue.
8 Or, instruction 9 Or, dealeth prudently
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But in the revenues of the
wicked is trouble.
7 The lips of the wise disperse
knowledge ;
But the heart of the foolish
^^ doeth not so.
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an
abomination to Jehovah;
But the prayer of the upright
is his delight.
9 The way of the wicked is an
abomination to Jehovah;
But he loveth him that follow
eth after righteousness.
10 There is grievous correction for
him that forsaketh the way;
And he that hateth reproof shall
die.
11 Sheol and ^^Abaddon are before
Jehovah ;
How much more then the hearts
of the children of men!
12 A scoffer loveth not to be
reproved ;
He will not go unto the wise.
13 A glad heart maketh a cheerful
countenance;
But by sorrow of heart the
spirit is broken.
14 The heart of him that hath
understanding seeketh knowl-
edge;
But the mouth of fools feedeth
on folly.
15 All the days of the afflicted are
evil;
But he that is of a cheerful
heart hath a continual feast.
16 Better is little, with the fear of
Jehovah,
Than great treasure and trouble
therewith.
17 Better is a ^^dinner of herbs,
where love is.
Than a stalled ox and hatred
therewith.
18 A wrathful man stirreth up
contention;
But he that is slow to anger
appeaseth strife.
19 The way of the sluggard is as
a hedge of thorns;
10 Or, is not stedfast (or, right)
11 Or, Destruction
1- Or, portion
Sundry Observations concerning Life and Conduct
And
But the path of the upright is
made a highway.
20 A wise son maketh a glad father;
But a foolish man despiseth his
mother.
21 Folly is joy to him that is void
of ^wisdom;
But a man of understanding
maketh straight his going.
22 Where there is no counsel, pur-
poses are disappointed;
But in the multitude of coun-
sellors they are established.
23 A man hath joy in the answer
of his mouth;
And a word in due season, how
good is it!
24 To the wise the way of life goeth
upward,
That he may depart from Sheol
beneath.
25 Jehovah will root up the house
of the proud;
But he will establish the border
of the widow.
26 Evil devices are an abomination
to Jehovah;
But ^pleasant words are pure.
27 He that is greedy of gain
troubleth his own house;
But he that hateth bribes shall
. live.
28 The heart of the righteous
studieth to answer;
But the mouth of the wicked
poureth out evil things.
29 Jehovah is far from the wicked;
But he heareth the prayer of
the righteous.
30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth
the heart;
And good tidings make the
bones fat.
31 The ear that hearkeneth to the
reproof of life
Shall abide among the wise.
32 He that refuseth ^correction
despiseth his own soul;
But he that hearkeneth to re-
proof getteth ^understanding.
33 The fear of Jehovah is the
instruction of wisdom;
I Heb. heart.
3 Or, instruction
2 Or, the pure speak pleasant words
PROVERBS 15.20—16.13
before honor goeth humil-
ity.
1/^ The plans of the heart belong
^ to man;
But the answer of the tongue
is from Jehovah.
2 All the ways of a man are clean
in his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigh eth the spirits.
3 ^Commit thy works unto Je-
hovah,
And thy purposes shall be
established.
4 Jehovah hath made everything
for 4ts own end;
Yea, even the wicked for the
day of evil.
5 Every one that is proud in
heart is an abomination to
Jehovah : •
Though hand join in hand, he
shall not be unpunished.
6 By mercy and truth iniquity
is atoned for;
And by the fear of Jehovah
men depart from evil.
7 When a man's ways please
Jeiiovah,
He maketh even his enemies
to be at peace with him.
8 Better is a little, with righteous-
ness.
Than great revenues with in-
justice.
9 A man's heart deviseth his way;
But Jehovah direct eth his steps.
10 ^A divine sentence is in the lips
of the king;
His mouth shall not transgress
in judgment.
11 A just balance and scales are
Jehovah's;
All the weights of the bag are
his work.
12 It is an abomination to kings
to commit wickedness;
established
13
For the throne is
by righteousness.
Righteous lips are
of kings;
And they love him
eth right.
< Heb. Roll. 5 Or, his own purpose « Heb. Divination
the delight
that speak-
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Sundry Observations concerning Life and Conduct
14 The wrath of a king is as mes-
sengers of death;
But a wise man will pacify it.
15 In the light of the king's coun-
tenance is life;
And his favor is as a cloud of
the latter rain.
16 How much better is it to get
wisdom than gold!
Yea, to get understanding is
rather to be chosen than silver.
17 The highway of the upright is
to depart from evil:
He that keepeth his way pre-
serveth his soul.
18 Pride goeth before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before a
fall.
19 Better it is to be of a lowly spirit
with the ^poor,
Than to divide the spoil with
the proud.
20 He that -giveth heed unto the
word shall find good;
And whoso trusteth in Jehovah,
happy is he.
21 The wise in heart shall be called
prudent;
And the sweetness of the lips
increaseth learning.
22 Understanding is a wellspring
of life unto him that hath
But the correction of fools is
theii- folly.
23 The heart of the wise instruct-
eth his mouth,
And addeth learning to his lips.
24 Pleasant words are as a honey-
comb,
Sweet to the soul, and health
to the bones.
25 There is a way w^hich ^seemeth
right unto a man.
But the end thereof are the
ways of death.
26 The appetite of the laboring
man laboreth for him;
For his mouth urgeth him
thereto.
27 A worthless man '^deviseth
mischief;
1 Or, meek
' Or, is straight before
2 Or, handleih a matter wisely
< Heb. diggeth.
And in his lips there is as a
scorching jSre.
28 A perverse man scattereth
abroad strife;
And a whisperer ^separateth
chief friends.
29 A man of violence enticeth his
neighbor,
And leadeth him in a way that
is not good.
30 «He that shutteth his eyes,
it is to devise perverse
things :
He that compresseth his lips
bringeth evil to pass.
31 The hoary head is a crown of
'glory;
^It shall be found in the way of
righteousness.
32 He that is slow to anger is better
than the mighty;
And he that ruleth his spirit,
than he that taketh a city.
33 The lot is cast into the lap;
But the whole disposing thereof
is of Jehovah.
1^ Better is a dry morsel, and
I quietness therewith.
Than a house full of ^feasting
w^ith strife.
2 A servant that dealeth wisely
shall have rule over a son that
^^causeth shame,
And shall have part in the
inheritance among the breth-
ren.
3 The refining pot is for silver, and
the furnace for gold;
But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
4 An evil-doer giveth heed to
wicked lips;
And ^^a liar giveth ear to a mis-
chievous tongue.
5 Whoso mocketh the poor re-
proacheth his Maker;
And. he that is glad at calamity
shall not be unpunished.
6 Children's children are the crown
of old men;
And the glory of children are
their fathers.
s Or, alienateth his friend
6 Or, He that shutteth his eyes to devise perverse things.
That compresseth his lips, bringeth b'c. ' Or, beauty
8 Or, If it be found » Heb. the sacrifices of strife^
10 Or. doelh shamefully ^ Heb. falsehood.
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7 ^Excellent speech becometh not
a fool;
Much less do lying lips a prince.
8 A bribe is as a precious stone in
the eyes of him that hath it;
Whithersoever ^it turneth, ^it
^prospereth.
9 He that covereth a transgres-
sion seeketh love;
But he that harpeth on a mat-
ter separate th chief friends.
10 A rebuke entereth deeper into
one that hath understanding
Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
11 ^An evil man seeketh only re-
bellion;
Therefore a cruel messenger shall
be sent against him.
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps
meet a man,
Rather than a fool in his folly.
13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good,
Evil shall not depart fjrom his
house.
14 The beginning of strife is as
when one letteth out water:
Therefore leave off contention,
before there is quarrelling.
15 He that justifieth the wicked,
and he that condemneth the
righteous.
Both of them alike are an abom-
ination to Jehovah.
16 Wherefore is there a price in
the hand of a fool to buy
wisdom,
Seeing he hath no Understand-
ing?
17 A friend loveth at all times;
And ^a brother is born for ad-
versity.
18 A man void of ^understanding
striketh hands,
And becometh surety in the
presence of his neighbor.
19 ^He loveth transgression that
loveth strife:
He that raiseth high his gate
seeketh destruction.
20 He that hath a wayward heart
findeth no good;
1 Or, Arrogant ^ Or. he ' Or, dealeth wisely
* Or. A rebellious man (Heb. Rebellion) seeketh only evil
5 Heb. heart. ^ Or, is born as a brother
7 Or, He that loveth transgression loveth strife
PROVERBS 17.7—18.4
And he that hath a perverse
tongue falleth into ^mischief.
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth
it to his sorrow;
And the father of a fool hath
no joy.
22 A cheerful heart ^is a good
medicine;
But a broken spirit drieth up
the bones.
23 A wicked man receiveth a bribe
out of the bosom.
To pervert the ways of justice.
24 Wisdom is before the face of
him that hath understand-
ing;
But the eyes of a fool are in
the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his
father.
And bitterness to her that bare
him.
26 Also to ^ ^punish the righteous
is not good.
Nor to smite the noble for their
uprightness.
27 He ^Hhat spareth his words
hath knowledge;
And he that is of a cool spirit
is a man of understanding.
28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his
peace, is counted wise;
12 When he shutteth his lips, he
is esteemed as prudent.
10 He that separateth himself
O seeketh his own desire.
And i^rageth against all sound
wisdom.
2 A fool hath no delight in under-
standing.
But only that his heart may re-
veal itself.
3 When the wicked cometh, there
Cometh also contempt.
And with ignominy cometh re-
proach.
4 The words of a man's mouth
are as deep waters;
i^The wellspring of wisdom is as
a flowing brook.
8 Or, calamity » Heb. causeth good healing. 1° Or, fine
" Or, that hath knowledge spareth his words; And a man
of understanding is of a cool spirit
12 Or, He that shutteth his lips is b'c.
13 Or, quarrelleth with
K Or, A flowing brook, a wellspring of wisdom
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PROVERBS 18.5—19.7
Sundry Observations concerning Life and Conduct
5 To respect the person of the
wicked is not good,
Wor to turn aside the righteous
in judgment.
6 A fool's Hps ^enter into con-
tention,
And his mouth calleth for stripes.
7 A fool's mouth is his destruc-
tion.
And his lips are the snare of his
soul.
8 The words of a whisperer are
as dainty morsels,
And they go down into the inner-
most parts.
9 He also that is slack in his work
Is brother to him that is a de-
stroyer.
10 The name of Jehovah is a strong
tower;
The righteous runneth into it,
and ^is safe.
11 The rich man's wealth is his
strong city.
And as a high wall in his own
imagination.
12 Before destruction the heart of
man is haughty;
And before honor goeth humility.
13 He that giveth answer before he
heareth.
It is folly and shame unto him.
14 The spirit of a man will sustain
his infirmity;
But a broken spirit who can
^bear.?
15 The heart of the prudent get-
teth knowledge;
And the ear of the wise seeketh
knowledge.
16 A man's gift maketh room for
him.
And bringeth him before great
men.
17 He that pleadeth his cause first
seemeth just;
But his neighbor cometh and
searcheth him out.
18 The lot causeth contentions to
cease.
And parteth between the
mighty.
1 Or, So as to turn aside
3 Ileb. is set on high.
- Or, bring contention
* Or, raise up
19 A brother ^offended is harder
to he won than a strong city;
And such contentions are like
the bars of a castle.
20 A man's belly shall be filled
with the fruit of his mouth;
With the increase of his Mips
shall he be satisfied.
21 Death and life are in the power
of the tongue;
And they that love it shall eat
the fruit thereof.
22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth
a good thing.
And obtaineth favor of Jeho-
vah.
23 The poor useth entreaties;
But the rich answereth rough-
ly.
24 ^He that maketh many friends
doeth it to his own destruc-
tion;
But there is a ^friend that
sticketh closer than a brother.
1Q Better is the poor that walk-
^ eth in his integrity
Than he that is perverse in his
lips and is a fool.
2 Also, Hhat the soul be without
knowledge is not good;
And he that hasteth with his
feet ^sinneth.
3 The foolishness of man sub-
verteth his way;
And his heart fretteth against
Jehovah.
4 Wealth addeth many friends;
But ^Hhe poor is separated from
his friend.
5 A false witness shall not be un-
punished;
And he that "uttereth lies shall
not escape.
6 Many will entreat the favor of
^Hhe liberal man;
And every man is a friend to
him that giveth gifts.
7 All the brethren of the poor do
hate him:
How much more do his friends
go far from him !
5 Or, injured ^ Heb. A man of friends. ' Heb. lover.
8 Or, desire without knowledge is not good
{
9 Or, misseth his way
1" Or, the friend of the poor separateth himself from him
11 Heb. breatheth out. " Or, a prince
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PROVERBS 19.8—20.3
^He pursueth them with words,
hut they are gone.
8 He that getteth ^wisdom loveth
his own soul:
He that keepeth understanding
shall find good.
9 A false witness shall not be un-
punished;
And he that ^uttereth lies shall
perish.
10 Delicate living is not seemly
for a fool;
Much less for a servant to have
rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man maketh
him slow to anger;
And it is his glory to pass over
a transgression.
12 The king's wrath is as the roar-
ing of a lion;
But his favor is as dew upon the
grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity
of his father;
And the contentions of a wife
are a continual dropping.
14 House and riches are an inher-
itance from fathers;
But a prudent wife is from Je-
hovah.
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep
sleep ;
And the idle soul shall suffer
hunger.
16 He that keepeth the command-
ment keepeth his soul;
But he that '^is careless of his
ways shall die.
17 He that hath pity upon the poor
lendeth unto Jehovah,
And his good deed will he pay
him again.
18 Chasten thy son, seeing there
is hope;
And set not thy heart on ^his
destruction.
19 A man of great wrath shall bear
the penalty;
For if thou deliver him, thou
must do it yet again.
20 Hear counsel, and receive ^in-
struction,
1 Or, He pursueth after words, which are nought
- Heb. heart. ' Heb. breathefh out. * Heb. despiseth.
5 Heb. causing him to die ^ Or, correction.
That thou mayest be wise in
thy latter end.
21 There are many devices in a
man's heart;
But the counsel of Jehovah,
that shall stand.
22 That which maketh a man to
be desired is his kindness;
And a poor man is better than
a liar.
23 The fear of Jehovah tendeth to
life;
And he that hath it shall abide
satisfied;
He shall not be visited with evil.
24 The sluggard burieth his hand
in the dish.
And will not so much as bring
it to his mouth again.
25 Smite a scoffer, and the simple
will learn prudence;
And reprove one that hath
understanding, and he will
understand knowledge.
26 He that doeth violence to his
father, and chaseth away his
mother,
Is a son that causeth shame and
bringeth reproach.
27 Cease, my son, to hear instruc-
tion
Only to err from the words of
knowledge.
28 A worthless witness mocketh
at justice;
And the mouth of the wicked
swalloweth iniquity.
29 Judgments are prepared for
scoffers,
And stripes for the back of
fools.
C%f\ Wine is a mocker, strong
-^ v/ drink a brawler;
And whosoever ^erreth thereby
is not wise.
2 The terror of a king is as the
roaring of a lion:
He that ^provoketh him to
anger sinneth against his own
^life.
3 It is an honor for a man to ^^keep
aloof from strife;
7 Or, reeleth
9 Heb. soul.
8 Or, angereth himself against him
!<• Or, cease
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PROVERBS 20.4—20.29
But every fool will be quarrel-
ling.
4 The sluggard will not plow by
reason of the winter;
^Therefore he shall beg in har-
vest, and have nothing.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is
like deep water;
But a man of understanding
will draw it out.
6 ^Most men will proclaim every
one his own kindness;
But a faithful man who can
find.?
7 A righteous man that walketh
in his integrity,
Blessed are his children after
him.
A king that sitteth on the
throne of judgment
^Scattereth away all evil with
his eyes.
Who can say, I have made my
heart clean,
I am pure from my sin?
"^Diverse weights, and diverse
measures.
Both of them alike are an abom-
ination to Jehovah.
Even a child maketh himself
known by his doings.
Whether his work be pure, and
whether it be right.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing
eye,
Jehovah hath made even both
of them.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come
to poverty;
Open thine eyes, and thou shalt
be satisfied with bread.
14 It is bad, it is bad, saith the
buyer;
But when he is gone his way,
then he boast eth.
15 There is gold, and abundance
of rubies;
But the lips of knowledge are a
precious jewel.
16 Take his garment that is surety
for a stranger;
10
11
1 Or, Therefore when he seekelh in harvest, there shall be
nothing
- Or, Many a man will meet one that is kind to him
3 Or. IVinnoweth
* Ileb. .1 stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.
Sundry Observations concerning Life and Conduct
And ^hold him in pledge that is
surety for ^foreigners.
17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a
man;
But afterwards his mouth shall
be filled with gravel.
18 Every purpose is established
by counsel;
And by wise guidance make thou
war.
19 He that goeth about as a tale-
bearer revealeth secrets;
Therefore company not with him
that openeth wide his lips.
20 Whoso curseth his father or
his mother,
His lamp shall be put out in
blackness of darkness.
21 An inheritance may be gotten
hastily at the beginning;
But the end thereof shall not
be blessed.
22 Say not thou, I will recompense
evil :
Wait for Jehovah, and he will
save thee.
23 Diverse weights are an abomi-
nation to Jehovah;
And "a false balance is not good.
24 A man's goings are of Jehovah;
How then can man understand
his way.?
25 It is a snare to a man ^rashly to
say, It is holy,
And after vows to make inquiry.
26 A wise king winnoweth the
wicked,
And bringeth the threshing-wheel
over them.
27 The spirit of man is the lamp
of Jehovah,
Searching all
parts.
28 Kindness and
the king;
And ^his throne is upholden by
kindness.
29 The glory of young men is
their strength;
And the beauty of old men is
the hoary head.
5 Or, take a pledge of him
his innermost
truth preserve
6 Another reading is, a foreign wom.an.
' Heb. a balance of deceit.
* Or, rashly to utter holv words Or, to devour that which
1 holv '■» Or, he upholdeth fiis throne
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PROVERBS 20.30—21.25
¥
30 Stripes that wound cleanse away
evil;
And strokes reach the innermost
parts.
O 1 The king's heart is in the hand
^ l of Jehovah as the water-
courses :
He turneth it whithersoever he
will.
2 Every way of a man is right in
his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigheth the
hearts.
3 To do righteousness and jus-
tice
Is more acceptable to Jehovah
than sacrifice.
4 A high look, and a proud heart,
^Even the lamp of the wicked,
is sin.
5 The thoughts of the diligent
tend only to plenteousness ;
But every one that is hasty
hasteth only to want.
6 The getting of treasures by a
lying tongue
Is a vapor driven to and fro by
them that seek death.
7 The violence of the wicked shall
sweep them away,
Because they refuse to do jus-
tice.
8 The way of him that is laden
with guilt is exceeding
crooked;
But as for the pure, his work is
^right.
9 It is better to dwell in the corner
of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman
in ^a wide house.
10 The soul of the wicked desireth
evil:
His neighbor findeth no favor
in his eyes.
1 1 When the scoffer is punished, the
simple is made wise;
And ^when the wise is instructed,
he receiveth knowledge.
12 ^The righteous man consider-
eth the house of the wicked,
» Or, And the tillage 2 Or, straight
' Or, a house in common Heb. a house of society.
* Or, when one considereth the wise
5 Or, One that is righteous . . . he overthrmveth the
wicked b'c.
How the wicked are overthrown
to their ruin.
13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the
cry of the poor,
He also shall cry, but shall not
be heard.
14 A gift in secret ^pacifieth anger;
And a present in the bosom,
strong wrath.
15 It is joy to the righteous to do
justice;
'But it is a destruction to the
workers of iniquity.
16 The man that wandereth out of
the way of understanding
Shall rest in the assembly of
^the dead.
17 He that loveth pleasure shall
be a poor man:
He that loveth wine and oil
shall not be rich.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the
righteous ;
And the treacherous cometh in
the stead of the upright.
19 It is better to dwell in a desert
land.
Than with ^a contentious and
fretful woman.
20 There is precious treasure and
oil in the dwelling of the
wise;
But a foolish man swalloweth
it up.
21 He that followeth after right-
eousness and kindness
Findeth life, righteousness, and
honor.
22 A wise man scaleth the city of
the mighty.
And bringeth down the strength
of the confidence thereof.
23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and
his tongue
Keepeth his soul from troubles.
24 The proud and haughty man,
scoffer is his name;
He worketh in the arrogance
of pride.
25 The desire of the sluggard killeth
him;
For his hands refuse to labor.
6 Heb. bendeth. ' Or, But destruction shall be to &'c.
8 Or, the shades Heb. Rephaim.
9 Or, a contentious woman and vexation
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Sundry Observations concerning Life and Conduct
26 There is that coveteth greed-
ily all the day long;
But the righteous giveth and
withholdeth not.
27 The sacrifice of the wicked is
an abomination;
How much more, when he bring-
etli it %ith a wicked mind!
28 A false witness shall perish;
But the man that heareth shall
speak so as to endure.
29 A wicked man hardeneth his
face;
But as for the upright, %e
establisheth his ways.
30 There is no wisdom nor under-
standing
Nor counsel against Jehovah.
31 The horse is prepared against
the day of battle;
But 'victory is of Jehovah.
QO A good name is rather to be
jLdZd chosen than great riches,
And ^loving favor rather than
silver and gold.
2 The rich and the poor meet
together :
Jehovah is the maker of them all.
3 A prudent man seeth the evil,
and hideth himself;-
But the simple pass on, and
^suffer for it.
4 The reward of humility and the
fear of Jehovah
Is riches, and honor, and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way
of the perverse:
He that keepeth his soul shall
be far from them.
6 Train up a child ^in the way
he should go,
And even when he is old he will
not depart from it.
7 The rich ruleth over the poor;
And the borrower is servant to
the lender.
8 He that soweth iniquity shall
reap ^calamity;
And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
9 He that hath a bountiful eye
shall be blessed;
1 Or, to atone for wickedness
2 Another reading is, he considereth his way.
8 Or, deliverance ■* Or, favor is belter than ^'c.
^ Heb. are mulcted. ^ Heb. according to his way.
"> Or, vanity ^ Heb. good.
For he giveth of his bread to
the poor.
10 Cast out the scoffer, and con-
tention will go out;
Yea, strife and ignominy will
cease.
11 He that loveth ^pureness of
heart,
lo/^or the grace of his lips the
king will be his friend.
12 The eyes of Jehovah preserve
him that hath knowledge;
But he overthroweth the words
of the treacherous man.
13 The sluggard saith, There is a
lion without;
I shall be slain in the streets.
14 The mouth of strange women
is a deep pit;
He ^Hhat is abhorred of Jehovah
shall fall therein.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the
heart of a child;
But the rod of correction shall
drive it far from him.
16 He that oppresseth the poor to
increase his gain.
And he that giveth to the rich,
shall come only to want.
17 Incline thine ear, and hear the
words of the wise.
And apply thy heart unto my
knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if
thou keep them within thee.
If they be established together
upon thy lips.
19 That thy trust may be in Je-
hovah,
I have made them known to
thee this day, even to thee.
20 Have not I written unto thee
^^excellent things
^^Of counsels and loiowledge,
21 To make thee know ^^the cer-
tainty of the words of truth,
That thou mayest carry back
words of truth to them that
send thee.'^
» Another reading is, the pure of heart.
10 Or, Hath grace in his lips Or, That hath grace in his
lips
11 Or, against whom Jehovah hath indignation
12 The word is doubtful. Another reading is, heretofore.
13 Or, In 11 Or, of a certainty the words t'c.
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22 Rob not the poor, ^because lie
is poor;
Neither ^oppress the afflicted
in the gate:
23 For Jehovah will plead their
cause,
And despoil of life those that
despoil them.
24 Make no friendship with a man
that is given to anger;
And with a wrathful man thou
shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways.
And get a snare to thy soul.
26 Be thou not one of them that
strike hands,
Or of them that are sureties for
debts.
27 If thou hast not wherewith to
pay,
Why should he take away thy
bed from under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient land-
mark,
Which thy fathers have set.
29 Seest thou a man Miligent in
his business.^ he shall stand
before kings;
He shall not stand before ^mean
men.
QO When thou sittest to eat
^^O with a ruler.
Consider diligently %im that
is before thee;
2 ^And put a knife to thy throat.
If thou be a man given to
appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dain-
ties;
Seeing they are deceitful food.
4 Weary not thyself to be rich;
Cease %om thine own wisdom.
5 ^Wilt thou set thine eyes upon
that which is not?
For riches certainly make them-
selves wings,
Like an eagle that flieth toward
heaven.
6 Eat thou not the bread of him
that hath an evil eye.
Neither desire thou his dainties:
1 Or, for 2 Or, crush ^ Or, skilful < Heb. obscure.
s Or, what ^ Or, For thou will put
' Or, by reason of thine own understanding
8 Or, Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone: Heb.
Shall thine eyes fly upon it, and it is not?
PROVERBS 22.22—23.22
7 For ^as he thinketh within
himself, so is he:
Eat and drink, saith he to thee;
But his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsel which thou hast
eaten shalt thou vomit up.
And lose thy sweet words.
9 Speak not in the hearing of a
fool;
For he will despise the wisdom
of thy words.
10 Remove not the ancient land-
mark ;
And enter not into the fields
of the fatherless:
11 For their Redeemer is strong;
He will plead their cause against
thee.
12 Apply thy heart unto ^^instruc-
tion.
And thine ears to the words of
knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from
the child;
For ^Hi thou beat him with the
rod, he will not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the
rod.
And shalt deliver his soul from
Sheol.
15 My son, if thy heart be wise.
My heart will be glad, even
mine:
16 Yea, my ^%eart will rejoice.
When thy lips speak right things.
17 Let not thy heart envy sinners;
But be thou in the fear of Jeho-
vah all the day long:
18 For surely there is a ^^reward;
And thy hope shall not be
cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise,
And guide thy heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers.
Among gluttonous eaters of
flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glut-
ton shall come to poverty;
And drowsiness will clothe a
man with rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that
begat thee,
9 Or, as one that reckoneth i" Or, correction
11 Or, though 1- Heb. reins.
13 Or, sequel Or, future Heb. latter end.
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PROVERBS 23.23 24.13
And despise not thy mother
when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not;
Yea, wisdom, and instruction,
and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will
greatly rejoice;
And he that begetteth a wise
child will have joy of him.
25 Let thy father and thy mother
be glad.
And let her that bare thee rejoice.
26 My son, give me thy heart;
And let thine eyes Melight in
my ways.
27 For a harlot is a deep ditch;
And a foreign woman is a nar-
row pit.
28 Yea, she lieth in wait ^as a
robber,
And increaseth the treacherous
among men.
29 Who hath %oe? who hath ^sor-
row? who hath contentions.^
Who hath complaining? who
hath wounds without cause.?
Who hath ^redness of eyes.^^
30 They that tarry long at the wine;
They that go to ^seek out
mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine
when it is red.
When it sparkleth in the cup.
When it ^goeth down smoothly:
32 At the last it biteth like a ser-
pent.
And stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold ^strange
things.
And thy heart shall utter per-
verse things.
34 Yea, thou shall be as he that
lieth down in the midst of the
sea.
Or as he that lieth upon the top
of a mast.
35 They have stricken me, shall
thou say, and I was not hurt;
They have beaten me, and I
felt it not:
When shall I awake.? I will
seek it yet again.
Sundry Precepts and Warnings
O /| Be not thou envious against
^^ evil men;
Neither desire to be with them:
2 For their heart studieth op-
pression.
And their lips talk of mischief.
3 Through wisdom is a house
builded;
And by understanding it is
established;
4 And by knowledge are the cham-
bers filled
With all precious and pleasant
riches.
5 A wise man ^is strong;
Yea, a man of knowledge ^°in-
creaseth might.
6 For by wise guidance thou shall
make thy war;
And in the multitude of coun-
sellors there is ^^safety.
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool:
He openeth not his mouth in
the gate.
8 He that deviseth to do evil,
Men shall call him a mischief-
maker.
9 The thought of foolishness is sin;
And the scoffer is an abomina-
tion to men.
10 If thou faint in the day of
adversity,
Thy strength is small.
11 Deliver them that are carried
away unto death,
And those that are ^^ready to
be slain ^^see that thou hold
back.
12 If thou say est. Behold, we knew
not ^Hhis;
Doth not he that weigheth the
hearts consider it.?
And he that keepeth thy soul,
doth not he know it.?
And shall not he render to
every man according to his
work.?
13 My son, eat thou honey, for it
is good;
And the droppings of the honey-
comb, which are sweet to
thy taste:
^'Another reading is, observe. 2 Or, as for a prey ' Heb. is in strength. i" Heb. strengtheneth might.
3 Heb. Oh! * Heb. Alas! ^ Or. darkness " Or, victory 12 Heb. tottering to the slaughter.
^ Or, try '' Or, moveth itself aright ^ Or, strange women ^^ Or, forbear thou not to deliver ^* Or, this man
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Sundry Similitudes and Moral Lessons
14 So shalt thou know wisdom to
be unto thy soul;
If thou hast found it, then shall
there be a reward,
And thy hope shall not be cut
off.
15 Lay not wait, ^O wicked man,
against the habitation of the
righteous;
Destroy not his ^resting-place:
16 For a righteous man falleth
seven times, and riseth up
again ;
But the wicked are overthrown
by calamity.
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy
falleth,
And let not thy heart be glad
when he is overthrown;
18 Lest Jehovah see it, and it dis-
please him.
And he turn away his WTath
from him.
19 Fret not thyself because of evil-
doers ;
Neither be thou envious at the
wicked :
20 For there shall be no reward
to the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked shall
be put out.
21 My son, fear thou Jehovah and
the king;
And company not with them
that are given to change:
22 For their calamity shall rise
suddenly;
And the destruction %om them
both, who knoweth it.^
23 These also are sayings of the
wise.
To have respect of persons in
judgment is not good.
24 He that saith unto the wicked,
Thou art righteous,
Peoples shall curse him, nations
shall abhor him;
25 But to them that rebuke him
shall be delight,
And a good blessing shall come
upon them.
1 Or, as a wicked man - Or, pasture
■* Or, fold ■'■ Or, of their years
PROVERBS 24.14-25.0
26 He %isseth the lips
Who giveth a right answer.
27 Prepare thy work without,
And make it ready for thee in
the field;
And afterwards build thy house.
28 Be not a witness against thy
neighbor without cause;
^And deceive not with thy lips.
29 Say not, I will do so to him as
he hath done to me;
I will render to the man accord-
ing to his work.
30 I went by the field of the slug-
gard,
And by the vineyard of the man
void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over
with thorns,
The face thereof was covered
with ^nettles.
And the stone wall thereof was
broken down.
32 Then I beheld, and considered
well;
I saw, and received instruction:
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to
sleep ;
34 So shall thy poverty come as a
robber,
And thy want as an armed man.
Q ^ These also are proverbs
^O of Solomon, which the men
of Hezekiah king of Judah copied
out.
2 It is the glory of God to conceal
a thing;
But the glory of kings is to
search out a matter.
3 As the heavens for height, and
the earth for depth,
So the heart of kings is un-
searchable.
4 Take away the dross from the
silver.
And there cometh forth a vessel
for the refiner :
5 Take away the wicked from
before the king,
5 Or, kisseth with the lips
fi Heb. A nd wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
^ Or, wild vetches
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PROVERBS 25.6—26.2
• And his throne shall be estab-
lished in righteousness.
6 ^Put not thyself forward in the
presence of the king,
And stand not in the place of
great men:
7 For better is it that it be said
unto thee, Come up hither,
Than that thou shouldest be
put lower in the presence of
the prince,
Whom thine eyes have seen.
8 Go not forth hastily to strive,
^Lest thou knotv not what to do
in the end thereof.
When thy neighbor hath put
thee to shame.
9 Debate thy cause with thy
neighbor himself,
^And disclose not the secret of
another;
10 Lest he that heareth it revile thee,
And thine infamy turn not away.
11 A word ^fitly spoken
Is like apples of gold in network
of silver.
12 As ^an ear-ring of gold, and an
ornament of fine gold.
So is a wise reprover upon an
obedient ear.
13 As the cold of snow in the time
of harvest.
So is a faithful messenger to
them that send him;
For he refresheth the soul of
his masters.
14 As clouds and wind without rain,
So is he that boasteth himself
^of his gifts falsely.
15 By long forbearing is a ^ruler
persuaded.
And a soft tongue breaketh
the bone.
16 Hast thou found honey .'^ eat so
much as is sufficient for thee.
Lest thou be filled therewith,
and vomit it.
17 Let thy foot be seldom in thy
neighbor's house.
Lest he be %eary of thee, and
hate thee.
1 Heb. Glorify not thyself,
fj, ^^' ^^^^- ^^ ^^ ^^'d "^ '^^ ^^^^ thereof. What wilt thou do?
When b'c. 3 Or. But i Or, in due season
5 Or, a nose-ring « Heb. in a gift of falsehood.
7 Or, judge 8 Heb. full of thee.
Sundry Similitudes and Moral Lessons
18 A man that beareth false wit-
ness against his neighbor
Ls a maul, and a sword, and a
sharp arrow.
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man
in time of trouble
Is like a broken tooth, and a
foot out of joint.
20 ^5 one that taketh off a gar-
ment in cold weather, and as
vinegar upon soda.
So is he that singeth songs to a
heavy heart.
21 If ^thine enemy be hungry,
give him bread to eat;
And if he be thirsty, give him
water to drink:
22 For thou wilt heap coals of fire
upon his head.
And Jehovah will reward thee.
23 The north wind bringeth forth
rain ;
So doth a backbiting tongue an
angry countenance.
24 It is better to dwell in the corner
of the housetop.
Than with a contentious woman
in a wide house.
25 As cold waters to a ^Hhirsty soul.
So is good news from a far
country.
26 As a "troubled fountain, and
a corrupted spring.
So is a righteous man that ^^giv-
eth way before the wicked.
27 It is not good to eat much
honey;
^^So for men to search out their
own glory is grievous.
28 ^^He whose spirit is without re-
straint
Is like a city that is broken down
and w^ithout walls.
O/Z^ As snow in summer, and as
^yj rain in harvest,
So honor is not seemly for a fool.
2 As the sparrow in her wandering,
as the swallow in her flying,
So the curse that is causeless
^^alighteth not.
9 Heb. he that hateth thee. i" Or, -^'eary
" Heb. trampled. " Or, is moved
13 Or, But for men to search out their own glory is glory
The Hebrew text is obscure.
1" Or, He that hath no rule over his spirit
^'•> Heb. comelh not.
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Sundry Similitudes and Moral Lessons
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle
for the ass,
And a rod for the back of fools.
4 Answer not a fool according to
his folly.
Lest thou also be like unto him.
5 Answer a fool according to his
folly,
Lest he be wise in %is own con-
ceit.
6 He that sendeth a message by
the hand of a fool
Cutteth off his own feet, and
drinketh in damage.
7 The legs of the lame hang loose;
So is a parable in the mouth of
fools.
8 As one that bindeth a stone in
a sling,
So is he that giveth honor to a
fool.
^ As 2i thorn that goeth up into
the hand of a drunkard.
So is a parable in the mouth of
fools.
"^As an archer that woundeth all,
So is he that hireth a fool and
he that hireth them that pass
As a dog that returneth to his
vomit.
So is a fool that repeateth his
folly.
Seest thou a man wise in %is
own conceit .f^
There is more hope of a fool than
of him.
13 The sluggard saith. There is a
lion in the way;
A lion is in the streets.
As the door turneth upon its
hinges,
So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
The sluggard burieth his hand
in the dish;
It wearieth him to bring it
again to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in%is own
conceit
E| Than seven men that can ^
W- der
10
11
12
14
15
\ren-
a reason.
1 Heb. his own eyes.
2 Or, A master -worker formeth all things; But he that
hireth the fool is as one that hireth them that pass by The
Hebrew text is obscure. ^ Or, ansiver discreetly
PROVERBS 26.3-27.2
17 '^He Ihal passeth by, and vexeth
himself with strife belonging
not to him,
Is like one that taketh a dog by
the ears.
18 As a madman who casteth fire-
brands,
Arrows, and death,
So is the man that deceiveth
his neighbor.
And saith, Am not I in sport.?
For lack of wood the fire goeth
out;
And where there is no whis-
perer, contention ceaseth.
As coals are to hot embers, and
wood to fire.
So is a contentious man to in-
flame strife.
The words of a whisperer are
as dainty morsels.
And they go down into the in-
nermost parts.
Fervent lips and a wicked heart
Are like an earthen vessel over-
laid with silver dross.
He that hateth dissembleth with
his lips;
But he layeth up deceit within
him:
When he speaketh fair, believe
him not;
For there are seven abomina-
tions in his heart:
Though his hatred cover itself
with guile.
His wickedness shall be openly
showed before the assembly.
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall
therein ;
And he that rolleth a stone, it
shall return upon him.
A lying tongue hateth those
whom it hath ^wounded;
And a flattering mouth worketh
ruin.
O'y Boast not thyself of to-
^ I morrow;
For thou knowest not what
day may bring forth.
2 Let another man praise thee,
and not thine own mouth;
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
a
4 Or, He that vexeth himself
passing dog b'c.
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. Is like one that taketh a
5 Heb. crushed.
PROVERBS 21. Z— 21,21
A stranger, and not thine own
lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand
weighty;^
But a fool's vexation is heavier
than they both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is
^overwhelming;
But who is able to stand before
jealousy .f^
5 Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a
friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are
profuse.
7 The full soul ^loatheth a honey-
comb;
But to the hungry soul every
bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from
her nest.
So is a man that wandereth
from his place.
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the
heart;
So doth the sweetness of a
man's friend that cometh of
hearty counsel.
10 Thine own friend, and thy
father's friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother's
house in the day of thv calam-
Better is a neighbor that is
near than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise, and make my
heart glad.
That I may answer him that
reproacheth me.
12 A prudent man seeth the evil,
and hideth himself;
But the simple pass on, and
suffer for it.
13 Take his garment that is surety
for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is
surety for a foreign woman.
14 He that blesseth his friend with
a loud voice, rising earlj^ in
the morning,
It shall be counted a curse to
him.
Sundry Similitudes and Moral Lessons
15 A continual dropping in a very
rainy day
And a contentious woman are
alike:
16 He that would ^restrain her
Vestraineth the wind;
And ^his right hand encounter-
eth oil.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the
countenance of his friend.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall
eat the fruit thereof;
And he that regardeth his master
shall be honored.
19 ^As in water face answereth to
face.
So the heart of man to man.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never
satisfied;
And the eyes of man are never
satisfied.
21 The refining pot is for silver,
and the furnace for gold;
And a man is tried by ^his
praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a
fool in a mortar with a pestle
along with bruised grain.
Yet will not his foolishness de-
part from him.
23 Be thou diligent to know the
state of thy flocks.
And look well to thy herds:
24 For riches are not for ever;
And doth the crown endure
unto all generations. f^
25 The %ay is carried, and the
tender grass showeth itself.
And the herbs of the mountains
are gathered in.
26 The lambs are for thy clothing.
And the goats are the price of
the field;
27 And there will he goats' milk
enough for thy food, for the
food of thy household.
And maintenance for thv
maidens.
» Heb. a flood.
" Heb. trampleth upon.
« Heb. hide. * Heb. hideth.
5 Or, the oil of hi.^ right hand betrayeth itself
6 Or, As water showeth face to face, so the heart showeth^
man to man
7 Or, that which he praiseth Or, that 7vhereof he boasteth j
8 Heb. grass.
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10
11
12
^sundry Antithetic Proverbs
The wicked flee when no
man pursueth;
But the righteous are bold as a
lion.
For the transgression of a land
many are the princes thereof;
But by ^men of understanding
and knowledge the state there-
of shall be prolonged.
A needy man that oppresseth
the poor
Is like a sweeping rain Vhich
leaveth no food.
They that forsake the law^ praise
the wicked;
But such as keep the law con-
tend with them.
Evil men understand not jus-
tice;
But they that seek Jehovah
understand all things.
Better is the poor that walketh
in his integrity,
Than he that is ^perverse in his
ways, though he be rich.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise
son;
But he that is a companion of
gluttons shameth his father.
He that augmenteth his sub-
stance by interest and in-
crease,
Gathereth it for him that hath
pity on the poor.
He that turneth away his ear
from hearing the law,
Even his prayer is an abomi-
nation.
Whoso causeth the upright to go
astray in an evil way,
He shall fall himself into his
own pit;
But the perfect shall inherit
good.
The rich man is wise in %is own
conceit ;
But the poor that hath under-
standing searcheth him out.
When the righteous triumph,
there is great glory;
But when the wicked rise, men
•'hide themselves.
1 Or, a man
3 Heb. perverse of two ways.
o Heb. must be searched for.
24
2 Heb. without food.
* Heb. his own eyes.
PROVERBS 28.1—28.24
13 He that covereth his trans-
gressions shall not prosper;
But whoso confesseth and for-
sake th them shall obtain mercy.
14 Happy is the man that feareth
alway;
But he that hardeneth his heart
shall fall into ^mischief.
Its As 2i roaring lion, and a ranging
bear.
So is a wicked ruler over a poor
people.
16 ^The prince that lacketh un-
derstanding is also a great
oppressor;
But he that hateth covetousness
shall prolong his days.
17 A man that is laden with the
blood of any person
Shall flee unto the pit; let no
man stay him.
18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall
be delivered;
But ^he that is perverse in his
ways shall fall at once.
19 He that tilleth his land shall
have plenty of bread;
But he that followeth after vain
"persons shall have poverty
enough.
20 A faithful man shall abound with
blessings;
But he that maketh haste to be
rich shall not be unpunished.
21 To have respect of persons is
not good;
^Neither that a man should
transgress for a piece of bread.
22 He that hath an evil eye hast-
eth after riches.
And knoweth not that want shall
come upon him.
23 He that rebuketh a man shall
afterward find more favor
Than he that flattereth with the
tongue.
24 Whoso robbeth his father or his
mother, and saith, It is no
transgression,
The same is the companion of a
destroyer.
« Or, calamity
' Or, O pri?ice that lackest understanding and art a great
oppressor, He Ss'c.
8 Or, he that walketh perversely in two ways
9 Or, For for a piece of bread a man will transgress
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PROVERBS 28.25—29.23
25 He that is of a greedy spirit
stirreth up strife;
But he that putteth his trust
in Jehovah shall be made
fat.
26 He that trusteth in his own
heart is a fool;
But whoso walketh wisely, he
shall be delivered.
27 He that giveth unto the poor
shall not lack;
But he that hideth his eyes shall
have many a curse.
28 When the wicked rise, men hide
themselves ;
But when they perish, the right-
eous increase.
QQ He that being often re-
^^ proved hardeneth his neck
Shall suddenly be destroyed,
and that without remedy.
2 When the righteous ^are in-
creased, the people rejoice;
But when a wicked man bear-
eth rule, the people sigh.
3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth
his father;
But he that keepeth company
with harlots wasteth his sub-
stance.
4 The king by justice establisheth
the land;
But ^he that exacteth gifts over-
throweth it.
5 A man that flattereth his
neighbor
Spreadeth a net for his steps.
6 In the transgression of an evil
man there is a snare;
But the righteous doth sing and
rejoice.
7 The righteous taketh knowledge
of the cause of the poor;
The wicked ^hath not under-
standing to know it,
8 Scoffers set a city in a flame;
But wise men turn away wrath.
9 If a wise man hath a controversy
with a foolish man,
^Whether he be angry or laugh,
there will be no rest.
1 Or, are in authority
2 Or, he that imposeth tribute Heb. a man of offerings.
' Or, understandeih vat knowledge
* Or, He rageth and laugheth, and there is no rest
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Sundry Antithetic Proverbs
10 The bloodthirsty hate him that
is perfect;
^And as for the upright, they
seek his life.
11 A fool uttereth all his ^anger;
But a wise man keepeth it back
and stilleth it.
12 If a ruler hearkeneth to false-
hood,
All his servants are wicked.
13 The poor man and the oppressor
meet together;
Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of
them both.
14 The king that faithfully judgeth
the poor,
His throne shall be established
for ever.
15 The rod and reproof give wis-
dom;
But a child left to himself
causeth shame to his mother.
16 When the wicked ^are increased,
transgression increaseth ;
But the righteous shall look
upon their fall.
17 Correct thy son, and he will
give thee rest;
Yea, he will give delight unto
thy soul.
18 Where there is no vision, the
people cast off restraint;
But he that keepeth the law,
happy is he.
19 A servant will not be corrected
by words; 4
For though he understand, he ||
will not ^give heed.
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty
in his ^ words. ^
There is more hope of a fool
than of him.
21 He that delicately bringeth up
his servant from a child
Shall have him become ^^a son
at the last.
22 An angry man stirreth up strife.
And a wrathful man aboundeth
in transgression.
23 A man's pride shall bring him low;
But he that is of a lowly spirit
shall obtain honor.
s Or, But the upright care for his soul « Heb. spirit.
' Or, are in anthority s Heb. answer. • Or, business
1" The meaning of the word is doubtful.
Sundry Antithetic Proverbs
24 Whoso is partner with a thief
hateth his own soul;
He heareth the adjuration and
uttereth nothing.
25 The fear of man bringeth a snare;
But whoso putteth his trust in
Jehovah ^shall be safe.
26 Many seek the ruler's favor;
But a man's judgment cometh
from Jehovah.
27 An unjust man is an abomination
to the righteous;
And he that is upright in the
way is an abomination to the
wicked.
30
The words of Agur the
son of ^Jakeh; the ^oracle.
The man saith %nto Ithiel,
unto Ithiel and Ucal:
2 Surely I am more brutish than
any man,
And have not the understanding
of a man;
,3 And I have not learned wisdom,
^Neither have I the knowledge
of the Holy One.
4 Who hath ascended up into
heaven, and descended?
Who hath gathered the wind
in his fists .f^
Who hath bound the waters in
his garment .f^
Who hath estabhshed all the
ends of the earth .^^
What is his name, and what is
his son's name, if thou know-
est.?
5 Every word of God is ^tried :
He is a shield unto them that
take refuge in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words.
Lest he reprove thee, and thou
be found a liar.
7 Two things have I asked of
thee;
Deny me them not before I die:
1 Heb. shall he set on high.
- Or, Jakeh, of Massa See Gen. 25. 14. s Or, burden
* Or, as otherwise read, / have wearied myself, O God, I
have wearied myself, O God, and am consumed: For I am cr'c.
5 Or, That I should have the knowledge i^c.
" Heb. purified.
PROVERBS 29.24—30.17
8 Remove far from me falsehood
and lies;
Give me neither poverty nor
riches;
Feed me with ^the food that is
needful for me:
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee,
and say, Who is Jehovah?
Or lest I be poor, and steal,
And ^use profanely the name of
my God.
10 Slander not a servant unto his
master.
Lest he curse thee, and thou be
held guilty.
1 1 There is a generation that curse
their father.
And bless not their mother.
12 There is a generation that are
pure in their own eyes,
And yet are not washed from
their filthiness.
13 There is a generation, oh how
lofty are their eyes!
And their eyelids are lifted up.
14 There is a generation whose
teeth are as swords, and their
jaw teeth as knives.
To devour the poor from off the
earth, and the needy from
among men. L
15 The ^horseleach hath two
daughters, ^^crying. Give, give.
There are three things that are
never satisfied.
Yea, four that say not. Enough:
16 Sheol; and the barren womb;
The earth that is not satisfied
with water;
And the fire that saith not.
Enough.
17 The eye that mocketh at his
father.
And despiseth to obey his
mother.
The ravens of ^^the valley shall
pick it out,
And the ^^oung eagles shall eat
it.
7 Heb. the bread of my portion.
8 Heb. handle the name.
10 Or, called " Or, the brook
» Or, vampire
12 Or, vidtures
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PROVERBS 30.18— 31.9
18 There are three things which
are too wonderful for me,
Yea, four which I know not :
19 The way of an eagle in the air;
The way of a serpent upon a
rock;
The way of a ship in the midst
of the sea;
And the way of a man with a
maiden.
20 So is the way of an adulterous
woman ;
She eateth, and wipeth her
mouth.
And saith, I have done no
wickedness.
21 Tor three things the earth doth
tremble,
And for four, which it cannot
bear:
22 For a servant when he is king;
And a fool when he is filled w^ith
food;
23 For an odious woman when she
is married;
And a handmaid that is heir to
her mistress.
24 There are four things which are
little upon the earth.
But they are exceeding wise:
25 The ants are a people not strong.
Yet they provide their food in
the summer;
26 The conies are but a feeble
folk.
Yet make they their houses in
the rocks;
27 The locusts have no king,
Yet go they forth all of them by
bands;
28 The lizard ^taketh hold with
her hands,
Yet is she in kings' palaces.
29 There are three things which
are stately in their march.
Yea, four which are stately in
going:
30 The lion, which is mightiest
among beasts,
And turneth not away for any ;
1 Ileb. Under. ' Or, Ihou canst seize with thy hands
A Mother's Counsel to a King
3 1 The ^greyhound ; the he-goat also ;
And the king ^against whom
there is no rising up.
32 If thou hast done foolishly in
lifting up thyself.
Or if thou hast thought evil.
Lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
33 For the ^churning of milk
bringeth forth butter.
And the ^wringing of the nose
bringeth forth blood;
So the ^forcing of wrath bring-
eth forth strife.
Ql ^The words of king Lem-
0 1 uel ; the ^oracle which his
mother taught him.
2 What, my son.? and what, O
son of my womb.^^
And what, O son of my vows.^^
3 Give not thy strength unto
women.
Nor thy ways to ^that which
destroy eth kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
it is not for kings to drink
wine;
Nor for princes Ho say. Where
is strong drink .^^
5 Lest they drink, and forget
i^the law,
And pervert the justice due to
^^any that is afflicted.
6 Give strong drink unto him
that is ready to perish.
And wine unto the bitter in
soul:
7 Let him drink, and forget his
povert}^
And remember his misery no
more.
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb.
In the cause of all such as are
^-left desolate.
9 Open thy mouth, judge right-
eously,
3 Or, war-horse Heb. well girt (or, well knit) in the loins.
4 Or, when his army is with him ^ Heb. pressing.
6 Or, The words of Lemuel king of Massa, which &=r.
See ch. 30. 1, margin. " Or, burden
8 Or, as otherwise read, them that destroy
9 Another reading is, to desire strong drink.
1" Heb. that 'which is decreed.
" Heb. all the sons of affliction.
12 Or, ready to pass away Heb. the sons of passing away.
I
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Description of a Worthy Woman
And minister justice to the poor
and needy.
10 A worthy woman who can find?
For her price is far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband trust-
eth in her,
And he shall have no lack of
^gain.
12 She doeth him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool and flax,
And worketh ^willingly with her
hands.
14 She is like the merchant-ships;
She bringeth her bread from afar.
15 She riseth also while it is yet
night.
And giveth food to her house-
hold,
And their Hask to her maidens.
16 She considereth a field, and
buyeth it;
With the fruit of her hands she
planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with
strength.
And maketh strong her arms.
18 She perceiveth that her mer-
chandise is profitable;
Her lamp goeth not out by night.
19 She layeth her hands to the dis-
taff.
And her %ands hold the spindle.
20 She stretcheth out her ^hand
to the poor;
Yea, she reacheth forth her
hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow
for her household;
1 Heb. spoil. ^ Or, at the business of
3 Or, portion * Heb. palms, ^ Heb. palm.
PROVERBS 31.10—31.31
For all her household are clothed
with scarlet.
22 She maketh for herself ^carpeti
of tapestry;
Her clothing is fine linen and
purple.
23 Her husband is known in the
gates.
When he sitteth among the
elders of the land.
24 She maketh linen garments and
selleth them,
And delivereth girdles unto the
^merchant.
25 Strength and dignity are her
clothing;
And she laugheth at the time to
come.
26 She openeth her mouth with
wisdom;
And the ^law of kindness is on
her tongue.
27 She looketh well to the ways of
her household,
And eateth not the bread of
idleness.
28 Her children rise up, and call
her blessed;
Her husband also, and he prais-
eth her, saying:
29 Many daughters have done
worthily.
But thou excellest them all.
30 Grace is deceitful, and beauty
is vain;
But a woman that feareth Je-
hovah, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her
hands;
And let her works praise her in
the gates.
6 Or, cushions ' Heb. Canaanite. • Or, Uachini
7*1
ECCLESIASTES
OR, THE PREACHER
The Preacher declares that All Things are Vanity
IThe words of ^the Preacher,
the son of David, king in Jeru-
salem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the
Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is
vanity. 3 What profit hath man
of all his labor wherein he laboreth
under the sun? 4 One generation
goeth, and another generation Com-
eth; but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun
goeth down, and hasteth to its
place where it ariseth. 6 The wind
goeth toward the south, and turneth
about unto the north; it turneth
about • continually in its course,
and the wind returneth again to
its circuits. 7 All the ^rivers run
into the sea, yet the sea is not
full; unto the place whither the
rivers go, thither they go again.
8 ^All things are full of weari-
ness; man cannot utter it: the
eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor
the ear filled with hearing. 9
That which hath been is that which
shall be; and that which hath
been done is that which shall be
done: and there is no new thing
under the sun. 10 Is there a thing
whereof it may be said, See, this is
new.^ it hath been long ago, in the
ages which were before us. 11 There
is no remembrance of the former
generations; neither shall there be
any remembrance of the latter
generations that are to come, among
those that shall come after.
12 I the Preacher was king over
Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I
applied my heart to seek and to
search out by wisdom concerning
all that is done under heaven: it
1 Heb. Koheleth.
• Or, AH words are feeble
2 Or. torrents
is a sore travail that God hath
given to the sons of men to be exer-
cised therewith. .14 I have seen all
the works that are done under the
sun; and, behold, all is vanity and
^a striving after wind. 15 That
which is crooked cannot be made
straight; and Hhat which is wanting
cannot be numbered. 16 I com-
muned with mine own heart, say-
ing, Lo, I have gotten me great
wisdom ^above all that were before
me ^in Jerusalem; yea, my heart
^hath had great experience of wis-
dom and knowledge. 17 And I
applied my heart to know wisdom,
and to know madness and folly:
1 perceived that this also was a
striving after wind. 18 For in
much wisdom is much grief; and he
that increaseth knowledge increas-
eth sorrow.
2 1 said in my heart. Come
now, I will prove thee with
mirth; ^therefore enjoy ^''pleasure:
and, behold, this also was vanity.
2 I said of laughter, It is mad;
and of mirth, What doeth it.^ 3 I
searched in my heart how to cheer
my flesh with wine, my heart yet
"guiding me with wisdom, and how
to lay hold on folly, till I might see
what it was good for the sons of
men that they should do under
heaven ^^all the days of their life.
4 I made me great works; I builded
me houses; I planted me vineyards;
5 I made me gardens and parks,
and I planted trees in them of all
kinds of fruit; 6 I made me pools
of water, to water therefrom the
« Or, a feeding on wind (see Hos. 12. 1) Or, vexation
of spirit (and so elsewhere) ^ Heb. defect.
6 Or, yea, more than all ' Heb. oner.
8 Heb. hath seen abundantly. » Or, and thou shalt enjoy
10 Or, good " Or. holding its course
12 Heb. the number of days of their life.
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The Vanity of Possessions, of Wisdom, and of Labor ECCLESIASTES 2.7—3.3
forest where trees were reared; 7
I bought men-servants and maid-
servants, and had servants bom
in my house; also I had great pos-
sessions of herds and flocks, above
all that were before me in Jerusalem;
8 I gathered me also silver and
gold, and the treasure of kings
and of the provinces; I gat me
men-singers and women-singers, and
the delights of the sons of men,
^musical instruments, and that of
all sorts. 9 So I was great, and in-
creased more than all that were
before me in Jerusalem: also my
wisdom ^remained with me. 10
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I
kept not from them; I withheld
not my heart from any joy; for
my heart rejoiced because of all
my labor; and this was my por-
tion from all my labor. 11 Then
I looked on all the works that my
hands had wrought, and on the
labor that I had labored to do;
and, behold, all was vanity and
a striving after wind, and there
was no profit under the sun.
12 And I turned myself to be-
hold wisdom, and madness, and
folly: for what can the man do
that Cometh %fter the king.? even
that which hath been done long
ago. 13 Then I saw that wis-
dom excel leth folly, as far as light
excelleth darkness. 14 The wise
man's eyes are in his head, and
the fool walketh in darkness: and
yet I perceived that one event
happeneth to them all. 15 Then
said I in my heart. As it hap-
peneth to the fool, so will it happen
even to me; and why was I then
more wise? Then said I in my
heart, that this also is vanity.
16 For of the wise man, even as of
the fool, there is no remembrance
for ever; seeing that in the days to
come all will have been long for-
gotten. And how doth the wise
man die even as the fool! 17 So I
1 Or, concubines very many The meaning of the Hebrew
is very uncertain. ^ Or, stood by me
3 Or, after the king, even him whom they made king long
ago? Or, after the king, in those things which have been
already done?
hated life, because the work that is
wrought under the sun was grievous
unto me; for all is vanity and a
striving after wind.
18 And I hated all my labor
wherein I labored under the sun,
seeing that I must leave it unto
the man that shall be after me.
19 And who knoweth whether he
will be a wise man or a fool? yet
will he have rule over all my
labor wherein I have labored, and
wherein I have showed myself wise
under the sun. This also is vanity.
20 Therefore I turned about to
cause my heart to despair concern-
ing all the labor wherein I had
labored under the sun. 21 For
there is a man whose labor is with
wisdom, and with knowledge, and
with ^skilfulness; yet to a man that
hath not labored therein shall he
^leave it for his portion. This also
is vanity and a great evil. 22 For
what hath a man of all his labor, and
of the ^striving of his heart, wherein
he laboreth under the sun? 23 For
all his days are but sorrows, and his
travail is grief; yea, even in the
night his heart taketh no rest.
This also is vanity.
-24 There is nothing better for
a man than that he should eat and
drink, and make his soul enjoy
good in his labor. This also I saw,
that it is from the hand of God.
25 For who can eat, or who can
^have enjoyment, ^more than I?
26 For to the man that pleaseth
him God giveth wisdom, and knowl-
edge, and joy; but to the sinner he
giveth travail, to gather and to heap
up, that he may give to him that
pleaseth God. This also is vanity
and a striving after wind.
3 For everji:hing there is a
season, and a time for every
^purpose under heaven: 2 a time
to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to
pluck up that which is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to
* Or, success ^ Heb. give.
« Or, vexation ' Or. hasten thereto
8 Ace. to Sept. and Syr., apart from him. » Or, matter
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ECGLESIASTES 3.4 — 4.8 Man's wickedness, and Likeness to the Beast
heal; a time to break down, and
a time to build up; 4 a time to
weep, and a time to laugh; a
time to mourn, and a time to
dance; 5 a time to cast away
stones, and a time to gather stones
together; a time to embrace, and
a time to refrain from embracing;
6 a time to seek, and a time to
lose; a time to keep, and a time to
cast away; 7 a time to rend, and
a time to sew; a time to keep
silence, and a time to speak; 8 a
time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for
peace. 9 What profit hath he
that worketh in that wherein he
laboreth? 10 I have seen the
travail which God hath given to
the sons of men to be exercised
therewith. 11 He hath made
everything beautiful in its time:
also he hath set ^eternity in their
heart, yet so that man cannot
find out the work that God hath
done from the beginning even to
the end. 12 I' know that there
is nothing better for them, than
to rejoice, and ^to do good so
long as they live. 13 And also
that every man should eat and
drink, and enjoy good in all his
labor, is the gift of God. 14 I
know that, whatsoever God doeth,
it shall be for ever: nothing can be
put to it, nor anything taken from
it; and God hath done it, that men
should fear before him. 15 ^That
which is hath been long ago; and
that which is to be hath long ago
been: and God seeketh again that
which is '^passed away.
16 And moreover I saw under
the sun, in the place of justice,
that wickedness was there; and
in the place of righteousness, that
wickedness was there. 17 I said
in my heart, God will judge the
righteous and the wicked; for there
is a time there for every ^purpose
and fo^ every work. 18 ^I said in
I Or, the world 2 Or, to get good
3 Or, That which hath been is now
< Heb. driven aivay. 5 Qr, matter
6 Or, / said in my heart concerning the sons of men. It is
that God b-'c.
Evils of Oppressior A
my heart. It is because of the sons
of men, that God may prove them,
and that they may see that they
themselves are hut as beasts. 19 For
that which befalleth the sons of men
befalleth beasts; even one thing be-
falleth them: as the one dieth, so
dieth the other; yea, they have all
one 'breath; and man hath no pre-
eminence above the beasts: for all is
vanity. 20 All go unto one place;
all are of the dust, and all turn to
dust again. 21 Who knoweth the
spirit ^of man, ^whether it goeth
upward, and the spirit of the beast,
^whether it goeth downward to
the earth ? 22 Wherefore I saw
that there is nothing better, than
that a man should rejoice in his
works; for that is his portion: for
who shall bring him hack to see
what shall be after 'him?
4 Then I returned and saw all
the oppressions that are done
under the sun: and, behold, the
tears of such as were oppressed,
and they had no comforter; and
on the side of their oppressors
there was power; but they had no
comforter. 2 W^herefore I praised
the dead that have been long dead
more than the living that are yet
alive; 3 yea, ^"^better than them
both did I esteem him that hath not
yet been, who hath not seen the
evil work that is done under the sun.
4 Then I saw all labor and every
^^skilful work, that ^-for this a man
is envied of his neighbor. This also
is vanity and a striving after
wind. 5 The fool foldeth his
hands together, and eateth his
own flesh. 6 Better is a handful,
^^ith quietness, than two hand-
fuls ^^with labor and striving after
wind.
7 Then I returned and saw van-
ity under the sun. 8 There is one
that is alone, and he hath not a
second; yea, he hath neither son
nor brother; yet is there no end of
^ Or, spirit 8 Heb. of the sons of men. ' Or, that goeth
10 Or, better than they both is he that b'c.
,11 Or, successful
1* Or, it Cometh of a man's rivalry with his neighbor
13 Or, of
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Piety enjoined. False and True Use of Riches
all his labor, neither are his eyes
satisfied with riches. For whom
then, saith he, do I labor, and de-
prive my soul of good? This also
is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
9 Two are better than one, because
they have a good reward for their
labor. 10 For if they fall, the one
will lift up his fellow; but woe to
him that is alone when he falleth,
and hath not another to lift him
up. 11 Again, if two lie together,
then they have warmth; but how
can one be warm alone.? 12 And if
a man prevail against him that is
alone, two shall withstand him;
and a threefold cord is not quickly
broken.
13 Better is a poor and wise
youth than an old and foolish king,
who knoweth not how to receive
admonition any more. 14 For
out of prison he came forth to be
king; yea, even in his kingdom he
was born poor. 15 I saw all the
living that walk under the sun,
that they were with the youth, the
second, that stood up in his stead.
16 ^There was no end of all the
people, even of all them over whom
he was: yet they that come after
shall not rejoice in him. Surely
this also is vanity and a striving
after wind.
*r Keep thy foot when thou
O goest to the house of God; for
to draw nigh to hear is better than
to give the sacrifice of fools: for
they know not that they do evil.
t2 Be not rash with thy mouth,
and let not thy heart be hasty to
utter ^anything before God; for
God is in heaven, and thou upon
earth: therefore let thy words be
few. 3 For a dream cometh with a
multitude of business, and a fool's
voice with a multitude of words.
4 When thou vowest a vow unto
God, defer not to pay it; for he
hath no pleasure in fools: pay
that which thou vowest. 5 Bet-
ECGLESIASTES 4.9-5.17
ter is it that thou shouldest not
vow, than that thou shouldest vow
and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy
mouth to cause thy flesh to sin;
neither say thou before the '^angel,
that it was an error: wherefore
should God be angry at thy voice,
and destroy the work of thy hands?
7 For in the multitude of dreams
there are vanities, and in many
words: but fear thou God.
8 If thou seest the oppression of
the poor, and the violent taking
away of justice and righteousness
in ^a province, marvel not at
the matter: for one higher than
the high regardeth; and there are
higher than they. 9 ^Moreover
the profit of the earth is for all:
the king himself is served by the
field.
10 He that loveth silver shall
not be satisfied with. silver; nor he
that loveth abundance, with in-
crease: this also is vanity. 11
When goods increase, they are
increased that eat them; and what
advantage is there to the owner
thereof, save the beholding of them
with his eyes? 12 The sleep of a
laboring man is sweet, whether he
eat Kttle or much; but the fulness
of the rich will not suffer him to
sleep.
13 There is a grievous evil which
I have seen under the sun, namely,
riches kept by the owner thereof
to his hurt: 14 and those riches
perish by evil ^adventure; and if
he hath begotten a son, there is
nothing in his hand. 15 As he
came forth from his mother's womb,
naked shall he go again as he came,
and shall take nothing for his
labor, which he may carry away in
his hand. 16 And this also is a
grievous evil, that in all points as
he came, so shall he go: and what
profit hath he that he laboreth for
the wind? 17 All his days also
he eateth in darkness, and he is
1 Or, There is no end, in the mind of all the people, to all \ * Or, messenger of God See Mai. 2. 7. * Or, the state
that hath been before them; 'hey also b-c. « Or, But the profit of aland every '"P^ «, ,^ ^^"*« X
*Ch. 4. 17 in Heb. fCh. 5. 1 in Heb. maketh himself servant to the field (or, i« a king over the
2 Or, a w&rd ^ Or, travail cultivated field)
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ECCLESIASTES 5.18 7.10 sobriety, Docility. Patience, and Wisdom enjoined
sore vexed, and hath sickness and
wrath.
18 Behold, ^that which I have
seen to be good and to be comely
is for one to eat and to drink, and
to enjoy good in all his labor,
wherein he laboreth under the sun,
^all the days of his life which God
hath given him: for this is his
portion. 19 Every man also to
whom God hath given riches and
wealth, and hath given him power
to eat thereof, and to take his por-
tion, and to rejoice in his labor —
this is the gift of God. 20 For he
shall not much remember the days
of his life; because God answereth
him in the joy of his heart.
6 There is an evil which I have
seen under the sun, and it is
heavy upon men : 2 a man to whom
God giveth riches, wealth, and
honor, so that he lacketh nothing
for his soul of all that he desireth,
yet God giveth him not power to
eat thereof, but an alien eateth it;
this is vanity, and it is an evil
disease. 3 If a man beget a hundred
children, and live many years, so
that the days of his years are
many, but his soul be not filled with
good, and moreover he have no
burial; I say, that an untimely
birth is better than he: 4 for it
Cometh in vanity, and departeth in
darkness, and the name thereof is
covered with darkness; 5 more-
over it hath not seen the sun ^nor
known it; Hhis hath rest rather
than the other: 6 yea, though he
live a thousand years twice told,
and yet enjoy no good, do not all
go to one place .^^
7 All the labor of man is for his
mouth, and yet the appetite is not
filled. 8 For what advantage hath
the wise more than the fool? ^or
what hath the poor man, that
knoweth how to walk before the
living? 9 Better is the sight of
1 Or, that which I have seen: it is good and comely for
one b'c. 2 Heb. the number of the days.
3 Or, neither had any knowledge
* Or, it is better with this than with the other
5 Or, or the poor man that hath understanding, in walking
before the living
the eyes than the wandering of the
desire: this also is vanity and a
striving after wind.
10 ^Whatsoever hath been, the
name thereof was given long ago;
and it is known what '^man is;
neither can he contend with him
that is mightier than he. 11 See-
ing there are many ^things that
increase vanity, what is man the
better? 12 For who knoweth
what is good for man in his life,
^all the days of his vain life which
he spendeth as a shadow? for who
can tell a man what shall be after
him under the sun?
7 A good name is better than
precious oil; and the day of
death, than the day of one's birth.
2 It is better to go to the house of
mourning than to go to the house
of feasting: for that is the end of
all men; and the living will lay
it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better
than laughter; for by the sadness
of the countenance the heart is
made ^^glad. 4 The heart of the
wise is in the house of mourning;
but the heart of fools is in the
house of mirth.
5 It is better to hear the re-
buke of the wise, than for a man
to hear the song of fools. 6 For
as the crackling of thorns under a
pot, so is the laughter of the fool:
this also is vanity. 7 ^^Surely ex-
tortion maketh the wise man fool-
ish; and a bribe destroy eth the
understanding.
8 Better is the end of a thing
than the beginning thereof; and
the patient in spirit is better than
the proud in spirit. 9 Be not
hasty in thy spirit to be ^-angry;
for ^^anger resteth in the bosom of
fools. 10 Say not thou. What is
the cause that the former days
were better than these? for thou
dost not inquire ^^wisely concern-
ing this.
6 Or, Whatsoever he be, his name was given him long ago,
and it is known that he is man
7 Heb. Adam. See Gen. 2. 7. « Or, words
9 Heb. the number of the days. i" Or, better
11 Or, For " Or, vexed i' Or, vexation
" Heb. out of wisdom.
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Use of Wisdom and Folly of Wickedness
11 Wisdom Hs as good as an in-
heritance; yea, more excellent is
it for them that see the sun. 12
For wisdom is a defence, even as
money is a defence; but the excel-
lency of knowledge is, that wisdom
preserveth the life of him that hath
it. 13 Consider the work of God:
for who can make that straight,
which he hath made crooked? 14
In the day of prosperity be joyful,
and in the day of adversity con-
sider; yea, God hath made the one
side by side with the other, to the
end that man should not find
out anything that shall be after
him.
15 All this have I seen in my
days of vanity : there is a right-
eous man that perisheth in his
righteousness, and there is a wicked
man that prolongeth his life in
his evil-doing. 16 Be not righteous
overmuch; neither make thyself
overwise: why shouldest thou de-
stroy thyself.^ 17 Be not overmuch
wicked, neither be thou foolish:
why shouldest thou die before thy
time.? 18 It is good that thou
shouldest take hold of this; yea,
also from that withdraw not thy
hand: for he that feareth God shall
come forth from them all.
19 Wisdom is a strength to the
wise man more than ten rulers
that are in a city. 20 ^Surely
there is not a righteous man upon
earth, that doeth good, and sinneth
not. 21 Also ^take not heed unto
all words that are spoken, lest thou
hear thy servant curse thee; 22
for oftentimes also thine own heart
knoweth that thou thyself likewise
hast cursed others.
23 All this have I ^proved in
wisdom: I said, I will be wise;
but it was far from me. 24 That
which ^is, is far off and exceeding
deep; who can find it out.? 25 I
turned about, and my heart was set
to know and to search out, and to
seek wisdom and the reason of
ECCLESIASTES 7.11-8.9
things, and to know Hhat wicked-
ness is folly, and that foolishness
is madness. 26 And I find more
bitter than death the woman ^whose
heart is snares and nets and whose
hands are bands: whoso pleaseth
God shall escape from her; but the
sinner shall be taken by her. 27
Behold, this have I found, saith the
Preacher, ^laying one thing to
another, to find out the account;
28 Which my soul still seeketh, but
I have not found : one man among a
thousand have I found; but a woman
among all those have I not found.
29 Behold, this only have I found:
that God made man upright; but
they have sought out many inven-
tions.
8 Who is as the wise man?
and who knoweth the inter-
pretation of a thing? A man's
wisdom maketh his face to shine,
and the ^hardness of his face is
changed. 2 I counsel thee. Keep
the king's command, and that in
regard of the oath of God. 3 Be
not hasty to go out of his pres-
ence; persist not in an evil thing:
for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth
him. 4 For the king's word hath
power; and who may say unto
him, What doest thou? 5 Whoso
keepeth the commandment shall
know no evil thing; and a wise
man's heart discerneth time and
judgment: 6 for to every ^^-pwr- *
pose there is a time and judgment;
because the ^^misery of man is
great upon him: 7 for he know-
eth not that which shall be; ^^for
who can tell him how it shall be? 8
There is no man that hath power
over the ^^spirit to retain the ^^spirit;
neither hath he power over the day
of death; and there is no discharge
^'^in war: neither shall wickedness
deliver him that is given to it.
9 All this have I seen, and ap-
plied my heart unto every work
« Or, the wickedness of folly, and foolishness which is
madness ^ Or, who is a snare, and her heart is as nets
8 Or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the
1 Or is good together with an inheritance, and profitable '. reason » Heb. strength. "> Or, matter '^ Or, m/
««/o thpn, h'r 2 Or For ' Heb. give not thy heart. i 12 Or, for even when it cometh to pass, who shall declare
i Or Tied by ' Or, hath been i it unto him? " Or. wind " Or. in battle
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ECCLESIASTES 8.10—9.10
that is done under the sun: Hhere
is a time wherein one man hath
power over another ^to his hurt.
10 So I saw the wicked buried,
^and they came to the grave; and
they that had done right went
away from the holy place, and
were forgotten in the city: this
also is vanity. 11 Because sen-
tence against an evil work is not
executed speedily, therefore the
heart of the sons of men is ^fully
set in them to do evil. 12 Though
a sinner do evil a hundred times,
and prolong his days, yet surely
I know that it shall be well with
them that fear God, that fear be-
fore him: 13 but it shall not be
well with the wicked, neither shall
he prolong his days, which are as a
shadow; because he feareth not
before God.
14 There is a vanity which is
done upon the earth, that there
are righteous men unto whom it
happeneth according to the work
of the wicked; again, there are
wicked men to whom it happen-
eth according to the work of the
righteous: I said that this also is
vanity. 15 Then I commended
mirth, because a man hath no
better thing under the sun, than
to eat, and to drink, and to be joy-
ful: ^for that shall abide with him
in his labor all the days of his life
which God hath given him under
the sun.
16 When I applied my heart to
know wisdom, and to see the ^busi-
ness that is done- upon the earth
(^for also there is that neither day
nor night seeth sleep with his
eyes), 17 then I beheld all the
work of God, that man cannot find
out the work that is done under
the sun: because however much a
man labor to seek it out, yet he
shall not find it; yea moreover.
1 Or, what time one man had b°c. 2 Qr, to his own hurt
3 Or, who had come and gone away from the holy place;
*nd they were forgotten in the city where they had so done
Or, and men came and went ^c. * Or, emboldened
* Or, and that this should accompany him « Or, travail
' Or, how that neither by day nor by night do men see
sleep with their eyes
Mystery of God's Doings. All alike perish
though a wise man think to know
it, yet shall he not be able to
9 find it. 1 For all this I laid
to my heart, even to explore
all this: that the righteous, and
the wise, and their works, are in
the hand of God; whether it be
love or hatred, man knoweth it
not; all is before them.
2 All things come alike to all:
there is one event to the righteous
and to the wicked; to the good
and to the clean and to the un-
clean; to him that sacrificeth and
to him that sacrificeth not; as is
the good, so is the sinner; and he
that sweareth, as he that feareth
an oath. 3 This is an evil in all
that is done under the sun, that
there is one event unto all: yea
also, the heart of the sons of men
is full of evil, and madness is in
their heart while they live, and
after that they go to the dead. 4
^For to him that is joined with all
the living there is hope; for a liv-
ing dog is better than a dead lion.
5 For the living know that they
shall die: but the dead know not
anything, neither have they any
more a reward; for the memory
of them is forgotten. 6 As well
their love, as their hatred and
their envy, is perished long ago;
neither have they any more a por-
tion for ever in anything that is
done under the sun.
7 Go thy way, eat thy bread
with joy, and drink thy wine with
a merry heart; for God hath al-
ready accepted thy works. 8 Let
thy garments be always white;
and let not thy head lack oil. 9
^Live joyfully with the wife whom
thou lovest all the days of thy life
of vanity, which he hath given thee
under the sun, all thy days of van-
ity: for that is thy portion in life,
and in thy labor wherein thou
laborest under the sun. 10 Whatso-
ever thy hand ^^findeth to do.
I
8 Another reading is. For who is exempted? With all b'c.
or who can choose? With all b'c.
9 Or. Enjoy (Heb. See) life
1" Or, attaineth to do by thy strength, that do
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Excellency ot Wisdom. Sundry Maxims
do it with thy might; for there is
no work, nor device, nor knowl-
edge, nor wisdom, in Sheol,
whither thou goest.
11 I returned, and saw under
the sun, that the race is not to
the swift, nor the battle to the
strong, neither yet bread to the
wise, nor yet riches to men of under-
standing, nor yet favor to men
of skill; but time and chance hap-
peneth to them all. 12 For man
also knoweth not his time: as
the fishes that are taken in an evil
net, and as the birds that are
caught in the snare, even so are
the sons of men snared in an evil
time, when it falleth suddenly upon
them.
13 I have also seen wisdom under
the sun on this wise, and it seemed
great unto me: 14 There was a
little city, and few men within it;
and there came a great king against
it, and besieged it, and built great
bulwarks against it. 15 Now there
was found in it a poor wise man,
and he by his wisdom delivered
the city ; yet no man remembered
that same poor man. 16 Then said
I, Wisdom is better than strength:
nevertheless the poor man's wisdom
is despised, and his words are not
heard. 17 The words of the wise
heard in quiet are better than the
cry of him that ruleth among
fools. 18 Wisdom is better than
weapons of war; but one sinner
destroy eth much good.
-I f\ Dead flies cause the oil of
1 vJ the perfumer ^to send forth
an evil odor; so doth a little folly
^outweigh wisdom and honor. 2
A wise man's heart is at his right
hand; but a fool's heart at his
left. 3 Yea also, when the fool
walketh by the way, his ^under-
standing faileth him, and he saith
^to every one that he is a fool. 4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up
against thee, leave not thy place; for
•^gentleness allayeth great offences.
t Or, to stink and putrefy , tt u ,
2 Or, him that is valued for wisdom •* Heb. heart.
^ Or of ^ Or, calmness leaveth great sins undone
ECCLESIASTES 9.11— 10.2G
5 There is an evil which I have
seen under the sun, as it were an
error which proceedeth from the
ruler: 6 folly is set in great Mig-
nity, and the rich sit in a low place.
7 I have seen servants upon horses,
and princes walking like servants
upon the earth.
8 He that diggeth a pit shall
fall into it; and whoso breaketh
through a wall, a serpent shall
bite him. 9 Whoso ^heweth out
stones shall be hurt therewith; and
he that cleaveth wood is endan-
gered thereby. 10 If the iron be
blunt, and one do not whet the
edge, then must he put to more
strength: but wisdom is profit-
able to direct. 11 ^If the serpent
bite ^before it is charmed, then is
there no advantage in ^Hhe charmer.
12 The words of a wise man's
mouth are gracious; but the lips
of a fool will swallow up himself.
13 The beginning of the words of
his mouth is foolishness; and the
end of ^^his talk is mischievous
madness. 14 A fool also multi-
plieth words: yet man knoweth not
what shall be; and that which shall
be after him, who can tell him.^
15 The labor of fools wearieth every
one of them; for he knoweth not how
to go to the city.
16 Woe to thee, O land, when
thy king is a ^^ehild, and thy
princes eat in the morning! 17
Happy art thou, O land, when thy
king is ^Hhe son of nobles, and
thy princes eat in due season, for
strength, and not for drunken- *-
ness! 18 By slothfulness the ^^roof
sinketh in; and through idleness
of the hands the house leaketh.
19 A feast is made for laughter,
and wine maketh glad the life;
and money answereth all things.
20 Revile not the king, no, not in
thy thought; and revile not the
rich in thy bed-chamber: for a
« Heb. heights. ^ Or, moveth stones
8 Or, Surely the serpent will bite where there is no enchant-
ment; and the slanderer is no better
9 Heb. without enchantment.
10 Heb. the master of the tongue. » Heb. his mouth.
12 Or, servant i^ Or, a free man " Or, rafters sink
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ECCLESIASTES 11.1 — 12.13 Exhortation to labor in Joy amid Uncertainties
11
bird of the heavens shall carry the
voice, and that which hath wings
shall tell the matter.
^Cast thy bread %pon
the waters; for thou shalt
find it after many days. 2 ^Give
a portion to seven, yea, even unto
eight; for thou knowest not what
evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If
the clouds be full of rain, they
empty themselves upon the earth;
and if a tree fall ^toward the south,
or Howard the north, in the place
where the tree falleth, there shall
it be. 4 He that observeth the
wind shall not sow; and he that re-
gardeth the clouds shall not reap.
5 As thou knowest not what is the
way of the ^wind, nor how the bones
do grow in the womb of her that is
with child; even so thou knowest
not the work of God who doeth all.
6 In the morning sow thy seed,
and in the evening withhold not
thy hand; for thou knowest not
which shall prosper, whether this
or that, or whether they both shall
be alike good. 7 Truly the light
is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is
for the eyes to behold the sun.
8 ^Yea, if a man live many years,
let him rejoice in them all; ^but
let him remember the days of
darkness, for they shall be man3^
All that Cometh is vanity.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in th}^
youth, and let thy heart cheer thee
in the days of thy youth, and walk
in the ways of thy heart, and in the
sight of thine eyes; but know thou,
that for all these things God will
bring thee into judgment. 10 There-
fore remove ^sorrow from thy heart,
and put away evil from thy flesh;
for youth and the dawn of life are
1 O vanity. - 1 Remember also
1 ^ thy Creator in the days of
thy youth, before the evil daj^s
come, and the years draw nigh,
when thou shalt say, I have no
pleasure in them; 2 before the
1 Or, Send forth 2 Heb. upon the face of the waters.
2 Or, Divide a portion into seven, yea, even into eight
* Or, in 6 Or, spirit « Or, For
^ Or, and remember » Or, vexation Or, provocation
sun, and the light, and the moon,
and the stars, are darkened, and
the clouds return after the rain;
3 in the day when the keepers of
the house shall tremble, and the
strong men shall bow themselves,
and the ^grinders cease because
they are few, and those tha+ look
out of the windows shall be dark-
ened, 4 and the doors shall be shut
in the street; when the sound of
the grinding is low, and one shall
rise up at the voice of a bird, and
all the daughters of music shall be
brought low; 5 yea, they shall be
afraid ^^of that which is high, and
terrors shall be in the way; and the
almond-tree shall blossom, and the
grasshopper ^^shall be a burden, and
^Mesire shall ^^fail; because man
goeth to his everlasting home, and
the mourners go about the streets:
6 before the silver cord is ^^loosed,
or the golden bowl is broken, or
the pitcher is broken at the foun-
tain, or the wheel broken at the
cistern, 7 and the dust returneth
to the earth as it was, and the
spirit returneth unto God who
gave it. 8 Vanity of vanities,
saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
9 And further, because the
Preacher was wise, he still taught
the people knowledge; yea, he
^^pondered, and sought out, and
set in order many proverbs. 10 The
Preacher sought to find out ^^accept-
able words, and that which was
written uprightly, eve?i words of truth.
11 The words of the wise are as
goads ; and as nails well fastened
are the words of the ^ ^masters of
assemblies, which are given from
one shepherd. 12 ^^And further-
more, my son, be admonished: of
making many books there is no
end; and much study is a weariness
of the flesh.
13 ^^This is the end of the mat-
ter; all hath been heard: Fear
9 Or, grinding women '» Or, of danger from on high
" Or, shall drag itself along " Or, the caperberry
" Or, burst " Or, stiapped asunder " Qr, gave ear
•6 Heb. words of delight. '' Or, collectors of sentences
18 Or, And as for tnore than these, my son, be warned
i» Or, Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter
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Concluding Observations
God, and keep his commandments;
for ^this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God will bring every work
1 Or, this is the duty of all men
ECCLESfASTES— 12. 14
into judgment, ^with every hidden
thing, whether it be good, or whether
it be evil.
2 Or, concerning
THE SONG OF SOLOMON
1
The Song of songs, which is
Solomon's.
The Bride speaks with the Daughters of Jerusalem. The Loving Converse of the Bride with the Bridegroom
Beside the flocks of thy com-
panions .^^
If thou know not, O thou fairest
among women.
Go thy way forth by the foot-
steps of the flock,
And feed thy kids beside the
shepherd's tents.
I have compared thee, O ^my love,
^To a steed in Pharaoh's char-
iots.
Thy cheeks are comely with
plaits of hair.
Thy neck with strings of jewels.
We will make thee plaits of gold
With studs of silver.
While the king sat at his table.
My spikenard sent forth its
fragrance.
My beloved is unto me as a
^bundle of myrrh.
That lieth betwixt my breasts.
My beloved is unto me as a
cluster of ^henna-flowers
In the vineyards of En-gedi.
Behold, thou art fair, my love;
Behold, thou art fair;
^Thine eyes are as doves.
Behold, thou art fair, my be-
loved, yea, pleasant:
Also our couch is green.
The beams of our ^house are
^^cedars,
And our rafters are ^^firs.
Or, my friend (and so throughout)
Or, To the steeds Or. To my steed e Or, bag
Heb. copher. s Or, Thou hast doves' eyes » Or, houses
Or, of cedar . . . of fir " Or, cypresses
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses
of his mouth;
For thy love is better than wine.
3 Thine oils have a goodly fra-
grance;
Thy name is as oil poured forth;
Therefore do the Virgins love
thee.
4 Draw me; we will run after thee:
The king hath brought me into
his chambers;
We will be glad and rejoice in
thee;
We will make mention of thy
love more than of wine:
^Rightly do they love thee.
5 I am black, but comely,
O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
As the tents of Kedar,
As the curtains of Solomon.
6 Look not upon me, because I
am swarthy.
Because the sun hath ^scorched
me.
My mother's sons were incensed
against me;
They made .me keeper of the
vineyards;
But mine own vineyard have I
not kept.
7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul
loveth,
Where thou feedest thy flock.
Where thou makest it to rest
at noon:
For why should I be as one that
is veiled ;
1 Or, maidens 2 Or, In u. ghtness 3 Or, looked upon ' i"
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11
12
13
14
15
16
17
SONG OF SOlOMON 2.1—3.4
21 am a ^rose of ^Sharon,
A lily of the valleys.
2 As a lily among thorns,
So is my love among the
daughters.
3 As the apple-tree among the
trees of the wood,
So is my beloved among the sons.
I ^sat down under his shadow
with great delight.
And his fruit was sweet to my
taste.
4 He brought me to the '^ban-
queting-house,
And his banner over me was
love.
5 Stay ye me with ^raisins, re-
fresh me with apples;
For I am sick from love.
6 ^His left hand is under my head.
And his right hand doth em-
brace me.
7 I adjure you, O daughters of
Jerusalem,
By the ^roes, or by the hinds of
the field.
That ye stir not up, nor awake
my love,
Until Hie please.
8 The voice of my beloved! be-
hold, he Cometh,
Leaping upon the mountains,
Skipping upon the hills.
9 My beloved is like a ^roe or
a young hart:
Behold, he standeth behind our
wall ;
He looketh in at the windows;
He glanceth through the lattice.
10 My beloved spake, and said
unto me,
Rise up, my love, my fair one,
and come away.
11 For, lo, the winter is past;
The rain is over and gone;
12 The flowers appear on the
earth ;
1 Heb. hahazzeleih, the autumn crocus.
" Or, the plain ^ Heb. delighted and sat down b'c.
* Heb. house of wine, ^ Heb. dakes of raisins.
» Or, Let his left hand be GjY. ^ Or, gazelles
8 Or, // Or, she » Or, gazelle
They seek and find each othtfr
The time of the ^^singing of
birds is come.
And the voice of the turtle-
dove is heard in our land;
13 The fig-tree ripeneth her green
figs.
And the vines are in blossom;
They give forth their fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away.
14 O my dove, that art in the
. clefts of the rock,
In the covert of the steep place.
Let me see thy countenance,
Let me hear thy voice;
For sweet is thy voice, and thy
countenance is comely.
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes,
That spoil the vineyards;
For our vineyards are in blos-
som.
16 My beloved is mine, and I am
his:
He leedeth his flock among the
lilies.
17 i^Until the day ^^be cool, and
the shadows flee away.
Turn, my beloved, and be thou
like a ^roe or a young hart
Upon the ^^mountains of ^^Bether.
3 By night on my bed
I sought him whom my soul
loveth :
I sought him, but I found him
not.
2 / said, I will rise now, and go
about the city;
In the streets and in the broad
ways
I will seek him whom my soul
loveth :
I sought him, but I found him
not.
3 The w^atchnien that go about
the city found me;
To whom I said. Saw ye him
whom my soul loveth.'^
4 It was but a little that I passed
from them,
1" Or, pruning of vines " Or. When the dav is cool
12 Or, break Heb. breathe. *
13 Or, mountains of separation
'■» Perhaps, the spice malobathron.
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The Bridal Procession. Praise of the Bride
When I found him whom my
soul loveth:
I held him, and would not let
him go,
Until I had brought him into
my mother's house,
And into the chamber of her
that conceived me.
5 I adjure you, O daughters of
Jerusalem,
By the roes, or by the hinds of
the field,
That ye stir not up, nor awake
ray love,
Until %e please.
6 Who is this that cometh up
from the wilderness
Like pillars of smoke.
Perfumed with myrrh and
frankincense.
With all powders of the mer-
chant?
7 Behold, it is the litter of Solo^
mon;
Threescore mighty men are
about it.
Of the mighty men of Israel.
8 They all handle the sword, and
are expert in war:
Every man hath his sword upon
his thigh.
Because of fear in the night.
9 King Solomon made himself a
^palanquin
Of the wood of Lebanon.
10 He made the pillars thereof of
silver.
The bottom thereof of gold, the
seat of it of purple.
The midst thereof being ^paved
with love.
From the daughters of Jeru-
salem.
11 Go forth, O ye daughters of
Zion, and behold king Solomon,
With the crown wherew^ith his
mother hath crowned him
In the day of his espousals.
And in the day of the gladness
of his heart.
1 Or, it Or, she - Ox, car of state 3 Or, i}tlaid
SONG OF SOLOMON 3.5—4.9
4 Behold, thou art fair, my love;
behold, thou art fair;
^Thine eyes are as doves be-
hind thy ^veil.
Thy hair is as a flock of goats,
That ^lie along the side of
mount Gilead.
2 Thy teeth are like a flock of
ewes that are newly shorn.
Which are come up from the
washing,
^Whereof every one hath twins.
And none is bereaved among
them.
3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet ,
And thy ^mouth is comely.
Thy temples are like a piece of
a pomegranate
Behind thy H^eil.
4 Thy neck is like the tower of
David
Builded ^for an armory.
Whereon there hang a thousand
bucklers.
All the shields of the mighty men.
5 Thy two breasts are like two
fawns
That are twins of a ^^roe.
Which feed among the lilies.
6 Until the day be cool, and the
shadows flee away,
I will get me to the mountain
of myrrh.
And to the hill of frankincense.
7 Thou art all fair, my love;
And there is no spot in thee.
8 Come with me from Lebanon,
.my bride,
With me from Lebanon:
^^Look from the top of Amana,
From the top of Senir and Her-
mon.
From the lions' dens.
From the mountains of the
leopards.
9 Thou hast ^^ravished my heart,
my sister, my bride;
Thou hast ^^ravished my heart
with ^^one of thine eyes,
•* Or, Thou hast doves' eyes ^ Or, locks
6 Or, appear on mount Gilead
' Or, Which are all of them in pairs » Or, speech
9 Or, with turrets i" Or. gazelle »» Or, Go
1- Or, iiven me courage '^ Or, one look from thine eyts
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SONG OF SOLOMON 4.10—5.10
With one chain of thy neck.
10 How fair is thy love, my sister,
my bride!
How much better is thy love
than wine!
And the fragrance of thine oils
than all manner of spices!
11 Thy lips, O my bride, Mrop as
the honeycomb:
Honey and milk are under thy
tongue;
And the smell of thy garments
is like the smell of Lebanon.
12 A garden ^shut up is my sister,
my bride;
A spring shut up, a fountain
sealed.
13 Thy shoots are ^an orchard of
pomegranates, with precious
fruits;
Henna with spikenard plants,
14 Spikenard and saffron,
Calamus and cinnamon, with
all trees of frankincense;
Myrrh and aloes, with all the
chief spices.
15 Thou art a fountain of gardens,
A well of living waters.
And flowing streams from
Lebanon.
16 Awake, O north wind; and come,
thou south;
Blow upon my garden, that the
spices thereof may flow out.
Let my beloved come into his
garden.
And eat his precious fruits.
51 am come into my garden,
my sister, my bride:
I have gathered my myrrh with
my %pice;
I have eaten my honeycomb
with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my
milk.
Eat, O friends;
Drink, yea, drink abundantly,
''0 beloved.
2 I ^was asleep, but my heart waked :
1 Or, drop honey
3 Or, a paradise
* Or, of love.
The Bride's Response. The Bridegroom's Response
It is the voice of my beloved that
knocketh, saying,
Open to me, my sister, my love,
my dove, my ^undefiled;
For my head is filled with dew.
My locks with the drops of the
night.
3 I have put off my garment;
how shall I put it on.^
I have washed my feet; how
shall I defile them.^
4 My beloved put in his hand by
the hole of the door.
And my ^heart was moved for
him.
5 I rose up to open to my beloved;
And my hands dropped with
myrrh.
And my fingers with liquid myrrh,
Upon the handles of the bolt.
6 I opened to my beloved;
But my beloved had ^withdrawn
himself, and was gone.
My soul ^^had failed me when he
spake :
I sought him, but I could not
find him;
I called him, but he gave me no
answer.
7 The watchmen that go about
the city found me,
They smote me, they wounded
me;
The keepers of the walls took
away my ^^mantle from me.
8 I adjure you, O daughters of
Jerusalem,
If ye find my beloved,
^^That ye tell him, that I am
sick from love.
9 What is thy beloved more than
another beloved,
O thou fairest among women .^^
What is thy beloved more than
another beloved.
That thou dost so adjure us.'^
10 My beloved is white and ruddy,
^^The chiefest among ten thou-
sand.
2 Heb. barred.
^ Oi, balsam \
8 Or, sleep, but my heart waketh i
7 Heb. perfect. s Heb. bowels.
9 Or, turned away i" Heb. went forth.
i: Heb. What will ye tell him? That be.
'3 Heb. Marked out by a banner.
" Or, veil
Mutual Praise of the Bridegroom and the Bride
11 His head is as the most fine gold;
His locks are ^bushy, and black
as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves beside
the water-brooks,
Washed with milk, and ^fitly set.
13 His cheeks are as a bed of
^spices.
As ^banks of sweet herbs:
His lips are as lilies, dropping
liquid myrrh.
14 His hands are as ^rings of gold
set with ^beryl:
His body is as ^ivory work
^overlaid with sapphires.
15 His legs are as pillars of marble,
set upon sockets of fine gold:
His aspect is like Lebanon, ex-
cellent as the cedars.
16 His ^mouth is most sweet;
Yea, he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved, and this is
my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.
6
Whither is thy beloved gone,
O thou fairest among women?
Whither hath thy beloved turned
him,
That we may seek him with thee.^^
2 My beloved is gone down to his
garden,
To the beds of ^spices,
To feed in the gardens, and to
gather lilies.
3 I am my beloved's, and my
beloved is mine:
He feedeth his flock among the
lilies.
4 Thou art fair, O my love, as
Tirzah,
Comely as Jerusalem,
Terrible as ^^an army with ban-
ners.
5 Turn away thine eyes from me.
For they ^%ave overcome me.
Thy hair is as a flock of goats,
That lie along the side of Gilead.
6 Thy teeth are like r flock of ewes,
1 Or, curling 2 Or, sitting by full streams 3 Or, balsam
< Or, towers of perfumes '^ Or, cylinders
6 Or, topaz
^ Or, encrusted
1" Heb. bannered hosts.
Or, bright ivory
9 Or, speech Heb. palate.
11 Or, make me afraid
SONG OF SOLOMON 5.11—7.1
Which are come up from the
washing;
Whereof every one hath twins,
And none is bereaved among
them.
7 Thy temples are like a piece
of a pomegranate
Behind thy veil.
8 There are threescore queens,
and fourscore concubines.
And ^Virgins without number.
9 My dove, my ^^undefiled, is hut
one;
She is the only one of her mother;
She is the ^^choice one of her
that bare her.
The daughters saw her, and
called her blessed;
Yea^ the queens and the con-
cubines, and they praised her.
10 Who is she that looketh forth
as the morning.
Fair as the moon,
^^Clear as the sun,
Terrible as an army with ban-
ners .^^
11 I went down into the garden of
nuts.
To see the green plants of the
valley,
• To see whether the vine budded,
And the pomegranates were in
flower.
12 Before I was aware, my ^^soul
^^set me
Among the chariots of my
^ ^princely people.
*13 Return, return, O Shulammite;
Return, return, that we may
look upon thee.
Why will ye look upon the Shu-
lammite,
As upon the dance ^^of Maha-
naim.^
7
How beautiful are thy ^^feet in
sandals, O prince's daughter!
12 Or, maidens i^ Heb. perfect.
w Or, pure is Or, Pure is Or, desire
17 Or, made me like the chariots of Amminadib
18 Or, willing * Ch. 7.1 in Heb.
19 Or, of two companies '-*> Or, steps
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SONG OF SOLOMON 7.2 — 8.6 Mutual Praise of the Bridegroom and the Bride
Thy rounded thighs are hke
jewels,
The work of the hands of a
skilful workman.
2 Thy body is like a round goblet,
Wherein no mingled wine is
wanting :
Thy waist is like a heap of wheat
Set about with lilies.
3 Thy two breasts are like two
fawns
That are twins of a roe.
4 Thy neck is like the tower of
ivory;
Thine eyes as the pools in
Heshbon,
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Thy nose is like the tower of
Lebanon
Which looketh toward Damas-
cus.
5 Thy head upon thee is like
Carmel,
And the hair of thy head like
purple;
The king is held captive in the
tresses thereof.
6 How fair and how pleasant art
thou,
0 love, for delights!
7 This thy stature is like to a
palm-tree.
And thy breasts to its clustel-s.
8 I said, I will climb up into the
palm-tree,
1 will take hold of the branches
thereof :
Let thy breasts be as clusters
of the vine.
And the smell of thy %reath
like apples,
9 And thy ^mouth like the best
wine.
That goeth down ^smoothly
for my beloved,
^Gliding through the lips of those
that are asleep.
10 I am my beloved's;
And his desire is toward me.
11 Come, my beloved, let us go
forth into the field;
1 Heb. nose. 2 Heb. palate. ' Heb. aright.
^ Or, Causing the lips of those that are asleep to move
(or, speak) J
Let us lodge in the villages.
12 Let us get up early to the vine-
yards;
Let us see whether the vine
hath budded.
And 4ts blossom is open.
And the pomegranates are in
flower:
There will I give thee my love.
13 The mandrakes give forth fra-
grance;
And ^at our doors are all manner
of precious fruits, new and old,
Which I have laid up for thee,
O my beloved.
8 Oh that thou wert as my
brother.
That sucked the breasts of my
mother !
Wheii I should find thee with-
out, I would kiss thee;
Yea, and none would despise
me.
2 I would lead thee, and bring
thee into my mother's house,
^Who would instruct me;
I would cause thee to drink of
spiced wine.
Of the ^juice of my pomegranate.
3 His left hand should he under
my head.
And his right hand should em-
brace me.
4 I adjure you, O daughters of
Jerusalem,
^That ye stir not up, nor awake
my love.
Until ^%e please.
5 Who is this that cometh up
from the wilderness.
Leaning upon her beloved .^^
Under the apple-tree I awakened
thee:
There thy mother was in travail
with thee.
There was she in travail "that
brought thee forth.
6 Set me as a^ seal upon thy heart,
5 Or, the tender grape appeareth * Or, over
^ Or, That thou mightest « Or, sweet wine
9 Heb. Why should ye stir up? or why brc.
10 Or, it Or, she » Or, and
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Union of the Bridegroom and Bride in Invincible Love ,SONG OF SOLOMON 8.7 — 8.14
As a seal upon thine arm:
For love is strong as death;
Jealousy is ^cruel as Sheol;
The flashes thereof are flashes
of fire,
^A very flame of ^Jehovah.
7 Many waters cannot quench
love,
Neither can floods drown it:
If a man would give all the sub-
stance of his house for
love,
^He would utterly be con-
temned.
8 We have a little sister.
And she hath no breasts:
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she shall be
spoken for?
9 If she be a wall.
We will build upon her ^a turret
of silver:
And if she be a door.
We will enclose her with boards
of cedar.
1 Heb. hard.
» Heb. Jah.
2 Or, A most vehement flame
* Or, It » Or, battlements
10 I ^am a wall, and my breasts
like the towers thereof:
Then was I in his eyes as one
that found peace.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at
Baal-hamon;
He let out the vineyard unto
keepers ;
Every one for the fruit thereof
was to bring a thousand pieces
of silver.
12 My vineyard, which is mine, is
before me:
Thou, O Solomon, shalt have
the thousand,
And those that keep the fruit
thereof two hundred.
13 Thou that dwellest in the gar-
dens,
The companions hearken ^for
thy voice:
Cause me to hear it.
14 ^Make haste, my beloved.
And be thou like to a ^roe or
to a young hart
Upon the mountains of spices.
6 Or. was 7 Or, to s Heb. Flee. 9 Or. gazelle
THE BOOK OP
ISAIAH
Perverseness of God's People
IThe vision of Isaiah the son
of Amoz, which he saw concern-
ing Judah and Jerusalem, in the
days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and
Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 Hear, O heavens, and give
ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath
spoken: I have ^nourished and
brought up children, and they have
rebelled against me. 3 The ox
knoweth his owner, and the ass
his master's crib; hut Israel doth
not know, my people doth not
> Or, made greal and exalted See Ezek. 31. 4.
consider. 4 Ah sinful nation, a
people laden with aniquily, a seed
of evil-doers, children that deal
corruptly! they have forsaken Je-
hovah, they have despised the Holy
One of Israel, they are estranged
and gone backward. 5 ^Why will ye
be still stricken, that ye revolt
more and more.^ ^the whole head is
sick, and Hhe whole heart faint. 6
From the sole of the foot even
unto the head there is no sound-
2 Or, Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt is'c.
3 Or, every
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ISAIAH 1.7—1.31
ness in it; but wounds, and bruises,
and fresh stripes: they have not
been closed, neither bound up,
neither mollified with oil. 7 Your
country is desolate; your cities are
burned with fire; your land, stran-
gers devour it in your presence,
and it is desolate, ^as overthrown
by strangers. 8 And the daughter
of Zion is left as a booth in a vine-
yard, as a lodge in a garden of
cucumbers, as a besieged city. 9
Except Jehovah of hosts had left
unto us a very small remnant, we
should have been as Sodom, we
should have been like unto
Gomorrah.
10 Hear the word of Jehovah,
ye ^rulers of Sodom; give ear unto
the ^law of our God, ye people of
Gomorrah. 11 What unto me is
the multitude of your sacrifices .^^
saith Jehovah : I have had enough of
the burnt-offerings of rams, and the
fat of fed beasts; and I delight not
in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs,
or of he-goats. 12 When ye come
^to appear before me, who hath re-
quired this at your hand, to trample
my courts.^ 13 Bring no more ^vain
oblations; incense is an abomination
unto me; new moon and sabbath,
the calling of assemblies, — ^I cannot
away witli iniquity and the solemn
meeting. 14 Your new moons and
your appointed feasts my soul hat-
eth; they are a "trouble unto me; I
am weary of bearing them. 15
And when ye spread forth your
hands, I will hide mine eyes from
you; yea, when ye make niany
prayers, I will not hear: your hands
lare full of blood. 16 Wash you,
(make you clean; put away theWil
I of your doings from before mine
[eyes; cease to do evil; 17 learn to
do well; seek justice, ^relieve the
oppressed, judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
18 Come now, and let us reason
1 Or, as the overthrow of strangers 2 Or, judges
3 Or teaching * Or, as otherwise read, to see my face
^ Heb. an oblation of vanity.
6 Or, / cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn
m^eitng 7 Or, cumhrance
s Or, set right the oppressor
Zion is corrupt, but yet is to be redeemed
together, saith Jehovah : though your
sins be as scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow; though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as
wool. 19 If ye be willing and obedi-
ent, ye shall eat the good of the
land: 20 but if ye refuse and rebel,
ye shall be devoured with the
sword; for the mouth of Jehovah
hath spoken it.
21 How is the faithful city be-
come a harlot! she that was full
of justice! righteousness lodged in
her, but now murderers. 22 Thy
silver is become dross, thy wine
mixed with water. 23 Thy princes
are rebellious, and companions of
thieves; every one loveth bribes,
and followeth after rewards: they
judge not the fatherless, neither
doth the cause of the widow come
unto them.
24 Therefore saith the Lord, Je-
hovah of hosts, the Mighty One
of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine
adversaries, and avenge me of mine
enemies; 25 and I will Hurn my
hand upon thee, and ^"^thoroughly
purge away thy dross, and will
take away all thy ^^tin; 26 and I
will restore thy judges as at the
first, and thy counsellors as at the
beginning: afterward thou shalt be
called The city of righteousness,
a faithful town. 27 Zion shall be
recleemed with justice, and ^%er
converts with righteousness. 28
BufThe ^^destruction of transgressors
and sinners shall be together, and
they that forsake Jehovah shall be
consumed. 29 For they shall be
ashamed of the ^"^oaks which ye
have desired, and ye shall be con-
founded for the gardens that ye
have chosen. 30 For ye shall be
as ^^an oak whose leaf fadeth, and
as a garden that hath no water.
31 And the strong shall be as tow,
and his work as a spark; and they
shall both burn together, and none
shall quench them.
» Or, bring mv hand again
11 Or, alloy
13 Heb. breakivg.
I-'' Or, a terebinth
10 Heb. as with lye.
12 Or, they that return of her
» Or, terebinths
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Jehovah's Universal Reign. Israel's Idolatry must cease
ISAIAH 2.1—3.4
2 The word that Isaiah the
son of Amoz saw concerning
Judah and Jerusalem.
2 And it shall come to pass in
the latter days, that the mountain
of Jehovah's house shall be estab-
lished ^on the top of the moun-
tains, and shall be exalted above
the hills; and all nations shall
flow unto it. 3 And many peoples
shall go and say, Come ye, and
let us go up to the mountain of
Jehovah, to the house of the God of
Jacob; and he will teach us of his
ways, and we will walk in his paths:
for out of Zion shall go forth ^the^
law, and the word of Jehovah from
Jerusalem. 4 And he will judge
^between the nations, and will de-
cide concerning many peoples; and
they shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into
pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift
up sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war any more.
5 O house of Jacob, come ye,
and let us walk in the light of
Jehovah. 6 For thou hast for-
saken thy people the house of
Jacob, because they are filled with
customs from the east, and are
soothsayers hke the Philistines, and
they strike hands with the children
of foreigners. 7 And their land
is full of silver and gold, neither is
there any end of their treasures; their
land also is full of horses, neither is
there any end of their chariots. 8
Their land also is full of idols; they
worship the work of their own hands,
that which their own fingers have
made. 9 And the mean man ^is
bowed down, and the great man ^is
brought low: therefore forgive them
not. 10 Enter into the rock, and
hide thee in the dust, from before
the terror of Jehovah, and from the
glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty
looks of man shall be brought low,
and the haughtiness of men shall
be bowed down, and Jehovah alone
shall be exalted in that day.
12 For Hhere shall be a day of
Jehovah of hosts upon all that is
proud and haughty, and upon all
that is lifted up; and it shall be
brought low; 13 and upon all the
cedars of Lebanon, that are high
and lifted up, and upon all the
oaks of Bashan, 14 and upon all
the high mountains, and upon all
the hills that are lifted up, 15 and
upon every lofty tower, and upon
every fortified wall, 16 and upon all
the ships of Tarshish, and upon
all pleasant ^imagery. 17 And.jjie
loftiness of man shall be bowed
down, and the haughtiness of men
shall" be brought low; and Jehovah
aldmre shall be exalted in that day.
18 And the idols shall utterly pass
away. 19 And men shall go into the
caves of the rocks, and into the holes
of the ^earth, from before the terror
of Jehovah, and from the glory of
his majesty, when he ariseth to
shake mightily the earth. 20 In
that day men shall cast away their
idols of silver, and their idols of
gold, which have been made for
them to worship, to the moles and
to the bats; 21 to go into the
caverns of the rocks, and into the
clefts of the ragged rocks, from be-
fore the terror of Jehovah, and
from the glory of his majesty, when
he ariseth to shake mightily the
earth. 22 Cease ye from man,
whose breath is in his nostrils; for
wherein is he to be accounted of.^^
3 For, behold, the Lord, Jeho-
vah of hosts, doth take away
from Jerusalem and from Judah
stay and staff, the whole stay of
bread, and the whole stay of water;
2 the mighty man, and the man of
war; the judge, and the prophet,
and the diviner, and the elder; 3
the captain of fifty, and the hon-
orable man, and the counsellor,
and the ex|3ert ^artificer, and the
skilful enchanter. 4 And I will
give children to be their princes,
and ^^babes shall rule over them.
6 Or, Jehovah of hosts hath a day ^ Or, watch-towers
1 Or, at the head 2 Or, instruction 3 Or, among « Heb. dust. ^ Or, charmer
* Or, boweth down ^ Or, humhlelh himself ' 10 Or, with childishness shall they rule over them
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ISAIAH 3.5—4.4
5 And the people shall be op-
pressed, every one by another, and
every one by his neighbor: the
child shall behave himself proudly
against the old man, and the base
against the honorable. 6 When
a man shall take hold of his brother
in the house of his father, say-
ing. Thou hast clothing, be thou
our ^ruler, and let this ruin be
under thy hand; 7 in that day
shall he lift up his voice, saying, I
will not be ^a healer; for in my
house is neither bread nor cloth-
ing: ye shall not make me ruler of
the people. 8 For Jerusalem is
ruined, and Judah is fallen; be-
cause their tongue and their doings
are against Jehovah, to provoke
the eyes of his glory. 9 ^The show
of their countenance doth witness
against them; and they declare
their sin as Sodom, they hide it
not. Woe unto their soul! for they
have done evil unto themselves.
10 Say ye of the righteous, that it
shall he well with him; for they
shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall
be ill with him; for what his hands
have done shall be done unto him.
12 As for my people, children are
their oppressors, and women rule
over them. O my people, they
that lead thee cause thee to err,
and ^destroy the way of thy paths.
13 Jehovah standeth up to con-
tend, and standeth to judge the
^peoples. 14 Jehovah will enter
into judgment with the elders of
his people, and the princes there-
of: It is ye that have eaten up
the vineyard; the spoil of the poor
is in your houses: 15 what mean
ye that ye crush my people, and
grind the face of the poor.^^ saith
the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
16 Moreover Jehovah said. Be-
cause the daughters of Zion are
haughty, and walk with out-
stretched necks and wanton eyes,
walking and mincing as they go.
Judah's Rulers denounced. Wanton Women denounced
1 Or, judge 2 Heb. a binder up.
3 Or, Their respecting of persons doth &■<:.
4 Heb, swallow up. ^ Or, people
and making a tinkling with their
feet; 17 therefore the Lord will
smite with a scab the crown of the
head of the daughters of Zion, and
Jehovah will lay bare their secret
parts. 18 In that day the Lord
will take away the beauty of their
anklets, and the ^cauls, and the
crescents; 19 the pendants, and
the ^bracelets, and the mufflers;
20 the headtires, and the ankle
chains, and the sashes, and the
perfume-boxes, and the amulets;
21 the rings, and the nose-jewels;
22 the festival robes, and the man-
tles, and the shawls, and the satch-
els; 23 the hand-mirrors, and the
fine linen, and the turbans,' and the
veils. 24 And it shall come to
pass, that instead of sweet spices
there shall be rottenness; and in-
stead of a girdle, a rope; and in-
stead of well set hair, baldness;
and instead of a robe, a girding
of sackcloth; branding instead of
beauty. 25 Thy men shall fall by
the sword, and thy ^mighty in the
war. 26 And her gates shall lament
and mourn; and she shall be ^deso-
late and sit upon the ground.
41 And seven women shall take
hold of one man in that day,
saying, W^e will eat our own bread,
and wear our own apparel: only let
us be called by thy name; take
thou away our reproach.
2 In that day shall the ^^branch
of Jehovah be beautiful and glo-
rious, and the fruit of the ^^land
shall be ^^excellent and comely for
them that are escaped of Israel.
3 And it shall come to pass, that
he that is left in Zion, and he that
remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be
called holy, even every one that
is written ^^among the living in
Jerusalem; 4 when the Lord shall
have washed away the filth of the
daughters of Zion, and shall have
purged the blood of Jerusalem from
the midst thereof, by the ^^spirit
6 Or, networks "> Or, chains 8 Heb. might.
9 Or, emptied '"' Or, shoot Or, sprout
" Or, earth '- Or, majestic
13 Or, unto life " ©r. blast
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Parable of the Vineyard. Woes pronounced on the Wicked
of justice, and by the ^spirit of
burning. 5 And Jehovah will
create over ^the whole habitation
of mount Zion, and over her as-
semblies, a cloud and smoke by
day, and the shining of a flaming
fire by night; for over all the
glory shall he spread a covering.
6 And there shall be a pavilion
for a shade in the day-time from the
heat, and for a refuge and for a
overt from storm and from rain.
Let me sing "for my well-
beloved a song of my beloved
touching his vineyard. My well-
beloved had a vineyard in % very
fruitful hill: 2 and he digged it,
and gathered out the stones thereof,
and planted it with the choicest
vine, and built a tower in the midst
of it, and also hewed out a ^wine-
press therein: and he looked that it
should bring forth grapes, and it
brought forth wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of
Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge,
I pray you, betwixt me and my
vineyard. 4 What could have
been done more to my vineyard,
that I have not done in it? where-
fore, when I looked that it should
bring forth grapes, brought it forth
wild grapes? 5 And now I will tell
you what I will do to my vineyard:
I will take away the hedge thereof,
and it shall be ^eaten up; I will
break down the wall thereof, and
it shall be trodden down: 6 and I
will lay it waste; it shall not be
pruned nor hoed; but there shall
come up briers and thorns: I will
also command the clouds that they
rain no rain upon it. 7 For the
vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is
the house of Israel, and the men
of Judah ^his pleasant plant: and
he looked for justice, but, behold,
^oppression; for righteousness, but,
behold, a cry.
8 Woe unto them that join house
^ Or, blast ^ Or, every dwelling-place
3 Or, of * Heb. a horn, the son of oil.
•' Or, wine-vat « Or, burnt
• Heb. the plant of his delight. * Or, shedding of blood
ISAIAH 4.5—5.20
to house, that lay field to field,
till there be no room, and ye be
made to dwell alone in the midst
of the land! 9 In mine ears saith
Jehovah of hosts. Of a truth many
houses shall be desolate, even great
and fair, without inhabitant. 10
For ten acres of vineyard shall
yield one bath, and a homer of
seed shall yield but an ephah. 11
Woe unto them that rise up earl}-
in the morning, that they may fol-
low strong drink; that tarry late
into the night, till wine inflame
them! 12 And the harp and the
lute, the tabret and the pipe, and
wine, are m their feasts; but they
regard not the work of Jehovah,
neither have they considered the
operation of his hands.
13 Therefore my people are gone
into captivity for lack of knowl-
edge; and ^their honorable men
are famished, and their multitude
are parched with thirst. 14 There-
fore Sheol hath enlarged its desire,
and opened its mouth without meas-
ure; and their glory, and their
multitude, and their ^^pomp, and
he that rejoiceth among them, de-
scend into it. 15__^nd _the mean
man is bowed down, and the great
man is humbled, and the eyes of!
the lofty are humbled: 16 but!
Jehovah of hosts is exalted in
justice, and God the Holy One iss
sanctified in righteousness. 17 \
Then shall the lambs feed as in
their pasture, and the waste places
of the fat ones shall ^Vanderers eat.
18 Woe unto them that draw
iniquity with cords of falsehood,
and sin as it were with a cart rope;
19 that say. Let him make speed,
let him hasten his work, that we
may see it; and let the counsel of
the Holy One of Israel draw nigh
and come, that we may know it!
20 Woe unto them that call evil
good, and good evil; that put
darkness for light, and light for
darkness; that put bitter for sweet.
9 Heb. their glory are men of famine.
10 Or, tumuU " Or, sojourners
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and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto
them that are wise in their own
eyes, and prudent in their own
sight! 22 Woe unto them that
are mighty to drink wine, and men
of strength to mingle strong drink;
23 that justify the wicked for a
bribe, and take away the right-
eousness of the righteous from him!
24 Therefore as the tongue of
fire devoureth the stubble, and as
the dry grass sinketh down in the
flame, so their root shall be as
rottenness, and their blossom shall
go up as dust; because they have
rejected the ^law of Jehovah of
hosts, and despised the word of the
Holy One of Israel. 25 Therefore
is the anger of Jehovah kindled
against his people, and he hath
stretched forth his hand against
them, and hath smitten them; and
the mountains tremble, and their
dead bodies are as refuse in the
midst of the streets. For all this
his anger is not turned away, but
his hand is stretched out still.
26 And he will lift up an ensign
to the nations from far, and will
hiss for ^them from the end of the
earth; and, behold, ^they shall come
with speed swiftly. 27 None shall
be weary nor stumble among them;
none shall slumber nor sleep ; neither
shall the girdle of their loins be
loosed, nor the latchet of their
shoes be broken: 28 whose arrows
are sharp, and all their bows bent;
their horses' hoofs shall be accounted
as flint, and their wheels as a whirl-
wind : 29 their roaring shall be like a
lioness, they shall roar like young
lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay
hold of the prey, and carry it away
safe, and there shall be none to
deliver. 30 And they shall roar
'^against them in that day like the
roaring of the sea: and if one
look unto the land, ^behold, dark-
ness and distress; and the light is
darkened in the clouds thereof.
1 Or, teaching 2 Heb. him.
3 Heb. he (and in the following verses) . * Or, over
'' According to the Massoretic text, behold, darkness;
Jehovah's Vengeance to he inflicted by the Nations. Isaiah's Vision
^'ress and light; it is dark is^c.
/:^v/ In the year that king Uzziah
vi aied I saw the Lord sitting
upon a throne, high and lifted up;
and his ^train filled the temple. 2
Above him stood the seraphim : each
one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain
he covered his feet, and with twain
he did fly. 3 And one cried unto
another, and said, Holy, holy, holy,
is Jehovah of hosts: 'the whole earth
is full of his glory. 4 And the
foundations of the thresholds shook
at the voice of him that cried, and
the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I, W oe is me ! for I am
undone; because I am a man of
unclean lips, and I dwell in the
midst of a people of unclean lips:
for mine eyes have seen the King,
Jehovah of hosts.
6 Then flew one of the seraphim
unto me, having a ^live coal in his
hand, which he had taken with the
tongs from off the altar: 7 and he
touched my mouth with it, and
said, Lo, this hath touched thy
lips; and thine iniquity is taken
away, and thy sin ^forgiven. 8
And I heard the voice of the Lord,
saying. Whom shall I send, and
who win go for us.^ Then I said.
Here am I; send me. 9 And he
said, Go, and tell this people.
Hear ye ^^indeed, but understand
not; and see ye ^^indeed, but per-
ceive not. 10 Make the heart of
this people fat, and make their
ears heavy, and shut their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes, and
hear with their ears, and ^^under-
stand with their heart, and turn
again, and be healed. 11 Then
said I, Lord, how long.? And he
answered. Until cities be waste
without inhabitant, and houses
without man, and the land become
utterly waste, 12 and Jehovah
have removed men far away, and
the forsaken places be manv in
the midst of the land. 13 ^^And if
6 Or, skirts ' Heb. the fulness of the whole earth is his glory.
8 Or, hot stone » Or, expiated i" Or, continually
11 Or, their heart should understand
1- Or, But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and
shall be eaten up
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Rezin and Pekah war against Jerusalem. Isaiah's Message to Ahaz
ISAIAH 7.1—7.23
there be yet a tenth in it, it also
shall in turn be ^eaten up: as
a terebinth, and as an oak, ^whose
^stock remaineth, when they %re
felled; so the holy seed is the
^stock thereof.
7 And it came to pass in the
days of Ahaz the son of Jotham,
the son of Uzziah, king of Judah,
that Rezin the king of Syria, and
Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of
Israel, went up to Jerusalem to
war against it, but could not pre-
vail against it. 2 And it was told
the house of David, saying, Syria
^is confederate with Ephraim. And
his heart trembled, and the heart
of his people, as the trees of the
forest tremble with the wind.
3 Then said Jehovah unto Isaiah,
Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou,
and ^Shear-jashub thy son, at the
end of the conduit of the upper pool,
in the highway of the fuller's field;
4 and say unto him. Take heed,
and be quiet; fear not, neither let
thy heart be faint, because of these
two tails of smoking firebrands, for
the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria,
and of the son of Remaliah. 5
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the
son of Remaliah, have purposed
evil against thee, saying, 6 Let us go
up against Judah, and vex it, and
let us make a breach therein for
us, and set up a king in the midst
of it, even the son of Tabeel;
7 thus saith the Lord Jehovah,
It shall not stand, neither shall it
come to pass. 8 For the head of
Syria is Damascus, and the head
of Damascus is Rezin; and within
threescore and five years shall Eph-
raim be broken in pieces, so that it
shall not be a people : 9 and the head
of Ephraim is Samaria, and the
head of Samaria is Remaliah's son.
If ye will not believe, surely ye shall
not be established.
10 And Jehovah spake again un-
to Ahaz, saying, 11 Ask thee a
1 Or, burnt 2 Qr, whose sub^j^^itntheift li^;'^l> stance
« Or, cast their leavo=..-' ?. Heb. resteth on Ep/'raim.
6 That is, A renkmnt shall return.
sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it
either in the depth, or in the height
above. 12 But Ahaz said, I will
not ask, neither will I tempt Je-
hovah. 13 And he said, Hear ye
now, O house of David : Is it a small
thing for you to weary men, that
ye will weary my God also? 14
Therefore the Lord himself will give
you a sign : behold, ^a ^virgin ^shall
conceive, and bear a son, and shall
call his name ^^Immanuel. 15 ^^B utter
and honey shall he eat, ^Vhen he
knoweth to refuse the evil, and
choose the good. 16 For before the
child shall know to refuse the evil,
and choose the good, the land
whose two kings thou abhorrest
shall be forsaken. 17 Jehovah \i\\\
bring upon thee, and upon thy
people, and upon thy father's house,
days that have not come, from the
day that Ephraim departed from
Judah — even the king of Assyria.
18 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that Jehovah will hiss
for the fly that is in the uttermost
part of the rivers of Egypt, and
for the bee that is in the land of
Assyria. 19 And they shall come,
and shall rest all of them in the
^^desolate valleys, and in the clefts
of the rocks, and upon all thorn-
hedges, and upon all ^^pastures.
20 In that day will the Lord
shave with a razor that is hired
in the parts beyond the River,
even with the king of Assyria, the
head and the hair of the feet; and
it shall also consume the beard.
21 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that a man shall keep
alive a young cow, and two sheep;
22 and it shall come to pass, that
because of the abundance of milk
which they shall give he shall eat
butter: for butter and honey shall
every one eat that is left in the
midst of the land.
23 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that every place, where
7 Ci, the ^ Or, maiden
9 Or, is with child, and beareth
10 That is, God is with us. i' Or, Curds
12 Or, that he may know Or, till he know
i 13 Or. rugged ^^ Or, bushes
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ISAIAH 7.24 8.21 Isaiah's son, and Assyria's invasion. Jehovah, not Enemies, to be feared
there were a thousand vines at a
thousand silverlings, shall be for
briers and thorns. 24 With arrows
and with bow shall one come
thither, because all the land shall
be briers and thorns. 25 And all
the hills that were digged with
the mattock, Hhou shalt not come
thither for fear of briers and thorns;
but it shall be for the sending forth
of oxen, and for the treading of
sheep.
8 And Jehovah said unto me,
Take thee a great tablet, and
write upon it ^with the pen of a
man, For ^Maher-shalal-hash-baz ;
2 and I will take unto me faithful
witnesses to record, Uriah the priest,
and Zechariah the son of Jebere-
chiah. 3 And I went unto the
prophetess; and she conceived, and
bare a son. Then said Jehovah
unto me, Call his name Maher-
shalal-hash-baz. 4 For before the
child shall have knowledge to cry.
My father, and. My mother, the
riches of Damascus and the spoil
of Samaria shall be carried away
before the king of Assyria.
yourselves, and be broken in pieces;
gird yourselves, and be broken in
pieces. 10 Take counsel together,
and it shall be brought to nought;
speak the word, and it shall not
stand: for ^God is with us. 11 For
Jehovah spake thus to me ^with a
strong hand, and instructed me
not to walk in the way of this people,
saying, 12 Say ye not, A conspiracy,
concerning all whereof this people
shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear
ye their fear, nor be in dread thereof.
13 Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye
sanctify; and let him be your fear,
and let him be your dread. 14
And he shall be for a sanctuary;
but for a stone of stumbling and
for a rock of offence to both the
houses of Israel, for a gin and
for a snare to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem. 15 And ^many shall
stumble thereon, and fall, and be
broken, and be snared, and be
taken.
16 Bind thou up the testimony,
seal the ^°law among my disciples.
17 And I will wait for Jehovah, that
hideth his face from the house of
Jacob, and I will look for him. 18
5 And Jehovah spake unto me i Behold, I and the children whom
yet again, saying, 6 Forasmuch Jehovah hath given me are for signs
as this people have refused the
waters of Shiloah that go softly,
^and rejoice ^in Rezin and Rem-
aliah's son; 7 now therefore, be-
hold, the Lord bringeth up upon
them the waters of the River,
strong and many, even the king of
Assyria and all his glory: and
it shall ^ come up over all its chan-
nels, and go over all its banks;
8 and it shall sweep onward into
Judah; it shall overflow and pass
through; it shall reach even to the
neck; and the stretching out of its
wings shall fill the breadth of thy
land, O Immanuel.
9 ^Make an uproar, O ye peoples,
and be broken in pieces; and give
ear, all ye of far countries: gird
1 Or, where never came the fear of briers and thornSr ^^^'^^^
be b'c. Or, there shall not come thither the fear . . . but it — ^^J' teaching
shall be b'c. 2 Or, in common characters
3 That is, The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth.
1 Or, even they that rejoice » Or, ivith « Or, Break, O ve
and for wonders in Israel from
Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in
mount Zion.
19 And when they shall say unto
you. Seek unto them that have
familiar spirits and unto the wizards,
that chirp and that mutter: should
not a people seek unto their God.^
on behalf of the living should they
seek unto the dead.^ 20 To the ^^law
and to the testimony ! ^Hf they speak
not according to this word, surely
there is no morning for them. 21
And they shall pass through it,
sore distressed and hungry; and
it shall come to pass that, when
they shall be hungry, they shall
fret themselves, and^^curse by their
7 Heb. immanu El. » Heb. with strength of h«nd.
Or, many among them shall stumble, and fall &*«.
6r,'s:if^^y,.'^C'asrdrngioth:'. ^""^ '^""^^ ^''"^ ^^""^^ ^'"'
whom there is no morni
ng
Or, curse their king and their Cod
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Birth and Reign of tlie Prince of Peace
king and by their God, and turn
their faces upward: 22 and they
shall look unto the earth, and, be-
hold, distress and darkness, the
gloom of anguish; ^and ^into thick
darkness they shall he driven away.
*Q ^But there shall be no
^ gloom to her that was in
anguish. In the former time he
brought into contempt the land
of Zebulun and the land of Naph-
tali; but in the latter time hath
he made it glorious, by the way of
the sea, beyond the Jordan, ^Gali-
lee of the nations. t2 The people
that walked in darkness have seen
a great light: they that dwelt in
the land of the ^shadow of death,
upon them hath the light shined.
3 Thou hast multiplied the nation,
^thou hast increased their joy:
they joy before thee according to the
joy in harvest, as men rejoice when
they divide the spoil. 4 For the
yoke of his burden, and the staff
of his shoulder, the rod of his op-
pressor, thou hast broken as in the
day of Midian. 5 For ^all the armor
of the armed man in the tumult,
and the garments rolled in blood,
shall be for burning, for fuel of
fire. 6 For unto us a child is born,
unto us a son is given; and the
government shall be upon his
shoulder: and his name shall be
called ^Wonderful, Counsellor,
Mighty God, ^Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase
of his government and of peace
there shall be no end, upon the
throne of David, and upon his
kingdom, to establish it, and to
uphold it with justice and with
righteousness from henceforth even
for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of
hosts will perform this.
8 The Lord sent a word into
Jacob, and it hath lighted upon
Israel. 9 And all the people shall
know, even Ephraim and the in-
1 Or. and thick darkness shall be driven away.
there b'c. 2 Or, in * Ch. 8. 23 in Heb. 3 Or
< Or, the district fCh. 9. 1 in Heb. s Or. deeiy da
For
. For
,. . Heb. 5 Or, deep darkness
« Another reading is, thou didst not increase the joy
7 Or, every boot of the booted warrior
8 Or, Wonderful counsellor » Heb. Father of Eternitv
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ISAIAH 8.22—9.21
habitant of Samaria, that say in
pride and in stoutness of heart,
10 The bricks are fallen, but we
will build with hewn stone; the
sycomores are cut down, but we
will put cedars in their place. 11
Therefore Jehovah ^^will set up on
high against him the adversaries
of Rezin, and "will ^^stir up his
enemies, 12 the Syrians ^^before,
and the Phihstines ^^ehind; and
they ^^shall devour Israel with open
mouth. For all this his anger is not
turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still.
13 Yet the people have not
turned unto him that smote them,
neither have they sought Jehovah
of hosts. 14 Therefore Jehovah
^^will cut off from Israel head and
tail, palm-branch and rush, in one
day. 15 The elder and the honorable
man, he is the head; and the
prophet that teacheth lies, he is the
tail. 16 For they that lead this
people cause them to err; and they
that are led of them are ^^destroyed.
17 Therefore the Lord will not re-
joice over their young men, neither
will he have compassion on their
fatherless and widows; for every
one is profane and an evil-doer,
and every mouth speaketh folly.
For all this his anger is not turned
away, but his hand is stretched out
still.
18 For wickedness burneth as
the fire; it devoureth the briers
and thorns; yea, it kindleth in
the thickets of the forest, and
they roll upward in a column of
smoke. 19 Through the wrath of
Jehovah of hosts is the land ^^burnt
up; and the people are as the
fuel of fire: no man sparethhis
brother. 20 And one shall snatch
on the right hand, and be hungry;
and he shall eat on the left hand,
and they shall not be satisfied:
they shall eat every man the flesh
of his own arm: 21 Manasseh,
1" Or, hath set " Or, hath stirred
^- Or, join together Or, arm i' Or, on the east
i"* Or, on the west 's Or, have devoured
IS Or, hath cut I'^Heb. swallowed up. is Or, darkened
ISAIAH 10.1—10.22 Assyria the Instrument of God's Wrath. A Remnant of Israel shall return
the fruit of the stout heart of the
king of Assyria, and the glory of his
high looks. 13 For he hath said, By
the strength of my hand I have done
Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh;
and they together shall be against
Judah. For all this his anger is not
turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still.
^/ 1 O ^^^ ^^^^ them that
1 vJ decree unrighteous decrees,
and to the writers that write per-
verseness; 2 to turn aside the needy
from justice, and to rob the poor of
my people of their right, that
widows may be their spoil, and that
r
it, and by my wisdom; for I have
understanding: and I have removed
the bounds of the peoples, and have
robbed their treasures, and like a
valiant man I have brought down
^them that sit on thrones: 14 and
my hand hath found as a nest the
riches of the peoples; and as one
they may inake the fatherless their I gathereth eggs that are forsaken
prey! 3 And what will ye do in the have I gathered all the earth: and
prey _
day of visitation, and in the desola-
tion which shall come from far.^ to
whom will ye flee for help? and
where will ye leave your glory? 4
^They shall only bow down under
the prisoners, and shall fall under
the slain. For all this his anger is
not turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still.
5 ^Ho Assyrian, the rod of
mine anger, the staff in whose
hand is mine indignation! 6 I
will send him against a profane
nation, and against the people of
my wrath will I give him a charge,
to take the spoil, and to take the
prey, and ^to tread them down like
the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit
he meaneth not so, neither doth
his heart think so; but it is in his
heart to destroy, and to cut off
nations not a few. 8 For he saith.
Are not my princes all of them
kings? 9 Is not Calno as Car-
chemish? is not Hamath as Arpad?
is not Samaria as Damascus? 10
As my hand hath "^found the king-
doms of the idols, whose graven
images did excel them of Jerusalem
and of Samaria; 11 shall I not, as
I have done unto Samaria and her
idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols ?
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass,
that, when the Lord hath performed
his whole work upon mount Zion
and on Jerusalem, I will ^punish
|| ' Or, Without me they shall bow down fe'c.
"4 ^ Or, Woe to Asshur
% ' Ileb. to make them a treading down.
*• * Or, reached b Heb^ visit upon.
there was none that moved the
wing, or that opened the mouth, or
chirped.
15 Shall the axe boast itself
against him that heweth there-
with? shall the saw magnify itself
against him that wieldeth it? as if
a rod should wield them that lift
it up, or as if a «taff should lift up
hi7n that is not wood. 16 There-
fore will the Lord, Jehovah of
hosts, send among his fat ones
leanness; and ^under his glory there
shall be kindled a burning like the
burning of fire. 17 And the light
of Israel will be for a fire, and his
Holy One for a flame; and it w^ill
burn and devour his thorns and his
briers in one day. 18 And he will
consume the glory of his forest,
and of his fruitful field, both soul
and body: and it shallbe ^as^^wjien a
standard-bearer fainteth. ( 19 And
the remnant of the trees of his
forest shall be few, so that a child
may write them.
20 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that the remnant of Is-|
rael, and they that are escaped of
the house of Jacob, shall no more
again lean upon him that smote
them, but shall lean upon Jehovah,
the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 ^A' remnant shall return, even
the remnant of Jacob, unto the
mighty God. 22 For though thy
people, Israel, be as the sand of the
sea, only a remnant ^^of them shall
8 Or, the inhabitants '' Or, instead of
" Or, as when a sick man pineth awa\
9 lieb. shear jashub See ch. 7. 3. i" Heb. in «.
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Righteouiis Reign of the Branch from Jesse's Roots
ISAIAH 10.23—11.11
return : a des Lruction is determined,
overf!owYi\'^ with righteousness. 23
For a full end, and that determined,
wiW the Lord, Jehovah of hosts,
make in the midst of all the
*earth.
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord,
Jehovah of hosts, O my people
that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid
of ^the Assyrian, though he smite
thee with the rod, and lift up his
staff against thee, after the manner
of Egypt. 25 For yet a very little
while, and the indignation against
thee shall he accomplished, and
mine anger shall be directed to his
destruction. 26 And Jehovah of
hosts will stir up against him a
scourge, as in the slaughter of
Midian at the rock of Oreb: and
%is rod will be over the sea, and
he will lift it up after the manner of
Egypt, 27 And it shall come to
pass in that day, that his burden
shall depart from off thy shoulder,
and his yoke from off thy neck, and
the yoke shall be destroyed by rea-
son of ^fatness.
28 He is come to Aiath, he is
passed through Migron; at Mich-
mash he layeth up his baggage;
29 they are gone over the pass;
Hhey have taken up their lodging
at Geba; Ramah trembleth; Gibeah
of Saul is fled. 30 Cry aloud with
thy voice, O daughter of Gallim!
hearken, O Laishah! O thou poor
Anathoth! 31 Madmenah is a
fugitive; the inhabitants of Gebim
^flee for safety. 32 This very
day shall he halt at Nob : he shaketh
his hand at the mount of the ^daugh-
ter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of
hosts, will lop the boughs with
terror: and the high of stature shall
be hewn down, and the lofty shall
be brought low. 34 And he will cut
down the thickets of the forest with
iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a
mighty one.
1 Or, land 2 Heb. Asshur.
' Or. as his rod was over the sea, so shall he b'c.
* Heb. oil. * Or, Geba is our lodging, they cry
8 Or, make their households flee
^ Another reading is, house.
I ^
11 J An^_there.shiill come.for^^^^
A a^sKbot put of the stock. of
Jesse, and a branch out of his roots
shall bear fruit. 2 And the Spirit
of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the
spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and of
the fear of Jehovah. 3 Ai.d %is
^delight shall be in the fear of Je-
hovah; and he shall not judge
after the sight of his eyes, neither
decide after the hearing of his ears;
4 but with righteousness shall he
judge the poor, and decide with
equity for the meek of the ^^earth;
and he shall smite the^'^earth w^ith
the rod of his mouth; and with the
breath of his lips shall he slay the
wicked. ^ 5 And righteousness shall
be the girdle .of- hS waist,,, and larth-
fiinress the_girdle of his loins.
B~A^d the wolf shall 'Iwell with )
the lamb, and the leopard shall liej
down with the kid; and the calfj
and the young lion and the fatlingi
together; and a little child shall;
lea;d— th£irL — 7 An'd^ t"!Te~cow and
the bear shall feed; their young
ones shall' lie down together; and
the lion shall eat straw like the
ox. 8 And the sucking child shall
play on the hole of the asp, and the
weaned child shall put his hand on
the adder's den. 9 They shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain; for the earth shall be
full of the knowledge of Jehovah,
as the waters cover the sea.
10 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that the root of Jesse,
that standeth for an ensign of the
peoples, unto him shall the nations
seek; and his resting-place shall be
^^glorious.
11 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that the Lord ^^will set liis
hand again the second time to ' 're-
cover the remnant of his people,
that shall remain, from Assyria
and from Egypt, and from Pathros,
s Or, he shall be of quick understanding
9 Heb. scent. "> Or, land " Heb. glory.
12 Or, will again the second time recover with his hand
13 Or, purchase See Ex. 15. IG.
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ISAIAH 11.12 13.11 Jehovah will recover Outcasts of Israel. Prophecy ot the Fall of Babylon
and from Cush, and from Elam,
and from Shinar, and from Hamath,
and from the ^islands of the sea.
12 And he will set up an ensign
for the nations, and will assemble
the outcasts of Israel, and gather
together the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
13 The envy also of Ephraim shall
depart, and they that vex ^Judah
shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not
envy Judah, and Judah shall not
vex Ephraim. 14 And they shall
fly down upon the shoulder of the
Philistines on the west; together
shall they despoil the children of
the east: they shall put forth their
hand upon Edom and Moab; and
the children of Ammon shall obey
them. 15 And Jehovah will ^utterly
destroy the tongue of the Egyptian
sea; and with his scorching wind
will he wave his hand over the River,
and will smite it into seven streams,
and cause men to march over
dry shod. 16 And there shall be a
highway for the remnant of his
people, that shall remain, from
Assyria; like as there was for Israel
in the day that he came up out
of the land of Egypt.
i O ,And in that day thou
1 ^ sfialt say, I will give thanks
unto thee, O Jehovah ; for . though
thou wast angry with me, ^thine
anger is turned away, and thou
comfortest me. 2 Behold, God is
my salvation; I will trust, and
will not be afraid: for ^Jehovah,
even Jehovah, is my strength and
song; and he is become my salva-
tion. 3 Therefore with joy shall
ye draw water out of the wells of
salvation. 4 And in that day shall
ye say. Give thanks unto Jeho-
vah, ^call upon his name, declare
his doings among the peoples, make
mention that his name is exalted.
5 Sing unto Jehovah; for he hath
done ^excellent things: ^let this
be known in all the earth. 6 Cry
^ Or, coast-lands 2 Qr, in Judah 3 Heb. devote.
* Or, let thine anger turn away, and comfort thou me
' Heb. J ah Jehovah. « Or, proclaim his name
' Or, gloriously » Or, this is made known
aloud and shout, thou ^inhabitant
of Zion; for great in tibc mid. >t of
thee is the Holy One of IsrarJ.
1 O The loburden of Babylon,
I O which Isaiah the son of Amoz
did see.
2 Set ye up an ensign upon the
bare mountain, lift up the voice
unto them, wave the hand, that
they may go into the gates of the
nobles. 3 I have commanded my
consecrated ones, yea, I have called
my mighty men for mine anger,
even ^^my proudly q^ulting ones.
4 The noise of a multitude in the
mountains, as of a great people!
the noise of a tumult of the king-
doms of the nations gathered to-
gether! Jehovah of hosts is muster-
ing the host for the battle. 5 They
come from a far country, from the
uttermost part of heaven, even
Jehovah, and the weapons of his
indignation, to destroy the whole
land.
6 Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah
is at hand ; as destruction from ^^the
Almighty shall it come. 7 Therefore
shall all hands be feeble, and every
heart of man shall melt: 8 and they
shall be dismayed; ^^pangs and sor-
rows shall take hold of them; they
shall be in pain as a woman in
travail: they shall look in amaze
ment one at another; their laces
shall he faces of flame. 9 Behold,
the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel,
with wrath and fierce anger; to
make the land a desolation, and to
destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the
constellations thereof shall not give
their light; the sun shall be dark-
ened in its going forth, and the
moon shall not cause its light to
shine. 11 And I will punish the
world for their evil, and the wicked
for their iniquity: and I will cause
the arrogancy of the proud to
cease, and will lay low the haughti-
9 Heb. inhabitress. 1° Or, oracle concerning
II Or, them that exult in my majesty
1-! Heb. Shaddat. See Gen. 17. 1.
'3 Or, they shall take hold of pangs and sorrows.
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ISAIAH 13.12—14.13
ness of the terrible. 12 I will
make a rrifin more rare than j5ne
gold, even a man than the pure
gold of Cphir. 13 Therefore I
will make the heavens to tremble,
and the earth shall be shaken out
of its place, in the wrath of Jeho-
vah of hosts, and in the day of his
fierce anger. 14 And it shall come
to pass, that as the chased ^roe,
and as sheep that no man gather-
eth, the}^ shall turn every man to
his Qwm people, and shall flee every
man to his own land. 15 Every
one that is found shall be thrust
throtigh; and every one that is
^taken shall fall by the sword. 16
Their infants also shall be dashed
in pieces before their eyes; their
houses shall be rifled, and their
wives ravished.
17 Behold, I will stir up the
Medes against them, who shall not
regard silver, and as for gold, they
shall not delight in it. 18 And
their bows shall dash the young
men in pieces; and they shall have
no pity on the fruit of the womb;
their eye shall not spare children.
19 And Babylon, the glory of
kingdoms, the beauty of the Chal-
deans' pride, shall be as when
God overthrew Sodom and Go-
morrah. 20 It shall never be in-
' ^^^ited, neither shall it be dwelt
... ifrom generation to generation:
neither shall the Arabian pitch
tent there; neither shall shepherds
make their flocks to lie down
there. 21 But wild beasts of the
desert shall lie there; and their
houses shall be full of doleful crea-
tures; and ostriches shall dwell there,
and wild goats shall dance there.
22 And Volves shall ^cry in their
castles, and jackals in the pleasant
palaces: and her time is near to
come, and her days shall not be
prolonged.
UFor Jehovah will have
compassion on Jacob, and
will yet '3l loose Israel, and set
> Or, gazelle
* Heb. howling reatures.
* Or, joined thereunto
* Or, answer
them in their own land: and the
sojourner shall join himself with
them, and they shall cleave to the
house of Jacob. 2 And the peoples
shall take them, and bring them
to their place; and the house of Is-
rael shall possess them in the land
of Jehovah for servants and for
handmaids: and they shall take
them captive whose captives they
were; and they shall rule over their
oppressors.
3 And it shall come to pass in the
day that Jehovah shall give thee
rest from thy sorrow, and from
thy trouble, and from the hard
service wherein thou wast made to
serve, 4 that thou shalt take up
this parable against the king of
Babylon, and ^say, How hath the
oppressor ceased! the ^golden city
ceased ! 5 Jehovah hath broken the
staff of the wicked, the sceptre of
the rulers; 6 ^that smote the peo-
ples in wrath with a continual stroke,
that ruled the nations in anger,
with a persecution that none re-
strained. 7 The whole earth is
at rest, and is quiet: they break
forth into singing. 8 Yea, the fir-
trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars
of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art
laid low, no hewer is come up
against us. 9 Sheol from beneath
is moved for thee to meet thee at
thy coming; it stirreth up ^the
dead for thee, even all the ^chief
ones of the earth; it hath raised up
from their thrones all the kings of
the nations. 10 All they shall
answer and say unto thee. Art thou
also become weak as we.^^ art thou
become like unto us.^ 11 Thy
pomp is brought down to Sheol,
and the noise of thy viols: the
worm is spread under thee, and
worms cover thee.
12 How art thou fallen from
heaven, O day-star, son of the
morning! how art thou cut down
to the ground, that didst lay low
the nations! 13 And thou saidst
" Or, exactress
6 Or, he that smote . . . is persecuted, and none hindereth
7 Or, the shades Heb. Rephaim. « Heb. he-goats.
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ISAIAH 14.14—15.4
Oracle concerning Philistia. Oracle concerning i^oab
in thy heart, I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God ; and I will
sit upon the mount of congrega-
tion, in the uttermost parts of the
north; 14 I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds; I will make
myself like the Most High. 15 Yet
thou shalt be brought down to
Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the
pit. 16 They that see thee shall
gaze at thee, they shall consider
thee, saying, Is this the man that
made the earth to tremble, that
did shake kingdoms; 17 that made
the world as a wilderness, and
overthrew the cities thereof; that
let not loose his prisoners to their
home.^ 18 All the kings of. the
nations, all of them, sleep in glory,
every one in his own house. 19
But thou art cast forth away from
thy sepulchre like an abominable
branch, ^clothed with the slain,
that are thrust through with the
sword, that go down to the stones
of the pit; as a dead body trodden
under foot. 20 Thou shalt not be
joined with them in burial, because
thou hast destroyed thy land, thou
hast slain thy people; the seed
of evil-doers shall not be named
for ever.
21 Prepare ye ^slaughter for his
children for the iniquity of their
fathers, that they rise not up, and
possess the earth, and fill the face
of the world with cities. 22 And
I will rise up against them, saith
Je^hovah of hosts, and cut off from
Babylon name and remnant, and
son and son's son, saith Jehovah.
23 I will also make it a possession
for the porcupine, and pools of
water: and I will sweep it with the
besom of destruction, saith Jehovah
of hosts.
24 Jehovah of hosts hath sworn,
saying. Surely, as I have thought,
so shall it come to pass; and as I
have purposed, so shall it stand:
25 that I will break the Assyrian
' Or, as the raiment of those that are slain
* Or, 0 place of slaughter
in my land, and upon try moun-
tains tread him under foot: then
shall his yoke depart from off
them, and his burden depart from
off their shoulder. 26 This is the
purpose that is purposed upon the
whole earth; and this is the hand
that is stretched out upon all the
nations. 27 For Jehovah of hosts
hath purposed, and who shall annul
it.^ and his hand is stretched out,
and who shall turn it back?
28 In the year that king Ahaz
died was this ^burden.
29 Rejoice not, O Philistia, all
of thee, because the rod that smote
thee is broken; for out of the ser-
pent's root shall come forth an
adder, and his fruit shall be a
fiery flying serpent. 30 And the
first-born of the poor shall feed,
and the needy shall lie down in
safety; and I will kill thy root
with famine, and thy remnant shall
be slain. 31 Howl, O gate; cry,
O city; thou art melted away, "O
Philistia, all of thee; for there com-
eth a smoke out of the north, and
Hhere is no straggler in his ranks.
32 What then shall one answer
the messengers of the nation.? That
Jehovah hath founded Zion, and
in her shall the afflicted of his
people take refuge.
15
The ^burden of Moab.
For ^in a night Ar of Moab
is laid waste, and brought to nought;
for ^in a night Kir of Mcab is laid
waste, and brought to r:ought. 2
^The}^ are gone up to ^Bayith, and
to Dibon, to the high places, to
weep: Moab waileth ^o^er Nebo,
and ^over Medeba; on all their
heads is baldness, every beard is
cut off. 3 In their streets they gird
themselves with sackcloth; on their
housetops, and in their bread places,
every one waileth, weepiig abun-
dantly. 4 And Heshbon crieth out,
3 Or, oracle
< Or, none standeth aloof at his appointed 'tmes
6 Or, oracle concerning « Cr. " i^e ntght
7 Or, Bayith and Dibon are gone up o th- high places
8 Or. the temple » *»r. vpon
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Devastation of Moab. Oracle concerning Damascus
ISAIAH 15.5-17.3
and Elealeh; their voice is heard,
even unto Jahaz: therefore the
armed men of Moab cry aloud; his'
soul trembleth within him. 5 My
heart crieth out for Moab; her
^nobles flee unto Zoar, ^to Eglath-
shelishiyah: for by the ascent of
Luliith with weeping they go up;
for in the way of Horonaim they
raise up a cry of destruction. 6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be
^desolate; for the grass is withered
away, the tender grass faileth, there
is no green thing. 7 Therefore the
abundance they have gotten, and
that which they have laid up,
shall they carry away over the brook
of the willows. 8 For the cry is gone
round about the borders of Moab;
the wailing thereof unto Eglaim,
and the wailing thereof unto Beer-
elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon are
full of blood; for I will bring yet
more upon Dimon, a lion upon them
of Moab that escape, and upon the
remnant of the land.
1/:* Send . ye the lambs for
vJ the ruler of the land from
^Selah to the wilderness, unto the
mount of the daughter of Zion.
2 For it shall be that, as wandering
birds, as a scattered nest, so shall
the daughters of Moab be at the
fords of the Arnon. 3 Give counsel,
execute justice; make thy shade as
the night in the midst of the noon-
day; hide the outcasts; betray not
the fugitive. 4 Let mine outcasts
dwell with thee; as for Moab, be
thou a covert to him from the face
of the destroyer. For ^the extor-
tioner is brought to nought, de-
struction ceaseth, ^the oppressors
are consumed out of the land.
5 And a throne shall be established
in lovingkindness; and one shall sit
thereon in truth, in the tent of
David, judging, and seeking justice,
and swift to do righteousness.
6 We have heard of the pride of
Moab, that he is very proud; even
of his arrogancy, and his pride,
1 Or, as otherwise read, fugitives
- Or, as a heifer three years old ^ Heb. desolations.
■« Or, Peira ^ Or, extortion " Heb. the Ireaders down.
and his wrath; his boastings are
nought. 7 Therefore shall Moab
wail for Moab, every one shall
wail: for the ^raisin-cakes of Kir-
hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly
stricken. 8 For the fields of Hesh-
bon languish, and the vine of Sib-
mah; ^the lords of the nations have
broken down the choice branches
thereof, which reached even unto
Jazer, which wandered into the
wilderness; its shoots were spread
abroad, they passed over the sea.
9 Therefore I will weep with the
weeping of Jazer for the vine of
Sibmah; I will water thee with
my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh:
for upon thy summer fruits and
upon thy harvest the battle shout
is fallen. 10 And gladness is taken
away, and joy out of the fruitful
field; and in the vineyards there
shall be no singing, neither joyful
noise: no treader shall tread out
wine in the presses; I have made
the vintage shout to cease. 1 1 Where-
fore my heart soundeth like a harp
for Moab, and mine inward parts
for Kir-heres. 12 And it shall come
to pass, when Moab presenteth
himself, when he wearieth himself
upon the high place, and shall come
to his sanctuary to pray, that he
shall not prevail.
13 This is the word that Jehovah
spake concerning Moab in time
past. 14 But now Jehovah hath
spoken, saying, Within three years,
as the years of a hireling, the
glory of Moab shall be brought into
contempt," with all his great multi-
tude; and the remnant shall be
very small and of no account.
IfJ The ^burden of Damas-
I cus.
Behold, Damascus is taken away
from being a city, and it shall be a
ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer
are forsaken; they shall be for
flocks, which shall lie down, and
none shall make them afraid. 3
And the fortress shall cease from
^ Or, foundations
8 Or, its choice plants did break dawn the lords of nations
9 Or, oracle concerning
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ISAIAH 17.4—18.7
Oracle concerning Damascus. A Prophecy concerning Ethiopia
Ephraim, and the kingdom ^from
Damascus, and the remnant of
Syria; they shall be as the glory
of the children of Israel, saith
Jehovah of hosts.
4 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that the glory of Jacob
shall be made thin, and the fat-
ness of his flesh shall wax lean.
5 And it shall be as when the
harvestman gathereth the standing
grain, and his arm reapeth the
ears; yea, it shall be as when one
gleaneth ears in the valley of
Rephaim. 6 Yet there shall be
left therein gleanings, as the ^shak-
ing of an olive-tree, two or three
berries in the top of the uppermost
bough, four or five in the outmost
branches of a fruitful tree, saith
Jehovah, the God of Israel. 7 In
that day shall men look unto their
Maker, and their eyes shall have
respect to the Holy One of Israel.
8 And they shall not look to the
altars, the work of their hands;
neither shall they have respect to
that which their fingers have made,
either the Asherim, or the sun-
images. 9 In that day shall their
strong cities be as the forsaken
places in the wood and on the moun-
tain top, which were forsaken from
before the children of Israel; and it
shall be a desolation. 10 For thou
hast forgotten the God of thy salva-
tion, and hast not been mindful
of the rock of thy ^strength; there-
fore thou plantest pleasant plants,
and settest it with ^strange slips.
11 In the day of thy planting
thou hedgest it in, and in the
morning thou makest thy seed to
blossom; but the harvest ^fleeth
away in the day of grief and of
desperate sorrow.
12 Ah, the ^uproar of many
peoples, that roar like the roaring
of the seas; and the rushing of
nations, that rush like the rushing
of mighty waters! 13 The nations
1 Or, from Damascus; and the remnant of Syria shall b'c.
2 Heb. beating. ^ Or, stronghold
* Or, vine slips of a strange god
6 Or, shall be a heap « Or, multitude ? Hcb. him.
shall rush like the rushing of many
waters: but he shall rebuke ^them,
and '^they shall flee far off, and shall
be chased as the chaff of the moun-
tains before the wind, and like the
whirling dust before the storm.
14 At eventide, behold, terror;
and before the morning ^they are
not. This is the portion of them
that despoil us, and the lot of them
that rob us.
1 O Ah, the land ^^of the rus-
1 O tling of wings, which is be-
yond the rivers of ^^Ethiopia; 2
that sendeth ambassadors by the
sea, ^^even in vessels of papyrus
upon the waters, saying, Go, ye
swift messengers, to a nation ^^tall
and smooth, to a people terrible
from their beginning onward, a
nation ^^that meteth out and tread-
eth down, whose land the rivers
^Mivide! 3 All ye inhabitants of
the world, and ye dwellers on the
earth, when an ensign is lifted up
on the mountains, see ye; and when
the trumpet is blown, hear ye.
4 For thus hath Jehovah said
unto me, I will be still, and I will
behold in my dwelling-place, ^^like
clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud
of dew in the heat of harvest. 5
For before the harvest, when the
blossom is over, and the flower
becometh a ripening grape, he will
cut off the sprigs with pruning-
hooks, and the spreading branches
will he take away and cut down.
6 They shall be left together unto
the ravenous birds of the mountains,
and to the beasts of the earth; and
the ravenous birds shall summer
upon them, and all the beasts of
the earth shall winter upon them.
7 In that time shall a present be
brought unto Jehovah of hosts
from a people ^Hall and smooth,
even from a people terrible from
their beginning onward, a nation
that meteth out and treadeth down,
8 Heb. he. » Heb. he is. i" Or, shadowing with wings
11 Heb. Cush. 12 Or, and i'' Or, dragged a7vay and peeled
1^ Or, meted out and trodden down Heb. of line, line, and of
treading dmvn. '* Or, have despoiled
IS Or, when there is
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Oracle concerning Egypt. Devastation, followed by a Return to Jehovah ISAIAH 19.1 — 19.21
whose land the rivers divide, to
the place of the name of Jehovah
of hosts, the mount Zion.
1 q The ^burden of Egypt.
1 ^ Behold, Jehovah rideth
upon a swift cloud, and cometh
unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt
shall tremble at his presence; and
the heart of Egypt shall melt in
the midst of it. 2 And I will ^stir
up the Egyptians against the Egyp-
tians: and they shall fight every
one against his brother, and every
one against his neighbor; city
against city, and kingdom against
kingdom. 3 And the spirit of
Egypt shall ^fail in the midst of it;
and I will ^destroy the counsel
thereof: and they shall seek unto
the idols, and to the ^charmers,
and to them that have familiar
spirits, and to the wizards. 4 And
I will ^give over the Egyptians into
the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce
king shall rule over them, saith the
Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
5 And the waters shall fail from
the sea, and the river shall be
wasted and become dry. 6 And
the rivers shall become foul; the
'streams of ^Egypt shall be dimin-
ished and dried up; the reeds and
flags shall wither away. 7 ^ The
meadows by the Nile, by the brink of
the Nile, and all the sown fields
of the Nile, shall become dry, be
driven away, and be no more.
8 And the fishers shall lament,
and all they that cast angle into
the Nile shall mourn, and they that
spread nets upon the waters shall
languish. 9 Moreover they that
work in combed flax, and they that
weave ^white cloth, shall be con-
founded. 10 And i^he i^pillars
of Egypt shall be broken in pieces;
all they ^^that work for hire shall be
grieved in soul.
11 The princes of Zoan are ut-
terly foolish; the counsel of the
wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is
1 Or, oracle concerning 2 Or, join together Or, arm
3 Heb. be emptied. < Heb. swallow up. ^ Or, whisperers
6 Or, shut up ^ Or, canals ^ Heb. Mazor.
» Or, cotton 1° Heb. her pillars.
" Or, foundations ^- Or, that make dams
become brutish: how say ye unto
Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise,
the son of ancient kings .^ 12 Where
then are thy wise men.'^ and let
them tell thee now; and let them
know what Jehovah of hosts hath
purposed concerning Egypt. 13
The princes of Zoan are become
fools, the princes of Memphis are
deceived; they have caused Egypt
to go astray, that are the corner-
stone of her tribes. 14 Jehovah
hath mingled a spirit of perverse-
ness in the midst of her; and they
have caused Egypt to go astray in
every work thereof, as a drunken
man ^^staggereth in his vomit. 15
Neither shall there be for Egypt
any work, which head or tail,
palm-branch or rush, may do.
16 In that day shall the Egyp-
tians be like unto women; and they
shall tremble and fear because of
the shaking of the hand of Jeho-
vah of hosts, which he shaketh over
them. 17 And the land of Judah
shall become a terror unto Egypt;
^^every one to whom mention is
made thereof shall be afraid, be-
cause of the purpose of Jehovah of
hosts, which he purposeth against
it.
18 In that day there shall be five
cities in the land of Egypt that
speak the language of Canaan, and
swear to Jehovah of hosts; one
shall be called The city of ^^destruc-
tion.
19 In that day shall there be an
altar to Jehovah in the midst of the
land of Egypt, and a pillar at the
border thereof to Jehovah. 20
And it shall be for a sign and for
a witness unto Jehovah of hosts
in the land of Egypt; for they
shall cry unto Jehovah because of
oppressors, and he will send them
a saviour, and ^^a defender, and
he will deliver them. 21 And Je-
hovah shall ^''be known to Egypt,
and the Egyptians shall know Je-
13 Or, goeth astray
" Or, every one that maketh mention thereof, to him shall
they turn in fear
15 Or, Heres Or, according to another reading, the sun
16 Or, a mighty one i^ Or, make himself known
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ISAIAH 19.22—21.11
hovah in that day; yea, they shall
worship with sacrifice and obla-
tion, and shall vow a vow unto
Jehovah, and shall perform it. 22
And Jehovah will smite Egypt,
smiting and healing; and they shall
return unto Jehovah, and he will be
entreated of them, and will heal
them.
23 In that day shall there be a
highway out of Egypt to Assyria,
and the Assyrian shall come into
Egypt, and the Egyptian into As-
syria; and the Egyptians shall wor-
ship with the Assyrians.
24 In that day shall Israel be the
third with Egypt and with Assyria,
a blessing in the midst of the earth ;
25 for that Jehovah of hosts hath
blessed them, saying. Blessed be
Egypt my people, and Assyria
the work of my hands, and Israel
mine inheritance.
O/^ In the year that ^Tartan
^yj came unto Ashdod, when
Sargon the king of Assyria sent
him, and he fought against Ash-
dod and took it; 2 at that time
Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son
of Amoz, saying. Go, and loose the
sackcloth from off thy loins, and
put thy shoe from off thy foot.
And he did so, walking naked and
barefoot. 3 And Jehovah said.
Like as my servant Isaiah hath
walked naked and barefoot ^three
years for a sign and a wonder
concerning Egypt and concerning
^Ethiopia; 4 so shall the king of
Assyria lead away the captives of
Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia,
young and old, naked and bare-
foot, and with buttocks uncovered,
to the shame of Egypt. 5 And
they shall be dismayed and con-
founded,^ because of Ethiopia their
expectation, and of Egypt their
glory. 6 And the inhabitant of
this coast-land shall say in that
day. Behold, such is our expecta-
tion, whither we fled for help to be
1 The title of the Assyrian commander-in-chief.
2 Or, to be for three years a sign is°c.
3 Heb. Cush.
Captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia predicted
delivered from the king of Assyria:
and we, how shall we escape .^^
Q 1 The ^burden of the wil-
^ A derness of the sea.
As whirlwinds in the South sweep
through, it cometh from the wilder-
ness, from a terrible land. 2 A
^grievous vision is declared unto me ;
the treacherous man dealeth treach-
erously, and the destroyer destroy-
eth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O
Media; all the sighing thereof %ave I
made to cease. 3 Therefore are my
loins filled with anguish; pangs have
taken hold upon me, as the pangs
of a woman in travail: I am
^pained so that I cannot hear; I
am dismayed so that I cannot see.
4 My heart ^fluttereth, horror hath
affrighted me; the twilight that
I desired hath been turned into
trembling unto me. 5 They pre-
pare the table, they ^set the watch,
they eat, they drink: rise up, ye
princes, anoint the shield. 6 For
thus hath the Lord said unto me.
Go, set a watchman; let him de-
clare what he seeth: 7 ^^and when
he seeth "a troop, ^-horsemen in
pairs, ^^a troop of asses, "a troop
of camels, he shall hearken dili-
gently with much heed. 8 And he
cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand
continually upon the watch-tower
in the day-time, and am set in my
ward ^^whole nights; 9 and, behold,
here ^^cometh a troop of men,
^%orsemen in pairs. And he an-
swered and said, Fallen, fallen is
Babylon; and all the graven im-
ages of her gods are broken unto
the ground.
10 O thou my threshing, and
the ^^grain of my floor! that which
I have heard from Jehovah of hosts,
the God of Israel, have I declared
unto you.
11 The ^burden of Dumah.
One calleth unto me out of Seir,
* Or, oracle concerning » Or, hard « Or, will I make
7 Heb. bent. » Heb. wandereih. » Or, spread the carpets
1" Or, and he saw . . . and he hearkened
11 Or, a chariot Or, chariots ^- Or, a pair of horsemen
" Or, every night " Or, come chariots of men " Heb. ^o?;.
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Jerusalem besieged, yet reckless. Shebna to be replaced by Eliakim ISAIAH 21.12 — 22.18
Watchman, ^what of the night?
Watchman, Vhat of the night?
12 The watchman said, The morn-
ing ^Cometh, and also the night:
if ye will inquire, inquire ye: ^turn
ye, come.
13 The ^burden upon Arabia.
In the ^forest in Arabia shall ye
lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.
14 Unto him that ^was thirsty
they brought water; ^the inhab-
itants of the land of Tema did
' meet the fugitives with their bread.
15 For they fled away from the
swords, from the drawn sword, and
from the bent bow, and from the
grievousness of war. 16 For thus
hath the Lord said unto me. Within
a year, according to the years of
a hireling, all the glory of Kedar
shall fail; 17 and the residue of
the number of the archers, the
mighty men of- the children of
Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah,
the God of Israel, hath spoken it.
OQ The ^burden of the valley
i^^ of vision.
What aileth thee now, that thou
art wholly gone up to the house-
tops? 2 O thou that art full of
shoutings, a tumultuous city, a
joyous town; thy slain are not
slain with the sword, neither are
they dead in battle. 3 All thy
rulers fled away together, they were
bound ^by the archers; all that
were found of thee were bound
together; ^^they fled afar oft". 4
Therefore said I, Look away from
me, I will weep bitterly; ^^labor
not to comfort me for the destruc-
tion of the daughter of my people.
5 For it is a day of discomfiture,
and of treading down, and of per-
plexity, from the Lord, Jehovah
of hosts, in the valley of vision;
a breaking down of the walls,
and a crying to the ^^mountains.
1 Or, what hour 2 Or, is come ^ Or, come ye again
* Or, oracle ^ Or, thickets « Or, is thirsty bring ye
7 Or, as otherwise read, ye inhabitants of the land of
Tema, meet ^ Or, oracle concerning
9 Or, without the bow i" Or, that had fled from far
11 Or, hasten ^- Or, mountain
6 And Elam bare the quiver, with
^^chariots of men and horsemen;
and Kir uncovered the shield. 7
And it came to pass, that thy
choicest valleys were full of chariots,
and the horsemen set themselves
in array at the gate. 8 And he
took away the covering of Judah;
and thou didst look in that day
to the armor in the house of the
forest. 9 And ye saw the breaches
of the city of David, that they were
many; and ye gathered together
the waters of the lower pool; 10
and ye numbered the houses of
Jerusalem, and ye brake down the
houses to fortify the wall; 11 ye
made also a reservoir between the
two walls for the water of the old
pool. But ye looked not unto ^^him
that had done this, neither had ye
respect unto him that purposed it
long ago.
12 And in that day did the
Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to
weeping, and to mourning, and
to baldness, and to girding with
sackcloth: 13 and, behold, joy and
gladness, slaying oxen and kill-
ing sheep, eating flesh and drinking
wine: Let us eat and drink, for to-
morrow we shall die. 14 And Je-
hovah of hosts revealed himself
in mine ears. Surely this iniquity
shall not be ^^forgiven you till ye
die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
15 Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah
of hosts. Go, get thee unto this
^^treasurer, even unto Shebna, who
is over the house, and say, 16 What
doest thou here? and whom hast
thou here, that thou hast hewed
thee out here a sepulchre? hewing
him out a sepulchre on high, grav-
ing a habitation for himself in the
rock! 17 Behold, Jehovah, ^^like
a strong man, will hurl thee away
violently; yea, he will ^^wrap thee
up closely. 18 He will surely wind
thee round and round, and toss thee
like a ball into a large country;
" Or, troops ^* Or, the maker thereof
15 Or, expiated by i^ Or, steward
1^ Or, O thou strong man i* Or, lay fast hold on the'-
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ISAIAH 22.19—23.17
there shalt thou die, and there
shall be the chariots of thy glory,
thou shame of thy lord's house.
19 And I will thrust thee from
thine office; and from thy station
shalt thou be pulled down. 20 And
it shall come to pass in that day,
that I will call my servant Elia-
kim the son of Hilkiah: 21 and I
will clothe him with thy robe, and
strengthen him with thy girdle,
and I will commit thy government
into his hand; and he shall be a
father to the inhabitants of Jeru-
salem, and to the house of Judah.
Oracle concerning Tyre
up virgins. 5 ^When the report
Cometh to Egypt, they shall be
sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail,
ye inhabitants of the coast. 7 Is
this your joyous city, whose an-
tiquity is ^of ancient days, whose
feet carried her afar off to sojourn?
8 Who hath purposed this
against Tyre, the bestower of
crowns, whose merchants are
princes, whose traffickers are the
honorable of the earth .^ 9 Jehovah
of hosts hath purposed it, to ^stain
the pride of all glory, to bring into
22 And the key of the house of i contempt all the honorable of the
David will I lay upon his shoulder; | earth. 10 ^Pass through thy land
and he shall open, and none shall j as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish ;
shut; and he shall shut, and none, there is no ^restraint any more,
shall open. 23 And I will fasten 11 He hath stretched out his hand
him as a nail in a sure place; and | over the sea, he hath shaken the
he shall be for a throne of glory kingdoms : Jehovah hath given com-
to his father's house. 24 And they j mandment concerning 'Canaan, to
shall hang upon him all the glory | destroy the strongholds thereof. 12
of his father's house, the offspring \ And he said, Thou shalt no more re-
and the issue, every small vessel, i joice, O thou oppressed virgin
from the cups even to all the flag- 1 daughter of Sidon : arise, pass over
ons. 25 In that day, saith Jeho-ito Kittim; even there shalt thou
vah of hosts, shall the nail that I have no rest.
was fastened in a sure place give| 13 Behold, the land of the Chal-
way; and it shall be hewn down, deans: Hhis people was not; the
and fall; and the burden that was
upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah
hath spoken it.
Oq The ^burden of Tyre.
^O Howl, ye ships of Tar-
shish; for it is laid waste, so that
there is no house, no entering in:
from the land of Kittim it is re-
vealed to them. 2 Be still, ye in-
habitants of the coast, thou whom
the merchants of Sidon, that pass
over the sea, have replenished. 3
And on great waters the seed of
the Shihor, the harvest of the
Nile, was her revenue; and she
was the mart of nations. 4 Be
thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the
sea hath spoken, the stronghold of
the sea, saying, I have not travailed,'
nor brought forth, neither have I
nourished young men, nor brought
Or, oracle concerning
Assyrian founded it for them that
dwell in the wilderness; they set
up ^their towers; they ^^overthrew
the palaces thereof; they made it
a ruin. 14 Howl, ye ships of Tar-
shish; for your stronghold is laid
waste. 15 And it shall come to
pass in that day, that Tyre shall be
forgotten seventy years, according
to the days of one king: after the
end of seventy years ^4t shall be
unto Tyre as in the song of the
harlot. 16 Take a harp, go about
the city, thou harlot that hast
been forgotten; make sweet melody,
sing many songs, that thou mayest
be remembered. 17 And it shall
come to pass after the end of sev-
" Or, As at the report concerning Egypt, so 6*c.
3 Or, of ancient days? her own feet shaU carry b'c.
< Heb. profane. » Or. Overflow « Heb. girdle.
' Or, the merchant people
^ This people is no more; the Assyrian hath appointed it
for the beasts of the wilderness. ' Or, the towers thereof
'" Or, raised up " Or, shall Tvre sing as a harloi
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Judgment of Jehovah on the Nations
enty years, that Jehovah will visit
Tyre, and she shall return to her
hire, and shall play the harlot
with all the kingdoms of the world
upon the face of the earth. 18 And
her merchandise and her hire shall
be holiness to Jehovah: it shall
not be treasured nor laid up; for
her merchandise shall be for them
that dwell before Jehovah, to eat
sufficiently, and for ^durable cloth-
ing.
^/L Behold, Jehovah maketh
^"T the ^earth empty, and mak-
eth it waste, and turneth it upside
down, and scattereth abroad the
inhabitants thereof. 2 And it
shall be, as with the people, so
with the priest; as with the ser-
vant, so with his master; as with
the maid, so with her mistress; as
with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the creditor, so with the
debtor; as with the taker of in-
terest, so with the giver of inter-
est to him. 3 The earth shall be
utterly emptied, and utterly laid
waste; for Jehovah hath spoken
this word. 4 The earth mourneth
and fadeth away, the world
languisheth and fadeth away, ^the
lofty people of the earth do languish.
5 The earth also is polluted under
the inhabitants thereof; because
they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes, broken the
everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore
hath the curse devoured the earth,
and they that dwell therein are
found guilty: therefore the inhabi-
tants of the earth are burned, and
few men left. 7 The new wine
mourneth, the vine languisheth, all
the merry hearted do sigh. 8 The
mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise
of them that rejoice endeth, the joy
of the harp ceaseth. 9 They shall
not drink wine with a song; strong
drink shall be bitter to them that
drink it. 10 The waste city is
broken down; every house is shut
' Or, stately " Or, land (and so in ver. 3, 4, &c.)
' Or, the high ones of the people
ISAIAH 23.18—24.22
up, that no man may come in. 11
There is a crying in the streets
because of the wine; all joy is
darkened, the mirth of the land
is ^gone. 12 In the city is left
desolation, and the gate is smitten
with destruction. 13 For thus
shall it be in the midst of the
earth among the peoples, as the ^shak-
ing of an olive-tree, as the gleanings
when the vintage is done.
14 These shall lift up their voice,
they shall shout; for the majesty
of Jehovah they cry aloud from the
sea. • 15 Wherefore glorify ye Je-
hovah in the ^east, even the name
of Jehovah, the God of Israel,
in the ^isles of the sea. 16 From the
uttermost part of the earth have we
heard songs: Glory to the righteous.
But I said, ^I pine away, I pine
away, woe is me! the treacherous
have dealt treacherously; yea, the
treacherous have dealt very treach-
erously. 17 Fear, and the pit, and
the snare, are upon, thee, O inhab-
itant of the earth. 18 And it shall
come to pass, that he who fleeth
from the noise of the fear shall
fall into the pit; and he that cometh
up out of the midst of the pit shall
be taken in the snare: for the win-
dows on high are opened, and the
foundations of the earth tremble.
19 The earth is utterly broken, the
earth is rent asunder, the earth is
shaken violently. 20 The earth
shall stagger like a drunken man,
and shall sway to and fro like a
hammock ; and the transgression
thereof shall be heavy upon it, and
it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that Jehovah will ^pun-
ish the host of the ^°high ones on
high, and the kings of the earth
upon the earth. 22 And they shall
be gathered together, as prisoners
are gathered in the ^^pit, and shall
be shut up in the prison; and after
many days shall they be ^Visited.
^ Heb. gone into captivity. ^ Heb. beating.
8 Or, lights Or, fires ^ Or, coast-lands
s Heb. Leanness to me. ^ Heb. visit upon.
'0 Heb. height. " Or, dungeon '- Or, punished
ISAIAH 24.23—26.10
23 Then the moon shall be con-
founded, and the sun ashamed;
for Jehovah of hosts will reign in
mount Zion, and in Jerusalem;
and before his elders shall be glory.
Q t' O Jehovah, thou art my
^O God; I will exalt thee, I
will praise thy name; for thou
hast done wonderful things, even
counsels of old, in faithfulness and
truth. 2 For thou 'hast made of a
city a heap, of a fortified city a
ruin, a palace of strangers to be no
city; it shall never be built. 3
Therefore shall a strong people
glorify thee; a city of terrible na-
tions shall fear thee. 4 For thou
hast been a stronghold to the poor,
a stronghold to the needy in his
distress, a refuge from the storm,
a shade from the heat, when the
blast of the terrible ones is as a
storm against the wall. ^ As the
heat in a dry place wilt thou bring
down the noise of strangers; as the
heat by the shade of a cloud, the
song of the terrible ones shall be
brought low.
6 And in this mountain will
Jehovah of hosts make unto all
peoples a feast of fat things, a
feast of wines on the lees, of fat
things full of marrow, of wines on
the lees well refined. 7 And he
will destroy in this mountain the
face of the covering that covereth
all peoples, and the veil that is
spread over all nations. 8 He
hath swallowed up death for ever;
and the Lord Jehovah will wipe
away tears from off all faces; and
the reproach of his people will he
take away from off all the earth:
for Jehovah hath spoken it.
9 And it shall be said in that
day, Lo, this is our God; we have
waited for him, and he will save
us: this is Jehovah; we have waited
for him, we will be glad and re-
joice in his salvation. 10 For in
this mountain will the hand of
Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be
trodden down in his place, even as
Heb. swallow up.
Song of Praise for Jehovah's Favor
straw is trodden down ^in the water
of the dunghill. 11 And he shall
spread forth his hands in the midst
^thereof, as he that swimmeth
spreadeth forth his hands to swim;
but Jehovah will lay low %is pride
^together with the craft of %is hands.
12 And the high fortress of thy walls
%ath he brought down, laid low,
and brought to the ground, even
to the dust.
0/2 In that day shall this song
-^vJ be sung in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city; salvation
will he appoint for walls and bul-
warks. 2 Open ye the gates, that
the righteous nation which keepeth
faith may enter in. 3 ^Thou wilt
keep him Hn perfect peace, whose
^mind is stayed on thee; because he
trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in Je-
hovah for ever; for in ^ "^Jehovah,
even Jehovah, is ^^an everlasting
rock. 5 For he hath brought down
them that dwell on high, the lofty
city: he layeth it low, he layeth it
low even to the ground; he bringeth
it even to the dust. 6 The foot shall
tread it down; even the feet of the
poor, and the steps of the needy.
7 The way of the just is ^^upright-
ness: thou that art upright dost
^Mirect the path of the just.
8 Yea, in the way of thy judg-
ments, O Jehovah, have we waited
for thee; to thy name, even to thy
memorial name, is the desire of our
soul. 9 With my soul have I de-
sired thee in the night; yea, with
my spirit within me will I seek
thee earnestly: for when thy judg-
ments are in the earth, the in-
habitants of the world learn right-
eousness. 10 Let favor be show^ed
to the wicked, yet will he not learn
righteousness; in the land of up-
rightness will he deal wrongfully,
and will not behold the majesty of
Jehovah.
2 Another reading is, in the dunghill. » Or. of them
4 Or, their 5 Qr, for all the craft
•5 Or, will he bring down, lay low, and bring b-'c.
7 Or, A stedfast mind thou keepest in perfect peace,
because it ire. » Heb. peace, peace.
9 Or, imagination i" Heb. Jah. " Or, a rock of ages
1- Or. a right way; the path of the just thou directcst aright
13 Or, level
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Song of Trust in Jehovah's Protection. Jehovah's Vineyard ISAIAH 26. 1 1 — 27. 1 1
11 Jehovah, thy hand is lifted
up, yet they see not: but they
shall see Hhy zeal for the people,
and be put to shame; yea, ^fire
shall devour thine adversaries. 12
Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace
for us; for thou hast also wrought
all our works for us. 13 O Jehovah
our God, other lords besides thee
have had dominion over us; but
by thee only will we make mention
of thy name. 14 ^They are dead,
they shall not live; they are ^de-
ceased, they shall not rise: there-
fore hast thou visited and destroyed
them, and made all remembrance
of them to perish. 15 Thou hast
increased the nation, O Jehovah,
thou hast increased the nation; thou
art glorified; ^thou hast enlarged
all the borders of the land.
16 Jehovah, in trouble have they
Visited thee; they poured out a
Sprayer when thy chastening was
upon them. 17 Like as a woman
with child, that draweth near the
time of her delivery, is in pain and
crieth out in her pangs; so we
have been ^before thee, O Jeho-
vah. 18 We have been with child,
we have been in pain, we have as
it were brought forth wind; we
have not wrought any deliverance
in the earth; ^neither have the
inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Thy dead shall live; my dead
bodies shall arise. Awake and
sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for
thy dew is as the dew of ^^herbs,
and the earth shall cast forth ^Hhe
dead.
20 Come, my people, enter tnou
into thy chambers, and shut thy
doors about thee: hide thyself for
a Httle moment, until the indig-
nation be overpast. 21 For, be-
hold, Jehovah cometh forth out of
his place to punish the inhabitants
1 Or, and be put to shame, in their envy at the people
2 Or, the fire of thine adversaries shall devour them
3 Or, The dead live not, the deceased rise not
* Or, shades Heb. Rephaim.
5 Or, thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the
earth '^ Or. looked for
7 Heb. whisper. ^ Or, at thy presence
» Or, neither have inhabitants of the world been born
10 Or, light " Or, the shades Heb. Rephaim.
of the earth for their iniquity:
the earth also shall disclose her
blood, and shall no more cover her
slain.
O'y In that day Jehovah with
^ I his hard and great and strong
sword will punish leviathan the
^^swift serpent, and leviathan
the ^^crooked serpent; and he will
slay the monster that is in the sea.
2 In that day: A vineyard of
wine, sing ye ^^unto it. 3 I Jehovah
am its keeper; I will water it every
moment: lest any hurt it, I will
keep it night and day. 4 Wrath
is not in me: would that the briers
and thorns were against me in
battle! I would march upon them,
I would burn them together. 5 Or
else let him take hold of my strength,
that he may make peace with me ;
yea, let him make peace with
me. 6 ^^In days to come shall
Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom
and bud; and they shall fill the face
of the world with fruit.
7 Hath he smitten them as he
smote those that smote them.^ or
are they slain according to the
slaughter ^^of them that were slain
by them.^ 8 ^Tn measure, ^^when
thou sendest them away, thou dost
contend with them; he hath re-
moved them with his rough blast
in the day of the east wind. 9
ThereiFore by this shall the iniquity
of Jacob be ^ ^forgiven, and this is
all the fruit ^^of taking away his
sin: that he maketh all the stones
of the altar as chalkstones that are
beaten in sunder, so that the Asherim
and the sun-images shall rise no
more. 10 For the fortified city is
solitary, a habitation deserted and
forsaken, like the wilderness: there
shall the calf feed, and there shall
he lie down, and consume the
branches thereof. 11 When the
boughs thereof are withered, they
shall be broken off; the women
shall come, and set them on fire;
12 Or, gliding Or, fleeing " Or, winding " Or, of
15 Or, In the generations that come is Qr, of their slain
" The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain.
IS Or, by sending them away
19 Or, expiated 20 Qr, to take away
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ISAIAH 27.12—28.18
Ephraim condemned. Jerusalem warned
for it is a people of no understand-
ing: therefore he that made them
will not have compassion upon them,
and he that formed them will show
them no favor.
12 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that Jehovah will ^beat
off his fruit from the flood of the
River unto the brook of Egypt;
and ye shall be ^gathered ^one
by one, O ye children of Israel.
13 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that a great trumpet shall
be blown; and they shall come that
were ^ready to perish in the land
of Assyria, and they that were out-
casts in the land of Egypt; and they
shall worship Jehovah in the holy
mountain at Jerusalem.
OQ Woe to the crown of pride
^O of the drunkards of Ephraim,
and to the fading flower of his
glorious beauty, which is on the
head of the fat valley of them that
are ^overcome with wine! 2 Behold,
the Lord hath a mighty and strong
one; as a tempest of hail, a destroy-
ing storm, as a tempest of mighty
waters overflowing, will he cast
down to the earth ^with the hand.
3 The crown of pride of the drunk-
ards of Ephraim shall be trodden
under foot: 4 and the fading flower
of his glorious beauty, which is on
the head of the fat valley, shall be
as the first-ripe fig before the
summer; which when he that look-
eth upon it seeth, while it is yet in
his hand he eateth it up. 5 In
that day will Jehovah of hosts
become a crown of glory, and a
diadem of beauty, unto the residue
of his people; 6 and a spirit of
justice to him that sitteth in judg-
ment, and strength to them that
turn back the battle ^at the gate.
7 And even these reel with wine,
and stagger with strong drink;
the priest and the prophet reel
with strong drink, they are swal-
lowed up of wine, they stagger
1 Or, heat out his grain 2 Qr, gleaned
3 Or, one to another * Or, lost
^ Heb. smitten down, « Or, -with vioknte ^ Or, to
with strong drink; they err in
vision, they stumble in judgment.
8 For all tables are fuU of vomit
and filthiness, so that there is no
place clea7i.
9 ^Whom will he teach knowl-
edge .^^ and whom will he make to
understand the ^message .^^ them that
are weaned from the milk, and
drawn from the breasts? 10 For
it is precept upon precept, precept
upon precept; ^^line upon line, line
upon line; here a little, there a little.
1 1 ^^Nay , but by men of strange
lips and with another tongue will
he speak to this people; 12 to
whom he said. This is the rest,
give ye rest to him that is weary:
and this is the refreshing: yet
they would not hear. 13 Therefore
shall the word of Jehovah be unto
them precept upon precept, pre-
cept upon precept; line upon line,
line upon line; here a little, there
a little; that they may go, and
fall backward, and be broken, and
snared, and taken.
14 Wherefore hear the word of
Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this
people that is in Jerusalem: 15
Because ye have said. We have
made a covenant with death, and
with Sheol are we at agreement;
when the overflowing scourge shall
pass through, it shall not come
unto us; for we have made lies
our refuge, and under falsehood
have we hid ourselves: 16 therefore
thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Be-
hold, I ^^lay in Zion for a founda-
tion a stone, a tried stone, a precious
corner-sto7ie of sure foundation: he
that believeth shall not be in haste.
17 And I will make justice the line,
and righteousness the plummet; and
the hail shall sweep away the refuge
of lies, and the waters shall overflow
the hiding-place. 18 And your
covenant with death shall be an-
nulled, and your agreement with
Sheol shall not stand; when the
overflowing scourge shall pasK
8 Or, Whom shtll he teach . . . and whom shall he maki
. . breasts. For ^c. * Or, report i" Or, rule
" Or, For with stammering Ups " Or, have laii
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A Parable from Husbandry. Ariel and her Enemies
ISAIAH 28.19—29.10
through, then ye shall be trodden
down by it. 19 As often as it
passeth through, it shall take you;
for morning by morning shall it
pass through, by day and by night :
and it shall be nought but terror to
understand the ^message. 20 For
the bed is shorter than that a
man can stretch himself on it;
and the covering narrower than
that he can wrap himself in it. 21
For Jehovah will rise up as in
mount Perazim, he will be wroth
as in the valley of Gibeon; that he
may do his work, his strange work,
and bring to pass his act, his
strange act. 22 Now therefore be
ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be
made strong; for ^a decree of de-
struction have I heard from the
Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the
whole ^earth.
23 Give ye ear, and hear my
voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
24 Doth he that ploweth to sow
plow continually .f^ doth he contin-
ually open and harrow his ground. ^^
25 When he hath levelled the face
thereof, doth he not cast abroad
the ^fitches, and scatter the cummin,
and put in the wheat in rows, and
the barley in the appointed place,
and the spelt in the border thereof ?
26 ^For his God doth instruct him
aright, and doth teach him. 27
For the fitches are not threshed
with a sharp threshing instrument,
neither is a cart wheel turned about
upon the cummin; but the fitches
are beaten out with a staff, and the
cummin with a rod. 28 ^Bread
grain is ground; for he will not be
always threshing it: and though
the wheel of his cart and his horses
scatter it, he doth not grind it.
29 This also cometh forth from Je-
hovah of hosts, who is wonderful
in counsel, and excellent in ^wis-
dom.
* Or, report 2 Heb. destruction, and that decreed.
3 Or, land * Or, black cummin {Nigella saliva)
6 Or, And he traineth each of them aright; his God doth
teach him
6 Or, Is bread grain crushed? Nay, he will not ever be
threshing it, and driving his carl wheels and his horses over
it; he doth not crush it ' Or, effectual working
OQ «Ho ^Ariel, Ariel, the city
^^ where David encamped! add
ye year to year; let the feasts come
round: 2 then will I distress Ariel,
and there shall be mourning and
lamentation; ^^and she shall be unto
me as Ariel. 3 And I will encamp
against thee round about, and will
lay siege against thee with posted
troops, and I will raise siege works
against thee. 4 And thou shalt be
brought down, and shalt speak out
of the ground, and thy speech shall
be low out of the dust; and thy
voice shall be as of one that hath a
familiar spirit, out of the ground,
and thy speech shall ^^hisper out
of the dust.
5 But the multitude of thy ^^foes
shall be like small dust, and the
multitude of the terrible ones as
chaff that passeth away: yea, it
shall be in an instant suddenly.
6 ^^She shall be visited of Jehovah
of hosts with thunder, and with
earthquake, and great noise, with
whirlwind and tempest, and the
flame of a devouring fire. 7 And
the multitude of all the nations
that fight against Ariel, even all
that fight against her and her
stronghold, and that distress her,
shall be as a dream, a vision of the
night. 8 And it shall be as when a
hungry man dreameth, and, be-
hold, he eateth; but he awaketh,
and his soul is empty: or as when
a thirsty man dreameth, and, be-
hold, he drinketh; but he awaketh,
and, behold, he is faint, and his
soul hath appetite: so shall the
multitude of all the nations be,
that fight against mount Zion.
9 ^''Tarry ye and wonder; ^Hake
your pleasure and be blind: they
are drunken, but not with wine;
they stagger, but not with strong
drink. 10 For Jehovah hath poured
out upon you the spirit of deep
sleep, and hath closed ^^yowv eyes,
8 Or, Woe to
9 That is, The lion of God. Or, The hearth of God.
10 Or. yet " Or, chirp »2 Heb. strangers.
13 Or, There shall be a visitation from Jehovah ^c.
" Or, Be ye amazed i' Or, blind yourselves and be blind
i« Or, your eyes; the prophets, and er^c.
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ISAIAH 29.11—30.6
Israel's approaching Regeneration. Vanity of Reliance on Egypt
the prophets; and your heads, the
seers, hath he covered. 11 And all
vision is become unto you as the
words of a ^book that is sealed,
which men deKver to one that ^is
learned, saying, Read this, I pray
thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it
is sealed: 12 and the book is deliv-
ered to him that is not learned,
saying. Read this, I pray thee; and
he saith, I am not learned.
13 And the Lord said. Foras-
much as this people draw nigh
unto me, and with their mouth
and with their lips do honor me,
but have removed their heart far
from me, and their fear of me is a
commandment of men which hath
been ^taught them\ 14 therefore,
behold, I will ^proceed to do a
marvellous work among this people,
even a marvellous work and a
wonder; and the wisdom of their
wise men shall perish, and the
understanding of their prudent men
shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that hide
deep their counsel from Jehovah,
and whose works are in the dark,
and that say. Who seeth us.^ and
who knoweth us.^ 16 ^Ye turn
things upside down ! Shall the potter
be esteemed as clay; that the thing
made should say of him that made
it. He made me not; or the thing
formed say of him that formed it.
He hath no understanding .f^
17 Is it not yet a very little
while, and Lebanon shall be turned
into a fruitful field, and the fruitful
field shall be esteemed as a forest .^^
18 And in that day shall the deaf
hear the words of Hhe book, and
the eyes of the blind shall see out of
obscurity and out of darkness. 19
The meek also shall increase their
joy in Jehovah, and the poor among
men shall rejoice in the Holy One
of Israel. 20 For the terrible one
is brought to nought, and the
scoffer ceaseth, and all they that
watch for iniquity are cut off; 21
1 Or, writing 2 Heb. knoweth writing (or, letters).
> Or, learned by rote * Or, again do Heb. add to do.
• Or, Oh your perversity! « Or, a book (or, writing)
that 'make a man an offender -
^in his cause, and lay a snare for i
him that reproveth in the gate, and
turn aside the just with a thing of
nought.
22 Therefore thus saith Jehovah,
who redeemed Abraham, concern-
ing the house of Jacob: Jacob shall
not now be ashamed, neither shall
his face now wax pale. 23 ^But
when he seeth his children, the
work of my hands, in the midst
of him, they shall sanctify my name;
yea, they shall sanctify the Holy
One of Jacob, and shall stand in
awe of the God of Israel. 24 They
also that err in spirit ^^shall come
to understanding, and they that
murmur shall receive instruction.
J
Q A ^ Woe to the rebelHous chil-
C)\J dren, saith Jehovah, that take
counsel, but not of me; and that
^^make a league, but not of my
Spirit, that they may add sin to
sin; 2 that set out to go down
into Eg^pt. and have not asked at
my mouUi; to ^^strengthen them-
selves in the strength of Pharaoh,
and to take refuge in the shadow of
Egypt! 3 Therefore shall the
strength of Pharaoh be your shame,
and the refuge in the shadow of
Egypt your confusion. 4 For their
princes are at Zoan, and their am-
bassadors are come to Hanes. 5
They shall all be ashamed because
of a people that cannot profit them,
that are not a help nor profit, but a
shame, and also a reproach.
6 The ^^burden of the beasts of
the South.
Through the land of trouble
and anguish, from whence come the
lioness and the lion, the viper
and fiery flying serpent, they carry
their riches upon the shoulders
of young asses, and their treasures
upon the humps of camels, to a
people that shall not profit them.
7 Or, make men to offend by their words s Or, for a word
9 Or, But when his children see b'c.
i<^ Heb. shall know understanding.
" Or, pour out a drink-offering .
12 Or, flee to the stronghold of Pharaoh
IS Or, oracle concerning
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ISAIAH 30.7—30.28
7 For Egypt helpetli in vain, and
to no purpose: therefore have I
^called her Rahab that sitteth
still.
8 Now go, write it before them
on a tablet, and inscribe it in a
book, that it may be for the time
to come ^for ever and ever. 9
For it is a i^ebellious people, lying
children, chiloS-en'that willnot hear
the ^law of Jehovah; 10 that say to
the seers, See not; and to the proph-
ets. Prophesy not unto us right
things, speak unto us smooth things,
prophesy deceits, 11 get you out of
the way, turn aside out of the path,
cause the Holy _One of Israel to
cease from before us. 12 Wherefore
thus saith the Holy jOne of Israel,
Because ye despise this word, and
trust in oppression and perverseness,
and rely thereon; 13 therefore this
iniquity shall be to you as a breach
ready to fall, swelling out in a high
wall, whose breaking cometh sud-
denly in an instant. 14 And he shall
break it as a potter's vessel is
broken, breaking it in pieces without
sparing; so that there shall not be
found among the pieces thereof
a sherd wherewith to take fire from
the hearth, or to dip up water out
of the cistern.
15 For thus said the Lord Jeho-
vah, the HolyOne of Israel, In
returning anoPTeSt shall ^ ye be
saved; in quietness and in con-
fidence shall be your strength. And
ye would not: 16 but ye said. No,
for we will flee upon horses; there-
fore shall ye flee: and, We will ride
upon the swift; therefore shall they
that pursue you be swift. 17 One
thousand shall flee at the threat of
one; at the threat of five shall ye
flee: till ye be left as % beacon upon
the top of a mountain, and as an
ensign on a hill.
18 And therefore will Jehovah
i wait, that he may be gracious unto
1 you; and therefore will he be exalted,
^-^~4hat he may have mercy upon you:
1 Or, cried concerning this. They are but arrogancy:
be still 2 Or, as otherwise read, for a witness for ever
3 Or, teaching * Or, a pole
for Jehovah is a God of justice;
blessed are all they that wait for
him. 19 For ^the people shall dwell
in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt
weep no more; he will surely be gra-
cious unto thee at the voice of
thy cry; when he shall hear, he
will answer thee. 20 ^And though
the Lord give you the bread of
adversity and the water of affliction,
yet shall not thy ^teachers ^be
hidden any more, but thine eyes
shall see thy ^teachers; 21 and thine
ears shall hear a word behind thee,
saying. This is the way, walk ye in
it; when ye turn to the right hand,
and when ye turn to the left. 22
And ye shall defile the overlaying of
thy graven images of silver, and
the plating of thy molten images
of gold: thou shalt ^cast them
away as an ^^unclean thing; thou
shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
23 And he will give the rain
for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt
sow the ground; and bread of the
increase of the ground, and it shall
be fat and plenteous. In that day
shall thy cattle feed in large pas-
tures; 24 the oxen likewise and the
young asses that till the ground
shall eat ^^savory provender, which
hath been winnowed with the shovel
and with the fork. 25 And there
shall be upon every lofty mountain,
and upon every high hill, brooks
and streams of waters, in the day of
the great slaughter, when the towers
fall. 26 Moreover the light of the
moon shall be as the light of the
sun, and the light of the sun shall be
sevenfold, as the light of seven days,
in the day that Jehovah bindeth up
the hurt of his people, and healeth
the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of Jehovah
cometh from far, burning with his
anger, and in thick rising smoke:
his lips are full of indignation, and
his tongue is as a devouring fire;
28 and his breath is as an overflow-
* Or, O people that dwellest in Zion at Jerusalem
« Or, And then will the Lord give you bread in adversity
and water in affliction; and thy teachers shall not b-'c.
7 Or, teacher 8 Qr, hide themselves
9 Heb. scatter. i" Heb. menstruous. " Heb. salted.
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ISAIAH 30.29—32.6
ing stream, that reacheth even unto
the neck, to sift the nations with
the sieve of destruction: and a
bridle that causeth to err shall be
in the jaws of the peoples. 29 Ye
shall have a song as in the night
Hvhen a holy feast is kept; and
gladness of heart, as when one
goeth with a pipe to come unto the
mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock
of Israel. 30 And Jehovah will
cause his glorious voice to be heard,
and will show the lighting down of
his arm, with the indignation of
his anger, and the flame of a de-
vouring fire, with ^a blast, and
tempest, and hailstones. 31 For
through the voice of Jehovah shall
the Assyrian be dismayed; with his
rod will he smite him. 32 And every
^stroke of the ^appointed staff, which
Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall
be with the sound of tabrets and
harps; and in battles with the
brandishing of his arm will he
fight with them. 33 For a Topheth
is prepared of old; yea, for the king
it is made ready; he hath made it
deep and large; the pile thereof is
fire and much wood; the breath of
Jehovah, like a stream of brim-
stone, doth kindle it.
Qi Woe to them that go down
O 1 to Egypt for help, and rely
on horses, and trust in chariots be-
cause they are many, and in horse-
men because they are very strong,
but they look not unto the Holy
One of Israel, neither seek Jeho-
vah! 2 Yet he also is wise, and will
bring evil, and will not call back
his words, but will arise against
the house of the evil-doers, and
against the help of them that work
iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are
men, and not God; and their horses
flesh, and not spirit: and when Je-
hovah shall stretch out his hand,
both he that helpeth shall stumble,
and he that is helped shall fall, and
they all shall be consumed together.
' Or, when a feast is hallmved - Or, crashing
3 Hob. passir.fi. * Or, staff of doom {Ueh. foundation)
Jehovah's Victory over Assyria. Reign of the Righteous King
4 For thus saith Jehovah unto
me. As the lion and the young
lion growling over his prey, if a
multitude of shepherds be called
forth against him, will not be dis-
mayed at their voice, nor abase
himself for the noise of them: so
will Jehovah of hosts come down
to fight ^upon mount Zion, and
•^upon the hill thereof. 5 As birds
hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts
protect Jerusalem; he will protect
and deliver it, he will pass over and
preserve it. 6 Turn ye unto him
^from whom ^ye have deeply re-
volted, O children of Israel. 7 For
in that day they shall cast away
every man his idols of silver, and
his idols of gold, which your own
hands have made unto you for a
sin. 8 And the Assyrian shall
fall by the sword, not of man; and
the sword, not of men, shall de-
vour him; and he shall flee from
the sword, and his young men shall
become subject to taskwork. 9
And his rock shall pass away by
reason of terror, and his princes
shall be dismayed at the ensign,
saith Jehovah, whose fire is in
Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
OO Behold, a king shall
C}^ reign in righteousness, and
princes shall rule in justice. 2 And
a man shall be as a hiding-place
from the wind, and a covert from
the tempest, as streams of water
in a dry place, as the shade of a
great rock in a weary land. 3 And
the eyes of them that see shall not
be ^dim, and the ears of them that
hear shall hearken. 4 And the
heart of the ^rash shall understand
knowledge, and the tongue of the
stammerers shall be ready to speak
plainly. 5 The fool shall be no
more called noble, nor the ^^churl
said to be bountiful. 6 For the
fool will speak folly, and his heart
will work iniquity, to practise pro-
faneness, and to utter error against
^ Or, against
8 Or, from whom the children of Israel have deeplv
revolted ' Heb. //ifv. ^ Or, closed » Heb. /la.v/r. >' Or, cra//v
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Women of Jerusalem warned. Peace to follow the Enemy's Devastations ISAIAH 32.7 — 33.13
Jehovah, to make empty the soul
of the hungry, and to cause the
drink of the thirsty to fail. 7 And
the instruments of the churl are
evil: he deviseth wicked devices
to destroy the ^meek with lying
words, even when the needy speak-
eth right. 8 But the noble deviseth
noble things; and ^in noble things
shall he continue.
9 Rise up, ye women that are
at ease, and hear my voice; ye
^careless daughters, give ear unto
my speech. 10 ^For days beyond
a year shall ye be troubled, ye
careless women; for the vintage
shall fail, the ingathering shall not
come. 11 Tremble, ye women that
are at ease ; be troubled, ye care-
less ones; strip you, and make
you bare, and ^gird sackcloth upon
your loins. 12 They shall smite
upon the breasts for the pleasant
fields, for the fruitful vine. 13
Upon the land of my people shall
come up thorns and briers; yea,
upon all the houses of joy in the
joyous city. 14 For the palace
shall be forsaken; the populous
city shall be deserted; Hhe hill
and the watch-tower shall be for
dens for ever, a joy of wild asses,
a pasture of flocks; 15 until the
Spirit be poured upon us from on
high, and the wilderness become a
fruitful field, and the fruitful field
be esteemed as a forest.
16 Then justice shall dwell in
the wilderness; and righteousness
shall abide in the fruitful field. 17
And the work of righteousness
shall be peace; and the effect of
righteousness, quietness and confi-
dence for ever. 18 And my people
shall abide in a peaceable habita-
tion, and in safe dwellings, and in
quiet resting-places. 19 But it
shall hail in the downfall of the for-
est; and the city shall be utterly
laid low. 20 Blessed are ye that
2 Or, by liberal things shall he stand
1 Or, poor
' Heb. confident.
* Or, After a year and days Heb. Days above a year.
' Or, put a girdle upon 6 Or, Ophel
sow beside all waters, that send
forth the feet of the ox and the ass.
OO Woe to thee that de-
OO stroyest, and thou wast not
destroyed; and dealest treacher-
ously, and they dealt not treach-
erously with thee! When thou
hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt
be destroyed; and when thou hast
made an end of dealing treacher-
ously, they shall deal treacherously
with thee. 2 O Jehovah, be gra-
cious unto us; we have waited
for thee: be thou ^our arm every
morning, our salvation also in the
time of trouble. 3 At the noise
of the tumult the peoples are fled;
at the lifting up of thyself the na-
tions are scattered. 4 And your
spoil shall be gathered as the cater-
pillar gathereth: as locusts leap
shall men leap upon it. 5 Jeho-
vah is exalted; for he dwelleth on
high: he hath filled Zion with
justice and righteousness. 6 ^And
there shall be stability in thy times,
abundance of salvation, wisdom,
and knowledge : the fear of Jehovah
is ^thy treasure.
7 Behold, their valiant ones cry
without; the ambassadors of peace
weep bitterly. 8 The highways lie
waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth:
^Hhe enemy hath broken the cove-
nant, he hath despised the cities,
he regardeth not man. 9 The
land mourneth and languisheth;
Lebanon is confounded and with-
ereth away; Sharon- is like ^^a des-
ert; and Bashan and Carmel shake
off their leaves. 10 Now will I
arise, saith Jehovah; now will 1
lift up myself; now will I be exalted
11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall
bring forth stubble: your breath is
a fire that shall devour you. 12 And
the peoples shall be as the burnings
of lime, as thorns cut down, that are
burned in the fire.
13 Hear, ye that are far off.
7 Heb. their.
8 Or, And abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge
shall be the stability of thy times
9 Heb. his. lo Heb. he. " Or, the Arabah
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ISAIAH 33.14—34.10
Jehovah's Gracious Reign. God's Indignation against the Nations
what I have done; and, ye that
are near, acknowledge my might.
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembhng hath seized the godless
ones: Who among us can dwell
with the devouring fire.^^ who
among us can dwell with everlast-
ing burnings.? 15 He that walk-
eth righteously, and speaketh up-
rightly; he that despiseth the
gain of ^oppressions, that shaketh
his hands from taking a bribe, that
stoppeth his ears from hearing of
blood, and shutteth his eyes from
looking upon evil: 16 he shall dwell
on high; his place of defence shall
be the munitions of rocks; his
bread shall be given Jiim', his waters
shall be sure.
17 Thine eyes shall see the king
in his beauty: they shall behold
^a land that reacheth afar. 18
Thy heart shall muse on the ter-
ror: Where is ^he that counted,
where is he that weighed the trib-
ute? where is he that counted the
towers .f^ 19 Thou shalt not see
the fierce people, a people of a
deep speech that thou canst not
comprehend, of a ^strange tongue
that thou canst not understand.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of
our ^solemnities: thine eyes shall
see Jerusalem a quiet habitation,
a tent that shall not be removed,
the stakes whereof shall never be
plucked up, neither shall any of
the cords thereof be broken. 21
But there Jehovah will be with us
in majesty, "^a place of broad rivers
and streams, wherein shall go no
galley with oars, neither shall gal-
lant ship pass thereby. 22 For
Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is
our lawgiver, Jehovah is our
king; he will save us. 23 Thy
tacklings are loosed; they could
not strengthen the foot of their
mast, they could not spread the
sail: then was the prey of a great
spoil divided; the lame took the
1 Or, fraud
• Or, a land that is very far off Heb. a land of far dis-
tances. 3 Or, the scribe ^ Or. stammering s Or, set feasts "• Heb. devoted.
6 Or, but in the place . . . streams there shall go b'c. « Heb. devoting, or, oan
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prey. 24 And the inhabitant shall
not say, I ami sick: the people that
dwell therein shall be forgiven
their iniquity.
QA Come near, ye nations, to
Ot:^ hear; and hearken, ye peo-
ples: let the earth hear, and the
fulness thereof; the world, and all
things that come forth from it. 2 For
Jehovah hath indignation against
all the nations, and wrath against all
their host: he hath ^utterly de-
stroyed them, he hath delivered
them to the slaughter. 3 Their
slain also shall be cast out, and
the stench of their dead bodies
shall come up; and the moun-
tains shall be melted with their
blood. 4 And all the host of
heaven shall ^be dissolved, and
the heavens shall be rolled to-
gether as a scroll; and all theii'
host shall fade away, as the leaf
fadeth from off the vine, and as a
fading leaf from the fig-tree. 5
For my sword hath drunk its fill
in heaven: behold, it shall come
down upon Edom, and upon the
people of my ^curse, to judgment.
6 The sword of Jehovah is filled
with blood, it is made fat with fat-
ness, wath the blood of lambs and
goats, with the fat of the kidneys
of rams; for Jehovah hath a sac-
rifice in Bozrah, and a great
slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 And the wild-oxen shall come
down with theni, and the bullocks
with the bulls: and their land
shall be drunken with blood, and
their dust made fat with fatness.
8 For Jehovah hath a day of
vengeance, a year of recompense
for the cause of Zion. 9 And the
streams ^^of Edo7ri shall be turned
into pitch, and the dust thereof
into brimstone, and the land
thereof shall become burning
pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched
night nor day; the smoke thereof
shall go up for ever; from genera-
8 Or, moulder away
" Heb. thereof.
Qod's Indignation against the Nations. Zion's Happy Future
ISAIAH 34.11—36.4
tion to generation it shall lie waste; i
none shall pass through it for ever
and ever. 11 But the pelican and
the porcupine shall possess it; and the
^owl and the raven shall dwell
therein: and he will stretch over it
the line of confusion, and the ^plum-
met of emptiness. 12 ^They shall
call the nobles thereof to the king-
dom, but none shall be there; and
all its princes shall be nothing. 13
And thorns shall come up in its
palaces, nettles and thistles in the
fortresses thereof; and it shall be a
habitation of jackals, a court for
ostriches. 14 And the wild beasts
of the desert shall meet with the
%olves, and the wild goat shall
cry to his fellow; yea, ^the night-
monster shall settle there, and shall
find her a place of rest. 15 There
shall the dart-snake make her nest,
and lay, and hatch, and gather
under her shade; yea, there shall
the kites be gathered, every one
with her mate.
16 Seek ye out of the book of
Jehovah, and read: no one of
these shall be missing, none shall
want her mate; for my mouth, it
hath commanded, and his Spirit,
it hath gathered them. 17 And
he hath cast the lot for them, and
his hand hath divided it unto them
by line: they shall possess it for
ever; from generation to generation
shall they dwell therein.
Q ^ The wilderness and the
OO dry land shall be glad; and
the desert shall rejoice, and blos-
som as the ^rose. 2 It shall blos-
som abundantly, and rejoice even
with joy and singing; the glory
of Lebanon shall be given unto
it, the excellency of Carmel and
Sharon: they shall see the glory of
Jehovah, the excellency of our God.
3 Strengthen ye the weak hands,
and confirm the ^feeble knees. 4
Say to them that are of a ^fearful
1 Or, bittern ^ Heb. stones.
3 Or, As for her nobles, none shall be there to proclaim
the kingdom * Heb. howling creatures.
5 Heb. Lilith. ^ Or, autumn crocus See S. S. 2. 1
7 Or, tottering » Heb. hasty.
heart, Be strong, fear not : ^behold,
your God will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God; he will
come and save you.
5 Then the eyes of the blind
shall be opened, and the ears of the
deaf shall be unstopped. 6 Then
shall the lame man leap as a hart,
and the tongue of the dumb shall
sing; for in the wilderness shall
waters break out, and streams in
the desert. 7 And the ^^glowing
sand shall become a pool, and the
thirsty ground springs of water:
in the habitation of jackals, where
they lay, shall be ^^grass with reeds
and rushes. 8 And a highway
shall be there, and a way, and it
shall be called The way of holi-
ness; the unclean shall not pass
over it; but it shall be for ^Hhe re-
deemed: the wayfaring men, yea
fools, shall not err therein. 9 No
lion shall be there, nor shall any
ravenous beast go up thereon; they
shall not be found there; but the
redeemed shall walk there: 10 and
the ransomed of Jehovah shall re-
turn, and come with singing unto
Zion; and everlasting joy shall be
upon their heads : they shall obtain
gladness and joy, and sorrow and
sighing shall flee away.
OC\ Now it came to pass in
OU the fourteenth yea'r of king
Hezekiah, that ^^Sennacherib king
of Assyria came up against all the
fortified cities of Judah, and took
them. 2 And the king of Assyria
sent ^'^Rabshakeh from Lachish to
Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with
a great army. And he stood by
the conduit of the upper pool in
the highway of the fuller's field.
3 Then came forth unto him Elia-
kim the son of Hilkiah, who was
over the household, and Shebna
the ^^scribe, and Joah, the son of
Asaph, the ^^recorder.
4 And Rabshakeh said unto
9 Or, behold, your Godl vengeance will come, even the
recompense of God " Or, mirage
11 Or, a court for reeds b'c. See ch. 34. 13. " Heb. them.
13 Heb. Sanherib. i* The title of an Assyrian officer.
15 Or, secretary '« Or, chronicler
ISAIAH 36.5—37.3
Rabshakeh's Defiant Speech. Hezekiah in his Alarm sends for Isaiah
them, Say ye now to Hezekiah,
Thus saith the great king, the king
of Assyria, What confidence is this
wherein thou trustest? 5 I say,
thy counsel and strength for the
war are but vain words: now on
whom dost thou trust, that thou
hast rebelled against me? 6 Be-
hold, 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 to all
that trust on him. 7 But if thou
say unto me. We trust in Jehovah
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?
8 Now therefore, I pray thee, ^give
pledges to my master the king of
Assyria, and I will give thee two
thousand horses, if thou be able on
thy part to set riders upon them.
9 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? 10 And am I
now come up without Jehovah
against this land to destroy it?
Jehovah said unto me, Go up
against this land, and destroy it.
11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna
and Joah* unto Rabshakeh, Speak,
I pray thee, unto thy servants in
the ^Syrian language; for we
understand it: and speak not to us
in the Jews' language, in the ears
of the people that are on the wall.
12 But Rabshakeh said. Hath my
master sent me to thy master, and
to thee, to speak these words? hath
he not sent me to the men that sit
upon the wall, to eat their own
dung, and to drink their own water
with you?
13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and
cried with a loud voice in the
Jews' language, and said, Hear ye
the words of the great king, the
king of Assyria. 14 Thus saith
1 Or, make a wager with
- Heb. Aramean.
the king, Let not Hezekiah de-
ceive you; for he will not be able
to deliver you: 15 neither let
Hezekiah make you trust in Jeho-
vah, saying, Jehovah will surely
deliver us; this city shall not be
given into the hand of the king of
Assyria. 16 Hearken not to Heze-
kiah : for thus saith the king of As-
syria, ^Make 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 of the waters of his own
cistern; 17 until I come and take
you away to a land like your ow^n
land, a land of grain and new wine,
a land of bread and vineyards. 18
Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you,
saying, Jehovah will deliver us.
Hath any of the gods of the na-
tions delivered his land out of the
hand of the king of Assyria? 19
Where are the gods of Hamath
and Arpad? where are the gods of
Sepharvaim? and have they de-
livered Samaria out of my hand?
20 Who are they among all the
gods of these countries, that have
delivered their country out of my
hand, that Jehovah should deliver
Jerusalem out of my hand?
21 But they held their peace,
and answered him not a word; for
the king's commandment was, say-
ing. Answer him not. 22 Then
came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
that was over the household, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the
son of Asaph, the recorder, to Heze-
kiah with their clothes rent, and
told him the w^ords of Rabshakeh.
O^ And it came to pass, when
^ I king Hezekiah heard it, that
he rent his clothes, and covered
himself with sackcloth, and went
into the house of Jehovah. 2 And
he sent Eliakim, who was over the
household, and Shebna the scribe,
and the elders of the priests, covered
with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz. 3 And
they said unto him. Thus saith
3 Heb. Make with me a blessing.
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ISAIAH 37.4—37.24
Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and of
contumely; for the children are
come to the birth, and there is not
strength to bring forth. 4 It may
be Jehovah thy God will hear the
words of Rabshakeh, ^whom the
king of Assyria his master hath sent
to defy the living God, and will
rebuke the words which Jehovah
thy God hath heard: wherefore
lift up thy prayer for the remnant
that is left.
5 So the servants of king Heze-
kiah came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah
said unto them, Thus shall ye say
to your master. Thus saith Jeho-
vah, Be not afraid of the words
that thou hast heard, wherewith
the servants of the king of Assyria
have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I
will put a spirit in him, and he shall
hear tidings, and shall return unto
his own land; and I will cause him
to fall by the sword in his own land.
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and
found the king of Assyria warring
against Libnah; for he had heard
that he was departed from La-
chish. 9 And he heard say concern-
ing Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He
is come out to fight against thee.
And when he heard it, he sent
messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus shall ye speak to Heze-
kiah king of Judah, saying. Let
not thy God in whom thou trust-
est deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem
shall not be given into the hand of
the king of Assyria. 11 Behold,
thou hast heard what the kings of
Assyria have done to all lands, by
^destroying them 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 that were in
Telassar.^ 13 Where is the king of
Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and
the king of the city of Sepharvaim,
of Hena, and ^Ivvah ?
Or, wherewith the king of Assyria . . . hath sent him
Ileb. devoting them. 3 in 2 K. 17. 24, Ama.
14 And Hezekiah received the
letter from the hand of the mes-
sengers, and read it; and Heze-
kiah went up unto the house of
Jehovah, and spread it before Je-
hovah. 15 And Hezekiah prayed
unto Jehovah, saying, 16 O Jeho-
vah of hosts, the God of Israel, that
^sittest above the cherubim, thou art
the God, even thou alone, of all the
kingdoms of the earth; thou hast
made heaven and earth. 17 Incline
thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear;
open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see;
and hear all the words of Sennache-
rib, who hath sent to defy the
living God. 18 Of a truth, Jeho-
vah, the kings of Assyria have
laid waste all the countries, and
their land, 19 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 destroyed them. 20 Now
therefore, O Jehovah our God, save
us from his hand, that all the
kingdoms of the earth may know
that thou art Jehovah, even thou
only.
21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz
sent unto Hezekiah, saying. Thus
saith Jehovah, the God of Israel,
Whereas thou hast prayed to me
against Sennacherib king of As-
syria, 22 this is the word which
Jehovah 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
•^at thee. 23 Whom hast thou defied
and blasphemed? and against whom
hast thou exalted thy voice and
lifted up thine eyes on high? even
against the Holy One of Israel. 24
By thy servants hast thou defied
the Lord, and hast said. With the
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 ^fir-trees
thereof; and I will enter into its
* Or, art enthroned ^ Heb. after. s Or, cypress-trees
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ISAIAH 37.25 — 38.8 Sennacherib discomfited and slain. Hezekiah's Sickness and Recovery
farthest height, the forest of its
fruitful field; 25 I have digged and
drunk water, and with the sole of
my feet will I dry up all the rivers
of ^Egypt.
26 Hast thou not heard how I
have done it long ago, and formed
it of ancient times? now have I
brought it to pass, that it should
be thine to lay waste fortified cities
into ruinous heaps. 27 Therefore
their inhabitants were of small
power, they were dismayed and
confounded; they were as the grass
of the field, and as the green herb,
as the grass on the housetops, and
as ^a field of grain before it is grown
up. 28 But I know thy sitting
down, and thy going out, and thy
coming in, and thy raging against
me. 29 Because of thy raging
against me, and because ^thine
arrogancy is come up into mine
ears, therefore will I put my hook
in thy nose, and my bridle in thy
lips, and I will turn thee back by
the way by which thou camest.
30 And this shall be the sign
unto thee: yp 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. 31 And Hhe remnant
that is escaped of the house of
Judah shall again take root down-
ward, and bear fruit upward. 32
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth
a remnant, and out of mount Zion
they that shall escape. The zeal
of Jehovah of hosts will perform
this.
33 Therefore thus saith Jehovah
concerning 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 up a mound against it. 34
By the way that he came, by the
same shall he return, and he shall
not come unto this city, saith Je-
1 Or, defence Heb. Mazor.
2 In 2 K. 19. 26. grain blasted. « Or, thy careless ease
* Heb. ilie escaped of the house of Judah that remain.
hovah. 35 For I will defend this
city to save it, for mine own sake,
and for my servant David's sake.
36 And the angel of Jehovah
went forth, and smote in the camp
of the Assyrians a hundred and
fourscore and five thousand; and
when men arose early in the morn-
ing, behold, these were all dead
bodies. 37 So Sennacherib king
of Assyria departed, and went and
returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
38 And it came to pass, as he was
worshipping in the house of Nis-
roch his god, that Adrammelech
and Sharezer his sons smote him
with the sword; and they escaped
into the land of Ararat. And Esar-
haddon his son reigned in his stead.
OO In those days was Heze-
C}(J kiah sick unto death. And
Isaiah the prophet the son of
Amoz came to him, and said unto
him. Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy
house in order; for thou shalt die,
and not live. 2 Then Hezekiah
turned his face to the wall, and
prayed unto Jehovah, 3 and said.
Remember now, O Jehovah, I be-
seech thee, how I have walked
before thee in truth and with a
perfect heart, and have done that
which is good in thy sight. And
Hezekiah wept sore. 4 Then came
the word of Jehovah to Isaiah,
saying, 5 Go, and say to Hezekiah,
Thus saith Jehovah, the God of
David thy father, I have heard thy
prayer, I have seen thy tears: be-
hold, I will add unto thy days fif-
teen years. 6 And I will deliver
thee and this city out of the hand
of the king of Assyria; and I will
defend this city. 7 And this shall
be the sign unto thee from Jeho-
vah, that Jehovah will do this
thing that he hath spoken: 8 be-
hold, I will cause the shadow on
the steps, which is gone down on
the ^dial of Ahaz ^with the sun, to
return backward ten steps. So
the sun returned ten steps ^on the
dial whereon it was gone down.
5 Heb. steps.
6 Or, by 7 Or, by which steps it &*c.
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rtezekiah's Song of Thanksgiving. He receives Messengers from Babylon ISAIAH 38.9 — 39.6
9 The writing of Hezekiah king
of Judah, when he had been sick,
and was recovered of his sickness.
10 I said, In the ^noontide of my
days I shall go into the gates
of Sheol:
I am deprived of the residue
of my years.
11 I said, I shall not see ^Jehovah,
even ^Jehovah in the land of
the living:
I shall behold man no more
^with the inhabitants of the
world.
12 My dwelling is removed, and
is carried away from me as a
shepherd's tent:
I have rolled up, like a weaver,
my life; he will cut me off
from the "^loom:
From day even to night wilt
thou make an end of me.
13 ''^I quieted myself until morn-
ing; as a lion, so he break-
eth all my bones:
From day even to night wilt
thou make an end of me.
14 Like a swallow or a crane, so
did I chatter;
I did moan as a dove; mine
eyes fail with looking upward:
0 Lord, I am oppressed, be
thou my surety.
15 What shall I say? he hath both
spoken unto me, and himself
hath done it:
1 shall go ^softly all my years
because of the bitterness of
my soul.
16 O Lord, by these things men live;
And wholly therein is the life
of my spirit:
^Wherefore recover thou me,
and make me to live.
17 Behold, it was for my peace that
I had great bitterness :
But Hhou hast in love to my
soul delivered it from the
pit of ^corruption;
1 Or, tranquility 2 Heb. Jah.
3 Or, when I am among them that have ceased to be
* Heb. thrum.
5 Or, / thought until morning, As a lion, so will he break
b'c. ^ Or, as in solemn procession See Ps. 42. 4.
' Or, So wilt thou recover me
" Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit.
9 Or, nothingness
For thou hast cast all my sins
behind thy back.
18 For Sheol cannot praise thee,
death cannot celebrate thee:
They that go down into the
pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19 The living, the living, he shall
praise thee, as I do this day :
The father to the children shall
make known thy truth.
20 Jehovah is ready to save me:
Therefore we will sing my songs
with stringed instruments
All the days of our life in the
house of Jehovah.
21 Now Isaiah had said, Let
them take a cake of figs, and lay
if for a plaster upon the boil, and
he shall recover. 22 Hezekiah also
had said. What is the sign that I
shall go up to the house of Jehovah?
OQ At that time Merodach-
Oi/ baladan the son. of Baladan,
king of Babylon, sent letters and a
present to Hezekiah; for he heard
that he had been sick, and was re-
covered. 2 And Hezekiah was
glad of them, and showed them
the house of his ^^precious things,
the silver, and the gold, and the
spices, and the precious oil, and all
the house of his ^^armor, and all
that was found in his treasures:
there was nothing in his house,
nor in all his dominion, that Heze-
kiah showed them not. 3 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 unto me, even from Baby-
lon. 4 Then said he. What have
they seen in thy house? And
Hezekiah answered, All that is in
my house have they seen: there is
nothing among my treasures that
I have not showed them. 5 Then
said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the
word of Jehovah of hosts: 6 Be-
hold, the days are coming, when
all that is in thy house, and that
which thy fathers have laid up in
10 Or, spicery " Or, jewels
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ISAIAH 39.7—40.21
store until this day, shall be car-
ried to Babylon: nothing shall be
left, saith Jehovah. 7 And of thy
sons that shall issue from thee,
whom thou shalt beget, shall they
take away; and they shall be
eunuchs in the palace of the king
of Babylon. 8 Then said Heze-
kiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word
of Jehovah which thou hast spoken.
He said moreover. For there shall
be peace and truth in my days.
/TO"^ Qomfort ye, comfort ye
T^U my people, saith your God.
2 Speak ye ^comfortably to Jeru-
salem; and cry unto her, that her
^warfare is accomplished, that her
^iniquity is pardoned, that she hath
received of Jehovah's hand double
for all her sins.
3 The voice of one Hhat crieth.
Prepare ye in the wilderness the
way of Jehovah; make level in the
desert a highway for our God. 4
Every valley shall be exalted, and
every mountain and hill shall be
made low; and the uneven shall
be made level, and the rough places
a plain : 5 and the glory of Jehovah
shall be revealed, and all flesh shall
see it together; for the mouth of
Jehovah hath spoken it.
6 The voice of one saying. Cry.
And one said. What shall I crj^?
All flesh is grass, and all the good-
liness thereof is as the flower of the
field. 7 The grass withereth, the
flower fadeth, because the breath
of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely
the people is grass. 8 The grass
withereth, the flower fadeth; but
the word of our God shall stand
forever.
9 ^O thou that tellest good
tidings to Zion, get thee up on a
high mountain; ^O thou that tellest
good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up
thy voice with strength; lift it up,
be not afraid; say unto the cities
of Judah, Behold, your God! 10
1 Heb. to the heart of. 2 Qr, time of service
3 Or, punishment is accepted See Lev. 26. 43.
♦ Or, that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way Sfc.
* Or, O Zion, that bringest good tidings
« Or, O Jerusalem, thai bringest good tidings
Comtorting Promises to the Afflicted People
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will com(^
as a mighty one, and his arm wull
rule for him: Behold, his reward is
with him, and his recompense before
him. 11 He will feed his flock like a
shepherd, he will gather the lambs
in his arm, and carry them in his
bosom, and will gently lead those
that have their j^oung.
\| 12 Who hath measured the
waters in the hollow of his hand,
and meted out heaven with the
span, and comprehended the dust
of the earth in a measure, and
weighed the mountains in scales,
and the hills in a balance.'^ 13
Who hath ^directed the Spirit of
Jehovah, or being his counsellor
hath taught him.^ 14 With whom
took he counsel, and who instructed
him, and taught him in the path
of justice, and taught him knowl-
edge, and showed to him the way
of understanding.^ 15 Behold, the
nations are as a drop of a bucket,
and are accounted as the small
dust of the balance: behold, %e
taketh up the isles as a very little
thing. 16 And Lebanon is not
sufficient to burn, nor the beasts
thereof sufficient for a burnt-offer-
ing. 17 A]l the nations are as
nothing before him; they are^ ac-
counted by him as ^less than noth-
ing, and ^Vanity.
18 To whom then will ye liken
God.^ or what likeness will ye com-
pare unto him.^ 19 The image,
a workman hath cast it, and the
goldsmith overlay eth it with gold,
and casteth for it silver chains.
20 He that is too impoverished
for such an oblation chooseth a
tree that will not rot; he seeketh
unto him a skilful workman to
^^set up a graven image, that shall
not be moved. 21 Have ye not
known .f^ have ye not heard .'^ hath
it not been told you from the
beginning.^ have ye not ^'-under-
stood from the foundations of the
7 Or, meted out
* Or, the isles are as the fine dust that is lifted up
9 Or, as a thing of nought lo Or, confusion
11 Or, prepare is Or, understood the foundations
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The Incomparable Greatness of Jehovah. Jehovah raises up a Deliverer ISAIAH 40.22 — 41.12
earth? 22 It is he that sitteth I speak ; let us come near together
above the circle of the earth, and
the inhabitants thereof are as
grasshoppers; that stretcheth out
the heavens as ^a curtain, and
spreadeth them out as a tent to
dwell in; 23 that bringeth princes
to nothing; that maketh the judges
of the earth as ^vanity. 24 ^Yea,
they have not been planted; yea,
they have not been sown; yea,
their stock hath not taken root in
the earth: moreover he bloweth
upon them, and they wither, and
the whirlwind taketh them away
as stubble. 25 To whom then will
ye liken me, that I should be equal
to him? saith the Holy One. 26 Lift
up your eyes on high, ^and see who
hath created these, that bringeth
out their host by number; he calleth
them all by name; by the greatness
of his might, and for that he is
strong in power, not one is lacking.
27 Why say est thou, O Jacob,
and speakest, O Israel, My way is
hid from Jehovah, and the justice
dwto me is passed away from my
God? V 28 Hast thou not known?
hast^thou not heard? ^The ever-
lasting God, Jehovah, the Creator
of the ends of the earth, fainteth
not, neither is weary; there is no
searching of his understanding. 29
He giveth power to the faint; and
to him that hath no might he in-
creaseth strength. 30 Even the
youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly
fall: 31 but they that wait for
Jehovah shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as
eagles; they shall run, and not be
weary; they shall walk, and not
faint.
A^ Keep silence before me,
A^ A O islands; and let the peo-
ples renew their strength: let
them come near; then let them
to judgment. 2 Who hath raised
up one from the east, Vhom he
calleth in righteousness to his
foot? he giveth nations before
him, and maketh him rule over
kings; ^he giveth them as the
dust to his sword, as the driven
stubble to his bow. 3 He pur-
sueth them, and passeth on safely,
even by a way that he had not
gone with his feet. 4 Who hath
wrought and done it, calling the
generations from the beginning?
I^ -.Jehovah, the first, _ and .^ with
the lastj I am he. 5 The isles have
seen, and fear; the ends of the
earth tremble; they draw near,
and come. 6 They help every one
his neighbor; and every one saith
to his brother. Be of good courage.
7 So the carpenter encourageth
the goldsmith, and he that smooth-
eth with the hammer him that
smiteth the anvil, saying of the
soldering. It is good; and he fas-
teneth it with nails, that it should
not be moved.
,8 But _thgu». Israels my ..servant,
JacolbTwliom I have chosen, the seed
of Abraham my friend, 9 thou S!
whom I have taken hold of from
the ends of the earth, and called
from the corners thereof, and said
unto thee, Thou art niy servantj.J
ha.YC_ chosen thee and not cast thee
affiaXiNlO fearJtliQiL„nQt>--iaiJ_am
1 Or, gauze * Or, confusion
3 Or, Scarce are they planted, scarce are they sown,
scarce hath their slock taken root in the earth, when he
bloweth upon them b'c.
< Or, and see: who hath created these? he that b'c.
'=> Or, Jehovah is an everlasting God, the Creator . . . he
fainteth not b'c.
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milLjJj^^"~^e not dismayed. Tor
I am thy God; I will strengthen
thee; yea, I will help thee; yea,
I will uphold thee with the right
hand of my righteousness. 11 Be-
hold, all they that are incensed
against thee shall be put to shame
and confounded: they that strive
with thee shall be as nothing, and
shall perish. 12 Thou shall seek
them, and shall not find them, even
them that contend with thee : they
that war against thee shall be as
nothing, and as a thing of nought.
« Or, whom righteousness calleth to its foot Or, whom
righteousness meeteth whithersoever he goeth
7 Or, he maketh as the dust their sword, as the driven
stubble their bmv « Or, look not around thee
ISAIAH 41.13—42.6
13 For I, Jehovah thy God, will
hold thy right hand, saying unto
thee. Fear not ; I will help thee.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob,
and ye men of Israel; I will help
thee, saith Jehovah, and ^thy Re-
deemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I have made thee to he
a new sharp threshing instrument
having teeth; thou shalt thresh
the mountains, and beat them small,
and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16 Thou shalt winnow them, and
the wind shall carry them away, and
the whirlwind shall scatter them;
and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah,
thou shalt glory in the Holy One of
Israel.
17 The poor and needy seek
water, and there is none, and
their tongue faileth for thirst ; I,
Jehovah, will answer them, I, the
God of Israel, will not forsake
them. 18 I will open rivers on
the bare heights, and fountains in
the midst of the valleys; I will make
the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.
19 I will put in the wilderness the
cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle,
and the ^oil-tree; I will set in the
desert the ^fir-tree, the ^pine, and
the box-tree together: 20 that they
may see, and know, and consider,
and understand together, that the
hand of Jehovah hath done this, and
the Holy One of Israel hath created
it.
21 Produce your cause, saith
Jehovah; bring forth your strong
reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
22 Let them bring them forth,
and declare unto us what shall
happen: declare ye the former
things, what they*^ are, that we
may consider them, and know the
latter end of them; or show us
things to come. 23 Declare the
things that are to cpme hereafter,
that we may know that ye are
gods: yea, do good, or do evil,
that we may ^be dismayed, and
1 Or, thy Redeemer, the Holy Ore ^c. « Or, oleaster
3 Or, cypress ^ Or, J'tar^e s Or, look o7ie upon another
Israel assured of Jehovah's Help. Jehovah's Promise to his Servant
behold it together. 24 Behold,
ye are of nothing, and your work
is of nought; an abomination is
he that chooseth you.
25 I have raised up one from
the north, and he is come; from the
rising of the sun one that call-
eth upon my name: and he shall
come upon ^rulers as upon mor-
tar, and as the potter treadeth
clay. 26 Who hath declared it
from the beginning, that we may
know ? and beforetime, that we
may say. He is right? yea, there
is none that declareth, yesi, there
is none that showeth, yea, there is
none that heareth your words. 27
/ am the first that saith unto Zion,
Behold, behold them; and I will
give to Jerusalem one that bring-
eth good tidings. 28 And when
1 look, there is no man; even
among them there is no counsel-
lor, that, when I ask of them, can
answer a word. 29 ^Behold, all of
them, their works are vanity and
nought; their molten images are
wind and confusion.
/£ O Behold, my servant, whom
j^^ I uphold; my chosen, in whom
my soul delighteth: I have put
my Spirit upon him ; he will
bring forth justice to the ^Gentiles.
2 He will not cry, nor lift up his
voice, nor cause it to be heard in
the street. 3 A bruised reed will he
not break, and a dimly burning
wick will he not quench: he will
bring forth justice in truth. 4 He
will not ^fail nor be ^^discouraged,
till he have set justice in the earth;
and the isles shall wait for his law.
5 Thus saith God Jehovah, he
that created the heavens, and
stretched them forth; he that
spread abroad the earth and
that which cometh out of it; he
that giveth breath unto the peo-
ple upon it, and spirit to them
that walk therein: 6 I, Jehovah,
have called thee in righteousness,
" Or, deputies
' Or, Behold, they are all vanity; their works are voug,ht
8 Or, nations (and elsewhere)
9 Or, burn dimly '" Or, bruised
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Praise to Jehovah for his Mighty Deliverance. Jehovah the_onIy Saviour ISAIAH 42.7 43.4
and will hold thy hand, and will
%eep thee, and give thee for a
covenant of the people, for a light
of the Gentiles; 7 to open the
blind eyes, to bring out the pris-
oners from the dungeon, and them
that sit in darkness out of the
prison-house. 8 I am Jehovah,
that is my name; and my glory
will I not give to another, neither
my praise unto graven images. 9
Behold, the former things are come
to pass, and new things do I declare;
before they spring forth I tell you
of them.
10 Sing unto Jehovah a new
song, and his praise from the end
of the earth; ye that go down to
the sea, and all that is therein,
the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
11 Let the wilderness and the cities
thereof lift up their voice, the villages
that Kedar doth inhabit; let the
inhabitants of Sela sing, let them
shout from the top of the moun-
tains. 12 Let them give glory unto
Jehovah, and declare his praise in
the islands. 13 Jehovah will go
forth as a mighty man; he will stir
up his zeal like a man of war: he
will cry, yea, he will shout aloud;
he will do mightily against his ene-
mies.
14 I have long time holden my
peace; I have been still, and re-
frained myself: now will I cry
out like a travailing woman; I
will ^gasp and pant together. 15 I
will lay waste mountains and hills,
and dry up all their herbs; and I will
make the rivers islands, and will dry
up the pools. 16 And I will bring
the blind by a way that they know
not; in paths that they know not
will I lead them; I will make dark-
ness light before them, and crooked
places straight. These things will
I do, ^and I will not forsake them.
17 They shall be turned back, they
shall be utterly put to shame, that
trust in graven images, that say unto
molten images, Ye are our gods.
Or, form
3 Or, and will not forbear
"- Or, destroy and devour
18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye
blind, that ye may see. 19 Who is
blind, but my servant.? or deaf, as
my messenger that I send.? who is
blind as he that is ^at peace with me,
and blind as Jehovah's servant?
20 Thou seest many things, but thou
observes t not; his ears are open,
but he heareth not. 21 It pleased
Jehovah, for his righteousness' sake,
to ^magnify the law, and make it
honoraJble. 22 But this is a people
robbed and plundered; they are all
of them snared in holes, and they are
hid in prison-houses : they are for a
prey, and none delivereth; for a
spoil, and none saith. Restore.
23 Who is there among you that
will give ear to this.? that will
hearken and hear for the time to
come.? 24 Who gave Jacob for
a spoil, and Israel to the robbers.?
did not Jehovah.? he against whom
we have sinned, and in whose waj^s
they would not walk, neither were
they obedient unto his ^law. 25
Therefore he poured upon him the
fierceness of his anger, and the
strength of battle; and it set him
on fire round about, yet he knew^
not; and it burned him, yet he
laid it not to heart.
A Q But now thus saith Jehovah
T^O that created thee, O Jacob,
and he that formed thee, O Israel:
Fear not, for I have redeemed thee;
I have called thee by thy name,
thou art mine. 2 When thou pass-
est through the waters, I will be
with thee; and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow thee: when
thou walkest through the fire, thou
shalt not be burned, neither shall
the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For
I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy
One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have
given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia
and Seba in thy stead. 4 Since thou
hast been precious in my sight, "^and
honorable, and I have loved thee;
therefore will I give men in thy
stead, and peoples instead of thy
* Or, made perfect Or, recompensed
* Or, make the teaching great and glorious
6 Or, teaching ^ Or, thou hast been honorable Ss'C.
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Deliverance from Babylon. The People's Undutifulness
life. 5 Fear not; for I am with thee :
I will bring thy seed from the east,
and gather thee from the west; 6
I w ill say to the north, Give up ;
and to the south. Keep not back;
bring my sons from far, and my
daughters from the end of the earth;
7 every one that is called by my
name, and whom I have created for
my glory, whom I have formed, yea,
whom I have made.
8 Bring forth the blind people
that have eyes, and the deaf that
have ears. 9 ^Let all the nations
be gathered together, and let the
peoples be assembled: who among
them can declare this, and show us
former things.? let them bring
their witnesses, that they may be
justified; or let them hear, and say.
It is truth. 10 Ye are my witnesses,
saith Jehovah, and my servant
whom I have chosen; that ye may
know and believe me, and under-
stand that I am he: before me
there was no God formed, neither
shall there be after me. Ill, even
I, am Jehovah; and besides me there
is no saviour. 12 I have declared,
and I have saved, and I have showed;
and there was no strange God among
you: therefore ye are my wit-
nesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God.
13 Yea, ^since the day was I am
he; and there is none that can de-
liver out of my hand: I will work,
and who can hinder it.^^
14 Thus saith Jehovah, your Re-
deemer, the Holy One of Israel:
For your sake I have sent to Baby-
lon, and I will bring down %11 oi
them as fugitives,' even the Chal-
deans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
15 I am Jehovah, your Holy One,
the Creator of Israel, your King.
16 Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh
a way in the sea, and a path in the
mighty waters; 17 Vho bringeth
forth the chariot and horse, the
army and the mighty man (they lie
down together, they shall not rise;
* Or, Gather yourselves together, all ye nations
2 Or, and that they may hear
' Or, from this day forth I i^c.
* Or, as otherwise read, all their nobles, even b'c.
6 Or, who . . the power: They shall lie b'c.
they are extinct, they are quenched
as a wick): 18 Remember ye not
the former things, neither consider
the things of old. 19 Behold, I
will do a new thing; now shall it
spring forth; shall ye not know it.?
I will even make a way in the wilder-
ness, and rivers in the desert. 20
The beasts of the field shall honor
me, the jackals and the ostriches;
because I give waters in the wilder-
ness, and rivers in the desert, to
give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 the people which I formed for
myself, Hhat they might set forth
my praise.
22 Yet thou hast not called upon
me, O Jacob; but thou hast been
weary of me, O Israel. 23 Thou
hast not brought me of thy sheep
for burnt-offerings; neither hast
thou honored me with thy sacrifices.
I have not burdened thee with
^offerings, nor wearied thee with
frankincense. 24 Thou hast bought
me no ^sweet cane with money,
neither hast thou ^filled me with the
fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast
burdened me with thy sins, thou
hast wearied me with thine iniqui-
ties.
25 I, even I, am he that blotteth
out thy transgressions for mine own
sake; and I will not remember thy
sins. 26 Put me in remembrance;
let us plead together: set thou
forth thy cause, that thou mayest be
justified. 27 Thy first father sinned,
and thy ^ ^teachers have transgressed
against me. 28 Therefore I ^^will
profane the ^^princes of the sanc-
tuary; and I ^^will make Jacob a
^^icurse^ and Israel a reviling.
zLA]^ Yet now hear, O Jacob my
j^^ servant, and Israel, whom
I have chosen: 2 Thus saith Jeho-
vah that made thee, and formed thee
from the womb, who will help thee:
Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and
thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
3 For I will pour water upon ^^lini
6 Or, they shall set forth
8 Or, calamus
1" Heb. interpreters.
" Or, holy princes
1* Or, da'oted thing
7 Or, a meal-offering
» Or. satiated
" Or, have profaned
" Or, have made
13 Or, the thirsty land
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Jehovah the only God. The Folly of idolatry portrayed
ISAIAH 44.4—44.21
that is thirsty, and streams upon
the dry ground; I will pour my
Spirit upon thy seed, and my bless-
ing upon thine offspring: 4 and
they shall spring up among the grass,
as willows by the watercourses.
5 One shall say, I am Jehovah's;
and another shall ^call himself by
the name of Jacob; and another
shall ^subscribe with his hand unto
Jehovah, and ^surname himself by
the name of Israel.
6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King
of Israel, and his Redeemer, Je-
hovah of hosts : I am the first, and
5 1 am the last; and besides me there
^ is no God. 7 ^And who, as I, shall
c^tl, ahJ shall declare it, and set it
in order for me, since I established
the ancient people .^^ and the things
that are coming, and that shall
come to pass, let them ^declare.
8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid:
have I not declared unto thee of
old, and showed it.^^ and ye are my
witnesses. Is there a God besides
me.^ yea, there is no Rock; I know
_rjot any.
9 They that fashion a graven
image are all of them ^vanity; and
the things that they delight in shall
not profit; and their own witnesses
see not, nor know: that they may be
put to shame. 10 Who hath fash-
ioned a god, or molten an image that
is profitable for nothing? 11 Be-
hold, ^all his fellows shall be put to
shame; and the workmen, they are
of men: let them all be gathered
together, let them stand up; they
shall fear, they shall be put to
shame together.
12 The smith ^maketh an axe,
and worketh in the coals, and
fashioneth it with hammers, and
worketh it with his strong arm: yea,
he is hungry, and his strength
faileth; he drinketh no water, and
is faint. 13 The carpenter stretch-
' Or, proclaim the name
2 Or, write on his hand, Unto Jehovah
^ Or, give for a title the name of Israel
* Or, And who, as I, can proclaim? let him declare it b'c.
5 Or, declare unto thetn 6 Or, confusion
7 Or, all that join themselves thereto
* Or, sharpeneth a tool
eth out a line; he marketh it out
with ^a pencil; he shapeth it with
planes, and he marketh it out with
the compasses, and shapeth it after
the figure of a man, according to the
beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.
14 He heweth him down cedars, and
taketh the holm-tree and the oak,
and strengtheneth for himself one
among the trees of the forest: he
planteth ^°a fir-tree, and the rain
doth nourish it. 15 Then shall
it be for a man to burn; and he
taketh thereof, and warmeth him-
self; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh
bread: yea, he maketh a god, and
worshippeth it; he maketh it a
graven image, and faileth down
thereto. 16 He burneth ^^part
thereof in the fire; with ^^part
thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth
roast, and is satisfied; yea, he
warmeth himself, and saith. Aha,
I am warm, I have seen the fire.
17 And the residue thereof he
maketh a god, even his graven
image; he faileth down unto it and
worshippeth, and prayeth unto it,
and saith. Deliver me; for thou art
my God.
18 They know not, neither do
they consider: for he hath ^^shut
their eyes, that they cannot see;
and their hearts, that they cannot
understand. 19 And none calleth
to mind, neither is there knowledge
nor understanding to say, I have
burned part of it in the fire; yea,
also I have baked bread upon the
coals thereof; I have roasted flesh
and eaten it: and shall I make the
residue thereof an abomination.^
shall I fall down to the stock of a
tree? 20 He feedeth on ashes; a
deceived heart hath turned him
aside; and he cannot deliver his
soul, nor say. Is there not a lie in my
right hand?
21 Remember these things, O
Jacob, and Israel; for thou art
my servant: I have formed thee;
thou art my servant: O Israel,
9 Or, red ochre
11 Or, the half
10 Or, an ash
12 Heb. daubed.
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ISAIAH 44.22-^45.14
thou shall not be forgotten of
me. 22 I have blotted out, as a
thick cloud, thy transgressions, and,
as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me;
for I have redeemed thee. 23 Sing,
O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath
done it; shout, ye lower parts of
the earth; break forth into singing,
ye mountains, O forest, and every
tree therein: for Jehovah hath re-
deemed Jacob, and will glorify
himself in Israel.
24 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Re-
deemer, and he that formed thee
from the womb: I am Jehovah,
that maketh all things ; that stretch-
eth forth the heavens alone; that
spreadeth abroad the earth (Vho
is with me?); 25 that frustrateth
the signs of the ^liars, and maketh
diviners mad; that turneth wise
men backward, and maketh their
knowledge foolish; 26 that con-
firmeth the word of his servant, and
performeth the counsel of his mes-
sengers; that saith of Jerusalem,
She shall be inhabited; and of the
cities of Judah, They shall -be built,
and I will raise up the waste places
thereof; 27 that saith to the deep.
Be dry, and I will dry up th^^ rivers;
28 that saith of ^Cyrus, He is my
shepherd, and shall perform all my
pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem,
She shall be built; %nd of the
temple. Thy foundation shall be
laid.
A ^ Thus saith Jehovah to his
^O anointed, to Cyrus, whose
right hand I have holden, to subdue
nations before him, and I w^ill loose
the loins of kings; to open the doors
before him, and the gates shall not
be shut: 2 I will go before thee, and
make the rough places smooth; I
will break in pieces the doors of
brass, and cut in sunder the bars
of ir^n; 3 and I will give thee the
treasures of darkness, and hidden
riches of secret places, that thou
mayest know that it is I, Jehovah,
who call thee by thy name, even the
Jehovah commissions Cyrus to deliver the Exiles
1 Another reading is, by myself.
- Or, boasters ^ Heb. Coresh.
* Or, and the foundation of the temple shall be laid
God of Israel. 4 For Jacob my
servant's sake, and Israel my chosen,
I have called thee by thy name:
I have surnamed thee, though thou
hast riot known me. 5 I am Jeho-
vah, and there is none else; besides
me there is no God. I will gird thee,
though thou hast not known me;
6 that they may know from the
rising of the sun, and from the west,
that there is none besides me: I
am Jehovah, and there is none else.
7 I form the light, and create dark-
ness; I make peace, and create evil;
I am Jehovah, that doeth all these
things.
. 8 Distil, ye heavens, from above,
and let the skies pour down right-
eousness: let the earth open, that
^it may ^bring forth salvation, and
let it cause righteousness to spring
up together; I, Jehovah, have
created it.
9 Woe unto him that striveth
with his Maker! a potsherd among
the potsherds of the earth! Shall
the clay say to him that fashioneth
it. What makes t tliou.^ or thy work.
He hath no hands .^^ 10 Woe unto him
that saith unto a father. What be-
get test thou.^ or to a woman, With
what travailest thou.^^
11 Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy
One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask
me of the things that are to come;
concerning my sons, and concerning
the work of my hands, command ye
me. 12 I have made the earth, and
created man upon it: I, even my
hands, have stretched out the heav-
ens; and all their host have I com-
manded. 13 I have raised him up
in righteousness, and I will make
straight all his ways: he shall build
my city, and he shall let my exiles
go free, not for price nor reward,
saith Jehovah of hosts.
14 Thus saith Jehovah, The
labor of Egypt, and the merchan-
dise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans,
men of stature, shall come over unto
thee, and they shall be thine: they
shall go after thee; in chains they
5 Heb. they.
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6 Or, be fruitful in salvation
Jehovah the only Saviour. Babylon's Idols and Israel's God contrasted ISAIAH 45.15 — 46.12
shall come over; and they shall fall
down unto thee, they shall make
supplication unto thee, saying, Sure-
ly God is in thee; and there is
none else, there is no God. 15
Verily thou art a God that liidest
thyself, O God of Israel, the Sa-
viour. 16 They shall be put to
shame, yea, confounded, all of them;
they shall go into confusion to-
gether that are makers of idols.
17. But Israel shall be saved by
Jehovah with an everlasting sal-
vation: ye shall not be put to
shame nor confounded world with-
out end.
18 For thus saith Jehovah that
created the heavens, the God that
formed the earth and made it, that
established it and created it not %
waste, that formed it to be inhab-
ited: I am Jehovah; and there is
none else. 19 I have not spoken in
secret, in a place of the land of dark-
ness; I said not unto the seed of
Jacob, Seek ye me ^in vain: I, Jeho-
vah, speak righteousness, I declare
things that are right.
20 Assemble yourselves and
come; draw near together, ye that
are escaped of the nations : they have
no knowledge that carry the wood
of their graven image, and pray
unto a god that cannot save. 21
Declare ye, and ^bring it forth; yea,
let them take counsel together:
who hath showed this from ancient
time.^ who hath declared it of old.^
have not I, Jehovah .^^ and there is no
God else besides me, a just God and
a Saviour; there is none besides me.
22 Look unto me, and be ye saved,
all the ends of the earth; for I am
God, and there is none else. 23 By
myself have I sworn, "^the word is
gone forth from my mouth in right-
eousness, and shall not return, that
unto me every knee shall bow, every
tongue shall swear. 24 Only in
Jehovah, it is said of me, is right-
eousness and strength; even to him
1 Or, in vain 2 Or, as in a waste- s Or, bring them near
* Or, righteousness is gone forth front my mouth, a word
which shall not return Or, the word is gone forth from a
mouth of righteousness, and shall not return ^
shall men come; and all they that
were incensed against him shall
be put to shame. 25 In Jehovah
shall all the seed of Israel be justi-
fied, and shall glory.
Af\ Bel boweth down, Nebo
j^yJ stoopeth; their idols are upon
the beasts, and upon the cattle:
the things that ye carried about
are made a load, a burden to
the weary beast 2 They stoop,
they bow down together; they
could not deliver the burden, but
themselves are gone into captivity.
3 Hearken unto me, O house of
Jacob, and all the remnant of the
house of Israel, that have been
borne by me from their birth, that
have been carried from the womb;
4 and even to old age I am he, and
even to hoar hairs will I carry yon:
I have made, and I will bear; yea,
I will carry, and will deliver. 5
To whom will ye liken me, and make
me equal, and compare me, that
we may be like.^ 6 Such as lavish
gold out of the bag, and weigh silver
in the balance, they hire a gold-
smith, and he maketh it a god; they
fall down, yea, they worship. 7
They bear it upon the shoulder,
they carry it, and set it in its place,
and it standeth; from its place shall
it not remove: yea, one may cry
unto it, yet can it not answer, nor
save him out of his trouble.
8 Remember this, and ^show your-
selves men; bring it again to mind, O
ye transgressors. 9 Remember the
former things of old: ^for I am God,
and there is none else; / am God, and
there is none like me; 10 declaring
the end from the beginning, and from
ancient times things that are not
yet done; saying. My counsel shall
stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
II calling a ravenous bird from the
east, the man of ^my counsel from
a far country; yea, I have spoken, I
will also bring it to pass; I have
purposed, I will also do it.
12 Hearken unto me, ye stout-
hearted, that are far from righteous-
5 Or, stand fast « Or, that ^ Another reading is, his.
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ISAIAH 46.13 48.5 Qod's judgment upon Babylon foretold. Futility of her Self-confidence
ness: 13 I bring near my righteous-
ness, it shall not be far off, and
my salvation shall not tarry; and
I will ^place salvation in Zion for
Israel my glory.
A ly Come down, and sit in the
T^ I dust, O virgin daughter of
Babylon; sit on the ground with-
out a throne, O daughter of the
jfchaldeans: for thou shalt no more
be called tender and delicate. 2
Take the millstones, and.grind meal;
remove thy veil, strip off the train,
uncover the leg, pass through the
rivers. 3 Thy nakedness shall be
uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be
seen : I will take vengeance, and will
spare no man. 4 Our Redeemer,
Jehovah of hosts is his name, the
Holy One of Israel. 5 Sit thou
silent, and get thee into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans; for
thou shalt no more be called The
mistress of kingdoms. 6 I was
wroth with my people, I profaned
mine inheritance, and gave them
into thy hand: thou didst show
them no mercy; upon the aged hast
thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
7 And thou saidst, I shall be mistress
for ever; so that thou didst not
lay these things to thy heart,
neither didst remember the latter
end thereof.
8 Now therefore hear this, thou
that art given to pleasures, that
^sittest securely, that say est in thy
heart, I am, and there is none
else besides me; I shall not sit as
a widow, neither shall I know the
loss of children: 9 but these two
things shall come to thee in a
moment in one day, the loss of
children, and widowhood; in their
full measure shall they come upon
thee, in the multitude of thy sor-
ceries, and the great abundance of
thine enchantments. 10 For thou
hast trusted in thy wickedness;
thou hast said, None seeth me; thy
wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath
perverted thee; and thou hast said
1 Or, give salvation in Zion, and my glory unto Israel
2 Or, dwellest
in thy heart, I am, and there is
none else besides me. 11 Therefore
shall evil come upon thee; thou
shalt not know ^the dawning thereof :
and mischief shall fall upon thee;
thou shalt not be able to put it
away: and desolation shall come
upon thee suddenly, w^hich thou
knowest not.
12 Stand now with thine enchant-
ments, and with the multitude of
thy sorceries, wherein thou hast
labored from thy youth; if so be
thou shalt be able to profit, if so
be thou may est '^prevail. 13 Thou
art wearied in the multitude of
thy counsels: let now the ^astrolo-
gers, the star-gazers, the monthly
prognosticators, stand up, and save
thee from the things that shall come
upon thee. 14 Behold, they shall
be as stubble; the fire shall burn
them; they shall not deliver them-
selves from the power of the flame:
it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor
a fire to sit before. 15 Thus shall
the things be unto thee wherein
thou hast labored: they that have
trafficked with thee from thy youth
shall wander every one to %is
quarter; there shall be none to
save thee.
^O Hear ye this, O house of
A^O Jacob, who are called by
the name of Israel, and are come
forth out of the waters of Judah;
who swear by the name of Jeho-
vah, and make mention of the God
of Israel, but not in truth, nor in
righteousness 2 (for they call them-
selves of the holy city, and stay
themselves upon the God of Israel;
Jehovah of hosts is his name): 3 I
have declared the former things
from of old; yea, they went forth
out of my mouth, and I showed
them: suddenly I did them, and
they came to pass. 4 Because I
knew that thou art obstinate, and
thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy
brow brass; 5 therefore I have de-
clared it to thee from of old; before
3 Or, how to charm it away
* Heb. dividers of the heavens.
* Or, strike terror
« Or, his own way
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Israel's Unfaithfulness rebuked. Deliverance from Babylon promised
it came to pass I showed it thee;
lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol
hath done them, and my graven
image, and my molten image, hath
commanded them. 6 Thou hast
heard it; behold all this; and ye,
will ye not declare it? ^I have
showed thee new things from this
time, even hidden things, which
thou hast not known. 7 They are
created now, and not from of old;
and before this day thou heardest
them not; lest thou shouldest say.
Behold, I knew them. 8 Yea, thou
heardest not; yea, thou knewest
not; yea, from of old thine ear
was not opened: for I knew that
thou didst deal very treacherously,
and wast called a transgressor from
the womb. 9 For my name's sake
will I defer mine anger, and for my
praise will I refrain for thee, that I
cut thee not off. 10 Behold, I have
refined thee, but not as silver; I
have ^chosen thee in the furnace of
affliction. 11 For mine own sake, for
mine own sake, will I do it; for how
should my name be profaned? and
my glory will I not give to another.
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob,
and Israel my called: I am he;
I am the first, I also am the last.
13 Yea, my hand hath laid the
foundation of the earth, and my
right hand hath spread out the
heavens : when I call unto them,
they stand up together. 14 As-
semble yourselves, all ye, and hear;
who among them hath declared
these things? ^He whom Jehovah
loveth shall perform his pleasure on
Babylon, and his arm shall he on
the Chaldeans. 15 I, even I, have
spoken; yea, I have called him; I
have brought him, and he shall make
his way prosperous. 16 Come ye
near unto me, hea r ye this ; from the
beginning I have not spoken in
secret; from the time that it w^as,
there am I: and now the Lord Jeho-
vah hath sent me, and his Spirit.
17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Re-
ISAIAH 48.6—49.5
1 Or, I show 2 Or, tried
» Or, Jehovah hath loved him: he shall b'c.
26
deemer, the Holy One of Israel: I
am Jehovah thy God, who teach-
eth thee to profit, who leadeth
thee by the way that thou should-
est go. 18 ^Oh that thou hadst
hearkened to my commandments!
then had thy peace been as a river,
and thy righteousness as the waves
of the sea: 19 thy seed also had
been as the sand, and the offspring
of thy bowels like '^the grains
thereof: his name would not be
cut off nor destroyed from before
me.
20 Go ye forth from Babylon,
flee ye from the Chaldeans; with
a voice of singing declare ye, tell
this, utter it even to the end of
the earth: say ye, Jehovah hath
redeemed his servant Jacob. 21
And they thirsted not when he
led them through the deserts; he
caused the waters to flow out of
the rock for them; he clave the
rock also, and the waters gushed
out. 22 There is no peace, saith
Jehovah, to the wicked.
AC\ i Listen, O isles, unto me;
T^^ and hearken, ye peoples,
from far: Jehovah hath called me
from the womb; from the bowels of
my mother hath he made mention
of my name : 2 and he hath made my
mouth like a sharp sword; in the
shadow of his hand hath he hid me:
and he hath made me a polished
shaft; in his quiver hath he kept me
close: 3 and he said unto me,
Thou art my servant; Israel, in
whom I will be glorified. 4 But I
said, I have labored in vain, I have
spent my strength for nought and
vanity; yet surely the justice due
to me is with Jehovah, and my
recompense with my God.
5 And now saith Jehovah that
formed me from the womb to b.e
his servant, to bring Jacob again
to him, ^and that Israel be gath-
ered unto him (for I am honorable
in the eyes of Jehovah, and my j
4 Or, Oh that thou wouldest hearken . . . then would
thy peace he b'c.
6 Or, that of the bowels thereof
6 Another reading is, but Israel is not gathered, yet shall
I be &c.
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ISAIAH 49.G~49.2o
God is become my strength); 6
yea, he saith, It is too light a thing
that thou shouldest be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and
to restore the preserved of Israel:
J_will also give thee for a light to
the Gentiles, Hhat thou mayest be
iiiy salvation unto the end of the
Sarthr; 7 Thus saith Jehovah, the
Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy
One, to him whom man despiseth,
to him whom the nation abhorreth,
to a servant of rulers: Kings shall
see and arise; princes, and they
shall worship; because of Jehovah
that is faithful, even the Holy One
of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
8 Thus saith Jehovah, In an ac-
ceptable tim.e have I answered thee,
and in a day of salvation have I
helped thee; and I will preserve
thee, and give thee for a covenant
of the people, to Vaise up the
land, to make them inherit the des-
olate heritages; 9 saying to them
that are bound. Go forth; to them
that are in darkness, Show your-
selves. They shall feed in the ways,
and on all bare heights shall be
their pasture. 10 They shall not
hunger nor thirst; neither shall
the ^heat nor sun smite them: for
he that hath mercy on them will
lead them, even by springs of
water will he guide them. 11 And
I will make all my mountains a
way, and my highways shall be
exalted. 12 Lo, these shall come
from far; and, lo, these from the
north and from the west; and
these from the land of Sinim. 13
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful,
O earth; and break forth into
singing, O mountains: for Jeho-
vah hath comforted his people,
and will have compassion upon
his afflicted.
14 But Zion said, Jehovah
hath forsaken me, and the Lord
hath forgotten me. 15 Can a
woman forget her sucking child,
that she should not have compas-
1 Or, that my salvation may be
2 Or, establish the earth 8 Or, mirage
Rich Promises to Despondent Zion
sion on the son of her womb?
yea, these may forget, yet will
not I forget thee. 16 Behold, I
have graven thee upon the palms
of my hands; thy walls are con-
tinually before me. 17 Thy chil-
dren make haste; thy destroyers
and they that made thee waste
shall go forth from thee. 18 Lift
up thine eyes round about, and
behold : all these gather them-
selves together, and come to thee.
As I live, saith Jehovah, thou
shalt surety clothe thee with them
all as with an ornament, and gird
thyself with them, like a bride.
19 For, as for thy waste and thy
desolate places, and thy land that
hath been destroj^ed, surely now
shalt thou be too strait for the
inhabitants, and they that swal-
lowed thee up shall be far away. 20
The children of thy bereave-
ment shall yet say in thine ears,
The place is too strait for me;
give place to me that I may dwell.
21 Then shalt thou say in thy
heart. Who hath ^begotten me these,
seeing I have been bereaved of my
children, and am ^solitary, an exile,
and wandering to and fro? and who
hath brought up these? Behold, I
was left alone; these, where were
they?
22 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah,
Behold, I will lift up my hand to
the nations, and set up my en-
sign to the peoples; and they shall
bring thy sons in their bosom,
and thy daugjiters shall be car-
ried upon their \ shoulders. 23 And
kings shall be thy nursing fathers,
and their queens thy nursing moth-
ers: they shall bo'^ down to thee
with their faces to the earth, and
lick the dust of thy feet; and thou
shalt know that I am Jehovah; and
they that wait for me shall not be
put to shame.
24 Shall the prey be taken from
the mighty, or ^the la\\^ul captives
be delivered? 25 But thus saith
Jehovah, Even the captives of
* Or, borne » Or, barren • Heb. the captives of the jusl
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Jehovah can and will help them that trust in him
the mighty shall be taken away,
and the prey of the terrible shall
be delivered; for I will contend
with him that contendeth with
thee, and I will save thy chil-
dren. 26 And I will feed them
that oppress thee with their
own flesh; and they shall be drunken
with their own blood, as with sweet
wine: and all flesh shall know that
I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy
Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
p^f\ Thus saith Jehovah, Where
^v/ is the bill of your mother's
divorcement, wherewith I have put
her away? or which of my creditors
is it to whom I have sold you.^ Be-
hold, for your iniquities were ye
sold, and for your transgressions
was your mother put away. 2
Wherefore, when I came, was there
no man? when I called, was there
none to answer? Is my hand short-
ened at all, that it cannot redeem?
or have I no power to deliver? Be-
hold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a wilderness : their
fish stink, because there is no water,
and die for thirst. 3 I clothe the
heavens with blackness, and I make
sackcloth their covering.
—^4 The Lord Jehovah hath given
me the tongue of ^them that are
taught, that I may know how ^to
sustain with words him that is
weary: he wakeneth morning by
morning, he wakeneth mine ear
to hear as ^they that are taught.
5 The Lord Jehovah hath opened
rninel ear, and I was not rebel-
lious, neither turned away back-
ward. 6 I gave my back to the
smiters, and my cheeks to them
that plucked off the hair; I hid
not my face from shame and spit-
ting. 7 For the Lord Jehovah
will help me; therefore have I
not been confounded : therefore have
I set my face like a flint, and I
know that I shall not be put to
shame. 8 He is near that justifieth
me; who will contend with me? let
1 Or, disciples
9 Or, to speak a word in season to nim b'c.
ISAIAH 49.26—51.6
us stand up together: who is mine
adversary? let him come near to me.
9 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will
help me; who is he that shall con-
demn me? behold, they all shall
wax old as a garment; the moth
shall eat them up^J
10 Who is among you that fear-
eth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice
of his servant? %e that walketh
in darkness, and hath no light, let
him trust in the name of Jehovah,
and rely upon his God. 11 Behold,
all ye that kindle a fire, that gird
yourselves about with firebrands;
walk ye in the flame of your fire,
and among the brands that ye have
kindled. This shall ye have of my
hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
^ ^ Hearken to me, ye that follow
J 1 after righteousness, ye that
seek Jehovah: look unto the rock
whence ye were hewn, and to the
hole of the pit whence ye were
digged. 2 Look unto Abraham your
father, and unto Sarah that bare
you; for when he was but one I
called him, and I blessed him, and
made him many. 3 For Jehovah
hath comforted Zion; he hath com-
forted all her waste places, and hath
made her wilderness like Eden,
and her desert like the garden of
Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be
found therein, thanksgiving, and
the voice of melody.
4 Attend unto me, O my peo-
ple; and give ear unto me, O my
nation: for a law shall go forth
from me, and I will establish my
justice for a light of the peoples.
5 My righteousness is near, my sal-
vation is gone forth, and mine
arms shall judge the peoples; the
isles shall wait for me, and on
mine arm shall they trust. 6 Lift
up your eyes to the heavens, and
look upon the earth beneath; for
the heavens shall vanish away like
smoke, and the earth shall wax
old like a garment; and they that
dwell therein shall die ^in like man-
ner: but my salvation shall be for
3 Or, though he walketh < Or, perhaps, like gnats
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ISAIAH 51.7—52.4
ever, and my righteousness shall
not be abolished.
7 Hearken unto me, ye that
know righteousness, the people in
whose heart is my law; fear ye not
the reproach of men, neither be
ye dismayed at their revilings.
8 For the moth shall eat them up
like a garment, and the worm shall
eat them like wool; but my right-
eousness shall be for ever, and my
salvation unto all generations.
9 Awake, awake, put on strength,
O arm of Jehovah; awake, as
in the days of old, the generations
of ancient times. Is it not thou that
didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst
pierce the monster .f^ 10 Is it not
thou that driedst up the sea, the
waters of the great deep; that
madest the depths of the sea a way
for the redeemed to pass over.^^ 11
And the ransomed of Jehovah shall
return, and come with singing unto
Zion; and everlasting joy shall be
upon their heads: they shall obtain
gladness and joy; and sorrow and
sighing shall flee away.
12 I, even I, am he that com-
forteth you: who art thou, that
thou art afraid of man that shall
die, and of the son of man that
shall be made as grass; 13 and hast
forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that
stretched forth the heavens, and
laid the foundations of the earth;
and fearest continually all the day
because of the fury of the oppressor,
^when he maketh ready to destroy.^
and where is the fury of the op-
pressor.f^ 14 ^The captive exile shall
speedily be loosed; and he shall not
die and go down into the pit, neither
shall his bread fail. 15 For I am
Jehovah thy God, who ^stirreth up
the sea> so that the waves thereof
roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
16 And I have put my words in thy
mouth, and have covered thee in
the shadow of my hand, that I may
plant the heavens, and lay the
foundations of the earth, and say
The Deliverer from Egypt implored to help. His Words of Cheer
* Or, as though he made ready
* Or, He that is bent down
' Or, stillelh the sea when the waves thereof roar
unto Zion, Thou art my people.
17 Awake, awake, stand up, O
Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the
hand of Jehovah the cup of his
wrath; thou hast drunken the bowl
of the cup of staggering, and drained
it. 18 There is none to guide her
among all the sons whom she hath
brought forth; neither is there any
that taketh her by the hand among
all the sons that she hath brought
up. 19 These' two things are befallen
thee; who shall bemoan thee.^^ deso-
lation and destruction, and the
famine and the sword; how shall I
comfort thee.^ 20 Thy sons have
fainted, they lie at the head of all
the streets, as an antelope in a net;
they are full of the wrath of Jeho-
vah, the rebuke of thy God.
21 Therefore hear now this, thou
afflicted, and drunken, but not
with wine: 22 Thus saith thy Lord
Jehovah, and thy God that plead-
eth the cause of his people. Behold,
I have taken out of thy hand the
cup of staggering, even the bowl
of the cup of my wrath; thou shalt
no more drink it again: 23 and I
will put it into the hand of them
that afflict thee, that have said to
thy soul. Bow down, that we may
go over; and thou hast laid thy
back as the ground, and as the
street, to them that go over.
^O Awake, awake, put on thy
kJ^ strength, O Zion; put on
thy beautiful garments, O Jerusa-
lem, the holy city: for hence-
forth there shall no more come into
thee the uncircumcised and the un-
clean. 2 Shake thyself from the
dust; arise, sit on thy throne, O
Jerusalem: ^loose thyself from the
bonds of thy neck, O captive
daughter of Zion.
3 For thus saith Jehovah, Ye were
sold for nought; and ye shall be
redeemed without money. 4 For
thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My
people went down at the first into
Egypt to sojourn there: and the
Assyrian hath oppressed them with-
* Another reading is, the bonds of thy neck are loosed.
804
The Servant of Jehovah's Sufferings. His Death and Exaltation ISAIAH 52.5 — 53.10
out cause. 5 Now therefore, what
do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing
that my people is taken away for
nought .f^ they that rule over them
do howl, saith Jehovah, and my
name continually all the day is
blasphemed. 6 Therefore my peo-
ple shall know my name: there-
fore they shall know in that day
that I am he that doth speak;
behold, ^it is I.
7 How beautiful upon the moun-
tains are the feet of him that bring-
eth good tidings, that publisheth
peace, that bringeth good tidings
of good, that publisheth salvation,
that saith unto Zion, Thy God
reigneth! 8 The voice of thy
^O Who hath believed ^our mes-
^C) sage? and to whom hath
the arm of Jehovah been revealed.^
2 For he grew up before him as a
tender plant, and as a root out of
a dry ground: he hath no form
nor comeliness; ^and when we see
him, there is no beauty that we
should desire him. 3 He was de-
spised, and ^^rejected of men; a
man of sorrows, and acquainted
with "grief: and ^^as one from
whom men hide their face he was
despised; and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our
^'^griefs, and carried our sorrows;
yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted. 5
watchmen ! they lift up the voice, t But he was wounded for our trans-
together do they sing ; for they I gressions, he was bruised for our
shall see eye to eye, -when Jehovah
returneth to Zion. 9 Break forth
into joy, sing together, ye waste
places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah
hath comforted his people, he hath
redeemed Jerusalem. 10 Jehovah
hath made bare his holy arm in
the eyes of all the nations; and
all the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.
11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye
out from thence, touch no unclean
thing; go ye out of the midst of
her; cleanse yourselves, ye that
bear the vessels of Jehovah. 12 For
ye shall not go out in haste, nei-
ther shall ye go by flight: for Je-
hovah will go before you; and the
£od of Israel will be your rearward.
13 Behold, my servant shall
^deal wisely, he shall be exalted
and lifted up, and shall be very
high. 14 Like as many were as-
tonished at thee (his visage was
so marred ^more than any man,
and his form more than the sons
of men), 15 so shall he ^sprinkle
many nations; kings shall shut
their mouths ^at him: for that
which had not been told them shall
they see; and that which they had
not heard shall they ^understand.
iniquities; the chastisement of our
peace was upon him; and with
his stripes we are healed. 6 All
B^e_ like sheep have gone astray;"^
we have turned every one to his
own way; and Jehovah hath ^'^laid
on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, yet when
he was afflicted he opened not his
mouth; as a lamb that is led to
the slaughter, and as a sheep that
before its shearers is dumb, so he
opened not his mouth. 8 ^^By op-
pression and judgment he was taken
away; and as for his generation,
who among them considered that he
was cut off out of the land of the
^^living for the transgression of my
people to whom the stroke was due?
9 And they made his grave with the
wicked, and with a rich man in his
death; ^ ^although he had done no
violence, neither was any deceit in
his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased Jehovah to
bruise him; he hath ^^put him to
grief: ^^when thou shalt make his
soul ^^an offering for sin, he shall
8 Or, that which we have heard
» Or, that we should look upon him; nor beauty b'c.
10 Or, forsaken " Heb. sickness.
12 Or, he hid as it were his face from us
" Heb. sicknesses. " Heb. made to light. " Or, From
16 Or, living? for the transgression of my people was he
1 Or, here I am - Or, haw ' Or, prosper \ stricken " Or, because is Heb. made him sick.
* Or, from that of man, and his form from that of the ' i» Or, when his soul shall make an offering
sons of men * Or, startle ^ Or, became of '^ Or, consider 20 Heb. a trespass-offerine.
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ISAIAH 53.11 55.1 The Enlargement of Zion. Jehovah's Fostering Love of Zion
see his seed, he shall prolong his
days, and the pleasure of Jehovah
shall prosper m his hand. 11 ^He
shall see of the travail of his soul,
and shall be satisfied: ^by the
knowledge of himself shall my right-
eous servant ^justify many; and he
shall bear their iniquities. 12 There-
fore will I divide him a portion with
the great, and he shall divide the
spoil with the strong; because he
poured out his soul unto death, and
was numbered with the transgress-
ors: yet he bare the sin of many.
Land ^made intercession for the
transgressors.
7^/4 Sing, O barren, thou that
^ A^ didst not bear; break forth
into singing, and cry aloud, thou
that didst not travail with child:
everlasting lovingkindness will I
have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah
thy Redeemer.
9 For this is as the waters of
Noah unto me; for as I have sworn
that the waters of Noah shall no
more go over the earth, so have I
sworn that I will not be wroth
with thee, nor rebuke thee. 10
For the mountains may depart,
and the hills be removed; but my
lovingkindness shall not depart
from thee, neither shall my cov-
enant of peace be removed, saith
Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.
11 O thou afflicted, tossed with
tempest, and not comforted, behold,
I will set thy stones in ^fair colors,
and lay thy foundations with, sap-
phires. 12 And I will make thy
for more are the children of the ^pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of
desolate than the children of the i carbuncles, and all thy border of
married wife, saith Jehovah. 2 En-
large the place of thy tent, and let
them stretch forth the curtains
of thy habitations ; spare not : length-
en thy cords, and strengthen thy
stakes. 3 For thou shall spread
abroad on the right hand and on the
left; and thy seed shall possess the
nations, and make the desolate
cities to be inhabited.
4 Fear not; for thou shall not
be ashamed: neither be thou con-
founded; for thou shall not be put
to shame: for thou shall forget
\ the shame of thy youth; and the
^reproach of thy widowhood shall
thou remember no more. 5 For
thy Maker is thy husband; Jeho-
^vah of hosts is his name: and the
Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer;
the God of the whole earth shall he
be called. 6 For Jehovah hath
called thee as a wife forsaken- and
grieved in spirit, even a wife of
youth, when she is cast off, saith
thy God. 7 For a small moment
have I forsaken thee; but with great
mercies will I gather thee. 8 ^In
overflowing wrath I hid my face
from thee for a moment; but with
1 Or, He shall see and be satisfied with the travail ^c.
- Or, by his knowledge ^ Or, make many righteous
* Or, maketh '' Or, In a little wrath
precious , stones^ 13 And all thy
children shall be ^taught of Jehovah ;
and great shall be the peace of thy
children. 14 In righteousness shall
thou be established: ^thou shall be
far from oppression, for thou shall
not fear; and from terror, for it
shall not come near thee. 15 Be-
hold, they may ^ ^gather together,
but not by me: whosoever shall
^^gather together against thee ^^shall
fall because of thee. 16 Behold,
I have created the smith that blow-
eth the fire of coals, and bringeth
forth a weapon for ^-his work; and
I have created the waster to destroy.
17 No weapon that is formed
against thee shall prosper; and
every tongue that shall rise
against thee in judgment thou shall
condemn. This is the heritage
of th/6 servants of Jehovah, and
^^theit* righteousness which is of me,
sailM Jehovah.
5r' Ho, every one that thirst-
f^ eth, come ye to the waters,
aW'd he that hath no money; come
ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy
wine and milk without money and
e Or, antimony See 1 Chr. 29. 2. • ' Or, 'windoivs
s Or, disciples 9 Qr, be thou far
10 Or, stir up strife '^ Or, shall fall away to thee
12 Or, its '2 Or, their righteousness is of tnc
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Blessedness of Sabbath-keeping. Evil Rulers rebuked
without price. 2 Wherefore do ye
^ spend money for that which is
not bread? and your ^labor for
that which satisfieth not? hearken
dihgently unto me, and eat ye that
which is good, and let your soul
delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline
your ear, and come unto me; hear,
and your soul shall live: and I will
make an everlasting covenant with
you, even the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him for a wit-
ness to the peoples, a ^leader
and commander to the peoples. 5 Be-
hold, thou shalt call a nation
that thou knowest not; and a na-
tion that knew not thee shall run
unto thee, because of Jehovah thy
God,, and for the Holy One of
Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may
be found; call ye upon him while he
is near: 7 let the wicked forsake his
way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts; and let him return unto
Jehovah, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for he
will abundantly pardon. 8 For my
thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your w^ays my ways,
saith Jehovah. 9 For as the heavens
are higher than the earth, so are my
ways higher than your ways, and
my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down
and the snow from heaven, and
returneth not thither, but watereth
the earth, and maketh it bring forth
and bud, and giveth seed to the
sower and bread to the eater;
11 so shall my word be that goeth
forth out of my mouth: it shall
not return unto me void, but it
shall accomplish that which I please,
j and it shall prosper in the • thing
I whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall
i| go out with joy, and be led forth
j wiHi peace: the mountains and the
hills shall break forth before you
into singing; and all the trees of the
field shall clap then* hands. 13 In-
stead of the thorn shall come up the
fir-tree; and instead of the brier
Heb. weigh.
2 Or, earnings
' Or, prince
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ISAIAH 55.2—56.10
shall come up the myrtle-tree: and
it shall be to Jehovah for a name,
for an everlasting sign that shall
not be cut off.'n] {•><,
^r:^ Thus ^^aith Jehovah, Keep
^^ ye justice, and do righteous-
ness; for my salvation is near to
come, and my righteousness to be re-
vealed. 2 Blessed is the man that
doeth this, and the son of man that
holdeth it fast; that keepeth the
sabbath from profaning it, and
keepeth his hand from doing any
evil. 3 Neither let 'the foreigner,
that hath joined himself to Jehovah,
speak, saying, Jehovah will surely
separate me from his people; neither
let the eunuch say. Behold, I am a
dry tree. 4 For thus saith Jehovah
of the eunuchs that keep my sab-
baths, and choose the things that
please me, and hold fast my cov-
enant: 5 Unto them will I give in
my house and within my walls a
^memorial and a name ^better than
of sons and of daughters; I will
give ^them an everlasting name, that
shall not be cut off.
6 Also the foreigners that join
themselves to Jehovah, to minister
unto him, and to love the name of
Jehovah, to be his servants, every
one that keepeth the sabbath from
profaning it, and holdeth fast my
covenant; 7 even them will I bring
to my holy mountain, and make
them joyful in my house of prayer:
their burnt-offerings and their sacri-
fices shall be accepted upon mine
altar; for my house shall be called a
house of prayer for all peoples. 8 The
Lord Jehovah, who gathereth the
outcasts of Israel, saith. Yet will I
gather others to him, ^besides his
own that are gathered.
9 All ye beasts of the field,
^come to devour, yea, all ye beasts
in the forest. 10 His watchmen
are blind, they are all without
knowledge; they are all dumb dogs,
they cannot bark; dreaming, lying
* Or, place Heb. hand.
5 Or, better than sons and daughters
6 Heb. him. 7 Heb. to his gathered ones.
8 Or, co7ne ye to devour all the beasts in the forest
ISAIAH 56.11—57.21 idolatrous conduct of the People. Jehovah's Forbearance
down, loving to slumber. 11 Yea,
the dogs are greedy, they can never
have enough; and these are shep-
herds that cannot understand: they
have all turned to their own way,
each one to his gain, ^from ever^^
quarter. 12 Come ye, say they, I will
fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves
with strong drink ; and to-morrow
shall be as this day, a day great
beyond measure.
^ ly The righteous perisheth, and
^ i no man layeth it to heart;
and ^merciful men are taken away,
none considering that the righteous
is taken away ^from the evil to
come, 2 He entereth into peace;
they rest in their beds, each one
that walketh ^in his uprightness.
3 But draw near hither, ye sons
of the sorceress, the seed of the
adulterer and the harlot. 4 Against
whom do ye sport yourselves.^
against whom make ye a wide
mouth, and put out the tongue. ^^ are
ye not children of transgression, a
seed of falsehood, 5 ye that inflame
yourselves ^amorig the oaks, under
every green tree; that slay the
children in the valleys, under the
clefts of the rocks .'^ 6 Among the
smooth stones of the valley is thy
portion; they, they are thy lot; even
to them hast thou poured a drink-
offering, thou hast offered ^an obla-
tion. Shall I be appeased for
these things.^ 7 Upon a high and
lofty mountain hast thou set thy
bed; thither also wen test thou up
to offer sacrifice. 8 And behind the
doors and the posts hast thou
set up thy memorial: for thou hast
uncovered thyself to another than
me, and art gone up; thou hast en-
larged thy bed, and made thee a
covenant with them: thou lovedst
their bed where ^thou sawest it.
9^ And thou wentest to the king with
oil, and didst increase thy perfumes,
and didst send thine ambassadors
far off, and didst debase thyself
even unto Sheol. 10 Thou wast
1 Or. one and all 2 Or, godly 3 Or, through wickedness
< Or, straight before him » Or, with idols
6 Or, a meal-offering ? Or, thou providest room for it
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wearied with the length of thy way;
yet saidst thou not, It is in vain:
thou didst find ^a quickening of thy
strength; therefore thou wast not
«faint.
11 And of whom hast thou been
afraid and in fear, that thou liest,
and hast not remembered me, nor
laid it to thy heart .^^ have not I
held my peace even of long time,
and thou fearest me not.f^ 12 I will
declare th}^ righteousness; and as
for thy works, they shall not profit
thee. 13 When thou criest, let
^^them that thou hast gathered deliver
thee; but the wind shall take them,
a breath shall carry them all
away: but he that taketh refuge
in me shall possess the land, and
shall inherit my holy mountain.
14 And ^^he will say. Cast ye up,
cast ye up, prepare the way, take
up the stumbling-block out of the
way of my people. 15 For thus
saith the high and lofty One that
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is
Holy: I dwell in the high and
holy place, with him also that is of
a contrite and humble spirit, to
revive the spirit of the humble,
and to revive the heart of the con-
trite. 16 For I will not contend for
ever, neither will I be always
wroth; for the spirit would faint
before me, and the souls that I
have made. 17 For the iniquity of
his covetousness was I wroth, and
smote him; I hid my face and was
wroth; and he went on ^^backsliding
in the way of his heart. 18 I have
seen his ways, and will heal him: I
will lead him also, and ^^restore
comforts unto him and to his
mourners. 19 I create the fruit of
the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is
far off and to him that is near, saith
Jehovah; and I will heal him. 20
But the wicked are like the troub-
led sea; for it cannot rest, and its
waters cast up mire and dirt. 21
There is no peace, saith my God, to
the wicked.
8 Heb. the life of thy hand.
lo Or, thy rabble of idols
" Heb. turning away.
» Heb. sick.
" Or, it shall be said
1' Heb. recompense.
Wrong and Right Observance of Fasts. Blessings of Sabbath-keeping
ISAIAH 58.1—59.6
^ C Cry ^aloud, spare not, lift up
00 thy voice like a trumpet,
and declare unto my people their
transgression, and to the house of
Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek me
daily, and delight to know my ways :
as a nation that did righteousness,
and forsook not the ordinance of
their God, they ask of me righteous
judgments; they delight to draw
near unto God. 3 Wherefore have
we fasted, say they, and thou seest
not.^ wherefore have we afflicted
our soul, and thou takes t no knowl-
edge .^^ Behold, in the day of your
fast ye find your own pleasure, and
^exact all your labors. 4 Behold,
ye fast for strife and contention,
and to smite with the fist of wick-
edness: ^ye fast not this day so as
to make your voice to be heard on
high. 5 Is such the fast that I
have chosen .f^ the day for a man to
afflict his soul.^ Is it to bow down
his head as a rush, and to spread
sackcloth and ashes under him.^
wilt thou call this a fast, and an
acceptable day to Jehovah .^^ 6 Is
not this the fast that I have chosen :
to loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the bands of the yoke,
and to let the oppressed go free, and
that ye break every yoke.^^ 7 Is
it not to deal thy bread to the
hungry, and that thou bring the
poor that are cast out to thy house. ^
when thou seest the naked, that
thou cover him; and that thou
hide not thyself from thine own
flesh.? 8 Then shall thy light
break forth as the morning, and
thy healing shall spring forth speed-
ily; and thy righteousness shall go
before thee; the glory of Jehovah
shall be thy rearward. 9 Then shalt
thou call, and Jehovah will answer;
thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here
1 am.
If thou take away from the midst
of thee the yoke, the putting forth
of the finger, and speaking wickedly ;
10 and if thou ^draw^ out thy soul
' Heb. with the throat. - Or, oppress all your laborers
^ Or, ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make b'c.
* Or, bestow on the hungry that which thy soul desirelh
to the hungry, and satisfy the
afflicted soul: then shall thy light
rise in darkness, and thine obscurity
be as the noonday; 11 and Jehovah
will guide thee continually, and sat-
isfy thy soul in Mry places, and make
strong thy bones; and thou shalt
be like a watered garden, and like
a spring of water, whose waters fail
not. 12 And they that shall be
of thee shall build the old waste
places; thou shalt raise up the
foundations of many generations;
and thou shalt be called The re-
pairer of the breach, The restorer
of paths to dwell in.
13 If thou turn away thy foot
from the sabbath, from doing thy
pleasure on my holy day ; and call
the sabbath a delight, and the' holy
of Jehovah honorable; and shalt
honor ^it, not doing thine own
ways, nor finding thine own pleas-
ure, nor speaking thine oivn. words:
14 then shalt thou delight thyself
in Jehovah; and I will make thee to
ride upon the high places of the
earth; and I will feed thee with
the heritage of Jacob thy father:
for the mouth of Jehovah hath
spoken it.
^Q Behold, Jehovah's hand is
^^ not shortened, that it can-
not save; neither his ear heavy,
that it cannot hear: 2 but your
iniquities have separated between
you and your God, and j^our sins
have hid his face from you, so that
he will not hear. 3 For your hands
are defiled with blood, and your
fingers with iniquity ; your lips have
spoken lies, your tongue muttereth
wickedness. 4 None ^sueth in right-
eousness, and none pleadeth in
truth: they trust in vanity, and
speak lies; they conceive mischief,
and bring forth iniquity. 5 They
hatch adders' eggs, and weave the
spider's web: he that eateth of their
eggs dieth; and that which is crushed
breaketh out into a viper. 6 Their
webs shall not become garments,
neither shall they cover themselves
Or, drought
6 Or, him
Heb. calleth.
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ISAIAH 59.7 60.6 a confession of Nationa Wickedness. Jehovah's Vengeance and Redemption
with their works: their works are hehnet of salvation upon his head;
works of iniquity, and the act of
violence is in their hands. 7 Their
feet run to evil, and they make haste
to shed innocent blood: their
thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in
their ^paths. 8 The way of peace
they know not; and there is no
justice in their goings: they have
made them crooked paths; who-
soever goeth therein doth not know
peace.
9 Therefore is justice far from
us, neither doth righteousness over-
take us: we look for light, but, be-
hold, darkness; for brightness, but
we walk in obscurity. 10 We
grope for the wall like the blind;
yea, tve grope as they that have no
eyes: we stumble at noonday as in
the twilight; ^among them that are
lusty we are as dead men. 11 We
roar all like bears, and moan sore
like doves: we look for justice, but
there is none; for salvation, but it
is far off from us. 12 For our trans-
gressions are multiplied before thee,
and our sins testify against us;
for our transgressions are with us,
and as for our iniquities, we know
them: 13 transgressing and deny-
ing Jehovah, and turning away from
following our God, speaking op-
pression and revolt, conceiving and
uttering from the heart words of
falsehood. 14 And justice is turned
away backward, and righteousness
standeth afar off; for truth is
fallen in the street, and uprightness
cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth is lack-
ing; and he that departeth from
evil maketh himself a prey.
And Jehovah saw it, and it dis-
pleased him that there was no jus-
tice. 16 And he saw that there was
no man, and wondered that there
was ^no intercessor: therefore his
own arm brought salvation unto
him; and his righteousness, it up-
held him. 17 And he put on right-
eousness as a "^breastplate, and ^a
1 Or, highways * Or, we are in dark places like the dead
3 Or, none to interpose i Or, coat of mail
* Or, salvation for a helmet
and he put on garments of vengeance
for clothing, and was clad with zeal
as a mantle. 18 According to their
Meeds, accordingly he will repay,
wrath to his adversaries, recompense
to his enemies ; to the 'islands he will
repay recompense. 19 So shall they
fear the name of Jehovah from the
west, and his glory from the rising
of the sun; ^for he will come as ^a
rushing stream, which the breath
of Jehovah driveth. 20 And a Re-
deemer will come to Zion, and
unto them that turn from trans-
gression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.
21 And as for me, this is my cove-
nant with them, saith Jehovah: my
Spirit that is upon thee, and my
words which I have put in thy
mouth,' shall not depart out of thy
mouth, nor out of the mouth of
thy seed, nor out of the mouth
of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah,
from henceforth and for ever.
ftCi , Arise, shine; for thy Hght
V^v/ is come, and the glory of
Jehovah is risen upon thee. 2 For,
behold, darkness shall cover the
earth, and gross darkness the peo-
ples; but Jehovah will arise upon
thee, and his glory shall be seen
upon thee. 3 And nations shall
come to thy light, and kings to the
brightness of thy rising.r i^v'N"-' v -
4 Lift up thine eyes round aboiit,
and see: they all gather themselves
together, they come to thee; thy
sons shall come from far, and thy
daughters shall be ^^carried in the
arms. 5 Then thou shalt see and
be radiant, and thy heart shall
thrill and be enlarged; because
the abundance of the sea shall be
turned unto thee, the wealth • of
the nations shall come unto thee.
6 The multitude of camels shall
cover thee, the ^Mromedaries of
Midian and Ephah; all they from
Sheba shall come; they shall bring
gold and frankincense, and shall
6 Heb. recompenses. ' Or, coast-lands
8 Or, when the adversary shall come in like a flood, the
Spirit of Jehovah will lift up a standard against him
9 Heb. a stream pent in.
10 Heb. nursed upon the side. u Or, young camels
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Description of Giorified Zion
^proclaim the praises of Jehovah.
7 All the flocks of Keclar shall be
gathered together unto thee, the
rams of Nebaioth shall minister
unto thee; they shall come up with
acceptance on mine altar; and I will
-glorify ^the house of my glory.
8 Who are these that fly as a cloud,
and as the doves to their windows?
9 Surely the isles shall wait for me,
and the ships of Tarshish first, to
bring thy sons from far, their silver
and their gold with them, for the
name of Jehovah thy God, aiid for
the Holy One of Israel, because he
hath glorified thee.
10 And foreigners shall build up
thy walls, and their kings shall
minister unto thee: for in my wrath
I smote thee, but in my favor have I
had mercy on thee. 11 Thy gates
also shall be open continually; they
shall not be shut day nor night; that
men may bring imto thee the wealth
of the nations, and their kings led
captive. 12 For that nation and
kingdom that will not serve thee
shall perish; yea, those nations
shall be utterly wasted. 13 The
glory of Lebanon shall come unto
thee, the fir-tree, the pine, and the
box-tree together, to beautify the
place of my sanctuary; and I
will make the place of my feet
glorious. 14 And the sons of them
that afflicted thee shall come bend-
ing unto thee; and all they that
despised thee shall bow themselves
down at the soles of thy feet; and
they shall call thee The city of
Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy
One of Israel.
15 Whereas thou hast been for-
saken and hated, so that no man
passed through thee, I will make
thee an eternal excellency, a joy of
many generations. 16 Thou shall
also suck the milk of the nations,
and shall suck the breast of kings;
and thou shall know that I, Jeho-
vah, am thy Saviour, and thy Re-
deemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Hob. bring good tidings of the praises. - Or, beautify ^ Or, thy taskmasters
3 Or, TKy beauiiful house ■* Or, beautified '' Or, poor
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ISAIAH 60.7—61.5
17 For brass I will bring gold, and
for iron I will bring silver, and for
wood brass, and for stones iron.
1 will also make thy officers peace,
and ^thine exactors righteousness.
18 Violence shall no more be heard
in thy land, desolation nor destruc-
tion within thy borders; but thou
shall call thy walls Salvation, and
thy gates Praise. 19 The sun shall
be no more thy light by day;
neither for brightness shall the moon
give light unto thee: but Jehovah
will be unto thee an everlasting
light, and thy God thy ^glory.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down,
neither shall thy moon withdraw I j^
itself; for Jehovah will be thine
everlasting light, and the days of
thy mourning shall be ended. 21
Thy people also shall be all right-
eous; they shall inherit the land for
ever, the branch of my planting,
the work of my hands, that I may
be glorified. 22 The little one
shall become a thousand, and the
small one a strong nation: I, Jeho-
vah, will hasten it in its time.
fy^ The Spirit of the Lord
vJ 1 Jehovah is upon me; because
Jehovah hath anointed me to preach
good tidings unto the ^meek; he
hath sent me to bind up the broken-
hearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives, and ^the opening of the
prison to them that are bound;
2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah's
favor, and the day of vengeance of
our God; to comfort all that
mourn; 3 to appoint unto them
that mourn in Zion, to give unto
them a garland for ashes, the oil of
joy for mourning, the garment of
praise for the spirit of heaviness;
that they may be called trees of
righteousness, the planting of
Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
4 And they shall build the old
wastes, they shall raise up the
former desolations, and they shall
repair the waste cities, the desola-
tions of many generations. 5 And
* Or, beauty
^ Or, opening of the eyes
ISAIAH 61.6—63.1
Zion's Qlory and New Name. Longing for the Promised Salvation
strangers shall stand and feed your , Jehovah, and a royal diadem in
flocks, and foreigners shall be your
plowmen and your vine-dressers.
6 But ye shall be named the priests
of Jehovah; men shall call you the
ministers of our God: ye shall eat
the wealth of the nations, and ^in
their glory shall ye boast your-
selves. 7 Instead of your shame
ye shall have double; and instead of
dishonor they shall rejoice in their
portion: therefore in their land
they shall possess double; ever-
lasting joy shall be unto them.
8 For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate
robbery ^with iniquity; and I will
give them their recompense in
truth, and I will make an ever-
lasting covenant with them. 9 And
their seed shall be known among
the nations, and their offspring
among the peoples : all that see
them shall acknowledge them, that
they are the seed which Jehovah
hath blessed.
\^ 10 I will greatly rejoice in Je-
I hovah, my soul shall be joyful in
{ my God; for^Jhfi^haih clothed me
with the ^arments^-of — salvation,
\ he hatli covered me with the robe
\ of righteousness; "a»~a7--toidegroom
•^\ Mecketh himselj :wilKl..a-^garland,
\ and ,_as ^ bride XLdQi:rieth_ herself
witl]Lher_jewels. llT^or~as the
earfHnbrmgeth forth its bud, and
as the garden causeth the things
that are sown in it to spring forth;
so the Lord Jehovah will cause
righteousness and praise to spring
forth before all the nations.
nCl For Zion's sake will I not
Oi^ hold my peace, and for Je-
rusalem's sake I will not rest, until
her righteousness go forth as
brightness, and her salvation as
a lamp that burneth. 2 And the
nations shall see thy righteousness,
and all kings thy glory; and thou
shalt be called by a new name,
which the mouth of Jehovah shall
name. 3 Thou shalt also be a
crown of beauty in the hand of
M
1 Or, to their glory shall ye succeed
2 Or, for (or, with) a burnt-offering
3 Heb. decketh himself as a priest,
the hand of thy God. 4 Thou shalt
no more be termed Forsaken;
neither shall thy land any more be
termed Desolate: but thou shall be
called ^Hephzi-bah, and thy land
^Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth
in thee, and thy land shall be mar-
ried. 5 For as a young man mar-
rieth a virgin, so shall thy sons
marry thee; and ^as the bride-
groom rejoiceth over the bride, so
shall thy God rejoice over thee.
6 I have set watchmen upon thy
walls, O Jerusalem; they shall
never hold their peace day nor
night: ye that are Jeiiovah's re-
membrancers, ^take ye no rest,
7 and give him no ^rest, till he
establish, and till he make Jeru-
salem a praise in the earth. 8 Je-
hovah hath sworn by his right
hand, and by the arm of his
strength. Surely I will no more
give thy grain to be food for thine
enemies; and foreigners shall not
drink thy new wine, for which
thou hast labored : 9 but they that
have garnered it shall eat it, and
praise Jehovah; and they that
have gathered it shall drink it in
the courts of my sanctuary.
10 Go through, go through the
gates ; prepare ye the way of the
people; cast up, cast up the high-
way; gather out the stones; lift up
an ensign ^for the peoples. 11
Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed
unto the end of the earth. Say ye
to the daughter of Zion, Behold,
thy salvation cometh; behold,
his reward is with him, and his
^^recompense before him. 12 And
they shall call them The holy peo-
ple. The redeemed of Jehovah:
and thou shalt be called Sought
out, A city not forsaken.
ftO Who is this that cometh
OO from Edom, with ^Myed
garments from Bozrah.? this that
is glorious in his apparel, marching
* That is. My delight is in her. » That is, Married.
« Heb. with the joy of the bridegroom.
» Or, keep not silence » Heb. silence.
» Or, over " Or, work " Or, crimsoned
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Qod's Vengeance on the Nations. Jehovah's Ancient Mercies recalled
in the greatness of his strength?
I that speak in righteousness,
mighty to save. 2 Wherefore art
thou red in thine apparel, and thy
garments Hke him that treadeth
in the wine vat? 3 I have trodden
the winepress alone; and of the
peoples there was no man with me:
yea, " I ^trod them in mine anger,
and trampled them in my wrath;
and their ^lifeblood ^is sprinkled
upon my garments, and I ^have
stained all my raiment. 4 For the
day of vengeance ^was in my
heart, and Hhe year of my re-
deemed is come. 5 And I looked,
and there was none to help; and
I wondered that there was none to
uphold: therefore mine own arm
brought salvation unto me; and
my wrath, it upheld me. 6 And
^I trod down the peoples in mine
anger, and ^made them drunk in
my wrath, and I ^poured out their
lifeblood on the earth.
7 I will make mention of the
lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, and
the praises of Jehovah, according
to all that Jehovah hath bestowed
on us, and the great goodness
toward the house of Israel, which
he hath bestowed on them accord-
ing to his mercies, and according
to the multitude of his lovingkind-
nesses. 8 For he said, Surely,
they are my people, children that
will not deal falsely: so he was
their Saviour. 9 ^"In all their
affliction he was afflicted, and the
angel of his presence saved them:
in his love and in his pity he re-
deemed them; and he bare them,
and carried them all the days of old.
10 But they rebelled, and
grieved his holy Spirit: therefore
he was turned to be their enemy,
and himself fought against them.
II ^^Then he remembered the days
^ Or, will tread . . . and trample 2 Or, strength
3 Or. shall be * Or, will stain
' Or, is 8 Or, my year of redemption
^ Or, / will tread . . . and make . . . and I will pour out
* Or, according to another reading, brake them in pieces
» Or, brought down their strength to the earth
'0 Another reading is. In all their adversity he was no
adversary.
>i Or, Then his people remembered the ancient days of
Moses b'c.
ISAIAH 63.2—64.3
of old, Moses and his people, saying.
Where is he that brought them up
out of the sea with the ^^shepherds
of his flock? where is he that put
his holy Spirit in the midst of
them? 12 that caused his glori-
ous arm to go at the right hand of
Moses? that divided the waters
before them, to make himself an
everlasting name? 13 that led
them through the depths, as a
horse in the wilderness, so that
they stumbled not? 14 As the
cattle that go down into the valley,
the Spirit of Jehovah caused them
to rest: so didst thou lead thy
people, to make thyself a glorious
name.
15 Look down from heaven,
and behold from the habitation
of thy holiness and of thy glory:
where are thy zeal and thy mighty
acts? the yearning of thy heart
and thy compassions are restrained
toward me. 16 For thou art our
Father, though Abraham know-
eth us not, and Israel doth not ac-
knowledge us: thou, O Jehovah,
art our Father; our Redeemer
from everlasting is thy name. 17
O Jehovah, why dost thou make
us to err from thy ways, and
hardenest our heart from thy
fear? Return for thy servants'
sake, the tribes of thine inher-
itance. 18 Thy holy people pos-
sessed it but a little while: our
adversaries have trodden down
thy sanctuary. 19 We are become
as they over whom thou never
barest rule, as they that were not
called by thy name.
C\A Oh that thou wouldest
^T^ rend the heavens, that thou
wouldest come down, that the
mountains might ^^quake at thy
presence, *2 as when fire kindleth
the brushwood, and the fire causeth
the waters to boil; to make thy
name known to thine adversaries,
that the nations may tremble at
thy presence! 3 When thou didst
" Another reading is, shepherd.
13 Or. flow down * Ch. 64. 1 in Heb.
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ISAIAH 64.4—65.12
terrible things which we looked
not for, thou earnest down, the
mountains quaked at thy presence.
4 For from of old men have not
heard, nor perceived by the ear,
neither hath the eye ^seen a God
besides thee, who worketh for him
that waiteth for him. 5 Thou
^meetest him that rejoiceth and
worketh righteousness, those that
remember thee in thy ways: be-
hold, thou wast wroth, and we
sinned : ^in them ham we been of
long time; and shall we be saved .^
6 For we are all become as one that
is unclean, and all our righteous-
nesses are as a polluted garment:
and we all do fade as a leaf; and
our iniquities, like the wind, take
us away. 7 And there is none
that calleth upon thy name, that
stirreth up himself to take hold
of thee; for thou hast hid thy face
from us, and hast "^consumed us
by means of our iniquities.
8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art
our Father; we are the clay, and
thou our potter; and we all are
the work of thy hand. 9 Be not
wroth very sore, O Jehovah,
neither remember iniquity for
ever: behold, look, we beseech
thee, we are all thy people. 10
Thy holy cities are become a
wilderness, Zion is become a wil-
derness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and our beautiful
house, where our fathers praised
thee, is burned with fire; and all
our pleasant places are laid waste.
12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for
these things, O Jehovah .^^ wilt thou
hold thy peace, and afflict us very
sore.f^ ^
C\^ I ^am inquired of by them
yjO that asked not for me; I
^am found of them that sought me
not: I said. Behold me, behold me,
unto a nation ^that was not called
by my name. 2 I have spread out
1 Or, seen, 0 God, besides thee, one that b'c.
2 Or, sparest
3 Or, in those is continuance, and we shall be saved The
Hebrew is obscure. * Heb. melted.
^ Or, was inquired of ^ Or, was found
7 Or, as otherwise read, that hath not called upon
Prayer for Present Mercy and Help. Jehovah's Answer
my hands all the day unto a rebel-
lious people, that walk in a way
that is not good, after their own
thoughts; 3 a people that pro-
voke me to my face continually,
sacrificing in gardens, and burn-
ing incense upon bricks; 4 that
^sit among the graves, and lodge
in the ^secret places; that" eat
swine's flesh, and broth of abom-
inable things is in their vessels;
5 that say. Stand by thyself, come
not near to me, for I am holier than
thou. These are a smoke in my
nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
6 Behold, it is written before me:
I will not keep silence, but will rec-
ompense, yea, I will recompense
into their bosom, 7 your own
iniquities, and the iniquities of
your fathers together, saith Jeho-
vah, that have burned incense upon
the mountains, and ^^blasphemed
me upon the hills: therefore will I
"first measure their work into their
bosom.
8 Thus saith Jehovah, As the
new wine is found in the cluster,
and one saith. Destroy it not, for
a blessing is in it: so will I do
for my servants' sake, that I may
not destroy them all. 9 And I
will bring forth a seed out of
Jacob, and out of Judah an in-
heritor of my mountains; and my
chosen shall inherit it, and my ser-
vants shall dwell there. 10 And
Sharon shall be a ^^fold of flocks,
and the valley of Achor a place for
herds to lie down in, for my people
that have sought me. 11 But ye
that forsake Jehovah, that forget
my holy mountain, that prepare a
table for ^^Fortune, and that fill
up mingled wine unto ^^Destiny; 12
I will destine you to the sword,
and ye shall all bow down to the
slaughter; because when I called,
ye did not answer; when I spake,
ye did not hear; but ye did that
which was evil in mine eyes, and
chose that wherein I delighted not.
8 Or, dwell 9 Or, vaults lo Or, defied
11 Or, measure their former work " Or, pasture
13 Heb. Gad. See Gen. 30. 11. i* Heb. Meni.
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The New Heavens and New Earth. Insincere Worship condemned
ISAIAH 65.13—66.8
13 Therefore thus saith the
Lord Jehovah, Behold, my ser-
vants shall eat, but ye shall be
hungry; behold, my servants shall
drink, but ye shall be thirsty; be-
hold, my servants shall rejoice, but
ye shall be put to shame; 14 be-
hold, my servants shall sing for
joy of heart, but ye shall cry for
sorrow of heart, and shall wail for
Vexation of spirit. 15 And ye
shall leave your name for ^a curse
unto my chosen; and the Lord Jeho-
vah will slay thee; and he will call
his servants by another name: 16 so
that he who blesseth himself in the
earth shall bless himself in the God
of ^truth; and he that sweareth in
the earth shall swear by the God
of ^truth; because the former
troubles are forgotten, and because
they are hid from mine eyes.
17 For, behold, I create new
heavens and a new earth; and the
former things shall not be remem-
bered, nor come into mind. 18 But
be ye glad and rejoice for ever in
that which I create; for, behold, I
create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and
her people a joy. 19 And I will re-
joice in Jerusalem, and joy in my
people; and there shall be heard in
her no more the voice of weeping
and the voice of crying. 20 There
shall be no more thence an infant of
days, nor an old man that hath not
filled his days; for the child shall
die a hundred years old, and the
sinner being a hundred years old
shall be accursed. 21 And they shall
build houses, and inhabit them; and
they shall plant vineyards, and eat
the fruit of them. 22 They shall
not build, and another inhabit;
they shall not plant, and another
eat: for as the days of a tree shall be
the days of my people, and my
chosen shall %ng enjoy the work of
their hands. 23 They shall not
labor in vain, nor bring forth for
^calamity; for they are the seed of
*^he blessed of Jehovah, and their
J Heb. breaking. 2 Heb. an oath.
' Heb, Amen. See 2 Cor. 1. 20; Rev. .3. 14.
* Heb. wear out. 5 Or, sudden tenor
offspring *^with them. 24 And it
shall come to pass that, before they
call, I will answer; and while they
are yet speaking, I will hear. 25
The wolf and the lamb shall feed
together, and the lion shall eat
straw like the ox; and dust shall be
the serpent's food. They shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain, saith Jehovah.
/ZJ f} Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven
UvJ is my throne, and the earth
is my footstool : what manner of
house will ye build unto me.^ and
what place shall be my rest.^^ 2 For
all these things hath my hand made,
and so all these things came to be,
saith Jehovah; but to this man
will I look, even to him that is
poor and of a contrite spirit, and
that trembleth at my word. 3 He
that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth
a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb,
as he that breaketh a dog's neck; he
that offereth ^an oblation, as he
that offereth swine's blood; he that
^burneth frankincense, as he that
blesseth an idol. Yea, they have
chosen their own ways, and their
soul delighteth in their abomina-
tions : 4 I also will choose their ^de-
lusions, and will bring their fears
upon them; because when I called,
none did answer; when I spake,
they did not hear: but they did that
which was evil in mine eyes, and
chose that wherein I delighted not.
5 Hear the word of Jehovah,
ye that tremble at his word: Your
brethren that hate you, that cast
you out for my name's sake, have
said. Let Jehovah be glorified, that
we may see your joy; but it is they
that shall be put to shame. 6 A
voice of tumult from the city, a
voice from the temple, a voice of
Jehovah that rendereth recompense
to his enemies.
7 Before she travailed, she brought
forth; before her pain came, she was
delivered of a man-child. 8 Who
bath heard such a thing? who
« Or, shall be with them
* Heb. maketh a memorial of.
7 Or, a meal-offering
» Or, mockings
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rSAIAH 66.9—66.24
Jehovah's Judgments and Zion*S Enlargment
hath seen such things? Shall a
land be %orn in one day? shall a
nation be brought forth at once?
for as soon as Zion travailed, she
brought forth her children. 9 Shall
I bring to the birth, and not cause
to bring forth? saith Jehovah: shall
I that cause to bring forth shut the
womb? saith thy God.
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem,
and be glad for her, all ye that love
her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye
that mourn over her; 11 that ye
may suck and be satisfied with the
breasts of her consolations; that ye
may milk out, and be delighted with
the abundance of her glory. 12 For
thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will
extend peace to her like a river, and
the glory of the nations like an
overflowing stream: ^and ye shall
suck thereof; ye shall be borne upon
the side, and shall be dandled upon
the knees. 13 As one whom his
mother comforteth, so will I com-
fort you; and ye shall be comforted
in Jerusalem. 14 And ye shall see it,
and your heart shall rejoice, and
your bones shall flourish like the ten-
der grass: and the hand of Jeho-
vah shall be known toward his
servants; and he will have indig-
nation against his enemies.
15 For, behold, Jehovah will come
^with fire, and his chariots shall be
like the whirlwind; to render his
anger with fierceness, and his rebuke
with flames of fire. 16 For by fire
will Jehovah execute judgment, and
by his sword, upon all flesh; and
the slain of Jehovah shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves
and purify themselves Ho go unto
1 Or, travailed with for but one day
2 Or, then shall ye suck, ye &»c.
3 Or, in * Or, in the
the gardens, behind "one in the midst,
eating swine's flesh, and the abomina-
tion, and the mouse, they shall come
to an end together, saith Jehovah.
18 For I know their works and
their thoughts: the time cometh,
that I will gather all nations and
tongues; and they shall come, and
shall see my glory. 19 And I will
set a sign among them, and I will
send such as escape of them unto
the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and
Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal
and Javan, to the isles afar off, that
have not heard my fame, neither
have seen my glory; and they shall
declare my glory among the nations.
20 And they shall bring all your
brethren out of all the nations for
an oblation unto Jehovah, upon
horses, and in chariots, and in
litters, and upon mules, and upon
dromedaries, to my holy mountain
Jerusalem, saith Jehovah, as the
children of Israel bring their obla-
tion in a clean vessel into the house
of Jehovah. 21 And of them also
will I take for priests and for
Levites, saith Jehovah.
22 For as the new heavens and
the new earth, which I will make,
shall remain before me, saith Jeho-
vah, so shall your seed and your
name remain. 23 And it shall come
to pass, that from one new moon to
another, and from one sabbath to
another, shall all flesh come to wor-
ship before me, saith Jehovah. 24
And they shall go forth, and look
upon the dead bodies of the men
that have transgressed against me:
for their worm shall not die, neither
shall their flre be quenched ; and they
shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
<• Or, one tree (or, Asherah; see Dt. 16. 21)
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THE BOOK OF
JEREMIAH
Jeremiah's Call and Commission. Visions of the Almond Rod and the Boiling Caldron
IThe words of Jeremiah the
son of Hilkiah, of the priests
that were in Anathoth in the land
of Benjamin: 2 to whom the word
of Jehovah came in the days of
Josiah the son of Amon, king
of Judah, in the thirteenth year
of his reign. 3 It came also in the
days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
king of Judah, unto the end of the
eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son
of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the
carrying away of Jerusalem captive
in the fifth month.
4 Now the word of Jehovah
came ^unto me, saying, 5 Before I
formed thee in the belly I knew
thee, and before thou earnest forth
out of the womb I sanctified thee;
I have appointed thee a prophet
unto the nations. 6"Then said I,
Ah, Lord Jehovah ! behold, I know
not how to speak; for I am a child.
7 But Jehovah said unto me. Say
not, I am a child; for ^to whomso-
ever I shall send thee thou shalt go,
and whatsoever I shall command
thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be _ not
afraid because of them; for I am
with thee to deliver thee, saith
Jehovah. 9 Then Jehovah put
forth his hand, and touched my
mouth; and Jehovah said unto me.
Behold, I have put my words in
thy mouth: 10 see, I have this
day set thee over the nations and
over the kingdoms, to pluck up and
to break down and to destroy and
to overthrow, to build and to plant.
11 Moreover the word of Jeho-
vah came unto me, saying, Jere-
miah, what seest thou.^ And I
s^id, I see_a rod of ^an almond-tree.
12 Then said Jehovah unto me,
Or, on whatsoever errand
2 Heb. shaked.
Thou hast well seen: for I ^watch
over my word to perform it.
13 And the word of Jehovah
came unto me the second time,
saying. What seest thou.^ And I
said, L-^i^^ a bojlm^, caldron ; and
the face thereof is from the north.
14 Then Jehovah said unto me. Out
of the north evil ^shall break forth
upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15 For, lo, I will call all the families
of the kingdoms of the north, saith
Jehovah; and they shall come, and
they shall set every one his throne
at the entrance of the gates of Jeru-
salem, and against all the walls
thereof round about, and against
all the cities of Judah. 16 And I
will ^utter my judgments against
them touching all their wickedness,
in that they have forsaken me, and
have burned incense unto other
gods, and worshipped the works of
their own hands. 17 Thou there-
fore gird up thy loins, and arise,
and speak unto them all that I
command thee: be not dismayed
at them, lest I dismay thee before
them. 18 For, behold, I have
made thee this day a fortified
city, and an iron pillar, and brazen
walls, against the whole land,
against the kings of Judah, against
the princes thereof, against the priests
thereof, and against the people of
the land. 19 And they shall fight
against thee; but they shall not
prevail against thee: for I am with
thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.
2 And the word of Jehovah came
to me, saying, 2 Go, and cry
in the ears of Jerusalem, saying.
» Heb. shoked. * Heb. shall be opened.
5 Or, speak with them of my judgments
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JEREMIAH 2.3—2.24
The People's Former Love and Present Apostasy
Thus saith Jehovah, I remember
^for thee the kindness of thy youth,
the love of thine espousals; how
thou wentest after me in the wilder-
ness, in a land that was not sown.
3 Israel was holiness unto Jehovah,
the first-fruits of his increase: all
that devour him shall be held
guilty; evil shall come upon them,
saith Jehovah.
4 Hear ye the word of Jehovah,
O house of Jacob, and all the fami-
lies of the house of Israel: 5 Thus
saith Jehovah, What unrighteous-
ness have your fathers found in me,
that they are gone far from me, and
have walked after vanity, and are
become vain? 6 Neither said they.
Where is Jehovah that brought us
up out of the land of Egypt, that
led us through the wilderness,
through a land of deserts and of
pits, through a land of drought
and of Hhe shadow of death, through
a land that none passed through,
and where no man dwelt .^ 7 And I
brought you into a plentiful land,
to eat the fruit thereof and the
goodness thereof; but when ye en-
tered, ye defiled my land, and made
my heritage an abomination. 8
The priests said. not. Where is Je-
hovah? and they that handle the
law knew me not: the ^rulers also
transgressed against me, and the
prophets prophesied by Baal, and
walked afteu ;things that do not
profit. J.;.! '.I
9 Wherefore I will yet contend
with you, saith Jehovah, and with
your children's children will I con-
tend. 10 For pass over to the isles
of Kittim, and see; and send unto
Kedar, and consider dihgently; and
see if there hath been such a thing.
11 Hath a nation changed its gods,
which yet are no gods? but my peo-
ple have changed their glory for
that which doth not profit. 12 Be
astonished, O ye heavens, at this^
and Idc horribly afraid, be ye very
desolate, saith Jehovah. 13 For my
people have committed two evils:
Or, concerning - Or, deep darkness ^ Heb. shepherds.
they have forsaken me, the fountain
of living waters, and hewed them
out cisterns, broken cisterns, that
can hold no water.
14 Is Israel a servant? is he a
home-born slave? why is he become
a prey? 15 The young lions have
roared upon him, and '^yelled; and
they have made his land waste:
his cities are burned up, without in-
habitant. 16 The children also of
Memphis and Tahpanhes have
^broken the crown of th^^ head. 17
Hast thou not procured this unto
thyself, in that thou hast forsaken
Jehovah thy God, when he led
thee by the way? 18 And now
what hast thou to do in the way to
Egypt, to drink the waters of the
^Shihor? or what hast thou to do in
the way to Assyria, to drink the
waters of ^the River? 19 Thine own
wickedness shall correct thee, and
thy backslidings shall reprove thee:
know therefore and see that it is
an evil thing and a bitter, that thou
hast forsaken Jehovah th^^ God,
and that my fear is not in thee,
saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
20 For of old time ^I have broken
thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and
thou saidst, I will not ^serve; for
upon every high hill and under every
green tree thou didst bow thvself,
playing the harlot. 21 Yet t had
planted thee a noble vine, wholly a
right seed : how then art thou turned
into the degenerate branches of a
foreign vine unto me? 22 For
though thou w^ash thee with lye,
and take thee much soap, yet
thine iniquity is marked before me,
saith the Lord Jehovah. 23 How
canst thou say, I am not defiled, I
have not gone after the Baalim? see
thy way in the valley, know what
thou hast done: thou art a swift
^^dromedary traversing her wa^s;
24 a wild ass used to the wilderness,
that snuff eth up the wind in her
desire; in her occasion who can turn
* Heb. given out their voice. ' Or, fed on
6 That is, the Nile. ? That is, the Euplirates.
8 Or, thou hast " Another reading is, transgress.
10 Or, youHs camel
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Their Backsliding; unexampled. The People's Self-confidence vain
JEREMIAH 2.25-3.8
her away? all they that seek her
will not weary themselves; in her
month they shall find her. 25
Withhold thy foot from being un-
shod, and thy throat from thirst.
But thou saidst, It is in vain; no,
for I have loved strangers, and
after them will I go.
26 As the thief is ashamed when
he is found, so is the house of Israel
ashamed; they, their kings, their
princes, and their priests, and their
prophets; 27 who say to a stock.
Thou art my father; and to a stone,
Thou hast brought ^me forth: for
they have turned their back unto me,
and not their face; but in the time
of their trouble they will say. Arise,
and save us. 28 But where are thy
gods that thou hast made thee.^ let
them arise, if they can save thee in
the time of thy trouble: for accord-
ing to the number of thy cities are
thy gods, O Judah.
29 Wherefore will ye contend
with me.^ ye all have transgressed
against me, saith Jehovah. 30 In
vain have I smitten your children;
they received no ^correction: your
own sword hath devoured your
prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 O generation, see ye the word of
Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness
unto Israel .f^ or a land of ^thick dark-
ness? wherefore say my people.
We are broken loose; we will come
no more unto thee? 32 Can a virgin
forget her--o^t€mienls, or a brtde-^r
attire? yet_my^)aQplehjA^:ejo^
me days without number. ^^3~Bow
trimmest thou thy way to seek
love! therefore even the wicked
women hast thou taught thy ways.
34 Also in thy skirts is found the
blood of the souls of the innocent
poor: ^thou didst not find them
breaking in; but it is because of
all these things. 35 Yet thou saidst,
I am innocent; surely his anger is
turned away from me. Behold, I
will enter into judgment with thee,
1 Or, begotten me - Another reading is, us.
2 Or, instruction * Or, darkness from J ah
5 Or, / have not found it by secret search, but upon all
these
because thou sayest, I have not
sinned. 36 Why gaddest thou about
so much to change thy way? thou
shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as
thou wast ashamed of Assyria. 37
From thence also shalt thou go forth,
with thy hands upon thy head:
for Jehovah hath rejected those in
whom thou trustest, and thou shalt
not prosper with them.
3^They say, If a man put away^
his wife, and she go from him, *
and become another man's, will he
return unto her again? will not that
land be greatly polluted? But thou
hast played the harlot with many
lovers ; ^yet return again to me, saith
Jehovah. 2 Lift up thine eyes unto
the bare heights, and see; where
hast thou not been lain with? By the
ways hast thou sat for them, as an
Arabian in the wilderness; and thou
hast polluted the land with thy
whoredoms and with thy wicked-
ness. 3 Therefore the showers
have been withholden, and there
hath been no latter rain; yet thou
hadst a harlot's forehead, thou
refusedst to be ashamed. 4 Wilt
thou not from this time cry unto me.
My Father, thou art the ^guide of
my youth? 5 Will he retain his
anger for ever? will he keep it to
the end? Behold, thou ^hast spoken
and hast done evil things, and hast
^^Imd thy way.
V6 Moreover Jehovah said unto
me in the days of Josiah the king.
Hast thou seen that which back-
sliding Israel hath done? she is
gone up upon every high moun-
tain and under every green tree,
and there hath played the harlot.
7 ^^And I said after she had done
all these things, ^-She will return
unto me; but she returned not:
and her treacherous sister Judah
saw it. 8 And I saw, when, for this
very cause that backsliding Israel
had committed adultery, I had put
her away and given her a bill of
6 Heb. Saying. ^ Or, and thinkest thou to return b'c?
8 Or, companion
9 Or, hast spoken thus, but hast done b'c. i" Heb. been able.
11 Or, And I said. After she hath done all these things,
she b'c. 1- Or, Lei her return unto me
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JEREMIAH 3.9—4.2
divorcement, yet treacherous Judah
her sister feared not; but she also
went and played the harlot. 9 And
it came to pass through the lightness
of her whoredom, that the land was
polluted, and she committed adul-
tery with stones and with stocks.
10 And yet for all this her treach-
erous sister Judah hath not returned
unto me with her whole heart, but
feignedly, saith Jehovah.
11 And Jehovah said unto me,
Backsliding Israel hath showed her-
self more righteous than treacherous
Judah. 12 Go, and proclaim these
words toward the north, and say.
Return, thou backsliding Israel,
saith Jehovah; I will not ^look in
anger upon you; for I am merciful,
saith Jehovah, I will not keep anger
for ever. 13 Only ^acknowledge
thine iniquity, that thou hast trans-
gressed against Jehovah thy God,
and hast scattered thy ways to the
strangers under every green tree,
and ye have not obeyed my voice,
saith Jehovah. 14 Return, O back-
sliding children, saith Jehovah; for
I am a husband^wrtoymi: and I will
take you one of a city, and two of a
family, and I will bring you to Zion.
15 And I will give you shepherds ac-
cording to my heart, who shall feed
you with knowledge and under-
standing. 16 And it shall come to
pass, when ye are multiplied and
increased in the land, in those days,
saith Jehovah, they shall say no
more. The ark of the covenant of
Jehovah; neither shall it come to
mind; neither shall they remember
it; neither shall they ^miss it;
neither %hall it be made any more.
17 At that time they shall call Jeru-
salem the throne of Jehovah; and all
the nations shall be gathered unto
it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jeru-
salem: neither shall they walk any
more after the stubbornness of their
evil heart. 18 In those days the
house of Judah shall walk ^with the
house of Israel, and they shall come
1 Heb. cause my countenance to fall upon you.
2 Or, know 3 Or, visit
* Or, shall that be done any more ^ Or, to
Judah's Conduct worse than Israel's
together out of the land of the north
to the land that I gave for an inher-
itance unto your fathers.
19 But I said, How ^I will put
thee among the children, and give
thee a pleasant land, ^a goodly
heritage of the hosts of the nations!
and I said, ^Ye shall call me My
Father, and shall not turn away
frorn following me. 20 Surely as
a wife treacherously departeth from
her husband, so have ye dealt
treacherously with me, O house of
Israel, saith Jehovah. 21 A voice
is heard upon the bare heights, the
weeping and the supplications of the
children of Israel ; because they have
perverted their way, they have for-
gotten Jehovah their God. 22 Re-
turn, ye backsliding children, I will
heal your backslidings.
Behold, we are come unto thee;
for thou art Jehovah our God.
23 Truly in vain is the help that is
looked for from the hills, the ^tu-
mult on the mountains: truly in
Jehovah our God is the salvation
of Israel. 24 But the ^ ^shameful
thing hath devoured the labor of
our fathers from our youth, their
flocks and their herds, their sons
and their daughters. 25 Let us
lie down in our shame, and let our
confusion cover us; for we have
sinned against Jehovah our God, we
and our fathers, from our youth even
unto this day; and we have not
obeyed the voice of Jehovah our
God.
4 If thou wilt return, O Israel,
saith Jehovah, if thou wilt
return unto me, and ^Hi thou wilt
put away thine abominations out of
my sight; then shalt thou not be
removed; 2 and thou shalt swear,
As Jehovah liveth, in truth, in jus-
tice, and in righteousness; and the
nations shall bless themselves in him,
and in him shall they glory.
• Or. shall I . . . nations?
' Or, the goodliest heritage of the nations
8 Another reading is, Thou shalt . . . and shalt not b'c.
» Or, noisy throng
10 Heb. shame. See ch. 11. 13; Hos. 9. 10.
" Or, if thou wilt put . . . and wilt not wander, and wilt
swear . . . then shall the nations &c. or, then shalt thou
swear . . . and the nations •ire.
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Judah threatened with Invasion
3 For thus saith Jehovah to the
men of Judah and to Jerusalem,
Break up your fallow ground, and
sow not among thorns. 4 Cir-
cumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and
take away the foreskins of your
heart, ye men of Judah and inhab-
itants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath
go forth like fire, and burn so that
none can quench it, because of the
evil of your doings.
5 Declare ye in Judah, and pub-
lish in Jerusalem; and say. Blow
ye the trumpet in the land: cry
aloud and say. Assemble yourselves,
and let us go into the fortified cities.
6 Set up a standard toward Zion:
flee for safety, stay not; for I will
bring evil from the north, and a
great destruction. 7 A lion is gone
up from his thicket, and a destroyer
of nations; he is on his way, he is
gone forth from his place, to make
thy land desolate, that thy cities
be laid waste, without inhabitant.
8 For this gird you with sackcloth,
lament and wail; for the fierce anger
of Jehovah is not turned back from
us. 9 And it shall come to pass at
that day, saith Jehovah, that the
heart of the king shall perish, and
the heart of the princes; and the priests
shall be astonished, and the prophets
shall wonder.
10 Then said I, Ah, Lord Jeho-
vah! surely thou hast greatly de-
ceived this people and Jerusalem,
saying. Ye shall have peace; where-
as the sword reacheth unto the life.
11 At that time shall it be said
to this people and to Jerusalem, A
hot wind from the bare heights in the
wilderness toward the daughter of
my people, not to winnow, nor to
cleanse; 12 ^a full wind from these
shall come for me: now will I also
utter judgments against them. 13
Behold, he shall come up as clouds,
and his chariots shall he as the whirl-
wind: his horses are swifter than
eagles. Woe unto us! for we are
ruined. 14 O Jerusalem, wash thy
heart from wickedness, that thou
* Or, a wind too strong for this
JEREMIAH 4.3—4.27
may est be saved. How long shall
thine evil thoughts lodge within
thee.f^ 15 For ^a voice declareth
from Dan, and publisheth evil from
the hills of Ephraim. 16 Make ye
mention to the nations; behold,
publish against Jerusalem, that
watchers come from a far country,
and give out their voice against
the cities of Judah. 17 As keepers
of a field are they against her round
about, because she hath been rebel-
lious against me, saith Jehovah.
18 Thy way and thy doings have
procured these things unto thee;
this is thy wickedness; ^for it is
bitter, ^for it reacheth unto thy
heart.
19 My anguish, my anguish! ^I
am pained at ^my very heart; my
heart is disquieted in me; I cannot
hold my peace; because ^thou hast
heard, O my soul, the sound of the
trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 De-
struction upon destruction is cried;
for the whole land is laid waste:
suddenly are my tents destroyed,
and my curtains in a moment. 21
How long shall I see the standard,
and hear the sound of the trumpet.'*
22 For my people are foolish, they
know me not; they are sottish
children, and they have no under-
standing; they are wise to do evil,
but to do good they have no knowl-
edge.
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo,
it was waste and void; and the
heavens, and they had no light.
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo,
they trembled, and all the hills
^moved to and fro. 25 I beheld, and,
lo, there was no man, and all the
birds of the heavens were fled. 26
I beheld, and, lo, ^the fruitful field
was a wilderness, and all the cities
thereof were broken down at the
presence of Jehovah, and before his
fierce anger.
27 For thus saith Jehovah, The
whole land shall be a desolation;
2 Or, there is a voice of one that declareth b'c.
3 Or, surely * Another reading is, / will wait patienUy.
5 Heb. the walls of my heart.
6 Or, as otherwise read, my soul heareth
7 Or, moved lightly » Or, Carmel
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JEREMIAH 4.28-5.17
yet will I not make a full end. 28
For this shall the earth mourn, and
the heavens above be black; because
I have spoken it, I have purposed
it, and I have not repented, neither
will I turn back from it. 29 Every
city fleeth for the noise of the horse-
men and bowmen; they go into the
thickets, and climb up upon the
rocks: every city is forsaken, and
not a man dwelleth therein. 30 And
thou, when thou art made desolate,
what wilt thou do? Though thou
clothest thyself with scarlet, though
thou deckest thee with ornaments of
gold, though thou ^enlargest thine
eyes with paint, in vain dost thou
make thyself fair; thy lovers despise
thee, they seek thy life. 31 For I
have heard a voice as of a woman in
travail, the anguish as of her that
bringeth forth her first child, the
voice of the daughter of Zion, that
gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth
her hands, saying, Woe is me now!
for my soul fainteth before the
murderers.
5 Run ye to and fro through
the streets of Jerusalem, and see
now, and know, and seek in the
broad places thereof, if ye can find
a man, if there be any that doeth
justly, that seeketh ^truth; and
I will pardon her. 2 And though
they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely
they swear falsely. 3 O Jehovah,
^do not thine eyes look upon ^truth.^
thou hast stricken them, but they
were not grieved; thou hast con-
sumed them, but they have refused
to receive ^correction: they have
made their faces harder than a rock;
they have refused to return.
4 Then I said. Surely these are
poor; they are foolish; for they know
not the way of Jehovah, nor the law
of their God: 5 I will get me unto
the great men, and will speak unto
them; for they know the way of
Jehovah, and the law of their God.
But these with one accord have
broken the yoke, and burst the
1 Heb. rendest.
3 Heb. are not thine eyes upon.
Jerusalem's Qodlessness denounced
bonds. 6 Wherefore a lion out of
the forest shall slay them, a wolf
of the ^evenings shall destroy them,
a leopard shall watch against their
cities; every one that goeth out
thence shall be torn in pieces; be-
cause their transgressions are many,
a7id their backslidings are increased.
7 How can I pardon thee.'^ thy
children have forsaken me, and
sworn by them that are no gods.
When I had ^fed them to the full,
they committed adultery, and as-
sembled themselves in troops at
the harlots' houses; 8 they were as
fed horses roaming at large; every
one neighed after his neighbor's
wife. 9 Shall I not visit for these
things? saith Jehovah; and shall
not my soul be avenged on such a
nation as this?
10 Go ye up upon her walls,
and destroy: but make not a full
end: take away her branches; for
they are not Jehovah's. 11 For
the house of Israel and the house
of Judah have dealt very treacher-
ously against me, saith Jehovah.
12 They have denied Jehovah,
and said. It is not he; neither shall
evil come upon us; neither shall we
see sword nor famine: 13 and the
prophets shall become wind, and
the word is not in thein: thus shall
it be done unto them.
14 Wherefore thus saith Jeho-
vah, the God of hosts, Because ye
speak this word, behold, I will
make my words in thy mouth fire,
and this people wood, and it shall
devour them. 15 Lo, I will .bring
a, nation upon you from far, O
house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it
is ^a mighty nation, it is an ancient
nation, a nation whose language
thou knowest not, neither under-
standest what they say. 16 Their
quiver is an open sepulchre, they are
all mighty men. 17 And they shall
eat up thy harvest, and thy bread,
which thy sons and thy daugh-
ters should eat; they shall eat up
* Or, deserts
2 Or, faithfulness ^ Or, according to another reading, made them sivear
* Or, instruction ^ Or, an enduring nation
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Her Impending Overthrow. A Picture of Judah's Guilt JEREMIAH 5.18 — 6.1U
thy flocks and thy herds; they
shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-
trees; they shall ^beat down thy
fortified cities, wherein thou trust-
est, with the sword. 18 But even
in those days, saith Jehovah, I will
not make a full end with you.
19 And it shall come to pass,
when ye shall say, Wherefore hath
Jehovah our God done all these
things unto us.^ then shalt thou
say unto them, Like as ye have for-
saken me, and served foreign gods
in your land, so shall ye serve
strangers in a land that is not yours.
20 Declare ye this in the house
of Jacob, and publish it in Judah,
saying, 21 Hear now this, O fool-
ish people, and without -under-
standing; that have eyes, and see
not; that have ears, and hear not:
22 Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah:
will ye not tremble at my presence,
who have placed the sand for the
bound of the sea, ^by a perpetual
decree, that it cannot pass it.^ and
though the waves thereof toss them-
selves, yet can they not prevail;
though they roar, yet can they not
pass over it. 23 But this people
hath a revolting and a rebellious
heart; they are revolted and gone.
24 Neither say they in their heart.
Let us now fear Jehovah our God,
that giveth rain, both the former
and the latter, in its season; that
preserveth unto us the appointed
weeks of the harvest. 25 Your
iniquities have turned away these
things, and your sins have with-
holden good from you. 26 For
among my people are found wicked
men: they watch, as fowlers lie in
wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are
their houses full of deceit: there-
fore they are become great, and
waxed rich. 28 They are waxed
fat, they shine: yea, they overpass
in deeds of wickedness; they plead
not the cause, the cause of the
fatherless, that they may prosper;
1 Or, impoverish ' Heb. heart.
« Or, an everlasting ordinance which it cannot pass
and the right of the needy do they
not judge. 29 Shall .1 not > visit
for these things.?^ saith Jehovah;
shall not my soul be avenged on
such a nation as this.''
30 ^A wonderful and horrible
thing is come to pass in the land:
31 the prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests bear rule ^by their
means; and my people love to have
it so: and what will ye do in the end.
thereof .f' ^ i
6 Flee for safety, ye children of ^
Benjamin, out of the midst
of Jerusalem, and blow the trum-
pet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal
on Beth-haccherem ; for evil look-
eth forth from the north, and a
great destruction. 2 The comely
and delicate one, the daughter of
Zion, will I cut off. 3 Shepherds
with their flocks shall come unto
her; they shall pitch their tents
against her round about; they shall
feed every one in his place. 4 '^Pre-
pare ye war against her; arise, and
let us go up at noon. Woe unto us!
for the day declineth, for the shad-
ows of the evening are stretched out.
5 Arise, and let us go up by night,
and let us destroy her palaces. 6 For
thus hath Jehovah of hosts said,
Hew ye down ^trees, and cast up a
mound against Jerusalem : this is the
city to be visited; she is wholly op-
pression in the midst of her. 7 As
B well ^casteth forth its waters, so
she ^casteth forth her wickedness:
violence and destruction is heard in
her; before me continually is sick-
ness and wounds. 8 Be thou .in-
structed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul
be alienated from thee; lest I make
thee a desolation, a land not inhab-
ited. ;i;)jl
9 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts,
They shall thoroughly glean the
remnant of Israel as a vine: turn
again thy hand as a grape-gatherer
^into the baskets. 10 To whom
shall I speak and testify, that they
may hear.^ behold, their ear is
* Or, Astonishment and horror * Or, at their hands
9 Heb. Sanctify. ^ Or, as otherwise read, her tffes
" Or, keepeih fresh ' Or, upon the shoots
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JEREMIAH 6.11 7.2 Threatened siege of Jerusalem. Destruction is to come from the North
uncircumcised, and they cannot
hearken: behold, the word of
Jehovah is become unto them a
reproach; they have no dehght in
it. 11 Therefore I am full of the
wrath of Jehovah; I am weary
with holding in: pour it out upon
the children in the street, and
upon the assembly of young men
together; for even the husband
with the wife shall be taken, the
aged with him that is full of days.
12 And their houses shall be turned
unto others, their fields and their
wives together ; for I will stretch
out my hand upon the inhabitants
of the land, saith Jehovah. 13 For
from the least of them even unto
the greatest of them every one is
given to covetousness; and from the
prophet even unto the priest every
one dealeth falsely. 14 They have
healed also the %urt of ^my peo-
ple slightly, saying, Peacea_peace;
when there is no peace. 15 ^Were
they ashamed when they had com-
mitted abomination .f^ nay, they were
not at all ashamed, neither could
they blush: therefore they shall fall
among them that fall; at the time
that I visit them they shall ^be
cast down, saith Jehovah.
16 Thus saith Jehovah, Stand
ye in the ways and see, and ask
for the old paths, where is the good
way; and walk therein, and ye shall
find rest for your souls: but they
said. We will not walk therein. 17
And I set watchmen over you,
saying. Hearken to the sound of
the trumpet; but they said. We will
not hearken. 18 Therefore hear,
ye nations, and know, O congrega-
tion, what is among them. 19
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring
evil upon this people, even the fruit
of their thoughts, because they have
not hearkened unto my words; and
as for my law, they have rejected it.
20 To what purpose cometh there
to me frankincense from Sheba,
' Or, breach
2 Another reading is, the daughter of my people, as in
ch. 8. 11, 21.
' Or, They shall be put to shame because they have com-
mitted abomination: yea, they are not b'c. * Or, stumble
and the sweet ^cane from a far
country.? your l^rnt-offerings are
not acceptable, nor your sacrifices
pleasing unto me. 21 Therefore
thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will
lay stumbling-blocks before this
people; and the fathers and the
sons together shall stumble against
them; the neighbor and his friend
shall perish.
22 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold,
a people cometh from the north
country; and a great nation shall
b"?' stirred up from the uttermost
parts of the earth. 23 They lay
hold on bow and spear; they are
cruel, and have no mercy; their
voice roareth like the sea, and they
ride upon horses, every one set in
array, as a man to the battle, against
thee, O daughter of Zion. 24 W^e
have heard the report thereof; our
hands wax feeble: anguish hath
taken hold of us, and pangs as of a
woman in travail. 25 Go not forth
into the field, nor walk by the way;
for the sword of the enemy, and
terror, are on every side. 26 O
daughter of my people, gird thee
with sackcloth, and wallow thyself
in ashes: make thee mourning, as
for an only son, most bitter lamen-
tation; for the destroyer shall sud-
denly come upon us.
27 I have made thee a ^trier and
a fortress among my people; that
thou may est know and try their way.
28 They are all grievous revolters,
going about with slanders; they are
brass and iron : they all of them deal
corruptly. 29 The bellows 'blow
fiercely ; the lead is consumed of the
fire: in vain do they go on refining;
for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 Refuse silver shall men call them,
because Jehovah hath rejected them.
/
7sy^ The word that came to Jere-
miah from Jehovah, saying, 2
Stand in the gate of Jehovah's house,
and proclaim there this word, and
say. Hear the word of Jehovah, all ye
of Judah, that enter in at these gates
<• Or, calamus
* Or, tower
Or, are burned
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Temple Worship of no Avail to the Ungodly
JEREMIAH 7.3—7.26
to worship Jehovah. 3 Thus saith
Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel,
Amend your ways and your doings,
and I will cause you to dwell in this
place. 4 Trust ye not in lying words,
saying, The temple of Jehovah, the
temple of Jehovah, the temple of
Jehovah, are these. 5 For if ye
thoroughly amend your ways and
your doings; if ye thoroughly exe-
cute justice between a man and his
neighbor; 6 if ye oppress not the
sojourner, the fatherless, and the
widow, and shed not innocent blood
in this place, neither walk after
other gods to your own hurt: 7 then
will I cause you to dwell in this place,
in the land that I gave to your fa-
thers, from of old even for evermore.
8 Behold, ye trust in lying
words, that cannot profit. 9 Will
ye steal, murder, and commit
adultery, and swear falsely, and
burn incense unto Baal, and walk
after other gods that ye have not
known, 10 and come and stand
before me in this house, ^which
is called by my name, and say,
We are delivered; that ye may
do all these abominations .^^ 11 Is
this house, which is called by my
name, become a den of robbers in
your eyes.^ Behold, I, even I,
have seen it, saith Jehovah.
12 But go ye now unto my place
which was in Shiloh, where I
caused my name to dwell at the
first, and see what I did to it for
the wickedness of my people Israel.
13 And now, because ye have done
all these works, saith Jehovah, and
I spake unto you, rising up early
and speaking, but ye heard not;
and I called you, but ye answered
not: 14 therefore will I do unto the
house which is called by my name,
wherein ye trust, and unto the place
which I gave to you and to your
fathers, as I did to Shiloh. 15 And I
will cast you out of my sight, as
I have cast out all your brethren,
eVen the whole seed of Ephraim.
16 Therefore pray not thou for
Heb. whereupon my name is called.
this people, neither lift up cry nor
prayer for them, neither make in-
tercession to me; for I will not
hear thee. 17 Seest thou not what
they do in the cities of Judah
and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 The children gather wood, and
the fathers kindle the fire, and the'
women knead the dough, to make
cakes to the queen of heaven, and
to pour out drink-offerings unto
other gods, that they may pro-
voke me to anger. 19 Do they
provoke me to anger .^^ saith Jeho-
vah; do they not provoke them-
selves, to the confusion of their
own faces .f^ 20 Therefore thus saith
the Lord Jehovah: Behold, mine
anger and my wrath shall be poured
out upon this place, upon man, and
upon beast, and upon the trees of
the field, and upon the fruit of the
ground; and it shall burn, and shall
not be quenched.
21 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts,
the God of Israel: Add your
burnt-offerings unto your sacri-
fices, and eat ye fleshy 22 For
I spake not unto your fathers,
nor commanded them in the day
that I brought them out of the
land of Egypt, concerning burnt-
offerings or sacrifices: 23 but this
thing I commanded them, saying.
Hearken unto my voice, and I
will be your God, and ye shall be
my people; and walk ye in all the
way that I command you, that it
may be well with you. 24 But
they hearkened not, nor inclined
their ear, but walked in their own
counsels and in the stubbornness of
their evil heart, and ^went back-
ward, and not forward. 25 Since
the day that your fathers came
forth out of the land of Egypt unto
this day, I have sent unto you all
my servants the prophets, daily
rising up early and sending them:
26 yet they hearkened not unto
me, nor inclined their ear, but
made their neck stiff: they did
worse than their fathers.
2 Or, turned their back, and not their face
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JEREMIAH 7.27—8.11
27 And thou shalt speak all these
words unto them; but they will not
hearken to thee: thou shalt also
call unto them; but they will not
answer thee* 28 And thou shalt say
unto them, This is the nation that
hath not hearkened to the voice
of Jehovah their God, nor received
^instruction: ^truth is perished, and
is cut off from, their mouth.
29 Cut off ^thy hair, 0 Jeru-
salem, and cast it away, and take
up a lamentation on the bare
heights; for Jehovah hath rejected
and forsaken the generation of his
wrath. 30 For the children of
Judah have done that which is evil
in my sight, saith Jehovah: they
have set their abominations in the
house which is called by my name,
to defile it. 31 And they have built
the high places of Topheth, which
is in the valley of the son of Hinnom,
to burn their sons and their daugh-
ters in the fire; which I commanded
not, neither came it into my ^mind.
32 Therefore, behold, the days come,
saith Jehovah, that it shall no more
be called Topheth, nor The valle}^
of the son of Hinnom, but The valley
of Slaughter: for they shall bury in
Topheth, Hill there be no place to
bury. 33 And the dead bodies of
this people shall be food for the
birds of the heavens, and for the
beasts of the earth; and none shall
frighten them away. 34 Then will
I cause to cease from the cities of
Judah, and from the streets of Jeru-
salem, the voice of mirth and the
voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom and the voice of the
bride; for the land shall become a
waste.
8 At that time, saith Jehovah,
they shall bring out the bones
of the kings of Judah, and the
bones of his princes, and the bones
of the priests, and the bones of the
prophets, and the bones of the in-
habitants of Jerusalem, out of their
graves; 2 and they shall spread
Abominations of Topheth, and their Punishment
> Or, correction ^ Qr, faithfulness ^ Heb. thy crown.
* Heb. heart. * Or, because there shall be no place else
826
them before the sun, and the moon,
and all the host of heaven, which
they have loved, and which they
have served, and after which they
have walked, and which they have
sought, and which they have wor-
shipped: they shall not be gathered,
nor be buried, they shall be for dung
upon the face of the earth. 3 And
death shall be chosen rather than
life by all the residue that remain
of this evil family, that remain in all
the places whither I have driven
them, saith Jehovah of hosts.
4 Moreover thou shalt say unto
them. Thus saith Jehovah: Shall
men fall, and not rise up again.?
shall one turn away, and not re-
turn .^^ 5 Why then is this people
of Jerusalem slidden back by a
perpetual backsliding.? they hold
fast deceit, they refuse to return.
6 I hearkened and heard, but
they spake not aright: no man
repenteth him of his wickedness,
saying, What have I done.? every
one ^turneth to his course, as a
horse that rusheth headlong in
the battle. 7 Yea, the stork in
the heavens knoweth her appointed
times; and the turtle-dove and the
swallow and the crane observe the
time of their coming; 'but my people
know not the law of Jehovah.
8 How do ye say. We are wise,
and the law of Jehovah is with us.?
But, behold, the false pen of the
scribes hath ^wrought falsely. 9
The wise men are put to shame, they
are dismayed and taken: lo, they
have rejected the word of Jehovah;
and what manner of wisdom is in
them.? 10 Therefore will I give their
wives unto others, and their fields
to them that shall possess them:
for every one from the least even
unto the greatest is given to covet-
ousness; from the prophet even unto
the priest every one dealeth falsely.
11 And they have healed the hurt
of the daughter of my people
slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when
6 Or, turneth away in his course
' Or, made of it falsehood
Treachery and Shameiessness of Judah. The Avenger near JEREMIAH 8.12 — 9.10
there is no peace. 12 Were they
ashamed when they had com-
mitted abomination? nay, they
were not at all ashamed, neither
could they blush: therefore shall
they fall among them that fall;
in the time of their visitation they
shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
13 I will utterly consume them,
saith Jehovah: there shall be no
grapes on the vine, nor figs on the
fig-tree, and the leaf shall fade; and
^the things that I have given them
shall pass away from them.
14 Why do we sit still .^^ assemble
yourselves, and let us enter into
the fortified cities, and let us ^be
silent there; for Jehovah our God
hath ^put us to silence, and given
us water of '^gall to drink, because
we have sinned against Jehovah.
15 We looked for peace, but no good
came; and for a time of healing, and,
behold, dismay! 16 The snorting
of his horses is heard from Dan: at
the sound of the neighing of his
strong ones the whole land trem-
bleth; for they are come, and have
devoured the land and all that is in
it; the city and those that dwell
therein. 17 For, behold, I will send
serpents, adders, among you, which
will not be charmed; and they shall
bite you, saith Jehovah.
18 Oh that I could comfort my-
self against sorrow! my heart is
faint within me. 19 Behold, the
voice of the cry of the daughter of
my people ^from a land that is very
far off: Is not Jehovah in Zion.f^
is not her King in her.f^ Why have
they provoked me to anger with
their graven images, and with for-
eign vanities? 20 The harvest is
past, the ^summer is ended, and we
are not saved. 21 For the hurt of
the daughter of my people am I
hurt: I mourn; dismay hath
taken hold on me. 22 Is there no
balm in Gilead? is there no physi-
cian there? why then is not the
' Or, / have appointed them those that shall pass over
them 2 Or, perish ^ Or, caused us to perish
4 Or. poison See Dt. 29. 18. ^ Or, because of
s Or, ingathering of summer fruits
^health of the daughter of my peo-
ple ^recovered?
*Q Oh that my head were waters,
i^ and mine eyes a fountain of
tears, that I might weep day and
night for the slain of the daughter
of my people ! ■\2 ^Oh that I had in
the wilderness a lodging-place of
wayfaring men; that I might leave
my people, and go from them!
for they are all adulterers, an assem-
bly of treacherous men. 3 And they
bend their tongue, as it were their
bow, for falsehood ; and they are
grown strong in the land, but not
for ^^truth: for they proceed from
evil to evil, and they know not
me, saith Jehovah. 4 Take ye
heed every one of his neighbor,
and trust ye not in any brother;
for every brother will utterly sup-
plant, and every neighbor will go
about with slanders. . 5 And they
will ^Meceive every one his neighbor,
and will not speak the truth: they
have taught their tongue to speak
lies; they weary themselves to com-
mit iniquity. 6 Thy habitation
is in the midst of deceit; through
deceit they refuse to know me, saith
Jehovah.
7 Therefore thus saith Jehovah
of hosts. Behold, I will melt them,
and try them; for how else should
I do, because of the daughter of
my people? 8 Their tongue is a
deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit:
one speaketh peaceably to his
neighbor with his mouth, but in
his heart he layeth wait for him.
9 Shall I not visit them for these
things? saith Jehovah; shall not
my soul be avenged on such a
nation as this? -
10 For the mountains will I
take up a weeping and wailing,
and for the pastures of the wil-
derness a lamentation, because
they are burned up, so that none
passeth through; neither can men
hear the voice of the cattle; both
7 Or, healing ^ Or, perfected Heb. gone up.
* Ch. 8.23 in Heb. t Ch. 9.1 in Heb. Is)
9 Or, Oh that I were in the wilderness, in b'c.
10 Or, faithfulness " Or, mock
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JEREMIAH 9.11 10.5 Call for Mourning Women. The Knowledge of God is Man's Qlory
the birds of the heavens and the
beasts are fled, they are gone. 11
And I will make Jerusalem heaps,
a dwelling-place of jackals; and I
will make the cities of Judah a
desolation, without inhabitant.
12 Who is the wise man, that
may understand this? and who is
he to whom the mouth of Jeho-
vah hath spoken, that he may
declare it? wherefore is the land
perished and burned up like a
wilderness, so that none passeth
through? 13 And Jehovah saith,
Because they have forsaken my
law which I set before them, and
have not obeyed my voice, neither
walked therein, 14 but have walked
after the stubbornness of their own
heart, and after the Baalim, which
their fathers taught them; 15 there-
fore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the
God of Israel, Behold, I will feed
them, even this people, with worm-
wood, and give them water of ^gall
to drink. 16 I will scatter them
also among the nations, whom
neither they nor their fathers have
known; and I will send the sword
after them, till I have consumed
them.
17 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts.
Consider ye, and call for the
mourning women, that they may
come; and send for the skilful
women, that they may come: 18
and let them make haste, and take
up a wailing for us, that our eyes
may run down with tears, and our
eyelids gush out with waters. 19
For a voice of wailing is heard out
of Zion, How are we ruined! we
are greatly confounded, because
we have forsaken the land, be-
cause Hhey have cast down our
dwellings. 20 Yet hear the word
of Jehovah, O ye women, and let
your ear receive the word of his
mouth; and teach your daughters
wailing, and every one her neigh-
bor lamentation. 21 For death
is come iip into our windows, it is
entered into our palaces; to cut
1 Or, poison • Or, our dwellings have cast us out
off the children from without, and
the young men from the streets.
22 Speak, Thus saith Jehovah, The
dead bodies of men shall fall as
dung upon the open field, and as
the handful after the harvestman;
and none shall gather them.
23 Thus saith Jehovah, Let not
the wise man glory in his wisdom,
neither let the mighty man glory
in his might, let not the rich man
glory in his riches; 24 but let him
that glorieth glory in this, that
he hath understanding, and know-
eth me, that I am Jehovah who
exerciseth lovingkindness, justice,
and righteousness, in the earth: for
in these things I delight, saith
Jehovah.
25 Behold, the days come, saith
Jehovah, that I will punish all
them that are circumcised in their
uncircumcision : 26 Egypt, and
Judah, and Edom, and the chil-
dren of r\mmon, and Moab, and
all that have the corners of their
hair cut off, that dwell in the
wilderness; for all the nations
are uncircumcised, and all the
house of Israel are uncircumcised in
heart.
1r\ Hear ye the word which
^ Jehovah speaketh unto you,
O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith Je-
hovah, Learn not the way of the
nations, and be not dismayed at
the signs of heaven; for the na-
tions are dismayed at them. 3
For the ^customs of the peoples
are vanity; for ^one cutteth a
tree out of the forest, the work of
the hands of the workman with the
axe. 4 They deck it with silver
and with gold; they fasten it
with nails and with hammers, that
it move not. 5 They are like a
^palm-tree, of turned work, and
speak not: they must needs be
borne, because they cannot go. Be
not afraid of them; for they can-
not do evil, neither is it in them
to do good. _
3 Heb. statutes.
s Or, pillar
* Or, it is but a tree which one cutteth
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Desolation bewailed and Mercy implored
6 There is none like unto thee,
O Jehovah; thou art great, and
thy name is great in might. 7
Who should not fear thee, O King
of the nations? for Ho thee doth
it appertain; forasmuch as among
all the wise men of the nations,
and in all their royal estate, there
is none like unto thee. 8 But they
are together brutish and foolish:
^the instruction of idols! it is but
a stock. 9 There is silver beaten
into plates, which is brought from
Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz,
the work of the artificer and of the
hands of the goldsmith; blue and
purple for their clothing; they are
all the work of skilful men. 10
But Jehovah is Hhe true God; he
is the living God, and an ever-
lasting King: at his wrath the
earth trembleth, and the nations
are not able to abide his indigna-
tion.
11 ^Thus shall ye say unto them,
The gods that have not made the
heavens and the earth, ^these shall
perish from the earth, and from
under the heavens.
12 He hath made the earth by
his power, he hath established the
world by his wisdom, and by his
understanding hath he stretched
out the heavens. 13 JWhen he
uttereth his voice, there is a tumult
of waters in the heavens, and he
causeth the vapors to ascend from
the ends of the earth; he maketh
lightnings for the rain, and bringeth
forth the wind out of his treasuries.
14 Every man ^is become brutish
and is without knowledge; every
goldsmith is put to shame by his
graven image; for his molten image
is falsehood, and there is no breath
in them. 15 They are vanity, a
work of ^delusion: in the time of
their visitation they shall perish.
16 The portion of Jacob is not like
1 Or, it beseemeth thee ^ Or, through one thing
',Or, the stock is a doctrine of vanities
* Or, God in truth * This verse is in Aramaic.
6 Or, they shall . . . under these heavens
7 Or, at the sound of his giving an abundance of waters
. . when he causeth b'c. (or, he causeth &°c.) i
* Or, is too brutish to know ^ Or, mockery
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JEREMIAH 10.6—11.3
these; for he is the former of all
things; and Israel is the tribe of
his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts
is his name.
17 Gather up ^°thy wares out
of the land, ^^O thou that abidest
in the siege. 18 For thus saith
Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out
the inhabitants of the land at this
time, and will distress them, that
they may ^^feel it.
19 Woe is me because of my
hurt! my wound is grievous: but
I said. Truly this is my ^^grief, and
I must bear it. 20 My tent is
destroyed, and all my cords are
broken: my children are gone
forth from me, and they are not:
there is none to spread my tent
any more, and to set up my cur-
tains. 21 For the shepherds are
become brutish, and have not in-
quired of Jehovah: therefore they
have not ^^prospered, and all their
flocks are scattered. 22 The voice
of tidings, behold, it cometh, -and
a great commotion out of the north
country, to make the cities of Judah
a desolation, a dwelling-place of
jackals.
23 O Jehovah, I know that the
way of man is not in himself; it
is not in man that walketh to
direct his steps. 24 O Jehovah,
correct me, but in ^^measure; not
in thine anger, lest thou ^^bring
me to nothing. 25 Pour out thy
wrath upon the nations that know
thee not, and upon the families
that call not on thy name; for
they have devoured Jacob, yea,
they have devoured him and con-
sumed him, and have laid waste
his ^ ^habitation.
11 The word that came to
1 Jeremiah from Jehovah, say-
ing, 2 Hear ye the words of this
covenant, and speak unto the men
of Judah, and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem; 3 and say thou unto
1" Or, thy bundle from the ground
" Or, O inhabitant (Heb. inhabitress) of the fortress
1- Heb. find. " Or, sickness " Or, dealt wisely
15 Heb. judgment, i® Heb. diminish me. " Or, pasture
JEREMIAH 11.4 11.21 Judah's Breach of God's covenant reproved, Punishment threatened
them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God
of Israel: Cursed be the man that
heareth not the words of this cove-
nant, 4 which I commanded your
fathers in the day that I brought
them forth out of the land of
Egypt, out of the iron furnace,
saying, Obey my voice, and do
them, according to all which I com-
mand you: so shall ye be my peo-
ple, and I will be your God; 5 that
I may establish the oath which I
sware unto your fathers, to give
them a land flowing with milk and
honey, as at this day. Then an-
swered I, and said, Amen, O
Jehovah.
6 And Jehovah said unto me.
Proclaim all these words in the
Hties of Judah, and in the streets
of Jerusalem, saying. Hear ye the
words of this covenant, and do
them. 7 For I earnestly protested
unto your fathers in the day that
I brought them up out of the land
of Egypt, even unto this day, ris-
ing early and protesting, saying,
Obey my voice. 8 Yet they obeyed
not, nor inclined their ear, but
walked every one in the stubborn-
ness of their evil heart: therefore
I brought upon them all the words
of this covenant, which I com-
manded them to do, but they did
them not.
9 And Jehovah said unto me, A
conspiracy is found among the
men of Judah, and among the in-
habitants of Jerusalem. 10 They
are turned back to the iniquities
of their forefathers, who refused
to hear my words ; and they are
gone after other gods to serve
them: the house of Israel and the
house of Judah have broken my
covenant which I made with their
fathers. 11 Therefore thus saith
gods unto which they offer incense:
but they will not save them at all
in the time of their trouble. 13
For according to the number of
thy cities are thy gods, O Judah;
and according to the number of the
streets of Jerusalem have ye set
up altars to the ^shameful thing,
even altars to burn incense unto
Baal.
14 Therefore pray not thou for
this people, neither lift up cry nor
prayer for them; for I will not
hear them in the time that they cry
unto me because of their ^trouble.
15 What hath my beloved to do
in my house, seeing she hath
wrought lewdness ^wiih many,
and the holy flesh is passed from
thee.f^ '^when thou doest evil, then
thou rejoicest. 16 Jehovah called
thy name, A green olive-tree, fair
with goodly fruit: with the noise
of a great tumult he hath kindled
fire upon it, and the branches of it
are broken. 17 For Jehovah of
hosts, who planted thee, hath
pronounced evil against thee, be-
cause of the evil of the house of
Israel and of the house of Judah,
which they have wrought for them-
selves in provoking me to anger by
offering incense unto Baal.
18 And Jehovah gave me knowl-
edge of it, and I knew it: then
thou showedst me their doings. 19
But I was like a gentle lamb that
is led to the slaughter; and I knew
not that they had devised devices
against me, saying. Let us destroy
the tree with the ^fruit thereof,
and let us cut him off from the
land of the living, that his name
may be no more remembered. 20
But, O Jehovah of hosts, who
judgest righteousl3% who triest the
%eart and the mind, I shall see thy
Jehovah, Behold I will bring evil | vengeance on them; for unto thee
upon them, which they shall not | have I revealed my cause. 21
be able to escape; and they shall
cry unto me, but I will not hearken
unto them. 12 Then shall the
cities of Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem go and cry unto the
cause.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah con-
cerning the men of Anathoth, that
1 Heb. evil. 2 Heb. shame.
* The text is obscure. The Sept. has: Shall voivs and
holy flesh take away from thee thy wickednesses, or shall
thou escape by these? * Or, when thine ct'il cometh
6 Heb. bread. ^ Heb. reins.
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Jeremiah's Complaint. Jehovah's Answer
JEREMIAH 11.22—12.17
seek thy life, saying, Thou shall
not prophesy in the name of Je
hovah, that thou die not by our
hand; 22 therefore thu« saith Je-
hovah of hosts, Behold, I will
^punish them: the young men shall
die by the sword; their sons and
their daughters shall die by famine;
23 and there shall be no remnant
unto them: for I will bring evil
upon the men of Anathoth, ^even
the year of their visitation.
1 O Righteous art thou, O
1 Ld Jehovah, when I contend
with thee; yet would I ^reason
the cause with thee: wherefore
doth the way of the wicked pros-
per? wherefore are all they at ease
that deal very treacherously? 2
Thou hast planted them, yea, they
have taken root; they grow, yea,
they bring forth fruit: thou art
near in their mouth, and far from
their %eart. 3 But thou, O Jeho-
vah, knowest me; thou seest me,
and triest my heart toward thee:
pull them out like sheep for the
slaughter, and ^prepare them for
the day of slaughter. 4 How long
shall the land mourn, and the
herbs of the whole country wither?
for the wickedness of them that
dwell therein, the beasts are con-
sumed, and the birds; because
they said. He shall not see our
latter end,
5 If thou hast run with the foot-
men, and they have wearied thee,
then how canst thou contend with
horses? and though in a land of
peace thou art secure, yet how
•wilt thou do in the ^pride of the
Jordan? 6 For even thy breth-
ren, and the house of thy father,
even they have dealt treacherously
with thee; even they have cried
aloud after thee: believe them not,
though they speak ^fair words unto
thee.
7 I have forsaken my house, I
have cast off my heritage; I have
given the dearly beloved of my
1 Heb. visit upon. 2 Qr, in the year
' Heb. speak of judgments. ^ Heb. reins.
5 Heb. sanctify, ^ Or, swelling ? Heb. good things.
soul into the haiid of her ene6ri^.
8 My heritage is become unt6 me
as a lion in the forest: she hath
uttered her voice against me; there-
fore I have hated her. 9 Is my
heritage unto me as a ' speckled
bird of prey? are the birds of
prey against her round about? go
ye, assemble all the beasts of the
field, bring them to devour. 10
Many shepherds have destroyed
my vineyard, they have trodden
my portion under foot, they have
made my pleasant portion a deso-
late wilderness. 11 They have made
it a desolation; it mourneth unto
me, being desolate; the whole land
is made desolate, because no man
layeth it to heart. 12 Destroyers
are come upon all the bare heights
in the wilderness; for the sword
of Jehovah devoureth from the one
end of the land even to the other
end of the land: no flesh hath
peace. 13 They have so^vn wheat,
and have reaped thorns; they have
put themselves to pain, and profit
nothing: and ^ye shall be ashamed
of your fruits, because of the fierce
anger of Jehovah.
14 Thus saith Jehovah against all
mine evil neighbors, that touch
the inheritance which I have caused
my people Israel to inherit : Behold,
I will pluck them up from off their
land, and will pluck up the house
of Judah from among them. 15 And
it shall come to pass, after that I
have plucked them up, I will re-
turn and have compassion on them;
and I will bring them again, every
man to his heritage, and every man
to his land. 16 And it shall come
to pass, if they will diligently learn
the ways of my people, to swear
by my name. As Jehovah liveth;
even as they taught my people to
swear by Baal; then shall they
be built up in the midst of my
people. 17 But if they will not
hear, then will I pluck up that
nation, plucking up and destroying
it, saith Jehovah.
8 Or, be ye ashamed Or, they shall be ashamed
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JEREMIAH 13.1—13.22
Sign of a marred Girdle. Sign of a Full Bottle
13
Thus said Jehovah unto
me, Go, and buy thee a
linen girdle, and put it upon thy
loins, and put it not in water.
2 So I bought a girdle according
to the word of Jehovah, and put
it upon my loins. 3 And the word
of Jehovah came unto me the sec-
ond time, saying, 4 Take the girdle
that thou hast bought, which is
upon thy loins, and arise, go to the
Euphrates, and hide it there in a
cleft of the rock. 5 So I went, and
hid it by the Euphrates, as Jeho-
vah commanded me. 6 And it came
to pass after many days, that Jeho-
vah said unto me. Arise, go to the
Euphrates, and take the girdle from
thence, which I commanded thee
to hide there. 7 Then I went to
the Euphrates, and digged, and
took the girdle from the place
where I had hid it; and, behold,
the girdle was marred, it was
profitable for nothing.
8 Then the word of Jehovah came
unto me, saying, 9 Thus saith Je-
hovah, After this manner will I mar
the pride of Judah, and the great
pride of Jerusalem. 10 This evil
people, that refuse to hear my
words, that walk in the stubborn-
ness of their heart, and are gone
after other gods to serve them, and
to worship them, shall even be as
this girdle, which is profitable for
nothing. 11 For as the girdle
cleaveth to the loins of a man, so
have I caused to cleave unto me
the whole house of Israel and the
whole house of Judah, saith Jeho-
vah; that they may be unto me
for a people, and for a name, and
for a praise, and for a glory: but
they would not hear.
12 Therefore thou shalt speak
unto them this word: Thus saith
Jehovah, the God of Israel, Every
%ottle shall be filled with wine:
and they shall say unto thee. Do
we not certainly know that every
%ottle shall be filled with wine?
13 Then shalt thou say unto them.
Or, jar
Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will
fill all the inhabitants of this land,
even the kings that sit ^upon Da-
vid's throne, and the priests, and
the prophets, and all the inhab-
itants of Jerusalem, with drunk-
enness. 14 And I will dash them
one against another, even the fa-
thers and the sons together, saith
Jehovah: I will not pity, nor
spare, nor have compassion, that I
should not destroy them.
15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not
proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.
16 Give glory to Jehovah your
God, before %e cause darkness,
and before your feet stumble upon
the ^dark mountains, and, while
ye look for light, he turn it into
Hhe shadow of death, and make
it gross darkness. 17 But if ye
will not hear it, my soul shall weep
in secret for your pride; and mine
eye shall weep sore, and run down
with tears, because Jehovah's flock
is taken captive.
18 Say thou unto the king and
to the queen-mother, ^Humble your-
selves, sit down; for your head-
tires are come down, even ^the
crown of your glory. 19 The
cities of the South are shut up,
and there is none to open them:
Judah is carried away captive, all
of it; it is wholly carried away
captive.
20 Lift up your eyes, and be-
hold them that come from the
north: where is the flock that
was given thee, thy beautiful flock .^
21 ^What wilt thou say, when he
shall set over thee as head those
whom thou hast thyself taught to
be friends to thee.^ shall not sor-
rows take hold of thee, as of a
woman in travail.^ 22 And if thou
say in thy heart. Wherefore are
these things come upon me.^^ for
the ^greatness of thine iniquity
are thy skirts uncovered, and thy
2 Heb. for David upon his throne. ' Or, it grow dark
* Heb. mountains of twilight. ^ Or, deep darkness
6 Or, Sit ye down low ' Or, your beautiful crown
8 Or, What wilt thou say, when he shall visit thee, seeing
thou thyself hast instructed them against thee, even thy
friends to be head over thee? ' Or, multitude
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A Drought. Prayer for Mercy. Jehovah declares Intercession useless JEREMIAH 13.23 — 14.17
heels suffer violence. 23 Can the
Ethiopian change his skin, or the
leopard his spots? then may ye
also do good, that are ^accus-
tomed to do evil. 24 Therefore
will I scatter them, as the stubble
that passeth away, ^by the wind
of the wilderness. 25 This is thy
lot, the portion measured unto
thee from me, saith Jehovah; be-
cause thou hast forgotten me, and
trusted in falsehood. 26 Therefore
will I also uncover thy skirts ^upon
thy face, and thy shame shall
appear. 27 I have seen thine
abominations, even thine adul-
teries, and thy neighings, the
in the time of trouble, why shouldest
thou be as a sojourner in the land,
and as a wayfaring man that
^turneth aside to tarry for a night?
9 Why shouldest thou be as a man
affrighted, as a mighty man that
cannot save? Yet thou, O Jehovah,
art in the midst of us, and we are
called by thy name; leave us not.
10 Thus saith Jehovah unto this
people, Even so have they loved
to wander; they have not re-
frained their feet: therefore Jeho-
vah doth not accept them; now
will he remember their iniquity,
and visit their sins. 11 And Jeho-
vah said unto me, Pray not for
lewdness of thy whoredom, on the | this people for their good. 12 When
hills in the field. Woe unto thee, they fast, I will not hear their cry;
and when they offer burnt-offering
O Jerusalem ! thou wilt not be made
clean; how long shall it yet be?
UThe word of Jehovah that
came to Jeremiah concern-
ing the drought.
2 Judah moiirneth, and the
gates thereof languish, they sit
in black upon the ground; and
the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3 And their nobles send their
^little ones ^to the waters: they
come to the cisterns, and find no
water; they return with their ves-
sels empty; they are put to shame
and confounded, and cover their
heads. 4 Because of the ground
which is ^cracked, for that no
rain hath been in the land, the
plowmen are put to shame, they
cover their heads. 5 Yea, the
hind also in the field calveth, and
forsaketh her young, because there
is no grass. 6 And the wild asses
stand on the bare heights, they
pant for air like '^jackals; their
eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
7 Though our iniquities testify
against us, work thou for thy
name's sake, O Jehovah; for our
backslidings are many; we have
sinned against thee. 8 O thou
hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof
1 Heb. taught. 2 Or, unto » Or, befcrre * Or, inferiors
f Or, for water ^ Or, dismayed 7 Or, the crocodile
and meal-offering, I will not accept
them; but I will consume them
by the sword, and by the famine,
and by the pestilence.
13 Then said I, Ah, Lord Jeho-
vah! behold, the prophets say unto
them, Ye shall not see the sword,
neither shall ye have famine; but
I will give you ^assured peace in
this place. 14 Then Jehovah said
unto me. The prophets prophesy
lies in my name; I sent them not,
neither have I commanded them,
neither spake I unto them: they
prophesy unto you a lying vision,
and divination, and a thing of
nought, and the deceit of their own
heart. 15 Therefore thus saith
Jehovah concerning the prophets
that prophesy in my name, and I
sent them not, yet they say, Sword
and famine shall not be in this
land: By sword and famine shall
those prophets be consumed. 16
And the people to whom they
prophesy shall be cast out in the
streets of Jerusalem because of the
famine and the sword; and they
shall have none to bury them —
them, their wives, nor their sons,
nor their daughters: for I will
pour their wickedness upon them.
17 And thou shalt say this word
8 Or, spreadeth his tent ' Heb. peace of (ruth.
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JEREMIAH 14.18—15.13
unto them, Let mine eyes run
down with tears night and day,
and let them not cease; for the
virgin daughter of my people is
broken with a great breach, with a
very grievous wound. 18 If I go
forth into the field, then, behold,
the slain with the sword! and if I
enter into the city, then, behold,
Hhey that are sick with famine! for
both the prophet and the priest
^go about ^in the land, and have no
knowledge.
19 Hast thou utterly rejected
Judah.f^ hath thy soul loathed
Zion.^ why hast thou smitten us,
and there is no healing for us.f*
We looked for peace, but no good
came; and for a time of healing,
and, behold, dismay! 20 We
"^acknowledge, O Jehovah, our
wickedness, and the iniquity of
our fathers; for we have sinned
against thee. 21 Do not ^abhor
us, for thy name's sake; do not
disgrace the throne of thy glory:
remember, break not thy covenant
with us. 22 Are there any among
the vanities of the nations that
can cause rain? or can the heavens
give showers ? art not thou he, O
Jehovah our God? therefore we
will wait for thee; for thou hast
^made all these things.
"I ^ Then said Jehovah unto
1 ^ me. Though Moses and
Samuel stood before me, yet my
mind would not be toward this
people: cast them out of my sight,
and let them go forth. 2 And it
shall come to pass, when they say
unto thee. Whither shall we go
forth? then thou shalt tell them.
Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are
for death, to death; and such as
are for the sword, to the sword;
and such as are for the famine, to
the famine; and such as are for
captivity ,^ to captivity. 3 And I
will appoint over thern four ^kinds,
saith Jehovah: the sword to slay,
and the dogs to Hear, and the birds
1 Heb. the sicknesses of famine. 2 Qr, traffic
' Or, into a land that they know not ^ Or, know
^Ot, contemn * Or, done "^ Uob. families. ^Ueh.drag.
Jehovah inexorable. Vengeance denounced
of the heavens, and the beasts of
the earth, to devour and to destroy.
4 And I will cause them to be tossed
to and fro among all the kingdoms
of the earth, because of Manasseh,
the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah,
for that which he did in Jerusalem.
5 For who will have pity upon
thee, O Jerusalem? or 7/ho will
bemoan thee? or who will turn
aside to ask of thy welfare? 6
Thou hast rejected me, saith Je-
hovah, thou art gone backward:
therefore have I stretched out my
hand against thee, and destroyed
thee; I am weary with repenting.
7 And I have winnowed them
with a fan in the gates of the land;
I have bereaved them of children,
I have destroyed my people; they
returned not from their ways. 8
Their widows are increased to me
above the sand of the seas; I have
brought upon them ^against the
mother of the young men a de-
stroyer at noonday: I have caused
anguish and terrors to fall upon
her suddenly. 9 She that hath
borne seven languisheth; she hath
given up the ghost; her sun is
gone down while il was yet day;
she hath been put to shame and
confounded: and the residue of
them will I deliver to the sword
before their enemies, saith Jeho-
vah.
10 Woe is me, my mother, that
thou hast borne me a man of strife
and a man of contention to the
whole earth! I liave not lent,
neither have men lent to me; yet
every one of them doth curse me.
11 Jehovah said. Verily I will
i^strengthen thee for good; verily
1^1 will cause the enemy to make
supplication unto thee in the time
of evil and in the time of affliction.
12 ^-Can one break iron, even iron
from the north, and brass? 13 Thy
substance and thy treasures will
I give for a spoil without price,
9 Or, against the mother and the young men
1" Another reading is, release.
" Or, / 7viH ijitercede for thee with the enemy
12 Or, Can iron break iron from &c.
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Grievous Distresses foretold
and that for all thy sins, even in
all thy borders. 14 And ^I will
make them to pass with thine ene-
mies into a land which thou know-
est not; for a fire is kindled in
mine anger, which shall burn upon
you.
15 O Jehovah, thou knowest;
remember me, and visit me, and
avenge me of my persecutors; take
me not away in thy longsuffering:
know that for thy sake I have suf-
fered reproach. 16 Thy words were
found, and I did eat them; and thy
words were unto me a joy and the
rejoicing of my heart: for I am called
by thy name, O Jehovah, God of
hosts. 17 I sat not in the assembly
of them that make merry, nor re-
joiced; I sat alone because of thy
hand; for thou hast filled me with
indignation. 18 Why is my pain
perpetual, and my wound incur-
able, which refuseth to be healed.'^
wilt thou indeed be unto me as
a deceitful brook, as waters that
Hsiil?
19 Therefore thus saith Jehovah,
If thou return, then will I bring
thee again, that thou may est stand
before me; and if thou take forth
the precious from the vile, thou
shalt be as my mouth: they shall
return unto thee, but thou shalt
not return unto them. 20 And I
will make thee unto this people
a fortified brazen wall; and they
shall fight against thee, but they
shall not prevail against thee; for
I am with thee to save thee and
to deliver thee, saith Jehovah. 21
And I will deliver thee out of the
hand of the wicked, and I will re-
deem thee out of the hand of the
terrible.
1 f^ The word of Jehovah
1 yJ came also unto me, saying,
2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife,
neither shalt thou have sons or
daughters, in this place. 3 For
thus saith Jehovah concerning the
* Or, / will make thine enemies to pass into &=€.
2 Heb. are not sure.
JEREMIAH 15.14—16.11
sons and concerning the daughters
that are born in this place, and
concerning their mothers that bare
them, and concerning their fathers
that begat them in this land: 4
They shall die ^grievous deaths:
they shall not be lamented, neither
shall they be buried; tHey shall be
as dung upon the face of the ground ;
and they shall be consumed by the
sword, and by famine; and their
dead bodies shall be food for the
birds of the heavens, and for the
beasts of the earth.
5 For thus saith Jehovah, Enter
not into the house of mourning,
neither go to lament, neither be-
moan them; for I have taken
away my peace from this people,
saith Jehovah, even lovingkind-
ness and tender mercies. 6 Both
great and small shall die in this
land; they shall not be buried,
neither shall men lament for them,
nor cut themselves, nor make them-
selves bald for them; 7 neither shall
men break bread for them in
mourning, to comfort them for the
dead; neither shall men give them
the cup of consolation to drink for
their father or for their mother.
8 And thou shalt not go into the
house of feasting to sit with them,
to eat and to drink. 9 For thus
saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of
Israel: Behold, I will cause to
cease out of this place, before
your eyes and in your days, the
voice of mirth and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the bride-
groom and the voice of the bride.
10 And it shall come to pass,
when thou shalt show this people
all these words, and they shall
say unto thee. Wherefore hath
Jehovah pronounced all this great
evil against us? or what is our
iniquity? or what is our sin that
we have committed against Jeho-
vah our God? 11 then shalt thou
say unto them. Because your
fathers have forsaken me, saith
Jehovah, and have walked after
' Heb. deaths of sicknesses.
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JEREMIAH 16.12—17.10
other gods, and have served them,
and have worshipped them, and
have forsaken me, and have not
kept my law; 12 and ye have
done evil more than your fathers;
for, behold, ye walk every one after
the stubbornness of his evil heart,
so that ye hearken not unto me:
13 therefore will I cast you forth
out of this land into the land that
ye have not known, neither ye nor
your fathers; and there shall ye
serve other gods day and night;
^for I will show ycu no favor.
14 Therefore, behold, the days
come, saith Jehovah, that it shall
no more be said. As Jehovah liv-
eth, that brought up the children
of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
15 but. As Jehovah liveth, that
brought up the children of Israel
from the land of the north, and
from all the countries whither he
had driven them. And I will bring
them again into their land that I
gave unto their fathers.
16 Behold, I will send for many
fishers, saith Jehovah, and they
shall fish them up; and afterward
I will send for many hunters, and
they shall hunt them from every
mountain, and from every hill, and
out of the clefts of the rocks. 17
For mine eyes are upon all their
ways; they are not hid from my
face, neither is their iniquity con-
cealed from mine eyes. 18 And
first I - will recompense their in-
iquity and their sin double, ^be-
cause they have polluted my land
with the carcasses of their detest-
able things, and have filled mine
inheritance with their abominations.
19 O Jehovah, my strength, and
my stronghold, and my refuge in
the day of afiliction, unto thee shall
the nations come from the ends of
the earth, and shall say. Our fathers
have inherited nought but lies, even
vanity and things wherein there
is no profit. 20 Shall a man make
^ Or, where
2 Or, because they have -polluted my land: they have filled
mine inheritance with ine carcasses of their detestable things
and their abomination;-
Judah's Sin indelible. Jehovah alone to be trusted
unto himself gods, which yet are
no gods?
21 Therefore, behold, I will cause
them to know, this once will I cause
them to know my hand and my
might; and they shall know that
my name is Jehovah.
1^ The sin of Judah is writ-
I ten with a pen of iron, and
with the point of a diamond: it is
graven upon the tablet of their
heart, and upon the horns of ^your
altars; 2 whilst tlieir children
remember their , altars and their
Asherim by the green trees upon
the high hills. 3 O my moun-
tain in the field, I will give thy
substance and all thy treasures for
a spoil, a7id thy high places, be-
cause of sin, throughout all thy
borders. 4 And thou, even of
thyself, shalt discontinue from thy
heritage that I gave thee; and I will
cause thee to serve thine enemies in
the land which thou knowest not:
for ye have kindled a fire in mine
anger which shall burn for ever.
5 Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed
is the man that trusteth in man,
and maketh flesh' his arm, and
whose heart departeth from Jeho-
vah. 6 For he shall be like ^the
heath in the desert, and shall not
see when good cometh, but shall
inhabit the parched places in the
wilderness, a salt land and not
inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man
that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose
trust Jehovah is. 8 For he shall
be as a tree planted by the waters,
that spreadeth out its roots by the
river, and shall not ^fear when heat
cometh, but its leaf shall be green;
and shall not be careful in the year
of drought, neither shall cease from
yielding fruit.
9 The heart is deceitful above
all things, and it is exceedingly
corrupt: who can know^ it.^ 10 I,
Jehovah, search the mind, I try
the 4ieart, even to give every
man according to his ways, ac-
3 Another reading is. their. * Or, a tamarisk
5 According to another reading, see. « Heb. reins.
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TheSabbath must be hallowed. A Lesson from the Potter's Vessel JEREMIAH 17.11 — 18.4
cording to the fruit of his doings.
11 As the partridge- ^that sitteth
on eggs which she hath not laid,
so is he that getteth riches, and
not by right; in the midst of his
days ^they shall leave him, and at
his end he shall be a fool.
12 A glorious throne, set on high
from the beginning, is the place
of our sanctuary. 13 O Jehovah,
the hope of Israel, all that forsake
thee shall be put to shame. They
that depart from me shall be written
in the earth, because they have
forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of
living waters. 14 Heal me, O Jeho-
vah, and I shall be healed; save
me, and I shall be saved: for thou
art my praise. 15 Behold, they
say unto me, Where is the word
of Jehovah .f^ let it come now. 16
As for me, I have not hastened
from being a shepherd after thee;
neither have I desired ^the woeful
day; thou knowest: that which
came out of my lips was before thy
face. 17 Be not a terror unto me:
thou art my refuge in the day of
evil. 18 Let them be put to shame
that persecute me, but let not me
be put to shame; let them be dis-
mayed, but let not me be dismayed;
bring upon them the day of evil,
and Mestroy them with double
destruction.
19 Thus said Jehovah unto me:
Go, and stand in the gate of Hhe
children of the people, whereby the
kings of Judah come in, and by
which they go out, and in all the
gates of Jerusalem; 20 and say
unto them. Hear ye the word of
Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and
all Judah, and all the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, that enter in by
these gates: 21 Thus saith Jeho-
vah, Take heed ^to yourselves,
and bear no burden on the sab-
bath day, nor bring it in by the
gates of Jerusalem; 22 neither
1 Or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth
2 Or, he shall leave them
' Some ancient versions read, the judgment day of man.
* Heb. break them with a double breach.
' Or, the common people See ch. 26. 23.
* Or, for your life's sake
carry forth a burden out of your
houses on the sabbath day, neither
do ye any work: but hallow ye
the sabbath day, as I commanded
your fathers. 23 But they heark-
ened not, neither inclined their ear,
but made their neck stiff, that they
might not hear, and might not
receive instruction.
24 And it shall come to pass,
if ye diligently hearken unto me,
saith Jehovah, to bring in no burden
through the gates of this city on
the sabbath day, but to hallow the
sabbath day, to do no work therein;
25 then shall there enter in by the
gates of this city kings and princes
sitting upon the throne of David,
riding in chariots and on horses,
they, and their princes, the men
of Judah, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem; and this city shall
^remain for ever. 26 And they
shall come from the cities of Ju-
dah, and from the places round
about Jerusalem, and from the
land of Benjamin, and from the
lowland, and from the hill-coun-
try, and from the South, bringing
burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and
meal -offerings, and frankincense,
and bringing sacrifices of thanks-
giving, unto the house of Jehovah.
27 But if ye will not hearken
unto me to hallow the sabbath
day, and not to bear a burden and
enter in at the gates of Jerusalem
on the sabbath day; then will I
kindle a fire in the gates thereof,
and it shall devour the palaces of
Jerusalem, and it shall not be
quenched.
18
The word which came to
Jeremiah from Jehovah, say-
ing, 2 Arise, and go down to the
potter's house, and there I will
cause thee to hear my words. 3
Then I went down to the potter's
house, and, behold, he was mak-
ing a work on the wheels. 4 And
when the vessel that he made of
the clay was marred in the hand
7 Or, be inhabited
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JEREMIAH 18.5 — 19.2 Israel to be scattered. Jeremiah prays against his Enemies
of the potter, he made it again an-
other vessel, as seemed good to the
potter to make it.
5 Then the word of Jehovah
came to me, saying, 6 O house of
Israel, cannot I do with you as
this potter? saith Jehovah. Be-
hold, as the clay in the potter's
hand, so are ye in my hand, O
house of Israel. 7 At what instant
I shall speak concerning a nation,
and concerning a kingdom, to
pluck up and to break down and
to destroy it; 8 if that nation,
concerning which I have spoken,
turn from their evil, I will repent
of the evil that I thought to do
unto them. 9 And at what in-
stant I shall speak concerning a
nation, and concerning a kingdom,
to build and to plant it; 10 if
they do that which is evil in my
sight, that they obey not my voice,
then I will repent of the good,
wherewith I said I would benefit
them. 11 Now therefore, speak
to the men of Judah, and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I
frame evil against you, and devise
a device against you: return ye
now every one from his evil way,
and amend your ways and your
doings. 12 But they say, It is
in vain; for we will walk after our
own devices, and we will do every
one after the stubbornness of his
evil heart.
13 Therefore thus saith Jehovah:
Ask ye now among the nations,
who hath heard such things; the
virgin of Israel hath done a very
horrible thing. 14 Shall the snow
of Lebanon fail from the rock of
the field .^ or shall the cold waters
^that flow down from afar be
Mried up.^ 15 For my people
have forgotten me, they have
burned incense to false gods\ and
they have been made to stumble in
their ways, in the ancient paths,
to walk in bypaths, in a way not
1 Or, of strange lands that flow down be b'c.
2 Or, plucked up
cast up; 16 to make their land
an astonishment, and a perpetual
hissing; every one that passeth
thereby shall be astonished, and
shake his head. 17 I will scatter
them as with an east wind before
the enemy; I will show them the
back, and not the face, in the
day of their calamity.
18 Then said they» Come, and
let us devise devices against Jere-
miah; for the law shall not perish
from the priest, nor counsel from the
wise, nor the word from the prophet.
Come, and let us smite him with
the tongue, and let us not give heed
to any of his words.
19 Give heed to me, O Jehovah,
and hearken to the voice of them
that contend with me. 20 Shall
evil be recompensed for good.'^ for
they have digged a pit for my
soul. Remember how I stood be-
fore thee to speak good for them,
to turn away thy wrath from
them. 21 Therefore deliver up
their children to the famine, and
give them over to- the power of the
sword; and let their wives become
childless, and widows; and let
their men be slain of death, and
their young men smitten of the
sword in battle. 22 Let a cry be
heard from their houses, when thou
shall bring a troop suddenly upon
them; for they have digged a pit
to take me, and hid snares for my
feet. 23 Yet, Jehovah, thou know-
est all their counsel against me to
slay me; forgive not their in-
iquity, neither blot out their sin
from thy sight; but let them be
^overthrown before thee; deal
thou with them in the time of
thine anger.
1Q Thus said Jehovah, Go, and
*^ buy a potter's earthen bottle,
and take of the elders of the people,
and of the elders of the priests; 2
and go forth unto the valley of the
son of Hinnom, which is by the
entry of ''the gate Harsith, and pro-
3 Heb. made to stumble. ' Or, the gate of potsherds
838
Jeremiah threatens Pashhur with Captivity
claim there the words that I shall
tell thee; 3 and say, Hear ye the
word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah,
and inhabitants of Jerusalem : Thus
saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of
Israel, Behold, I will bring evil upon
this place, which whosoever heareth,
his ears shall tingle. 4 Because they
have forsaken me, and have es-
tranged this place, and have burned
incense in it unto other gods, that
they knew not, they and their
fathers and the kings of Judah, and
have filled this place with the blood
of innocents, 5 and have built the
high places of Baal, to burn their
sons in the fire for burnt-offerings
unto Baal; which I commanded
not, nor spake it, neither came it
into my hnind: 6 therefore, be-
hold, the days come, saith Jeho-
vah, that this place shall no more
be called Topheth, nor The valley
of the son of Hinnom, but The
valley of Slaughter. 7 And I will
^make void the counsel of Judah
and Jerusalem in this place; and I
will cause them to fall by the sword
before their enemies, and by the
hand of them that seek their life:
and their dead bodies will I give to
be food for the birds of the heavens,
and for the beasts of the earth. 8
And I will make this city an aston-
ishment, and a hissing; every one
that passeth thereby shall be aston-
ished and hiss because of all the
plagues thereof. 9 And I will cause
them to eat the flesh of their sons
and the flesh of their daughters;
and they shall eat every one the flesh
of his friend, in the siege and in the
distress, wherewith their enemies,
and they that seek their life, shall
distress them.
10 Then shalt thou break the
bottle in the sight of the men that
go with thee, 11 and shalt say unto
them. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts:
Even so will I break this people and
this city, as one breaketh a potter's
vessel, that cannot be made whole
again ; and they shall bury in To-
Heb. heart.
2 lieb. e^npty out.
JEREMIAH 19.3—20.5
pheth, ^till there be no place to bury.
12 Thus will I do unto this place,
saith Jehovah, and to the inhab-
itants thereof, even making this
city as Topheth: 13 and the houses
of Jerusalem, and the houses of the
kings of Judah, which are defiled,
shall be as the place of Topheth,
even all the houses upon whose roofs
they have burned incense unto all
the host of heaven, and have poured
out drink-offerings unto other gods.
14 Then came Jeremiah from
Topheth, whither Jehovah had sent
him to prophesy; and he stood in
the court of Jehovah's house, and
said to all the people: 15 Thus saith
Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel,
Behold, I will bring upon this city
and upon all its towns all the evil
that I have pronounced against it;
because they have made their neck
stiff, that they may not hear my
words.
Opi Now Pashhur, the son of
^yJ Immer the priest, who was
chief officer in the house of Jeho-
vah, heard Jeremiah prophesying"
these things. 2 Then Pashhur smote
Jeremiah the prophet, and put him
in the stocks that were in the upper
gate of Benjamin, which was in the
house of Jehovah. 3 And it came to
pass on the morrow, that Pashhur
brought forth Jeremiah out of the
stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto
him, Jehovah hath not called thy
name Pashhur, but %Iagor-missa-
bib. 4 For thus saith Jehovah, Be-
hold, I will make thee a terror to
thyself, and to all thy friends;
and they shall fall by the sword of
their enemies, and thine eyes shall
behold it; and I will give all Judah
into the hand of the king of Babylon,
and he shall carry them captive to
Babylon, and shall slay them with
the sword. 5 Moreover I will give
all the riches of this city, and all
the gains thereof, and all the pre-
cious things thereof, yea, all the
treasures of the kings of Judah
' Or, because there shall be no place else
* That is, Terror on every side.
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JEREMIAH 20.6—21.7
Zedekiah's Inquiry, and Jeremiah's Menacing Reply
will I give into the hand of their
enemies; and they shall make them
a prey, and take them, and carry
them to Babylon. 6 And thou,
Pashhur, and all that dwell in thy
house shall go into captivity; and
thou shalt come to Babylon, and
there thou shalt die, and there
shalt thou be buried, thou, and all
thy friends, to whom thou hast
prophesied falsely.
7 O Jehovah, thou hast ^per-
suaded me, and I was persuaded;
thou art stronger than I, and hast
prevailed : I am become a laughing-
stock all the day, every one mocketh
\me. 8 For as often as I speak, I cry
jout; I cry. Violence and destruction!
because the word of Jehovah is made
ja reproach unto me, and a derision,
■all the day. 9 And if I saj^ I will
not make mention of him, nor speak
any more in his name, then there
is in my heart as it were a burning
fire shut up in my bones, and I am
weary with forbearing, and I cannot
\jcontain. 10 For I have heard the
defaming of many, terror on every
side. Denounce, and we will de-
nounce him, say all my familiar
friends, they that watch for my fall;
peradventure he will be persuaded,
and we shall prevail against him,
and we shall take our revenge on
him. 11 But Jehovah is with me as
a mighty one and a terrible: there-
fore my persecutors shall stumble,
and they shall not prevail ; they shall
be utterly put to shame, because
they have not Mealt wisely, even
with an everlasting dishonor which
shall never be forgotten. 12 But,
O Jehovah of hosts, that tries t the
righteous, that seest the ^heart and
the mind, let me see thy vengeance
on them; for unto thee have I re-
vealed my cause. 13 Sing unto Jeho-
vah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath
delivered the soul of the needy from
the hand of evil-doers.
14 Cursed be the day wherein I
was born: let not the day wherein
my mother bare me be blessed. 15
1 Or, enticed
2 Or, prospered
3 Heb. reins.
Cursed be the man who brought
tidings to my father, saying, A
man-child is born unto thee; making
him very glad. 16 And let that man
be as the cities which Jehovah over-
threw, and repented not: and let
him hear a cry in the morning, and
^shouting at noontime; 1*7 because he
slew me not from the womb; and so
my mother would have been my
grave, and her womb always great.
18 Wherefore came I forth out of the
womb to see labor and sorrow, that
my days should be consumed with
shame .'^
O I The word which came unto
^ 1 Jeremiah from Jehovah, when
king Zedekiah sent unto him
Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the
priest, saying, 2 Inquire, I pray
thee, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuch-
adrezzar king of Babylon maketh
war against us: peradventure Jeho-
vah will deal with us according to
all his wondrous works, that he may
go up from us.
3 Then said Jeremiah unto them.
Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 4
Thus saith Jehovah, the God of
Israel, Behold, I will turn back
the weapons of war that are in
your hands, wherewith ye fight
against the king of Babylon, and
against the Chaldeans that besiege
you, without the walls; and I will
gather them into the midst of this
city. 5 And I myself will fight
against you with an outstretched
hand and with a strong arm, even
in anger, and in wrath, and in great
indignation. 6 And I will smite the
inhabitants of this city, both man
and beast: they shall die of a great
pestilence. 7 And afterward, saith
Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah
king of Judah, and his servants, and
the people, even such as are left
in this city from the pestilence,
from the sword, and from tne famine,
into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon, and into the hand
< Or, an alarm
840
Judah warned against doing injustice
of their enemies, and into the hand
of those that seek their Hfe: and he
shall smite them with the edge of the
sword; he shall not spare them,
neither have pity, nor have mercy.
8 And unto this people thou shalt
say. Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I
set before you the way of life and
the way of death. 9 He that abid-
eth in this city shall die by the
sword, and by the famine, and by
the pestilence; but he that goeth
out, and passeth over to the Chal-
deans that besiege you, he shall
live, and his life shall be unto
him for a prey. 10 For I have set
my face upon this city for evil, and
not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall
be given into the hand of the king
of Babylon, and he shall burn it
with fire.
11 And touching the house of
the king of Judah, hear ye the
word of Jehovah: 12 O house of
David, thus saith Jehovah, Exe-
cute justice in the morning, and
deliver him that is robbed out of
the hand of the oppressor, lest
my wrath go forth like fire, and
burn so that none can quench it,
because of the evil of V^ur doings.
13 Behold, I am against thee, O
^inhabitant of the valley, ^and of
the rock of the plain, saith Jeho-
vah; you that say. Who shall come
down against us.^^ or who shall enter
into our habitations '^ 14 And I
will punish you according to the
fruit of your doings, saith Jehovah;
and I will kindle a fire in her forest,
and it shall devour all that is round
about her.
Q Q Thus said Jehovah : Go
^Zd down to the house of the king
of Judah, and speak there this word,
2 and say, Hear the word of Jehovah,
O king of Judah, that sittest upon
the throne of David, thou, and thy
servants, and thy people that enter
in by these gates. 3 Thus saith Jeho-
vah; Execute ye justice and right-
Another reading is, their.
Heb. inhabilress.
JEREMIAH 21.8—22.13
eousness, and deliver him that is
robbed out of the hand of the op-
pressor: and do no wrong, do no
violence, to the sojourner, the father-
less, nor the widow; neither shed
innocent blood in this place. 4 For
if ye do this thing indeed, then shall
there enter in by the gates of this
house kings sitting '^upon the throne
of David, riding in chariots and on
horses, he, and his servants, and
his people. 5 But if ye will not
hear these words, I swear by my-
self, saith Jehovah, that this housa
shall become a desolation. 6 For
thus saith Jehovah ^concerning the
house of the king of Judah: Thou
art Gilead unto me, and the head
of Lebanon; yet surely I will make
thee a wilderness, and cities which
are not inhabited. 7 And I will
^prepare destroyers against thee,
every one with his weapons; and
they shall cut down thy choice
cedars, and cast them into the fire.
8 And many nations shall pass by
this city, and they shall say every
man to his neighbor. Wherefore
hath Jehovah done thus unto this
great city.^ 9 Then they shall
answer. Because they forsook the
covenant of Jehovah their God, and
worshipped other gods, and served
them.
10 Weep ye not for the dead,
neither bemoan him; but weep
sore for him that goeth away; for
he shall return no more, nor see his
native country. 11 For thus saith
Jehovah touching ^Shallum the son
of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned
instead of Josiah his father, and who
went forth out of this place: He
shall not return thither any more;
12 but in the place whither they have
led him captive, there shall he die,
and he shall see this land no more.
13 Woe unto him that buildeth
his house by unrighteousness, and
his chambers by injustice; that
useth his neighbor's service with-
out wages, and giveth him not his
3 Or, and rock
* Heb. for David upon his throne.
s Or, unto « Heb. sanctify.
Mn 2 K. 23. 30, Jehoahaz. Corap. 1 Chr. 3. 15.
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JEREMIAH 22.14—23.6
hire; 14 that saith, I will build me a
wide house and spacious chambers,
and cutteth him out windows; and
it is ceiled with cedar, and painted
with vermilion. 15 Shalt thou reign,
because thou ^strivest to excel in
cedar? Did not thy father eat and
drink, and do justice and righteous-
ness? then it was well with him. 16
He judged the cause of the poor
and needy; then it was well. Was
not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
17 But thine eyes and thy heart are
not but for thy ^covetousness, and
for shedding innocent blood, and
for oppression, and for violence, to
do it. 18 Therefore thus saith Jeho-
vah concerning Jehoiakim the son
of Josiah, king of Judah : They shall
not lament for him, saying, Ah my
brother! or. Ah sister! They shall
not lament for him, saying, Ah lord !
or. Ah his glory! 19 He shall be
buried with the burial of an ass,
drawn and cast forth beyond the
gates of Jerusalem.
20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry;
and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and
cry from Abarim; for all thy lovers
are destroyed. 21 I spake unto thee
in thy prosperity; but thou saidst,
I will not hear. This hath been thy
manner from thy youth, that thou
obej^edst not my voice. 22 The
wind shall ^feed all thy shepherds,
and thy lovers shall go into cap-
tivity: surely then shall thou be:
ashamed and confounded for all thy
wickedness. 23 O ^inhabitant of
Lebanon, that makest thy nest in
the cedars, how greatly to be pitied
shall thou be when pangs come upon
thee, the pain as of a woman in tra-
vail!
24 As I live, saith Jehovah,
though ^Coniah the son of Jehoia-
kim king of Judah were the sig-
net upon my right hand, yet would
I pluck thee thence; 25 and I will
give thee into the hand of them
that seek thy life, and into the
1 Or, viest with the cedar - Or, dishonest gain
3 Or, feed upon ■« Heb. inhabitress.
* In ch. 24. 1, and 1 Chr. 3. 16, Jeconiah. In 2 K. 24.
6, 8, Jehoiachin.
Miserable End of Jehoiakim and of Coniah
hand of them of whom thou art
afraid, even into the hand of Nebu-
chadrezzar king of Babylon, and
into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 And I will cast thee out, and
thy mother that bare thee, into
another country, where ye were
not born; and there shall ye die.
27 But to the land whereunto ^their
soul longeth to return, thither shall
they not return. 28 Is this man
Coniah a despised broken ^vessel?
is he a vessel wherein none delight-
eth? wherefore are they cast out, he
and his seed, and are cast into the
land which they know not? 29 O
^earth, earth, earth, hear the word
of Jehovah. 30 Thus saith Jehovah,
Write ye this man childless, a man
that shall not prosper in his days;
for no more shall a man of his seed
prosper, sitting upon the throne of
David, and ruling in Judah.
OO Woe unto the shepherds
^O that destroy and scatter the
sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.
2 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the
God of Israel, against the shepherds
that feed my people: Ye have scat-
tered my flock, and driven them
away, and have not visited them;
behold, I will visit upon you the
evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.
3 And I will gather the remnant of
my flock out of all the countries
whither I have driven them, and will
bring them again to their folds;
and they shall be fruitful and mul-
tiply. 4 And I will set up shepherds
over them, who shall feed them; and
they shall fear no more, nor be dis-
mayed, neither shall any be lack-
ing, saith Jehovah.
5 Behold, the days come, saith
Jehovah, that I will raise unto
David a righteous ^Branch, and
he shall reign as king and ^^deal
wisely, and shall execute justice
and righteousness in the land. 6
In his days Judah shall be saved,
and Israel shall dwell safely; and
this is his name whereby he shall
6 Heb. they lift up their soul. ' Or, pot
8 Or, land » Or, Shoot Or, Bud " Or, Prosper
842
The Lying Prophets of Judah and Samaria denounced JEREMIAH 23.7 — 23.28
be called: ^Jehovah our righteous-
ness. 7 Therefore, behold, the days
come, saith Jehovah, that they shall
no more say, As Jehovah liveth, who
brought up the children of Israel
out of the land of Egypt; 8 but. As
Jehovah liveth, who brought up and
who led the seed of the house of
Israel out of the north country, and
from all the countries whither I had
driven them. And they shall dwell
in their own land.
9 Concerning the prophets. My
heart within me is broken, all my
bones shake; I am like a drunken
man, and like a man whom wine
hath overcome, because of Jeho-
vah, and because of his holy words.
10 For the land is full of adul-
terers; for because of ^swearing the
land mourneth; the pastures of
the wilderness are dried up. And
their course is evil, and their might
is not right; 11 for both prophet
and priest are profane; yea, in
my house have I found their wick-
edness, saith Jehovah. 12 Where-
fore their way shall be unto them
as slippery places in the darkness:
they shall be driven on, and fall
therein; for I will bring evil upon
them, ^even the year of their visita-
tion, saith Jehovah.
13 And I have seen folly in the
prophets of Samaria; they proph-
esied by Baal, and caused my people
Israel to err. 14 In the prophets
of Jerusalem also I have seen a hor-
rible thing: they commit adultery,
and walk in lies ; and they strengthen
the hands of evil-doers, so that none
doth return from his wickedness:
they are all of them become unto
me as Sodom, and the inhabitants
thereof as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore
thus saith Jehovah of hosts concern-
ing the prophets: Behold, I will
feed them with wormwood, and
make them drink the water of ^gall;
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
is ungodliness gone forth into all the
land.
1 Or, Jehovah is our righteousness
' Or, in the year
" Or, the curse
« Or, poison
16 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts,
Hearken not unto the words of
the prophets that prophesy unto
you: they teach you vanity;
they speak a vision of their own
heart, and not out of the mouth
of Jehovah. 17 They say contin-
ually unto them that despise me,
Jehovah hath said. Ye shall have
peace; and unto every one that
walketh in the stubbornness of
his own heart they say. No evil
shall come upon you. 18 For who
hath stood in the council of Jehovah,
that he should perceive and hear his
word.^ who hath marked ^my word,
and heard it.^^ 19 Behold, the tem-
pest of Jehovah, even his wrath,
is gone forth, yea, a whirling tem-
pest: it shall burst upon the head of
the wicked. 20 The anger of Jehovah
shall not return, until he have ^exe-
cuted, and till he have performed
the intents of his heart : in the latter
days ye shall ^understand it per-
fectly. 21 I sent not these prophets,
yet they ran : I spake not unto them,
yet they prophesied. 22 But if they
had stood in my council, then had
they caused my people to hear my
words, and had turned them from
their evil way, and from the evil of
their doings.
23 Am I a God at hand, saith
Jehovah, and not a God afar o&?
24 Can any hide himself in secret
places so that I shall not see him.?
saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven
and earth .f^ saith Jehovah. 25 I have
heard what the prophets have said,
that prophesy lies in my name,
saying, I have dreamed, I have
dreamed. 26 How long shall this be
in the heart of the prophets that
prophesy lies, even the prophets of
the deceit of their own heart? 27
that think to cause my people to
forget my name by their dreams
which they tell every man to his
neighbor, as their fathers forgat my
name for Baal. 28 The prophet that
hath a dream, let him tell a dream;
and he that hath my word, let him
' 5 Another reading is, his « Or, done it ^ Qr, consider
843
JEREMIAH 23.29—24.9
speak my word faithfully. What is
the straw to the wheat? saith Jeho-
vah. 29 Is not my word like fire.^
saith Jehovah; and like a hammer
that breaketh the rock in pieces.^ 30
Therefore, behold, I am against
the prophets, saith Jehovah, that
steal my words every one from his
neighbor. 31 Behold, I am against
the prophets, saith Jehovah, that
^use their tongues, and say. He saith.
32 Behold, I am against them that
prophesy lying dreams, saith Jeho-
vah, and do tell them, and cause my
people to err by their lies, and by
their vain boasting: yet I sent them
not, nor commanded them; neither
do they profit this people at all,
saith Jehovah.
33 And when this people, or
the prophet, or a priest, shall ask
thee, saying, What is the burden
of Jehovah.^ then shalt thou ^say
unto them, What burden! I will
cast you off, saith Jehovah. 34 And
as for the prophet, and the priest,
and the people, that shall say. The
burden of Jehovah, I will even
punish that man and his house.
35 Thus shall ye say every one to
his neighbor, and every one to
his brother. What hath Jehovah
answered .f^ and. What hath Jehovah
spoken.'^ 36 And the burden of Jeho-
vah shall ye mention no more: for
every man's own word ^shall be his
burden; for ye have perverted the
words of the living God, of Jehovah
of hosts our God. 37 Thus shalt
thou say to the prophet, What hath
Jehovah answered thee? and, What
hath Jehovah spoken? 38 But if ye
say. The burden of Jehovah; there-
fore thus saith Jehovah : Because ye
say this word. The burden of Jeho-
vah, and I have sent unto you, say-
ing. Ye shall not say. The burden of
Jehovah; 39 therefore, behold, I
will utterly forget you, .and I will
cast you off, and the city that I gave
unto you and to your fathers, away
from my presence: 40 and I will
1 Heb. take. 2 Qr, tell them what the burden is
8 Or, is his burden, and ye pervert ^c,
Mockers of the True Prophet rebuked
bring an everlasting reproach upon
you, and a perpetual shame, which
shall not be forgotten.
Q /£ Jehovah showed me, and,
^^ behold, two baskets of figs
set before the temple of Jehovah,
after that Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon had carried away cap-
tive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim,
king of Judah, and the princes of
Judah, with the craftsmen and
smiths, from Jerusalem, and had
brought them to Babylon. 2 One
basket had very good figs, like the
figs that are first-ripe; and the other
basket had very bad figs, which
could not be eaten, they were so bad.
3 Then said Jehovah unto me. What
seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said.
Figs; the good figs, very good; and
the bad, very bad, that cannot be
eaten, they are so bad.
4 And the word of Jehovah came
unto me, saying, 5 Thus saith Je-
hovah, the God of Israel: Like
these good figs, so will I regard the
captives of Judah, whom I have
sent out of this place into the land
of the Chaldeans, for good. 6 For
I will set mine eyes upon them for
good, and I will bring them* again
to this land: and I will build them,
and not pull them down; and I will
plant them, and not pluck them up.
7 And I will give them a heart to
know me, that I am Jehovah: and
they shall be my people, and I will be
their God; for they shall return unto
me with their whole heart.
8 And as the bad figs, which
cannot be eaten, the^^ are so bad,
surely thus saith Jehovah, So will
I give up Zedekiah the king of
Judah, and his princes, and the
residue of Jerusalem, that remain
in this land, and them that dwell in
the land of Egypt, 9 I will even
give them up to be Hossed to and
fro among all the kingdoms of the
earth for evil; to be a reproach
and a proverb, a taunt and a curse,
in all places whither I shall drive
* Or, o terror unto
844
Judah's Captivity and Babylon's Fall
them. 10 And I will send the
sword, the famine, and the pesti-
lence, among them, till they be con-
sumed from off the land that I gave
unto them and to their fathers.
0 ^ The word that came to
^^ Jeremiah concerning all the
people of Judah, in the fourth year
of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king
of Judah (the same was the first
year of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon), 2 w^hich Jeremiah the
prophet spake unto all the people
of Judah, and to all the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, saying: 3 From the
thirteenth year of Josiah the son of
Amon, king of Judah, even unto this
day, these three and twenty years,
the word of Jehovah hath come unto
me, and I have spoken unto you,
rising up early and speaking; but ye
have not hearkened. 4 And Jeho-
vah hath sent unto you all his
servants the prophets, rising up
early and sending them (^but ye
have not hearkened, nor inclined
your ear to hear), 5 saying. Return
ye now every one from his evil way,
and from the evil of your doings,
and dwell in the land that Jehovah
hath given unto j^ou and to your
fathers, from of old and even for
evermore; 6 and go not after other
gods to serve them, and to worship
them, and provoke me n»t td anger
with the work of your hands; and I
will do you no hurt. 7 Yet ye have
not hearkened unto me, saith Jeho-
vah; that ye may provoke me to
anger with the work of your hands
to your own hurt. 8 Therefore thus
saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye
have not heard my words, 9 behold,
1 will send and take all the families
of the north, saith Jehovah, and /
will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the
king of Babylon, my servant, and
will bring them against this land,
and against the inhabitants thereof,
and against all these nations round
about; and I will ^utterly destroy
them, and make them an aston-
JEREMIAH 24.10—25.21
ishment, and a hissing, and perpetual
desolations. 10 Moreover I will
^take from them the voice of mirth
and the voice of gladness, the voice
of the bridegroom and the voice of
the bride, the sound of the mill-
stones, and the light of the lamp.
11 And this whole land shall be a
desolation, and an astonishment;
and these nations shall serve the
king of Babylon seventy years. .
12 And it shall come to pass,
when seventy years are accom-
plished, that I will punish the
king of Babylon, and that nation,
saith Jehovah, for their iniquity,
and the land of the Chaldeans; and
I will make it Mesolate for ever. 13
And I will bring upon that land all
my words which I have pronounced
against it, even all that is written
in this book, which Jeremiah hath
prophesied against all the nations.
14 For many nsiti^ns and great kings
"^shall make bondmen of them, even
of them; and I will recompense them
according to their deeds, and ac-
cording to the work of their hands.
15 For thus saith Jehovah, the
God of Israel, unto me: Take this
cup of the wine of wrath at my
hand, and cause all the nations, to
whom I send thee, to drink it. 16
And they shall drink, and reel to
and fro, and be mad, because of the
sword that I will send among them.
17 Then took I the cup at Jehovah's
hand, and made all the nations to
drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent
me: IS to wit, Jerusalem, and the
cities of Judah, and the kings there-
of, and the princes thereof, to make
them a desolation, an astonish-
ment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is
this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and his servants, and his princes,
and all his people; 20 and all the
mingled people, and all the kings of
the land of Uz, and all the kings of
the land of the Philistines, and Ash-
kelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the
remnant of Ashdod; 21 Edom, and
1 Heb. devote.
2 Heb. cause to perish from them.
3 Heb. everlasting desolations.
* Or, have made
845
JEREMIAH 25.22—26.6
The Cup of Wrath presented to All Nations
Moab, and the children of Ammon ; '
22 and all the kings of Tyre, and all
the kings of Sidon, and the kings of
the ^isle which is beyond the sea;
23 Dedan, and Tenia, and Buz, and
all that have the corners of their hair
cut off; 24 and all the kings of
Arabia, and all the kings of the
mingled people that dwell in the
wilderness; 25 and all the kings of
Zimri, and all the kings of Elam,
and all the kings of the Medes;
26 and all the kings of the north, far
and near, one with another; and
all the kingdoms of the world,
which are upon the face of the earth :
and the king of Sheshach shall drink
after them.
27 And thou shalt say unto them,
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the
God of Israel: Drink ye, and be
drunken, and spew, and fall, and
rise no more, because of the sword
which I will send among you. 28
And it shall be, if they refuse to
take the cup at thy hand to drink,
then shalt thou say unto them.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts Ye
shall surely drink. 29 For, lo, I
begin to work evil at the city which
is called by my name; and should ye
be utterly unpunished.'^ Ye shall not
be unpunished; for I will call for a
sword upon all the inhabitants of
the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.
30 Therefore prophesy thou
against them all these words, and
say unto them, Jehovah wull roar
from on high, and utter his voice
from his holy habitation; he wall
mightily roar against his -fold; he
will give a shout, as they that tread
the grapes, against all the inhab-
itants of the earth. 31 A noise shall
come even to the end of the earth;
for Jehovah hath a controversy with
the nations; he will enter into judg-
ment with all flesh: as for the wicked,
he will give them to the sword, saith
Jehovah.
32 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts.
Behold, evil shall go forth from
nation to nation, and a great tem-
1 Or, coast-land 2 Or, pasture
pest shall be raised up from the
uttermost parts of the earth. 33
And the slain of Jehovah shall be
at that day from one end of the
earth even unto the other end of the
earth: they shall not be lamented,
neither gathered, nor buried; they
shall be dung upon the face of the
ground. 34 Wail, ye shepherds, and
cry; and wallow i7i ashes, ye prin-
cipal of the flock; for the days of
your slaughter and of your disper-
sions are fully come, and ye shall
fall like a goodly vessel. 35 And
^the shepherds shall have no way to
flee, nor the principal of the flock to
escape. 36 A voice of the cry of the
shepherds, and the wailing of the
principal of the flock! for Jehovah
layeth waste their pasture. 37 And
the peaceable folds are brought to
silence because of the fierce anger of
Jehovah. 38 He hath left his covert,
as the lion; for their land is become
an astonishment because of the
fierceness of the oppressing sivord,
and because of his fierce anger.
^f\ In the beginning of the
-« vJ reign of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah, king of Judah, came this
word from Jehovah, saying, 2 Thus
saith Jehovah : Stand in the court of
Jehovah's house, and speak unto all
the cities of Judah, which come to
worship" m Jehovah's house, all the
words that I command thee to speak
unto them; diminish not a word. 3
It may be they will hearken, and
turn every man from his evil way;
that I may repent me of the evil
which I purpose to do unto them
because of the evil of their doings.
4 And thou shalt say unto them,
Thus saith Jehovah: If ye will not
hearken to me, to walk in my law,
which I have set before you, 5 to
hearken to the words of my servants
the prophets, w^hom I send unto you,
even rising up early and sending
them, but ye have not hearkened; 6
then will I make this house like
* Heb. flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escape
from is°c.
846
The Cities of Judah warned. A Plot to murder Jeremiah JEREMIAH 26.7 — 27.1
Shiloli, and will make this city a
cui-se to all the nations of the earth.
7 And the priests and the prophets
and all the people heard Jeremiah
speaking these words in the house
of Jehovah.
8 And it came to pass, when
Jeremiah had made an end of
speaking all that Jehovah had com-
manded him to speak unto all the
people, that the priests and the
prophets and all the people laid hold
on him, saying. Thou shalt surely
die. 9 Why hast thou prophesied in
the name of Jehovah, saying. This
house shall be like Shiloh, and this
city shall be desolate, without in-
habitant.^ And all the people were
gathered unto Jeremiah in the house
of Jehovah.
10 And when the princes of Judah
heard these things, they came up
from the king's house unto the house
of Jehovah ; and they sat in the entry
of the new gate of Jehovah's house.
11 Then spake the priests and the
prophets unto the princes and to all
the people, saying. This man is
worthy of death ; for he hath proph-
esied against this city, as ye have
heard with your ears. 12 Then spake
Jeremiah unto all the princes and
to all the people, saying, Jehovah
sent me to prophesy against this
house and against this city all the
words that ye have heard. 13 Now
therefore amend your ways and
your doings, and ©bey the voice 5f
Jehovah your God; and Jehovah
will repent him of the evil that he
hath pronounced against you. 14
But as for me, behold, I am in your
hand: do with me as is good and
right in your eyes. 15 Only know ye
for certain that, if ye put me to
death, ye will bring innocent blood
upon yourselves, and upon this city,
and upon the inhabitants thereof;
for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me
unto you to speak all these words in
your ears.
16 Then said the princes and
all the people unto the priests and
to the prophets: This man is not
worthy of death; for he hath spoken
to us in the name of Jehovah our
God. 17 Then rose up certain of
the elders of the land, and spake
to all the assembly of the people,
saying, 18 %Iicah the Morashtite
prophesied in the days of Hezekiah
king of Judah; and he spake to all
the people of Judah, saying, Thus
saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall
be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem
shall become heaps, and the moun-
tain of the house as the high places
of a forest. 19 Did Hezekiah king
of Judah and all Judah put him to
death? did he not fear Jehovah,
and entreat the favor of Jehovah,
and Jehovah repented him of the
evil which he had pronounced
against them.^ Thus should we com-
mit great evil against our own
souls.
20 And there was also a man that
prophesied in the name of Jehovah,
Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kir-
iath-jearim; and he prophesied
against this city and against this
land according to all the words of
Jeremiah. 21 And when Jehoiakim
the king, with all his mighty men,
and all the princes, heard his words,
the king sought to put him to death;
but when Uriah heard it, he was
afraid, and fled, and went into
Eg3^pt. 22 And Jehoiakim the king
sent men into Egypt, namely, El-
nathan the son of Achbor, and cer-
tain men with him, into Egypt; 23
and they fetched forth Uriah out of
Egypt, and brought him unto Je-
hoiakim the king, who slew him with
the sword, and cast his dead body
into the graves of the ^common
people. 24 But the hand of Ahikam
the son of Shaphan was with Jere-
miah, that they should not give him
into the hand of the people to put
him to death.
Q'^ In the beginning of the
^ I reign of ^Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah, king of Judah, came this
1 Heb. Micaiah.
3 Properly Zedekiah.
• Heb. sons of the people.
See ver. 3, 12, 20; ch. 28. 1.
8^7
JEREMIAH 27.2 — 27.21 The Nations commanded to submit to Nebuchadnezzar
word unto Jeremiah from Jehovah,
saying, 2 Thus saith Jehovah to
me: Make thee bonds and bars,
and put them upon thy neck; 3 and
send them to the king of Edom,
and to the king of Moab, and to the
king of the children of Ammon, and
to the king of Tyre, and to the king
of Sidon, by the hand of the mes-
sengers that come to Jerusalem unto
Zedekiah king of Judah : 4 and give
them a charge unto their masters,
saying. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts,
the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say
unto your masters: 5 I have made
the earth, the men and the beasts
that are upon the face of the earth,
by my great power and by my out-
stretched arm; and I give it unto
whom it seemeth right unto me.
6 And now have I given all these
lands into the hand of Nebuchad-
nezzar the king of Babylon, my ser-
vant; and the beasts of the field also
have I given him to serve him. 7
And all the nations shall serve him,
and his son, and his son's son, until
the time of his own land come: and
then many nations and great kings
shall make him their bondman. 8
And it shall come to pass, that the
nation and the kingdom which will
not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, and that will not
put their neck under the yoke of the
king of Bab^don, that nation will I
punish, saith Jehovah, with the
sword, and with the famine, and
with the pestilence, until I have con-
sumed them by his hand. 9 But
as for you, hearken ye not to your
prophets, nor to your diviners, nor
to your dreams, nor to your sooth-
sayers, nor to your sorcerers, that
speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not
serve the king of Babylon: 10 for
they prophesy a lie unto you, to
remove you far from your land, and
that I should drive you out, and ye
should perish. 11 But the nation
that shall bring their neck under
the yoke of the king of Babylon,
and serve him, that nation will I let
remain in their own land, saith Jeho-
vah; and they shall till it, and dwel/
therein.
12 And I spake to Zedekiah
king of Judah according to all these
words, saying, Bring your necks
under the yoke of the king of Baby-
lon, and serve him and his people,
and live. 13 Why will ye die, thou
and thy people, by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence, as Je-
hovah hath spoken concerning the
nation that will not serve the king
of Babylon.^ 14 And hearken not
unto the words of the prophets that
speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not
serve the king of Babylon; for they
prophesy a lie unto you. 15 For I
have not sent them, saith Jehovah,
but they prophesy falsely in my
name; that I may drive you out, and
that ye may perish, ye, and the
prophets that prophesy unto you.
16 Also I spake to the priests
and to all this people, saying. Thus
saith Jehovah: 'Hearken not to the
words of your prophets that proph-
esy unto you, saying. Behold, the
vessels of Jehovah's house shall now
shortly be brought again from Baby-
lon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.
17 Hearken not unto them; serve
the king of Babylon, and live:
wherefore should this city become a
desolation.^ 18 But if they be proph-
ets, and if the word of Jehovah be
with them, let them now make inter-
cession to Jehovah of hosts, that
the vessels which are left in the house
of Jehovah, and in the house of the
king of Judah, and at Jerusalem,
go not to Babylon. 19 For thus
saith Jehovah of hosts concerning
the pillars, and concerning the sea,
and concerning the bases, and con-
cerning the residue of the vessels
that are left in this. city, 20 which
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
took not, when he carried away cap-
tive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim,
king of Judah, from Jerusalem to
Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah
and Jerusalem; 21 yea, thus saith
Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel,
concerning the vessels that are left
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JEREMIAH 27.22—29.2
in the house of Jehovah, and in the
house of the king of Judah, and at
Jerusalem: 22 They shall be carried
to Babylon, and there shall they be,
until the day that I visit them, saith
Jehovah; then will I bring them
up, and restore them to this place.
OQ And it came to pass the
-^O same year, in the begin-
ning of the reign of Zedekiah king
of Judah, in the fourth year, in the
fifth month, that Hananiah the
son of Azzur, the prophet, who was
of Gibeon, spake unto me in the
house of Jehovah, in the presence
of the priests and of all the peo-
ple, saying, 2 Thus speaketh Je-
hovah of hosts, the God of Israel,
saying, I have broken the yoke of
the king of Babylon. 3 Within
two full years will I bring again
into this place all the vessels of
Jehovah's house, that Nebuchad-
nezzar king of Babylon took away
from this place, and carried to
Babylon: 4 and I will bring again
to this place Jeconiah the son of
Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all
the captives of Judah, that went to
Babylon, saith Jehovah; for I will
break the yoke of the king of
Babylon.
5 Then the prophet Jeremiah
said unto the. prophet Hananiah
in the presence of the priests, and
in the presence of all the people
that stood in the house of Jeho-
vah, 6 even the prophet Jeremiah
said. Amen: Jehovah do so; Je-
hovah perform thy words which
thou hast prophesied, to bring
again the vessels of Jehovah's
house, and all them of the captiv-
ity, from Babylon unto this place.
7 Nevertheless hear thou now
this word that I speak in thine
ears, and in the ears of all the peo-
ple: 8 The prophets that have
been before me and before thee of
old prophesied against many
countries, and against great king-
doms, of war, and of evil, and of
pestilence. 9 The prophet that
prophesieth of peace, when the
word of the prophet shall come to
pass, then shall the prophet be
known, Hhat Jehovah hath truly
sent him. 10 Then Hananiah the
prophet took the bar from off the
prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake
it. 11 And Hananiah spake in the
presence of all the people, saying.
Thus saith Jehovah: Even so will
I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon within two full
years from off the neck of all the
nations. And the prophet Jeremiah
went his way.
12 Then the word of Jehovah
came unto Jeremiah, after that
Hananiah the prophet had broken
the bar from off the neck of the
prophet Jeremiah, saying, 13 Go,
and tell Hananiah, saying. Thus
saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken
the bars of wood; but thou hast
made in their stead bars of iron.
14 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts,
the God of Israel: I have put a
yoke of iron upon the neck of all
these nations, that they may serve
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
and they shall serve him: and
I have given him the beasts
of the field also. 15 Then said
the prophet Jeremiah unto Hana-
niah the prophet, Hear now, Hana-
niah: Jehovah hath not sent thee;
but thou makest this people to
trust in a lie. 16 Therefore thus
saith Jehovah, Behold, I will send
thee away from off the face of the
earth: this year thou shall die,
because thou hast spoken rebel-
lion against Jehovah. 17 So Han-
aniah the prophet died the same
year in the seventh month.
OQ >/Now these are the words
^<^^^f the letter that Jeremiah
the prophet sent from Jerusalem
unto the residue of the elders of
the captivity, and to the priests,
and to the prophets, and to all the
people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had
carried away captive from Jeru-
salem to Babylon 2 (after that
Jeconiah the king, and the queen-
1 Or, whetn Jehovah hath truly sent
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JEREMIAH 29.3 29.22 Restoration after seventy Years. Misery of those who remain in Judea
mother, and the eunuchs, and the
princes of Judah and Jerusalem,
and the craftsmen, and .the smiths,
were departed from Jerusalem),
3 by the hand of Elasah the son
of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son
of Hilkiah (whom Zedekiah king
of Judah sent unto Babylon to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),
saying, 4 Thus saith Jehovah of
hosts, the God of Israel, unto all
the ca^ptivity, whom I have caused
to be carried away captive from
^Jerusalem unto Babylon: 5 JBuilcL
ye houses, and dwell in them; and
plant gardens, and eat the fruit of
them. 6 Take ye wives, and
beget sons and daughters; and
take wives for your sons, and give
your daughters to husbands, that
they may bear sons and daughters:
and multiply ye there, and be not
diminished. 7 And seek the
peace of the city whither 1 have
caused" you to be carried away cap-
1 tive, and pray unto Jehovah for
' it; for in the peace thereof shall
ye have peace. 8 For thus saith
Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel :
Let not your prophets that are
in the midst of you, and your
diviners, deceive you; neither
hearken ye to your dreams which
ye ^cause to be dreamed. 9 For
they prophesy falsely unto you in
my name: I have not sent them,
saith Jehovah. 10 For thus saith
Jehovah, After seventy years are
accomplished for Babylon, I will
visit you, and perform my good
word toward you, in causing you
to return to this place. 11 For
X know the thoughts that I
think toward you, saith Jehovah,
thoughts of peace, and not of
evil, to give you ^hope in your
latter end. 12 And ye shall call
upon me, and ye shall go and pray
unto me, and I will hearken unto
you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and
find me, when ye shall search for
me with all your heart. 14 And I
[^will be found of you, saith Jehovah,
1 Or, dream 2 jjeb. a latter end and hope.
and I will ^turn again your cap-
tivity, and I will gather you from
all the nations, and from all the
places whither I have driven you,
saith Jehovah; and I will bringyou
again unto the place whence I
caused you to be carried away
captive.
15 Because ye have said, Jeho-*
vah hath raised us up prophets
in Babylon; 16 thus saith Jeho-
vah concerning the king that
sitteth upon the throne of David,
and concerning all the people that
dwell in this city, your brethren
that are not gone forth with you
into captivity; 17 thus saith Jeho-
vah of hosts: Behold, I will send
upon them the sword, the famine,
and the pestilence, and will make
them like vile figs, that cannot be
eaten, they are so bad. 18 And I
will pursue after them with the
sword, with the famine, and with
the pestilence, and will deliver
them to be ^tossed to and fro among
all the kingdoms of the earth, to
be an execration, and an astonish-
ment, and a hissing, and a re-
proach, among all the nations
whither I have driven them; 19
because they have not hearkened
to my words, saith Jehovah, where-
with I sent unto them my ser-
vants the prophets, rising up early
and sending them; but ye would
not hear, saith Jehovah. 20 Hear
ye therefore the word of Jehovah,
all ye of the captivity, whom I
have sent away from Jerusalem
to Babylon.
21 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts,
the God of Israel, concerning
Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and con-
cerning Zedekiah the son of Maa-
seiah, who prophesy a lie unto
you in my name: Behold, I will
deliver them into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
and he shall slay them before your
ej^es; 22 and of them shall be
taken up a curse by all the cap-
tives of Judah that are in Babylon,
3 Or, return to * Or, a terror unto
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Certain False Prophets rebuked by Jeremiah
saying, Jehovah make thee like
Zedekiah and Hke Ahab, whom
the king of Babylon roasted in
the fire; 23 because they have
wrought folly in Israel, and have
committed adultery with their
neighbors' wives, and have spoken
words in my name falsely, which
I commanded them not; and I am
he that knoweth, and am witness,
saith Jehovah.
24 And ^concerning Shemaiah
the Nehelamite thou shalt speak,
saying, 25 Thus speaketh Jehovah
of hosts, the God of Israel, saying.
Because thou hast sent letters in
thine own name unto all the peo-
ple that are at Jerusalem, and to
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah,
the priest, and to all the priests,
saying, 26 Jehovah hath made
thee priest in the stead of Jehoi-
ada the priest, that there may be
officers in the house of Jehovah,
for every inan that is mad, and
maketh himself a prophet, that
thou shouldest put him in the
stocks and in ^shackles. 27 Now
therefore, why hast thou not re-
buked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who
maketh himself a prophet to you,
28 forasmuch as he hath sent
unto us in Babylon, saying, The
captivity is long: build ye houses,
and dwell in them; and plant gar-
dens, and eat the fruit of them?
29 And Zephaniah the priest read
this letter in the ears of Jeremiah
the prophet. 30 Then came the
word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah,
saying, 31 Send to ail them of the
captivity, saying, Thus saith Jeho-
vah concerning Shemaiah the Ne-
helamite: Because that Shemaiah
hath prophesied unto you, and I
sent him not, and he hath caused
you to trust in a lie; 32 therefore
thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will
punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite,
and his seed; he shall not have a
man to dwell among this people,
neither shall he behold the good
that I will do unto my people, saith
JEREMIAH 29.23—30.11
Jehovah, because he hath spoken
rebellion against Jehovah.
OCi The word that came to
^yJ Jeremiah from Jehovah,
saying, 2 Thus speaketh Jehovah,
the God of Israel, saying, Write
thee all the words that I have
spoken unto thee in a book. 3 For,
lo, the days come, saith Jehovah,
that I will Hurn again the cap-
tivity of my people Israel and
Judah, saith Jehovah; and I will
cause them to return to the land
that I gave to their fathers, and
they shall possess it.
4 And these are the words that
Jehovah spake concerning Israel
and concerning Judah. 5 For
thus saith Jehovah: We have
heard a voice of trembling, ^of
fear, and not of peace. 6 Ask ye
now, and see whether a man doth
travail with child: wherefore do
I see every man with his hands
on his loins, as a woman in trav-
ail, and all faces are turned into
paleness? 7 Alas! for that day
is great, so that none is like it:
it is even the time of Jacob's
trouble; but he shall be saved
out of it. 8 And it shall come to
pass in that day, saith Jehovah of
hosts, that I will break his yoke
from off thy neck, and w^ll burst
thy bonds; and strangers shall no
more make him their bondman;
9 but they" shall serve Jehovah
their God, and David their king,
whom I will raise up unto them.
10 Therefore fear thou not, O
Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah;
neither be dismayed, O Israel: for,
lo, I will save thee from afar, and
thy seed from the land of their cap-
tivity; and Jacob shall return, and
shall be quiet and at ease, and
none shall make him afraid. 11
For I am with thee, saith Jeho-
vah, to save thee: for I will make
a full end of all the nations whither
I have scattered thee, but I will
not make a full end of thee; but
Or, unto
- Or, the collar
3 Or, return to
* Or, there is fear, and no peace
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JEREMIAH 30.12—31.7
I will correct thee in ^measure,
and will in no wise ^leave thee
unpunished.
12 For thus saith Jehovah, Thy
hurt is incurable, and thy wound
grievous. 13 There is none to
plead Hhy cause, ^that thou may-
est be bound up: thou hast no
healing medicines. 14 All thy
lovers have forgotten thee; they
seek thee not: for I have wounded
thee with the wound of an enemy,
with the chastisement of a cruel
one, for the ^greatness of thine
iniquity, because thy sins were in-
creased. 15 Why cries t thou ^for
thy hurt.^ thy pain is incurable:
for the ^greatness of thine iniquity,
because thy sins were increased, I
have done these things unto thee.
16 Therefore all they that devour
thee shall be devoured; and all
thine adversaries, every one of
them, shall go into captivity; and
they that despoil thee shall be a
spoil, and all that prey upon thee
will I give for a prey. 17 For I
will restore health unto thee, and
I will heal thee of thy wounds,
saith Jehovah; because they have
called thee an outcast, saying. It
is Zion, whom no man ^seeketh
after.
18 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold,
I will ^turn again the captivity
of Jacob's tents, and have compas-
sion on his dwelling-places; and
the city shall be builded upon its
own ^hill, and the palace shall
^^be inhabited after its own man-
ner. 19 And out of them shall
proceed thanksgiving and the
voice of them that make merry:
and I will multiply them, and
they shall not be few; I will also
glorify them, and they shall not
be small. 20 Their children also
shall be as aforetime, and their
congregation shall be established
Qod's Redeeming Love and Israel's Restoration
1 Heb. judgment. 2 Or, hold thee guiltless
3 Or, thy cause: for thy wound thou hast no medicines
nor plaster
* Heb. for closing up, or pressing. s Qr, multitude
« Or, for thy hurt, because thy pain is incurable? . .
7 Or, careth for s Or, return to
« Or, mound Heb. tel 10 Or, remain
852
before me; and I will punish all
that oppress them. 21 And their
prince shall be of themselves, and
their ruler shall proceed from the
midst of them; and I will cause
him to draw near, and he shall ap-
proach unto me: for who is he that
"hath had boldness to approach
unto me.^ saith Jehovah. 22 And
ye shall be my people, and I will
be your God.
23 Behold, the tempest of Je-
hovah, even his wrath, is gone
forth, a i^sweeping tempest: it shall
burst upon the head of the wicked.
24 The fierce anger of Jehovah
shall not return, until he have exe-
cuted, and till he have performed
the intents of his heart: in the
latter days ye shall understand it.
Qi At that time, saith Jeho-
Ol vah, will I be the God of
all the families of Israel, and they
shall be my people. 2 Thus saith
Jehovah, The people that were left
of the sword ^%und favor in the
wilderness; even Israel, ^%hen I
went to cause him to rest. 3 Je-
hovah appeared ^^of old unto me,
saying, Yea^ I have loved thee
with an everIasnng;:JD3iEZitiieref ore
^Vith lovingkindness have I drawn
thee. 4 Agaiir-wilLJL_ build thee,
and thou shall be built, O virgin
of Israel: again sHalt thou be
adorned with thy tab rets, and shall
go forth in the dances of them that
make merry. 5 Again shall thou
plant vineyards upon the moun-
tains of Samaria; the planters shall
plant, and shall ^^enjoy the fruit
thereof. 6 For there shall be a dacy,
that the watchmen upon the hills
of Ephraim shall cry. Arise ye, and
let us go up to Zion unto Jehovah
our God.
7 For thus saith Jehovah, Sing
with gladness for Jacob, and shout
^^for the chief of the nations: pub-
lish ye, praise ye, and say, O
" Heb. hath been surety for his heart. " Or, gathering
" Or, have found . . . when I go
" Or, when he went to find him rest ^ Or, from afar
16 Or, have I continued lovingkindness unto thee
" Heb. profane, or, make common. See Lev. 19. 23-25;
Dt. 20. 0; 28. 30. is Or, at the head
The Happy Restoration. Future Prosperity of Israel
JEREMIAH 31.8—31.26
Jehovah, save thy people, the
remnant of Israel. 8 Behold, I
will bring them from the north
country, and gather them from
the uttermost parts of the earth,
and with them the blind and the
lame, the woman with child and
her that travaileth with child to-
gether: a great company shall
they return hither. 9 They shall
come with weeping; and with sup-
plications will I lead them: I will
^ cause them to walk by rivers of
waters, in a straight way wherein
they shall not stumble; for I am
a father to Israel, and Ephraim is
my first-born.
10 Hear the word of Jehovah,
O ye nations, and declare it in the
isles afar off; and say, He that
scattered Israel will gather him,
and keep him, as a shepherd doth
his flock. 11 For Jehovah hath
ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him
from the hand of him that was
stronger than he. 12 And they
shall come and sing in the height
of Zion, and shall flow unto the
goodness of Jehovah, to the grain,
and to the new wine, and to the
oil, and to the young of the flock
and of the herd: and their soul
shall be as a watered garden; and
they shall not sorrow any more at
all. 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice
in the dance, and the young men
and the old together; for I will
turn their mourning into_-jnyj ^^d
will comfort_^them, and make them
rejoice fromlEheir sorrow. 14^nd I
will satiate The soul of the priests
with fatness, and my people shall
be^ satisfied with my goodness,
saith Jehovah.
15 Thus saith Jehovah: A voice
is heard- in Ramah, lamentation,
and bitter weeping, Rachel weep-
ing for her children; she refuseth
to be comforted for her children,
because they are not. 16 Thus
saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice
from weeping, and thine eyes from
tears; for thy work shall be re-
warded, saith Jehovah; and they
shall come again from the land of
the enemy. 17 And there is hope
for thy latter end, saith Jehovah;
and thy children shall come again
to their own border. 18 I have
surely heard Ephraim bemoaning
himself thus. Thou hast chastised
me, and I was chastised, as a calf
unaccustomed to the yoke: turn
thou me, ancj I shall be turned;
for thou art Jehovah my God. 19
Surely after that I was turned, I
repented; and after that I was
instructed, I smote upon my
thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even
confounded, because I did bear
the reproach of my youth. 20 Is
Ephraim my dear son.^^ is he a
darling child .^^ for as often as I
speak against him, I do earnestly
remember him still: therefore my
heart ^yearneth for him; I will
surely have mercy upon him, saith
Jehovah.
21 Set thee up way marks,
make thee guide-posts; set thy
heart toward the highway, even
the way by which thou wen test:
turn again, O virgin of Israel,
turn again to these thy cities. 22
How long wilt thou go hither
and thither, O thou backsliding
daughter.^ for Jehovah hath created
a new thing in the earth : A woman
shall encompass a man.
23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts,
the God of Israel, Yet again shall
they use this speech in the land
of Judah and in the cities thereof,
when I shall ^bring again their cap-
tivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habi-
tation of righteousness, O moun-
tain of holiness. 24 And Judah
and all the cities thereof shall
dwell therein together, the hus-
bandmen, and they that go about
with flocks. 25 For I have sati-
ated the weary soul, and every
sorrowful soul have I replenished.
26 Upon this I awaked, and be-
held; and my sleep was sweet
unto me.
1 Or, bring them unto
2 Heb. soundeth.
' Or, return to
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JEREMIAH 31.27 — 32.6 a New and Sure Covenant to be made. Jeremiah is imprisoned
27 Behold, the days come, saith
Jehovah, that I will sow the house
of Israel and the house of Judah
w^ith the seed of man, and with the
seed of beast. 28 And it shall come
to pass that, like as I have watched
over them to pluck up and to
break down and to overthrow and
to destroy and to afflict, so will I
watch over them to build and to
plant, saith Jehovah. 29 In those
days they shall say no more. The
fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children's teeth are set on
edge. 30 But every one shall die
for his own iniquity: every man
that eateth the sour grapes, his
teeth shall be set on edge.
31 Behold, the days come, saith
Jehovah, that I will make a new
coy<Miant wij:h the house of Israel,
and .wi|I^ the house of Judah: 32
not according to the covenant that
I made with their fathers in the
day that I took them by the hand
to bring them out of the land of
Egypt; Hvhich my covenant they
brake, although I was ^a husband
unto them, saith Jehovah. 33. But
this is the covenant that I will
make with the house of Israel after
those days, saith Jehovah : J^J^jU
put my law in their inward parts,
and in their heart will I write it;
and I will be their God, and they
shall be my people. 34 And they
shall teach no more every man
his neighbor, and every man his
brother, saying. Know Jehovah;
for they shall all know me, from
the least of them unto the greatest
of them, saith Jehovah: for I will
fo»rgive their iniquity, and their
sm will I remember no more.
35 Thus saith Jehovah, who
giveth the sun for a light by
day, and the ordinances of the
moon and of the stars for a light
by night, who ^stirreth up the sea,
so that the waves thereof roar;
Jehovah of hosts is his name: 36
If these ordinances depart from
1 Or, forasmuch as they brake my covenant
" Or, lord over them
5 Or, stillelh the sea, when b'c. See Is. 51. 15.
before me, saith Jehovah, then the
seed of Israel also shall cease from
being a nation before me for ever.
37 Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven
above can be measured, and the
foundations of the earth searched
out beneath, then will I also cast
off all the seed of Israel for all that
they have done, saith Jehovah.
38 Behold, the days come, saith
Jehovah, that the city shall be
built to Jehovah from the tower
of Hananel unto the gate of the
corner. 39 And the measuring
line shall go out further straight
onward unto the hill Gareb, and
shall turn about unto Goah. 40
And the whole valley of the
dead bodies and of the ashes, and
all the fields unto the brook
Kidron, untcf the corner of the
horse gate toward the east, shall
be holy unto Jehovah; it shall
not be plucked up, nor thrown
down any more for ever.
QO The word that came to
O^ Jeremiah from Jehovah in the
tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah
which was the eighteenth year of
Nebuchadrezzar. 2 Now at that
time the king of Babylon's army was
besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah
the prophet was shut up in the court
of the guard, which was in the king
of Judah's house. 3 For Zedekiah
king of Judah had shut him up, say-
ing. Wherefore dost thou prophesy,
and say, Thus saith Jehovah, Be-
hold, I will give this city into the
hand of the king of Babylon, and he
shall take it; 4 and Zedekiah king
of Judah shall not escape out of the
hand of the Chaldeans, but shall
surely be delivered into the hand of
the king of Babylon, and shall speak
with him mouth to mouth, and his
eyes shall behold his eyes; 5 and he
shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and
there shall he be until I visit him,
saith Jehovah: though ye fight with
the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.^^
6 And Jeremiah said. The word
of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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He is commanded to buy a Field in Anathotli
JEREMIAH 32.
-32.29
7 Behold, Hanamel the son of Shal-
lum thine uncle shall come unto thee,
saying, Buy thee my field that is in
Anathoth; for the right of redemp-
tion is thine to buy it. 8 So Hana-
mel mine uncle's son came to me in
the court of the guard according to
the word of Jehovah, and said unto
me, Bu}^ my field, I pray thee, that
is in Anathoth, which is in the land
of Benjamin; for the right of inher-
itance is thine, and the redemp-
tion is thine; buy it for thyself.
Then I knew that this was the
word of Jehovah. 9 And I bought
the field that was in Anathoth of
Hanamel mine uncle's son, and
weighed him the money, even seven-
teen shekels of silver. 10 And I sub-
scribed the deed, and sealed it, and
called witnesses, and weighed him
the money in the balances. 1 1 So I
took the deed of the purchase, both
that which was sealed, ^according^ to
the law and custom, and that which
was open: 12 and I delivered the
deed of the purchase unto Baruch
the son of Neriah, the son of Mah-
seiah, in the presence of Hanamel
mine uncle's son, and in the presence
of the witnesses that subscribed the
deed of the purchase, before all the
Jews that sat in the court of the
guard. 13 And I charged Baruch
before them, saying, 14 Thus saith
Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel:
Take these deeds, this deed of the
purchase which is sealed, and this
deed which is open, and put them in
an earthen vessel; that they may
continue many days. 15 For thus
saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of
Israel: Houses and fields and vine-
yards shall yet again be bought in
this land.
16 Now after I had delivered the
deed of the purchase unto Baruch
the son of Neriah, I prayed unto
Jehovah, saying, 17 Ah Lord Jeho-
vah! behold, thou hast made the
heavens and the earth by thy great
power and by thine outstretched arm ;
there is nothing too %ard for thee
18 who showest lovingkindness unto
thousands, and recompensest the
iniquity of the fathers into the
bosom of their children after them;
the great, the mighty God, Jehovah
of hosts is his name; 19 great in
counsel, and mighty in work; whose
eyes are open upon all the ways of
the sons of men, to give every one
according to his ways, and according
to the fruit of his doings; 20 who
didst set signs and wonders in the
land of Egypt, even unto this day,
^both in Israel and among other
men; and madest thee a name, as
at this day; 21 and didst bring forth
thy people Israel out of the land of
Egypt with signs, and with wonders,
and with a strong hand, and with an
outstretched arm, and with great
terror; 22 and gavest them this land,
which thou didst swear to their
fathers to give them, a land flowing
with milk and honey; 23 and they
came in, and possessed it; but they
obeyed not thy voice, neither walked
in thy law; they have done nothing
of all that thou commandedst them
to do: therefore thou hast caused
all this evil to come upon them.
24 Behold, the mounds, they are
come unto the city to take it; and
the city is given into the hand of
the Chaldeans that fight against it,
because of the sword, and of the
famine, and of the pestilence; and
what thou hast spoken is come to
pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
25 And thou hast said unto me,
O Lord Jehovali, Buy thee the field
for money, and call witnesses;
whereas the city is given into the
hand of the Chaldeans.
26 Then came the word of Jeho-
vah unto Jeremiah, saying, 27 Be-
hold, I am Jehovah, the God of all
flesh: is there anything too hard for
me? 28 Therefore thus saith Jeho-
vah: Behold, I will give this city
into the hand of the Chaldeans,
and into the hand of Nebuchad-
rezzar king of Babylon, and he shall
take it: 29 and the Chaldeans, that
Or, containing the terms and conditions ■ Or, wonderful 1 ^ Qr, and
855
JEREMIAH 32.30—33.5
Captivity decreed for Israel's Disobedience
fight against this city, shall come
and set this city on fire, and burn it,
with the houses, upon whose roofs
they have offered incense unto Baal,
and poured out drink-offerings unto
other gods, to provoke me to anger.
30 For the children of Israel and
the children of Judah have done
only that which was evil in my sight
from their youth; for the children
of Israel have only provoked me to
anger with the work of their hands,
saith Jehovah. 31 For this city hath
been to me a provocation of mine
anger and of my wrath from the
day that they built it even unto
this day; that I should remove it
from before my face, 32 because of
all the evil of the children of Israel
and of the children of Judah, which
they have done to provoke me to
anger, they, their kings, their princes,
their priests, and their prophets,
and the men of Judah, and the in-
habitants of Jerusalem. 33 And
they have turned. unto me the back,
and not the face: and though I
taught them, rising up early and
teaching them, yet they have not
hearkened to receive instruction.
34 But they set their abominations
in the house which is called by my
name, to defile it. 35 And they
built the high places of Baal, which
are in the valley of the son of Hin-
nom, to cause their sons and their
daughters to pass through the fire
unto Molech; which I commanded
them not, neither came it into my
^mind, that they should do this
abomination,, to cause Judah tp sin.
36 iVnd now therefore thus saith
Jehovah, the God of Israel, con-
cerniji^ this city, whereof ye say.
It is given into the hand of the king
^3^ Babylon by the sword, and by
the famine, and by the pestilence:
37 Behold, I will gather them out of
all the countries, whither I have
driven them in mine anger, and in
my wrath, and in great indignation;
and I will bring them again unto
this place, and I will cause them to
^ Heb. heart.
dwell safely. 38 And they shall be
my people, and I will be their God:
39 and I will give them one heart
and one way, that they may fear
me for ever, for the good of them,
and of their children after them:
40 and I will make an everlasting
covenant with them, that I will not
turn away from following them, to
do them good; and I will put my
fear in their hearts, that they may
not depart from me. 41 Yea, I will
rejoice over them to do them good,
and I will plant them in this land
^assuredly with my whole heart
and with my whole soul. 42 For
thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have
brought all this great evil upon this
people, so will I bring upon them
all the good that I have promised
them. 43 And fields shall be bought
in this land, whereof ye say. It is
desolate, without man or beast; it is
given into the hand of the Chal-
deans. 44 Men shall buy fields for
money, and subscribe the deeds,
and seal them, and call witnesses, in
the land of Benjamin, and in the
places about Jerusalem, and in the
cities of Judah, and in the cities of
the hill-country, and in the cities of
the lowland, and in the cities of the
South: for I will cause their cap-
tivity to return, saith Jehovah.
OO Moreover the word of Je-
OO hovah came unto Jeremiah
the second time, while he was yet
shut up in the court of the guard,
saying, 2 Thus saith Jehovah that
doeth it, Jehovah that formeth it
to establish it; Jehovah is his name:
3 Call unto me, and I will answer
thee, and will show thee great things,
and -^difficult, which thou knowest
not. 4 For thus saith Jehovah, the
God of Israel, concerning the houses
of this city, and concerning the
houses of the kings of Judah, which
are broken down to make a defence
against the mounds and against the
sword; 5 while men come to fight
with the Chaldeans, and to fill
them with the dead bodies of men,
- Heb. in truth.
Heb. f0rtified.
856
PcAce and Joy to return to Jerusalem
whom I have slain in mine anger and |
in my wrath, and for all whose wick-
edness I have hid my face from this
city: 6 Behold, I will bring it
health and cure, and I will cure
them; and I will reveal unto them
abundance of peace and truth. 7
And I will cause the captivity of
Judah and the captivity of Israel
to return, and will build them, as at
the first. 8 And I will cleanse them
from all their iniquity, whereby they
have sinned against me; and I will
pardon all their iniquities, whereby
they have sinned against me, and
whereby they have transgressed
against me. 9 And this city shall be
to me for a name of joy, for a praise
and for a glory, before all the nations
of the earth, which shall hear all the
good that I do unto them, and shall
fear and tremble for all the good and
for all the peace that I procure unto
it.
10 Thus saith Jehovah: Yet
again there shall be heard in this
place, whereof ye say. It is waste,
without man and without beast,
even in the cities of Judah, and
in the streets of Jerusalem, that
are desolate, without man and
without inhabitant and without
beast, 11 the voice of joy and the
voice of gladness, the voice of
the bridegroom and the voice of
the bride, the voice of them that
say. Give thanks to Jehovah of
hosts, for Jehovah is good, for his
lovingkindness endureth for ever;
and of them that bring sacrifices
of thanksgiving into the house of
Jehovah. For I will cause the
captivity of the land to return as
at the first, saith Jehovah.
12 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts:
Yet again shall there be in this
place, which is waste, without man
and without beast, and in all the
cities thereof, a habitation of shep-
herds causing their flocks to lie
down. 13 In the cities of the hill-
country, in the cities of the lowland,
and in the cities of the South, and in
Heb. a bandage.
JEREMIAH 33.6—33.25
the land of Benjamin, and in the
places about Jerusalem, and in the
cities of Judah, shall the flocks again
pass under the hands of him that
numbereth them, saith Jehovah.
14 Behold, the days come, saith
Jehovah, that I will perform that
good word which I have spoken
concerning the house of Israel and
concerning the house of Judah.
15 In those days, and at that
time, will I cause a Branch of right-
eousness to grow up unto David;
and he shall execute justice and
righteousness in the land. 16 In
those days shall Judah be saved,
and Jerusalem shall dwell safely;
and this is the name whereby she
shall be called: Jehovah our right-
eousness. 17 For thus saith Jehovah :
^David shall never want a man to
sit upon the throne of the house of
Israel; 18 neither shall the priests
the Levites want a man before me
to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn
meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice
continually.
19 iVnd the word of Jehovah
came unto Jeremiah, saying, 20
Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can
break my covenant of the day, and
my covenant of the night, so that
there shall not be day and night in
their season; 21 then may also my
covenant be broken with David my
servant, that he shall not have a son
to reign upon his throne; and with
the Levites the priests, my minis-
ters. 22 As the host of heaven can-
not be numbered, neither the sand
of the sea measured; so will I mul-
tiply the seed of David my servant,
and the Levites that minister unto
me.
23 And the word of Jehovah
came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Con-
siderest thou not what this people
have spoken, saying. The two fam-
ilies which Jehovah did choose, he
hath cast them off.? thus do they
despise my people, that they should
be no more a nation before them
25 Thus saith Jehovah: If my cove-
2 Heb. There shall not be cul off from David.
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JEREMIAH 33.26—34.17
nant of day and night stand not,
if I have not appointed the ordinan-
ces of heaven and earth; 26 then will
I also cast away the seed of Jacob,
and of David m^^ servant, so that I
will not take of his seed to be rulers
over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob: for I will ^cause their cap-
tivity to return, and will have mercy
on them.
OA The word which came
Ot:^ unto Jeremiah from Jehovah,
when Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby-
lon, and all his army, and all the
kingdoms of the earth that were
under his dominion, and all the
peoples, were fighting against Jeru-
salem, and against all the cities
thereof, saying: 2 Thus saith Jeho-
vah, the God of Israel, Go, and speak
to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell
him, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold,
I will give this city into the hand of
the king of Babylon, and he shall
burn it with fire: 3 and thou shalt
not escape out of his hand, but shalt
surely be taken, and delivered into
his hand; and thine eyes shall be-
hold the eyes of the king of Baby-
lon, and he shall speak with thee
mouth to mouth, and thou shalt
go to Babylon. 4 Yet hear the
word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king
of Judah: Thus saith Jehovah con-
cerning thee. Thou shalt not die
by the sword; 5 thou shalt die in
peace; and with the burnings of
thy fathers, the former kings that
were before thee, so shall they make a
burning for thee; and they shall
lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I
have spoken the word, saith Jehovah.
6 Then Jeremiah the prophet
spake all these words unto Zede-
kiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
7 when the king of Babylon's army
was fighting against Jerusalem, and
against all the cities of Judah that
were left, against Lachish and
against Azekah; for these alone re-
mained of the cities of Judah as for-
tified cities.
Zedekiah forewarned of Jerusalem's Overthrow
1 Or, return to their captivity
8 The word that came unto Jere-
miah from Jehovah, after that the
king Zedekiah had made a cove-
nant with all the people that were
at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty
unto them; 9 that every man should
let his man-servant, and every man
his maid-servant, that is a Hebrew
or a Hebrewess, go free; that none
should make bondmen of them, to
wit, of a Jew his brother. 10 And all
the princes and all the people
obeyed, that had entered into the
covenant, that every one should let
his man-servant, and every one his
maid-servant, go free, that none
should make bondmen of them any
more; they obeyed, and let them go:
11 but afterwards they turned, and
caused the servants and the hand-
maids, whom they had let go free,
to return, and brought them into
subjection for servants and for hand-
maids.
12 Therefore the word of Je-
hovah came to Jeremiah from Jeho-
vah, saying, 13 Thus saith Jehovah,
the God of Israel: I made a cove-
nant with your fathers in the day
that I brought them forth out of
the land of Egypt, out of the house
of -bondage, saying, 14 At the end of
seven years ye shall let go every man
his brother that is a Hebrew, that
%ath been sold unto thee, and hath
served thee six years, thou shalt let
him go free from thee: but your
fathers hearkened not unto me,
neither inclined their ear. 15 And ye
were now turned, and had done that
which is right in mine eyes, in pro-
claiming liberty every man to his
neighbor; and ye had made a cove-
nant before me in the house which is
called by my name: 16 but ye turned
and profaned my name, and caused
every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid, whom ye had
let go free at their pleasure, to re-
turn; and ye brought them into
subjection, to be unto you for ser-
vants and for handmaids.
17 Therefore thus saith Jeho-
2 Heb. bondmen.
3 Or, hath sold himself
858
The Rechabites refuse to drink Wine. Judah rebuked JEREMIAH 34.18 — 35.14
vah: Ye have not hearkened unto
me, to proclaim hberty, every man
to his brother, and every man to
his neighbor: behold, I proclaim
unto you a liberty, saith Jehovah,
to the sword, to the pestilence,
and to the famine; and I will
make you to be ^tossed to and
fro among all the kingdoms of the
earth. 18 And I will give the men
that have transgressed my cove-
nant, that have not performed the
words of the covenant which they
made before me, ^when they cut
the calf in twain and passed be-
tween the parts thereof; 19 the
princes of Judah, and the princes
of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the
priests, and all the people of the
land, that passed between the parts
of the calf; 20 I will even give them
into the hand of their enemies,
and into the hand of them that seek
their life; and their dead bodies shall
be for food unto the birds of the
heavens, and to the beasts of the
earth. 21 And Zedekiah king of
Judah and his princes will I give
into the hand of their enemies, and
into the hand of them that seek
their life, and into the hand of the
king of Babylon's army, that are
gone away from you. 22 Behold, I
will command, saith Jehovah, and
cause them to return to this
city; and they shall fight against
it, and take it, and burn it with
fire: and I will make the cities
of Judah a desolation, without in-
habitant.
Q ^ The word which came unto
OO Jeremiah from Jehovah in
the days of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 2 Go
unto the house of the Rechabites,
and speak unto them, and bring
them into the house of Jehovah, into
one of the chambers, and give them
wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaaza-
niah the son of Jeremiah, the son
of Habazziniah, and his brethren,
and all his sons, and the whole
1 Or, a terror unto ^ Heb. the calf which they cut b'c.
house of the Rechabites; 4 and I
brought them into the house of
Jehovah, into the chamber of the
sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah,
the man of God, which was by the
chamber of the princes, which was
above the chamber of Maaseiah
the son of Shallum, the keeper of
the threshold. 5 And I set before
the sons of the house of the Rech-
abites bowls full of wine, and cups;
and I said unto them. Drink ye
wine. 6 But they said. We will drink
no wine; for Jonadab the son of
Rechab, our father, commanded us,
saying. Ye shall drink no wine,
neither ye, nor your sons, for ever:
7 neither shall ye build house, nor
sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor
have any; but all your days ye shall
dwell in tents; that ye may live
many days in the land wherein ye
sojourn. 8 And we have obeyed the
voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab,
our father, in all that he charged us,
to drink no wine all our days, we,
our wives, our sons, or our daugh-
ters; 9 nor to build houses for us to
dwell in; neither have we vineyard,
nor field, nor seed: 10 but we have
dwelt in tents, and have obeyed,
and done according to all that
Jonadab our father commanded us.
1 1 But it came to pass, when Nebu-
chadrezzar king of Babylon came
up into the land, that we said. Come,
and let us go to Jerusalem for fear
of the army of the Chaldeans, and
for fear of the army of the Syrians;
so we dwell at Jerusalem.
12 Then came the word of Jeho-
vah unto Jeremiah, saying, 13
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the
God of Israel: Go, and say to the
men of Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive
instruction to hearken to my
words .'^ saith Jehovah. 14 The
words of Jonadab the son of
Rechab, that he commanded his
sons, not to drink wine, are per-
formed; and unto this day they
drink none, for they obey their
father's commandment. But I
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JEREMIAH 35.15 — 36.11 Jeremiah directs Baruch to read his Roll in the Temple
have spoken unto you, rising up
early and speaking; and ye have
not hearkened unto me. 15 I
have sent also unto you all my
servants the prophets, rising up
early and sending them, saying.
Return ye now every man from
his evil way, and amend your
doings, and go not after other
gods to serve them, and ye shall
dwell in the land which I have
given to you and to your fathers:
but ye have not inclined your
ear, nor hearkened unto me. 16
Forasmuch as the sons of Jonadab
the son of Rechab have performed
the commandment of their father
which he commanded them, but
this people hath not hearkened
unto me; 17 therefore thus saith
Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God
of Israel: Behold, I will bring
upon Judah and upon all the in-
habitants of Jerusalem all the evil
that I have pronounced against
them; because I have spoken unto
them, but they have not heard;
and I have called unto them, but
they have not answered.
18 And Jeremiah said unto the
house of the Rechabites, Thus
saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of
Israel: Because ye have obeyed
the commandment of J#naflali your
father, and kept all his precej^ts,
and done according unto all that
he commanded you; 19 therefore
thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the
God of Israel: Jonadab the son of
Rechab shall not want a man to
stand before me for ever.
Of\ And it came to pass in
OU the fourth year of Jehoi-
akim the son of Josiah, king of
Judah, that this word came unto
Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
2 Take thee a roll of a book, and
write therein all the words that
I have spoken unto thee against
Israel, and against Judah, and
against all the nations, from the
day I spake unto thee, from the
days of Josiah, even unto this day.
3 It may be that the house of
Judah will hear all the evil which
I purpose to do unto them; that
they may return every man from
his evil way; that I may forgive
their iniquity and their sin.
4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch
the son of Neriah; and Baruch
wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah
all the words of Jehovah, which
he had spoken unto him, upon a
roll of a book. 5 And Jeremiah
commanded Baruch, saying, I am
^shut up; I cannot go into the
house of Jehovah: 6 therefore go
thou, and read in the roll, which
thou hast written from my mouth,
the words of Jehovah in the ears
of the people in Jehovah's house
upon ^the fast-day; and also thou
shall read them in the ears of all
Judah that come out of their
cities. 7 It may be Hhey will
present their supplication before
Jehovah, and will return every
one from his evil way; for great
is the anger and the wrath that
Jehovah hath pronounced against
this people. 8 And Baruch the
son of Neriah did according to all
that Jeremiah the prophet com-
manded him, reading in the book
the words of Jehovah in Jehovah's
house.
9 Now it came to pass in the
fifth year of Jehoiakim the son
of Josiah, king of Judah, in the
ninth month, that all the people
in Jerusalem, and all the people
that came from the cities of Judah
unto Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast
before Jehovah. 10 Then read
Baruch in the book the words of
Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah,
in the chamber of Gemariah the
son of Shaphan the scribe, in the
upper court, at the entry of the
new gate of Jehovah's house, in
the ears of all the people.
11 And when Micaiah the son
of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan,
had heard out of the book all the
1 Or, restrained - Or, a fast-day
3 Heb. their supplication will fall.
The Roll is burned by the King
words of Jehovah, 12 he went
down into the king's house, into
the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all
the princes were sitting there, to
wit, Elishama the scribe, and
Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and
Elnathan the son of Achbor,
and Gemariah the son of Shaphan,
and Zedekiah the son of Hana-
niah, and all the princes. 13 Then
Micaiah declared unto them all
the words that he had heard, when
Baruch read the book in the ears
of the people. 14 Therefore all
the princes sent Jehudi the son of
Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah,
the son of Cushi, unto Baruch,
saying. Take in thy hand the roll
wherein thou hast read in the ears
of the people, and come. So Ba-
ruch the son of Neriah took the
roll in his hand, and came unto
them. 15 And they said unto him.
Sit down now, and read it in our
ears. So Baruch read it in their
ears. 16 Now it came to pass,
when they had heard all the words,
they turned in fear one toward
another, and said unto Baruch,
We will surely tell the king of all
these words. 17 And they asked
Baruch, saying. Tell us now, How
didst thou write all these words
at his mouth .^ 18 Then Baruch
answered them. He pronounced all
these words unto me with his
mouth, and I wrote them with ink
in the book. 19 Then said the
princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee,
thou and Jeremiah; and let no
man know where ye are. ^
20 And they went in to the
king into the court; but they
had laid up the roll in the cham-
ber of Elishama the scribe; and
they told all the words in the ears
of the king. 21 So the king sent
Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he
took it out of the chamber of
Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi
read it in the ears of the king,
and in the ears of all the princes
that stood beside the king. 22
Now the king was sitting in the
JEREMIAH 36.12—36.31
winter-house in the ninth month:
and there was a fire in the brazier
burning before him. 23 And it
came to pass, when Jehudi had
read three or four ^leaves, that
the kiiig cut it with the penknife,
and cast it into the fire that was
in the brazier, until all the roll
was consumed in the fire that was
in the brazier. 24 And they were
not afraid, nor rent their gar-
ments, neither the king, nor any
of his servants that heard all these
words. 25 Moreover Elnathan
and Delaiah and Gemariah had
made intercession to the king that
he would not burn the roll; but he
would not hear them. 26 And the
king commanded Jerahmeel Hhe
king's son, and Seraiah the son
of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of
Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe
and Jeremiah the prophet; but
Jehovah hid them.
27 Then the word of Jehovah
came to Jeremiah, after that the
king had burned the roll, and the
words which Baruch wrote at
the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
28 Take thee again another roll,
and write iji it all the former words
that were in the first roll, which
Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath
burned. 29 And concerning Je-
hoiakim king of Judah thou shalt
say. Thus saith Jehovah: Thou
hast burned this roll, saying.
Why hast thou written therein,
saying. The king of Babylon shall
certainly come and destroy this
land, and shall cause to cease from
thence man and beast .^^ 30 There-
fore thus saith Jehovah concerning
Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall
have none to sit upon the throne
of David; and his dead body shall
be cast out in the day to the heat,
and in the night to the frost. 31
And I will punish him and his
seed and his servants for their
iniquity; and I will bring upon
them, and upon the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and upon the men of
1 Or, columns 2 Or, the son of Hammelech
861
JEREMIAH 36.32—37.20
Judah, all the evil that I have pro-
nounced against them, but they
hearkened not. 32 Then took
Jeremiah another roll, and gave
it to Baruch the scribe, the son of
Neriah, who wrote therein from
the mouth of Jeremiah all the
words of the book which Jehoi-
akim king of Judah had burned
in the fire; and there were added
besides unto them many like words.
O^ And Zedekiah the son of
O / Josiah reigned as king, in-
stead of Coniah the son of Je-
hoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon made king in the
land of Judah. 2 But neither he,
nor his servants, nor the people of
the land, did hearken unto the
words of Jehovah, which he spake
by the prophet Jeremiah.
3 And Zedekiah the king sent
Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah,
the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah,
saying. Pray now unto Jehovah
our God for us. 4 Now Jeremiah
came in and went out among the
people; for they had not put him
into prison. 5 And Pharaoh's army
was come forth out of Egypt; and
when the Chaldeans that' were
besieging Jerusalem heard tidings
of them, they brake up from
Jerusalem.
6 Then came the word of Jeho-
vah unto the prophet Jeremiah,
saying, 7 Thus saith Jehovah, the
God of Israel, Thus shall ye say
to the king of Judah, that sent you
unto me to inquire of me: Behold,
Pharaoh's army, which is come
forth to help you, shall return to
Egypt into their own land. 8 And
the Chaldeans shall come again,
and fight against this city; and
they shall take it, and burn it with
fire. 9 Thus saith Jehovah, De-
ceive not ^ourselves, saying. The
Chaldeans shall surely depart from
us; for they shall not depart. 10
For though ye had smitten the
Jeremiah warns against trusting in Pharaoh; is imprisoned
Heb. your souls.
whole army of the Chaldeans that
fight against you, and there re-
mained but ^wounded men among
them, yet would they rise up every
man in his tent, and burn this city
with fire.
11 And it came to pass that,
when the army of the Chaldeans
was broken up from Jerusalem for
fear of Pharaoh's army, 12 then
Jeremiah went forth out of Jeru-
salem to go into the land of Ben-
jamin, to receive his portion ^ there,
in the midst of the people. 13
And when he was in the gate of
Benjamin, a captain of the ward
was there, whose name was Irijah,
the son of .Shelemiah, the son of
Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jere-
miah the prophet, saying, Thou art
falling away to the Chaldeans. 14
Then said Jeremiah, It is false; lam
not falling away to the Chaldeans.
But he hearkened not to him; so
Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and
brought him to the princes. 15
And the princes were wroth with
Jeremiah, and smote him, and put
him in prison in the house of Jona-
than the scribe; for they had made
that the prison.
16 When Jeremiah was come in-
to the Mungeon-house, and into
the cells, and Jeremiah had re-
mained there many days; 17 then
Zedekiah the king sent, and
fetched him: and the king asked
him secretly in his house, and said.
Is there any word from Jehovah.'^
And Jeremiah said. There is. He
said also. Thou shalt be delivered
into the hand of the king of Baby-
lon. 18 Moreover Jeremiah said
unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have
I sinned against thee, or against
thy servants, or against this people,
that ye have put me in prison.^ 19
Where now are your prophets
that prophesied unto you, saying,
The king of Babylon shall not
come against you, nor against this
land.^ 20 And now hear, I pray
- Heb. thrust through.
* Or, house of the pit
3 Ileb. from thence.
862
Jeremiah is put into a Dungeon, but taken out again JEREMIAH 37.21 — 38.17
thee, O my lord the king: let my
supplication, I pray thee, ^be pre-
sented before thee, that thou cause
me not to return to the house of
Jonathan the scribe, lest I die
there. 21 Then Zedekiah the king
commanded, and they committed
Jeremiah into the court of the
guard; and they gave him daily a
loaf of bread out of the bakers'
street, until all the bread in the
city was spent. Thus Jeremiah
remained in the court of the guard.
QQ And Shephatiah the son
OO of Mattan, and Gedaliah
the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the
son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur
the son of Malchijah, heard the
words that Jeremiah spake unto
all the people, saying, 2 Thus
saith Jehovah, He that abideth in
this city shall die by the sword,
by the famine, and by the pesti-
lence; but he that goeth forth to
the Chaldeans shall live, and his
life shall be unto him for a prey,
and he shall live. 3 Thus saith
Jehovah, This city shall surely be
given into the hand of the army
of the king of Babylon, and he
shall take it. 4 Then the princes
said unto the king. Let this man,
we pray thee, be put to death; for-
asmuch as he weakeneth the hands
of the men of war that remain in
this city, and the hands of all the
people, in speaking such words
unto them: for this man seeketh
not the welfare of this people, but
the hurt. 5 And Zedekiah the
king said. Behold, he is in your
hand; for the king is not he that
can do anything against you. 6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast
him into the Mungeon of Malchi-
jah ^the king's son, that was in the
court of the guard: and they let
down Jeremiah with cords. And
in the dungeon there was no water,
but mire; and Jeremiah sank in
the mire.
7 Now when Ebed-melech the
Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in
j the king's house, heard that they
! had put Jeremiah in the dungeon
I (the king then sitting in the gate
of Benjamin), 8 Ebed-melech went
forth out of the king's house, and
spake to the king, saying, 9 My
lord the king, these men have
done evil in all that they have done
to ' Jeremiah the prophet, whom
they have cast into the dungeon;
and %e is like to die in the place
where he is, because of the famine;
for there is no more bread in the
city. 10 Then the king com-
manded Ebed-melech the Ethio-
pian, saying. Take from hence
thirty men with thee, and take
up Jeremiah the prophet out of
the dungeon, before he die. 11
So Ebed-melech took the men with
him, and went into the house of
the king under the treasury, and
took thence rags and worn-out
garments, and let them down by
cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian
said unto Jeremiah, Put now these
rags and worn-out garments under
thine armholes under the cords.
And Jeremiah did so. 13 So they
drew up Jeremiah with the cords,
and took him up out of the dun-
geon: and Jeremiah remained in
the court of the guard.
14 Then Zedekiah the. king
sent, and took Jeremiah the
prophet unto him into the third
entry that is in the house of Je-
hovah: and the king said unto
Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing;
hide nothing from me. 15 Then
Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If
I declare it unto thee, wilt thou
not surely put me to death .f^ and
if I give thee counsel, thou wilt
not hearken unto me. 16 So Zed-
ekiah the king sware secretly unto
Jeremiah, saying. As Jehovah
liveth, that made us this soul, I will
not put thee to death, neither will
I give thee into the hand of these
men that seek thy life.
17 Then said Jeremiah unto
Heb. fall.
Or, pit
Or, the son of Hammelech \ * Heb. he is dead.
863
JEREMIAH 38.18—39.6
Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the |
God of hosts, the God of Israel :
If thou wilt go forth unto the king
of Babylon's princes, then thy soul
shall live, and this city shall not be
burned with fire; and thou shalt
live, and thy house. 18 But if
thou wilt not go forth to the
king of Babylon's princes, then
shall this city be given into the
hand of the Chaldeans, and they
shall burn it with fire, and thou
shalt not escape out of their hand.
19 And Zedekiah the king said
unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of
the Jews that are fallen away to
the Chaldeans, lest they deliver
me into their hand, and they
mock me. 20 But Jeremiah
said, They shall not deliver thee.
Obey, I beseech thee, the voice
of Jehovah, in that which I speak
unto thee: so it shall be well
with thee, and thy soul shall
live. 21 But if thou refuse to
go forth, this is the word that
Jehovah hath showed me: 22 Be-
hold, all the women that are left
in the king of Judah's house
shall be brought forth to the king
of Babylon's princes, and those
women shall say, ^Thy familiar
friends have ^set thee on, and
have prevailed over thee: no7v that
thy feet are sunk in the mire, they
are turned away back. 23 And they
shall bring out all thy wives and
thy children to the Chaldeans; and
thou shalt not escape out of their
hand, but shalt be taken by the
hand of the king of Babylon: and
^thou shalt cause this city to be
burned with fire.
24 Then said Zedekiah unto
Jeremiah, Let no man know of
these words, and thou shalt not
die. 25 But if the princes hear
that I have talked with thee, and
they come unto thee, and say
unto thee. Declare unto us now
what thou hast said unto the king;
hide it not from us, and we will
The King i^ exhorted to surrender to the Chaldeans
1 Heb. The men of thy peace.
8 Heb. thou shalt burn 6'c.
- Or, deceive thee
not put thee to death; also what
the king said unto thee: 26 then
thou shalt say unto them, I ^pre-
sented my supplication before the.
king, that he would not cause me
to return to Jonathan's house, to
die there. 27 Then came all the
princes unto Jeremiah, and asked
him; and he told them according
to all these words that the king
had commanded. So they left off
speaking with him; for the matter
was not ^perceived. 28 So Jere-
miah abode in the court of the
guard until the day that Jerusa-
lem was taken.
And it came to pass when Je-
QQ rusalem was taken 1 (in
Oiy the ninth year of Zedekiah
king of Judah, in the tenth month,
came Nebuchadrezzar king of Baby-
lon and all his army against Jeru-
salem, and besieged it; 2 in the
eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the
fourth month, the ninth day of
the month, a breach was made
in the citjO* 3 that all the princes
of the king of Babylon came in,
and sat in the middle gate, to
wit, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo,
Sarsechim, ^Rab-saris, Nergal-sha-
rezer, ^Rab-mag, with all the rest
of the princes of the king of Baby-
lon.
4 And it came to pass that, when
Zedekiah the king of Judah and all
the men of war saw them, then
they fled, and went forth out of
the city by night, by the way of
the king's garden, through the
gate betwixt the two walls; and
he went out toward the Arab ah.
5 But the army of the Chaldeans
pursued after them, and overtook
Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho:
and when they had taken him,
they brought him up to Nebuchad-
rezzar king of Babylon to Riblali
in the land of Hamath; and he
^gave judgment upon him. 6 Then
the king of Babylon slew the sons
of Zedekiah in Riblah before his
* Heb. caused to fall.
° Or, reported * Title of an officer.
" Heb. spake judgments with him. See ch. 12. 1 (marg.).
864
Jerusalem taken by the Chaldeans. Jeremiah spared
JEREMIAH 39.7—40.7
eyes: also the king of Babylon slew
all the nobles of Judah . 7 Moreover
he put out Zedekiab's eyes, and
bound him in fetters, to carry him
to Babylon. 8 And the Chaldeans
burned the king's house, and the
houses of the people, with fire, and
brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
9 Then Nebuzaradan the captain
of the guard carried away captive
into Babylon the residue of the
people that remained in the city,
the deserters also that fell away
to him, and the residue of the
people that remained. 10 But
Nebuzaradan the captain of the
guard left of the poor of the people,
that had nothing, in the land of
Judah, and gave them vineyards
and fields at the same time.
11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon gave charge concerning
Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the cap-
tain of the guard, saying, 12 Take
him, and look well to him, and do
him no harm; but do unto him even
as he shall say unto thee. 13 So
Nebuzaradan the captain of the
guard sent, and Nebushazban, Rab-
saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-
mag, and all the chief oflicers of the
king of Babylon; 14 they sent, and
took Jeremiah out of the court of
the guard, and committed him unto
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the
son of Shaphan, that he should
carry him home. So he dwelt
among the people.
15 Now the word of Jehovah
came unto Jeremiah, while he was
shut up in the court of the guard,
saying, 16 Go, and speak to Ebed-
melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus
saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of
Israel: Behold, I will bring my
words upon this city for evil, and
not for good; and they ^shall be
accomplished before thee in that
day. 17 But I will deliver thee in
that day, saith Jehovah; and thou
shalt not be given into the hand of
the men of whom thou art afraid.
18 For I will surely save thee, and
Or, shaU be before thee
28
thou shalt not fall by the sword,
but thy life shall be for a prey unto
thee; ^ because thou hast put thy
trust in me, saith Jehovah.
Af\ The word which came to
^yJ Jeremiah from Jehovah, after
that Nebuzaradan the captain of the
guard had let him go from Ramah,
when he had taken him being bound
in chains among all the captives of
Jerusalem and Judah, that were
carried away captive unto Babylon.
2 And the captain of the guard took
Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jeho-
vah thy God pronounced this evil
upon this place; 3 and Jehovah hath
brought it, and done according as he
spake: because ye have sinned
against Jehovah, and have not
obeyed his voice, therefore this
thing is come upon you. 4 And now,
behold, I loose thee this day from
the chains which are upon thy hand.
If it seem good unto thee to come
with me into Babylon, come, and I
will look well unto thee; but if it
seem ill unto thee to come with me
into Babylon, forbear: behold, all
the land is before thee; whither it
seemeth good and right unto thee
to go, thither go. 5 Now while he
was not yet gone back. Go back
then, said he, to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom
the king of Babylon hath made gov-
ernor over the cities of Judah, and
dwell with him among the people;
or go wheresoever it seemeth right
unto thee to go. So the captain of
the guard gave him ^victuals and a
present, and let him go. 6 Then went
Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam to Mizpah, and dwelt with
him among the people that were
left in the land.
7 Now when all the captains of
the forces that were in the fields,
even they and their men, heard that
the king of Babylon had made
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam gov-
ernor in the land, and had com-
mitted unto him men, and women,
Or, an allowance
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JEREMIAH 40.8—41.8
and children, ^and of the poorest
of the land, of them that were not
carried away captive to Babylon;
8 then they came to Gedaliah to
Mizpah, to wit, Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, and Johanan and
Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and
Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth,
and the sons of Ephai the Neto-
phathite, and Jezaniah the son of
the Maacathite, they and their
men. 9 And Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware
unto them and to their men, say-
ing, Fear not to serve the Chal-
deans: dwell in the land, and serve
the king of Babylon, and it shall be
well with you. 10 As for me, behold,
I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand
before the Chaldeans that shall
come unto us: but ye, gather ye
wine and summer fruits and oil,
and put them in your vessels, and
dwell in your cities that ye have
taken. 11 Likewise when all the
Jews that were in Moab, and among
the children of Ammon, and in
Edom, and that were in all the
countries, heard that the king of
Babylon had left a remnant of
Judah, and -that he had set over
them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
the son of Shaphan; 12 then all the
Jews returned out of all places
whither they were driven, and
came to the land of Judah, to
Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gather-
ed wine and summer fruits very
much.
13 Moreover Johanan the son
of Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces that were in the fields,
came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 14
and said unto him, Dost thou know
that Baalis the king of the children
of Ammon hath sent Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah to take thy life.?
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
believed them not. 15 Then Johanan
the son of Kareah spake to Geda-
liah in Mizpah secretl}^ saying.
Let me go, I pray thee, and I will
slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
^ Or, even
Gedaliah protects the People that remain
and no man shall know it : wherefore
should he take thy life, that all the
Jews that are gathered unto thee
should be scattered, and the rem-
nant of Judah perish.? 16 But Geda-
liah the son of Ahikam said unto
Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou
shalt not do this thing; for thou
speakest falsely of Ishmael.
yjj /I Now it came to pass in
^ 1 the seventh month, that Ish-
mael the son of Nethaniah, the son
of Elishama, of the seed royal and
one of the chief officers of the king,
and ten men with him, came unto
j Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to
Mizpah; and there they did eat
bread together in Mizpah. 2 Then
arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
and the ten men that were with him,
and smote Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the
sword, and slew him, whom the king
of Bab^don had made governor over
I the land. 3 Ishmael also slew all the
iJews that were with him, to wit,
with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the
I Chaldeans that were found there,
I the men of war.
I 4 And it came to pass the second
day after he had slain Gedaliah,
and no man knew it, 5 that there
came men from Shechem, from
Shiloh, and from Samaria, even
fourscore men, having their beards
shaven and their clothes rent, and
having cut themselves, with meal-
offerings and frankincense in their
hand, to bring them to the house
of Jehovah. 6 And Ishmael the sen
of Nethaniah went forth from Miz-
pah to meet them, weeping all
along as he went: and it came to
pass, as he met them, he said unto
them. Come to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam. 7 And it was so, when
they came into the midst of the
city, that Ishmael the son of Neth-
aniah slew them, and cast them
into the midst of the pit, he, and
the men that were with him. 8 But
ten men were found among them
that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not;
for we have stores hidden in the
Johanan and the Jews ask Jeremiah what they shall do
JEREMIAH 41.9—42.9
field, of wheat, and of barley, and of
oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and
slew them not among their brethren.
9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael cast
all the dead bodies of the men whom
he had slain, by the side of Gedaliah
(the same was that which Asa the
king had made for fear of Baasha
king of Israel), Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah filled it with them that
were slain. 10 Then Ishmael car-
ried away captive all the residue of
the people that were in Mizpah,
even the king's daughters, and all
the people that remained in Mizpah,
whom Nebuzaradan the captain of
the guard had committed to Geda-
liah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah carried them away
captive, and departed to go over to
the children of Ammon.
11 But when Johanan the son
of Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces that were wdth him, heard
of all the evil that Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah had done, 12 then they
took all the men, and went to fight
with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
and found him by the great waters
that are in Gibeon. 13 Now it came
to pass that, when all the people
that were with Ishmael saw Johanan
the son of Kareah, and all the cap-
tains of the forces that were with
him, then they were glad. 14 So
all the people that Ishmael had car-
ried away captive from Mizpah
turned about and came back, and
went unto Johanan the son of
Kareah. 15 But Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah escaped from Joha-
nan with eight men, and went to
the children of Ammon. 16 Then
took Johanan the son of Kareah,
and all the captains of the forces
that were with him, all the rem-
nant of the people whom he had
recovered from Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that
he had slain Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam, to wit, the men of war,
and the women, and the children,
and the eunuchs, whom he had
brought back from Gibeon. 17 And
they departed, and dwelt in ^Geruth
Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem,
to go to enter into Egypt, 18 because
of the Chaldeans; for they were
afraid of them, because Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam, whom the king .^
of Babylon made governor over the -
land.
>£ O Then all the captains of the
T^^ forces, and Johanan the son
of Kareah, and ^Jezaniah the son
of Hoshaiah, and all the people from
the least even unto the greatest,
came near, 2 and said unto Jeremiah
the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our
supplication "be presented before
thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah
thy God, even for all this remnant
(for we are left but a few of many,
as thine eyes do behold us), 3 that
Jehovah thy God may show us the
way wherein we should walk, and
the thing that we should do. 4 Then
Jeremiah the prophet said unto
them, I have heard you; behold, I
will pray unto Jehovah your God
according to your words; and it
shall come to pass that whatsoever
thing Jehovah shall answer you, I
will declare it unto you ; I will keep
nothing back from 3^ou. 5 Then they
said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true
and faithful witness "^amongst us, if
we do not according to all the word
wherewith Jehovah thy God shall
send thee to us. 6 Whether it be
good, or whether it be evil, we will •
obey the voice of Jehovah our
God, to whom we send thee; that
it may be well with us, when we
obey the voice of Jehovah our God.
7 And it came to pass after
ten days, that the word of Jehovah
came unto Jeremiah. 8 Then called
he Johanan the son of Kareah, and
all the captains of the forces that
were with him, and all the people
from the least even to the greatest,
9 and said unto them. Thus saith
Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto
whom ye sent me to ^present your
1 Or, the lodging- place of Chimham
2 In ch. 43. 2, Azariah. See 2 K. 25. 2.3.
3 Ileb. fall. ^ Or, against '" Or, lay
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JEREMIAH 42.10—43.6
supplication before him: 10 If ye
will still abide in this land, then will
I build you, and not pull you down,
and I will plant you, and not pluck
you up; for I repent me of the
evil that I have done unto you. 11
Be not afraid of the king of Baby-
lon, of whom ye are afraid; be not
afraid of him, saith Jehovah: for I
am with you to save you, and to de-
liver you from his hand. 12 And I
will grant you mercy, that he may
have mercy upon you, and cause
you to return to your own land. 13
But if ye say, We will not dwell in
this land; so that ye obey not the
voice of Jehovah your God, 14
saying. No; but we will go into
the land of Egypt, where we shall
see no war, nor hear the sound of
the trumpet, nor have hunger of
bread; and there will we dwell: 15
now therefore hear ye the word of
Jehovah, O remnant of Judah : Thus
saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of
Israel, If ye indeed set your faces to
enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn
there; 16 then it shall come to pass,
that the sword, which ye fear, shall
overtake you there in the land of
Egypt; and the famine, whereof ye
are afraid^ ^shall follow hard after
you there in Egypt; and there ye
shall die. 17 So shall it be with all
the men that set their faces to go
into Egypt to sojourn there: they
shall die by the sword, by the famine,
and by the pestilence; and none of
them shall remain or escape from
the evil that I will bring upon them.
18 For thus saith Jehovah of
hosts, the God of Israel : As mine
anger and my wrath hath been
poured forth upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, so shall my w^ath be
poured forth upon you, when ye shall
enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an
execration, and an astonishment,
and a curse, and a reproach; and ye
shall see this place no more. 19 Je-
hovah hath spoken concerning you,
O remnant of Judah, Go ye not into
Egypt: know certainly that I have
Johanan brings Jeremiah and the Remnant of Judah to Eygyt
Heb. shait Jeavt after you.
testified unto you this day. 20 For
ye have dealt deceitfully ^against
your own souls; for ye sent me unto
Jehovah your God, saying, Pray
for us unto Jehovah our God; and
according unto all that Jehovah our
God shall say, so declare unto us,
and we will do it. 21 And I have this
day declared it to you; but ye have
not obeyed the voice of Jehovah
your God in anything for which he
hath sent me unto you. 22 Now
therefore know certainly that ye
shall die by the sword, by the famine,
and by the pestilence, in the place
whither ye, desire to go to sojourn
there.
AO And it came to pass that,
T^O when Jeremiah had made
an end of speaking unto all the
people all the words of Jehovah
their God, wherewith Jehovah their
God had sent him to them, even all
these words, 2 then spake Azariah
the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan
the son of Kareah, and all the proud
men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou
speakest falsely: Jehovah our God
hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall
not go into Egypt to sojourn there;
3 but Baruch the son of Neriah
setteth thee on against us, to de-
liver us into the hand of the Chal-
deans, that they may put us to
death, and carry us away captive to
Babylon. 4 So Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces, and all the people,
obeyed not the voice of Jehovah, to
dwell in the land of Judah. 5 But
Johanan the son of Kareah, and all
the captains of the forces, took all
the remnant of Judah, that were re-
turned from all the nations whither
they had been driven, to sojourn in
the land of Judah; 6 the men, and
the women, and the children, and
the king's daughters, and every
person that Nebuzaradan the cap-
tain of the guard had left with
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the
son of Shaphan; and Jeremiah the
prophet, and Baruch the son of
2 Or, in your souls
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Jeremiah predicts the Conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar
JEREMIAH 43.7—44.12
Neriah. 7 And they came into the
land of Egypt; for they obeyed not
the voice of Jehovah : and they came
unto Tahpanhes.
8 Then came the word of Jeho-
vah unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes,
saying, 9 Take great stones in thy
hand, and %ide them in mortar
in the brickwork, which is at the
entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpan-
hes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
10 and say unto them, Thus saith
Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel:
Behold, I will send and take Nebu-
chadrezzar the king of Babylon, my
servant, and will set his throne upon
these stones that I have hid; and he
shall spread his ^royal pavilion over
them. 11 And he shall come, and
shall smite the land of Egypt; such
as are for death shall be given to
death, and such as are for captivity
to captivity, and such as are for the
sword to the sword. 12 And I will
kindle a fire in the houses of the
gods of Egypt; and he shall burn
them, and carry them away cap-
tive : and he shall array himself with
the land of Egypt, as a shepherd
putteth on his garment; and he shall
go forth from thence in peace. 13 He
shall also break the ^pillars of ^Beth-
shemesh, that is in the land of
Egypt; and the houses of the gods
of Egypt shall he burn with fire.
A A The word that came to
T^T^ Jeremiah concerning all the
Jews that dwelt in the land of
Egypt, that dwelt at Migdol, and
at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis,
and in the country of Pathros, say-
ing, 2 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts,
the God of Israel: Ye have seen all
the evil that I have brought upon
Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of
Judah; and, behold, this day they
are a desolation, and no man dwell-
eth therein, 3 because of their wick-
edness which they have committed
to provoke me to anger, in that they
» Or, lay them with mortar in the pavement (or, square)
2 Or. glittering 3 Or, obelisks
* Or. The house of the sun Probably, Heliopolis, that
is, On. See Gen. 41. 50.
went to burn incense, and to serve
other gods, that they knew not,
neither they, nor ye, nor your
fathers. 4 Howbeit I sent unto you
all my servants the prophets, rising
up early and sending them, saying.
Oh, do not this abominable thing
that I hate. 5 But they hearkened
not, nor inclined their ear to turn
from their wickedness, to burn no
incense unto other gods. 6 Where-
fore my wrath and mine anger was
poured forth, and was kindled in the
cities of Judah and in the streets
of Jerusalem; and they are wasted
and desolate, as it is this day.
7 Therefore now thus saith Jeho-
vah, the God of hosts, the God of
Israel : Wherefore commit ye this
great evil against your own souls,
to cut off from you man and woman,
infant and suckling, out of the midst
of Judah, to leave you none remain-
ing; 8 in that ye provoke me unto
anger with the works of your hands,
burning incense unto other gods in
the land of Egypt, whither ye are
gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut
off, and that ye may be a curse and a
reproach among all the nations of
the earth .f^ 9 Have ye forgotten the
wickedness of your fathers, and the
wickedness of the kings of Judah,
and the wickedness of their wives,
and your own wickedness, and the
wickedness of your wives, which
they committed in the land of
Judah, and in the streets of Jeru-
salem .^^ 10 They are not humbled
even unto this day, neither have
they feared, nor walked in my law,
nor in my statutes, that I set before
you and before your fathers.
11 Therefore thus saith Jehovah
of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold,
I will set my face against you for
evil, even to cut off all Judah. 12
And I will take the remnant of
Judah, that have set their faces
to go into the land of Egypt to
sojourn there, and they shall all
be consumed; in the land of Egypt
shall they fall; they shall be con-
sumed by the sword and by the
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JEREMIAH 44. 13 44.28 Jeremiah threatens Disaster to the Jews in Egypt. They contradict him
famine; they shall die, from the
least even unto the greatest, by
the sword and by the famine; and
they shall be an execration, and an
astonishment, and a curse, and a
reproach. 13 For I will punish them
that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I
have punished Jerusalem, by the
sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence; 14 so that none of the
remnant of Judah, that are gone
into the land of Egypt to sojourn
there, shall escape or be left, to
return into the land of Judah, to
which they ^have a desire to return
to dw^ell there: for none shall return
save such as shall escape.
15 Then all the men who knew
that their wives burned incense
unto other gods, and all the women
that stood by, a great assembly,
even all the people that dwelt in
the land of Egypt, in Pathros, an-
swered Jeremiah, saying, 16 As for
the word that thou hast spoken
unto us in the name of Jehovah,
will not hearken unto thee.
we
17 But we will certainly perform
every word that is gone forth out
of our mouth, to burn incense unto
the queen of heaven, and to pour
out drink-offerings unto her, as we
have done, we and our fathers,
our kings and our princes, in the
cities of Judah, and in the streets
of Jerusalem; for then had we
plenty of Victuals, and were well,
and saw no evil. 18 But since we
left off burning incense to the queen
of heaven, and pouring out drink-
offerings unto her, we have wanted
all things, and have been consumed
by the sword and by the famine.
19 And when we burned incense to
the queen of heaven, and poured
out drink-offerings unto her, did
we make her cakes to ^worship her,
and pour out drink-offerings unto
her, without our husbands.^
20 Then Jeremiah said unto all
the people, to the men, and to the
women, even to all the people that
had given him that answer, saying,
1 Heb. lift up their soul. 2 Heb. bread. 3 Or, portray
21 The incense that ye burned in
the cities of Judah, and in the
streets of Jerusalem, ye and your
fathers, your kings and your princes,
and the people of the land, did not
Jehovah remember them, and came
it not into his mind.^ 22 so that Je-
hovah could no longer bear, because
of the evil of your doings, and be-
cause of the abominations which ye
have committed; therefore is your
land become a desolation, and an as-
tonishment, and a curse, without
inhabitant, as it is this day. 23 Be-
cause ye have burned incense, and
because ye • have sinned against
Jehovah, and have not obeyed the
voice of Jehovah, nor walked in
his law, nor in his statutes, nor in
his testimonies; therefore this evil
is happened unto you, as it is this
day.
24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto
all the people, and to all the women,
Hear the word of Jehovah, all Ju-
dah that are in the land of Egypt:
25 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts,
the God of Israel, saying. Ye and
your wives have both spoken with
your mouths, and with your hands
have fulfilled it, saying. We will
surely perform our vows that we
have vowed, to burn incense to the
queen of heaven, and to pour out
drink-offerings unto her: establish
then your vows, and perform your
vows. 26 Therefore hear ye the
word of Jehovah, all Judah that
dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold,
I have sworn by my great name,
saith Jehovah, that my name shall
no more be named in the mouth of
any man of Judah in all the land of
Egypt, saying, As the Lord Jehovah
liveth. 27 Behold, I watch over
them for evil, and not for good; and
all the men of Judah that are in the
land of Egypt shall be consumed by
the sword and by the famine, until
there be an end of them. 28 And
they that escape the sword shall
return out of the land of Egypt into
the land of Judah, few in number;
and all the remnant of Judah, that
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Jeremiah's Message to Baruch. Defeat of Pharaoh foretold
JEREMIAH 44.29—46.14
are gone into the land of Egypt to
sojourn there, shall know whose
word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
29 And this shall be the sign unto
you, saith Jehovah, that I will pun-
ish you in this place, that ye may
know that my words shall surely
stand against you for evil: 30 Thus
saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give
Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt
into the hand of his enemies, and
into the hand of them that seek his
life; as I gave Zedekiah king of
Judali into the hand of Nebuchad-
rezzar king of Babylon, who was
his enemy, and sought his life.
A fr The word that Jeremiah the
^O prophet spake unto Baruch
the son of Neriah, when he wrote
these words in a book at the mouth
of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king
of Judah, saying, 2 Thus saith Jeho-
vah, the God of Israel, ^unto thee,
O Baruch: 3 Thou didst say, Woe
is me now! for Jehovah hath added
sorrow to my pain ; I am weary with
my groaning, and I find no rest.
4 Thus shalt thou say unto him.
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, that
which I have built will I break down,
and that which I have planted I will
pluck up; and this in the whole
land. 5 And seekest thou great
things for thyself .^^ seek them not;
for, behold, I will bring evil upon
all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life
will I give unto thee for a prey in all
places whither thou goest.
Af\ The word of Jehovah
x^vJ which came to Jeremiah the
prophet concerning the nations.
2 Of Egypt: concerning the army
of Pharaoh-neco king of Egypt,
which was by the river Euphrates
in Carchemish, which Nebuchad-
rezzar king of Babylon smote in the
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah, king of Judah.
3 Prepare ye the buckler and
shield, and draw near to battle. 4
1 Or, concerning
Harness the horses, and get up,
ye horsemen, and stand forth with
your helmets; furbish the spears,
put on the coats of mail. 5 Where-
fore have I seen it.^ they are dis-
mayed and are turned backward;
and their mighty ones are beaten
down, and are fled apace, and look
not back: terror is on every side,
saith Jehovah. 6 Let not the swift
flee away, nor the mighty man es-
cape; in the north by the river Eu-
phrates have they stumbled and
fallen. 7 ^Who is this that riseth up
like the Nile, whose waters toss
themselves like the rivers.? 8 Egypt
riseth up like the Nile, and his
waters toss themselves like the
rivers: and he saith, I will rise up,
I will cover the earth; I will destroy
cities and the inhabitants thereof.
9 Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye
chariots; and let the mighty men go
forth: Gush and Put, that handle
the shield; and the Ludim, that han-
dle and bend the bow. 10 For that
day is a day of the Lord, Jehovah of
hosts, a day of vengeance, that he
may avenge him of his adversaries:
and the sword shall devour and be
satiate, and shall drink its fill of
their blood; for the Lord, Jehovah
of hosts, hath a sacrifice in the north
country by the river Euphrates.
II Go up into Gilead, and take balm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain
dost thou use many medicines;
There is no healing for thee. 12 The
nations have heard of thy shame,
and the earth is full of thy cry; for
the mighty man hath stumbled
against the mighty, they are fallen
both of them together.
13 The word that Jehovah spake
to Jeremiah the prophet, how that
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
should come and smite the land of
Egypt.
14 Declare ye in Egypt, and pub-
lish in Migdol,*^ and publish in Mem-
phis and in Tahpanhes: say ye.
Stand forth, and prepare thee; for
2 Or, Who is this like the Nile that riseth up, like the
rivers whose waters toss 'hemselves? Egypt is like the Nile
that riseth up C^'c.
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JEREMIAH 46.15—47.7
Victorious Invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar predicted
the sword hath devoured round
about thee. 15 Why are thy strong
ones swept away? they stood
not, because Jehovah did Mrive
them. 16 He made many to stum-
ble, yea, they fell one upon another :
and they said. Arise, and let us go
again to our own people, and to the
land of our nativity, from the op-
pressing sword. 17 They cried
there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is
^but a noise; he hath let the ap-
pointed time pass by. 18 As I live,
saith the King, whose name is
Jehovah of hosts, surely like Tabor
among the mountains, and like
Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
19 ^O thou daughter that dwellest
in Egypt, ^furnish thyself to go into
captivity; for Memphis shall be-
come a desolation, and shall be
burnt up, without inhabitant. 20
Egypt is a very fair heifer; but
^destruction out of the north is
come, it is come. 21 Also her hired
men in the midst of her are like
calves of the stall; for they also are
turned back, they are fled away to-
gether, they did not stand: for the
day of their calamity is come upon
them, the time of their visitation.
22 ^The sound thereof shall go like
the serpent; for they shall march
with an army, and come against her
with axes, as hewers of wood. 23
They shall cut down her forest,
saith Jehovah, ^though it cannot be
searched; because they are more
than the locusts, and are innu-
merable. 24 The daughter of Egypt
shall be put to shame; she shall be
delivered into the hand of the peo-
ple of the north. 25 Jehovah of
hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Be-
hold, I will punish Amon of No,
and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her
gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh,
and them that trust in him: 26 and
I will dehver them into the hand of
those that seek their lives, and into
of Babylon, and into the hand of his
servants; and afterwards it shall
be inhabited, as in the days of old,
saith Jehovah.
27 But fear not thou, O Jacob
nay servant, neither be dismayed,
O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee
from afar, and thy seed from the
land of their captivity; and Jacob
shall return, and shall be quiet and
at ease, and none shall make him
afraid. 28 Fear not thou, O Jacob
my servant, saith Jehovah; for I am
with thee: for I will make a full end
of all the nations whither I have
driven thee; but I will not make a
full end of thee, but I will correct
thee in ^measure, and will in no wise
^leave thee unpunished.
A^y The word of Jehovah that
A^ / came to Jeremiah the prophet
concerning the Philistines, before
that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold,
waters rise up out of the north,
and shall become an overflowing
stream, and shall overflow the land
and all that is therein, the city and
them that dwell therein; and the
men shall cry, and all the inhabit-
ants of the land shall wail. 3 At the
noise of the stamping of the hoofs
of his strong ones, at the rushing
of his chariots, at the rumbling of
his wheels, the fathers look not back
to their children for feebleness of
hands; 4 because of the day that
Cometh to destroy all the Philis-
tines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
every helper that remaineth: for
Jehovah will destroy the Philistines,
the remnant of the ^^isle of Caphtor.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ash-
kelon is brought to nought, the rem-
nant of their valley: how long wilt
thou cut thyself.^ 6 O thou sword of
Jehovah, how long will it be ere
thou be quiet .f^ put up thyself into
. thy scabbard; rest, and be still. 7
the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king How canst thou be quiet, seeing
lOr. thrust them down '^ Or, destroyed Jehovah hath ffiveU ^HhcC a chaTfife?
3 Or. O thou that dwellest with the daughter of Egypt «ieilUV*lll liatll ^iVfli uice ct ^.iicii^^.
* Heb. make thee vessels of captivity. s Qr, the gadfly
6 Or, Her sound is like that of the serpent as it goeth
' Or, for
8 Heb. judgment.
"> Or, sea-coasl
9 Or, hold thee guiltless
U Heb. it.
872
Oracle against Moab
Against Ashkelon, and against the
sea-shore, there hath he appointed it.
AC^ Of Moab. Thus saith Jeho-
»^0 vah of hosts, the God of
Israel : Woe unto Nebo ! for it is laid
waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame,
it is taken; ^Misgab is put to shame
and ^broken down. 2 The praise
of Moab is no more; in Heshbon
they have devised evil against her:
Come, and let us cut her off from
being a nation. Thou also, O Mad-
men, shalt be brought to silence; the
sword shall pursue thee. 3 The
sound of a cry from Horonaim, deso-
lation and great destruction ! 4 Moab
is destroyed; her little ones have
caused a cry to be heard. 5 For by
the ascent of Luhith with continual
weeping shall they go up; for at the
descent of Horonaim they have
heard the distress of the cry of de-
struction. 6 Flee, save your lives,
and be like the heath in the wilder-
ness. 7 For, because thou hast
trusted in thy works and in thy
treasures, thou also shalt be taken:
and Chemosh shall go forth into
captivity, his priests and his princes
together. 8 And the destroyer shall
come upon every city, and no city
shall escape; the valley also shall
perish, and the plain shall be de-
stroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken.
9 Give wings unto Moab, ^that she
may fly and get her away: and her
cities shall become a desolation,
without any to dwell therein. 10
Cursed be he that doeth the work of
Jehovah Negligently; and cursed be
he that keepeth back his sword
from blood.
11 Moab hath been at ease from
his youth, and he hath settled on
his lees, and hath not been emptied
from vessel to vessel, neither hath
he gone into captivity: therefore
his taste remaineth in him, and his
scent is not changed. 12 Therefore,
behold, the days come, saith Jeho-
vah, that I will send unto him them
1 Or, Ihe high fort - Or, dismayed
' Or, for she must fly: and her cities b'c.
* Or, deceitfully
JEREMIAH 48.1—48.28
that •'^pour off, and they shall ^pour
him off; and they shall empty his
vessels, and break their ^bottles in
pieces. 13 And Moab shall be
ashamed of Chemosh, as the house
of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el
their confidence. 14 How say ye,
We are mighty men, and valiant
men for the war.? 15 Moab is laid
waste, and 'they are gone up into
his cities, and his chosen young men
are gone down to the slaughter,
saith the King, whose name is Jeho-
vah of hosts. 16 The calamity of
Moab is near to come, and his afflic-
tion hasteth fast. 17 All ye that are
round about him, bemoan him, and
all ye that know his name; say. How
is the strong ^staff broken, the beau-
tiful rod! 18 O thou daughter that
^dwellest in Dibon, come down from
thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the
destroyer of Moab is come up
against thee, he hath destroyed thy
strongholds. 19 O ^^inhabitant of
Aroer, stand by the way, and watch :
ask him that fleeth, and her that es-
capeth; say. What hath been done.^^
20 Moab is put to shame; for it is
^^broken down: wail and cry; tell ye
it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid
waste. 21 And judgment is come
upon the plain country, upon Holon,
and upon Jahzah, and upon Meph-
aath, 22 and upon Dibon, and upon
Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
23 and upon Kiriathaim, and upon
Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
24 and upon Kerioth, and upon Boz-
rah, and upon all the cities of the
land of Moab, far or near. 25 The
horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm
is broken, saith Jehovah.
26 Make ye him drunken; for
he magnified himself against Je-
hovah: and Moab shall wallow in
his vomit, and he also shall be in
derision. 27 For was not Israel a
derision unto thee? was he found
among thieves? for as often as
thou speakest of him, thou wag-
gest the head. 28 O ye inhabitants
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5 Heb. tilt (a vessel). « Or, jars
' Or, his cities are gone up in smoke ^ Or, sceptre
9 Or, art seated i» Heb. inhabitress. n Or, dismayed
JEREMIAH 48.29—49.3
Oracle against Moab. Oracle against Ammon
of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell
in the rock; and be like the dove
that maketh her nest over the
mouth of the abyss. 29 We have
heard of the pride of Moab, that he
is very proud; his loftiness, and his
pride, and his arrogancy, and the
haughtiness of his heart. 30 I know
his wrath, saith Jehovah, that it is
nought; his boastings have wrought
nothing. 31 Therefore will I wail
for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all
Moab : for the men of Kir-heres shall
they mourn. 32 With more than the
weeping of Jazer will I weep for
thee, O vine of Sibmah: thy branches
passed over the sea, they reached
even to the sea of Jazer: upon thy
summer fruits and upon thy vintage
the destroyer is fallen. 33 And glad-
ness and joy is taken away from the
fruitful field and from the land of
Moab; and I have caused wine to
cease from the winepresses: none
shall tread with shouting; the shout-
ing shall be no shouting. 34 From
the cry of Heshbon even unto Elea-
leh, even unto Jahaz have they
uttered their voice, from Zoar even
unto Horonaim, ^to Eglath-shelishi-
yah: for the waters of Nimrim also
shall become Mesolate. 35 Moreover
I will cause to cease in Moab, saith
Jehovah, him that offereth in the
high place, and him that burnetii in-
cense to his gods.
36 Therefore my heart soundeth
for Moab like pipes, and my heart
soundeth like pipes for the men of
Kir-heres: therefore the abundance
that he hath gotten is* perished. 37
For every head is bald, and every
beard clipped : upon all the hands are
cuttings, and upon the loins sack-
cloth. 38 On all the housetops
of Moab and in the streets thereof
there is lamentation every where;
for I have broken Moab like a vessel
wherein none delighteth, saith Je-
hovah. 39 How is it broken down!
^how do they wail! how hath Moab
turned the back with shame! so shall
1 Or, as a heifer three years old
3 Or, -wail ye!
" ileb. (lesolaHo)ts.
Moab become a derision and a terror
to all that are round about him. 40
For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he
shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread
out his wings against Moab. 41
^Kerioth is taken, and the strong-
holds are seized, and the heart of the
mighty men of Moab at that day
shall be as the heart of a woman in
her pangs.- 42 And Moab shall be
destroyed from being a people, be-
cause he hath magnified himself
against Jehovah. 43 Fear, and the
pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O
inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.
44 He that fleeth from the fear shall
fall into the pit; and he that getteth
up out of the pit shall be taken in
the snare: for I will bring upon him,
even upon Moab, the year of their
visitation, saith Jehovah.
45 ^They that fled stand without
strength under the shadow of Hesh-
bon; '^for a fire is gone forth out of
Heslibon, and a flame from the midst
of Sihon, and hath devoured the
corner of Moab, and the crown of the
head of the tumultuous ones. 46 Woe
unto thee, O Moab ! the people of Che-
mosh is undone; for thy sons are taken
away captive, and thy daughters into
captivity. 47 Yet will I 'bring back
the captivity of Moab in the latter
days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the
judgment of Moab.
A(\ Of the children of Ammon.
"ri/ Thus saith Jeliovah: Hath Is-
rael no sons.^ hath he no heir.^ why
then doth ^Malcam ^possess Gad, and
his people dwell in the cities thereof.'^
2 Therefore, behold, the days come,
saith Jehovah, that I will cause an
alarm of war to be heard against
Rabbah of the children of Ammon;
and it shall become a desolate heap,
and her daughters shall be burned
with fire: then shall Israel ^possess
them that did ^possess him, saith
Jehovah. 3 Wail, O Heshbon, for
Ai is laid w^aste; cry, ye daughters
of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth :
' Or, The cities are taken
5 Or, Fleeing because of the force, they stand under
6 Or, but • Or, return to » Or. their king » Or. inhent
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Oracle against Edom. Oracle against Damascus
JEREMIAH 49.4—49.23
lament, and run to and fro among
the fences ; for ^Malcam shall go into
captivit}^ his priests and his princes
together. 4 ^Wherefore gloriest
thou in the valleys, thy flowing
valley, O backsliding daughter? that
trusted in her treasures, saying, Who
shall come unto me? 5 Behold, I
will bring a fear upon thee, saith the
Lord, Jehovah of hosts, from all that
are round about thee; and ye shall be
driven out every man right forth, and
there shall be none to gather together
the fugitives. 6 But afterward I
will bring back the captivity of the
children of Ammon, saith Jehovah.
7 Of Edom. Thus saith Jehovah
of hosts: Is wisdom no more in
Teman? is counsel perished from
the prudent? is their wisdom van-
ished? 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell in
the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan;
for I will bring the calamity of Esau
upon him, the time that I shall visit
him. 9 If grape-gatherers came to
thee, ^would they not leave some
gleaning grapes? if thieves by night,
would they not destroy till they had
enough? 10 But I have made Esau
bare, I have uncovered his secret
places, and he shall not be able to
hide himself: his seed is destroyed,
and his brethren, and his neighbors;
and he is not. 11 Leave thy father-
less children, I will preserve them
alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
12 For thus saith Jehovah: Behold,
they ^to whom it pertained not to
drink of the cup shall assuredly
drink; and art thou he that shall
altogether go unpunished? thou shall
not go unpunished, but thou shall
surely drink, 13 For I have sworn
by myself, saith Jehovah, that
Bozrah shall become an astonish-
ment, a reproach, a waste, and a
curse; and all the cities thereof shall
be perpetual wastes.
14 I have heard tidings from Je-
^X>r, their king
2 Or, Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys? thy valley
floweth away
3 Or, they will leave no gleaning grapes; if thieves by
night, they will destroy till they have enough. For b'c
* Or, whose judgment was not
hovah, and an ambassador is sent
among the nations, saying, Gather
yourselves together, and come
against her, and rise up to the battle.
15 For, behold, I have made thee
srnall among the nations, and de-
spised among men. 16 As for thy
terribleness, the pride of thy heart
hath deceived thee, O thou that
dwellest in the clefts of Hhe rock,
that boldest the height of the hill:
though thou shouldest make thy
nest as high as the eagle, I will bring
thee down from thence, saith Jeho-
vah. 17 And Edom shall become an
astonishment: every one that pass-
eth by it shall be astonished, and
shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
18 As in the overthrow of Sodom
and Gomorrah and the neighbor
cities thereof, saith Jehovah, no
man shall dwell there, neither shall
any son of man sojourn therein. 19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion
from the ^'pride of the Jordan
"against the strong habitation: for I
will suddenly make them run away
from it; and whoso is chosen, him
will I appoint over it : for who is like
me? and who will appoint me a
time? and who is the shepherd that
will stand before me?
20 Therefore hear ye the counsel
of Jehovah, that he hath taken
against Edom; and his purposes,
that he hath purposed against the
inhabitants of Teman: Surely Hhey
shall drag them away, even the little
ones of the flock; surely he shall
make their ^habitation ^^desolate over
them. 21 The earth trembleth at
the noise of their fall; there is a cry,
the noise whereof is heard in the Red
Sea. 22 Behold, he shall come up and
fly as the eagle, and spread out his
wings against Bozrah: and the heart
of the mighty men of Edom at
that day shall be as the heart
of a woman in her pangs.
23 Of Damascus. Hamath is
confounded, and Arpad; for thej^
6 Or, Sela ^ Or, swelling ^ Or, unto the permanent pastures
8 Or, the little ones of the flock shall drag them away
9 Or, pastures 1° Or, astonished at them
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JEREMIAH 49.24 — 50.6 Oracle against Kedar and Hazor. Babylon to be destroyed
have heard evil tidings, they are
melted away: there is ^sorrow on
the sea; it cannot be quiet. 24 Da-
mascus is waxed feeble, she turneth
herself to flee, and trembling hath
seized on her: anguish and sorrows
have taken hold of her, as of a
woman in travail. 25 How is the
city of praise not forsaken, the city
of my joy? 26 Therefore her young
men shall fall in her streets, and all
the men of war shall be brought to
silence in that day, saith Jehovah of
hosts. 27 And I will kindle a fire in
the wall of Damascus, and it shall
devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
28 Of Kedar, and of the king-
doms of Hazor, which Nebuchad-
rezzar king of Babylon smote.
Thus saith Jehovah: Arise ye,
go up to Kedar, and destroy the
children of the east. 29 Their tents
and their flocks shall they take;
they shall carry away for themselves
their curtains, and all their vessels,
and their camels; and they shall cry
unto them. Terror on every side!
30 Flee ye, wander far off, dwell in
the depths, O ye inhabitants of
Hazor, saith Jehovah ; for Nebuchad-
rezzar king of Babylon hath taken
counsel against you, and hath con-
ceived a purpose against you. 31
Arise, get you up unto a nation that
is at ease, that dwelleth without
care, saith Jehovah; that have
neither gates nor bars, that dwell
alone. 32 And their camels shall
be a booty, and the multitude of
their cattle a spoil : and I will scatter
unto all winds them that have the
corners of their hair cut off; and I
will bring their calamity from every
side of them, saith Jehovah. 33 And
Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of
jackals, a desolation for ever: no man
shall dwell there, neither shall any
son of man sojourn therein.
34 The word of Jehovah that
came to Jeremiah the prophet con-
cerning Elam, in the beginning
of the reign of Zedekiah king of
1 Or, care
Judah, saying, 35 Thus saith Jeho-
vah of hosts: Behold, I will break
the bow of Elam, the chief of their
might. 36 And upon Elam will I
bring the four winds from the four
quarters of heaven, and will scatter
them toward all those winds; and
there shall be no nation whither ^the
outcasts of Elam shall not come. 37
And I will cause Elam to be dis-
mayed before their enemies, and
before them that seek their life;
and I will bring evil upon them, even
my fierce anger, saith Jehovah; and
I will send the sword after them, till
I have consumed them : 38 and I will
set my throne in Elam, and will
destroy from thence king and prin-
ces, saith Jehovah. 39 But it shall
come to pass in the latter days,
that I will ^bring back the captivity
of Elam, saith Jehovah.
50
The word that Jehovah
spake concerning Babylon,
concerning the land of the Chal-
deans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
2 Declare ye among the nations
and publish, and set up a standard;
publish, and conceal not: say, Baby-
lon is taken, Bel is put to shamC;
Merodach is Mismayed; her images
are put to shame, her idols are dis-
mayed. 3 For out of the north there
Cometh up a nation against her,
which shall make her land desolate,
and none shall dwell therein: they
are fled, they are gone, both man
and beast. 4 In those days, and in
that time, saith Jehovah, the chil-
dren of Israel shall come, they and
the children of Judah together;
they shall go on their way weeping,
and shall seek Jehovah their God.
5 They shall inquire concerning
Zion with their faces ^thitherward,
saying. Come ye, and ^join your-
selves to Jehovah in an everlasting
covenant that shall not be forgotten.
6 My people have been lost sheep :
their shepherds have caused them, to
go astray; they have turned them
- Another reading is, the everlasting outcasts.
3 Or, return to * Or, broken down
5 Heb. hitherward. « Or, they shall join themselves
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Babylon to be destroyed, and Israel delivered
JEREMIAH 50.7—50.27
away on the mountains; they have
gone from mountain to hill; they
have forgotten their resting-place.
7 All that found them have devoured
them; and their adversaries said,
We are not guilty, because they have
sinned against Jehovah, the habita-
tion of righteousness, even Jehovah,
the hope of their fathers. 8 Flee out
of the midst of Babylon, and go
forth out of the land of the Chal-
deans, and be as the he-goats before
the flocks. 9 For, lo, I will stir
up and cause to come up against
Babylon a company of great nations
from the north country; and they
shall set themselves in array against
her; from thence she shall be taken:
their arrows shall be as of ^an expert
mighty man; ^none shall return in
vain. 10 And Chaldea shall be a
prey: all that prey upon her shall
be satisfied, saith Jehovah.
11 Because ye are glad, because
ye rejoice, O ye that plunder my
heritage, because ye are wanton as
a heifer ^that treadeth out the grain,
and neigh as strong horses; 12 your
mother shall be utterly put to
shame; she that bare you shall be
confounded : behold, she shall be the
hindermost of the nations, a wilder-
ness, a dry land, and a desert. 13
Because of the wrath of Jehovah she
shall not be inhabited, but she shall
be wholly desolate: every one that
goeth by Babylon shall be aston-
ished, and hiss at all her plagues. 14
Set yourselves in array against
Babylon round about, all ye that
bend the bow; shoot at her, spare
no arrows: for she hath sinned
against Jehovah. 15 Shout against
her round about: she hath ^sub-
mitted herself; her bulwarks are
fallen, her walls are thrown down;
for it is the vengeance of Jehovah:
take vengeance upon her; as she
hath done, do unto her. 16 Cut off
the sower from Babylon, and him
that handleth the sickle in the time
of harvest : for fear of the oppressing
1 Or, according to another reading, a. mighty man that
maketh childless ^ Or, that returneth not
^ Or, at grass * Heb. given her hand.
sword they shall turn every one to
his people, and they shall flee every
one to his own land.
17 Israel is a ^hunted sheep; the
lions have driven him away: first,
the king of Assyria devoured him;
and now at last Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon hath broken his
bones. 18 Therefore thus saith Jeho-
vah of hosts, the God of Israel:
Behold, I will punish the king of
Babylon and his land, as I have pun-
ished the king of Assyria. 19 And I
will bring Israel again to his ^pas-
ture, and he shall feed on Carmel and
Bashan, and his soul shall be satis-
fied upon the hills of Ephraim and in
Gilead. 20 In those days, and in that
time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of
Israel shall be sought for, and there
shall be none; and the sins of Judah,
and they shall not be found: for I
will pardon them whom I leave as a
remnant.
21 Go up against the land of
^Merathaim, even against it, and
against the inhabitants of ^Pekod:
slay and ^utterly destroy after them,
saith Jehovah, and do according to
all that I have commanded thee.
22 A sound of battle is in the land,
and of great destruction. 23 How is
the hammer of the whole earth cut
asunder and broken! how is Baby-
lon become a desolation among the
nations! 24 I have laid a snare for
thee, and thou art also taken, O
Babylon, and thou wast not aware:
thou art found, and also caught,
because thou hast striven against
Jehovah. 25 Jehovah hath opened
his armory, and hath brought forth
the weapons of his indignation; for
the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, hath a
work to do in thedand of the Chal-
deans. 26 Come against her ^^from
the utmost border; open her ^^store-
houses; cast her up as heaps, and
^Mestroy her utterly; let nothing of
her be left. 27 Slay all her bullocks;
let them go down to the slaughter:
woe unto them ! for their day is come,
5 Heb. scattered, s Qr, fold ' That is. Double rebellion.
8 That is. Visitation. » Heb. devote.
1" Or, from every quarter " Or, granaries 12 Heb. devote.
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JEREMIAH 50.28—51.1
the time of their visitation. 28 The
voice of them that flee and escape
out of the land of Babylon, to de-
clare in Zion the vengeance of Jeho-
vah our God, the vengeance of his
temple.
29 Call together ^the archers
against Babylon, all them that bend
the bow; encamp against her round
about; let none thereof escape:
recompense her according to her
work; according to all that she hath
done, do unto her; for she hath been
proud against Jehovah, against the
Holy One of Israel. 30 Therefore
shall her young men fall in her
streets, and all her men of war shall
be brought to silence in that day,
saith Jehovah. 31 Behold, I am
against thee, ^O thou proud one,
saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts;
for thy day is come, the time that I
will visit thee. 32 And Hhe proud
one shall stumble and fall, and none
shall raise him up; and I will kindle
a fire in his cities, and it shall devour
all that are round about him.
33 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts:
The children of Israel and the chil-
dren of «Judah are oppressed to-
gether; and all that took them cap-
tive hold them fast; they refuse
to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer
is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his
name: he will thoroughly plead
their cause, that he may give rest
to the earth, and disquiet the in-
habitants of Babylon. 35 A sword
is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jeho-
vah, and upon the inhabitants of
Babylon, and upon her princes, and
upon her wise men. 36 A sword is
upon the boasters, and they shall
become fools; a sword is upon her
mighty men, and they shall be
dismayed. 37 A sword is upon their
horses, and upon their chariots, and
upon all the mingled people that are
in the midst of her; and they shall
become as women: a sword is upon
her treasures, and they shall be
robbed. 38 A drought is upon her
1 Or, many
3 Heb. Pride.
2 Heb. O Pride.
* Heb. boastinss.
Jehovah's Judgment on Babylon
waters, and they shall be dried up;
for it is a land of graven images,
and they are mad over ^idols. 39
Therefore the wild beasts of the
desert with the ^wolves shall dwell
there, and the ostriches shall dwell
therein: and it shall be no more in-
habited for ever; neither shall it be
dwelt in from generation to genera-
tion. 40 As when God overthrew
Sodom and Gomorrah and the neigh-
bor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so
shall no man dwell there, neither
shall any son of man sojourn therein.
41 BehoW, a people cometh from
the north; and a great nation and
many kings shall be stirred up from
the uttermost parts of the earth. 42
They lay hold on bow and spear;
they are cruel, and have no mercy;
their voice roareth like the sea; and
they ride upon horses, every one
set in array, as a man to the bat-
tle, against thee, O daughter of
Babylon. 43 The king of Babylon
hath heard the tidings of them,
and his hands wax feeble: anguish
hath taken hold of him, and pangs
as of a woman in travail. 44 Behold,
the enemy shall come up like a
lion from the pride of the Jordan
against the strong habitation: for
I will suddenly make them run away
from it; and whoso is chosen, him
will I appoint over it: for who is like
me? and who will appoint me a time.^
and who is the shepherd that can
stand before me.'^ 45 Therefore hear
ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he
hath taken against Babylon; and his
purposes, that he hath purposed
against the land of the Chaldeans:
Surely they shall drag them away,
even the little ones of the flock;
surely he shall make their habita-
tion desolate over them. 46 At the
noise of the taking of Babylon the
earth trembleth, and the cry is
heard among the nations.
^■1 Thus saith Jehovah: Be-
O 1 hold, I will raise up against
Babylon, , and against them that
5 Heb. terrors.
" Heb. hoic'Iius creatures.
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Jehovah's Judgment on Babylon
dwell in ^Leb-kamai, a destroying
wind. 2 And I will send unto Baby-
lon ^strangers, that shall winnow
her; and they shall empty her land:
for in the day of trouble they shall be
against her round about. 3 ^Against
kim that bendeth let the archer bend
his bow, and against him that lifteth
himself up in his coat of mail: and
spare ye not her young men; ^destroy
ye utterly all her host. 4 And they
shall fall down slain in the land of
the Chaldeans, and thrust through
in her streets.
5 For Israel is not ^forsaken,
nor Judah, of his God, of Jehovah
of hosts; though their land is full
of guilt against the Holy One of
Israel. 6 Flee out of the midst of
Babylon, and save every man his
life; be not cut off in her iniquity:
for it is the time of Jehovah's ven-
geance; he will render unto her a
recompense. 7 Babylon hath been
a golden cup in Jehovah's hand,
that made all the earth drunken:
the nations have drunk of her
wine; therefore the nations are
mad. 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen
and destroyed: wail for her; take
balm for her pain, if so be she may
be healed. 9 We wou d have healed
Babylon, but she is not healed:
forsake her, and let us go every one
into his own country; for her
judgment reacheth unto heaven,
and is lifted up even to the skies.
10 Jehovah hath brought forth
our righteousness: come, and let
us declare in Zion the work of
Jehovah our God.
11 Make ^sharp the arrows, ^hold
firm the ^shields: Jehovah hath
stirred up the spirit of the kings of
the Medes; because his purpose is
against Babylon, to destroy it:
for it is the vengeance of Jehovah,
the vengeance of his temple. 12
Set up a standard against the walls
of Babylon, make the watch strong,
1 That is. The heart of them that rise up against me.
' Or, winnowers
' Or, as otherwise read, Let not the archer bend his how,
and let him not lift ■' Heb. devote ye all fife.
* Or, widowed « Or, bright Heb. dean.
' Heb. fill. 8 Or, suits of armor
JEREMIAH 51.2—51.23
set the watchmen, prepare the
ambushes; for Jehovah hath both
purposed and done that which he
spake concerning the inhabitants of
Babylon. 13 O thou that dwellest
upon many waters, abundant in
treasures, thine end is come, the
measure of thy ^covetousness. 14
Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by
himself, saying, ^^Surely I will fill
thee with men, as with the canker-
worm; ^^and they shall lift up a
shout against thee.
15 He hath made the earth by
his power, he hath established the
world by his wisdom, and by his
understanding hath he stretched
out the heavens. 16 When he
uttereth his voice, there is a tumult
of waters in the heavens, and he
causeth the vapors to ascend from
the ends of the earth; he maketh
lightnings for the rain, and bring-
eth forth the wind out of his
treasuries. 17 Every man is be-
come brutish and is without knowl-
edge; every goldsmith is put to
shame by his image; for his molten
image is falsehood, and there is
no breath in them. 18 They are
vanity, a work of delusion: in
the time of their visitation they
shall perish. 19 The portion of
Jacob is not like these; for he is
the former of all things; and Israel
is the tribe of his inheritance:
Jehovah of hosts is his name.
20 Thou art my ^^battle-axe and
weapons of war: and with thee
will I break in pieces the nations ;
and with thee will I destroy king-
dom^; 21 and with thee will I
break in pieces the horse and his
rider; 22 and with thee will I
break in pieces the chariot and
him that rideth therein; and with
thee will I break in pieces man
and woman; and with thee will I
break in pieces the old man and
the youth; and with thee will I
break in pieces the young man and
the virgin; 23 and with thee will
s Or, dishonest gain
'1 Or, yet
10 Or, Though I have filled
12 Or, maul
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JEREMIAH 51.24—51.44
I break in pieces the shepherd and
his; flock; and with thee will I
break in pieces the husbandman
and his yoke of oxen; and with
thee will I break in pieces ^gov-
ernors and deputies. 24 And I
will render unto Babylon and to
Jehovah's Judgment on Babylon
33 For thus saith Jehovah of
hosts, the God of Israel: The
daughter of Babylon is like a
threshing-floor at the time when
it is trodden; yet a little while,
and the time of harvest shall
come for her. 34 Nebuchadrezzar
all the inhabitants of Chaldea all \ the king of Babylon hath devoured
their evil that they have done in ^me, he hath crushed -^me, he hath
Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah, made ^me an empty vessel, he
25 Behold, I am against thee,
O destroying mountain, saith Je-
hovah, which destroyest all the
earth; and I will stretch out my
hand upon thee, and roll thee down
from the rocks, and will make thee
a burnt mountain. 26 And they
an
hath, like a monster, swallowed
^me up, he hath filled his maw with
my delicacies; he hath cast ^me
out. 35 ^The violence done to me
and to my- flesh be upon Babylon,
shall the ^inhabitant of Zion say;
and, My blood be upon the inhab-
shall not take of thee a stone for a I itants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem
corner, nor a stone for foundations; I say. 36 Therefore thus saith Jeho-
but thou shalt be desolate for ever, vah: Behold, I will plead thy
saith Jehovah. cause, and take vengeance for thee;
27 Set ye up a standard in the and I will dry up her sea, and make
land, blow the trumpet among her fountain dry. 37 And Babylon
the nations, ^prepare the nations shall become heaps, a dwelling-
against her, call together against place for jackals, an astonishment,
her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and a hissing, without inhabitant,
and Ashkenaz : appoint a marshal 38 They shall roar together like
against her; cause the horses to
come up as the rough canker-worm.
28 ^Prepare against her the nations,
the kings of the Medes, the gover-
nors thereof, and all the deputies
thereof, and all the land of their
dominion. 29 And the land trem-
bleth and is in pain; for the pur-
poses of Jehovah against Babylon
do stand, to make the land of
Babylon a desolation, without in
young lions; they shall growl as
lions' whelps. 39 When they are
heated, I will make their feast, and
I will make them drunken, that they
may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual
sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.
40 I will bring them down like
lambs to the slaughter, like rams
with he-goats.
41 How is Sheshach taken! and
the praise of the whole earth seized !
habitant. 30 The mighty men I how is Babylon become ^a deso
of Babylon have forborne to fight, ; lation among the nations ! 42 The
they remain in their strongholds; sea is come up upon Babylon;
their might hath failed; they are
become as women: her dwelling-
places are set on fire; her bars are
broken. 31 One post shall run to
meet another, and one messenger
to meet another, to show the king
of Babylon that his city is taken
on every quarter: 32 and the
•"^passages are seized, and the ^reeds
they have burned with fire, and
the men of war are affrighted.
1 Or, lieutenants
3 Or, fords
- Heb. sanctify.
* Or, marshes Heb. pools.
sea
she is covered with the ^multitude
of the waves thereof. 43 Her cities
are become ^a desolation, a dry land,
and a desert, a land wherein no
man dwelleth, neither doth any
son of man pass thereby. 44 And
I will ^^execute judgment upon Bel
in Babylon, and I will bring forth
out of his mouth that which he hath
swallowed up; and the nations
shall not flow any more unto him:
5 Another reading is, us.
« Heb. My wrong and my flesh. ' Heb. inhabitrcss.
8 Or, an astonishment • Or, tumult i" Heb. visit upon.
SSO
The Book of the Oracle to be sunk in the Euphrates JEREMIAH 51.45 — 51.64
of their voice is uttered: 56 for
yea, the wall of Babylon shall
fall.
45 My people, go ye out of the
midst of her, and save yourselves
every man from the fierce anger of are broken in pieces ; for Jehovah
Jehovah. 46 And let not your , is a God of recompenses, he will
heart faint, neither fear ye for the ' surely requite. 57 And I will
the destroyer is come upon her,
even upon Babylon, and her
mighty men are taken, their bows
tidings that shall be heard in the
land; for tidings shall come one
year, and after that in another
year shall come tidings, and vio-
lence in the land, ruler against
ruler. 47 Therefore, behold, the
days come, that I will execute
judgment upon the graven images
of Babylon; and her whole land Ion shall be utterly ''overthrown,
shall be confounded ; and all her and her high gates shall be burned
slain shall fall in the midst of her. with fire ; and the peoples shall la-
48 Then the heavens and the earth, bor for vanity, and the nations for
and all that is therein, shall sing the fire; and they shall be weary,
for joy over Babylon; for the
make drunk her princes and her
wise men, her governors and her
deputies, and her mighty men;
and they shall sleep a perpetual
sleep, and not wake, saith the
King, whose name is Jehovah of
hosts. 58 Thus saith Jehovah of
hosts: ^The broad walls of Baby
destroyers shall come unto her
from the north, saith Jehovah.
59 The word which Jeremiah the
prophet commanded Seraiah the
49 ^As Babylon hath caused the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah,
slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon ; when he went with Zedekiah the
shall fall the slain of all the ^land. king of Judah to Babylon in the
50 Ye that have escaped the fourth year of his reign. Now
sword, go ye, stand not still; re- Seraiah was ^chief chamberlain. 60
member Jehovah from afar, and
let Jerusalem come into your mind.
51 We are confounded, because we
have heard reproach; confusion
hath covered our faces: for stran-
gers are come into the sanctuaries
of Jehovah's house. 52 Wherefore,
behold, the days come, saith Jeho-
vah, that I will execute judgment
upon her graven images; and
through all her land the wounded
shall groan. 53 Though Babylon
should mount up to heaven, and
though she should fortify the
height of her strength, yet from
me shall destroyers come unto her,
saith Jehovah.
54 The sound of a cry from
Babylon, and of great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 For Jehovah layeth Babylon
waste, and destroyeth out of her
the great voice; and their waves
roar like many waters; the noise
' Or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and
at Qfc. - Or, earth
And Jeremiah wrote in ^a book all
the evil that should come upon
Babylon, even all these words that
are written concerning Babylon.
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah,
When thou comest to Babylon,
^then see that thou read all these
words, 62 and say, O Jehovah,
thou hast spoken concerning this
place, to cut it off, that none shall
dwell therein, neither man nor
beast, but that it shall be desolate
for ever. 63 And it shall be, when
thou hast made an end of reading
this book, that thou shalt bind a
stone to it, and cast it into the
midst of the Euphrates: 64 and
thou shalt say. Thus shall Baby-
lon sink, and shall not rise again
because of the evil that I will
bring upon her; and they shall be
weary.
Thus far are the words of Jere-
miah.
3 Or, The walls of broad Babylon * Or, made bare
5 Or, quartermaster " Or, one book
' Or, and shalt see, and read . . . then shall thou say cfc.
^ai
JEREMIAH 52.1-52.20
^O Zedekiah was one and
^^ twenty years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned
eleven years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Hamutal the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 And he did that which was evil
in the sight of Jehovah, according
to all that Jehoiakim had done.
3 For through the anger of Jeho-
vah did it come to pass in Jerusa-
lem and Judah, until he had cast
them out from his presence.
And Zedekiah rebelled against
the king of Babylon. 4 And it
came to pass in the ninth year of
his reign, in the tenth month, in
the tenth day of the month, that
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
came, he and all his army, against
Jerusalem, and encamped against
it; and they built forts against it
round about. 5 So the city was
besieged unto the eleventh year of
king Zedekiah. 6 In the fourth
month, in the ninth day of the
month, the famine was sore in the
city, so that there was no bread
for the people of the land. 7
Then a breach was made in the
city, and all the men of war fled,
and went forth out of the city by
night by the way of the gate be-
tween the two walls, which was by
the king's garden (now the Chal-
deans were against the city round
about); and they went toward the
Arabah. 8 But the army of the
Chaldeans pursued after the king,
and overtook Zedekiah in the
plains of Jericho; and all his army
was scattered from him. 9 Then
they took the king, and carried
him up unto the king of Babylon
to Riblah in the land of Hamath;
and he ^gave judgment upon him.
10 And the king of Babylon slew
the sons of Zedekiah before his
eyes: he slew also all the princes
of Judah in Riblah. 11 And he
put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and
the king of Babylon bound him in
fetters, and carried him to Babv-
Zedekiah's Reign and Rebellion. Jerusalem taken and burned
1 Heb. spake judgments with him.
Ion, and put him in prison till the
day of his death.
12 Now in the fifth month, in
the tenth day of the month, which
was the nineteenth year of king
Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon,
came Nebuzaradan the captain of
the guard, who stood before the
king of Babylon, into Jerusalem.
13 And he burned the house of
Jehovah, and the king's house;
and all the houses of Jerusalem,
even ^every great house, burned he
with fire. 14 And all the army of
the Chaldeans, that were with the
captain of the guard, brake down
all the walls of Jerusalem round
about. 15 Then Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard carried away
captive of the poorest of the people,
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. 16 But Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard left of the
poorest of the land to be vine-
dressers and husbandmen.
17 And the pillars of brass that
were in the house of Jehovah, and
the bases and the brazen sea that
were in the house of Jehovah, did
the Chaldeans break in pieces,
and carried all the brass of them
to Babylon. 18 The pots also,
and the shovels, and the snuft'ers,
and the basins, and the spoons, and
all the vessels of brass wherewith
they ministered, took they away.
19 And the cups, and the fire-
pans, and the basins, and the pots,
and the candlesticks, and the
spoons, and the bowls — that which
was of gold, in gold, and that
which was of silver, in silver, —
the captain of the guard took
away. 20 The two pillars, the one
sea, and the tw^elve brazen bulls
that were under the bases, which
king Solomon had made for the
house of Jehovah — the brass of
all these vessels was without
- Or, every great man's house
3 Or, artificers
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Jehoiachin treated kindly by Evil-mcrodach
JEREMIAH 52.21—52.34
weight. 21 And as for the pillars,
the height of the one pillar was
eighteen cubits; and a line of
twelve cubits did compass it; and
the thickness thereof was four fin-
gers: it was hollow. 22 And a
capital of brass was upon it; and
the height of the one capital was
five cubits, with network and
pomegranates upon the capital
round about, all of brass: and the
second pillar also had like unto
these, and pomegranates. 23 And
there were ninety and six pome-
granates ^on the sides; all the
pomegranates were a hundred upon
the network round about.
24 And the captain of the guard
took Seraiah the chief priest, and
Zephaniah the second priest, and
the three keepers of the threshold :
25 and out of the city he took
an ^officer that was set over the
men of war; and seven men of them
that saw the king's face, that
were found in the city; and the
scribe of the captain of the host,
who mustered the people of the
land; and threescore men of the
people of the land, that were found
in the midst of the city. 26 And
Nebuzaradan the captain of the
guard took them, and brought
them to the king of Babylon to
Riblah. 27 And the king of Baby-
lon smote them, and put them to
death at Riblah in the land of
1 Or, on the outside Heb. towards the four winds.
* Or, eunuch.
Hamath. So Judah was carried
away captive out of his land,
28 This is the people whom
Nebuchadrezzar carried away
captive: in the seventh year
three thousand Jews and three
and twenty; 29 in the • eighteenth
year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried
away captive from Jerusalem eight
hundred thirty and two persons;
30 in the three and twentieth year
of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard carried
away captive of the Jews seven
hundred forty and five persons:
all the persons were four thousand
and six hundred.
31 And it came to pass in the
seven and thirtieth year of the cap-
tivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah,
in the twelfth month in the five and
twentieth day of the month, that
Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in
the first year of his reign, lifted
up the head of Jehoiachin king of
Judah, and brought him forth out
of prison; 32 and he spake kindly
to him, and set his throne above
the throne of the kings that were
with him in Babylon, 33 and
changed his prison garments.
And Jehoiachin did eat bread be-
fore him continually all the days
of his life : 34 and for his allow-
ance, there was a continual allow-
ance given him by the king of
Babylon, every day a portion until
the day of his death, all the days
of his life.
THE LAMENTATIONS
OF JEREMIAH
The Sorrows of Captive Zion
1
How doth the city sit solitary,
that was full of people !
She is become as a widow,
that was great among the
nations !
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She that was a princess among
the provinces is become tribu-
tary !
2 She weepeth sore in the night,
and her tears are on her cheeks ;
LAMENTATIONS 1.3—1.15
Among all her lovers she hath
none to comfort her:
All her friends have dealt
treacherously with her; they
are become her enemies.
3 Judah is gone into ^captivity
because of affliction, and be-
cause of great servitude;
She dwelleth among the na-
tions, she findeth no rest:
All her persecutors overtook her
within the straits.
4 The ways of Zion do mourn,
because none come to the
^solemn assembly;
All her gates are desolate, her
priests do sigh:
Her virgins are afflicted, and
she herself is in bitterness.
5 Her adversaries are become the
head, her enemies prosper;
For Jehovah hath afflicted her
for the multitude of her trans-
gressions :
Her young children are gone into
captivity before the adversary.
6 And from the daughter of Zion
all her ^majesty is departed :
Her princes are become like
harts that find no pasture.
And they are gone without
strength before the pursuer.
7 Jerusalem remembereth in the
days of her affliction and of
her ^miseries all her pleasant
things that were from the davs
of old:
When her people fell into the
hand of the adversary, and
none did help her.
The adversaries saw her, they
did mock at her Mesolations.
8 Jerusalem hath grievously
sinned; therefore she ^is be-
come as an unclean thing;
All that honored her despise
her, because they have seen
her nakedness:
Yea, she sigheth, and turneth
backward.
9 Her filthiness was in her skirts ; she
remembered not her latter end;
The Sorrows of Captive Zion
Therefore is she come down
wonderfully; she hath no
comforter :
Behold, O Jehovah, my afflic-
tion; for the enemy hath
magnified himself.
10 The adversary hath spread out
his hand upon all her pleasant
things :
For she hath seen that the na-
tions are entered into her
sanctuary,
Concerning whom thou didst
command that they should
not enter into thine assem-
bly.
11 All her people sigh, they seek
bread;
They have given their pleasant
things for food to refresh
the soul:
See, O Jehovah, and behold;
for I am become abject.
12 Is it nothing to you, all ye
that pass by.^^
Behold, and see if there be any
sorrow like unto my sorrow,
which is brought upon me,
^Wherewith Jehovah hath
afflicted me in the day of his
fierce anger.
13 From on high hath he sent fire
into my bones, and it pre-
vaileth against them;
He hath spread a net for my
feet, he hath turned me
back:
He hath made me desolate and
faint all the day.
14 The yoke of my transgressions
is bound by his hand;
They are knit together, they
are come up upon my neck;
he hath made my strength
to «fail:
The Lord hath delivered me
into their hands, ^against
whom I am not able to stand.
1-5 The Lord hath set at nought
all my mighty men in the
midst of me;
» Or, exile 2 Or, appointed feast 3 Or, beauty 1 Or, Whom Jehovah hath afflicted « Heb. stumble.
* Or, wanderings * Heb. ceasings. e Or, is removed » Or, from whom I am not able to rise up
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Zion's Sorrows come from Jehovah
He hath called a solemn assem-
bly against me to crush my
young men:
The Lord hath trodden as in a
winepress the virgin daugh-
ter of Judah.
16 For these things I weep; mine
eye, mine eye runneth down
with water;
Because the comforter that
should refresh my soul is
far from me:
My children are desolate, be-
cause the enemy hath pre-
vailed.
17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands;
there is none to comfort her;
Jehovah hath commanded con-
cerning Jacob, that they that
are round about him should
be his adversaries:
Jerusalem is among them as an
unclean thing.
18 Jehovah is righteous; for I
have rebelled against his com-
mandment :
Hear, I pray you, all ye peo-
ples, and behold my sorrow:
My virgins and my young men
are gone into captivity.
19 I called for my lovers, hut they
deceived me:
My priests and mine elders
gave up the ghost in the city,
While they sought them food
to refresh their souls.
20 Behold, O Jehovah; for I am
in distress; my heart is
troubled;
My heart is turned within me;
for I have grievously rebelled:
Abroad the sword bereaveth,
at home there is as death.
21 They have heard that I sigh;
there is none to comfort me;
All mine enemies have heard of
my trouble; they are glad
that thou hast done it:
Thou wilt bring the day that
thou hast proclaimed, and
they shall be like unto me.
22 Let all their wickedness come
before thee;
LAMENTATIONS 1.16-2.6
And do unto them, as thou
hast done unto me for all
my transgressions:
For my sighs are many, and
my heart is faint.
2 How hath the Lord covered
the daughter of Zion with
a cloud in his anger!
He hath cast down from heaven
unto the earth the beauty of
Israel,
And hath not remembered his
footstool in the day of his
anger.
2 The Lord hath swallowed up
all the habitations of Jacob,
and hath not pitied:
He hath thrown down in his
wrath the strongholds of the
daughter of Judah;
He hath brought them down
to the ground; he hath pro-
faned the kingdom and the
princes thereof.
3 He hath cut off in fierce anger
^all the horn of Israel;
He hath drawn back his right
hand from before the enemy:
And he hath burned up Jacob
like a flaming fire, which
devoureth round about.
4 He hath bent his bow like an
enemy, he hath stood with
his right hand as an adversary.
And hath slain all that were
pleasant to the eye:
^In the tent of the daughter
of Zion he hath poured out
his wrath like fire.
5 The Lord is become as an enemy,
he hath swallowed up Israel;
He hath swallowed up all her
palaces, he hath destroyed
his strongholds;
And he hath multiplied in the
daughter of Judah mourn-
ing and lamentation.
6 And he hath violently taken
away his ^tabernacle, as if
it were of a garden; he hath
destroyed his place of as-
sembly :
1 Or, every horn 2 Or, On ^ Or, booth Or, hedge
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LAMENTATIONS 2.7—2.18
Jehovah hath caused ^solemn
assembly and sabbath to be
forgotten in Zion,
And hath despised in the in-
dignation of his anger the
king and the priest.
7 The Lord hath cast off his
altar, he hath abhorred his
sanctuary;
He hath given up into the
hand of the enemy the walls
of her palaces :
They have made a noise in the
house of Jehovah, as in the
day of a solemn assembly.
8 Jehovah hath purposed to de-
stroy the wall of the daugh-
ter of Zion;
He hath stretched out the line,
he hath not withdrawn his
hand from -destroying:
And he hath made the rampart
and wall to lament; they
languish together.
9 Her gates are sunk into the
ground; he hath destroyed
and broken her bars:
Her king and her princes are
among the nations where the
law is not;
Yea, her prophets find no vision
from Jehovah.
10 The elders of the daughter of
Zion sit upon the ground,
they keep silence;
They have cast up dust upon
their heads; they have girded
themselves with sackcloth:
The virgins of Jerusalem hang
down their heads to the
ground.
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears,
my heart is troubled;
My liver is poured upon the
earth, because of the ^de-
struction of the daughter of
my people,
Because the young children and
the sucklings swoon in the
streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers,
Where is grain and wine.?
1 Or, appointed feast - Heb. swallowing up. ' Or, breach
Zion's Sorrows come from Jehovah
When they swoon as the
wounded in the streets of
the city,
When their soul is poured out
into their mothers' bosom.
13 What shall I testify unto thee.?
what shall I liken to thee, O
daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare to thee,
that I may comfort thee, O
virgin daughter of Zion.?
For thy breach is great like
the sea: who can heal thee.?
14 Thy prophets have seen for
thee false and foolish visions;
And they have not uncovered
thine iniquity, to bring back
thy captivity.
But have seen for thee false
^oracles and ^causes of ban-
ishment.
15 All that pass by clap their
hands at thee;
They hiss and wag their head
at the daughter of Jerusalem,
saying.
Is this the city that men called
The perfection of beauty, The
joy of the whole earth?
16 All thine enemies have opened
their mouth wide against thee;
Thej^ hiss and gnash the teeth;
they sa3% We have swallowed
her up;
Certainly this is the day that
we looked for; we have
found, we have seen it.
17 Jehovah hath done that which
he purposed; he hath 'ful-
filled his word that he com-
manded in the days of old;
He hath thrown down, and hath
not pitied:
And he hath caused the enemy
to rejoice over thee; he hath
exalted the horn of thine
adversaries.
18 Their heart cried unto the
Lord :
O wall of the daughter of Zion,
let tears run down like a river
day and night;
< Or, take to witness for thee
* Or, things to drat thee aside
* Heb. burdens.
' Or, finished
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Lamentation of Afflicted. Hope of Relief through God's Mercy LAMENTATIONS 2.19 — 3.22
Give thyself no respite; let
not the apple of thine eye
cease.
19 Arise, cry out in the night,
at the beginning of the
watches ;
Pour out thy heart like water
before the face of the Lord:
Lift up thy hands toward him
for the life of thy young
children, that faint for
hunger at the head of every
street.
20 See, O Jehovah, and behold to
whom thou hast done thus!
Shall the women eat their fruit,
the children that are dandled
in the hands .^
Shall the priest and the prophet
be slain in the sanctuary of
the Lord?
21 The youth and the old man
lie on the ground in the
streets ;
My virgins and my young men
are fallen by the sword:
Thou hast slain them in the
day of thine anger; thou
hast slaughtered, and not
pitied.
22 Thou hast called, as in the day
of a solemn assembly, my
terrors on every side;
And there was none that es-
caped or remained in the
day of Jehovah's anger:
Those that I have dandled and
brought up hath mine enemy
consumed.
31 am the man that hath seen
affliction by the rod of his
wrath.
2 He hath led me and caused
me to walk in darkness, ^and
not in light.
3 Surely against me he turneth
his hand again and again all
the day.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he
^made old; he hath broken
my bones.
Or, without light
" Or, worn out
5 He hath builded against me,
and compassed me with gall
and travail.
6 He hath made me to dwell in
dark places, as those that
have been long dead.
7 He hath walled me about, that
I cannot go forth; he hath
made my chain heavy.
8 Yea, when I cry, and call for help,
he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath walled up my ways
with hewn stone; he hath
made my paths crooked.
10 He is unto me as a bear lying
in wait, as a lion in secret
places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways,
and pulled me in pieces; he
hath made me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set
me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the ^shafts of
his quiver to enter into my
reins.
14 I am become a derision to all
my people, and their song
all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitter-
ness, he hath sated me with
wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my teeth
with gravel stones; he hath
covered me with ashes.
17 And thou hast ^removed my
soul far off from peace; I
forgat prosperity.
18 And I said, My strength is
perished, and mine expec-
tation from Jehovah.
19 Remember mine affliction and
my ^misery, the wormwood
and the gall.
20 My soul hath them still in re-
membrance, and is bowed
down within me.
21 This I recall to my mind; there-
fore have I hope.
22 It is of Jehovah's lovingkind-
nesses that we are not con-
sumed, because his compas-
sions fail not.
'Heb. sons. *Or, cast off * Or, wandering Or, outcast slate
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LAMENTATIONS 3.23—3.59
23 They are new every morning;
great is thy faithfulness.
24 Jehovah is my portion, saith
my soul; therefore will I hope
in him.
25 Jehovah is good unto them that
wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should
hope and quietly wait for
the salvation of Jehovah.
27 It is good for a man that he
bear the yoke in his youth.
28 ^Let him sit alone and keep
silence, because he hath laid
it upon him.
29 Let him put his mouth in the
dust, if so be there may be
hope.
30 Let him give his cheek to him
that smiteth him; let him be
filled full with reproach.
31 For the Lord will not cast off
for ever.
32 For though he cause grief, yet
will he have compassion
according to the multitude
of his lovingkindnesses.
33 For he doth not afflict ^willingly,
nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under foot all the
prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside the right of a
man before the face of the
Most High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause,
the Lord ^approveth not.
37 Who is he that saith, and it
Cometh to pass, when the
Lord commandeth it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the Most
High Cometh there not evil
and good.^
39 Wherefore doth a living man
complain, ^a man for the
punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search and try our ways,
and turn again to Jehovah.
41 Let us lift up our heart with
our hands unto God in the
heavens.
> Or, He sitteth b'c. (so through ver. 28-30)
2 Heb. from his heart. ' Heb. seeth not.
* Or, a man that is in his sins
Hope of Relief through Qod's Mercy
42 We have transgressed and have
rebelled; thou hast not par-
doned.
43 Thou hast ^covered with anger
and pursued us; thou hast
slain, thou hast not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with
a cloud, so that no prayer can
pass through.
45 Thou hast made us an off-
scouring and refuse in the
midst of the peoples.
46 All our enemies have opened
their mouth wide against
us.
47 Fear and the pit are come
upon us, devastation and
destruction.
48 Mine eye runneth down with
streams of water, for the
destruction of the daughter
of my people.
49 Mine eye poureth down, and
ceaseth not, without any
intermission,
50 Till Jehovah look down, and
behold from heaven.
51 Mine eye affecteth my soul,
because of all the daughters
of my city.
52 They have chased me sore like
a bird, they that are mine
enemies without cause.
53 They have cut off my life in
the dungeon, and have cast
a stone upon me.
54 Waters flowed over my head;
I said, I am cut off.
55 I called upon thy name, O
Jehovah, out of the lowest
dungeon.
56 Thou heardest my voice; hide
not thine ear at my breath-
ing, at my cry.
57 Thou drewest near in the day
that I called upon thee; thou
saidst. Fear not.
58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the
causes of my soul; thou hast
redeemed my life.
59 O Jehovah, thou hast seen my
wrong; judge thou my cause.
* Or, covered thyself
« Or, tumult
^$^
Distress of the Siege described
60 Thou hast seen all their ven-
geance and all their devices
against me.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach,
O Jehovah, and all their de-
vices against me,
62 The lips of those that rose up
against me, and their device
against me all the day.
63 Behold thou their sitting down,
and their rising up; I am
their song.
64 Thou wilt render unto them
a recompense, O Jehovah,
according to the work of
their hands.
65 Thou wilt give them hardness
of heart, thy curse unto them.
66 Thou wilt pursue them in an-
ger, and destroy them from
under the heavens of Jehovah.
4 How is the gold become dim ! how
is the most pure gold changed !
The stones of the sanctuary are
poured out at the head of
every street.
2 The precious sons of Zion, ^com-
parable to fine gold,
How are they esteemed as
earthen pitchers, the work
of the hands of the potter!
3 Even the jackals draw out the
breast, they give suck to
their young ones:
The daughter of my people is
become cruel, like the os-
triches in the wilderness.
4 The tongue of the sucking child
cleaveth to the roof of his
mouth for thirst:
The young children ask bread,
and no man breaketh it unto
them.
5 They that did feed delicately
are desolate in the streets:
They that were brought up in
scarlet embrace dunghills.
6 For ^the iniquity of the daugh-
ter of my people is greater
than Hhe sin of Sodom,
1 Or, blindness Heb. covering.
2 Heb. that may be weighed against.
» Or, the punishment of the iniquity
< Or, the punishment of the sin
LAMENTATIONS 3.60—4.15
That was overthrown as in a
moment, and no hands -'were
laid upon her.
7 Her ^nobles were purer than
snow, they were whiter than
milk;
They were more ruddy in body
than ^rubies, their polishing
was as of sapphire.
8 Their visage is ^blacker than a
coal; they are not known in
the streets:
Their skin cleaveth to their
bones; it is withered, it is
become like a stick.
9 They that are slain with the
sword are better than they
that are slain with hunger;
For these ^pine away, stricken
through, for want of the fruits
of the field.
10 The hands of the pitiful women
have boiled their own chil-
dren;
They were their food in the
destruction of the daughter
of my people.
11 Jehovah hath accomplished his
wrath, he hath poured out his
fierce anger;
And he hath kindled a fire in
Zion, which hath devoured
the foundations thereof.
12 The kings of the earth believed
not, neither all the inhab-
itants of the world,
That the adversary and the
enemy would enter into the
gates of Jerusalem.
13 /^ is because of the sins of her
prophets, and the iniquities
of her priests.
That have shed the blood of the
just in the midst of her.
14 They wander as blind men in
the streets, they are polluted
with blood.
So that men cannot touch their
garments.
15 Depart ye, they cried unto them.
Unclean ! depart, depart,
touch not!
5 Or, fell See 2 S. 3. 29.
6 Or, Nazirites ' Or, corals
* Heb. darker than blackness. ^ Heb. flow away.
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LAMENTATIONS 4.16—5.18
Miseries of the Captivity bewailed. Prayer for Mercy
^When they fl(^d away and
wandered, men said among
the nations, They shall no
more sojourn here.
16 The ^anger of Jehovah hath
scattered them; he will no
more regard them:
They respected not the persons
of the priests, they favored
not the elders.
17 Our eyes do yet fail in looking
for our vain help:
In our watching we have
watched for a nation that
could not save.
18 They hunt our steps, so that
we cannot go in our streets:
Our end is near, our days are
fulfilled; for our end is come.
19 Our pursuers were swifter than
the eagles of the heavens:
They chased us upon the moun-
tains, they laid wait for us in
the wilderness.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the
anointed of Jehovah, was
taken in their pits;
Of whom we said. Under his
shadow we shall live among
the nations.
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daugh-
ter of Edom, that dwellest
in the land of Uz:
The cup shall pass through
unto thee also; thou shalt be
drunken, and shalt make thy-
self naked.
22 ^The punishment of thine in-
iquity is accomplished, O
daughter of Zion; he will no
more carry thee away into
captivity :
He will visit thine iniquity, O
daughter of Edom; he will
uncover thy sins.
5 Remember, O Jehovah, what
is come upon us:
Behold, and see our reproach.
2 Our inheritance is turned unto
stpangers,
Our houses unto aliens,
3 We are orphans and fatherless ;
Our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunken our water for
money ;
Our wood ^is sold unto us.
5 Our pursuers are upon our necks :
We are weary, and have no
rest.
6 We have given the hand to the
Egyptians,
And to the Assyrians, to be
satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers sinned, and are not;
And we have borne their in-
iquities.
8 Servants rule over us:
There is none to deliver us out
of their hand.
9 We get our bread at the peril
of our lives,
Because of the sword of the
wilderness.
10 Our skin is ^black like an oven,
Because of the burning heat of
famine.
11 They ravished the women in
Zion,
The virgins in the cities of
Judah.
12 Princes were hanged up by their
hand:
The faces of elders were not
honored.
13 The young men bare the mill;
And the children stumbled
under the wood.
14 The elders have ceased from
the gate.
The young men from their music.
15 The joy of our heart is ceased;
Our dance is turned into mourn-
ing.
16 The crown is fallen from our
head:
Woe unto us! for we have
sinned.
17 For this our heart is faint;
For these things our eyes are
dim;
18 For the mountain of Zion, which
is desolate:
The ^foxes walk upon it.
Or, Yea 2 Heb. face. ^ Or, Thine iniquity hath an end
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Prayer for Mercy
19 Thou, O Jehovah, ^abidest for
ever;
Thy throne is from generation
to generation.
20 Wherefore dost thou forget us
for ever,
And forsake us so long time?
1 Or, sitlest as King
LAMENTATIONS 5.19-5.22
21 Turn thou us unto thee, O
us
and
we shall be
22
Jehovah,
turned ; /
Renew our days as of old.
^But thou hast utterly rejected
us;
Thou art very wroth against us.
Or, Unless thou . . . and art &°c.
THE BOOK OF
EZEKIEL
Ezekiel's Vision of Four Cherubim; of Four Wheels
INow it came to pass in the
thirtieth year, in the fourth
month, in the fifth day of the
month, as I was among the ^cap-
tives by the river Chebar, that
the heavens were opened, and I
saw visions of God. 2 In the
fifth day of the month, which was
the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's
captivity, 3 the word of Jehovah
came expressly unto Ezekiel the
priest, the son of Buzi, in the land
of the Chaldeans by the river
Chebar; and the hand of Jeho-
vah was there upon him.
4 And I looked, and, behold, a
stormy wind came out of the
north, a great cloud, with a fire
^infolding itself, and a brightness
round about it, and out of the
midst thereof ^as it were glowing
^metal, out of the midst of the
fire. 5 And out of the midst
thereof came the likeness of four
living creatures. And this was
their appearance: They had the
likeness of a man; 6 and every
one had four faces, and every one
of them had four wings, 7 And
their feet were straight feet; and
the sole of their feet was like the
sole of a calf's foot; and they
sparkled like burnished brass.
8 And they had the hands of a
1 Heb. captivity. - Or, flashing continually
3 Or, as amber to look upon ' Or, amber
man under their wings on their
four sides; and they four had
their faces and their wings thus:
9 their wings were joined one to
another; they turned not when
they went; they went every one
straight forward. 10 As for the
likeness of their faces, they had
the face of a man; and they four
had the face of a lion on the right
side; and they four had the face
of an ox on the left side; they
four had also the face of an eagle.
11 ^And their faces and their
wings were separate above; two
wings of every one were joined
one to another, and two cov-
ered their bodies. 12 And they
went every one straight forward:
whither the spirit was to go, they
went; they turned not when they
went. 13 As for the likeness of
the living creatures, their appear-
ance was like burning coals of
fire, like the appearance of
torches : the fire went up and down
among the living creatures; and
the fire was bright, and out of the
fire went forth lightning. 14 And
the living creatures ran and re-
turned as the appearance of a flash
of lightning.
15 Now as I beheld the living
creatures, behold, one wheel upon
the earth beside the living crea-
3 Or, And thus were their faces: and their wings were isfc.
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Ezekiel's Vision of the Divine Qlory. TJie Prophet's Call
tures, for each of the four faces
thereof. 16 The appearance of
the wheels and their work was like
unto a beryl: and they four had
one likeness; and their appear-
ance and their work was as it
were a wheel Vithin a wheel.
17 When they went, they went
^in their four directions: they
turned not when they went. 18
As for their ^rims, they were high
and dreadful; and they four had
their rims full of eyes round about.
19 And when the living crea-
tures went, the wheels went beside
them; and when the living crea-
tures were lifted up from the
earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20 Whithersoever the spirit was
to go, they went; thither was the
spirit to go: and the wheels were
lifted up ^beside them; for the
spirit ^of the living creature was
in the wheels. 21 When those
went, these went; and when those
stood, these stood; and when
those were lifted up from the
earth, the wheels were lifted up
^beside them: for the spirit ^of
the living creature was in the
wheels.
22 And over the head of the
living creature there was the like-
ness of a firmament, like the terri-
ble ^crystal to look upon, stretched
forth over their heads above. 23
And under the firmament were
their wings straight, the one
toward the other: every one had
two which covered ^on this side,
and every one had two which cov-
ered ^on that side, their bodies.
24 And when they went, I heard
the noise of their wings like the
noise of great waters, like the
voice of the Almighty, a noise
of tumult like the noise of a
host: when they stood, they let
down their wings. 25 And there
was a voice above the firmament
that was over their heads: when
they stood, they let down their wings.
1 Heb. in the midst of.
' Or, felloes
6 Or, of life 6 Or, ice
• Heb. on their four sides.
* Or, over against
7 Or, for them
26 And above the firmament
that was over their heads was the
likeness of a throne, as the ap-
pearance of a sapphire stone; and
upon the likeness of the throne
was a likeness as the appearance
of a man upon it above. 27 And
I saw as it were glowing metal,
as the appearance of fire within it
round about, from the appearance
of his loins and upward; and from
the appearance of his loins and
downward I saw as it were the
appearance of fire, and there was
brightness round about %im.
28 As the appearance of the bow
that is in the cloud in the day of
rain, so was the appearance of the
brightness round about. This was
the appearance of the likeness of
the glory of Jehovah. And when
I saw it, I fell upon my face, and
I heard a voice of one that spake.
2 And he said unto me. Son
of man, stand upon thy feet,
and I will speak with thee. 2 And
the Spirit entered into me when
he spake unto me, and set me upon
my feet; and I heard him that
spake unto me. 3 And he said
unto me, Son of man, I send thee
to the children of Israel, to nations
that are rebellious, which have
rebelled against me: they and
their fathers have transgressed
against me even unto this very
day. 4 And the children are im-
pudent and stiff hearted : ^I do
send thee unto them; and thou
shalt say unto them, Thus saith
the Lord Jehovah. 5 And they,
whether they will hear, or whether
the}^ will forbear (for they are a
rebellious house), yet shall know
that there hath been a prophet
among them. 6 And thou, son of
man, be not afraid of them, neither
be afraid of their words, though
briers and thorns are with thee,
and thou dost dwell among scor-
pions: be not afraid of their words,
nor be dismayed at their looks,
though they are a rebellious house.
8 Or, il 9 Or, unto 'whom I send the*
SQ2
The Prophet's Commission. His Induction
7 And thou shalt speak my words
unto them, whether they will hear,
or whether they will forbear; for
they are most rebellious.
8 But thou, son of man, hear
what I say unto thee; be not
thou rebellious like that rebel-
lious house: open thy mouth, and
eat that which I give thee. 9
And when I looked, behold, a
hand was put forth unto me;
and, lo, a roll of a book was
therein; 10 and he spread it
before me: and it was written
within and without; and there
were written therein lamentations,
Sand mourning, and woe. 1
And he said unto me. Son of
man, eat that which thou findest;
eat this roll, and go, speak unto
the house of Israel. 2 So I opened
my mouth, and he caused me to
eat the roll. 3 And he said unto
me. Son of man, cause thy belly
to eat, and fill thy bowels with
this roll that I give thee. Then
did I eat it; and it was in my
mouth as honey for sweetness.
4 And he said unto me. Son of
man, go, get thee unto the house
of Israel, and speak with my words
unto them. 5 For thou art not
sent to a people ^of a strange
speech and of a hard language, but
to the house of Israel; 6 not to
many peoples ^of a strange speech
and of a hard language, whose
words thou canst not understand.
Surely, if I sent thee to them, they
would hearken unto thee. 7 But
the house of Israel will not hearken
unto thee; for they will not
hearken unto me: for all the house
of Israel are of a hard forehead
and of a stiff heart. 8 Behold, I
have made thy face hard against
their faces, and thy forehead hard
against their foreheads. 9 As an
adamant harder than flint have
I made thy forehead: fear them
not, neither be dismayed at their
looks, though they are a rebellious
house. 10 Moreover he said unto
1 Heb. deep of Up and heavy of tongue.
EZEKIEL 2.7— 3.2U
me, Son of man, all my words that
I shall speak unto thee receive in
thy heart, and hear with thine
ears. 11 And go, get thee to them
of the captivity, unto the chil-
dren of thy people, and speak unto
them, and tell them. Thus saith
the Lord Jehovah; whether they
will hear, or whether they will
forbear.
12 Then the Spirit lifted me up,
and I heard behind me the voice of
a great rushing, saying. Blessed be
the glory of Jehovah from his
place. 13 And / heard the noise
of the wings of the living creatures
as they touched one another, and
the noise of the wheels ^beside
them, even the noise of a great
rushing. 14 So the Spirit lifted
me up, and took me away; and I
went in bitterness, in the heat of
my spirit; and the hand of Jeho-
vah was strong upon me. 15 Then
I came to them of the captivity at
Tel-abib, that ^dwelt by the river
Chebar, %nd to where they ^dwelt;
and I sat there overwhelmed among
them seven days.
16 And it came to pass at the
end of seven days, that the word of
Jehovah came unto me, saying, 17
Son of man, I have made thee a
watchman unto the house of Is-
rael: therefore hear the word at
my mouth, and give them warn-
ing from me. 18 When I say unto
the wicked. Thou shalt surely die;
and thou givest him not warning,
nor speakest to warn the wicked
from his wicked way, to save his
life; the same wicked man shall
die in his iniquity; but his blood
will I require at thy hand. 19 Yet
if thou warn the wicked, and he
turn not from his wickedness, nor
from his wicked way, he shall die
in his iniquity; but thou hast de-
livered thy soul. 20 Again, when
a righteous man doth turn from his
righteousness, and commit iniquity,
and I lay a stumblingblock before
2 Or, over against ^ Or, sat
« Another reading is, and I sat where they sat
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EZEKIEL 3.21—4.14
him, he shall die* because thou
hast not given him warning, he
shall die in his sin, and his right-
eous deeds which he hath done
shall not be remembered; but his
blood will I require at thy hand.
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the
righteous man, that the righteous
sin not, and he doth not sin, he
shall surely live, because he took
warning; and thou hast delivered
thy soul.
22 And the hand of Jehovah
was there upon me; and he said
unto me. Arise, go forth into the
^plain, and I will there talk with
thee. 23 Then I arose, and went
forth into the ^plain: and, behold,
the glory of Jehovah stood there,
as the glory which I saw by the
river Chebar; and I fell on my
face. 24 Then the Spirit entered
into me, and set me upon my feet;
and he spake with me, and said
unto me, Go, shut thyself within
thy house. 25 But thou, son of
man, behold, they shall lay bands
upon thee, and shall bind thee with
them, and thou shalt not go out
among them: 26 and I will make
thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy
mouth, that thou shalt be dumb,
and shalt not be to them a re-
prover; for they are a rebellious
house. 27 But when I speak with
thee, I will open thy mouth, and
thou shalt say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah: He that
heareth, let him hear; and he that
forbeareth, let him forbear: for
they are a rebellious house.
4 Thou also, son of man, take
thee a tile, and lay it before
thee, and portray upon it a city,
even Jerusalem: 2 and lay siege
against it, and build forts against
it, and cast up a mound against
it; set camps also against it, and
plant battering rams against it
round about. 3 And take thou
unto thee an iron ^pan, and set it
for a wall of iron between thee and
the city: and set thy face toward
I Or, valley 2 Or, flai Plate
Siege of Jerusalem portrayed
it, and it shall be besieged, and
thou shalt lay siege agamst it.
This shall be a sign to the house
of Israel.
4 Moreover lie thou upon thy
left side, and lay the iniquity of
the house of Israel upon it; accora-
ing to the number of the daj's that
thou shalt lie upon it, thou shalt
bear their iniquity. 5 For I have
appointed the years of their in-
iquity to be unto thee a number of
days, even three hundred and
ninety days: so shalt thou bear
the iniquity of the house of Israel.
6 And again, when thou hast ac-
complished these, thou shalt lie on
thy right side, and shalt bear the
iniquity of the house of Judah:
forty days, each day for a year,
have I appointed it unto thee. 7
And thou shalt set thy face
toward the siege of Jerusalem,
with thine arm uncovered; and
thou shalt prophesy against it.
8 And, behold, I lay bands upon
thee, and thou shalt not turn thee
from one side to the other, till thou
hast accomplished the days of thy
siege.
9 Take thou also unto thee wheat,
and barley, and beans, and lentils,
and millet, and spelt, and put
them in one vessel, and make thee
bread thereof; according to the
number of the days that thou shalt
lie upon thy side, even three hun-
dred and ninety days, shalt thou
eat thereof. 10 And thy food
which thou shalt eat shall be by
weight, twenty shekels a day:
from time to time shalt thou eat it.
11 And thou shalt drink water by
measure, the sixth part of a hin:
from time to time shalt thou drink.
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley
cakes, and thou shalt bake it in
their sight with dung that cometh
out of man. 13 iVnd Jehovah said.
Even thus shall the children of
Israel eat their bread unclean,
among the nations whither I will
drive them. 14 Then said I, Ah
Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul
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Desolation of Jerusalem symbolized and foretold
EZEKIEL 4.15—5.15
hath not been polluted; for from
my youth up even till now have I
not eaten of that which dieth of
itself, or is torn of beasts-, neither
came there abominable flesh into
my mouth. 15 Then he said unto
me. See, I have given thee cow's
dung for man's dung, and thou
shalt prepare thy bread thereon.
16 Moreover he said unto me. Son
of man, behold, I will break the
staff of bread in Jerusalem: and
they shall eat bread by weight, and
with fearfulness; and they shall
drink water by measure, and in
dismay: 17 that they may want
bread and water, and be dismayed
one with another, and pine away
in their iniquity.
5 And thou, son ofman, take
thee a sharp sword; as a barber's
razor shalt thou take it unto thee,
and shalt cause it to pass upon thy
head and upon thy beard : then take
thee balances to weigh, and Mivide
the hair. 2 A third part shalt thou
burn in the fire in the midst of the
city, when the days of the siege are
fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third
part, and smite with the sword
round about it; and a third part
thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I
will draw out a sword after them. 3
And thou shalt take ^thereof a few
in number, and bind them in thy
skirts. 4 And of these again shalt
thou take, and cast them into the
midst of the fire, and burn them in
the fire; therefrom shall a fire come
forth into all the house of Israel.
5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
This is Jerusalem; I have set her
in the midst of the nations, and
countries are round about her. 6
And she hath ^rebelled against mine
ordinances in doing wickedness more
than the nations, and against my
statutes more than the countries
that are round about her; for they
have rejected mine ordinances, and
as for my statutes, they have not
Heb. divide them. - Heb. thence.
Or, changed mine ordinances into wickedness
walked in them. 7 Therefore thus
saith the Lord Jehovah : Because ye
are turbulent more than the nations
that are round about you, and have
not walked in my statutes, neither
have kept mine ordinances, neither
have done after the ordinances of
the nations that are round about
you; 8 therefore thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am
against thee; and I will execute
judgments in the midst of thee in
the sight of the nations. 9 And I will
do in thee that which I have not
done, and whereunto I will not do
any more the like, because of all
thine abominations. 10 Therefore
the fathers shall eat the sons in the
midst of thee, and the sons shall eat
their fathers; and I will execute
judgments on thee; and the whole
remnant of thee will I scatter unto
all the winds. 11 Wherefore, as I
live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely,
because thou hast defiled my sanc-
tuary^ with all thy detestable things,
and with all thine abominations,
therefore will I also diminish thee\
neither shall mine eye spare, and I
also will have no pity. 12 A third
part of thee shall die with the pesti-
lence, and with famine shall they be
consumed in the midst of thee; and
a third part shall fall by the sword
round about thee; and a third part
I will scatter unto all the winds, and
will draw out a sword after them.
13 Thus shall mine anger be ac-
complished, and I will cause my
wrath toward them to ^rest, and I
shall be comforted: and they shall
know that I, Jehovah, have spoken
in my zeal, when I have accom-
plished my wrath upon them. 14
Moreover I will make thee a deso-
lation and a reproach among the
nations that are round about thee,
in the sight of all that pass by. 15
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt,
an instruction and an astonishment,
unto the nations that are round about
thee, when I shall execute judgments
* Or, withdraw mine eye that it shall not spare Another
reading is, hew thee down. ^ Or, cease
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EZEKIEL 5.16—7.5
on thee in anger and in wrath, and in
wrathful rebukes (I, Jehovah, have
spoken it); 16 when I shall send
upon them the evil arrows of famine,
that are for destruction, which I will
send to destroy you. And I will
increase the famine upon you, and
will break your staff of bread; 17
and I will send upon you famine
and evil beasts, and they shall be-
reave thee; and pestilence and blood
shall pass through thee; and I will
bring the sword upon thee: I, Je-
hovah, have spoken it.
6 And the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 2 Son of
man, set thy face toward the moun-
tains of Israel, and prophesy Hmto
them, 3 and say, Ye mountains of
Israel, hear the word of the Lord
Jehovah : Thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah to the mountains and to the
hills, to the ^watercourses and to the
valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring
a sword upon you, and I will destroy
your high places. 4 And your altars
shall become desolate, and your sun-
images shall be broken; and I will
cast down your slain men before
your idols. 5 And I will lay the dead
bodies of the children of Israel before
their idols; and I will scatter your
bones round about your altars. 6
In all your dwelling-places the cities
shall be laid waste, and the high
places shall be desolate; that your
altars may be laid waste and ^made
desolate, and your idols may be
broken and cease, and your sun-
images may be hewn down, and your
works may be ^abolished. 7 And
the slain shall fall in the midst of
you, and ye shall know that I am
Jehovah.
8 Yet will I leave a remnant,
in that ye shall have some that es-
cape the sword among the nations,
when ye shall be scattered through
the countries. 9 And those of you
that escape shall remember me
among the nations whither they
shall be carried captive, how that ^I
1 Or, against 2 Qr, ravines ^ Or, bear their guilt
* Heb. blotted out. * Or, / have broken for myself their &*c.
Idolatrous Worship denounced
have been broken with their lewd
heart, which hath departed from me,
and with their eyes, which play the
harlot after their idols: and they
shall loathe themselves in their own
sight for the evils which they have
committed in all their abominations.
10 And they shall know that I am
Jehovah: I have not said in vain
that I would do this evil unto them.
11 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Smite with thy hand, and stamp with
thy foot, and say, Alas! because of
all the evil abominations of the
house of Israel; for they shall fall
by the sword, by the famine, and
by the pestilence. 12 He that is far
off shall die of the pestilence; and he
that is near shall fall by the sword;
and he that remaineth and is ^be-
sieged shall die by the famine: thus
will I accomplish my wrath upon
them. 13 And ye shall know that I
am Jehovah, when their slain men
shall be among their idols round
about their altars, upon every high
hill, on all the tops of the mountains,
and under every green tree, and
under every thick ^oak, the places
where they offered sweet savor to all
their idols. 14 And I will stretch out
my hand upon them, and make the
land desolate and waste, ^from the
wilderness toward Diblah, through-
out all their habitations; and they
shall know that I am Jehovah.
7 Moreover the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 2 And
thou, son of man, thus saith the
Lord Jehovah unto the land of
Israel, An end : the end is come upon
the four corners of the land. 3 Now
is the end upon thee, and I will send
mine anger upon thee, and will judge
thee according to thy ways; and I
will bring upon thee all thine abom-
inations. 4 And mine eye shall not
spare thee, neither will I have pity ;
but I will bring thy ways upon thee,
and thine abominations shall be in
the midst of thee : and ye shall know
that I am Jehovah.
5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
8 Or, preserved i Or, terebinth
» Or, more than
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Punishment for national Wickedness foretold
An evil, an only evil; behold, it
Cometh. 6 An end is come, the end
is come; it awaketh against thee;
behold, it cometh. 7 ^Thy doom is
come unto thee, O inhabitant of the
land: the time is come, the day is
near, a day of tumult, and not of
joyful shouting, ^upon the moun-
tains. 8 Now will I shortly pour out
my wrath upon thee, and accomplish
mine anger against thee, and will
judge thee according to thy ways;
and I will bring upon thee all thine
abominations. 9 And mine eye shall
not spare, neither will I have pity:
I will bring upon thee according to
thy ways; and thine abominations
shall be in the midst of thee; and ye
shall know that I, Jehovah, do
smite.
10 Behold, the day, behold, it
cometh: thy doom is gone forth;
the rod hath blossomed, pride hath
budded. 11 Violence is risen up
into a rod of wickedness; ^none of
them shall remain, nor of their mul-
titude, nor of their wealth: neither
shall there be ^eminency among
them. 12 The time is come, the day
draweth near: let not the buyer re-
joice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath
is upon all the multitude thereof.
13 For the seller shall not return to
that which is sold, ^although they
be yet alive : for the vision is touch-
ing the whole multitude thereof,
*^none shall return; neither shall any
strengthen himself ^in the iniquity
of his life.
14 They have blown the trum-
pet, and have made all ready; but
none goeth to the battle; for my
wrath is upon all the multitude
thereof. 15 The sword is without,
and the pestilence and the famine
within: he that is in the field shall
die with the sword; and he that is in
the city, famine and pestilence shall
devour him. 16 But those of them
that escape shall escape, and shall
1 Or, The turn Or, The crowning time 2 Qr, from
3 Or, not from them, nor from their multitude, nor from
their wealth * Or, wailing for them
■■* Heb. though their life be yet among the living.
« Or, it shall not turn back
7 Or, whose life is in his iniquity
EZEKIEL 7.6—7.27
be on the mountains like doves of
the valleys, all of them moaning,
every one in his iniquity. 17 All
hands shall be feeble, and all knees
shall be weak as water. 18 They
shall also gird themselves with sack-
cloth, and horror shall cover them;
and shame shall be upon all faces,
and baldness upon all their heads.
19 They shall cast their silver in the
streets, and their gold shall be as an
unclean thing; their silver and their
gold shall not be able to deliver
them in the day of the wrath of Je-
hovah: they shall not satisfy their
souls, neither fill their bowels; be-
cause it hath been the stumbling-
block of their iniquity. 20 As for the
beauty of his ornament, ^he set it in
majesty; but they made the images
of their abominations and their de-
testable things ^therein: therefore
have I made it unto them as an un-
clean thing. 21 And I will give it
into the hands of the strangers for a
prey, and to the wicked of the earth
for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
22 My face will I turn also from
them, and they shall profane my
^ ^secret place; and robbers shall
enter into it, and profane it.
23 Make the chain; for the land
is full of ^^bloody crimes, and the
city is full of violence. 24 Where-
fore I will bring the worst of the
nations, and they shall possess
their houses : I will also make the
pride of the strong to cease; and
^^their holy places shall be profaned.
25 ^^Destruction cometh; and they
shall seek peace, and there shall be
none. 26 Mischief shall come upon
mischief, and rumor shall be upon
rumor; and they shall seek a vision
of the prophet; but the law shall
perish from the priest, and counsel
from the elders. 27 The king shall
mourn, and the prince shall be
clothed with desolation, and the
hands of the people of the land shall
be troubled: I will do unto them
after their way, and according to
8 Or, they turned it to pride; and they b'c. » Or. thereof
1" Or, secret treasure " Heb. judgment of blood.
12 Or, they that sanctify them i» Or, Distress
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EZEKIEL 8.1—9.1
their deserts will I judge them; and
they shall know that I am Jehovah.
8 And it came to pass in the
sixth year, in the sixth month,
in the fifth day of the month, as I
sat in my house, and the elders of
Judah sat before me, that the hand
of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon
me. 2 Then I beheld, and, lo, a
likeness as the appearance of fire;
from the appearance of his loins and
downward, fire; and from his loins
and upward, as the appearance of
brightness, ^as it were glowing metal.
3 And he put forth the form of a
hand, and took me by a lock of my
head; and the Spirit lifted me up
between earth and heaven, and
brought me in the visions of God to
Jerusalem, to the door of the gate
of the inner couH that looketh to-
ward the north; where was the seat
of the image of jealousy, which pro-
voketh to jealousy. 4 And, behold,
the glory of the God of Israel was
there, according to the ^appearance
that I saw in the plain.
5 Then said he unto me. Son of
man, lift up thine eyes now the way
toward the north. So I lifted up
mine eyes the way toward the north
Vision of Abominations in Jerusalem
beasts, and all the idols of the house
of Israel, portrayed upon tne wall
round about. 11 And there stood
before them seventy men of the
elders of the house of Israel; and in
the midst of them stood Jaazaniah
the son of Shaphan, every man with
his censer in his hand ; and the
odor of the cloud of incense went up.
12 Then said he unto me, Son of
man, hast thou seen what the elders
of the house of Israel do in the dark,
every man, in his chambers of imag-
ery.'^ for they say, Jehovah seeth us
not; Jehovah hath forsaken the
land. 13 He said also unto me. Thou
shall again see yet other great
abominations which they do.
14 Then he brought me to the
door of the gate of Jehovah's house
which was toward the north; and
behold, there sat the women weep-
ing for Tammuz. 15 Then said he
unto me. Hast thou seen this, O son
of man.f^ thou shall again see yet
greater abominations than these.
16 And he brought me into the
inner court of Jehovah's house; and
behold, at the door of the temple
of Jehovah, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and twenty
and behold, northward of the gate of i men, with their backs toward the
the altar this image of jealousy in temple of Jehovah, and their faces
the entry. 6 And he said unto me,
Son of man, seest thou what they do.^
even the great abominations that
the house of Israel do commit here,
^that I should go far off from my
sanctuary.^ But ^thou shall again
see yet other great abominations.
7 And he brought me to the door
of the court; and w^hen I looked,
behold, a hole in the wall. 8 Then
said he unto me, Son of man, dig
now in the wall: and when I had
digged in the wall, behold, a door.
9 And he said unto me. Go in, and
see the wicked abominations that
they do here. 10 So I went in and
saw; and behold, every form of
creeping things, and abominable
1 Or, as amber to look upon 2 Qr, vision
3 Or, to get them far off
* Or, turn thee yet; again, and thou shall see greater
nhn-mmations So also in ver. 13. In,
toward the east; and they were
worshipping the sun toward the east.
17 Then he said unto me. Hast thou
seen this, O son of man.^ Is it a light
thing to the house of Judah that
they commit the abominations
which they commit here.^^ for they
have filled the land with violence,
and have turned again to provoke
me to anger: and, lo, they put the
branch to their nose. 18 Therefore
will I also deal in wrath; mine eye
shall not spare, neither will I have
pity; and though they cry in mine
ears with a loud voice, yet will I not
hear them.
9 Then he cried in mine ears
with a loud voice, saying, ^Cause
ye them that have charge over the
city to draw near, every man with
s Or. Draw yr >jca}- that fr-v.
SOS
Vision of Ihe Slaugtiter of the Guilty
his destroying weapon in his hand.
2 And behold, six men came from
the way of the upper gate, which
lieth toward the north, every man
with his ^shiughter weapon in his
hand; and one man in the midst of
them clothed in linen, with a writ-
er's inkhorn ^by his side. And they
went in, and stood beside the brazen
altar.
3 And the glory of the God of
Israel was gone up from the cherub,
whereupon it was, to the threshold
of the house: and he called to the
man clothed in linen, who had the
writer's inkhorn ^by his side. 4 And
Jehovah said unto him. Go through
the midst of the city, through the
midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark
upon the foreheads of the men that
sigh and that cry over all the abom-
inations that are done in the midst
thereof. 5 And to the others he said
in my hearing. Go ye through the
city after him, and smite: let not
your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
6 slay ^utterly the old man, the young
man and the virgin, and little chil-
dren and women; but come not near
any man upon whom is the mark:
and begin at my sanctuary. Then
they began at the ^old men that were
before the house. 7 And he said
unto them. Defile the house, and
fill the courts with the slain: go ye
forth. And they went forth, and
smote in the city. 8 And it came to
pass, while they were smiting, and I
was left, that I fell upon my face,
and cried, and said. Ah Lord Jeho-
vah! wilt thou destroy all the residue
of Israel in thy pouring out of thy
wrath upon Jerusalem.^
9 Then said he unto me, The
iniquity of the house of Israel and
Judah is exceeding great, and the
land is full of blood, and the city
full of ^wresting of judgment: for
they say, Jehovah hath forsaken
the land, and Jehovah seeth not.
10 And as for me also, mine eye
shall not spare, neither will I have
Or, battle-axe
Heb. to destruction.
- Heb. upon his loins.
< Or, elders ^ Or, perverseness
EZEKIEL 9.2—10.9
pity, but I will bring their way upon
their head. 1 1 And, behold, the man
clothed in linen, who had the ink-
horn by his side, reported the
matter, saying, I have done as thou
hast commanded me.
"1 f\ Then I looked, and, behold,
1 V7 in the firmament that was
over the head of the cherubim there
appeared above them as it were a
sapphire stone, as the appearance of
the likeness of a throne. 2 And he
spake unto the man clothed in linen,
and said. Go in between the whirling
wheels y even under the cherub, and
fill both thy hands with coals of
fire from between the cherubim,
and ^scatter them over the city.
And he went in in my sight. 3 Now
the cherubim stood on the right side
of the house, when the man went in ;
and the cloud filled the inner court.
4 And the glory of Jehovah mounted
up from the cherub, and stood over
the threshold of the house; and the
house was filled with the cloud, and
the court was full of the brightness
of Jehovah's glory. 5 And the sound
of the wings of the cherubim was
heard even to the outer court, as
the voice of ^God Almighty when he
speaketh. 6 And it came to pass,
when he commanded the man
clothed in linen, saying. Take fire
from between the whirling wheels,
from between the cherubim, that he
went in, and stood beside a wheel.
7 And the cherub stretched forth
his hand from between the cheru-
bim unto the fire that was between
the cherubim, and took thereof, and
put it into the hands of him that was
clothed in linen, who took it and
went out. 8 And there appeared in
the cherubim the form of a man's
hand under their wings.
9 And I looked, and behold, four
wheels beside the cherubim, one
wheel beside one cherub, and an-
other wheel beside another cherub;
and the appearance of the wheels
was like unto a ^beryl stone.
6 Or, sprinkle ^ Heb. El Shaddai.
* Or, stone of Tarshish
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EZEKIEL 10.10 11.12 vision of the Divine Glory over the Cherubim. Evil Rulers rebuked
10 And as for their appearance, they
four had one likeness, as if a wheel
had been ^within a wheel. 11 When
they went, they went ^in their four
directions: they turned not as they
went, but to the place whither the
head looked they followed it; they
turned not as they went. 12 And
their whole body, and their backs,
and their hands, and their wings,
and the wheels, were full of eyes
round about, even the wheels that
they four had. 13 As for the wheels,
they were called in my hearing the
whirling wheels. 14 And every one
had four faces : the first face was the
face of the cherub, and the second
face was the face of a man, and the
third the face of a lion, and the
fourth the face of an eagle.
15 And the cherubim mounted
up: this is the living creature
that I saw by the river Chebar. 16
And when the cherubim went, the
wheels went beside them; and when
the cherubim lifted up their wings
to mount up from the earth, the
wheels also turned not from beside
them. 17 When they stood, these
stood; and when they mounted up,
these mounted up with them: for
the spirit ^of the living creature was
in them.
18 And the glory of Jehovah went
forth from over the threshold of the
house, and stood over the cherubim.
19 And the cherubim lifted up their
wings, and mounted up from the
earth in my sight when they went
forth, and the wheels Reside them:
and they stood at the door of the
east gate of Jehovah's house; and
the glory of the God of Israel was
over them above.
20 This is the living creature that
I saw under the God of Israel by the
river Chebar; and I knew that they
were cherubim. 21 Every one had
four faces, and every one four wings;
and the likeness of the hands of a
man was under their wings. 22 And
as for the likeness of their faces, they
were the faces which I saw by the
river Chebar, their appearances and
themselves; they went every one
straight forward.
I"! Moreover the Spirit lifted
1 me up, and brought me unto
the east gate of Jehovah's house,
which looketh eastward: and be-
hold, at the door of the gate five
and twenty men; and I saw in the
midst of them Jaazaniah the son
of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of
Benaiah, pHnces of the people. 2
And he said unto me, Son of man,
these are the men that devise
iniquity, and that give wicked
counsel in this city; 3 that say,
'-"The time is not near to build
houses: this city is the caldron,
and we are the flesh. 4 Therefore
prophesy against them, prophesy,
0 son of man.
5 And the Spirit of Jehovah
fell upon me, and he said unto
me. Speak, Thus saith Jehovah:
Thus have ye said, O house of
Israel; for I know the things
that come into your mind. 6 Ye
have multiplied your slain in
this city, and ye have filled the
streets thereof with the slain.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Your slain whom ye
have laid in the midst of it, they
are the flesh, and this city is the
caldron; but ^e shall be brought
forth out of the midst of it. 8 Ye
have feared the sword; and I will
bring the sword upon you, saith
the Lord Jehovah. 9 And I will
bring you forth out of the midst
thereof, and deliver you into the
hands of strangers, and will
execute judgments among you.
10 Ye shall fall by the sword;
1 will judge you in the border
of Israel; and ye shall know that
I am Jehovah. 11 This city shall
not be your caldron, neither shall
ye be the flesh in the midst
thereof; I will judge you in the
border of Israel; 12 and ye shall
1 Heb. in the midsl of. - Heb. on their four sides. '•' Or, Is not the time near cs'c.
* Or, of life See ch. 1. 21. * Or, over against « Another reading is, / will bring you.
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EZEKIEL 11.13—12.7
know that I am Jehovah: for ye
have not walked in my statutes,
neither have ye executed mine
ordinances, but have done after
the ordinances of the nations
that are round about you.
13 And it came to pass, when
I prophesied, that Pelatiah the
son of Benaiah died. Then fell I
down upon my face, and cried with
a loud voice, and said. Ah Lord
Jehovah! wilt thou make a full
end of the remnant of Israel .f^
14 And the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 15 Son of
man, thy brethren, even thy breth-
ren, the men of thy %indred, and
all the house of Israel, all of them,
are they unto whom the inhabitants
of Jerusalem have said, Get you far
from Jehovah; unto us is this land
given for a possession. 16 There-
fore say. Thus saith the Lord Je-
hovah: Whereas I have removed
them far off among the nations,
and whereas I have scattered them
among the countries, ^yet will I be
to them a sanctuary for a little
while in the countries where they
are come. 17 Therefore say, Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah: I will
gather you from the peoples, and
assemble you out of the countries
where ye have been scattered, and
I will give you the land of Israel.
18 And they shall come thither,
and they shall take away all the
detestable things thereof and all
the abominations thereof from
thence. 19 And I will give
them one heart, and I will put a
new spirit within you; and I will
take the stony heart out of their
flesh, and will give them a heart
of flesh; 20 that they may walk
in my statutes, and keep mine
ordinances, and do them: and they
shall be my people, and I will be
their God. 21 But as for them
whose heart walketh after the
heart of their detestable things
and their abominations, I will
1 Heb. redemption. See Lev. 25. 25, bfc.
2 Or, yd have I been Or, and have been
bring their way upon their own
heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.
22 Then did the cherubim lift
up their wings, and the wheels
were ^beside them; and the glory
of the God of Israel was over them
above. 23 And the glory of Je-
hovah went up from the midst of
the city, and stood upon the
mountain which is on the east
side of the city. 24 And the
Spirit lifted me up, and brought
me in the vision by the Spirit of
God into Chaldea, to them of the
captivity. So the vision that I
had seen went up from me. 25
Then I spake unto them of the
captivity all the things that Je-
hovah had showed me.
'i O The word of Jehovah also
1 ^ came unto me, saying, 2 Son
of man, thou dwellest in the midst
of the rebellious house, that have
eyes to see, and see not, that have
ears to hear, and hear not; for they
are a rebellious house. 3 There-
fore, thou son of man, prepare thee
stuff for ^removing, and remove
by day in their sight; and thou
shalt remove from thy place to
another place in their sight: it
may be they will ^cdnsider,
though they are a rebellious
house. 4 And thou shalt bring
forth thy stuff by day in their
sight, as stuff for ^removing; and
thou shalt go forth thyself at
even in their sight, as when men
go forth into exile. 5 Dig thou
through the wall in their sight,
and carry out thereby. 6 In their
sight shalt thou bear it upon thy
shoulder, and carry it forth in the
dark; thou shalt cover thy face,
that thou see not the land: for I
have set thee for a sign unto the
house of Israel.
7 And I did so as I was com-
manded: I brought forth my- stuff
by day, as stuff for removing, and
in the even I digged through the
wall with my hand; I brought it
3 Or, over against * Or, exile
* Or, perceive that they arc
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E)Z£K.I£L 12.8 13.4 The Doubters assured that Desolation is to come speedily
forth in the dark, and bare it upon
my shoulder in their sight.
8 And in the morning came the
word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
9 Son of man, hath not the house
of Israel, the rebellious house, said
unto thee, What doest thou? 10
Say thou unto them. Thus saith the
Lord Jehovah: This ^burden cofi-
cerneth the prince in Jerusalem,
and all the house of Israel ^among
whom they are. 11 Say, I am your
sign: like as I have done, so shall it
be done unto them; they shall go
into exile, into captivity. 12 And
the prince that is among them shall
bear upon his shoulder in the dark,
and shall go forth: they shall dig
through the wall to carry out there-
by: he shall cover his face, becavise
he shall not see the land with his
eyes. 13 My net also will I spread
upon him, and he shall be taken in
my snare; and I will bring him to
Babylon to the land of the Chal-
deans; yet shall he not see it,
though he shall die there. 14 And
I will scatter toward every wind all
that are round about him to help
him, and all his bands; and I will
draw out the sword after them. 15
And they shall know that I am Jeho-
vah, when I shall disperse them
among the nations, and scatter them
through the countries. 16 But I
will leave a few men of them from
the sword, from the famine, and
from the pestilence; that they may
declare all their abominations among
the nations whither they come; and
they shall know that I am Jeho-
vah.
17 Moreover the word of Jehovah
came to me, saying, 18 Son of man,
eat thy bread with quaking, and
drink thy water with trembling and
with fearfulness; 19 and say unto
the people of the land. Thus saith
the Lord Jehovah concerning the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the
land of Israel: They shall eat their
bread with fearfulness, and drink
their water in dismay, that her land
1 Or, oracle " Or, that arc among them
may be desolate, and despoiled of ^all
that is therein, because of the
violence of all them that dwell there-
in. 20 And the cities that are in-
habited shall be laid waste, and the
land shall be a desolation; and ye
shall know that I am Jehovah.
^21 And the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 22 Son of
man,/ what is this proverb that ye
have in the land of Israel, saying.
The dayi§ are prolonged, and every
vision faileth.f^ 23 Tell them there-
fore. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
I will make this proverb to cease,
and they shall no more use it as a
proverb in Israel; but say unto
them. The days are at hand, and
the ^fulfilment of every vision. 24
For there shall be no more any false
vision nor flattering divination with-
in the house of Israel. 25 For I am
Jehovah; I will speak, and the
word that I shall speak shall be
performed; it shall be no more
deferred: for in your days, O
rebellious house, will I speak the
word, and will perform it, saith the
Lord Jehovah.
26 Again the word of Jehovah
came to me, sa^ang, 27 Son of man,
behold, they of the house of Israel
say. The vision that he seeth is for
many days to come, and he prophe-
sieth of times that are far off. 28
Therefore say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah : There shall
none of my words be deferred any
more, but the word which I shall
speak shall be performed, saith the
Lord Jehovah.
"1 Q And the word of Jehovah
-I- O came unto me, saying, 2 Son
of man, prophesy ag-ainst the proph-
ets of Israel that prophesy, and say
thou unto them that prophesy out
of their own heart. Hear ye the
word of Jehovah: 3 Thus saith the
Lord Jehovah, Woe unto the fool-
ish prophets, that follow their own
spirit, ^and have seen nothing! 4
O Israel, thy prophets have been
3 Hcb. the fulness thereof. ^ Heb. word.
5 Or, a>2<l Lliinas which they have not seen
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False Prophets condemned for promising Peace
EZEKIEL 13.5—13.22
like foxes in the waste places. 5 Ye
have not gone up into the ^gaps,
neither built up the wall for the
house of Israel, to stand in the
battle in the day of Jehovah. 6
They have seen falsehood and lying,
divination, that say, Jehovah saith;
but Jehovah hath not sent them:
and they %ave made men to hope
that the word would be confirmed.
7 Have ye not seen a false vision,
and have ye not spoken a lying
divination, in that ye say, Jehovah
saith; albeit I have not spoken .^^
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Because ye have spoken
falsehood, and seen lies, therefore
behold, I am against you, saith
the Lord Jehovah. 9 And my
hand shall be against the prophets
that see false visions, and that
divine lies: they shall not be in
the ^council of my people, neither
shall they be written in the "^writ-
ing of the house of Israel, neither
shall they enter into the land of
Israel; and ye shall know that I
am the Lord Jehovah. XlO Because,
even because they have seduced
my people, saying, Peace; and
there is no peace; and when one
buildeth up ^a wall, behold, they
daub it with ^untempered mortar:
11 say unto them that daub it
with untempered mortar, that it
shall fall: there shall be an over-
flowing shower; and ye, O great
hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy
wind shall rend it. 12 Lo, when
the wall is fallen, shall it not be
said unto you. Where is the daubing
wherewith ye have daubed it? 13
Therefore thus saith the Lord Je-
hovah: I will even rend it with a
stormy wind in my wrath ; and there
shall be an overflowing shower in
mine anger, and great hailstones in
wrath to consume it. 14 So will
I break down the wall that ye
have daubed with untempered
mortar, and bring it down to the
ground, so that the foundation
thereof shall be uncovered; and
it shall fall, and ye shall be con-
sumed in the midst thereof: and
ye shall know that I am Jeho-
vah. 15 Thus will I accomplish
my wrath upon the wall, and upon
them that have daubed it with
untempered mortar \ and I will
say unto you. The wall is no more,
neither they that daubed it;>-16 to
wit, the prophets of Israel that
prophesy concerning Jerusalem,
and that see visions of peace for
her, and there is no peace, saith
the Lord Jehovah.
17 And thou, son of man, set
thy face against the daughters of
thy people, that prophesy out of
their own heart; and prophesy
thou against them, 18 and say.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe
to the women that sew pillows
upon all ^elbows, and make ker-
chiefs for the head of persons of
every stature to hunt souls!
^Will ye hunt the souls of my peo-
ple, and save souls alive ^for your-
selves.^ 19 And ye have profaned
me among my people for handfuls
of barley and for pieces of bread,
to slay the souls that should not
die, and to save the souls alive that
should not live, by your lying to
my people that hearken unto lies.
20 Wherefore thus saith the
Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am
against your pillows, ^^w^herewith
ye there hunt the souls ^Ho make
them fly, and I will tear them from
your arms; and I will let the souls
go, even the souls that ye hunt ^^to
make them fly. 21 Your kerchiefs
also will I tear, and deliver my
people out of your hand, and they
shall be no more in your hand to
be hunted; and ye shall know that
I am Jehovah. 22 Because with
lies ye have grieved the heart of
the righteous, whom I have not
made sad, and strengthened the
hands of the wicked, that he should
not return from his wicked way,
Or, breaches 2 Or, have hoped ^ Or, secret ^ Heb. joints of the hands.
Or, register * Or, a slight wall s Or, Ye hunt . . . and ye save &"c. * Or, that are yours
Or, whilP-iVash So in ver. 11, 11, 15. "* Or, where ye hunt '^ Or, as birds
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EZEKIEL 13.23 — 14.20 Woe pronounced against Idolaters and the Prophets whom they consult
^and be saved alive; 23 therefore
ye shall no more see false visions,
nor divine divinations: and I will
deliver my people out of your
hand; and ye shall know that I
am Jehovah.
UThen came certain of the
elders of Israel unto me,
and sat before me. 2 And the
word of Jehovah came unto me,
saying, 3 Son of man, these men
have ^taken their idols into their
heart, and put the stumbling-
block of their iniquity before their
face: should I be inquired of at
all by them.f^ 4 Therefore speak
unto them, and say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Every man of the house of Israel
that taketh his idols into his heart,
and putteth the stumblingblock of
his iniquity before his face, and
Cometh to the prophet; I Jehovah
will answer him ^therein accord-
ing to the multitude of his idols;
5 that I may take the house of
Israel in their own heart, because
they are all estranged from me
through their idols.
6 Therefore say unto the house
of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Je-
hovah: Return ye, and turn your-
selves from your idols; and turn
away your faces from all your
speak a word, I, Jehovah, have
deceived that prophet, and I will
stretch out my hand upon him, and
will destroy him from the midst
of my people Israel. 10 And they
shall bear ^their iniquity: the in-
iquity of the prophet shall be even
as the iniquity of him that seeketh
unto him; 11 that the house of
Israel may go no more astray from
me, neither defile themselves any
more with all their transgressions;
but that they may be my people,
and I may be their God, saith the
Lord Jehovah.
^2 And the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 13 Son of
man, when a land sinneth against
me by committing a trespass, and
I stretch out my hand upon it,
and break the staff of the bread
thereof, and send famine upon it,
and cut off from it man and beast;
14 though these three men, Noah,
Daniel, and Job, were in it, they
should deliver but their own souls
bj^ their righteousness, saith the
Lord Jehovjih. 15 If I cause evil
beasts to pass through the land,
and they ^ravage it, and it be
made desolate, so that no man may
pass through because of the beasts;
16 though these three men were in
it, as I live, saith the Lord Jeho-
abominations. 7 For every one | vah, they should deliver neither
of the house of Israel, or of the j sons nor daughters ; they only
strangers that sojourn in Israel,
that separateth himself from me,
and taketh his idols into his heart,
and putteth the stumblingblock of
his iniquity before his face, and
Cometh to the prophet to inquire
^for himself of me; I Jehovah
will answer him by myself: 8 and I
will set my face against that man,
and will make him an astonish-
ment, for a sign and a proverb,
and I will cut him off from the
midst of my people; and ye shall
know that I am Jehovah. 9 And
if the prophet be Meceived and
1 Or, by promising him life - Heb. caused to come up.
3 Or, according thereto Another reading is, he is come in
the multitude Ss'c.
* Or, of him concerning me ^ Or, enticed
should be delivered, but the land
should be desolate. 17 Or if I
bring a sword upon that land,
and say, ^Sword, go through the
land; so that I cut off from it man
and beast; 18 though these three
men were in it, as I live, saith the
Lord Jehovah, they should deliver
neither sons nor daughters, but
they only should be delivered
themselves. 19 Or if I send a
pestilence into that land, and
pour out my wrath upon it in
blood, to cut off from it man and
beast; 20 though Noah, Daniel,
and Job, were in it, as I live, saith
« Or, the punishment of their iniquity
' Heb. bereave. * Or, Let the sword go
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Jerusalem to be destroyed like a Useless Vine
EZEKIEL 14.21—16.10
the Lord Jehovah, they should de-
liver neither son nor daughter; they
should but deliver their own souls
by their righteousness.
21 For thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah : How much more when I send
my four sore judgments upon Jeru- !
salem, the sword, and the famine,
and the evil beasts, and the pesti-
lence, to cut off from it man and
beast! 22 Yet, behold, therein shall |
be left ^a remnant that shall be
carried forth, both sons and daugh- i
ters : behold, they shall come forth \
unto you, and ye shall see their!
way and their doings; and ye shall;
be comforted concerning the evil |
that I have brought upon Jerusa-
lem, even concerning all that I
have brought upon it. 23 And
they shall comfort you, when ye
see their way and their doings;
and ye shall know that I have
not done ^without cause all that
I have done in it, saith the Lord
Jehovah.
1^ And the word of Jehovah
<J came unto me, saying, 2 Son
of man, what is the vine-tree more
then any tree, the vine-branch
which ^is among the trees of the
forest.^ 3 Shall wood be taken
thereof to make any work.^^ or will
men take a pin of it to hang any
vessel thereon? 4 Behold, it is cast
into the fire for fuel; the fire hath
devoured both the ends of it, and
the midst of it is burned : is it prof-
itable for any work? 5 Behold,
when it was whole, it was ^meet
for no work: how much less, when
the fire hath devoured it, and it is
burned, shall it yet be ^meet for
any work! 6 Therefore thus saith
the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-
tree among the trees of the forest,
which I have given to the fire for
fuel, so ^will I give the inhabitants
of Jerusalem. 7 And I will set
my face against them; they "^shall
go forth from the fire, but the fire
shall devour them; and ye shall
Heb. they that escape.
Heb. made into.
Or, have gone forth
know that I am Jehovah, when I
set my face against them. 8 And
I will make the land desolate, be-
cause they have committed a tres*^
pass, saith the Lord Jehovah. <^^
1^ Again the word of Jehovah
vJ came unto me, saying, 2 Son
of man, cause Jerusalem to know
her abominations ; 3 and say, Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jeru-
salem: ^Thy birth and thy nativity
is of the land of the Canaanite; the
Amorite was thy father, and thy
mother was a Hittite. 4 And as
for thy nativity, in the day thou
wast born thy naval was not cut,
neither wast thou washed in water
to cleanse thee; thou wast not
salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
5 No eye pitied thee, to do any of
these things unto thee, to have
compassion upon thee; but thou
wast cast out in the open field,
for that thy person was abhorred,
in the day that thou wast born.
6 And when I passed by thee,
and saw thee weltering in thy
blood, I said unto thee. Though
thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I
said unto thee. Though thou art in
thy blood, live. 7 I ^caused thee
to multiply as that which groweth
in the field, and thou didst increase
and wax great, and thou attainedst
to ^excellent ornanl(&nt; thy breasts
wereTTashioned, Mi^ thy hair was
grown; yet thou wast naked and
bare. 8 Now when I passed by
thee, and looked upon thee, behold,^
thy time was the time of love; and ^'
I spread my skirt over thee, and
covered thy nakedness: yea, I
sware unto thee, and entered into
a covenant with thee, saith the
Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest
mine. 9 Then washed I thee with
water; yea, I thoroughly washed
away thy blood from thee, and
I anointed thee with oil. 10 I
clothed thee also with broidered
work, and shod thee with ^^sealskin,
and I ^^girded thee about with fine
2 Or, in vain ^ Or, was ' Or, Thine origin 8 Heb. made thee a myriad.
5 Or, have I given ' • Heb. ornament of ornaments. '" Or, porpoise-skin
'1 Or bound thee with attire oi fine linen
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EZEKIEL 16.11—16.33
Jerusalem's Low Origin and Jehovah's Kindness to her
linen, and covered thee with silk. ! them up, in ^causing them to pass
11 And I decked thee with orna- 1 through /Aej^r^ unto them? 22 And
ments, and I put bracelets upon in all thine abominations and thy
thy hands, and a chain on thy | whoredoms thou hast not remem-
neck. 12 And I put a ring upon \ bered the days of thy youth, when
thy nose, and ear-rings in thine thou wast naked and bare, and
ears, and a beautiful crown upon wast weltering in thy blood,
thy head. 13 Thus wast thou 23 And it is come to pass after
decked with gold and silver; and | all thy wickedness (woe, woe vmto
thee! saith the Lord Jehovah), 24
that thou hast built unto thee a
vaulted place, and hast made thee
a lofty place in every street. 25
Thou hast built thy lofty place at
the head of every way, and hast
made thy beauty an abomination,
and hast opened thy feet to every
one that passed by, and multiplied
thy whoredom. 26 Thou hast also
committed fornication with the
Egyptians, thy neighbors, great of
thy raiment was of fine linen, and
silk, and broidered work; thou
didst eat fine flour, and honey,
and oil; and thou wast exceeding
beautiful, and^ thou didst prosper
unto royal estate. 14 And thy
renown went forth among the
nations for thy beautjs for it was
perfect, through my majesty
which I had put upon thee, saith
the Lord Jehovah.
15 But thou didst trust in thy
beauty, and playedst the harlot be- : flesh; and hast multiplied thy
cause of thy renown, and pouredst whoredom, to provoke me to an-
out thy whoredoms on every one j ger. 27 Behold therefore, I have
that passed by; his it was. 16 And ! stretched out my hand over thee,
thou didst take of thy garments, \ and have diminished thine "^ordi-
and madest for thee high places | nary food, and delivered thee unto
decked with divers colors, and the will of them that hate thee,
playedst the harlot upon them : I the daughters of the Philistines,
the like things shall not come, nei- ! that are ashamed of thy lewd way.
ther shall it be so. 17 Thou didst 28 Thou hast played the harlot
also take thy ^fair jewels of my also with the Assyrians, because
gold and of 'inx_sijver, which I had thou wast insatiable; yea, thou
given thee, and madest~~for thee hast played the harlot with them,
images -oljiien, and didst pla^-the and yet thou wast not satisfied.
'29 Thou hast moreover multiplied
thy whoredom unto the land of
^traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet
thou wast not satisfied herewith.
30 How weak is thy heart,
saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing
thou doest all these things, the
didst even set it before them for a I work of an impudent harlot ; 31
sweet savor; and thus it was, saith I in that thou buildest thy- vaulted
the Lord Jehovah. 20 Moreover place at the head of every way.
\ harlot with them; 18 and -4hjQiL
V tookest thy broidered garments,
and coveredst them, and didst set
mine oil and mine incense before
them. 19 My bread also which I
gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and
honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou
thou hast taken thy sons and thy
daughters, whom thou hast borne
unto me, and these hast thou
sacrificed unto them to be de-
voured. Were thy whoredoms a
small matter, 21 that thou hast
slain my children, and delivered
Or. beautiful vessels
Or, male images
and makest th}^ lofty place in
every street, and hast not been as
a harlot, ^in that thou scornest
hire. 32 A wife that committeth
adultery! that taketh strangers in-
stead of her husband! 33 They
give gifts to all harlots; but thou
• Or, setting them apart Heb. making. thrm pass nrcr.
* Or, allowance ^ Or, Canaan
« Or, that scoffeth at her hire
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Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness and her Punishment
givest th}^ gifts to all thy lovers,
and bribest them, that they may
come unto thee on every side for
thy whoredoms. 34 And thou art
different from other women in thy
whoredoms, in that none follow-
eth thee to play the harlot; and
whereas thou givest hire, and no
hire is given unto thee, therefore
thou art different.
35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the
word of Jehovah: 36 Thus saith
the Lord Jehovah, Because thy
^filthiness was poured out, and
thy nakedness uncovered through
thy w^horedoms with thy lovers;
and because of all the idols of thy
abominations, and for the blood of
thy children, that thou didst give
unto them; 37 therefore behold, I
will gather all thy lovers, with
whom thou hast taken pleasure,
and all them that thou hast loved,
with all them that thou hast
hated; I will even gather them
against thee on every side, and
will uncover thy nakedness unto
them, that they may see all thy
nakedness. 38 And I will judge
thee, as women that break wedlock
and shed blood are judged; and I
will bring upon thee the blood of
wrath and jealousy. 39 I will
also give thee into their hand,
and they shall throw down thy
vaulted place, and break down
thy lofty places; and they shall
strip thee of thy clothes, and
take thy ^ fair, jewels; and they
shall leave thee naked and bare.
40 They shall also bring up a
company against thee, and they
shall stone thee with stones, and
thrust thee through with their
swords. 41 And they shall burn
thy houses with fire, and execute
judgments upon thee in the sight
of many women; and I will cause
thee to cease from playing the har-
lot, and thou shalt also give no
hire any more. 42 So w^ill I cause
my wrath toward thee to rest,
and my jealousy shall depart from
EZEKIEL 16.34—16.52
jthee, and I will be quiet, and
will be no more angry. 43 Be-
cause thou hast not remembered
the days of thy youth, but hast
raged against me in all these
things; therefore, behold, I also
will bring thy way upon thy head,
saith the Lord Jehovah: and ^thou
shalt not commit this lewdness
with all thine abominations.
44 Behold, every one that useth
proverbs shall use this proverb
against thee, saying. As is the
mother, so is her daughter. 45
Thou art the daughter of thy
mother, that loatheth her husband
and her children; and thou art the
sister of thy sisters, who loathed
their husbands and their children:
your mother was a Hittite, and
your father an Amorite. 46 And.
thine elder sister is Samaria, that
dwelleth at thy left hand, she and
her daughters; and thy younger
sister, that dwelleth at thy right
hand, is Sodom and her daugh-
ters. 47 Yet hast thou not walked
in their ways, nor done after their
abominations; but, as if that were
a very little thingy thou wast
more corrupt than they in all thy
ways. 48 As I live, saith the Lord
Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath
not done, she nor her daughters,
as thou has done, thou and thy
daughters. 49 Behold, this was
the iniquity of thy sister Sodom:
pride, fulness of bread, and
prosperous ease was in her and
in her daughters; neither did she
strengthen the hand of the poor
and needy. 50 And they were
haughty, and committed abomi-
nation before me: therefore I
took them away %s I saw good.
51 Neither hath Samaria com-
jmitted half of thy sins; but thou
I hast multiplied thine abominations
more than they, and hast justified
I thy sisters by all thine abomina-
jtions which thou liast done. 52
I Thou also, bear thou thine own
I shame, in that thou hast given
Heb. brass.
- Or, hast thou not CGmmitied &c.? ^ Or, when I saw it
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EZEKIEL 16.53—17.10
judgment for thy ^sisters ; through
thy sins that thou hast committed
more abominable than they, they
are more righteous than thou: yea,
be thou also confounded, and bear
thy shame, in that thou hast jus-
tified thy sisters.
53 And I will ^turn again their
captivity, the captivity of Sodom
and her daughters, and the cap.-
tivity of Samaria and her daugh-
ters, and the captivity of thy
captives in the midst of them;
54 that thou mayest bear thine own
shame, and mayest be ashamed
because of all that thou hast done,
in that thou art a comfort unto
them. 55 And thy sisters, Sodom
and her daughters, shall return
to their former estate ; and Sa-
maria and her daughters shall
return to their former estate; and
thou and thy daughters shall re-
turn to your former estate. 56
For thy sister Sodom was not men-
tioned by thy mouth in the day
of thy pride, 57 before thy wicked-
ness was uncovered, as at the time
of the reproach of the daughters
of Syria, and of all that are round
about her, the daughters of the
Philistines, that do despite unto
thee round about. 58 Thou liast
borne thy lewdness and thine abom-
inations, saith Jehovah. 59 For
thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will
also deal with thee as thou hast
done, who hast despised the oath
in breaking the covenant.
60 Nevertheless I will remember
my covenant with thee in the
days of thy youth, and I will
establish unto thee an everlast-
ing covenant. 61 Then shalt thou
remember thy ways, and be
ashanied, when thou shalt receive
thy sisters, thine elder sisters and
thy younger; and I will give them
unto thee for daughters, but not
by thy covenant. 62 And I will
establish my covenant with thee;
and thou shalt know that I am
Jehovah; 63 that thou mayest
Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine
'remember, and be confounded,
and never open thy mouth any
; more, because of thy shame, when
I have forgiven thee all that
thou hast done, saith the Lord Je-
hovah.
1^ And the word of Jehovah
I came unto me, saying, 2
Son of man, put forth a riddle,
and speak a parable unto the
house of Israel; 3 and say. Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah: A great
eagle with great wings and long
pinions, full of feathers, which had
divers colors, came unto Lebanon,
and took the top of the cedar:
4 he cropped off the topmost of
the young twigs thereof, and car-
ried it unto ^a land of traffic; he
set it in a city of merchants. 5 He
took also of the seed of the land,
and planted it in % fruitful soil ;
he placed it beside ^many waters;
he set it as a willow-tree. 6 And
it grew, and became a spread-
ing vine of low stature, whose
branches turned toward him, and
the roots thereof were under him:
so it became a vine, and brought
forth branches, and shot forth
sprigs.
7 There was also another great
eagle with great wings and many
feathers: and, behold, this vine
did bend its roots toward him, and
shot forth its branches toward
him, from the beds of its planta-
tion, that he might water it. 8 It
was planted in a good ^soil by
^many waters, that it might bring
forth branches, and that it might
bear fruit, that it might be a
goodly vine. 9 Say thou. Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah : Shall it
prosper .f^ shall he not pull up the
roots thereof, and cut off the fruit
thereof, that it may wither; that
I all its fresh springing leaves may
I wither.'^ and not by a strong arm
or much people can it be raised
from the roots thereof. 10 Yea,
behold, being planted, shall it pros-
1 Or, sister
2 Or, return to
» Or, the land of Canaan
5 Or. i^reat
* Heb. a field of seed.
6 Heb. field.
Interpretation of the Parable of the Eagies and the Vine
per? shall it not utterly wither,
when the east wind toucheth it ?
it shall wither in the beds where it
grew.
11 Moreover the word of Jeho-
vah came unto me, saying, 12
Say now to the rebellious house,
Know ye not what these things
mean? tell them. Behold, the king
of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and
took the king thereof, and the
princes thereof, and brought them
to him to Babylon. 13 And he
took of the seed royal, and made
a covenant with him; he also
brought him under an oath, and
took away the mighty of the land;
14 that the kingdom might be
^base, that it might not lift it-
self up, but that by keeping his
covenant it might stand. 15 But
he rebelled against him in send-
ing his ambassadors into Egypt,
that they might give him horses
and much people. Shall he
prosper? shall he escape that
doeth such things? shall he break
the covenant, and yet escape? 16
As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah,
surely in the place where the
king dwelleth that made him
king, whose oath he despised,
and whose covenant he brake,
even with him in the midst of
Babylon he shall die. 17 Neither
shall Pharaoh with his mighty
army and great company help
him in the war, when they cast
up mounds and build forts, to
cut off many persons. 18 For
he hath despised the oath by
breaking the covenant; and be-
hold, he had given his hand, and
yet hath done all these things;
he shall not escape. 19 There-
fore thus saith the Lord Jehovah :
As I live, surely mine oath that
he hath despised, and my cove-
nant that he hath broken, I will
even bring it upon his own head.
20 And I will spread my net
upon him, and he shall be taken
in my snare, and I will bring him
Heb. low.
EZEKIEL 17.11—18.6
to Babylon, and will enter into
judgment with him there for his
trespass that he hath trespassed
against me. 21 And all his fu-
gitives in all his bands shall fall
by the sword, and they that re-
main shall be scattered toward
every wind: and ye shall know
that I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
22 Thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah: I will also take of the lofty
top of the cedar, and will set it;
1 will crop off from the topmost
of its young twigs a tender one,
and I will plant it upon a high
and lofty mountain: 23 in the
mountain of the height of Israel
will I plant it; and it shall bring
forth boughs, and bear fruit, and
be a goodly cedar: and under
it shall dwell all birds of every
wing; in the shade of the branches
thereof shall they dwell. 24 And
all the trees of the field shall
know that I, Jehovah, have
brought down the high tree,
have exalted the low tree, have
dried up the green tree, and
have made the dry tree to flour-
ish: I, Jehovah, have spoken and
have done it.
10 The word of Jehovah came
O unto me again, saying,
2 What mean ye, that ye use,
this proverb ^concerning the land
of Israel, saying, The fathers
have eaten sour grapes, and the
children's teeth are set on edge?
3 As I live, saith the Lord Jeho-
vah, ye shall not have occasion
any more to use this proverb in
Israel. 4 Behold, all souls are
mine; as the soul of the father,
so also the soul of the son is
mine: the soul that sinneth, it
shall die.
5 But if a man be just, and do
that which is lawful and right,
6 and hath not eaten upon the
mountains, neither hath lifted
up his eyes to the idols of the
house of Israel, neither hath de-
filed his neighbor's wife, neither
Or, in
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EZEKIEL 18.7— 18.2G
hath come near to a woman in
her impurity, 7 and hath not
wronged any, but hath restored
to the debtor his pledge, hath
taken nought by robbery, hath
given his bread to the hungry,
and hath covered the naked with
a garment; 8 he that hath not
given forth upon interest, neither
hath taken any increase, that
hath withdrawn his hand from
iniquity, hath executed true jus-
tice between man and man, 9 hath
walked in my statutes, and hath
kept mine ordinances, to deal
truly; he is just, he shall surely
live, saith the Lord Jehovah.
10 If he beget a son that is a
robber, a shedder of blood, and
Hhat doeth any one of these things,
11 and that doeth not any of those
duties, but even hath eaten upon
the mountains, and defiled his
neighbor's wife, 12 hath wronged
the poor and needy, hath taken by
robbery, hath not restored the
pledge, and hath lifted up his
The Soul that sinneth, it shall die. Penitence shall be rewarded
ordinances, hath walked in my
statutes; he shall not die for the
iniquity of his father, he shall
surely live. 18 As for his father, be-
cause he cruell}^ oppressed, robbed
his brother, and did that which
is not good among his people, be-
hold, he shall die '^in his iniquity.
19 Yet say ye. Wherefore doth
not the 'son bear the iniquity of
the father.? When the son hath
done that which is lawful and
right, and hath kept all my stat-
utes, and hath done them, he shall
surely live. 20 The soul that sin-
neth, it shall die: the son shall
not bear the iniquity of the father,
neither shall the father bear the
iniquity of the son; the righteous-
ness of the righteous shall be upon
him, and the wickedness of the
wicked shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked turn from
all his sins that he hath committed,
and keep all my statutes, and do
that which is lawful and right, he
shall surely live, he shall not die.
eyes to the idols, hath committed 1 22 None of his transgressions that
abomination, 13 hath given forth
upon interest, and hath taken
increase; shall he then live.'^ he
shall not live: he hath done all
these abominations; he shall surely
-die; his blood shall be upon him.
14 Now, lo, if he beget a son,
that seeth all his father's sins,
which he hath done, and ^fear-
eth, and doeth not such like; 15
that hath not eaten upon the
mountains, neither hath lifted
up his eyes to the idols of the
house of Israel, hath not defiled
his neighbor's wife, 16 neither
hath wronged any, hath not
taken aught to pledge, neither
hath taken by robbery, but hath
given his bread to the hungry,
and hath covered the naked with
a garment; 17 that hath with-
drawn his hand from the poor,
that ^ hath not received interest
nor increase, hath executed mine
* Or, that doeth to a brother any of these
2 Heb. be put lo death.
3 Another reading is, seeth, or, consider eth.
he hath committed shall be remem-
bered against him: in his right-
eousness that he hath done he
shall live. 23 Have I any pleas-
ure in the death of the wicked?
saith the Lord Jehovah; and not
rather that he should return from
his way, and live.? 24 But when
the righteous turneth away from
his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, and doeth according to
all the abominations that the
wicked man doeth, shall he live?
None of his righteous deeds that
he hath done shall be remembered:
in his trespass that he hath tres-
passed, and in his sin that he hath
sinned, in them shall he die.
25 Yet ye say, The way of the
Lord is not equal. Hear now, O
house of Israel: Is not my way
equal? are not your ways unequal?
26 W^hen the righteous man turn-
eth away from his righteousness,
and committeth iniquity, ^and
* Or, for ^ Or, he shall die
Israel's King likened to a Caged Lion
dleth ^therein; ^in his iniquity
that he hath done shall he die.
27 Again, when the wicked man
turneth away from his wicked-
ness that he hath committed, and
doeth that which is lawful and
right, he shall save his soul alive.
28 Because he considereth, and
turneth away from all his trans-
gressions that he hath committed,
he shall surely live, he shall not
die. 29 Yet saith the house of
Israel, The way of the Lord is
not equal. O house of Israel, are
not my ways equal .^^ are not your
ways unequal.^ 30 Therefore I
will judge you, O house of Israel,
every one according to his ways,
saith the Lord Jehovah. Return
ye, and turn yourselves from all
your transgressions; ^so iniquity
shall not be your ^ruin. 31 Cast
away from you all your transgres-
sions, wherein ye have transgressed;
and make you a new^ heart and a
new spirit: for why wiir ye die, O
house of Israel .f^ 32 For I have no
pleasure in the death of him that
dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah:
wherefore turn yourselves, and
live.
1Q Moreover, take thou up a
^ lamentation for the princes
of Israel, 2 and say. What was thy
mother.'^ A lioness: she couched
among lions, in the midst of the
young lions she nourished her
whelps. 3 And she brought up
one of her whelps: he became a
young lion, and he learned to
catch the prey; he devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him;
he was taken in their pit; and
they brought him with hooks unto
the land of Egypt. 5 Now when
she saw that she had waited, and
her hope was lost, then she took
another of^her whelps, and made
him a young lion. 6 And he
went up and down among the
lions; he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch the prey;
1 Or, because of it 2 Or, for
» Or, so shall they not he a stumhlingblock of iniquity
unto you ■\ Heb. stumblingblock.
EZEKIEL 18.27—20.3
he devoured men. 7 And he knew
their ^palaces, and laid waste their
cities; and the land was desolate,
and the fulness thereof, because of
the noise of his roaring. 8 Then
the nations set against him on
every side from the provinces; and
they spread their net over him;
he was taken in their pit. 9 And
they put him in a cage with hooks,
and brought him to the king of
Babylon; they brought him into
strongholds, that his voice should
no more be heard upon the moun-
tains of Israel.
10 Thy mother was like a vine,
*^in thy blood, planted by the
waters: it was fruitful and full of
branches by reason of many waters.
11 And it had strong rods for the
sceptres of them that bare rule,
and 'their stature was exalted
among the ^thick boughs, and
^they were seen in ^their height
with the multitude of ^their
branches. 12 But it w^as plucked
up in fury, it was cast down to
the ground, and the east wind
dried up its fruit: its strong rods
were broken off and withered; the
fire consumed them. 13 And now
it is planted in the wilderness, in
a dry and thirsty land. 14 And
fire is gone out of ^^the rods of its
branches, it hath devoured its
fruit, so that there is in it no
strong rod to be a sceptre to rule.
This is a lamentation, and shall be
for a lamentation.
Cpr\ And it came to pass in the
^\} seventh year, in the fifth
month, the tenth da?/ of the month,
that certain of the elders of Israel
came to inquire of Jehovah, and
sat before me. 2 And the word
of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
3 Son of man, speak unto the
elders of Israel, and say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Is it
to inquire of me that ye are come.^^
As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah,
I will not be inquired of by you.
Or, widows
Or, clouds
6 Or, in th^ likeness
» Heb. he was.
' Heb. his.
10 Or a rod
911
EZEK.IEL 20.4 — 20.23 in Reply to the Elders' Inquiry Ezekiel rehearses God's Dealings with IsraeJ
4 Wilt thou judge them, son of
man, wilt thou judge them? Cause
them to know the abominations of
their fathers; 5 and say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In
the day when I chose Israel, and
^sware unto the seed of the house
of Jacob, and made myself known
unto them in the land of Egypt,
when I ^sware unto them, saying,
I am Jehovah your God; 6 in
that day I ^sware unto them, to
bring them forth out of the land
of Egypt into a land that I had
searched out for them, flowing
with milk and honey, which is the
glory of all lands. 7 And I said
unto them. Cast ye away every
man the abominations of his ej^es,
and defile not yourselves with the
idols of Egypt; I am Jehovah
your God. 8 But they rebelled
against me, and would not hearken
unto me; they did not every man
cast away the abominations of
their eyes, neither did they forsake
the idols of Egypt. Then I said I
would pour out my wrath upon
them, to accomplish my anger
against them in the midst of the
land of Egypt. 9 But I wrought
for my name's sake, that it should
not be profaned in the sight of the
nations, among which they were,
in whose sight I made myself
known unto them, in bringing
them forth out of the land of
Egypt.
10 So I caused them to go forth
out of the land of Egypt, and
brought them into the wilderness.
II And I gave them my statutes,
and ^showed them mine ordinances,
which if a man do, he shall live
^in them. 12 Moreover also I gave
them my sabbaths, to be a sign
between me and them, that they
might know that ^I am Jehovah
that sanctifieth them. 13 But the
house of Israel rebelled against me
in the wilderness : they walked
not in my statutes, and they re-
' Heb. lifted up my hand. - Heb. made them to know.
' Or. by i Or. /, Jehovah, do sanctify them
jected mine ordinances, which if a
man keep, he shall live ^in them;
and my sabbaths they greatly
profaned. Then I said I would
pour out my wrath upon them in
the wilderness, to consume them.
14 But I wrought for my name's
sake, that it should not be profaned
in the sight of the nations, in whose
sight I* brought them out. 15
Moreover also I ^sware unto them
in the wilderness, that I would not
bring them into the land which I
had given them, flowing with milk
and honey, which is the glory of all
lands; 16 because they rejected
mine ordinances, and walked not
in my statutes, and profaned my
sabbaths: for their heart went
after their idols. 17 Nevertheless
mine eye spared them, and I de-
stroyed them not, neither did I
make a full end of them in the
wilderness.
18 And I said unto their chil-
dren in the wilderness. Walk ye
not in the statutes of your fathers,
neither observe their ordinances,
nor defile yourselves with their
idols. 191 am Jehovah your God:
walk in my statutes, and keep
mine ordinances, and do them; 20
and hallow my sabbaths; and
they shall be a sign between me
and you, that ye may know that I
am Jehovah your God. 21 But the
children rebelled against me;
they walked not in my statutes,
neither kept mine ordinances to do
them, which if a man do, he shall
live ^in them; they profaned my
sabbaths. Then I said I would
pour out my wrath upon them, to
accomplish my anger against them
in the wilderness. 22 Neverthe-
less I withdrew my hand, and
wrought for my name's sake, that
it should not be profaned in the
sight of the nations, in whose
sight I brought them forth. 23
Moreover I ^sware unto them in
the wilderness, that I would scat-
ter them among the nations, and
disperse them through the coun-
012
Jehovah's Wrath denounced against Israel's Idolatries
EZEKIEL 20.24—20.41
tries ; 24 because they had not | We will be as the nations, as the
executed mine ordinances, but had
rejected my statutes, and had pro-
faned my sabbaths, and their eyes
were after their fathers' idols. 25
Moreover also I gave them statutes
that were not good, and ordi-
nances Hvherein they should not
live; 26 and I polluted them in
their own gifts, in that they
^caused to pass through tJie fire all
that openeth the womb, that I
might make them desolate, to the
end that they might know that I
am Jehovah.
27 Therefore, son of man, speak
unto the house of Israel, and say
unto them. Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: In this moreover have
your fathers blasphemed me, in
that they have committed a tres-
pass against me. 28 For when I
had brought them into the land,
which I ^sware to give unto them,
then they ^saw every high hill,
and every thick tree, and they
offered there their sacrifices, and
there they presented the provoca-
tion of their offering; there also
they made their sweet savor, and
they poured out there their drink-
offerings. 29 Then I said unto
them, What meaneth the high
place ^whereunto ye go.'^ So the
name thereof is called ^Bamah unto
this day. 30 Wherefore say unto
the house of Israel, Thus saith the
Lord Jehovah: Do ye pollute
yourselves after the manner of
your fathers.^ and play ye the
harlot after their abominations.^
31 and when ye offer your gifts,
when ye make your sons to pass
through the fire, do ye pollute
families of the countries, to serve
wood and stone.
33 As I live, saith the Lord
Jehovah, surely with a mighty
hand, and with an outstretched
arm, and with wrath poured out,
will I be king over you. 34 And
I will bring you out from the
peoples, and will gather you out
of the countries wherein ye are
scattered, with a mighty hand,
and with an outstretched arm, and
with wrath poured out; 35 and
I will bring you into the wilder-
ness of the peoples, and there
will I enter into judgment with
you face to face. 36 Like as I
entered into judgment with your
fathers in the wilderness of the
land of Egypt, so will I enter into
judgment with you, saith the
Lord Jehovah. 37 And I will
cause you to pass under the rod,
and I will bring you into the
bond of the covenant; 38 and I
will purge out from among you
the rebels, and them that trans-
gress against me; I will bring
them forth out of the la;nd where
they sojourn, but they shall not
enter into the land of Israel: and
ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
39 As for you, O house of Israel,
thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Go
ye, serve every one his idols, ^and
hereafter also, if ye will not
hearken unto me; but my holy
name shall ye no more profane
with your gifts, and with your
idols.
40 For in my holy mountain,
in the mountain of the height of
Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah,
yourselves with all your idols unto I there shall all the house of Israel,
this day? and shall I be inquired all of them, serve me in the land:
of by you, O house of Israel.^ As I \ there will I accept them, and
live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will \ there will I require your offer-
not be inquired of by you; 32 and lings, and the^first-fruits of your
tliat which cometh into your mind ^oblations, with all your holy
shall not be at all, in that ye say, things. 41 ^°As a sweet savor
will I accept you, when I bring
1 Or. whereby « Or, set apart all See Ex. 13. 12.
3 Heb. lifted up my hand. * Or, looked out for
s Or, whereunto ye go, and the name whereof . . . day?
6 That is. High place.
Or, but hereafter surely ye shall hearken unto me and b'c.
Or, chief » Or, tribute i" Or, With
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£y^£K.ICL 20.42 21.14 Israel's Future Restoration. Prophecy against the Forest of the South
draw forth my sword out of its
sheath, and will cut off from thee
the righteous and the wicked.
4 Seeing then that I will cut off
from thee thfe righteous and the
wicked, therefore shall my sword
go forth out of its sheath against
all flesh from the south to the
north: 5 and all flesh shall know
that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth
my sword out of its sheath; it
shall not return any more. 6
Sigh therefore, thou son of man;
with the breaking of thy loins and
with bitterness shalt thou sigh be-
fore their eyes. 7 And it shall be,
when they say unto thee. Where-
fore sighest thou? that thou shalt
say. Because of the tidings, for it
Cometh; and every heart shall melt,
and all hands shall be feeble,
and every spirit shall -faint, and
all knees shall be weak as
water: behold, it cometh, and
it shall be done, saith the Lord
Jehovah.
8 And the word of Jehovah came
unto me saying, 9 Son of man,
prophesy, and say. Thus saith Je-
hovah: Say, A sword, a sword, it
is sharpened, and also furbished;
10 it is sharpened that it may
make a slaughter; it is furbished
that it may be as lightning: shall
we then make mirth .^ ^the rod of
my son, it contemneth every tree.
11 And it is given to be furbished,
that it may be handled: the sword,
it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished,
to give it into the hand of tlie
slayer. 12 Cry and wail, son of
man; for it is upon my people, it
is upon all the princes of Israel:
"^they are delivered over to the
sword with my people; smite
therefore upon thy thigh. 13 For
there is a trial; and ^what if even
the rod that contemneth shall be
no more.^ saith the Lord Jehovah.
14 Thou therefore, son of man,
prophesy, and smite thy hands
you out from the peoples, and
gather you out of the countries
wherein ye have been scattered;
and I will be sanctified in you
in the sight of the nations. 42
And ye shall know that I am
Jehovah, when I shall bring you
into the land of Israel, into the
country which I \sware to give
unto your fathers. 43 And there
shall ye remember your ways,
and all your doings, wherein ye
have polluted yourselves; and ye
shall loathe yourselves in your
own sight for all your evils that
ye have committed. 44 And ye
shall know that I am Jehovah,
when I have dealt with you for
my name's sake, not according to
your evil ways, nor according to
your corrupt doings, O ye house
of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.
*45 And the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 46 Son of
man, set thy face toward the
south, and drop tki/ loord toward
the south, and prophesy against
the forest of the field in the
South; 47 and say to the forest
of the South, Hear the word of
Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle
a fire in thee, and it shall devour
every green tree in thee, and
every dry tree: the flaming flame
shall not be quenched, and all
faces from the south to the north
shall be burnt thereby. 48 And
all flesh shall see that I, Jehovah,
have kindled it; it shall not be
quenched. 49 Then said I, Ah
Lord Jehovah! they say of me. Is
he not a speaker of parables.^
to 1 And the word of Jeho-
^ ^ vah came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face
toward Jerusalem, and drop thy
word toward the sanctuaries, and
prophesy against the land of
Israel; 3 and say to the land of
Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Be-
hold, I am against thee, and will
1 Heb. lifted up my hand.
*Ch. 21. 1 in Heb. f Ch. 21. 6 in Heb.
2 Or. be dim
* Or, it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree
* Or, terrors by reason of the sword are upon f>iy pt^^<^'
* Or. what if the sword contemn axn thf rod
no more b'c.
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Babylon Qod's Instrument against Judah and Ammon
EZEKIEL 21.15—22.2
together; and let the sword be
doubled the third time, the sword
cf the deadly wounded: it is the
sword of the great one that is
deadly wounded, which ^enter-
eth into their chambers. 15 I
have set the ^threatening sword
against all their gates, that their
lieart may melt, and their stum-
l)lings be multiplied: ah! it is
made as lightning, it is pointed
for slaughter. 16 ^Gather thee
together, go to the right, set thy-
self in array, go to the left,
^whithersoever thy face is set. 17
I will also smite my hands to-
gether, and I will cause my wrath
to rest: I, Jehovah, have spoken
it.
18 The word of Jehovah came
unto me again, saying, 19 Also,
thou son of man, appoint thee
two ways, that the sword of the
king of Babylon may come; they
twain shall come forth out of one
land: and mark out a ^place, mark
it out at the head of the v/ay to the
city. 20 Thou shalt appoint a way
for the sword to come to Rabbah
of the children of Ammon, and to
Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
21 For the king of Babylon stood
at the parting of the way, at the
head of the two ways, to use divi-
nation: he shook the arrows to
and fro, he consulted the tera-
phim, he looked in the liver. ^ 22
In his right hand was the divina-
tion for Jerusalem, to set batter-
ing rams, to open the mouth ^in
the slaughter, to lift up the voice
with shouting, to set battering
rams against the gates, to cast up
mounds, to build forts. 23 And
it shall be unto them as a false
divination in their sight, who
hive sworn oaths unto them; but
he bringeth iniquity to remem-
brance, that they may be taken.
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Because ye have made
your iniquity to be remembered,
in that your trangressions are un-
covered, so that in all your doings
your sins do appear; because that
ye are come to remembrance, ye
shall be taken with the hand.
25 And thou, O deadly wounded
wicked one, the prince of Israel,
whose day is come, in the time
of the ^iniquity of the end, 26
thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
^Remove the mitre, and take off
the crown; this shall be ^no more
the same; exalt that which is
low, and abase that which is high.
27 ^^I will overturn, overturn,
overturn it: this also shall be no
more, until he come whose right
it, is; and I will give it him.
28 And thou, son of man, proph-
esy, and say. Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah concerning the children
of Ammon, and concerning their
reproach; and say thou, A
sword, a sword is drawn, for the
slaughter it is furbished, ^Ho cause
it to devour, that it may be as
lightning; 29 while they see for
thee false visions, while they
divine lies unto thee, to lay thee
upon the necks of the wicked
that are deadly wounded, whose
day is come in the time of the
'iniquity of the end. 30 Cause
it to return into its sheath. In
the place where thou wast created,
in the land of ^Hhy birth, will I
judge thee. 31 And I will pour
out mine indignation upon thee;
I will blow upon thee with the
fire of my wrath; and I will deliver
thee into the hand of brutish men,
skilful to destroy. 32 Thou shalt
be for fuel to the fire; thy blood
shall be in the midst of the land;
thou shalt be no more remem-
bered: for I, Jehovah, have spoken
it.
OO Moreover the word of Je-
^^ hovah came unto me, say-
ing, 2 And thou, son of man, wilt
thou judge, wilt thou judge the
bloody city.'^ ^^then cause her to
1 Or, compasseth them about - Or, glittering ^ Or, punishment » Or, / will remove b'c. » Heb. not this.
3 Heb. .Aake thyself one. ^ Or, uhilher is thy face set? i" Heb. An overthrow, overthrow, overthrow, will I make it.
» Heb. hand. « Or, far I " Or, to the uttermost 12 Or, thin.e origin " Or, and
di5
EZEKIEL 22.3 — 22.26 The Sins of Jerusalem described. They shall be punished
know all her abominations. 3 And
thou shalt say, Thus saith the
Lord Jehovah: A city that shed-
deth blood in the midst of her, that
her time may come, and that mak-
eth idols against herself to defile
her! 4 Thou art become guilty
in thy blood that thou hast shed,
and art defiled in thine idols which
thou hast made; and thou hast
caused thy days to draw near,
and art come even unto thy years:
therefore have I made thee a re-
proach unto the nations, and a
mocking to all the countries. 5
Those that are near, and those that
are far from thee, shall mock thee,
thou ^infamous one and full of
tumult.
6 Behold, the princes of Israel,
every one according to his -power,
have been in thee to shed blood.
7 In thee have they set light by
father and mother; in the midst
of thee have they dealt by op-
pression with the sojourner; in
thee have they wronged the fa-
therless and the widow. 8 Thou
hast despised my holy things,
and hast profaned my sabbaths.
9 Slanderous men have been in
thee to shed blood; and in thee
they have eaten upon the moun-
tains: in the midst of thee they
have committed lewdness. 10 In
thee have they uncovered their
fathers' nakedness; in thee have
they humbled her that was un-
clean in her impurity. 11 And
one hath committed abomination
with his neighbor's wife; and
another hath lewdly defiled his
daughter-in-law; and another in
thee hath humbled his sister,
his father's daughter. 12 In thee
have they taken bribes to shed
blood; thou hast taken interest
and increase, and thou hast greed-
ily gained of thy neighbors by
oppression, and hast forgotten
me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
13 Behold, therefore, I have
smitten my hand oX thy dis-
1 Heb. defiled of name.. : Heb. arm.
honest gain which thou hast made,
and at thy blood which hath been
in the midst of thee. 14 Can thy
heart endure, or can thy hands be
strong, in the days that I shall
deal with thee.^^ I, Jehovah, have
spoken it, and will do it. 15 And
I will scatter thee among the
nations, and disperse thee through
the couhtries; and I will consume
thy filthiness out of thee. 16 And
thou shalt be profaned in thyself,
in the sight of the nations; and
thou shalt know that I am Jeho-
vah.
17 And the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 18 Son of
man, the house of Israel is become
dross unto me: all of them are.
brass and tin and iron and lead,
in the midst of the furnace; they
are the dross of silver. 19 There-
fore thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Because ye are all become dross,
therefore, behold, I will gather you
into the midst of Jerusalem. 20
As they gather silver and brass
and iron and lead and tin into the
midst of the furnace, to blow
the fire upon it, to melt it; so will
I gather you in mine anger and
in my wrath, and I will lay you
there, and melt you. 21 Yea, I
will gather you, and blow upon
you with the fire of my wrath, and
ye shall be melted in the midst
thereof. 22 As silver is melted in
the midst of the furnace, so shall
ye be melted in the midst thereof;
and ye shall know that I, Jehovah,
have poured out my wTath upon
you.
23 And the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 24 Son of
man, say unto her. Thou art a land
that is not cleansed, nor rained
upon in the day of indignation.
25 There is a conspiracy of her
prophets in the midst thereof, like
a roaring lion ravening the prey:
they have devoured souls; they
take treasure and precious things;
they have made her widows many
in the midst thereof. 26 Her
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The Lewdness of Oholah and Oholibah
priests have done violence to my
law, and have profaned my holy
things: they have made no dis-
tinction between the holy and the
common, neither have they caused
men to discern between the un-
clean and the clean, and have hid
their eyes from my sabbaths, and
I am profaned among them. 27
Her princes in the midst thereof
are like wolves ravening the prey,
to shed blood, and to destroy
souls, that they may get dishonest
gain. 28 And her prophets have
daubed for them with kmtem-
pered mortar, seeing false visions,
and divining lies unto them, say-
ing. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah,
when Jehovah hath not spoken.
29 The people of the land have
used oppression, and exercised
robbery; yea, they have vexed
the poor and needy, and have op-
pressed the sojourner wrongfully.
30 And I sought for a man among
them, that should build up the
wall, and stand in the gap before
me for the land, that I should not
destroy it; but I found none. 31
Therefore have I poured out mine
indignation upon them; I have
consumed them with the fire of
my wrath: their own way have
1 brought upon their heads, saith
the Lord Jehovah.
OQ The word of Jehovah
-^O came again unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, there were two
women, the daughters of one
mother: 3 and they played the
harlot in Egypt; they played the
harlot in their youth; there were
their breasts pressed, and there
was handled the bosom of their
virginity. 4 And the names of
them were Oholah the elder, and
Oholibah her sister: and they be-
came mine, and they bare sons and
daughters. And as for their
names, Samaria is ^Oholah, and
Jerusalem ^Oholibah.
5 And Oholah played the harlot
' Or, whitewash • That is, Her tent.
3 That is, My lent is in her,
EZEKIEL 22.27—23.17
when she was mine; and she doted
on her lovers, on the Assyrians
her neighbors, 6 who were clothed
with blue, governors and ^rulers,
all of them desirable young men,
horsemen riding upon horses. 7
And she bestowed her whoredoms
upon them, the choicest men of
Assyria all of them; and on whom-
soever she doted, with all their idols
she defiled herself. 8 Neither hath
she left her whoredoms ^since the
days of Egypt ; for in her youth they
lay with her, and they handled the
bosom of her virginity; and they
poured out their whoredoms upon
her. 9 Wherefore I delivered her
into the hand of her lovers, into the
hand of the Assyrians, upon whom
she doted. 10 These uncovered her
nakedness ; they took her sons and
her daughters; and her they slew
with the sword: and she became a
^byword among women; for they
executed judgments upon her.
11 And her sister Oholibah saw
this, yet was she more corrupt in
her doting than she, and in her
whoredoms which were more than
the whoredoms of her sister. 12 She
doted upon the Assyrians, govern-
ors and rulers, her neighbors, clothed
most gorgeously, horsemen riding
upon horses, all of them desirable
young men. 13 And I saw that she
was defiled; they both took one
way. 14 And she increased her
whoredoms; for she saw men por-
trayed upon the wall, the images of
the Chaldeans portrayed with ver-
milion, 15 girded with girdles upon
their loins, with flowing turbans
upon their heads, all of them princes
to look upon, after the likeness of
the Babylonians ^in Chaldea, the
land of their nativity. 16 And ^as
soon as she saw them she doted upon
them, and sent messengers unto
them into Chaldea. 17 And the
Babylonians came to her into the
bed of love, and they defiled her
* Or, deputies See Jer. 51. 23, &c.
5 Or, brought from Egypt • Heb. name.
7 Or, the land of whose nativity is Chaldea
8 Heb. at the sight of her eyes.
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EZEKIEL 23.18—23.39
with their whoredom, and she was
polluted with them, and her soul
was alienated from them. 18 So she
uncovered her whoredoms, and un-
covered her nakedness : then my soul
was alienated from her, like as my
soul Vv^as alienated from her sister.
19 Yet she multiplied her whore-
doms, remembering the days of her
youth, wherein she had played the
harlot in the land of Egypt. 20 And
she doted upon their paramours,
whose flesh is as the flesh of asses,
and whose issue is like the issue of
horses. 21 Thus thou calledst to re-
membrance the lewdness of thy
youth, in the handling of thy bosom
by the Egyptians for the breasts
of thy youth.
22 Therefore, O Oholibah, thus
saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold,
I will raise up thy lovers against thee,
from whom thy soul is alienated,
and I will bring them against thee
on every side: 23 the Babylonians
and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and
Shoa and Koa, a7id all the Assyrians
with them; desirable young men,
governors and rulers all of them,
princes and ^men of renown, all of
them riding upon horses. 24 And
they shall come against thee with
weapons, chariots, and Wagons, and
with a company of peoples; they
shall set themselves against thee
with buckler and shield and helmet
round about : and I will commit
the judgment unto them, and they
shall judge thee according to their
judgments. 25 And I will set my
jealousy against thee, and they shall
deal with thee in fury; they shall
take awa}^ thy nose and thine ears;
and thy residue shall fall by the
sword: they shall take thy sons and
thy daughters; and thy residue shall
be devoured by the fire. 26 They
shall also strip thee of thy clothes,
and take away thy fair jewels. 27
Thus will I make thy lewdness to
cease from thee, and thy whoredom
brought from the land of Egypt; so
that thou shall not lift up thine eyes
The Punishment of Oholah and Oholibah
unto them, nor remember Egypt
any more. 28 For thus saith the
Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will de-
liver thee into the hand of them
whom thou hatest, into the hand
of them from whom thy soul is
alienated; 29 and they shall deal
with thee in hatred, and shall take
away all' thy labor, and shall leave
thee naked and bare; and the
nakedness of thy whoredoms shall
be uncovered, both thy lewdness
and thy whoredon;s.
30 These things shall be done
unto thee, for that thou hast played
the harlot after the nations, and
because thou art polluted with their
idols. 31 Thou hast walked in the
way of thy sister; therefore will I
give her cup into thy hand. 32 Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shall
drink of thy sister's cup, which is
deep and large; thou shalt be
laughed to scorn and had in derision ;
^it containeth much. 33 Thou shalt
be filled with dnmkenness and
sorrow, witli the cup of astonishment
and desolation, with the cup of thy
sister Samaria. 34 Thou shalt even
drink it and drain it out, and thou
shalt gnaw the sherds thereof, and
shalt tear thy breasts; for I have
spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
35 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Because thou hast for-
gotten me, and cast me behind thy
back, therefore bear thou also thy
lewdness and thy whoredoms.
36 Jehovah said moreover unto
me: Son of man, wilt thou judge
Oholah and Oholibah.'^ then declare
unto them their abominations. 37
For they have committed adultery,
and blood is in their hands; and with
their idols have they committed
adultery; and they have also caused
their sons, whom they bare unto me,
to pass through the fire unto them
to be devoured. 38 Moreover this
they have done unto me: they have
defiled my sanctuary in the same
day, and have profaned my sab-
baths. 39 For when they had slain
Or, counsellors Heb. called. 2 Or, wheels
3 Or, too much to endure
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The Punishment of Oholah and Oholibah. Type of the Caldron
their children to their idols, then
they came the same day into my
sanctuary to profane it; and, lo,
thus have they done in the midst of
my house. 40 And furthermore ye
have sent for men Hhat come from
far, unto whom a messenger was
sent, and, lo, they came; for whom
thou didst wash thyself, paint thine
eyes, and deck thyself with orna-
ments, 41 and sit upon a stately
bedTwith a table prepared before it,
whereupon thou didst set mine
incense and mine oil. 42 And the
voice of a multitude being at ease
was with her: and with men of the
common sort were brought drunk-
ards from the wilderness; and they
put bracelets upon the hands of
them twain, and beautiful crowns
upon their heads.
43 Then said I ^of her that was
old in adulteries. Now will they play
Hhe harlot with her, %nd she with
them. 44 And they went in unto her,
as they go in unto a harlot: so went
they in unto Oholah and unto Oho-
libah, the lewd women. 45 And
righteous men, they shall judge
them with the judgment of adul-
teresses, and with the judgment of
women that shed blood; because
they are adulteresses, and blood is in
their hands. 46 For thus saith the
Lord Jehovah : I will bring up a
company against them, and will
give them to be tossed to and fro
and robbed. 47 And the company
shall stone them with stones, and
despatch them with their swords;
they shall slay their sons and their
daughters, and burn up their houses
with fire. 48 Thus will I cause lewd-
ness to cease out of the land, that
all women may be taught not to do
after your lewdness. 49 And they
shall recompense your lewdness
upon you, and ye shall bear the
sins of your idols ; and ye shall know
that I am the Lord Jehovah.
C^ A Again, in the ninth year, in
^TP the tenth month, in the
EZLivlEL 23.40—24.14
tenth day of the month, the word of
Jehovah came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, write thee the name
of the day, even of this selfsame day :
the king of Babylon Mrew close unto
Jerusalem this selfsame day. 3 And
utter a parable unto the rebellious
house, and say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah, Set on the
caldron, set it on, and also pour
water into it: 4 gather the pieces
thereof into it, even every good
piece, the thigh, and the shoulder;
fill it with the choice bones. 5 Take
the choice of the flock, and also a
pile of tvood for the bones under Hhe
caldro7i\ make it boil well; yea, let
the bones thereof be boiled in the
midst of it.
6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city,
to the caldron whose ^rust is therein,
and whose ^rust is not gone out of it !
take out of it piece after piece; no
lot is fallen upon it. 7 For her blood
is in the midst of her; she set it upon
the bare rock; she poured it not upon
the ground, to cover it with dust. 8
That it may cause wrath to come
up to take vengeance, I have set
her blood upon the bare rock, that
it should not be covered. 9 Therefore
thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Woe to
the bloody city! I also will make the
pile great. 10 Heap on the wood,
make the fire hot, boil well the flesh,
and make thick the broth, and let
the bones be burned. 11 Then set
it empty upon the coals thereof, that
it may be hot, and the brass thereof
may burn, and that the filthiness of
it may be molten in it, that the rust
of it may be consumed. 12 She hath
wearied herself with toil; yet her
great rust goeth not forth out of her;
her rust '^goeth not forth by fire. 13
^^In thy filthiness is lewdness: be-
cause I have cleansed thee and thou
wast not cleansed, thou shall not
be cleansed from thy filthiness any
more, till I have caused my wrath
toward thee to rest. 14 I, Jehovah,
1 Or, to come 2 Qr, She that is old will commit adulteries ^ Heb. leaned upon.
' Heb. her whoredoms, * Or, even with her » Or, is in the fire
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« Heb. it. 7 Or, scum s Or, me
10 Or, For thy filthy lewdness
EZEKIEL 24.15—25.9 Death of Ezekiel's Wife a Sign to Judah
have spoken it: it shall come to pass, i that in that day he that escapeth
and I will do it ; I will not go back, | shall come unto thee, to cause thee
neither will I spare, neither will I
repent; according to thy ways, and
according to thy doings, shall they
judge thee, saitli the Lord Jehovah.
15 Also the word of Jehovah came
unto me, saying, 16 Son of man,
behold, I take away from thee the
desire of thine eyes with a stroke:
yet thou shalt neither mourn nor
weep, neither shall thy tears run
down. 17 Sigh, %ut not aloud, make
no mourning for the dead; bind thy
headtire upon thee, and put thy
shoes upon thy feet, and cover not
thy lips, and eat not the bread of
men. 18 So I spake unto the people
in the morning; and at even my
wife died; and I did in the morning
as I was commanded.
19 And the people said unto me,
Wilt thou not tell us what these
things are to us, that thou doest
so.^ 20 Then I said unto them, The
word of Jehovah came unto me,
saying, 21 Speak unto the house of
Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Behold, I will profane my sanctuary,
the pride of your power, the desire
of your eyes, and ^that which your
25
to hear it with thine ears.'^ 27 In
that day shall thy mouth be opened
^to him that is escaped, and thou
shalt speak, and be no more dumb:
so shalt thou be a sign unto them;
and they shall know that I am
Jehovah'.
And the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 2
Son of man, set thy face toward the
children of Ammon, and prophesy
^against them: 3 and say unto the
children of Ammon, Hear the word
of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith
the Lord Jehovah, Because thou
saidst. Aha, against my sanctuary,
when it was profaned; and against
the land of Israel, when it was made
desolate; and against the house of
Judah, when they went into cap-
tivity: 4 therefore, behold, I will
deliver thee to the children of the
east for a possession, and they shall
set their encampments in thee, and
make their dwellings in thee; they
shall eat thy fruit, and they shall
drink thy milk. 5 And I will make
Rabbah a stable for camels, and
the children of Ammon a couching-
soul pitieth ; and your sons and your I place for flocks : and ye shall know
daughters whom ye have left behind | that I am Jehovah. 6 For thus saith
shall fall by the sword. 22 And ye j the Lord Jehovah : Because thou
shall do as I have done: ye shall not j hast clapped thy hands, and
cover your lips, nor eat the bread of stamped with the feet, and rejoiced
men. 23 And your tires shall be
upon your heads, and your shoes
upon your feet: ye shall not mourn
nor weep; but ye shall pine away in
your iniquities, and moan one
toward another. 24 Thus shall Eze-
kiel be unto you a sign; according to
all that he hath done shall ye do:
when this comet h, then shall ye
know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
25 And thou, son of man, shall
it not be in the day when I take from
with all the despite of thy soul
against the land of Israel; 7 there-
fore, behold, I have stretched out
my hand upon thee, and will deliver
thee for a spoil to the nations; and
I will cut thee off from the peoples,
and I will cause thee to perish out of
the countries: I will destroy thee;
and thou shalt know that I am
Jehovah.
8 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Because that Moab and Seir do
them their ^strength, the joy of their j say, Behold, the house of Judah is
%lory, the desire of their eyes, and \ like unto all the nations; 9 therefore,
^that whereupon they set their heart, behold, I will open the side of Moab
their sons and their daughters, 26 from the cities, from his cities which
I are ^on his frontiers, the glory of the
« Or, together with ? Or, concerning 8 Or, in every quarter
' Heb. be silent. - Heb. the pity of your soul.
' Or, stronghold ^ Or, beauty
6 Heb. the lifting up of their soul.
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Prophecies against Edom and Philistia. The Ruin of Tyre foretold EZEKIEL 25.10 — 26.13
country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon,
and Kiriathaim, 10 ^unto the chil-
dren of the east, to go against the
children of Ammon; and I will give
them for a possession, that the chil-
dren of iVmmon may not be remem-
bered among the ^lations: 11 and I
will execute judgments upon Moab;
and they shall know that I am
Jehovah.
12 Thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah: Because that Edom hath
dealt against the house of Judah by
taking vengeance, and hath greatly
offended, and revenged himself upon
them; 13 therefore thus saith the
Lord Jehovah, I will stretch out my
hand upon Edom, and will cut off
man and beast from it; and I will
make it desolate from Teman; even
unto Dedan shall- they fall by the
sword. 14 And I will lay my ven-
geance upon Edom by the hand of
my people Israel; and they shall do
in Edom according to mine anger
and according to my wrath; and
they shall know my vengeance,
saith the Lord Jehovah.
15 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Because the Philistines have dealt
by revenge, and have taken ven-
geance with despite of soul to de-
stroy with perpetual enmity; 16
therefore thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah, Behold, I will stretch out my
hand upon the Philistines, and I
will cut off the Cherethites, and- de-
stroy the remnant of the sea coast.
17 And I will execute great ven-
geance upon them with wrathful re-
bukes ; and they shall know that I
am Jehovah, when I shall lay my
vengeance upon them.
O C^ And it came to pass in the
-^vJ eleventh year, in the first
day of the month, that the word of
is laid waste: 3 therefore thus saith
the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am
against thee, O Tyre, and will cause
many nations to come up against
thee, as the sea causeth its waves to
come up. 4 And they shall destroy
the walls of Tyre, and break down
her towers: I will also scrape her
dust from her, and make her a bare
rock. 5 She shall be a place for the
spreading of nets in the midst of the
sea; for I have spoken it, saith the
Lord Jehovah; and she shall become
a spoil to the nations. 6 And her
daughters that are in the field shall
be slain with the sword : and they
shall know that I am Jehovah.
7 For thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah : Behold, I will bring upon Tyre
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
king of kings, from the north, with
horses, and with chariots, and with
horsemen, and a company, and much
people. 8 He shall slay with the
sword thy daughters in the field; and
he shall make forts against thee, and
cast up a mound against thee,
and raise up the buckler against thee.
9 And he shall set his battering
engines against thy walls, and with
his ^axes he shall break down thy
towers. 10 By reason of the abun-
dance of his horses their dust shall
cover thee : thy walls shall shake
at the noise of the horsemen, and
of the ^wagons, and of the chariots,
when he shall enter into thy gates, as
men enter into a city wherein is
made a breach. 11 With the hoofs
of his horses shall he tread down all
thy streets; he shall slay thy people
with the sword; and the ^pillars of
thy strength shall go down to the
ground. 12 And they shall make
a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey
of thv merchandise; and they shall
Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 j break down thy walls, and destroy
Son of man, because that Tyre hath | thy pleasant houses; and they shall
said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is I lay thy stones and thy timber and
broken that was the gate of the thy dust in the midst of the waters,
peoples; she is turned unto me; I 13 And I will cause the noise of thy
shall be replenished, now that she songs to cease; and the sound of
thy harps shall be no more heard.
1 Or. together with the children of Ammnn unto the
children of the east
2 Heb. .'Tivords.
3 Or, wheels
* Or, obelisks
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EZEKIEL 26.14—27.15
The Ruin of Tyre foretold. A Lamentation over Tyre
14 And I will make thee a bare rock;
thou shalt be a place for the spread-
ing of nets; thou shalt be built no
more: for I Jehovah have spoken it,
saith the Lord Jehovah.
15 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah
lamentation over Tyre; 3 and say
unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest
at the ^entry of the sea, that art the
merchant of the peoples unto many
isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Thou, O Tyre, hast said, I am perfect
to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at I in beauty. 4 Thy borders ^e in the
the sound of thy fall, when the | heart of' the seas ; thy builders have
wounded groan, when the slaughter \ perfected thy beauty. 5 They have
is made in the midst of thee.^ 16
Then all the princes of the sea shall
come down from their thrones, and
lay aside their robes, and strip off
their broidered garments : they shall
clothe themselves with ^trembling;
they shall sit upon the ground, and
shall tremble every moment, and be
astonished at thee. 17 And they
shall take up a lamentation over
thee, and say to thee. How art thou
destroyed, that wast inhabited ^by
seafaring men, the renowned city,
that was strong in the sea, she and
her inhabitants, that caused their
terror to be on all that ^d welt there !
18 Now shall the isles tremble in the
day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are
in the sea shall be dismayed at thy
departure.
19 For thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah: When I shall make thee a
desolate city, like the cities that
are not inhabited; when I shall
bring up the deep upon thee, and the
great waters shall cover thee; 20
then will I bring thee down with
them that descend into the pit, to
the people of old time, and will make
thee to dwell in the nether parts of
the earth, ^in the places that are
desolate of old, with them that go
down to the pit, that thou be not
inhabited; ^and I will set glory in
the land of the living. 211 will make
thee ^a terror, and thou shalt no
more have any being; though thou
be sought for, yet shalt thou never be
found again, saith the Lord Jehovah.
O ^ The word of Jehovah came
^ I again unto me, saying, 2
made all thy planks of fir-trees
from Senir; they have taken a cedar
from Lebanon to make a mast for
thee. 6 Of the oaks of Bashanhave
they made thine oars; they have
made thy ^benches of ivory inlaid in
boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.
7 Of fine linen with broidered work
from Egypt was thy sail, that it
might be to thee for an ensign; blue
and purple from the isles of Elishah
was thine awning. 8 The inhab-
itants of Sidon and Arvad were
thy rowers: thy wise men, O
Tyre, were in thee, thev were thv
pilots. 9 The i^old men of Gebal
and the wise men thereof were
in thee thy calkers: all the ships
of the sea with their mariners
were in thee to ^Meal in thy mer-
chandise. 10 Persia and Lud and
Put were in thine army, thy men
of war: they hanged the shield
and helmet in thee; they set forth
thy comeliness. 11 The men of
Arvad with thine army were upon
thy walls round about, and valor-
ous- men were in thy towers; they
hanged their shields upon thy walls
round about; they have perfected
thy beauty.
12 Tarshish was thy merchant
bj^ reason of the multitude of all
kinds of riches; with silver, iron,
tin, and lead, they traded for thy
wares. 13 Javan, Tubal, and
Meshech, they were thy traffick-
ers ; they traded the persons of
men and vessels of brass for thy
merchandise. 14 They of the house
of Togarmah traded for th^^ wares
And thou, son of man, take up a ! with horses and war-horses and
mules. 15 The men of Dedan were
1 Heb. tremUings. 2 Qr, being won from the seas
' Or, inhabited her ■• Another reading is, like.
* Or, as otherwise read, nor set thy glory &"€. 7 Heb. entrances. * Heb. built.
• Or, a destruction Heb. terrors. I 10 Or, elders " Or, exchange
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9 Or, deck
Description of her Trade and Commerce
thy traffickers; many isles were
the mart of thy hand : they brought
thee ^in exchange horns of ivory
and ebony. 16 Syria was thy
merchant by reason of the mul-
titude of thy handiworks: they
traded for thy wares with ^emeralds,
purple, and broidered work, and
fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
17 Judah, and the land of Israel,
they were thy traffickers: they
traded for thy merchandise wheat
of Minnith, and ^pannag, and
honey, and oil, and balm. 18
Damascus was thy merchant for
the multitude of thy handiworks, by
reason of the multitude of all kinds
of riches, with the wine of Helbon,
and white wool. 19 Vedan and
Javan traded ^with yarn for thy
wares: ^bright iron, cassia, and
calamus, were among thy merchan-
dise. 20 Dedan was thy traf-
ficker in precious cloths for riding.
21 Arabia, and all the princes of
Kedar, they were the merchants
of thy hand; in lambs, and rams,
and goats, in these were they thy
merchants. 22 The traffickers of
Sheba and Raamah, they were thy
traffickers; they traded for thy
wares with the chief of all spices,
and with all precious stones, and
gold. 23 Haran and Canneh and
Eden, the traffickers of Sheba,
Asshur and Chilmad, were thy
traffickers. 24 These were thy
traffickers in choice wares, in ^wrap-
pings of blue and broidered work,
and in chests of rich apparel,
bound with cords and made of
cedar, among thy merchandise. 25
The ships of Tarshish were thy
caravans for thy merchandise: and
thou wast replenished, and made
very glorious in the heart of the
seas.
26 Thy rowers have brought
thee into great waters: the east
wind hath broken thee in the
heart of the seas. 27 Thy riches,
1 Or, for a present ' - Or, carbuncles
' Perhaps, a kind of confection.
* Or, as otherwise read, from Uzal
» Or, wrought ^ Or, bales
EZEKIEL 27.16—28.2
and thy wares, thy merchandise,
thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy
calkers, and the dealers in thy
merchandise, and all thy men of
war, that are in thee, %ith all
thy company which is in the
midst of thee, shall fall into the
heart of the seas in the day of
thy ruin. 28 At the sound of the
cry of thy pilots the ^suburbs shall
shake. 29 And all that handle
the oar, the mariners, and all the
pilots of the sea, shall come down
from their ships; they shall stand
upon the land, 30 and shall cause
their voice to be heard over thee,
and shall cry bitterly, and shall
cast up dust upon their heads;
they shall wallow themselves in
the ashes: 31 and they shall make
themselves bald for thee, and
gird them with sackcloth, and
they shall weep for thee in bitter-
ness of soul with bitter mourning.
32 And in their wailing they shall
take up a lamentation for thee,
and lament over thee, saying. Who
is there like Tyre, like her that is
brought to silence in the midst
of the sea.? 33 When thy wares
went forth out of the seas, thou
filledst many peoples; thou didst
enrich the kings of the earth with
the multitude of thy riches and of
thy merchandise. 34 In the time
that thou wast broken by the
seas in the depths of the w^aters,
thy merchandise and all thy com-
pany did fall in the midst of thee.
35 All the inhabitants of the isles
are astonished at thee, and their
kings are horribly afraid; they
are troubled in their countenance.
36 The merchants among the peo-
ples hiss at thee; thou art become
^°a terror, and thou shalt never-
more have any being.
OO The word of Jehovah
-^O came again unto me, say-
ing, 2 Son of man, say unto the
prince of Tyre, Thus saith the
Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart.
7 Or, exchangers
9 Or, waves
* Or, and in
1" Or, a deslruclion Heb. terrors.
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EZEKIEL 28.3—28.23
Overthrow of the King of Tyre. Lamentation over him
is lifted up, and thou hast said,
I am a god, I sit in the seat of
God, in the ^midst of the seas;
yet thou art man, and not God,
thou wast created they were pre-
pared. 14 Thou wast the anointed
cherub that covereth: and I set
thee, so that thou wast upon the
though thou didst set thy heart holy mountain of God; thou hast
as the heart of God; — 3 behold,
thou art wiser than Daniel; there
is no secret that is hidden from
thee ; 4 by thy wisdom and by
thine understanding thou hast got-
ten thee ^riches, and hast gotten
gold and silver into thy treasures;
5 by thy great wisdom and by thy
traffic hast thou increased thy
^riches, and thy heart is lifted up
because of thy ^riches; — 6 therefore
thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Be-
cause thou hast set thy heart
as the heart of God, 7 there-
fore, behold, I will bring strangers
upon thee, the terrible of the
nations; and they shall draw their
swords against the beauty of thy
wisdom, and they shall ^defile thy
brightness. 8 They shall bring
thee down to the pit; and thou
shalt die the death of them that are
slain, in the heart of the seas.
9 Wilt thou yet say before him
that slayeth thee, I am God.^^ but
thou art man, and not God, in the
hand of him that ^woundeth thee.
10 Thou shalt die the death of the
uncircumcised by the hand of
strangers: for I have spoken it,
saith the Lord Jehovah.
11 Moreover the word of Jeho-
vah came unto me, saying, 12 Son
of man, take up a lamentation
over the king of Tyre, and say
unto him, Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah : Thou scales t up the ^sum,
full of wisdom, and perfect in
beauty. 13 Thou wast in Eden,
the garden of God; every precious
stone was thy covering, the ^sar-
walked up and down in the midst
of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast
perfect, in thy ways from the day
that thou wast created, till un-
righteousness was found in thee.
16 By the abundance of thy
traffic they filled the midst of
thee with violence, and thou hast
sinned: therefore have I cast thee
as profane out of the mountain of
God; and I have destroyed thee,
O covering cherub, from the midst
of the stones of fire. 17 Thy
heart was lifted up because of thy
beauty; thou hast corrupted thy
wisdom by reason of thy bright-
ness: I have cast thee to the
ground; I have laid thee before
kings, that they may behold thee.
18 By the multitude of thine in-
iquities, in the unrighteousness of
thy traffic, thou hast profaned
thy sanctuaries; therefore have I
brought forth a fire from the midst
of thee; it hath devoured thee,
and I have turned thee to ashes
upon the earth in the sight of all
them that behold thee. 19 All
they that know thee among the
peoples shall be astonished at thee:
thou art become ^a terror, and
thou shalt nevermore have any
being.
20 And the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 21 Son of
man, set thy face toward Sidon,
and prophesy against it, 22 and
say. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Behold, I am against thee, O
Sidon; and I will be glorified in
the midst of thee; and thev shall
dius, the topaz, and the diamond, know that I am Jehovah, when I
the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, shall have executed judgments in
the sapphire, the ^emerald, and her, and shall be sanctified in her
the ^carbuncle, and gold: the work
manship of thy tabrets and of thy
pipes was in thee; in the day that
1 Heb. heart
* Or, profanelh
« Or, ruby
2 Or, power ^ Or, profane
^ Or, measure Or, pattern
' Or, carbuncle *• Or, emerald
23 For I will send pestilence into
her, and blood into her streets;
and the wounded shall ^^fall in
the midst of her, with the sword
9 Or, a deslruciion Heb. terrors. i" Or, be judged
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Restoration of Israel. Prophecy against Egypt
EZEKIEL 28.24—29.15
upon her on every side; and they
shall know that I am Jehovah.
24 And there shall be no more a
pricking brier unto the house of
Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any
that are round about them, that did
despite unto them; and they shall
know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
25 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
When I shall have gathered the
house of Israel from the peoples
among whom they are scattered,
and shall be sanctified in them in
the sight of the nations, then shall
they dwell in their own land
which I gave to my servant Jacob.
26 And they shall dwell securely
therein; yea, they shall build
houses, and plant vineyards, and
shall dwell securely, when I have
executed judgments upon all those
that do them despite round about
them; and they shall know that I
am Jehovah their God.
QQ In the tenth year, in the
^y tenth month, in the twelfth
day of the month, the word of Je-
hovah came unto me, saying, 2
Son of man, set thy face against
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and
prophesy against him, and against
all Egypt; 3 speak, and say. Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold,
I am against thee, Pharaoh king
of Egypt, the great monster that
lieth in the midst of his rivers,
that hath said. My river is mine
own, and I have made it for my-
self. 4 And I will put hooks in
thy jaws, and I will cause the fish
of thy rivers to stick unto thy
scales; and I will bring thee up out
of the midst of thy rivers, with all
the fish of thy rivers which stick
unto thy scales. 5 And I will cast
thee forth into the wilderness, thee
and all the fish of thy rivers: thou
shalt fall upon the ^open field;
thou shalt not be brought together,
nor gathered; I have given thee
for food to the beasts of the earth
and to the birds of the heavens.
6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt
1 Heb. face of the field.
shall know that I am Jehovah,
because they have been a staff
of reed to the house of Israel, 7
When they took hold of thee ^by
thy hand, thou didst break, and
didst rend all their shoulders; and
when they leaned upon thee, thou
brakest, and madest all their loins
to ^be at a stand.
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a
sword upon thee, and will cut off
from thee man and beast. 9 And
the land of Egypt shall be a deso-
lation and a waste; and they shall
know that I am Jehovah. Be-
cause he hath said. The river is
mine, and I have made it; 10
therefore, behold, I am against
thee, and against thy rivers, and
I will make the land of Egypt an
utter waste and desolation, '^from
the tower of Seveneh even unto
the border of Ethiopia. 11 No
foot of man shall pass through it,
nor foot of beast shall pass through
it, neither shall it be inhabited
forty years. 12 And I will make
the land of Egypt a desolation in
the midst of the countries that
are desolate; and her cities among
the cities that are laid waste shall
be a desolation forty years; and I
will scatter the Eygptians among
the nations, and will disperse them
through the countries.
13 For thus saith the Lord Je-
hovah: At the end of forty years
will I gather the Egyptians from
the peoples whither they were scat-
tered; 14 and I will %ring back
the captivity of Egypt, and will
cause them to return into the land
of Pathros, into the land of their
^birth; and they shall be there a
^base kingdom. 15 It shall be the
basest of the kingdoms; neither
shall it any more lift itself up
above the nations: and I will
diminish them, that they shall
no more rule over the nations.
2 Or, by the handle Another reading is, with the hand.
2 Or, as some read, shake See Ps. 69. 23.
^ Or. from Migdol to Syene, and even b'c.
5 Or, return to e Or, origin ? Heb. low.
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EZEKIEL 29.16—30.15
16 And it shall be no more the con-
fidence of the house of Israel,
bringing iniquity to remembrance,
when they turn to look after them:
and they shall know that I am the
Lord Jehovah.
17 And it came to pass in the
seven and twentieth year, in the
first month, in the first day of
the month, the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 18 Son of
man, Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon caused his army to serve a
great service against Tyre: every
head was made bald, and every
shoulder was worn; yet had he no
wages, nor his army, from Tyre,
for the service that he had served
against it. 19 Therefore thus saith
the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will
give the land of Egypt unto
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
and he shall carry off her multi-
tude, and take her spoil, and take
her prey; and it shall be the wages
for his army. 20 I have given him
the land of Egypt ^as his recom-
pense for which he served, be-
cause they wrought for me, saith
the Lord Jehovah.
21 In that day will I cause a
horn to bud forth unto the house
of Israel, and I will give thee the
opening of the mouth in the midst
of them; and they shall know
that I am Jehovah.
Of\ The word of Jehovah
OU came again unto me, say-
ing, 2 Son of man, prophesy, and
say. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Wail ye, Alas for the day! 3 For
the day is near, even the day of
Jehovah is near; it shall be a day
of clouds, a time of the nations.
4 And a sword shall come upon
Egypt, and anguish shall be in
^Ethiopia, when the slain shall
fall in Egypt; and they shall take
away her multitude, and her
foundations shall be broken down.
5 ^Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud,
and all the mingled people, and
1 Or, for his labor wherewith he served
- Heb. Cush.
Egypt to be subdued by Babylon
Cub, and the children of ^the
land that is in league, shall fall
with them by the sword.
6 Thus saith Jehovah : They also
that uphold Egypt shall fall; and
the pride of her power shall come
down: ''from the tower of Seve-
neh jshall they fall in it by the
sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.
7 And they shall be desolate in
the midst of the countries that are
desolate; and her cities shall be in
the midst of the cities that are
wasted. 8 And they shall know
that I am Jehovah, when I have set
a fire in Egypt, and all her help-
ers are ^destroyed. 9 In that day
shall messengers go forth from
before me in ships to make the
careless Ethiopians afraid; and
there shall be anguish upon them,
as in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it
Cometh.
10 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
I will also make the multitude of
Egypt to cease, by the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
II He and his people with him,
the terrible of the nations, shall
be brought in to destroy the land;
and they shall draw their swords
against Egypt, and fill the land
with the slain. 12 And I will
make the rivers dry, and will sell
the land into the hand of evil men;
and I will make the land desolate,
and *^all that is therein, by the
hand of strangers: I, Jehovah,
have spoken it.
13 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
I will also destroy the idols, and
I will cause the ^images to cease
from Memphis; and there shall
be no more a prince from the land
of Egypt: and I will put a fear in
the land of Egypt. 14 And I will
make Pathros desolate, and will
set a fire in Zoan, and will exe-
cute judgments upon No. 15 And
I wull pour my wrath upon Sin,
the stronghold ^of Egypt; and I
will cut off the multitude of No
8 Or, the land of the covenant * Or, from Migdol to Syem
8 Heb. broken. " Heb. the fulness thereoj.
^ Or, things of thought Sec Ps. 96. 5.
Pharaoh warned by Assyria's Fate
16 And I will set a fire in Eygpt:
Sin shall be in great anguish, and
No shall be broken up; and Mem-
phis shall have adversaries 4n the
day-time. 17 The young men of
Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall
by the sword; and these cities shall
go into captivity. 18 At Tehaph-
nehes also the day shall With-
draw itself, when I shall break
there the yokes of Egypt, and the
pride of her power shall cease in
her: as for her, a cloud shall cover
her, and her daughters shall go
into captivity. 19 Thus will I ex-
ecute judgments upon Egypt; and
they shall know that I am Jehovah.
20 And it came to pass in the
eleventh year, in the first month,
in the seventh day of the month,
that the word of Jehovah came
unto me, saying, 21 Son of man,
I have broken the arm of Pharaoh
king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not
been bound up, to apply healing
medicines, to put a bandage to
bind it, that it be strong to hold
the sword. 22 Therefore thus saith
the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am
against Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and will break his arms, the strong
arm, and that which was broken;
and I will cause the sword to fall
out of his hand. 23 And I will
scatter the Egyptians among the
nations, and will disperse them
through the countries. 24 And I
will strengthen the arms of the
king of Babylon, and put my
sword in his hand: but I will
break the arms of Pharaoh, and
he shall groan before him with
the groanings of a deadly wounded
man. 25 And I will hold up the
arms of the king of Babylon; and
the arms of Pharaoh shall fall
down; and they shall know that
I am Jehovah, when I shall put
my sword into the hand of the
king of Babylon, and he shall
stretch it out upon the land of
Egypt. 26 And I will scatter the
Egyptians among the nations, and
EZEKIEL 30.1G— 31.11
disperse them through the coun-
tries; and they shall know that I
am Jehovah.
O "j And it came to pass in the
^ J- eleventh year, in the third
month, in the first day of the month,
that the word of Jehovah came
unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, say
unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and
to his multitude: Whom art thou
like in thy greatness.^ 3 Behold,
the Assyrian was a cedar in Leba-
non with fair branches, and with
a forest-like shade, and of high
stature; and its top was among
the ^thick boughs. 4 The waters
nourished it, the deep made it to
grow: the rivers thereof ran round
about its plantation; and it sent
out its channels unto all the trees
of the field. 5 Therefore its stature
was exalted above all the trees of
the field; and its boughs were mul-
tiplied, and its branches became
long by reason of ^many waters,
when it shot them forth. 6 All the
birds of the heavens made their
nests in its boughs; and under its
branches did all the beasts of the
field bring forth their young; and
under its shadow dwelt all great
nations. 7 Thus was it fair in
its greatness, in the length of its
branches; for its root was by ^many
waters. 8 The cedars in the gar-
den of God could not hide it; the
fir-trees were not like its boughs,
and the plane-trees were not as its
branches; nor was any tree in the
garden of God like unto it in its
beauty. 9 I made it fair by the
multitude of its branches, so that
all the trees of Eden, that were in
the garden of God, envied it.
10 Therefore thus ^said the Lord
Jehovah: Because thou art ex-
alted in stature, and he hath set
his top among the ^thick boughs,
and his heart is lifted up in his
height; 11 I will even deliver him
into the hand of the niighty one
of the nations; he shall surely deal
w^ith him; I have driven him out
Or, all the day
2 Another reading is, he dark. ' ^ Or, clouds
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* Or, great
» Or, saith
for bis wickedness. 12 And stran>
the tonble ol the natk»s,
ive cut lum c^, and have 1^
him: iqKm the luountains and in
all the TaDeys his iHranches are
fiaDoi, and hxs boii^is are brak^i
by all the watercaarses of the land;
and aU the pec^fiks ol the earth are
gone down from his ^adow. and
have left him. 13 Upcm his min
all the birds <rf the havens shall
dwidl, and all the beasts ci the field
shall be upm his Isranches; 14 to
the Old that mne ol all the trees
by the waters esah themselves in
t&or stature, neither set their t<4)
among the thid^ boo^bs, nor that
th»r mj^ty wies stand up in their
h^^t, €wem aQ that drink water:
for they are all ddivaed mito
d^th, to the nelhn- parts ol the
eartib, in the midst ol the diildren
ol men, with them that go down to
the pit.
15 Thus saith the Loid Jehovah:
In the day idien he went down
to ^leol I caosed a mooraing: I
coTered the de^ for him, and I
restrained the livas thereof; and
the great watcR weie st^jred; and
I caused Ldianon Ho mourn for
him, and all the trees ci the fidd
fainted for him. 16 I made the
nations to shake at the sound ol
his faB, when I cast him down to
Sheol with them that descmd into
the pit; and aB the trees ol Eden,
the choice and best ol Lebanon,
aD that drink water, woe com-
fwted in the n^her parts oi the
earth. 17 They also went down
into Siie<J with him unto than that
are dain by the swoid; yea, they
that were his aom, Ikai awdl un-
der his shadow m the midst ol the
oatioiis.
18 To whcmi art thou thus like
in ^wy and in greatness among
the trees ol Edoi? yet flhah thou
be hroii^ down whh the trees ol
Eden mto tibe nether parts ol
the earth: thou shah lie in the
midst d tibe UMScnrndaed, with
them that are slain by the sword.
This is Pharaoh and all his mul-
titude, saith the Lord Jehovah.
OQ And it came to pass in
O^rf the twelfth year, in the
twelfth month, in the first day of
the mcmth, that the word of Jeho-
vah came unto me, saying, 2 Sor
of man, take up a lamentation
over Pharaoh kic^ of Egj-pt, and
say unto him. Thou wast likeneii
unto a young lion d the nations:
yet art thou as a monster in the
seas; and thou didst break forth
-with thy rivers, and troubleds:
the waters with thy feet, an»
fouledst their rivors. 3 Thus saith
the L(Md Jehovah: I wiU spreac
out my net upon thee with a com-
pany of many peoples; and they
shall bring thee up in my net.
4: And I will leave thee upon
the land, I will cast thee forth upon
the €jpea fi^d, and will cause ail
the Inrds <rf the heavens to settle
upcm thee, and I will satisfy the
1 beasts ol the whole earth with
thee. 5 And I will lay thy flesh
iqKMi the mountains, and fill the
TaD^rs with thy 'h^ght. 6 I wh
also water with thy blood the land
wherein thou swimmest, even to
the mountains; and the water-
courses shaE be full of thee. 7
And when I shall extinguish thee,
I win oo^er the heavens, and make
the stars therec^ Mark; I will
ooYer the sun with a doud, and
the moon shall not give its light.
S An the hn^t l^ts ol heaven
will I make ^daak ova- thee, and
;set darkness upon thy land, saith
the Lord Jdiovah. 9 I will also vex
the hearts ai many peoples, when I
s^jmH hang thy destructiou amon^
the imti«n», 'into the countrie^^
which them hast not known. 10
Yea, I win make many pe<^les
amaaed at thee, and their kmgs
diall be hmribly afraid for thee,
whoi I shall brandish my sword
I before them; and they shall tremble
hat every momqit, every man for
The Eo plians with other Nations in Sheol
EZEKIEL 32.11—32.29
his own life, in the dav of thv
faU.
11 For thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah; The sword of the king of
Babylon shall come upon thee.
12 By the swords of the mighty
will I cause thy multitude to fall;
the terrible of the nations are
they all: and they shall bring to
nought the pride of Egypt, and all
the multitude thereof shall be de-
stroyed. 13 I will destroy also
all the beasts thereof from beside
^many waters; neither shall the
foot of man trouble them any
more, nor the hoofs of beasts
trouble them. 14 Then will I
-make their waters clear, and
cause their rivers to run like oil,
saith the Lord Jehovah. 15 WTien
I shall make the land of Egypt
desolate and waste, a land desti-
tute of Hhat whereof it was full,
when I shall smite all them that
dwell therein, then shall they
know that I am Jehovah. 16
This is the lamentation where-
with they shall lament; the daugh-
ters of the nations shall lament
therewith; over Egj-pt, and over
all her multitude, shall they lament
therewith, saith the Lord Jehovah.
17 It came to pass also in the
twelfth year, in the fifteenth day
of the month, that the word of
Jehovah came unto me, sa\Tng,
18 Son of man, wall for the mul-
titude of Egypt, and cast them
down, even her, and the daughters
of the famous nations, unto the
nether parts of the earth, with
them that go down into the pit.
19 \Miom dost thou pass in beauty?
go down, and be thou laid with
the uncircumcised. 20 They shall
fall in the midst of them that are
slain by the sword: ^he is dehvered
to the sword: draw her away and
all her multitudes. 21 The strong
among the mighty shall speak to
him out of the midst of Sheol with
them that help him: they are gone
down, they lie still, even the un-
circumcised, slain by the sword.
22 Asshur Is there and all her
company; her graves are round
about her; all of them slain, fallen
by the sword; 23 whose graves
are set in the uttermost pstris <rf
the pit, and her company is round
about her grave; all of them slain,
fallen by the sword, who caused
terror in the land of the living.
24 There is Elam and all her
multitude roimd about her grave;
all of them slain, fallen by the
sword, who are gone down uncir-
cumcised into the nether parts
of the earth, who caused their
terror in the land of the li\Tng,
and have borne their shame with
them that go down to the pit.
25 They have set her a bed in
the midst of the slain with all her
multitude; her graves are round
about her; all of them uncircum-
cised, slain by the sword; for their
terror was caused in the land ot
the li\'ing, and they have borne
their shame with them that go
down to the pit: he is put in the
midst of them that are slain.
26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and
all their multitude: their graves
are roimd about them; aU of them
uncircumcised, slain by the sword;
for they caused their terror in the
land of the li\'ing. 27 ^And they
shall not lie with the mighty that
are faUen of the uncircumcised.
that are gone down to Sheol with
their weapons of war, and have
laid their swords under their heads,
and their iniquities are upon their
bones; for they were the terror
of the mighty in the land of the liv-
ing. 28 But thou shall be broken
in the midst of the uncircumcised,
and shall lie with them that are slain
by the sword.
29 There is Edom, her kings
and aU her princes, who Hn their
might are laid with them that are
slam bv the sword: thev shall lie
1 Or. XTM/ 3 HA. cause tknr wmUrs to
« Hcb. tke fmimess Omtof, * Or. At smotd is
* Or. Amd Ji
• Or, iiv-eB
: Ikey mat lie ircJ
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•EZEKIEL 32.30—33.16
The Watchman's Duty. The Lord judges righteously
with the uncircumcised, and with
them that go down to the pit.
30 There are the princes of the
north, all of them, and all the
Sidonians, who are gone down with
the slain; 4n the terror which they
set thee a watchman unto the
house of Israel; therefore hear
the word at my mouth, and give
them warning from me. 8 When
I say unto the wicked, O wicked
man, thou shalt surely die, and
caused by their might they are put thou dost not speak to warn the
to shame; and they lie uncircum- 1 wicked from his way; that wicked
cised with them that are slain ! man shall die ^in his iniquity, but
by the sword, and bear their shame | his blood will I require at thy hand.
with them that go down to the pit.
31 Pharaoh shall see them, and
shall be comforted over all his
multitude, ^even Pharaoh and all
his army, slain by the sword, saith
the Lord Jehovah. 32 For I have
put %is terror in the land of the
living; and he shall be laid in the
midst of the uncircumcised, with
them that are slain by the sword,
even Pharaoh and all his multitude,
saith the Lord Jehovah.
33
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the
wicked of his w^ay to turn from it,
and he turn not from his way; he
shall die ^in his iniquity, but thou
hast delivered th^^ soul.
10 And thou, son of man, say
unto the house of Israel: Thus ye
speak, saying, ^Our transgressions
and our sins are upon us, and we
pine away ^in them; how then
can we live.'^ 11 Say unto them.
As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I
have no pleasure in the death of the
And the word of Jehovah wicked; but that the wicked turn
came unto me, saying, 2 Son j from his way and live : turn ye,
of man, speak to the children of
thy people, and say unto them,
When I bring the sword upon a
land, and the people of the land
take a man from among them, and
set him for their watchman; 3 if,
when he seeth the sword come upon
.the land, he blow the trumpet, and
warn the people; 4 then whoso-
ever heareth the sound of the
trumpet, and taketh not warning,
if the sword come, and take him
away, his blood shall be upon
his own head. 5 He heard the
sound of the trumpet, and took not
warning; his blood shall be upon
him; whereas if he had taken
warning, he would have delivered
his soul. 6 But if the watchman
see the sword come, and blow not
the trumpet, and the people be not
warned, and the sword come, and
take any person from among them;
he is taken away ^in his iniquity,
but his blood will I require at the
watchman's hand.
7 So thou, son of man, I have
1 Or, for all the terror
2 Or, Pharaoh and all his army are slain b'c.
' Another reading is, my. ' * Or, for
turn ye from your evil ways; for
why will ye die, O house of Israel .^^
12 And thou, son of man, say unto
the children of thy people. The
righteousness of the righteous shall
not deliver him in the day of his
transgression; and as for the
w^ickedness of the wicked, he shall
not fall thereby in the day that he
turneth from his wickedness; nei-
ther shall he that is righteous be
able to live thereby in the day that
he sinneth. 13 When I say to the
righteous, that he shall surely live;
if he trust to his righteousness, and
commit iniquity, none of his right-
eous deeds shall be remembered; but
^in his iniquity that he hath com-
mitted, ^therein shall he die. 14
Again, when I say unto the wricked,
Thou shalt surely die; if he turn
from his sin, and do that which is
lawful and right; 15 if the wicked
restore the pledge, give again that
which he had taken by robbery,
walk in the statutes of life, com-
mitting no iniquity; he shall surely
live, he shall not die. 16 None of
5 Or, Truly our transgressions 6*c. « Or, for it
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Why Jerusalem was smitten. Disobedient Hearers of the Prophet
EZEKIEL 33.17—34.4
his sins that he hath committed
shall be remembered against him:
he hath done that which is lawful
and right; he shall surely live.
17 Yet the children of thy peo-
ple say, The way of the Lord is
not equal: but as for them, their
way is not equal. 18 When the
righteous turneth from his right-
eousness, and committeth iniq-
uity, he shall even die therein.
19 And when the wicked turneth
from his wickedness, and doeth
that which is lawful and right,
he shall live thereby. 20 Yet ye
say. The way of the Lord is not
equal. O house of Israel, I will
judge you every one after his ways.
21 And it came to pass in the
twelfth year of our captivity, in
the tenth month, in the fifth day
of the month, that one that had
escaped out of Jerusalem came
unto me, saying. The city is smit-
ten. 22 Now the hand of Je-
hovah had been upon me in the
evening, before he that was es-
caped came; and he had opened
my mouth, until he came to me in
the morning; and my mouth was
opened, and I was no more dumb.
23 And the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 24 Son of
man, they that inhabit those
waste places in the land of Israel
speak, saying, Abraham was one,
and he inherited the land: but we
are many; the land is given us for
inheritance. 25 Wherefore say
unto them. Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood,
and lift up your eyes unto your
idols, and shed blood: and shall
ye possess the land.'^ 26 Ye stand
upon your sword, ye work abomi-
nation, and ye defile every one his
neighbor's wife: and shall ye
possess the land.?^ 27 Thus shalt
thou say unto them, Thus saith
the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely
they that are in the waste places
shall fall by the sword; and him
that is in the open field will I
Or. for it (Heb. them)
give to the beasts to be devoured;
and they that are in the strong-
holds and in the caves shall die
of the pestilence. 28 And I will
make the land a desolation and an
astonishment; and the pride of
her power shall cease; and the
mountains of Israel shall be deso-
late, so that none shall pass through.
29 Then shall they know that I am
Jehovah, when I have made the
land a desolation and an astonish-
ment, because of all their abomi-
nations which they have committed.
30 And as for thee, son of man,
the children of thy people talk of
thee by the walls and in the doors
of the houses, and speak one to
another, every one to his brother,
saying, Come, I pray you^ and
hear what is the word that cometh
forth from Jehovah. 31 And they
come unto thee as the people com-
eth, and they sit before thee as my
people, and they hear thy words,
but do them not; for with their
mouth they show much love, but
their heart goeth after their gain.
32 And, lo, thou art unto them as
% very lovely song of one that hath
a pleasant voice, and can play
well on an instrument; for they
hear thy words, but they do them
not. 33 And when this cometh
to pass (behold, it cometh), then
shall they know that a prophet
hath been among them.
OA And the word of Jehovah
Onr came unto me, saying, 2 Son
of man, prophesy against the
shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and
say unto them, even to the shep-
herds. Thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah: Woe unto the shepherds of
Israel that do feed themselves!
should not the shepherds feed the
sheep .^ 3 Ye eat the fat, and ye
clothe you with the wool, ye kill
the fatlings; but ye feed not the
sheep. 4 The diseased have ye
not strengthened, neither have ye
healed that which was sick, neither
have ye bound up that which was
2 Or, a love-song
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EZEKIEL 34.5 — 34,25 Jehovah's Care for his Flock. David to be set up as Shepherd
broken, neither have ye brought
back that which was driven away,
neither have ye sought that which
was lost; but with force and with
rigor have ye ruled over them. 5
And they were scattered, because
there was no shepherd; and they
became food to all the beasts of
the field, and were scattered. 6
My sheep wandered through all
the mountains, and upon every
high hill: yea, my sheep were
scattered upon all the face of the
earth; and there was none that
did search or seek after them.
7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear
the word of Jehovah: 8 As I live,
saith the Lord Jehovah, surely
forasmuch as my sheep became a
prey, and my sheep became food
to all the beasts of the field, because
there was no shepherd, neither did
my shepherds search for my sheep,
but the shepherds fed themselves,
and fed not my sheep; 9 therefore,
ye shepherds, hear the word of Je-
hovah: 10 Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah, Behold, I am against the
shepherds; and I will require my
sheep at their hand, and cause
them to cease from feeding the
sheep; neither shall the shepherds
feed themselves any more; and I
will deliver my sheep from their
mouth, that they may not be food
for them.
11 For thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah: Behold, I myself, even I,
will search for my sheep, and will
seek them out. 12 As a shepherd
seeketh out his flock m the day
that he is among his sheep that are
scattered abroad, so will I seek out
my sheep; and I will deliver them
out of all places whither they
have been scattered in ^the cloudy
and dark day. 13 And I will
bring them out from the peoples,
and gather them from the coun-
tries, and will bring them into
their own land; and I will feed
them upon the mountains of
Israel, by the watercovu-ses, and
1 Heb. Ihe day of clouds and thick darkness.
in all the inhabited places of the
country. 14 I will feed them with
good pasture; and upon the moun-
tains of the height of Israel shall
their fold be: there shall they
lie down in a good fold; and on
fat pasture shall they feed upon
the mountains of Israel. 15 I
myself will be the shepherd of my
sheep, and I will cause them to lie
down, saith the Lord Jehovah. 16
I will seek that which was lost,
and will bring back that which was
driven away, and will bind up that
which was broken, and will
strengthen that which was sick:
but the fat and the strong I will
destroy; I will feed them in
justice.
17 And as for you, O my flock,
thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Be-
hold, I judge between sheep and
sheep, the rams and the he-goats.
18 Seemeth it a small thing unto
you to have fed upon the good
pasture, but ye must tread down
with your feet the residue of your
pasture.'^ and to have drunk of the
clear waters, but ye must foul the
residue with your feet.'^ 19 And
as for my sheep, they eat that
which ye have trodden with youi
feet, and they drink that which ye
have fouled with your feet.
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Jehovah unto them: Behold, I,
even I, will judge iDctween the
fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21
Because ye thrust with side and
with shoulder, and push all the
diseased with your horns, till ye
have scattered them abroad; 22
therefore will I save my flock, and
they shall no more be a prey; and
I will judge between sheep and
sheep. 23 And I will set up one
shepherd over them, and he shall
feed them, even my servant
David; he shall feed them, and he
shall be their shepherd. 24 And
I, Jehovah, will be their God, and
my servant David prince among
them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
25 And I will make with them a
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Jehovali's Covenant of Peace. Devastation of Edoni threatened
EZEKIEL 34.26—35.15
covenant of peace, and will cause
evil beasts to cease out of the
land; and they shall dwell se-
curely in the wilderness, and sleep
in the woods. 26 And I will make
them and the places round about
my hill a blessing; and I will
cause the shower to come down in
its season; there shall be showers
of blessing. 27 And the tree of
the field shall yield its fruit, and
the earth shall yield its increase,
and they shall be secure in their
land ; and they shall know that I
am Jehovah, when I have broken
the bars of their yoke, and have
delivered them out of the hand of
those that made bondmen of them.
28 And they shall no more be a
prey to the nations, neither shall
the beasts of the earth devour
them; but they shall dwell se-
curely, and none shall make them
afraid. 29 And I will raise up
unto them a ^plantation for re-
nown, and they shall be no more
^consumed with famine in the
land, neither bear the shame of
the nations any more. 30 And
Ihey shall know that I, Jehovah
their God, am with them, and that
they, the house of Israel, are my
people, saith the Lord Jehovah.
31 And ye my sheep, the sheep
of my pasture, are men, and I
am your God, saith the Lord
Jehovah.
'O^ Moreover the word of
OvJ Jehovah came unto me,
saying, 2 Son of man, set thy
face against mount Seir, and
prophesy against it, 3 and say
unto it. Thus saith the Lord Je-
hovah: Behold, I am against
thee, O mount Seir, and I will
stretch out my hand against
thee, and I will make thee a
<desolation and an astonishment.
4 I will lay thy cities waste, and
thou shall be desolate; and thou
:shalt know that I am Jehovah.
.5 Because thou hast had a per-
petual enmity, and hast given
over the children of Israel to the
power of the sword in the time
of their calamity, in the time of
the ^iniquity of the end; 6 there-
fore, as I live, saith the Lord Je-
hovah, I will prepare thee unto,
blood, and blood shall pursue
thee: since thou hast not hated
blood, therefore blood shall pur-
sue thee. 7 Thus will I make
mount Seir an astonishment and
a desolation; and I will cut off
from it him that passeth through
and him that returneth. 8 And
I will fill its mountains with its
slain: in thy hills and in thy
valleys and in all thy watercourses
shall they fall that are slain with
the sword. 9 I will make thee a
perpetual desolation, and thy
cities shall not ^be inhabited;
and ye shall know that I am
Jehovah.
10 Because thou hast said,
These two nations and these two
countries shall be mine, and we
will possess it; ^whereas Jeho-
vah was there: 11 therefore, as I
live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I
will do according to thine anger,
and according to thine envy which
thou hast showed out of thy
hatred against them; and I will
make myself known among them,
^when I shall judge thee. 12 And
thou shall know ^that I, Jehovah,
have heard all thy revilings which
thou hast spoken against the moun-
tains of Israel, saying, ^They are
laid desolate, they are given us
to devour. 13 And ye have mag-
nified yourselves against me with
your mouth, and have multiplied
your words against me: I have
heard it. 14 Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: When the whole earth
rejoiceth, I will make thee deso-
late. 15 As thou didst rejoice
over the inheritance of the house
of Israel, because it was desolate,
so will I do unto thee: thou shalt
Ox, plant
2 Heb. taken away.
^ Or, punishment * Another reading is, return.
5 Or, though s Or, according as
' Or, thaf^ I am Jehovah; I have heard b'c. * Or, It is
9,33
EZEKIEL 36.1—36.20
be desolate, O mount Seir, and
all Edoin, even all of it; and they
shall know that I am Jehovah.
Of\ And thou, son of man, proph-
OvJ esy unto the mountains of
Israel, and say, Ye mountains of
Israel, hear the word of Jehovah.
2 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Be-
cause the enemy hath said against
you. Aha! and, The ancient high
places are ours in possession; 3
therefore prophesy, and say. Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah: Because,
even because they have made you
desolate, and swallowed you up on
every side, that ye might be a posses-
sion unto the residue of the nations,
and ye are taken up in the lips of
talkers, and the evil report of the
people; 4 therefore, ye mountains of
Israel, hear the word of the Lord
Jehovah : Thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah to the mountains and to the
hills, to the watercourses and to the
valleys, to the desolate wastes and to
the cities that are forsaken, which
are become a prey and derision to
the residue of the nations that are
round about; 5 therefore thus saith
the Lord Jehovah : Surely in the fire
of my jealousy have I spoken against
the residue of the nations, and
against all Edom, that have ap-
pointed my land unto themselves
for a possession with the joy of all
their heart, with despite of soul, to
cast it out for a prey. 6 Therefore
prophesy concerning the land of
Israel, and say unto the mountains
and to the hills, to the watercourses
and to the valleys. Thus saith the
Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have
spoken in my jealousy and in my
wrath, because ye have borne the
shame of the nations: 7 therefore
thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I have
^sworn, saying. Surely the nations
that are round about you, they shall
bear their shame.
8 But ye, O mountains of Israel,
ye shall dioot forth your branches,
and yield your fruit to my people
» llcb. lifted up my hand.
Mountains of Israel to be blessed
Israel; for they are at hand to come.
9 For, behold, I am for you, and I
will turn unto you, and ye shall be
tilled and sown; 10 and I will multi-
ply men upon you, all the house of
Israel, even all of it; and the cities
shall be inhabited, and the waste
places shall be builded; 11 and I will
multiply upon you man and beast;
and they shall increase and be fruit-
ful ; and I will cause you to be inhab-
ited after your former estate, and
will do better unto you than at your
beginnings : and ye shall know that I
am Jehovah. 12 Yea, I will cause
men to walk upon you, even my
people Israel; and they shall possess
thee, and thou shalt be their inheri-
tance, and thou shalt no more hence-
forth bereave them of children. 13
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Be-
cause they say unto you, Thou land
art a devourer of men, and hast been
a bereaver of thy ^nation; 14 there-
fore thou shalt devour men no more,
neither ^bereave thy -nation any
more, saith the Lord Jehovah; 15
neither will I "^let thee hear any more
the shame of the nations, neither
shalt thou bear the reproach of the
peoples any more, neither shalt thou
cause thy ^nation to stumble any
more, saith the Lord Jehovah.
16 Moreover the word of Jeho-
vah came unto me, saying, 17 Son
of man, when the house of Israel
dwelt in their own land, they defiled
it by their way and by their doings:
their way before me was as the im-
cleanness of a woman in her impur-
ity. 18 Wherefore I poured out my
wrath upon them for the blood which
they had poured out upon the land,
and because they had defiled it
with their idols; 19 and I scattered
them among the nations, and they
were dispersed through the coun-
tries: according to their way and
according to their doings I judged
them. 20 And when they came unto
the nations, whither they went, they
profaned my holy name; in that men
- Another reading is, nations.
3 Another reading is. cause to stumble.
* Or, proclaim against thee.
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Israel to be renewed for Jehovah's Sake. The Vision of Dry Bones
EZEKIEL 36.21—37.6
said of them, These are the people
of Jehovah, and are gone forth out
of his land. 21 But I had regard for
my holy name, which the house of
Israel had profaned among the na-
tions, whither they went.
22 Therefore say unto the house
of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Je-
hovah : ^I do not this for your sake,
O house of Israel, but for my holy
name, which ye have prof aned among
the nations, whither ye went. 23
And I will sanctify my great name,
which hath been profaned among the
nations, which ye have profaned in
the midst of them; and the nations
shall know that I am Jehovah, saith
the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be
sanctified in you before Hheir eyes.
24 For I will take you from among
the nations, and gather you out of
all the countries, and will bring you
into your own land. 25 And I will
sprinkle clean water upon you, and
ye shall be clean: from all your
filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart
also will I give you, and a new spirit
will I put within you; and I will take
away the stony heart out of your
flesh, and I will give you a heart of
flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit
within you, and cause you to walk
in my statutes, and ye shall keep
mine ordinances, and do them. 28
And ye shall dwell in the land that I
gave to your fathers; and ye shall
be my people, and I will be your
God. 29 And I will save you from all
your uncleannesses: and I will call
for the grain, and will multiply it,
and lay no famine upon you. 30
And I will multiply the fruit of the
tree, and the increase of the field,
that ye may receive no more the re-
proach of famine among the nations.
31 Then shall ye remember your
evil ways, and your doings that
were not good; and ye shall loathe
yourselves in your own sight for
your iniquities and for your abom-
inations.
1 Or, / work not for b'c.
2 Or, according to another reading, your
32 Not for your sake ^do I tMs,
saith the Lord Jehovah, be it known
unto you: be ashamed and con-
founded for your ways, O house of
Israel. 33 Thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah: In the day that I cleanse you
from all your iniquities, I will cause
the cities to be inhabited, and the
waste places shall be builded. 34
And the land that was desolate shall
be tilled, whereas it was a desolation
in the sight of all that passed by.
35 And they shall say. This land
that was desolate is become like
the garden of Eden; and the waste
and desolate and ruined cities are
fortified and inhabited. 36 Then the
nations that are left round about
you shall know that I, Jehovah,
have builded the ruined places, and
planted that which was desolate: I,
Jehovah, have spoken it, and I Will
do it.
37 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
For this, moreover, will I be inquired
of by the house of Israel, to do it
for them: I will increase them with
men like a flock. 38 As the '^flock for
sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in
her appointed feasts, so shall the
waste cities be filled with flocks of
men; and they shall know that I am
Jehovah.
Ojy The hand of Jehovah was
^ I upon me, and he brought me out
in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me
down in the midst of the valley; and
it was full of bones. 2 And he caused
me to pass bj^ them round about:
and, behold, there were very many
•''in the open valley; and, lo, they
were very dry. 3 And he said unto
me. Son of man, can these bones
live.^ And I answered, O Lord Jeho-
vah, thou knowest. 4 Again he said
unto me. Prophesy over these
bones, and say unto them, O ye dry
bones, hear the word of Jehovah.
5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto
these bones: Behold, I will cause
^breath to enter into yoU, and ye
shall live. 6 And I will lay sinews
3 Or, do I work ■» Heb. flock of holy things.
5 Heb. upon the face of the valley. 6 Or, spiril
935
EZEKIEL 37.7 37.25 The Dry Bones made to live. Reunion of Judah and Israel
upon you, and will bring up flesh
upon you, and cover you with skin,
and put %reath in you, and ye shall
live; and ye shall know that I am
Jehovah.
7 So I prophesied as I was com-
manded: and as I prophesied, there
was a ^noise, and, behold, an earth-
quake; and the bones came together,
bone to its bone. 8 And I beheld, and,
lo, there were sinews upon them,
and flesh came up, and skin covered
them above; but there was no breath
in them. 9 Then said he unto me.
Prophesy unto the ^wind, prophesy,
son of man, and say to the ^wind.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come
from the four winds, O breath, and
breathe upon these slain, that they
may live. 10 So I prophesied as he
commanded me, and the breath
came into them, and they lived, and
stood up upon their feet, an exceed-
ing great army.
11 Then he said unto me, Son of
man, these bones are the whole
house of Israel: behold, they say.
Our bones are dried up, and our
hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
12 Therefore prophesy, and say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord Je-
hovah: Behold, I will open your
graves, and cause you to come up
out of your graves, O my people;
and I will bring you into the land
of Israel. 13 And ye shall know that
I am Jehovah, when I have opened
your graves, and caused you to
come up out of your graves, O my
people. 14 And I will put my ^Spirit
in you, and ye shall live, and I will
place you in your own land: and ye
shall know that I, Jehovah, have
spoken it and performed it, saith
Jehovah.
15 The word of Jehovah came
again unto me, saying, 16 And thou,
son of man, take thee one stick, and
write upon it. For Judah, and for
the children of Israel his compan-
ions: then take another stick, and
write upon it. For Joseph, the stick
1 Or, spirit
» Or, breath
• Or, thundering
* Or, wind Or, spirit
of Ephraim, and ''for all the house of
Israel his companions: 17 and join
them for thee one to another into
one stick, that they may become one
in thy hand. 18 And when the chil-
dren of thy people shall speak unto
thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us
what ihou meanest by these .^ 19 say
unto them. Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Behold, I will take the
stick of Joseph, which is in the hand
of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel
his companions; and I will put them
^with it, e'l'en with the stick of Judah,
and make them one stick, and they
shall be one in my hand. 20 And
the sticks whereon thou writest
shall be in thy hand before their
eyes. 21 And say unto them. Thus
saith the Lord . Jehovah : Behold, I
will take the children of Israel from
among the nations, whither they
are gone, and will gather them on
every side, and bring them into their
own land : 22 and I will make them
one nation in the land, upon the
mountains of Israel; and one king
shall be king to them all; and they
shall be no more two nations,
neither shall they be divided into
two kingdoms any more at all; 23
neither shall they defile themselves
an}^ more with their idols, nor with
their detestable things, nor with any
of their transgressions; but I will
save them ^out of all their dwelling-
places, wherein they have sinned,
and will cleanse them: so shall they
be my people, and I will be their
God. ^
24 And my servant David shall
be king over them;, and thej^ all
shall have one shepherd: thej^ shall
also walk in mine ordinances, and
observe my statutes, and do them.
25 And they shall dwell in the land
that I have given unto Jacob my
servant, wherein your fathers dwelt;
and they shall dwell therein, they,
and their children, and their child-
ren's children, for ever: and David
5 Or, of
« Or. together with him unto (or, to be) the stick of Judah
7 Or, with a slight change of text, from all ihetr hack-
slidings
936
David to be their King. Prophecy concerning Qog
EZEKIEL 37.26—38.17
my servant shall be their prince for
ever. 26 Moreover I will make a
covenant of peace with them; it
shall be an everlasting covenant
with them; and I will ^place them,
and multiply them, and will set my
sanctuary in the midst of them for
evermore. 27 My tabernacle also
shall be ^with them; and I will
be their God, and they shall be my
people. 28 And the nations shall
know that ^I am Jehovah that
sanctifieth Israel, when my sanc-
tuary shall be in the midst of them
for evermore.
OO And the word of Jeho-
OO vah came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face toward
Gog, of the land of Magog, the
^prince of Rosh, Meshech, and
Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3 and say. Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Behold, I am against
thee, O Gog, '^prince of Rosh,
Meshech, and Tubal: 4 and I will
turn thee about, and put hooks
into thy jaws, and I will bring
thee forth, and all thine army,
horses and horsemen, all of them
clothed in full armor, a great com-
pany with buckler and shield, all
of them handling swords: 5 Persia,
Gush, and Put with them, all of
them with shield and helmet; 6
Gomer, and all his hordes; the
house of Togarmah in the uttermost
parts of the north, and all his hordes;
even many peoples with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, yea, pre-
pare thyself, thou, and all thy
companies that are assembled unto
thee, and be thou a ^guard unto
them. 8 After many days thou
shalt be visited : in the latter years
thou shalt come into the land that
is ^brought back from the sword,
that is gathered out of many peo-
ples, upon the mountains of Israel,
which have been a continual waste;
but it is brought forth out of
1 Or, give it them - Or, over
* Or, /, Jehovah, do sanctify Israel
* Or, chief prince of Meshech
' Or, commander o Or, restored
the peoples, and they shall dwell
securely, all of them. 9 And thou
shalt ascend, thou shalt come like a
storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to
cover the land, thou, and all thy
hordes, and many peoples with thee.
10 Thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah: It shall come to pass in that
day, that things shall come into
thy mind, and thou shalt devise
an evil device: 11 and thou shalt
say, I will go up to ^the land of
un walled villages; I will go to
them that are at rest, that dwell
securel3^ all of them dwelling with-
out walls, and having neither bars
nor gates; 12 to take the spoil and
to take the pre^^; to turn thy hand
against the waste places that are
now inhabited, and against the peo-
ple that are gathered out of the
nations, that have gotten cattle and
goods, that dwell in the ^middle
of the earth. 13 Sheba, and De-
dan, and the merchants of Tarshish,
with all the young lions thereof,
shall say unto thee. Art thou come
to take the spoil .f^ hast thou
assembled thy company to take
the prey.^ to carry away silver and
gold, to take away cattle and
goods, to take great spoil .^
14 Therefore, son of man, proph-
esy, and say unto Gog, Thus saith
the Lord Jehovah: In that day
when my people Israel dwelleth
securely, shalt thou not know it.^^
15 And thou shalt come from thy
place out of the uttermost parts
of the north, thou, and many peo-
ples with thee, all of them riding
upon horses, a great company and
a mighty armj^; 16 and thou shalt
come up against my people Israel,
as a cloud to cover the land: it
shall come to pass in the latter days,
that I will bring thee against my
land, that the nations may know
me, when I shall be sanctified in
thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah: Art thou he of whom I spake
in old time by my servants the
7 Or„ an open country » Heb. navel. See Judg. 9. 37.
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EZEKIEL 38.18—39.14
Jehovah's Wrath against Gog. Overthrow of Gog
prophets of Israel, that prophe-
sied in those days for many years
that I would bring thee against
them? 18 And it shall come to
pass in that day, when Gog shall
come against the land of Israel,
saith the Lord Jehovah, that my
wrath shall come up into my nos-
trils. 19 For in my jealousy and
in the fire of my wrath have I
spoken, Surely in that day there
shall be a great shaking in the
land of Israel; 20 so that the
fishes of the sea, and the birds of
the heavens, and the beasts of the
field, and all creeping things that
creep upon the earth, and all the
men that are upon the face of the
earth, shall shake at my presence,
and the mountains shall be thrown
down, and the steep places shall
fall, and every wall shall fall to the
ground. 21 And I will call for a
sword against him unto all mj^
mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah:
every man's sword shall be against
his brother. 22 And with pestilence
and with blood will I enter into
judgment with him; and I will rain
upon him, and upon his hordes, and
upon the many peoples that are
with him, an overflowing shower,
and great hailstones, fire, and brim-
stone. 23 And I will magnify my-
self, and sanctify myself, and I will
make myself known in the eyes of
many nations; and they shall know
that I am Jehovah.
OQ And thou, son of man,
Oi/ prophesy against Gog, and
say. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,
^prince of Rosh, Meshech, and
Tubal: 2 and I will turn thee
about, and will lead thee on, and
will cause thee to come up from
the uttermost parts of the north;
and I will bring thee upon the
mountains of Israel; 3 and I will
smite thy bow out of thy left hand,
and will cause thine arrows to fall
Israel, thou, and all thy hordes, and
the peoples that are with thee: I
will give thee unto the ravenous
birds of every sort, and to the beasts
of the field to be devoured. 5 Thou
shalt fall upon the open field; for I
have spoken it, saith the Lord Jeho-
vah. . 6 And I will send a fire on
Magog, and on them that dwell
securely in the %les; and they shall
know that I am Jehovah. 7 And
my holy name will I make known
in- the midst of my people Israel;
neither will I suffer my holy name
to be profaned any more: and the
nations shall know that I am Jeho-
vah, the Holy One in Israel. 8
Behold, it cometh, and it shall be
done, saith the Lord Jehovah; this
is the day whereof I have spoken.
9 And they that dwell in the cities
of Israel shall go forth, and shall
make fires of the weapons and burn
them, both the shields and the
bucklers, the bows and the arrows,
and the handstaves, and the spears,
and the^^ shall make fires of them
seven years; 10 so that they shall
take no wood out of the field,
neither cut down any out of the
forests; for they shall make ^es
of the weapons; and they shall
plunder those that plundered them,
and rob those that robbed them,
saith the Lord Jehovah.
11 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that I will give unto
Gog a place for burial in Israel,
the valley of them that pass through
^on the east of the sea; and it shall
stop them that pass through: and
there shall they bury Gog and all
his multitude; and they shall call
it The valley of ^Hamon-gog. 12
And seven months shall the house of
Israel be burying them, that they
may cleanse the land. 13 Yea, all
the people of the land shall bury
them; and it shall be to them a
renown in the day that I shall be
glorified, saith the Lord Jehovah.
14 And they shall set apart men of
out of thy right hand. 4 Thou
shalt fall upon the mountains of
i - Or, coast-lands
1 Or, chief prince of Meshech I < That is, the multitude of Gog.
938
• Or, in front of
Jehovah's Great Sacrifice. Israel to be restored
continual employment, that shall
pass through the land, and, with
them that pass through, those that
bury them that remain upon the
face of the land, to cleanse it:
after the end of seven months shall
they search. 15 And they that
pass through the land shall pass
through; and when any seeth a
man's bone, then shall he ^set up
a sign by it, till the buriers have
buried it in the valley of Hamon-
gog. 16 And ^Hamonah shall also
be the name of a city. Thus shall
they cleanse the land.
17 And thou, son of man, thus
saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak
unto the birds of every sort, and
to every beast of the field, Assem-
ble yourselves, and come; gather
yourselves on every side to my
sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you,
even a great sacrifice upon the
mountains of Israel, that ye may
eat flesh and drink blood. 18 Ye
shall eat the flesh of the mighty,
and drink the blood of the princes
of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and
of goats, of bullocks, all of them
fatlings of Bashan. 19 And ye shall
eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood
till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice
which I have sacrificed for you. 20
And ye shall be filled at my table
with horses and chariots, with
mighty men, and with all men of
war, saith the Lord Jehovah.
21 And I will set my glory
among the nations; and all the
nations shall see my judgment
that I have executed, and my
hand that I have laid upon tliem.
22 So the house of Israel shall
know that I am Jehovah their
God, from that day and forw^d.
23 And the nations shall know^
that the house of Israel went into
captivity for their iniquity; be-
cause they trespassed against me,
and I hid my face from them: so I
gave them into the hand of their
adversaries, and they fell all of
them by the sword. 24 According
1 Heb. build.
2 That is, Multitude.
EZEKIEL 39.15—40.4
to their uncleanness and according
to their transgressions did I unto
them; and I hid my face from them.
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Now will I bring back
the captivity of Jacob, and have
mercy upon the whole house of
Israel; and I will be jealous for my
holy name. 26 And they shall bear
their shame, and all their trespasses
whereby they have trespassed
against me, when they shall dwell
securely in their land, and none
shall make them afraid; 27 when I
have brought them back from the
peoples, and gathered them out of
their enemies' lands, and am sancti-
fied in them in the sight of many
nations. 28 And they shall know
that I am Jehovah their God, in
that I caused them to go into cap-
tivity among the nations, and have
gathered them unto their own land;
and I will leave none of them any
more there; 29 neither will I hide
my face any more from them; for
I have poured out my Spirit upon
the house of Israel, saith the Lord
Jehovah*
Af\ In the five and twentieth
^yj year of our captivity, in the
beginning of the year, in the tenth
day of the month, in the fourteenth
year after that the city was smitten,
m the selfsame day, the hand of
Jehovah was upon me, and he
brought me thither. 2 In the
visions of God brought he me into
the land of Israel, and set me down
upon a very high mountain, where-
on was as it were the frame of a city
on the south. 3 And he brought
me thither; and, behold, there was
a man, whose appearance was like
the appearance of brass, with a
line of flax in his hand, and a
measuring reed; and he stood in
the gate. 4 And the man said unto
me, Son of man, behold with thine
eyes, and hear with thine ears, and
set thy heart upon all that I shall
show thee; for, to the intent that I
may show them unto thee art thou
939
Measurement of the Outer and Inner Court
fifty cubits. 16 And there were
closed windows to the lodges, and
to their posts within the gate round
about, and likewise to the ^arches;
and windows were round about in-
ward; and upon each post were
palm-trees.
17 Then brought he me into the
outer' court; and, lo, there were
chambers and a pavement, made
for the court round about: thirty
chambers were upon the pavement.
18 And the pavement was by the
^side of the gates, answerable unto
the length of the gates, even the
lower pavement. 19 Then he meas-
ured the breadth from the forefront
of the lower gate unto the fore-
front of the inner court without.
EZEKIEL 40.5—40.25
brought hither : declare all that thou
seest to the house of Israel.
5 And, behold, a wall on the
outside of the house round about,
and in the man's hand a measuring
reed six cubits long, of a cubit and
a handbreadth each: so he measured
the thickness of the building, one
reed; and the height, one reed. 6
Then came he unto the gate which
looketh toward the east, and
went up the steps thereof: and he
measured the threshold of the gate,
one reed broad; ^and the other
threshold, one reed broad. 7 And
every ^lodge was one reed long, and
one reed broad; and the space be-
tween the lodges was five cubits;
and the threshold of the gate by the
porch of the gate toward the house i a hundred cubits, both on the east
was one reed. 8 ^He measured also | and on the north,
the porch of the gate toward the 20 And the gate of the outer
house, one reed. 9 Then measured court whose prospect is toward
he the porch of the gate, eight the north, he measured the length
cubits; and the ''posts thereof, two thereof and the breadth thereof,
cubits; and the porch of the gate! 21 And the lodges thereof were
was toward the house. 10 And | three on this side and three on
the lodges of the gate eastward | that side; and the posts thereof
were three on this side, and three I and the arches thereof were after
on that side; they three were of | the measure of the first gate: the
one measure : and the posts had length thereof was fifty cubits,
one measure on this side and on and the breadth five and twenty
that side. 11 And he measured cubits. 22 And the windows there-
the breadth of the opening of the of, and the arches thereof, and
gate, ten cubits; and the length of the palm-trees thereof, were after
the gate, thirteen cubits; 12 and the measure of the gate whose
a border before the lodges, one prospect is toward the east; and
cubit on this side, and a border, they went up unto it by seven
one cubit on that side; and the steps; and the arches thereof were
lodges, six cubits on this side, and \ before them. . 23 And there was a
six cubits on that side. 13 And he i gate to the inner court over against
measured the gate from the roof the *other gate, both on the north
of the one lodge to the roof of the I and on the east; and he measured
other, a breadth of five and twenty \ from gate to gate a hundred cubits.
cubits; door against door. 14 He
made also posts, threescore cubits;
and the court reached unto the
posts, round about the gate. 15
And from the forefront of the gate
at the entrance unto the forefront
of the ^inner porch of the gate were
^ Or, even one threshold 2 Or, guard chamber
» This verse is omitted in several Hebrew MSS.
* Or, jambs and so throughout this chapter, and 41.1, 3.
* Or, porch of the inner gate
24 And he led me toward the
south; and, behold, a gate toward
the south: and he measured the
posts thereof and the arches there-
of according to these measures. 25
And there were w^indows in it and in
the arches thereof round about, like
those windows: the length was fifty
« Or, colonnade The meaning of the Hebrew word is
uncertain. < Heb. should^.
940
Tables and Chambers for the Ritual. Chambers for the Priests
cubits, and the breadth five and
twenty cubits. 26 And there were
seven steps to go up to it, and the
arches thereof were before them;
and it had pahn-trees, one on this
side, and another on that side, upon
the posts thereof. 27 And there
was a gate to the inner court to-
ward the south: and he measured
from gate to gate toward the south
a hundred cubits.
28 Then he brought me to the
inner court by the south gate: and
he measured the south gate ac-
cording to these measures; 29 and
the lodges thereof, and the posts
thereof, and the arches thereof,
according to these measures: and
there were windows in it and in
the arches thereof round about;
it was fifty cubits long, and five! tables on that side, by the side of
EZEKIEL 40.26—40.46
were toward the outer court; and
palm-trees were upon the posts
thereof, on this side, and on that
side : and the ascent to it had eight
steps.
38 And a chamber with the door
thereof was b}^ the posts at the
gates ; there they washed the burnt-
offering. 39 And Hn the porch of
the gate were two tables on this side,
and two tables on that side, to slay
thereon the burnt-offering and the
sin-offering and the trespass-offer-
ing. 40 And on the one side without,
^as one goeth up to the entry of the
gate toward the north, were two
tables; and on the other side,
which belonged to the porch of
the gate, were two tables. 41 Four
tables were on this side, and four
the gate; eight tables, whereupon
they slew the sacrifices. 42 And
there were four tables for the
burnt-offering, of hewn stone, a
cubit and a half long, and a cubit
and a half broad, and one cubit
high; whereupon they laid the
instruments wherewith they slew
the burnt-offering and the sac-
rifice. 43 And the ''hooks, a hand-
breadth long, were fastened ^within
round about: and upon the tables
was the flesh of the oblation.
44 And without the inner gate
were ^chambers for the singers in
the inner court, which was at the
side of the north gate; and their
prospect was toward the south; one
at the side of the east gate having
the prospect toward the north. 45
And he said unto me. This cham-
ber, whose prospect is toward the
south, is for the priests, the keepers
of the charge of the house; 46 and
the chamber whose prospect is
toward the north is for the priests,
the keepers of the charge of the
altar: these are the sons of Zadok,
1 Or, by 2 Or, at the stairs of the entry
* According to Vulg. and Syr., ledges.
about; the length was fifty cubits,' \or in the buUding ,,.,,.
- ? - -O- _ y ' 5 The Sept. has, two chambers tn the inner court, one
behind the gate that looketh toward the north, having its
Prospect toward the south, and one at the side of the gate
toward the south, but looking toward the north,
and twenty cubits broad. 30 And
there were arches round about,
five and twenty cubits long, and
five cubits broad. 31 And the
arches thereof were toward the
outer court; and palm-trees w^ere
upon the posts thereof: and the
ascent to it had eight steps.
32 And he brought me into the
inner court toward the east: and
he measured the gate according
to these measures; 33 and the
lodges thereof, and the posts there-
of, and the arches thereof, accord-
ing to these measures: and there
were windows therein and in the
arches thereof round about; it was
fifty cubits long, and five and twenty
cubits broad. 34 And the arches
thereof were toward the outer court;
and palm-trees were upon the posts
thereof, on this side, and on that
side: and the ascent to it had eight
steps.
35 And he brought me to the
north gate: and he measured it
according to these measures; 36
the lodges thereof, the posts there-
of, and the arches thereof: and
there were windows therein round
and the breadth B.ve and twenty
cubits. 37 And the posts thereof
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EZEKIEL 40.47—41.15
who from among the sons of Levi
come near to Jehovah to minister
unto him. 47 And he measured
the court, a hundred cubits long,
and a hundred cubits broad, four-
square; and the altar was before
the house.
48 Then he brought me to the
porch of the house, and measured
each post of the porch, five cubits
on this side, and five cubits on that
side: and the breadth of the gate
was three cubits on this side, and
three cubits on that side. 49 The
length of the porch vas twenty
cubits, and the breadth eleven
cubits; ^even by the steps whereby
they went up to it: and there were
pillars by the posts, one on this
side, and another on that side.
A ^ And he brought me to
^ 1 the temple, and measured
the posts, six cubits broad on the
one side, and six cubits broad on
the other side, which was the
breadth of the tabernacle. 2 And
the breadth of the entrance was
ten cubits; and the ^sides of the
entrance were five cubits on the
one side, and five cubits on the other
side: and he measured the length
thereof, forty cubits, and the
breadth, twenty cubits. 3 Then
went he inward, and measured
each post of the entrance, two
cubits; and the entrance, six cu-
bits; and the breadth of the
entrance, seven cubits. 4 And he
measured the length thereof, twenty
cubits, and the breadth, twenty
cubits, before the temple: and he
said unto me. This is the most holy
place.
5 Then he measured the wall of
the house, six cubits; and the
breadth of every side-chamber,
four cubits, round about the house
on every side. 6 And the side-
chambers were in three stories, one
over another, and thirty in order;
and they entered into the wall
which belonged to the house for
The Porch. Measurement of the Temple
the side-chambers round about,
that they might have hold therein,
and not have hold in the wall of
the iiouse. 7 And ^the side-cham-
bers were broader as they encom-
passed the house higher and higher;
for the encompassing of the house
went higher and higher round
about, the house: therefore the
breadth of the house continued up-
ward; and so one went up from
the lowest chamber to the highest
by the middle chamber. 8 I saw
also ^that the house had ^a raised
basement round about: the foun-
dations of the side-chambers were
a full reed W six great cubits. 9
The thickness of the wall, which
was for the side-chambers, on the
outside, was five cubits: and that
which was left was the place of
the side-chambers that belonged to
the house. 10 And between the
chambers was a breadth of twenty
cubits round about the house on
every side. 11 And the doors of
the side-chambers were toward the
place that was left, one door toward
the north, and another door toward
the south: and the breadth of the
place that was left was five cubits
round about.
12 And the building that was
before the separate place at the
side toward the west was seventy
cubits broad; and the wall of the
building was five cubits thick round
about, and the length thereof ninety
cubits. 13 So he measured the
house, a hundred cubits long; and
the separate place, and the building,
with the walls thereof, a hundred
cubits long; 14 also the breadth of
the face of the house, and of the
separate place toward the east, a
hundred cubits.
15 And he measured the length
of the building before the sepa-
rate place which was at the back
thereof, and the galleries thereof
on the one side and on the other
» The Sept. has, and by ten steps they ^c.
2 Heb. tent. See Ex. 26. 22.25. 3 Heb. shoulders.
* Or, there was an enlarging, and a winding about still
upward to the side-chambers; for the poinding about of the
house went still upward round about the house
* Or, that the house was high round about
« Heb. height. ' Or, of six cubits to the joining
942
Description of the Temple
side, a hundred cubits; and the
inner temple, and the porches of
the court; 16 the thresholds, and
the closed windows, and the gal-
leries round about on their three
stories, over against the threshold,
ceiled with wood round about, and
fro77i the ground up to the win-
dows (now the windows were cov-
ered), 17 to the space above the
door, even unto the inner house,
and without, and by all the wall
round about within and w^ithout,
^by measure. 18 And it was made
with cherubim and palm-trees; and
a palm-tree was between cherub
and cherub, and every cherub had
two faces; 19 so that there was the
face of a man toward the palm-tree
on the one side, and the face of a
young lion toward the palm-tree on
the other side. Thus was it made
through all the house round about:
20 from the ground unto above the
door were cherubim and palm-trees
made; Hhus was the wall of the
temple.
21 As for the temple, the door-
posts were squared; and as for
the face of the sanctuary, the ap-
pearance thereof was ^as the appear-
ance of the temple. 22 The altar
was of wood, three cubits high,
and the length thereof two cubits;
and Hhe corners thereof, and the
length thereof, and the walls thereof,
were of wood: and he said unto
me. This is the table that is before
Jehovah. 23 And the temple and
the sanctuary had two doors. 24
And the doors had two leaves apiece,
two turning leaves: two leaves for
the one door, and two leaves for the
other. 25 And there were made on
them, on the doors of the temple,
cherubim and palm-trees, like as
were made upon the walls; and
there was a threshold of wood ^upon
the face of the porch without. 26
And there were closed windows and
palm-trees on the one side and on
EZEKIEL 41.16—42.11
the other side, on the sides of the
porch: thus were the side-chambers
of the house, and the thresholds.
40 Then he brought me forth
^ into the outer court, the
way toward the north: and he
brought me into the chamber that
was over against the separate place,
and which was over against the
building toward the north. 2 Be-
fore the length of a hundred cubits
was the north door, and the breadth
was fifty cubits. 3 Over against the
twenty cubits which belonged to the
inner court, and over against the
pavement which belonged to the
outer court, was gallery against
gallery 4n the third story. 4 And
before the chambers was a walk of
ten cubits' breadth inward, a way
of ^one cubit; and their doors were
toward the north. 5 Now the upper
chambers were shorter; for the
galleries took away from these,
more than from the lower and the
middlemost, in the building. 6
For they were in three stories, and
they had not pillars as the pillars
of the courts: therefore the upper-
most was straitened more than the
lowest and the middlemost from
the ground. 7 And the ^wall that
was without by the side of the
chambers, toward the outer court
before the chambers, the length
thereof was fifty cubits. 8 For the
length of the chambers that were
in the outer court was fifty cubits:
and, lo, before the temple were a
hundred cubits. 9 And from un-
der these chambers was the entry
on the east side, as one goeth into
them from the outer court.
10 In the thickness of the ^wall
of the court toward the east, be-
fore the separate place, and before
the building, there were chambers.
11 And the way before them was
like the appearance of the way of
the chambers which were toward
the north; ^according to their length
1 Heb. measures.
■ Another reading is, And as for the wall of the temple, \ » Or, in three stories
e door-posts were squared. ^ According to Sept. & Syr., a hundred cubits
3 Or /7c lUa frtrmc • n httanv/it'.ri' 8 C\-r f^wra
the door-posts were squared.
3 Or, as the forme.' appearance
* Or, it had its corners; and b'c
* Or, before the porch <
943
- Or, fence
9 Or, they were as long as they, and as broad as they
EZEKIEL 42.12 — 43.10 The chambers of the Court. The Glory of Jehovah fills the Houst
SO was their breadth : and all their , A O Afterward he brought , me
egresses were both according to | T^O to the gate, even the gate
their fashions, and according to : that looketh toward the east. 2
their doors. 12 And according to \ And, behold, the glory of the
the doors of the chambers that were God of Israel came from the way
toward the south was a door at the j of the east : and his voice was
head of the way, even the way like the sound of many waters ;
directly before the Vail toward and the earth shined with his
the east, as one entereth into glory.. 3 And it was according to
them. the appearance of the vision which
13 Then said he unto me, The I saw, even according to the vision
north chambers and the south that I saw when I came to destroy
chambers, which are before the the city; and the visions were like
separate place, they are the holy the vision that I saw by the river
chambers, where the priests that Chebar; and I fell upon my face,
are near unto Jehovah shall eat 4 And the glor^^ of Jehovah came
the most holy things: there shall into the house by the way of the
they lay the most holy things, and gate whose prospect is toward the
the meal-offering, and the sin-offer- east. 5 And the Spirit took me
ing, and the trespass-offering; for up, and brought me into the inner
the place is holy. 14 When the court; and, behold, the glory of
priests enter in, then shall they I Jehovah filled the house,
not go out of the holy place into! 6 And I heard one speaking
the outer court, but there they ! unto me out of the house ; and a
shall lay their garments wherein j man stood by me. 7 And he
they minister; for they are holy: I said unto me, Son of man, this is
and they shall put on other gar- \ the place of my throne, and the
ments, and shall approach to that place of the soles of my feet, where
which pertaineth to the people. I will dwell in the midst of the
15 Now when he had made an children of Israel for ever. And
end of measuring the inner house, j the house of Israel shall no more
he brought me forth by the way of j defile my holy name, neither they,
the gate whose prospect is toward nor their kings, by their whore-
the east, and measured it round | dom, and by the dead bodies of
about. 16 He measured on the their kings Hn their high places;
east ^side with the measuring reed
five hundred reeds, with the
measuring reed round about. 17
He measured on the north ^side
8 in their setting of their thresh-
old by my threshold, and their
door-post beside my door-post, and
there was but the wall between me
five hundred reeds with the meas- 1 and them ; and they have defiled
uring reed round about. 18 He
measured on the south ^side five
hundred reeds with the measuring
reed. 19 He turned about to the
west ^side, and measured five hun-
dred reeds with the measuring reed.
20 He measured it ^on the four
sides: it had a wall round about,
the length five hundred, and the
breadth five hundred, to make a
separation between that which
was holy and that which was
common.
my holy name by their abomina-
tions which they have committed:
wherefore I have consumed them
in mine anger. 9 Now let them
put away their whoredom, and
the dead bodies of their kings, far
from me; and I will dwell in the
midst of them for ever.
10 Thou, son of man, show the
house to the house of Israel, that
they may be ashamed of their
iniquities; and let them measure
1 Or. fence 2 Heb. wind. 3 Heb. toward the four winds
944
* Or, according to another reading, in tlteir
death
The Law of the House. The Sanctuary not to be profaned EZEKIEL 43.11 — 44.3
the ^pattern. 11 And if they be
ashamed of all that they have done,
make known unto them the form
of the house, and the fashion there-
of, and the egresses thereof, and the
entrances thereof, and all the forms
thereof, and all the ordinances there-
of, and all the forms thereof, and all
the laws thereof; and write it in
their sight; that they may keep the
whole form thereof, and all the
ordinances thereof, and do them.
12 This is the law of the house:
upon the top of the mountain the
whole limit thereof round about
shall be most holy. Behold, this is
the law of the house.
13 And these are the measures
of the altar by cubits (the cubit
is a cubit and a handbreadth) : the
-bottom shall be a cubit, and the
breadth a cubit, and the border
thereof by the edge thereof round
about a span; and this shall be the
^base of the altar. 14 And from
the bottom ^upon the ground to
the lower ledge shall be two cu-
bits, and the breadth one cubit;
and from the lesser ledge to the
greater ledge shall be four cubits,
and the breadth a cubit. 15 And
the ^upper altar shall be four cubits ;
and from the ^altar hearth and up-
ward there shall be four horns. 16
And the altar hearth shall be twelve
cubits long by twelve broad, square
in the four sides thereof. 17 And
the ledge shall be fourteen cubits
long by fourteen broad in the four
sides thereof; and the border about
it shall be half a cubit; and the bot-
tom thereof shall be a cubit round
about; and the steps thereof shall
look toward the east.
18 And he said unto me. Son of
man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
These are the ordinances of the
altar in the day when they shall
make it, to offer burnt-offerings
thereon, and to sprinkle blood there-
on. 19 Thou shalt give to the priests
the Levites that are of the seed of
' Or, sum
3 Heb. hack.
s Heb. rrarrl
2 Or, hollow Heb. bosom.
' Or, at
<■' Heb. ,1 rid. Seo Is. 29.
Zadok, who are near unto me, to
minister unto me, saith the Lord
Jehovah, a young bullock for a sin-
offering. 20 And thou shalt take of
the blood thereof, and put on the
four horns of it, and on the four
corners of the ledge, and upon the
border round about : thus shalt thou
cleanse it and make atonement for
it. 21 Thou shalt also take the
bullock of the sin-offering, and it
shall be burnt in the appointed
place of the house, without the
sanctuary. 22 And on the second
day thou shalt offer a he-goat with-
out blemish for a sin-offering; and
they shall cleanse the altar, as they
did cleanse it with the bullock. 23
When thou hast made an end of
cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young
bullock without blemish, and a ram
out of the flock without blemish.
24 And thou shalt bring them near
before Jehovah, and the priests shall
cast salt upon them, and they shall
offer them up for a burnt-offering
unto Jehovah. 25 Seven days shalt
thou prepare every day a goat for
a sin-offering: they shall also pre-
pare a young bullock, and a ram
out of the flock, without blemish.
26 Seven days shall they make
atonement for the altar and purify
it; so shall they * ^consecrate it. 27
And when they have accomplished
the days, it shall be that upon the
eighth day, and forward, the priests
shall make your burnt-offerings upon
the altar, and your peace-offerings;
and I will accept you, saith the Lord
Jehovah.
A A Then he brought me back
t^'t by the way of the outer gate
of the sanctuary, which looketh
toward the east; and it was shut.
2 And Jehovah said unto me. This
gate shall be shut; it shall not be
opened, neither shall any man enter
in by it; for Jehovah, the God of
Israel, hath entered in by it; there-
fore it shall be shut. 3 As for the
prince, he shall sit therein as prince
to eat bread before Jehovah; he shall
7 Heb. fill the handr^ thereof. See Ex. 2&. 24.
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EZEKIEL 44.4—44.22
enter by the way of the porch of the
gate, and shall go out by the way of
the same.
4 Then he brought me by the
way of the north gate before the
house; and I looked, and, behold,
the glory of Jehovah filled the house
of Jehovah : and I fell upon my face.
5 And Jehovah said unto me, Son
of man, ^mark well, and behold with
thine eyes, and hear with thine ears
all that I say unto thee concerning
all the ordinances of the house of
Jehovah, and all the laws thereof;
and ^mark well the entrance of the
house, with every egress of the sanc-
tuary. 6 And thou shalt say to the
rebellious, even to the house of
Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah :
O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you
of all your abominations, 7 in that
ye have brought in foreigners, un-
circumcised in heart and uncircum-
cised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary,
to profane it, even my house, when
ye offer my bread, the fat and the
blood, and they have broken my
covenant, Ho add unto all your abom-
inations. 8 And ye have not kept
the charge of my holy things; but
ye have set keepers of my charge
in my sanctuary for yourselves.
9 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah,
No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart
and uncircumcised in flesh, shall
enter into my sanctuary, of any
foreigners that are among the chil-
dren of Israel. 10 But the Levites
that went far from me, when Israel
went astray, that went astray from
me after their idols, they shall bear
their iniquity. 11 Yet they shall be
ministers in my sanctuary, having
oversight at the gates of the house,
and ministering in the house: they
shall slay the burnt-offering and the
sacrifice for the people, and they
shall stand before them to minister
unto them. 12 Because they min-
istered unto them before their idols,
and became a stumblingblock of
iniquity unto the house of Israel;
therefore have I lifted up my hand
1 Heb. set thy Heart upon. 2 Or, in all
Duties of the Levites that went astray
against them, saith the Lord Jeho-
vah, and they shall bear their iniq-
uity. 13 And they shall not come
near unto me, to execute the office
of priest unto me, nor to come near
to any of my holy things, unto the
things that are most holy; but they
shall bear their shame, and their
abon>inations which they have com-
mitted. 14 Yet will I make them
keepers of the charge of the house,
for all the service thereof, and for all
that shall be done therein.
15 But the priests the Levites,
the sons of Zadok, that kept the
charge of my sanctuary when the
children of Israel went astray from
me, they shall come near to me to
minister unto me; and they shall
stand before me to offer unto me the
fat and the blood, saith the Lord
Jehovah: 16 they shall enter into my
sanctuary, and they shall come near
to my table, to minister unto me,
and they shall keep my charge. 17
And it shall be that, when they enter
in at the gates of the inner court,
they shall be clothed with linen gar-
ments; and no wool shall come upon
them, while they minister in the
gates of the inner court, and ^within.
18 They shall have linen tires upon
their heads, and shall have linen
breeches upon their loins; they shall
not gird themselves with anything
that causeth sweat. 19 And when
they go forth into the outer court,
even into the outer court to the
people, they shall put off their gar-
ments wherein they minister, and
lay them in the holy chambers; and
they shall put on other garments,
that they sanctify not the people
with their garments. 20 Neither
shall they shave their heads, nor
suffer their locks to grow long; they
shall only cut off the hair of their
heads. 21 Neither shall any of the
priests drink wine, when they enter
mto the inner court. 22 Neither
shall they take for their wives a
widow, nor her that is put away;
but they shall take virgms of the
3 Or, in the house
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Land set apart for the Priests, Levites, and Prince
seed of the house of Israel, or a
widow that is the widow of a priest.
23 And they shall teach my people
the difference between the holy and
the common, and cause them to dis-
cern between the unclean and the
clean. 24 And in a controversy
they shall stand to judge; according
to mine ordinances shall they judge
it: and they shall keep my laws and
my statutes in all my appointed
feasts; and they shall hallow my
sabbaths. 25 And they shall go in to
no dead person to defile themselves;
but for father, or for mother, or for
son, or for daughter, for brother, or
for sister that hath had no husband,
they may defile themselves. 26 And
after he is cleansed, they shall
reckon unto him seven days. 27
And in the day that he goeth into
the sanctuary, into the inner court,
to minister in the sanctuary, he shall
offer his sin-offering, saith the Lord
Jehovah.
28 And they shall have an in-
heritance: I am their inheritance;
and ye shall give them no posses-
sion in Israel; I am their possession.
29 They shall eat the meal-offering,
and the sin-offering, and the trespass-
offering; and every devoted thing
in Israel shall be thpirs. 30 And the
first of all the first-fruits of every
thing, and every ^oblation of every-
thing, of all your oblations, shall be
for the priest : ye shall also give unto
the priests the first of your Mough,
to cause a blessing to rest on thy
house. 31 The priests shall not eat
of anything that dieth of itself, or is
torn, whether it be bird or beast.
AP^ Moreover, when ye shall
jr J divide by lot the land for
inheritance, ye shall offer an obla-
tion unto Jehovah, ^a holy portion
of the land; the length shall be the
length of five and twenty thousand
reeds, and the breadth shall be Hen
thousand: it shall be holy in all the
border thereof round about. 2 Of
this there shall be for the holy place
1 Or, heave-offering
» Heb. holiness.
Or, coarse meal
The Sept, has, twenty.
EZEKIEL 44.23—45.11
five hundred in length by five hun-
dred in breadth, square round about;
and fifty cubits for the ^suburbs
thereof round about. 3 And of this
measure shalt thou measure a length
of five and twenty thousand, and a
breadth of ten thousand: and in
it shall be the sanctuary, which is
most holy. 4 It is a holy portion of
the land; it shall be for the priests,
the ministers of the sanctuary, that
come near to minister unto Jehovah;
and it shall be a place for their
houses, and a holy place for the
sanctuary. 5 And five and twenty
thousand in length, and ten thou-
sand in breadth, shall be unto the
Levites, the ministers of the house,
for a possession unto themselves,
for ^twenty chambers. 6 And ye
shall appoint the possession of the
city five thousand broad, and five
and twenty thousand long, side by
side with the oblation of the holy
portion: it shall be for the whole
house of Israel. 7 And whatsoever is
for the prince shall be on the one
side and on the other side of the holy
oblation and of the possession of the
city, in front of the holy oblation and
in front of the possession of the city,
on the west side westward, and on
the east side eastward ; and in length
answerable unto one of the portions,
from the west border unto the east
border. 8 ^In the land it shall be to
him for a possession in Israel: and
my princes shall no more oppress my
people; but they shall give the land
to the house of Israel according to
their tribes.
9 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Let it suffice you, O princes of
Israel: remove violence and spoil,
and execute justice and righteous-
ness; take away your ^exactions
from my people, saith the Lord Je-
hovah. 10 Ye shall have just bal-
ances, and a just ephah, and a just
bath. 11 The ephah and the bath
shall be of one measure, that the
bath may contain the tenth part of a
5 Or, open space
^ Or, As touching
* The Sept. has, cities to dwell in.
8 Heb. expulsions.
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EZEKIEL 45.12—46.6
homer, and the ephah the tenth part
of a homer: the measure thereof
shall be after the homer. 12 And
the shekel shall be twenty gerahs;
twenty shekels, five and twenty
shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your
maneh.
13 This is the oblation that ye
shall offer: the sixth part of an
ephah from a homer of wheat;
and ye shall give the sixth part of
an ephah from a homer of barley;
14 and the set portion of oil, of
the bath of oil, the tenth part of
a bath out of the cor, which is ten
baths, even a homer (for ten baths
are a homer) ; 15 and one lamb of the
flock, out of two hundred, from the
well- watered pastures of Israel; —
for a meal-offering, and for a burnt-
offering, and for peace-offerings, to
make atonement for them, saith the
Lord Jehovah. 16 All the people of
the land ^shall give unto this obla-
tion for the prince in Israel. 17 And
it shall be the prince's part to give
the burnt-offerings, and the meal-
offerings, and the drink-offerings, in
the feasts, and on the new moons,
and on the sabbaths, in all the ap-
pointed feasts of the house of Israel :
he shall prepare the sin-offering, and
the meal-offering, and the burnt-
offering, and the peace-offerings, to
make atonement for the house of
Israel.
18 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
In the first month, in the first
day of the month, thou shalt take
a young bullock without blem-
ish; and thou shalt cleanse the
sanctuary. 19 And the priest
shall take of the blood of the sin-
offering, and put it upon the door-
posts of the house, and upon the
four corners of the ledge of the
altar, and upon the posts of the
gate of the inner court. 20 And
so thou shalt do on the seventh
day of the month for every one
that erreth, and for him that is
simple: so shall ye make atone-
ment for the house.
iHeb. shall be for.
Offerings in the First Month; at the Passover
21 In the first month, in the four-
teenth day of the month, ye shall
have the passover, a feast of seven
days; unleavened bread shall be
eaten. 22 And upon that day shall
the prince prepare for himself and
for all the people of the land a
bullock for a sin-offering. 23 And
the seven days of the feast he
shall prepare a burnt-offering to
Jehovah, seven bullocks and seven
rams without blemish daily the
seven days; and a he-goat daily
for a sin-offering. 24 And he shall
prepare a meal-offering, an ephah
for a bullock, and an ephah for a
ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
25 In the seventh month, in the
fifteenth day of the month, in the
feast, shall he do the like the seven
days; according to the sin-offering,
according to the burnt-offering,
and according to the meal-offer-
ing, and according to the oil.
AC\ Thus saith the Lord Jeho-
^yy vah: The gate of the inner
court that looketh toward the east
shall be shut the six working
days; but on the sabbath day it
shall be opened, and on the day of
the new moon it shall be opened.
2 And the prince shall enter by
the way of the porch of the gate
without, and shall stand by the
post of the gate; and the priests
shall prepare his burnt-offering and
his peace-offerings, and he shall
worship at the threshold of the
gate: then he shall go forth; but
the gate shall not be shut until
the evening. 3 And the people
of the land shall worship at the
door of that gate before Jehovah
on the sabbaths and on the new
moons. 4 And the burnt-offering
that the prince shall offer unto Je-
hovah shall be on the sabbath day
six lambs without blemish and a
ram without blemish; 5 and the
meal-offering shall be an ephah
for the ram, and the meal-offering
for the lambs as he is able to give,
and a hin of oil to an ephah.
6 And on the day of the new
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The Continual Burnt-oftering. The Prince's Right to bestow Gifts EZEKIEL 46.7 — 46.23
moon it shall be a young bullock
without blemish, and six lambs,
and a ram; they shall be without
blemish: 7 and he shall prepare a
meal-offering, an ephah for the
bullock, and an ephah for the ram,
and for the lambs according as ^he
is able, and a hin of oil to an
ephah. 8 And when the prince
shall enter, he shall go in by the
way of the porch of the gate,
and he shall go forth by the way
thereof.
9 But when the people of the
land shall come before Jehovah
in the appointed feasts, he that
entereth by the way of the north
gate to worship shall go forth by
the way of the south gate; and he
that entereth by the way of the
south gate shall go forth by the
way of the north gate: he shall
not return by the way of the gate
whereby he came in, but shall go
forth straight before him. 10 And
the prince, when they go in, shall
go in in the midst of them; and
when they go forth, they shall go
forth together. 11 And in the feasts
and in the ^solemnities the meal-
offering shall be an ephah for a
bullock, and an ephah for a ram,
and for the lambs as he is able to
give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
12 And when the prince shall pre-
pare a freewill-offering, a burnt-
offering or peace-offerings as a
freewill-offering unto Jehovah, one
shall open for him the gate that
looketh toward the east; and he
shall prepare his burnt-offering and
his peace-offerings, as he doth on
the sabbath day: then he shall
go forth; and after his going forth
one shall shut the gate.
13 And thou shalt prepare a
lamb a year old without blemish
for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah
daily: morning by morning shalt
thou prepare it. 14 And thou
shalt prepare a meal-offering with ;
it morning by morning, the sixth
1 Heb. his hand shall attain unto.
2 Or, appointed feasts
part of an ephah, and the third
part of a hin of oil, to "hnoisten the
fine flour; a meal-offering unto Je-
hovah continually by a perpetual
ordinance. 15 Thus shall they
prepare the lamb, and the meal-
offering, and the oil, morning by
morning, for a continual burnt-
offering.
16 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
If the prince give a gift unto any
of his sons, it is his inheritance, it
shall belong to his sons; it is their
possession by inheritance. 17 But
if he give of his inheritance a gift
to one of his servants, it shall be
his to the year of liberty; then it
shall return to the prince; but as
for his inheritance, it shall be for
his sons. 18 Moreover the prince
shall not take of the people's in-
heritance, to ^thrust them out of
their possession; he shall give in-
heritance to his sons out of his own
possession, that my people be not
scattered everj^ man from his pos-
session.
19 Then he brought me through
the entry, which was at the side
of the gate, into the holy cham-
bers for the priests, which looked
toward the north: and, behold,
there was a place on the hinder
part westward. 20 And he said
unto me. This is the place where
the priests shall boil the trespass-
offering and the sin-offering, and
where they shall bake the meal-
offering; that they bring them not
forth into the outer court, to sanc-
tify the people. 21 Then he brought
me forth into the outer court, and
caused me to pass by the four cor-
ners of the court; and, behold, in
every corner of the court there was
a court. 22 In the four corners of
the court there were courts ^in-
closed, forty cubits long and thirty
broad: these four in the corners
were of one measure. 23 And there
was a ^wall round about in them,
round about the four, and boiling-
5 Or, mix with
6 Or, joined on
■* Heb. oppress.
e Heb. row.
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EZEKIEL 46.24—47.17
The Boiling-places. Healing Waters from the Temple
places were made under the Vails
round about. 24 Then said he unto
me, These are the boiling-houses,
where the ministers of the house
shall boil the sacrifice of the peo-
ple.
Af*i And he brought me back
T^ I unto the door of the house;
and, behold, waters issued out
from under the threshold of the
house eastward (for the forefront
of the house was toward tiie east);
and the waters came down from
under, from the right side of the
house, on the south of the altar.
2 Then he brought me out by the
way of the gate northward, and
led me round by the way without
unto the outer gate, by the way of
the gate that looketh toward the
east; and, behold, there ^ran out
waters on the right side.
3 When the man went forth east-
ward with the line in his hand, he
measured a thousand cubits, and
he caused me to pass through the
waters, waters that were to the
ankles. 4 Again he measured a
thousand, and caused me to pass
through the waters, waters that
were to the knees. Again he meas-
ured a thousand, and caused me to
pass through the waters, waters that
were to the loins. 5 Afterward he
measured a thousand; and it was a
river that I could not pass through;
for the waters were risen, waters to
swim in, a river that could not be
passed through.
6 And he said unto me. Son of
man, hast thou seen this? Then
he bro^ight me, and caused me to
return to the bank of the river.
7 Now when I had returned, be-
hold, upon the bank of the river
were very many trees on the one
side and on the other. 8 Then said
he unto me. These waters issue
forth toward the eastern region,
and shall go down into the Ara-
bah; and they shall go toward the
sea; into the sea shall the waters
go which were made to issue forth;
1 Heb. ronvs. 2 Or, trickled forth
and the waters shall be healed.
9 And it shall come to pass, that
every living creature which swarm-
eth, in every place whither the
^rivers come, shall live; and there
shall be a very great multitude of
fish; for these waters are come
thither, %nd the waters of the sea
shall .be healed, and everything
shall live whithersoever the river
Cometh. 10 And it shall come to
pass, that fishers shall stand by
it: from En-gedi even unto En-
eglaim shall be a place for the
spreading of nets; their fish shall
be after their kinds, as the fish of
the great sea, exceeding many.
11 But the miry places thereof,
and the marshes thereof, shall not
be healed; they shall be ^given up
to salt. 12 And by the river upon
the bank thereof, on this side and
on that side, shall grow every tree
for food, whose leac shall not
wither, neither shall the fruit
thereof fail: it shall bring forth
^new fruit every month, because
the waters thereof issue out of the
sanctuary; and the fruit thereof
shall be for food, and the leaf
thereof for healing.
13 Thus saith the Lord Jeho-
vah: This shall be the border,
whereby ye shall divide the land
for inheritance according to the
twelve tribes of Israel : Joseph
shall have two portions. 14 And
ye shall inherit it, one as well as
another; for I ^sware to give it
unto your fathers: and this land
shall fall unto you for inheritance.
15 And this shall be the border
of the land: On the north side,
from the great sea, by the way of
Hethlon, unto the entrance of
Zedad; 16 Hamath, Berothah,
Sibraim, which is between the bor-
der of Damascus and the border
of Hamath; ^Hazer-hatticon, which
is by the border of Hauran. 17
And the border from the sea, shall
3 Heb. two rivers.
* Or, that all things may be heated and live
* Or, given for salt • Heb. first-fruits.
7 Heb. lifted up my hand. » Or, the middle Hazer.
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Portions of the Priests, tlie Levites, the City, and the Prince EZEKIEL 47.18 48.15
be Hazar-enoii at the border of | one portion. 6 And by the border
Damascus; . and on the north
northward is the border of Ha-
math. This is the north side. 18
And the east side, between Hau-
ran and Damascus and Gilead
and the land of Israel, shall be the
Jordan; from the north border,
unto the east sea shall ye measure.
This is the east side. 19 And the
south side southward shall be
from Tamar as far as the waters
of Meriboth-kadesh, to the brook
of Egypt, unto the great sea. This
is the south side southward. 20
And the west side shall be the
great sea, from the south border as
far as over against the entrance
of Hamath. This is the west side.
21 So shall ye divide this land
unto you according to the tribes
of Israel. 22 And it shall come
to pass, that ye shall divide it by
lot for an inheritance unto you
and to the strangers that sojourn
among you, who shall beget chil-
dren among you; and they shall
be unto you as the home-born
among the children of Israel; they
shall have inheritance with you
among the tribes of Israel. 23 And
it shall come to pass, that in what
tribe the stranger sojourneth, there
shall ye give him his inheritance,
saith the Lord Jehovah.
A Q Now these are the names
T^(5 of the tribes: From the
north end, beside the way of Heth-
lon to the entrance of Hamath,
Hazar-enan at the border of Da-
mascus, northward beside Hamath
(and they shall have their sides east
and west), Dan, one portion. 2
And by the border of Dan, from
the east side unto the west side,
Asher, one portion. 3 And by the
border of Asher, from the east side
even unto the west side, Naph-
tali, one portion. 4 And by the
border of Naphtali, from the east
side unto the west side, Manas-
seh, one portion. 5 And by the
border of Manasseh, from the east
side unto the west side, Ephraim,
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of Ephraim, from the east side
even unto the west side, Reuben,
one portion. 7 And by the border
of Reuben, from the east side unto
the west side, Judah, one portion.
8 And by the border of Judah,
from the east side unto the v^/est
side, shall be the oblation which
ye shall offer, five and twenty
thousand reeds in breadth, and in
length as one of the portions, from
the east side unto the west side:
and the sanctuary shall be in the
midst of it. 9 The oblation that
ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall
be five and twenty thousand reeds
in length, and ten thousand in
breadth. 10 And for these, even
for the priests, shall be the holy
oblation; toward the north fiYG
and twenty thousand in length, and
toward the west ten thousand in
breadth, and toward the east ten
thousand in breadth, and toward
the south five and twenty thou-
sand in length: and the sanctuary
of Jehovah shall be in the midst
thereof. 11 ^It shall he for the
priests that are sanctified of the
sons of Zadok, that have kept
my charge, that went not astray
when the children of Israel went
astray, as the Levites went astray.
12 And it shall be unto them an
oblation from the oblation of the
land, a thing most holy, by the
border of the Levites.
13 And answerable unto the
border of the priests, the Levites
shall have fiye and twenty thou-
sand in length, and ten thousand
in breadth: all the length shall be
five and twenty thousand, and the
breadth ten thousand. 14 And
they shall sell none of it, nor ex-
change it, nor shall the first-fruits
of the land be alienated; for it is
holy unto Jehovah.
15 And the five thousand that
are left in the breadth, in front
of the five and twenty thousand,
1 Or, The sanctified portion shall be for the priests of the
sons b'c.
EZEKIEL 48.16—48.35
Portions of the Other Five Tribes. Gates of the City
shall be for common use, for the
city, for dwelling and for suburbs;
and the city shall be in the midst
thereof. 16 And these shall be the
measures thereof: the north side
four thousand and five hundred,
and the south side four thousand
and five hundred, and on the east
side four thousand and five hun-
dred, and the west side four thou-
sand and five hundred. 17 And
the city shall have suburbs: to-
ward the north two hundred and
fifty, and toward the south two
hundred and fifty, and toward the
east two hundred and fifty, and
toward the west two hundred and
fifty. 18 And the residue in the
length, answerable unto the holy
oblation, shall be ten thousand
eastwat-d, and ten thousand west-
ward; and it shall be answerable
unto the holy oblation; and the
increase thereof shall be for food
unto them that labor in the city.
19 And they that labor in the
city, out of all the tribes of Israel,
shall till it. 20 All the oblation
shall be five and twentj^ thousand
by five and twenty thousand: ye
shall offer the holy oblation four-
square, with the possession of the city.
21 And the residue shall be for
the prince, on the one side and on
the other of the holy oblation and
of the possession of the city; in
front of the five and twenty thou-
sand of the oblation toward the
east border, and westward in front
of the five and twenty thousand
toward the west border, answerable
unto the portions, it shall be for
the prince: and the holy oblation
and the sanctuary of the house
shall be in the midst thereof. 22
Moreover from the possession of
the Levites, and from the posses-
sion of the city, being in the midst
of that which is the prince's, be-
tween the border of Judah and the
border of Benjamin, it shall be for
the prince.
23 And as for the rest of the
tribes: from the east side unto the
west side, Benjamin, one portion.
24 And by the border of Benjamin,
from the east side unto the west
side, Simeon, one portion. 25 And
by the border of Simeon, from the
east side unto the west side, Issa-
char, one portion. 26 And by the
border of Issachar, from the east
side unto the west side, Zebulun,
one portion. 27 And by the border
of Zebulun, from the east side unto
the west side. Gad, one portion.
28 And by the border of Gad, at
the south side southward, the bor-
der shall be even from Tamar unto
the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to
the brook of Egypt, unto the
great sea. 29 This is the land
which ye shall divide by lot unto
the tribes of Israel for inheritance,
and these are their several portions,
saitli the Lord Jehovah.
30 And these are the egresses
of the city: On the north side
four thousand and five hundred
reeds by measure; 31 and the
gates of the city shall be after the
names of the tribes of Israel,* three
gates northward: the gate of Reu-
ben, one; the gate of Judah, one;
the gate of Levi, one. 32 And at
the east side four thousand and
five hundred reeds, and three gates:
even the gate of Joseph, one; the
gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of
Dan, one. 33 And at the south
side four thousand and five hun-
dred reeds by measure, and three
gates: the gate of Simeon, one;
the gate of Issachar, one; the gate
of Zebulun, one. 34 At the west
side four thousand and five hun-
dred reeds, with their three gates:
the gate of Gad, one; the gate of
Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali,
one. 35 It shall be eighteen thou-
sand reeds round about: and the
name of the city from that day
shall be, ^Jehovah is there.
1 Heb. J ehwah-shammah.
952
THE BOOK OF
DANIEL
Daniel and his Three Friends refuse to take the King's Food
i In the third year of the reign the prince of the eunuchs that he
1 of Jehoiakim king of Judah might not defile himself. 9 Now
came Nebuchadnezzar king of God made Daniel to find kind-
Babylon unto Jerusalem, and be- ' ness and compassion in the sight
sieged it. 2 And the Lord gave
Jehoiakim king of Judah into his
hand, with part of the vessels of
the house of God; and he carried
them into the land of Shinar to
the house of his god: and he
brought the vessels into the treas-
ure-house of his god. 3 And the
king spake unto Ashpenaz the
master of his eunuchs, that he
should bring in certain of the chil-
dren of Israel, even of the seed
royal and of the nobles; 4 youths
in whom was no blemish, but well-
favored, and skilful in all wisdom,
of the prince of the eunuchs.
10 And the prince of the eu-
nuchs said unto Daniel, I fear
my lord the king, who hath ap-
pointed your food and your drink:
for why should he see your faces
worse looking than the youths
that are of your own age.^ so
would ye endanger my head with
the king. 11 Then said Daniel
to ^the steward whom the prince
of the eunuchs had appointed over
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah: 12 Prove thy servants,
I beseech thee, ten days; and let
and endued with knowledge, and them give us ^pulse to eat, and
understanding science, and such | water to drink. 13 Then let our
as had ability to stand in the countenances be looked upon be-
king's palace; and that he should: fore thee, and the countenance of
teach them the learning and the J the youths that eat of the king's
tongue of the Chaldeans. 5 And ! dainties ; and as thou seest, deal
the king appointed for them a daily ] with thy servants,
portion of the king's dainties, and 14 So he hearkened unto them
of the wine which he drank, and in this matter, and proved them
that they should be nourished three : ten days. 15 And at the end of
years ; that at the end thereof ten days their countenances ap-
they should stand before the king. \ peared fairer, and they were
6 Now among these were, of the j fatter in flesh, than all the youths
children of Judah, Daniel, Han- that did eat of the king's dainties,
aniah, Mishael, and Azariah. 7 16 So ^the steward took away
And the prince of the eunuchs their dainties, and the wine that
gave names unto them : > unto Daniel they should drink, and gave them
he gave the name of Belteshazzar; pulse.
and to Hananiah, of Shadrach;j 17 Now as for these four youths,
and to Mishael, of Meshach; and i God gave them knowledge and
to Azariah, o/ Abed-nego. / 'skill in all learning and wisdom:
8 But Daniel purposed^ in his and Daniel had understanding in
heart that he would not defile I all visions and dreams. 18 And
himself with the king's dainties, j at the end of the days which the
nor with the wine which he king had ^appointed for bringing
drank: therefore he requested of lueb. Hammeizar. --or, herbs. ^UQb.said.
953
DANIEL 1.19—2.19
The King's Forgotten Dream; his Threat to the Magicians
them in, the prince of the eunuchs
brought them in before Nebuchad-
nezzar. 19 And the king com-
muned with them; and among
them all was found none like
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah: therefore stood they
before the king. 20 And in every
matter of wisdom and understand-
ing, concerning which the king in-
quired of them, he found them ten
times better than all the magi-
cians and enchanters that were in
all his realm. 21 And Daniel con-
tinued even unto the first year of
king Cyrus.
2 And in the second year of
the reign of Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams ;
and his spirit was troubled, and his
sleep went from him. 2 Then the
king commanded to call the magi-
cians, and the enchanters, and the
sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to
tell the king his dreams. So they
came in and stood before the king.
3 And the king said unto them, I
have dreamed a dream, and my
spirit is troubled to know the
dream. 4 Then spake the Chal-
deans to the king ^in the Syrian
language, ^O king, live for ever:
tell thy servants the dream, and
we will show the interpretation.
.5 The king answered and said to
the Chaldeans, ^The thing is gone
from me: if ye make not known
unto me the dream and the inter-
pretation thereof, ye shall be cut
in pieces, and your houses shall
be made a dunghill. 6 But if ye
show the dream and the interpre-
tation thereof, ye shall receive of
me gifts and rewards and great
honor : therefore show me the dream
and the interpretation thereof. 7
They answered the second time
and said. Let the king tell his
servants the dream, and we will
show the interpretation. 8 The
king answered and said, I know
of a certainty that ye would
1 Or, in Aramaic 2 Ch. 2. 4-7. 28 is in Aramaic.
3 Or, The word is gone forth from me
^gain time, because ye see Hhe
thing is gone from me. 9 But if
ye make not known unto me the
dream, there is but one law for
you; for ye have prepared lying
and corrupt words to speak before
me, till the time be changed : there-
fore tell me the dream, and I shall
know that ye can show me the in-
terpretation thereof. 10 The Chal-
deans answered before the king,
and said, There is not a man upon
the earth that can show the king's
matter, forasmuch as no king,
^lord, or ruler, hath asked such
a , thing of any magician, or en-
chanter, or Chaldean. 11 And it
is a rare thing that the king re-
quire th, and there is no other that
can show it before the king, except
the gods, whose dwelling is not
with flesh. 12 For this cause the
king was angry and very furious,
and commanded to destroy all the
wise men of Babylon. 13 So the
decree went forth, and the wise
men were to be slain; and they
sought Daniel and his compan-
ions to be slain.
14 Then Daniel returned answer
with counsel and prudence to Ari-
och the captain of the king's guard,
who was gone forth to slay the wise
men of Babylon; 15 he answered
and said to Arioch the king's cap-
tain. Wherefore is the decree so
urgent from the king.^ Then Ari-
och made the thing known to Dan-
iel. 16 And Daniel went in, and
desired of the king that he would
^appoint him a time, ^and he would
show the king the interpretation.
17 Then Daniel went to his house,
and made the thing known to
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
his companions: 18 that they
would desire mercies of the God
of heaven concerning this secret;
that Daniel and his companions
should not perish with the rest of
the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then
* Aram, buy the time.
5 Or, the word. is gone forth from me: that if &c.
* Or, be he nev^er so great and powerful, hath b'c.
"> Or, give him l\me * Or, that he might
954
Daniel has a Vision. He makes known the King's Dream
DANIEL 2.20—2.39
was the secret revealed unto Dan-
iel in a vision of the night. Then
Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20 Daniel answered and said,
Blessed be the name of God for-
ever and ever; for wisdom and
might are his. 21 And he chang-
eth the times and the seasons; he
removeth kings, and setteth up
kings; he givetli wisdom unto the
wise, and knowledge to them that
have understanding; 22 he re-
vealeth the deep and secret things;
he knoweth what is in the dark-
ness, and the light dwelleth with
him. 23 I thank thee, and praise
thee, O thou God of my fathers,
who hast given me wisdom and
might, and hast now made known
unto me what we desired of thee;
for thou hast made known unto us
the king's matter. 24 Therefore
Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom
the king had appointed to destroy
the wise men of Babylon; he went
and said thus unto him: Destroy
not the wise men of Babylon; bring
me in before the king, and I will show
unto the king the interpretation.
25 Then Arioch brought in
Daniel before the king in haste,
and said thus unto him, I have
found a man of the children of
the captivity of Judah, that will
make known unto the king the
interpretation. 26 The king an-
swered and said to Daniel, whose
name was Belteshazzar, Art thou
able to make known unto me the
dream which I have seen, and the
interpretation thereof .^^ 27 Daniel
answered before the king, and said.
The secret which the king hath de-
manded can neither wise men,
enchanters, magicians, nor sooth-
sayers, show unto the king; 28 but
there is a God in heaven that re-
vealeth secrets, and he hath made
known to the king Nebuchadnez-
zar what shall be in the latter
days. Thy dream, and the visions
of thy head upon thy bed, are these :
29 as for thee, O king, thy thoughts
came into thy mind upon thy bed.
what should come to pass here-
after; and he that revealeth se-
crets hath made known to thee
what shall come to pass. 30 But
as for me, this secret is not re-
vealed to me for any wisdom that
I have more than any living, but
to the intent that the interpretation
may be made known to the king,
and that thou mayest know the
thoughts of thy heart.
^31 Thou, O king, sawest, and,
behold, a great image. This im-
age, which was mighty, and whose
brightness was excellent, stood be-
fore thee; and the aspect thereof
was terrible. 32 As for this im-
age, its head w^as of fine gold, its
breast and its arms of silver, its
belly and its thighs of brass, 33
its legs of iron, its feet part of
iron, and part of clay. 34 Thou
sawest till that a stone was cut
out without hands, which smote
the image upon its feet that were
of iron and clay, and brake them
in pieces. 35 Then was the iron,
the clay, the brass, the silver, and
the gold, broken in pieces together,
and became like the chaff of the
summer threshing-floors; and the
wind carried them away, so that
no place was found for them: and
the stone that smote the image be-
came a great ^mountain, and filled
the whole earth.
36 This is the dream; and we
will tell the interpretation thereof
before the king. 37 Thou, O king,
art king of kings, unto whom
the God of heaven hath given
the kingdom, the power, and the
strength, and the glory; 38 and
wheresoever the children of men
dwell, the beasts of the field and
the birds of the heavens hath he
given into thy hand, and hath
made thee to rule over them all :
thou art the head of gold. 39 And
after thee shall arise another king-
dom inferior to thee; and another
third kingdom of brass, which shall
bear rule over all the earth.
Or, rock
955
DANIEL 2.40—3.8
Daniel is promoted by the King. Nebuchadnezzar's Golden Image
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be
strong as iron, forasmuch as iron
breaketh in pieces and subdueth
all things; and as iron that crush-
eth all these, shall it break in pieces
and crush. .41 And whereas thou
sawest the feet and toes, part of
potters' clay, and part of iron, it
shall be a divided kingdom; but
there shall be in it of the strength
of the iron, forasmuch as thou
sawest the iron mixed with ^miry
clay. 42 And as the toes of the
feet were part of iron, and part of
clay, so the kingdom shall be partly
strong, and partly ^broken. 43
And whereas thou sawest the iron
mixed with ^miry clay, they shall
mingle themselves ^with the seed
of men; but they shall not cleave
one to another, even as iron doth
not mingle with clay. 44 And in
the days of those kings shall the
God of heaven set up a kingdom
which shall never be destroyed,
nor shall the sovereignty thereof
be left to another people; but it
shall break in pieces and consume
all these kingdoms, and it shall
stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch as
thou sawest that a stone was cut
out of the mountain without hands,
and that it brake in pieces the iron,
the brass, the clay, the silver, and
the gold; the great God hath made
known to the king what shall come
to pass hereafter: and the dream
is certain, and the interpretation
thereof sure.
46 Then the king Nebuchad-
nezzar fell upon his face, and
worshipped Daniel, and commanded
that they should offer an oblation
and sweet odors unto him. 47 The
king answered unto Daniel, and
said, Of a truth your God is the
God of gods, and the Lord of kings,
and a revealer of secrets, seeing
thou hast been able to reveal this
secret. 48 Then the king made
Daniel great, and gave him many
great gifts, and made him to rule
over the whole province of Babylon,
1 Or, earthenware
- Or, brittle
3.0r, by
and to be chief governor over all
the wise men of Babylon. 49 And
Daniel requested of the king, and he
appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, over the affairs of the
province of Babylon: but Daniel
was ^in the gate of the king.
3 Nebuchadnezzar the king
^ made an image of gold, whose
height was threescore cubits, and the
breadth thereof six cubits: he set it
up in the plain of Dura, in the pro-
vince of Babylon. 2 Then Nebu-
chadnezzar the king sent to gather
together the satraps, the deputies,
and the governors, the '^judges, the
treasurers, the counsellors, the
^sheriffs, and all the rulers of the
provinces, to come to the dedication
of the image which Nebuchadnezzar
the king had set up. 3 Then the
satraps, the deputies, and the
governors, the ^judges, the treasur-
ers, the counsellors, the ^sheriffs,
and all the rulers of the provinces,
were gathered together unto the
dedication of the image that Nebu-
chadnezzar the king had set up ;
and they stood before the image
that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4 Then the herald cried aloud.
To you it is commanded, O peoples,
nations, and languages, 5 that at
what time ye hear the sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psal-
tery, Mulcimer, and all kinds of
music, ye fall down and worship
the golden image that Nebuchad-
nezzar the king hath set up; 6 and
whoso falleth not down and wor-
shippeth shall the same hour be
cast into the midst of a burning
fiery furnace. 7 Therefore at that
time, when all the peoples heard
the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of
music, all the peoples, the nations,
and the languages, fell down and
worshipped the golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set
up.
8 Wherefore at that time cer-
* Or, at the king s court
6 Or, lawyers
5 Or, chief soothsayers
' Or, bagpipe
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Daniel's Three Friends are cast into the Fiery Furnace
tain Clialdeans came near, and
brought accusation against the Jews.
9 They answered and said to Nebu-
chadnezzar the king, O king, Hve
for ever. 10 Thou, O king, hast
made a decree, that every man that
shall hear the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and
dulcimer, and all kinds of music,
shall fall down and worship the
golden image; 11 and whoso falleth
not down and worshippeth, shall be
cast into the midst of a burning
fiery furnace. 12 There are cer-
tain Jews whom thou hast ap-
pointed over the affairs of the
province of Babylon: Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego; these
men, O king, have not regarded
thee: they serve not thy gods,
nor worship the golden image which
thou hast set up.
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his
rage and fury commanded to
bring Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego. Then they brought
these men before the king. 14
Nebuchadnezzar answered and
said unto them, Is it of purpose,
O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-
nego, that ye serve not my god,
nor worship the golden image
which I have set up.^ 15 Now if
ye be ready that at what time ye
hear the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and
dulcimer, and all kinds of music,
ye fall down and worship the
image which I have made, well:
but if ye worship not, ye shall
be cast the same hour into the
midst of a burning fiery furnace;
and who is that god that shall
\ deliver you out of my hands .^^ 16
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-
nego answered and said to the
king, O Nebuchadnezzar, %e
have no need to answer thee in
this matter. 17 ^If it be so, our
God whom we serve is able to
deliver us from the burning fiery
1 Or, we are not careful
3 Or, Behold, our God b'c. Or, // our God whom we
serve he able to deliver us, he will deliver us from . . . and out
of thy hand, 0 king
DANIEL 3.9—3.26
furnace; and he will deliver us
out of thy hand, O king. 18 But
if not, be it known unto thee, O
king, that we will not serve thy
gods, nor worship the golden im-
age which thou hast set up.
19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar
full of fury, and the form of
his visage was changed against
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-
nego: therefore he spake, and
commanded that they should heat
the furnace seven times more
then it was wont to be heated.
20 And he commanded certain
mighty men that were in his
army to bind Shadrach, Me-
shach, and Abed-nego, and to
cast them into the burning fiery
furnace. 21 Then these men were
bound in their hosen, their ^tu-
nics, and their mantles, and their
other garments, and were cast into
the midst of the burning fiery fur-
nace. 22 Therefore because the
king's commandment was urgent,
and the furnace exceeding hot, the
flame of the fire slew those men
that took up Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-nego. 23 And these
three men, Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-nego, fell down bound
into the midst of the burning fiery
furnace.
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the
king was astonished, and rose
up in haste: he spake and said
unto his counsellors. Did not we
cast three men bound into the
midst of the fire.^^ They answered
and said unto the king. True, O
king. 25 He answered and said,
Lo, I see four men loose, walking
in the midst of the fire, and they
have no hurt; and the aspect
of the fourth is like a son of the
gods. 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar
came near to the ^mouth of the
burning fiery furnace: he spake
and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, ye servants of the Most
High God, come forth, and come
hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach,
3 Or turbans
* Aram. door.
957
DANIEL 3.27—4.15
The King's Change of Mind. His Dream of the Tree
and Abed-nego came forth out 6 Therefore made I a decree to
of the midst of the fire. 27 And ; bring in all the wise men of
the satraps, the deputies, and the \ Babylon before me, that they
governors, and the king's coun- ; might make known unto me the
sellors, being gathered together, j interpretation of the dream. 7
saw these men, that the fire had no 1 Then came in the magicians, the
power upon their bodies, nor was | enchanters, the Chaldeans, and
the hair of their head singed, | the soothsayers; and I told the
neither were their hosen changed, j dream before them; but they did
nor had the smell of fire passed on ■ not make known unto me the
them. I interpretation thereof. 8 But at
28 Nebuchadnezzar spake and j the last Daniel came in before
said. Blessed be the God of me, whose name was Belteshaz-
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- ! zar, according to the name of my
nego, who hath sent his angel, | god, and in whom is the spirit
and delivered his servants that i of the holy gods: and I told the
trusted in him, and have changed dream before him, saying, 9 O
the king's word, and have yielded ■ Belteshazzar, master of the magi-
their bodies, that they might not cians, because I know that the
serve nor worship any god, except spirit of the holy gods is in thee,
their own God. 29 Therefore I and no secret troubleth thee, tell
make a decree, that every people,
nation, and language, which speak
me the visions of my dream that
I have seen, and the interpreta-
any thing amiss against the God tion thereof. 10 Thus were the
of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-
nego, shall be cut in pieces, and
their houses shall be made a dung-
hill; because there is no other
god that is able to deliver after
this sort. 30 Then the king pro-
moted Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego in the province of
Babylon.
*A Nebuchadnezzar the king,
T^ unto all the peoples, nations,
and languages, that dwell in all
the earth: Peace be multiplied
unto you. 2 It hath seemed good
unto me to show the signs and
wonders that the Most High God
hath wrought toward me. 3 How
great are his signs! and how
mighty are his wonders! his king-
dom is an everlasting kingdom,
and his dominion is from genera-
tion to generation.
t4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at
rest in my house, and flourishing
in my palace. 5 I saw a dream
which made me afraid; and the
^thoughts upon my bed and the
visions of my head troubled me.
* Ch. 3.31 in Aram.
' Or, imaginations
t Ch. 4.1 in Aram.
visions of my head upon my bed
I saw, and, behold, a tree in the
midst of the earth; and the height
thereof was great. 11 The tree
grew, and was strong, and the height
thereof reached unto heaven, and
the sight thereof to the end of all
the earth. 12 The leaves thereof
were fair, and the fruit thereof
much, and in it was food for all:
the beasts of the field had shadow
under it, and the birds of the
heavens dwelt in the branches
thereof, and all flesh was fed from
it. 13 I saw in the visions of my
head upon my bed, and, behold, a
watcher and a holy one came
down from heaven. 14 He cried
aloud, and said thus, Hew down
the tree, and cut off its branches,
shake off its leaves, and scatter its
fruit: let the beasts get away
from under it, and the fowls
from its branches. 15 Neverthe-
less leave the stump of its roots
in the earth, even with a band of
iron and brass, in the tender grass
of the field; and let it be wet with
the dew of heaven: and let his
portion be with the beasts in the
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Daniel interprets it. The King's Dream is fulfilled
DANIEL 4.16—4.32
grass of the earth: 16 let his heart
be changed from man's, and let a
beast's heart be given unto him;
and let seven times pass over
him. 17 The sentence is by the
decree of the watchers, and the
Memand by the word of the holy
ones; to the intent that the living
may know that the Most High
ruleth in the kingdom of men, and
giveth it to whomsoever he will,
and setteth up over it the lowest
of men. 18 This dream I, king
Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and
thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the
interpretation, forasmuch as all
the wise men of my kingdom are
not able to make known unto me
the interpretation; but thou art
able; for the spirit of the holy
gods is in thee.
19 Then Daniel, whose name was
Belteshazzar, was stricken dumb
for a while, and his thoughts
troubled him. The king answered
and said, Belteshazzar, let not the
dream, or the interpretation,
trouble thee. Belteshazzar an-
swered and said, My lord, the
dream be to them that hate thee,
and the interpretation thereof to
thine adversaries. 20 The tree
that thou sawest, which grew, and
was strong, whose height reached
unto heaven, and the sight thereof
to all the earth; 21 whose leaves
were fair, and the fruit thereof
much, and in it was food for all;
under which the beasts of the field
dwelt, and upon whose branches
the birds of the heavens had their
habitation: 22 it is thou, O king,
that art grown and become strong;
for thy greatness is grown, and
reacheth unto heaven, and thy
dominion to the end of the earth.
23 And whereas the king saw a
watcher and a holy one coming
down from heaven, and saying.
Hew down the tree, and destroy
it; nevertheless leave the stump of
the roots thereof in the earth, even
with a band of iron and brass, in
Or, matter
the tender grass of the field, and let
it be wet with the dew of heaven;
and let his portion be with the
beasts of the field, till seven times
pass over him; 24 this is the in-
terpretation, O king, and it is the
decree of the Most High, which
is come upon my lord the king:
25 that thou shalt be driven from
men, and thy dwelling shall be with
the beasts of the field, and thou
shalt be made to eat grass as oxen,
and shalt be wet with the dew of
heaven, and seven times shall pass
over thee; till thou know that the
Most High ruleth in the kingdom
of men, and giveth it to whomso-
ever he will. 26 And whereas
they commanded to leave the
stump of the roots of the tree; thy
kingdom , shall be sure unto thee,
after that thou shalt have known
that the heavens do rule. 27
Wherefore, O king, let my coun-
sel be acceptable unto thee, and
^break off thy sins by righteous-
ness, and thine iniquities by show-
ing mercy to the poor; if there may
be ^a lengthening of thy tran-
quility.
28 All this came upon the king
Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end
of twelve months he was walking
'^in the roj^al palace of Babylon.
30 The king spake and said. Is not
this great Babylon, which I have
built for the royal dwelling-place,
by the might of my power and for
the glory of my majesty.^ 31
While the word was in the king's
mouth, there fell a voice from
heaven, saying, O king Nebuchad-
nezzar, to thee it is spoken : The
kingdom is departed from thee:
32 and thou shalt be driven from
men; and thy dwelling shall be
with the beasts of the field; thou
shalt be made to eat grass as oxen;
and seven times shall pass over
thee; until thou know that the
Most High ruleth in the kingdom
of men, and giveth it to whomso-
2 Or, redeem
3 Or, as otherwise read, a healing of thine error
4 Aram. upon.
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DANIEL 4.33—5.12
Belshazzar's Feast and the Writing on the Wall
ever he will. 33 The same hour
was the thing fulQlled upon Nebu-
chadnezzar: and he was driven
from men, and did eat grass as
oxen, and his body was wet with
the dew of heaven, till his hair was
grown like eagles' feathers, and his
nails like birds' daws.
34 And at the end of the days
I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine
eyes unto heaven, and mine un-
derstanding returned unto me, and
I blessed the Most High, and I
praised and honored him that liv-
eth for ever; for his dominion is
an everlasting dominion, and his
kingdom from generation to gen-
eration; 35 and all the inhabitants
of the earth are reputed as nothing;
and he doeth according to his will
in the army of heaven, ajid among
the inhabitants of the earth; and
none can ^stay his hand, or say unto
him. What doest thou? 36 At the
same time mine understanding re-
turned unto me; and for the glory
of my kingdom, my majesty and
brightness returned unto me; and
my counsellors and my lords sought
unto me ; and I was established in my
kingdom, and excellent greatness
was added unto me. 37 Now I,
Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol
and honor the King of heaven; for
all his works are truth, and his
ways justice; and those that walk
in pride he is able to abase.
5Belshazzar the king made a
great feast to a thousand of
his lords, and drank wine before
the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, while
he tasted the wine, commanded to
bring the golden and silver vessels
which Nebuchadnezzar his father
had taken out of the temple which
was in Jerusalem; that the king and
his lords,. his wives and his concu-
bine's, might drink therefrom. 3
Then they brought the golden ves-
sels that were taken out of the
temple of the house of God which
was at Jerusalem; and the king
and his lords, his wives and his
1 Aram, strike.
concubines, drank from them.
4 They drank wine, and praised
the gods of gold, and of silver,
of brass, of iron, of wood, and of
stone.
5 In the same hour came forth
the fingers of a man's hand, and
wrote over against the candlestick
upon the plaster of the wall of the
king's palace: and the king saw
the part of the hand that wrote.
6 Then the king's ^countenance was
changed in him, and his thoughts
troubled him; and the joints of his
loins were loosed, and his knees
smote one against another. 7 The
king cried aloud to bring in the en-
chanters, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers. The king spake and
said to the wise men of Babylon,
Whosoever shall read this writing,
and show me the interpretation
thereof, shall be clothed with purple,
and have a chain of gold about his
neck, and shall be the third ruler in
the kingdom. 8 Then came in all
the king's wise men; but they could
not read the writing, nor make
known to the king the interpreta-
tion. 9 Then was king Belshazzar
greatly troubled, and his coun-
tenance was changed in him, and his
lords were perplexed.
10 Now the queen by reason of
the words of the king and his lords
came into the banquet house: the
queen spake and said, O king, live
for ever; let not thy thoughts
trouble thee, nor let thy countenance
be changed. 11 There is a man in
thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit
of the holy gods; and in the days of
thy father light and understanding
and wisdom, like the wisdom of the
gods, were found in him; and the
king Nebuchadnezzar thy father,
^the king, / say, thy father, made
him master of the magicians, en-
chanters, Chaldeans, and sooth-
sayers; 12 forasmuch as an excellent
spirit, and knowledge, and under-
standing, interpreting of dreams,
and showing of dark sentences, and
- Aram, brightness.
Or. thy father, O king.
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DANIEL 5.13—6.2
dissolving of doubts, were found in
the same Daniel, whom the .king
named Belteshazzar. Now let Dan-
iel be called, and he will show the
interpretation.
13 Then was Daniel brought in
before the king. The king spake
and said unto Daniel, Art thou that
Daniel, who art of the children of
the captivity of Judah, whom the
king my father brought out of
Judah .f^ 14 I have heard of thee,
that the spirit of the gods is in thee,
and that light and understanding
and excellent wisdom are found in
thee. 15 And now the wise men, the
enchanters, have been brought in
before me, that they should read this
writing, and make known unto me
the interpretation thereof; but they
could not show the interpretation
of the thing. 16 But I have heard of
thee, that thou canst give interpre-
tations, and dissolve doubts: now if
thou canst read the writing, and
make known to me the interpreta-
tion thereof, thou shalt be clothed
with purple, and have a chain of
gold about thy neck, and shalt be
the third ruler in the kingdom.
17 Then Daniel answered and
said before the king. Let thy gifts
be to thyself, and give thy rewards
to another; nevertheless I will read
the writing unto the king, and make
known to him the interpretation.
18 O thou king, the Most High God
gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the
kingdom, and greatness, and glory,
and majesty: 19 and because of
the greatness that he gave him, all
the peoples, nations, and languages
trembled and feared before him:
whom he would he slew, and whom
he would he kept alive; and whom
he would he raised up, and whom he
would he put down. 20 But when
his heart was lifted up, and his
spirit was hardened so that he dealt
proudly, he was deposed from his
kingly throne, and they took his
glory from him: 21 and he was
driven from the sons of men, and
his heart was made like the beasts'.
and his dwelling was with the wild
asses; he was fed with grass like
oxen, and his body was wet with the
dew of heaven; until he knew that
the Most High God ruleth in the
kingdom of men, and that he
setteth up over it whomsoever he
will. 22 And thou his son, O Bel-
shazzar, hast not humbled thy heart,
though thou knewest all this, 23
but hast lifted up thyself against the
Lord of heaven; and they have
brought the vessels of his house
before thee, and thou and thy lords,
thy wives and thy concubines, have
drunk wine from them; and thou
hast praised the gods of silver and
gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone,
which see not, nor hear, nor know;
and the God in whose hand thy
breath is, and whose are all thy
ways, hast thou not glorified. 24
Then was the part of the hand sent
from before him, and this writing
was inscribed.
25 And this is the writing that
was inscribed : ^MENE, mene, tekel,
UPHAKSIN. 26 This is the interpre-
tation of the thing : MENE; God hath
numbered thy kingdom, and brought
it to an end. 27 tekel; thou art
weighed in the balances, and art
found wanting. 28 ^peres; thy
kingdom is divided, and given to
the Medes and Persians.
29 Then commanded Belshazzar,
and they clothed Daniel with pur-
ple, and put a chain of gold about
his neck, and made proclamation
concerning him, that he should be
the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 In that night Belshazzar the
Chaldean king was slain. *31 And
Darius the Mede received the king-
dom, being about threescore and
two years old.
6 It pleased Darius to set over
the kingdom a hundred and
twenty satraps, who should be
throughout the whole kingdom ; 2
and over them three presidents, of
whom Daniel was one; that these
1 That is, Numbered, numbered, weighed, and divisions.
2 That is, Divided. * Ch. 6.1 in Aram.
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DANIEL 6.3 — 6.21 Presidents and Satraps plot against Daniel. He is cast into the Den of Lions
satraps might give account unto them,
and that the king should have no
damage. 3 Then this Daniel was dis-
tinguished above the presidents and
the satraps, because an excellent
spirit was in him; and the king
thought to set him over the whole
realm.
4 Then the presidents and the
satraps sought to find occasion
against Daniel as touching the king-
dom; but they could find no occasion
nor fault, forasmuch as he was
faithful, neither was there any error
or fault found in him. 5 Then said
these men. We shall not find any
occasion against this Daniel, except
we find it against him concerning
the law of his God. 6 Then these
presidents and satraps ^assembled
together to the king, and said thus
unto him. King Darius, live for
ever. 7 All the presidents of the
kingdom, the deputies and the
satraps, the counsellors and the
governors, have consulted together
Ho establish a royal statute, and to
make a strong interdict, that who-
soever shall ask a petition of any
god or man for thirty days, save of
thee, O king, he shall be cast into
the den of lions. 8 Now, O king, es-
tablish the interdict, and sign the
writing, that it be not changed, ac-
cording to the law of the Medes
and Persians, which ^altereth not.
9 Wherefore king Darius signed the
writing and the interdict.
10 And when Daniel knew that
the writing was signed, he went
into his house (now his windows
were open in his chamber toward
Jerusalem); and he kneeled upon
his knees three times a day, and
prayed, and gave thanks before
his God, as he did aforetime. 11
Then these men assembled together,
and found Daniel making petition
and supplication before his God. 12
Then they came near, and spake
before the king concerning the king's
interdict: Hast thou not signed an
' Or, came tumuUuously (and so in ver. 11, 15)
^ Or, that the king should ('^''' •■'
3 Aram, passe th not away
interdict, that every man that shall
mak,e petition unto any god or man
within thirty days, save unto thee,
O king, shall be cast into the den of
lions .^ The king answered and said,
The thing is true, according to the
law of the Medes and Persians,
which ^altereth not. 13 Then an-
swered they and said before the king.
That Daniel, who is of the chil-
dren of the captivity of Judah,
regardeth not thee, O king, nor
the interdict that thou hast signed,
but maketh his petition three times
a day. 14 Then the king, when he
heard these words, was sore dis-
pleased, and set his heart on Daniel
to deliver him; and he labored till
the going down of the sun to rescue
him. 15 Then these men assembled
together unto the king, and said
unto the king. Know, O king, that
it is a law of the Medes and Persians,
that no interdict nor statute which
the king establisheth may be
changed.
16 Then the king commanded,
and they brought Daniel, and
cast him into the den of lions.
Now^ the king spake and said unto
Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest
continually, he will deliver thee.
17 And a stone was brought, and
laid upon the mouth of the den; and
the king sealed it with his own signet,
and with the signet of his lords;
^that nothing might be changed
concerning Daniel. 18 Then the
king went to his palace, and passed
the night fasting; neither were in-
struments of music brought before
him: and his sleep fled from him.
19 Then the king arose very
early in the morning, and went in
haste unto the den of lions. 20 And
when he came near unto the den to
Daniel, he cried with a lamentable
voice; the king spake and said to
Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the
living God, is thy God, whom thou
servest continually, able to deliver
thee from the lions? 21 Then said
* Ur, came tumuUuously (and so in ver. 11, 15) i
2 Or, that the king should establish a statute, and make &*c. j * Or, that there might be no change of purpose
* Or, dancing girls
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His Enemies destroyed, and his God honored. His Dream of Four Beasts DANIEL 6.22 7.12
Daniel unto the king, O king, live
for ever. 22 My God Jiatli sent his
angel, and hath shut the lions'
mouths, and they have not hurt me;
forasmuch as before him innocency
was found in me; and also before
thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
23 Then was the king exceeding
glad, and commanded that they
should take Daniel up out of the
den. So Daniel was taken up out of
the den, and no manner of hurt was
found upon him, because he had
trusted in his God.
24 And the king commanded,
and they brought those men that
had accused Daniel, and the;^ cast
them into the den of lions, them,
their children, and their wives; and
the lions had the mastery of them,
and brake all their bones in pieces,
before they came to the bottom of
the den.
25 Then king Darius wrote unto
all the peoples, nations, and lan-
guages, that dwell in all the earth:
Peace be multiplied unto you. 26 I
make a decree, that in all the do-
minion of my kingdom men tremble
and fear before the God of Daniel;
for he is the living God, and stedfast
for ever, and his kingdom that which
shall not be destroyed; and his do-
minion shall be even unto the end.
27 He delivereth and rescueth, and
he worketh signs and wonders in
heaven and in earth, who hath de-
livered Daniel from the power of the
lions.
28 So this Daniel prospered in
the reign of Darius, and in the
reign of Cyrus the Persian.
7 In the first year of Belshazzar
king of Babylon Daniel %ad a
dream and visions of his head upon
his bed: then he wrote the dream
and told the sum of the matters. 2
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my
vision by night, and, behold, the
four winds of heaven brake forth
upon the great sea. 3 And four great
beasts came up from the sea, diverse
one from another. 4 The first was
like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I
beheld till the wings thereof were
plucked, and it was lifted up from
the earth, and made to stand upon
two feet as a man; and a man's
heart was given to it. 5 And, behold,
another beast, a second, like to a
bear; and ^it was raised up on one
side, and three ribs were in its
mouth between its teeth: and they
said thus unto it. Arise, devour much
flesh. 6 After this I beheld, and, lo,
another, like a leopard, which had
upon its back four wings of a bird;
the beast had also four heads; and
dominion was given to it. 7 After
this I saw in the night-visions, and,
behold, a fourth beast, terrible and
^powerful, and strong exceedingly;
and it had great iron teeth; it de-
voured and brake in pieces, and
stamped the residue with its feet:
and it was diverse from all the beasts
that were before it; and it had ten
horns. 8 I considered the horns, and,
behold, there came up among them
another horn, a little one, before
which three of the first horns were
plucked up by the roots: and, be-
hold, in this horn were eyes like the
eyes of a man, and a mouth speak-
ing great things.
9 I beheld till thrones were
^placed, and one that was ancient
of days did sit: his raiment was
white as snow, and the hair of his
head like pure wool; his throne
was fiery flames, and the wheels
thereof burning fire. 10 A fiery
stream issued and came forth
from before him: thousands of
thousands ministered unto him,
and ten thousand times ten thou-
sand stood before him: the judg-
ment was set, and the books were
opened. 11 I beheld at that time
because of the voice of the great
words which the horn spake; I
beheld even till the beast was
slain, and its body destroyed, and
it was given ^to be burned with
fire. 12 And as for the rest of the
Aram. saw.
2 Or, as otherwise read, it raised up one dominion
3 Or, dreadful * Or, cast down
'" Aram, to the burning of fire
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DANIEL 7.13—8.4
beasts, their dominion was taken
away : yet their lives were pro-
longed for a season and a time.
13 I saw in the night- visions,
and, behold, there came with the
clouds of heaven one like unto a
son of man, and he came even
to the ancient of days, and they
brought him near before him. 14
And there was given him domin-
ion, and glory, and a kingdom,
that all the peoples, nations, and
languages should serve him: his
dominion is an everlasting domin-
ion, which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom that which shall
not be destroyed.
15 As for me, Daniel, my spirit
was grieved in the midst of ^my
body, and the visions of my head
troubled me. 16 I came near
unto one of them that stood by,
and asked him the truth concern-
ing all this. So he told me, and
made me know the interpretation
of the things. 17 These great
beasts, which are four, are four
kings, that shall arise out of the
earth. 18 But the saints of the
Most High shall receive the king-
dom, and possess the kingdom for
ever, even for ever and ever. 19
Then I desired to know the truth
concerning the fourth beast, which
was diverse from all of them, ex-
ceeding terrible, whose teeth were
of iron, and its nails of brass; which
devoured, brake in pieces, and
stamped the residue with its feet;
20 and concerning the ten horns
that were on its head, and the other
horn which came up, and before
which three fell, even that horn that
had eyes, and a mouth that spake
great things, whose look was more
stout than its fellows. 21 I beheld,
and the same horn made war with
the saints, and prevailed against
them; 22 until the ancient of days
came, and judgment was given Ho
the saints of the Most High, and the
time came that the saints possessed
the kingdom.
Daniel's Dream of the Ancient of Days and tlie Son of Man
1 Aram, the sheath.
■ Or, for
23 Thus he said. The fourth
beast shall be a fourth kingdom
upon earth, which shall be diverse
from all the kingdoms, and shall
devour the whole earth, and shall
^tread it down, and break it in
pieces. 24 And as for the ten
horns, out of this kingdom shall
ten kings arise: and another shall
arise after them; and he shall be
diverse from the former, and he
shall put down three kings. 25 And
he shall speak words against the
Most High, and shall wear out the
saints of the Most High; and he
shall think to change the times and
the law; and they sjiall be given into
his hand until a time and times and
half a time. 26 But the judgment
shall be set, and they shall take
away his dominion, to consume and
to destroy it unto the end. 27 And
the kingdom and the dominion,
and the greatness of the kingdoms
under the whole heaven, shall be
given to the people of the saints
of the Most High : his kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom, and all domin-
ions shall serve and obey him. 28
^Here is the end of the matter. As
for me, Daniel, my thoughts much
troubled me, and my ^countenance
was changed in me: but I kept the
matter in my heart.
8 In the third year of the reign
of king Belshazzar a vision
appeared unto me, even unto me,
Daniel, after that which appeared
unto me at the first. 2 And I saw
in the vision; now it was so, that
when I saw, I was in Shushan the
^palace, which is in the province of
Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I
was by the river Ulai. 3 Then I
lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and,
behold, there stood before the river
a ram which had two horns : and the
two horns were high; but one was
higher than the other, and the
higher came up last. 4 I saw the
ram pushing westward, and north-
ward, and southward; and no beasts
s Or, thresh it
5 Aram, brightness.
* Aram. Hitherto.
6 Or, castle
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Daniel's Vision of a Ram, of a He-goat, and of the Desecrating Horn
DANIEL 8.5—8.24
could stand before him, neither was
there any that could deliver out of
his hand; but he did according to
his will, and magnified himself.
5 And as I was considering, be-
hold, a he-goat came from the west
over the face of the whole earth,
and ^touched not the ground: and
the goat had a notable horn between
his eyes. 6 And he came to the ram
that had the two horns, which I
saw standing before the river, and
ran upon him in the fury of his
power. 7 And I saw him come close
unto the ram, and he was moved
with anger against him, and smote
the ram, and brake his two horns;
and there was no power in the ram
to stand before him; but he cast him
down to the ground, and trampled
upon him; and there was none that
could deliver the ram out of his
hand. 8 And the he-goat magnified
himself exceedingly: and when he
was strong, the great horn was
broken; and instead of it there came
up four notable horns toward the
four winds of heaven.
9 And out of one of them came
forth a little horn, which waxed
exceeding great, toward the south,
and toward the east, and toward
the glorious land. 10 And it
waxed great, even to the host of
heaven; and some of the host and
of the stars it cast down to the
ground, and trampled upon them.
11 Yea, it magnified itself, even
to the prince of the host; and ^it
took away from him the continual
burnt-offering, and the place of his
sanctuary was cast down. 12 And
^the host was given over to it to-
gether with the continual burnt-
offering through trangression; and
it cast down truth to the ground,
and it did its pleasure and pros-
pered. 13 Then I heard a holy
one speaking; and another holy
one said unto that certain one who
spake, How long shall be the
' Heb. none touched the ground.
2 Another reading is, the continual burnt-offering was
taken away from him.
3 Or, a host was given to it against the &c. Or, a host was
set over the b'c.
vision concerning the continual
burnt-offering, and the transgres-
sion that maketh desolate, to give
both the sanctuary and the host to
be trodden under foot.? 14 And
he said unto me, Unto two thou-
sand and three hundred evenings
and mornings; then shall the sanc-
tuary be ^cleansed.
15 And it came to pass, when I,
even I Daniel, had seen the vision,
that I sought Ho understand it;
and, behold, there stood before me
as the appearance of a man. 16
And I heard a man's voice between
the banks of the Ulai, which called,
and said, Gabriel, make this man
to understand the vision. 17 So
he came near where I stood; and
when he came, I was affrighted,
and fell upon my face: but he
said unto me. Understand, O son
of man; for the vision belongeth
to the time of the end. 18 Now
as he was speaking with me, I fell
into a deep sleep with my face to-
ward the ground; but he touched
me, and set me ^upright. 19 And
he said, Behold, I will make thee
know what shall be in the latter
time of the indignation; for it be-
longeth to the appointed time of
the end. 20 The ram which thou
sawest, that had the two horns,
they are the kings of Media and
Persia. 21 And the rough he-
goat is the king of ^Greece: and
the great horn that is between his
eyes is the first king. 22 And as
for that which was broken, in the
place whereof four stood up, four
kingdoms shall stand up out of the
nation, but not with his power.
23 And in the latter time of their
kingdom, when the transgressors
are come to the full, a king of
fierce countenance, and under-
standing dark sentences, shall
stand up. 24 And his power shall
be mighty, but not ^by his own
power; and he shall Mestroy won-
derfully, and shall prosper and do
* Heb. justified. s Heb. understanding.
« Or, where I had stood ? Heb. Javan.
8 Or, with his power See ver. 22. » Or, corrupt
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DANIEL 8.25—9.16
his pleasure-, and he shall Mestroy
the mighty ones and ^the holy peo-
ple. 25 And through his policy he
shall cause craft to prosper in his
hand; and he shall magnify him-
self in his heart, and in their secu-
rity shall he destroy many: he
shall also stand up against the
prince of princes; but he shall be
broken without hand. 26 And against thee. 8 O Lord, to us
the vision of the evenings and
mornings which hath been told is
true: but shut thou up the
vision; for it belongeth to many
days to come. 27 And I, Daniel,
fainted, and was sick certain
days; then I rose up, and did the
king's business: and I wondered
at the vision, ^but none under-
stood it.
9 In the first year of Darius
the son of Ahasuerus, of the
seed of the Medes, who was made
king over the realm of the Chal-
deans, 2 in the first year of his
reign I, Daniel, understood by the
books the number of the years
whereof the word of Jehovah came
to Jeremiah ^ the prophet, for
the accomplishing of the desola-
tions of Jerusalem, even seventy
years.
3 And I set my face unto the
Lord God, ^to seek by prayer and
supplications, with fasting and sack-
cloth and ashes. 4 And I prayed
unto Jehovah my God, and made
confession, and said. Oh, Lord,
the great and dreadful God, who
keepeth covenant and loving-kind-
ness with them that love him and
keep his commandments, 5 we
have sinned, and have dealt per-
versely, and have done wickedly,
and have rebelled, even turning
aside from thy precepts and from
thine ordinances; 6 neither have
we hearkened unto thy servants
the prophets, that spake in thy
name to our kings, our princes,
and our fathers, and to all the peo-
ple of the land. 7 O Lord, right-
* Or, corrupt - Heb. peopleof the saints.
' Or, but there was none to make it understood
* Or, to seek after prayer o'c.
Daniel's Penitent Prayer for his People
eousness belongeth unto thee, but
unto us confusion of face, as at
this day; to the men of Judah, and
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and unto all Israel, that are near,
and that are far off, through all
the countries whither thou hast
driven them, because of their tres-
pass 'that they have trespassed
belongeth confusion of face, to our
kings, to our princes, and to our
fathers, because we have sinned
against thee. 9 To the Lord our God
belong mercies and forgiveness; ^for
we have rebelled against him; 10
neither have we obeyed the voice
of Jehovah our God, to walk in his
laws, which he set before us by
his servants the prophets. 11 Yea,
all Israel have transgressed thy law,
even turning aside, that they should
not obey thy voice: therefore hath
the curse been poured out upon
us, and the oath that is written in
the law of Moses the servant of
God; for we have sinned against
him. 12 And he hath confirmed
his words, which he spake against
us, and against our judges that
judged us, by bringing upon us a
great evil; for under the whole
heaven hath not been done as hath
been done upon Jerusalem. 13
As it is written in the law of Moses,
all this evil is come upon us: yet
have we not entreated the favor of
Jehovah our God, that we should
turn from our iniquities, and %ave
discernment in thy truth. 14 There-
fore hath Jehovah watched over
the evil, and brought it upon us;
for Jehovah our God is righteous
in all his works which he doeth, and
we have not obeyed his voice. 15
And now, O Lord our God, that
hast brought thy people forth out of
the land of Egypt with a mighty
hand, and hast gotten thee re-
nown, as at this day; we have
sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 O Lord, according to all thy
Mghteousness, let thine anger and
5 Or, though 6 Or, deal wisely ? Hcb. righteousnesses.
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Gabriel brings an Answer. Tlie Seventy Weeks, and the Anointed Prince DANIEL 9.17 10.6
thy wrath, I pray thee, be turned
away from thy city Jerusalem,
thy holy mountain; because for
our sins, and for the iniquities
of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy
people are become a reproach to
all that are round about us. 17
Now therefore, O our God, hearken
unto the prayer of thy servant, and
to his supplications, and cause thy
face to shine upon thy sanctuary
that is desolate, for the Lord's
sake. 18 O my God, incline thine
ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and
behold our desolations, and the
city which is called by thy name :
for we do not ^present our suppli-
cations before thee for our righteous-
nesses, but for thy great mercies'
sake. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord,
forgive; O Lord, hearken and do;
defer not, for thine own sake, O
my God, because thy city and thy
people are called by thy name.
20 And while I was speaking,
and praying, and confessing my
sin and the sin of my people Israel,
and presenting my supplication be-
fore Jehovah my God for the holy
mountain of my God; 21 yea, while
I was speaking in prayer, the man
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the
vision at the beginning, ^being
caused to fly swiftly, ^touched me
about the time of the evening
oblation. 22 And he ^instructed
me, and talked with me, and said,
O Daniel, I am now come forth to
give thee wisdom and understand-
ing. 23 At the beginning of thy
supplications the commandment
went forth, and I am come to tell
thee; for thou art ^greatly be-
loved: therefore consider the mat-
ter, and understand the vision.
24 Seventy weeks are decreed
upon thy people and upon thy holy
city, ^to :finish transgression, and
^to make an end of sins, and to
^make reconciliation for iniquity,
and to bring in everlasting right-
1 Heb. cause to fall. 2 Or, being sore wearied
3 Or, came near unto me ^ Or, made me to understand
6 Or, very precious Heb. precious things.
8 Or, to restrain ? Or, the transgression
8 Another reading if, to seal up. » Or, purge away
eousness, and to seal up vision and
^^prophecy, and to anoint ^Hhe
most holy. 25 Know therefore
and discern, that from the going
forth of the commandment to re-
store and to build Jerusalem unto
^^the anointed one, the prince, shall
be ^^seven weeks, and threescore
and two weeks: it shall be built
again, with street and moat, even
in troublous times. 26 And after
the threescore and two weeks shall
the anointed one be cut off, and
^^shall have nothing : and the people
of the prince that shall come shall
destroy the city and the sanctuary;
and the end thereof shall be with
a flood, and even unto the end shall
be war; desolations are determined.
27 And he shall make a firm cove-
nant with many for one week: and
in the midst of the week he shall
cause the sacrifice and the ^^oblation
to cease; and ^^upon the wing of
abominations shall come one that
maketh desolate; and even unto
the full end, and that determined,
shall wrath be poured out upon the
desolate.
"1 /^ In the third year of Cy-
1 v/ rus king of Persia a thing
was revealed unto Daniel, whose
name was called -Belteshazzar; and
the thing was true, even a great
warfare: and he understood the
thing, and had understanding of
the vision. 2 In those days I,
Daniel, was mourning three whole
weeks. 3 I ate no pleasant bread,
neither came flesh nor wine into
my mouth, neither did I anoint
myself at all, till three whole weeks
were fulfilled. 4 And in the four
and twentieth day of the first
month, as I was by the side of the
great river, which is ^^Hiddekel,
5 I lifted up mine eyes, and looked,
and, behold, a man clothed in
linen, whose loins were girded with
pure gold of Uphaz: 6 his body
10 Heb. prophet. " Or, a most holy place " Heb. Messiah.
" Or, seven weeks: and threescore and two weeks, it shall
be &'c. " Or, there shall be none belonging to him
15 Or, meal-offering
16 Or, upon the pinnacle of abominations shall be b'c.
17 That is, Tigris.
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DANIEL 10.7—11.4
Daniel is terrified by the Vision of a Man. The Man comforts him
also was like the beryl, and his
face as the appearance of lightning,
and his eyes as flaming torches,
and his arms and his feet like
unto burnished brass, and the voice
of his words like the voice of a
multitude. 7 And I, Daniel, alone
saw the vision; for the men that
were with me saw not the vision;
but a great quaking fell upon them,
and they fled to hide themselves.
8 So I was left alone, and saw this
great vision, and there remained no
strength in me; for my comeliness
was turned in me into corruption,
and I retained no strength. 9
Yet heard I the voice of his words;
and when I heard the voice of his
words, then was I fallen into a
deep sleep on my face, with my
face toward the ground.
10 And, behold, a hand touched
me, which ^set me upon my knees
and upon the palms of my hands.
11 And he said unto me, O Daniel,
thou man greatly beloved, under-
stand the words that I speak unto
thee, and stand upright; for unto
thee am I now sent. And when he
had spoken this word unto me, I
stood trembling. 12 Then said
he unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for
from the first day that thou didst
set thy heart to understand, and
to humble thyself before thy God,
thy words were heard : and I am
come for thy words' sake. 13 But
the prince of the kingdom of Per-
sia withstood me one and twenty
days; but, lo, Michael, one of the
chief princes, came to help me:
and I ^remained there with the
kings of Persia. 14 Now I am
come to make thee understand
what shall befall thy people in the
latter days; for the vision is yet
for many days. 15 And when he
had spoken unto me according to
these words, I set my face toward
the ground, and was dumb. 16
And, behold, one in the likeness
of the sons of men touched my
lips: then I opened my mouth,
1 Or, set me tottering upon b'c. - Or, was not needed
and spake and said unto him that
stood before me, O my lord, by
reason of the vision my sorrows
are turned upon me, and I retain
no strength. 17 For how can the
servant of this my lord talk with
this my lord.^^ for as for me, straight-
way there remained no strength
in me, neither was there breath
left in me.
18 Then there touched me again
one like the appearance of a man,
and he strengthened me. 19 And
he said, O man greatly beloved,
fear not: peace be unto thee,
be strong, yea, be strong. And
when he spake unto me, I was
strengthened, and said. Let my
lord speak ; for thou hast strengthen-
ed me. 20 Then said he, Knowest
thou wherefore I am- come unto
thee? and now will I return to
fight with the prince of Persia:
and when I go forth, lo, the prince
of ^Greece shall come. 21 But I
will tell thee that which is in-
scribed in the writing of truth:
and there is none that %oldeth
with me ^against these, but Michael
your prince. 1 And as for me, in
11 the first year of Darius the
1 Mede, I stood up to confirm
and strengthen him.
2 And now will I show thee the
truth. Behold, there shall stand
up yet three kings in Persia; and
the fourth shall be far richer than
they all: and when he is waxed
strong through his riches, ^he shall
stir up all against the realm of
^Greece. 3 And a mighty king
shall stand up, that shall rule with
great dominion, and do according
to his will. 4 And when he shall
stand up, his kingdom shall be
broken, and shall be divided to-
ward the four winds of heaven, but
not to his posterity, nor according
to his dominion wherewith he
ruled; for his kingdom shall be
plucked up, even for others be-
sides these.
3 Heb. Javan. * Heb. strengtheneth himself.
5 Or, concerning these things
6 Or, all this shall stir up the realm.
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The Man tells of coming Conflicts between Persia and Greece DANIEL 11,5 11.22
5 And the king of the south
^shall be strong, and one of his
princes; and he shall be strong
above him, and have dominion; his
dominion shall be a great dominion.
6 And at the end of years they shall
join themselves together; and the
daughter of the king of the south
shall come to the king of the north
to make ^an agreement: but she
shall not retain the strength of her
arm; neither shall he stand, nor
his arm; but she shall be given up,
and they that brought her, and he
that begat her, and he that strength-
ened her in those times.
7 But out of a shoot from her
roots shall one stand up in his
^place, who shall come ^unto the
army, and shall enter into the
fortress of the king of the north,
and shall deal against them, and
shall prevail. 8 And also their
gods, with their ^molten images,
and with their goodly vessels of
silver and of gold, shall he carry
captive into Egypt; and he shall
^refrain some years from the king
of the north. 9 And he shall come
into the realm of the king of the
south, but he shall return into his
own land.
10 And his sons shall war, and
shall assemble a multitude of great
forces, Vhich shall come on, and
overflow, and pass through; and
^they shall return and war, even
to his fortress. 11 And the king
of the south shall be moved with
anger, and shall come forth and
fight with him, even with the king
of the north; and he shall set
former; and he shall come on at
the end of the times, even ^^of
years, with a great army and with
much substance. 14 And in those
times there shall many stand up
against the king of the south: also
the children of the violent among
thy people shall lift themselves up
to establish the vision; but they
shall fall. 15 So the king of the
north shall come, and cast up a
mound, and take ^^a well-fortified
city: and the forces of the south
shall not stand, neither his chosen
people, neither shall there be any
strength to stand. 16 But he that
Cometh against him shall do ac-
cording to his own will, and none
shall stand before him; and he
shall stand in the glorious land,
and in his hand shall be destruc-
tion. 17 And he shall set his
face to come with the strength of
his whole kingdom, and with him
^^equitable conditions; and he shall
perform them: and he shall give
him the daughter of women, ^^to
corrupt her; but ^^she shall not
stand, neither be for him. 18 After
this shall he turn his face unto the
^^sles, and shall take many: but
a ^^prince shall cause the reproach
offered by him to cease; yea, more-
over, he shall cause his reproach
to turn upon him. 19 Then he
shall turn his face toward the for-
tresses of his own land; but he
shall stumble and fall, and shall
not be found.
20 Then shall stand up in his
^place one that shall cause an
exactor to pass through the glory
forth a great multitude, and the of the kingdom; but within few
multitude shall be given into his days he shall be ^Mestroyed, neither
hand. 12 And the multitude shall in anger, nor in battle. 21 And in
^be lifted up, and his heart shall his ^place shall stand up a con-
be exalted; and he shall cast down I temptible person, to whom they
tens of thousands, but he shall not had not given the honor of the
prevail. 13 And the king of the kingdom: but he shall come in
north shall return, and shall set time of security, and shall obtain
forth a multitude greater than the the kingdom by flatteries. 22 And
,^ , ,_ , , , .. ■.. u n ^ ^^ the overwhelming forces shall be
1 Or, shall be strong; but one of hts prtnces shall be <s'c. ^
2 Or, equitable conditions ' Or, office * Or, against '« Or, for " Or, the fortified cities 12 Or. upright ones
6 Or, princes ^ Or, continue more years than &c. i^ Or, to destroy it i* Or, it ^■'' Or, coast-lands
' Or, and he ^ Or, he » Or, be carried away i" Or, captain •' Heb. broken.
969
DANIEL 11.23—11.40
Leagues and Conflicts between the North and South Kingdoms
overwhelmed from before him, and i shall set up the abomination that
shall be broken; yea, also thejmaketh desolate. 32 And such as
prince of Hhe covenant. 23 And do wickedly against the covenant
after the league made with him he
shall work deceitfully; for he shall
come up, and shall become strong,
with a small people. 24 In time
of security shall he come even upon
the fattest places of the province;
and he shall do that which his
fathers have not done, nor his
fathers' fathers; he shall scatter
among them prey, and spoil, and
substance: yea, he shall devise his
devices against the strongholds, even
for a time. 25 And he shall stir
up his power and his courage
against the king of the south with
a great army; and the king of the
south shall war in battle with an
exceeding great and mighty army;
but he shall not stand; for they
shall devise devices against him.
26 Yea, they . that eat of his dain-
ties shall Mestroy him, and his
army shall overflow; and many
shall fall down slain. 27 And as
for both these kings, their hearts
shall be to do mischief, and they
shall speak lies at one table: but
it shall not prosper; for yet the
end shall be at the time appointed.
28 Then shall he return into his
land with great substance; and his
heart shall be against the holy
shall he ^pervert by flatteries; but
the people that know their God
shall be strong, and do exploits.
33 And ^they that are wise among
the people shall instruct many;
yet they shall fall by the sword and
by flame, by captivity and by spoil,
many days. 34 Now when they
shall fall, they shall be helped with
a little help; but many shall join
themselves unto them with flat-
teries. 35 And some of Hhem that
are wise shall fall, to refine them,
and to purify, and to make them
white, even to the time of the end;
because it is yet for the time
appointed.
36 And the king shall do ac-
cording to his will; and he shall
exalt himself, and magnify him-
self above every god, and shall
speak marvellous things against
the God of gods; and he shall
prosper till the indignation be
accomplished; for that which is
determined shall be done. 37
Neither shall he regard the gods
of his fathers, nor the desire of
women, nor regard any god; for
he shall magnify himself above
all. 38 But in his ^place shall he
honor the god of fortresses; and a
covenant; a,nd he shall do his pleas- \ god whom his fathers knew not
ure, and return to his own land. | shall he honor with gold, and sil-
29 At the time appointed he shall j ver, and with precious stones and
return, and come into the south; i pleasant things. 39 And he shall
but it shall not be in the latter
time as it was in the former. 30
For ships of Kittim shall come
against him; therefore he shall be
grieved, and shall return, and have
indignation against the holy cove-
nant, and shall do his pleasure: he
deal with the strongest fortresses
by the help of a foreign god: Vho-
soever acknowledgeth him ^he will
increase with glory; and he shall
cause them to rule over many, and
shall divide the land for a price.
40 And at the time of the end
shall even return, and have regard shall the king of the south ^con
unto them that forsake the holy
covenant. 31 And forces shajfl
stand on his part, and they shall
profane the sanctuary, even the
fortress, and shall take away the
continual burnt-offering, and they
^ Or, his covenant " Heb. break.
tend with him; and the king of
the north shall come against him
like a whirlwind, with chariots,
and with horsemen, and with
3 Heb. make profane. * Or, the teachers of the people
fi Or, the teachers « Or, office
^ Or, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory
8 Or, shall increase glory » Heb. push at.
970
Michael's Help in the Time of Trouble. The Time of the End
many ships; and he shall enter
into the countries, and shall over-
flow and pass, through. 41 He
shall enter also into the glorious
land, and many countries shall be
overthrown; but these shall be
delivered out of his hand: Edom,
and Moab, and the chief of the
children of Ammon. 42 He shall
stretch forth his hand also upon
the countries; and the land of
Egypt shall not escape. 43 But
he shall have power over the treas-
ures of gold and of silver, and over
all the precious things of Egypt;
and the Libyans and the Ethio-
pians shall be at his steps. 44 But
tidings out of the east and out of
the north shall trouble him; and
he shall go forth with great fury
to destroy and ^utterly to sweep
away many. 45 And he shall plant
the tents of his palace ^between
the sea and the glorious holy
mountain; yet he shall come to
his end, and none shall help him.
i Q And at that time shall
1 A^ Michael stand up, the
great prince who standeth for the
children of thy people; and there
shall be a time of trouble, such
as never was since there was a na-
tion even to that same time: and
at that time thy people shall be
delivered, every one that shall be
found written in the book. 2 And
many of them that sleep in the
dust of the earth shall awake, some
to everlasting life, and some to
shame and everlasting ^contempt.
3 And ^they that are wise shall
shine as the brightness of the
firmament; and they that turn
many to righteousness as the stars
for ever and ever. 4 But thou, O
^ Heb. to devote many.
' Or, abhorrence
2 Or, between the seas at
i Or, the teachers
DANIEL 11.41—12.13
Daniel, shut up the words, and
seal the book, even to the time of
the end: many shall run to and fro,
and knowledge shall be increased.
5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and,
behold, there stood other two, the
one on the brink of the river on
this side, and the other on the
brink of the river on that side.
6 And one said to the man clothed
in linen, who was above the waters
of the river. How long shall it be to
the end of these wonders.^ 7 And
I heard the man clothed in linen,
who was above the waters of the
river, when he held up his right
hand and his left hand unto heaven,
and sware by him that liveth for
ever that it shall be for a time, times
and a half; and when they have
made an end of breaking in pieces
the power of the holy people, all
these things shall be finished. 8
And I heard, but I understood not:
then said I, O my lord, what shall be
the ^issue of these things .^^ 9 And
he said. Go thy way, Daniel; for
the words are shut up and sealed
till the time of the end. 10 Many
shall purify themselves, and make
themselves white, and be refined;
but the wicked shall do wickedly;
and none of the wicked shall under-
stand; but ^they that are wise
shall understand. 11 And from
the time that the continual burnt-
offering shall be taken away, and
the abomination that maketh des-
olate set up, there shall be a thou-
sand two hundred and ninety days.
12- Blessed is he that waiteth, and
Cometh to the thousand three hun-
dred and five and thirty days. 13
But go thou thy way till the end
be ; for thou shalt rest, and shalt stand
in thy lot, at the end of the days.
6 Or, latter end
97i
THE BOOK OF
HOSEA
Hosea's Wife and Children of Whoredom. Restoration of Israel and Judah. Unfaithfulness condemned
IThe word of Jehovah
came unto Hosea the son of
Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jot-
ham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of
Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam
the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2 When Jehovah spake at the
first ^by Hosea, Jehovah said unto
that dren of Israel shall be as the sand of
the sea, which cannot be measured
nor numbered; and it shall come
to pass that, ^in the place where it
was said unto them. Ye are not my
people, it shall be said unto them.
Ye are the sons of the living God.
11 And the children of Judah and
Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife the children of Israel shall be
of whoredom and children of whore- gathered together, and they shall
dom; for the land doth commit appoint themselves one head, and
great whoredom, departing from I shall go up from the land; for
Jehovah. 3 So he went and took great shall be the day of Jezreel.
Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; O 1 Say ye unto your brethren,
and she conceived, and bare him a ^ '^Ammi; and to your sisters,
son. 4 And Jehovah said unto him, \ ^Ruhamah.
Call his name Jezreel; for yet ai 2 Contend with- vour mother.
little while, and I will ^avenge the
blood of Jezreel upon the house of
Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of
the house of Israel to cease. 5 And
it shall come to pass at that day,
that I will break the bow of Israel
in the valley of Jezreel. 6 And slie
conceived again, and bare a daugh-
ter. And Jehovah said unto him.
Call her name ^Lo-ruhamah; for I
will no more have mercy upon the
house of Israel, that I should in any
wise pardon them. 7 But I will
have mercy upon the house of
Judah, and will save them by
Jehovah their God, and will not
save them by bow, nor by sword,
nor by battle, by horses, nor by
horsemen. 8 Now when she had
weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived,
and bare a son. 9 And Jehovah said.
Call his name ^Lo-ammi; for ye are
not my people, and I will not be
^your God.
*10 Yet the number of the chil-
1 Or. with 2 Heb. visit.
' That is, That hath not obtained mercy.
* That is, Not my people. » Heb. for you.
* Ch. 2.1 in Heb.
your
contend; for she is not my wife,
neither am I her husband; and let
her put away her whoredoms from
her face, and her adulteries from
between her breasts; 3 lest I strip
her naked, and set her as in the day
that she was born, and make her as
a wilderness, and set her like a dry
land, and slay her with thirst. 4
Yea, upon her children will I have
no mercy; for they are children of
whoredom; 5 for their mother hath
played the harlot; she that con-
ceived them hath done shamefully;
for she said, I will go after my lovers,
that gave me my bread and my
water, my wool and my flax, mine
oil and my ^drink. 6 Therefore,
behold, I will hedge up thy way
with thorns, and I will build a wall
against her, that she shall not find
her paths. 7 And she shall follow
after her lovers, but she shall not
overtake them; and she shall seek
them, but shall not find them: then
shall she say, I will go and return
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• Or, instead of that which was said
7 That is, My people.
s^That is, That hath obtained mercy.
» Heb. drinks.
Jehovah will punish the People's Unfaithfulness
HOSEA 2.8—3.5
to my first husband; for then was
it better with me than now.
8 For she did not know that I
gave her the grain, and the new
wine, and the oil, and multipKed
unto her silver and gold, which
they ^used for Baal. 9 Therefore
will I ^take back my grain in the
time thereof, and my new wine in
the season thereof, and will pluck
away my wool and my flax which
should have covered her nakedness.
10 And now will I uncover her
^lewdness in the sight of her lovers,
and none shall deliver her out of my
hand. 11 I will also cause all her
mirth to cease, her feasts, her new
moons, and her sabbaths, and all
her "^solemn assemblies. 12 And I
will lay waste her vines and her
fig-trees, whereof she hath said,
These are my hire that my lovers
have given me; and I will make
them a forest, and the beasts of the
field shall eat them. 13 And I
will visit upon her the days of the
Baalim, ^unto which she burned
incense, when she decked herself
with her ^earrings and her jewels,
and went after her lovers, and for-
gat me, saith Jehovah.
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure
her, and bring her into the wilder-
ness, and speak ^comfortably unto
her. 15 And I will give her her
vineyards from thence, . and the
valley of ^Achor for a door of hope;
and she shall ^make answer there,
as in the days of her youth, and as
in the day when she came up out of
the land of Egypt. 16 And it shall
be at that day, saith Jehovah, that
thou shalt call me ^^Ishi, and shall
call me no more ^^Baali. 17 For I
will take away the names of the
Baalim out of her mouth, and they
shall no more be ^^mentioned by
their name. 18 And in that day
will I make a covenant for them
1 Or, made into the image of Baal
2 Or, return, and take away ^ Or, shame
* Or, appointed feasts
5 Or, wherein she burned incense to them
« Or, nose-rings ' Heb. to her heart.
8 That is, Troubling. 9 Or, sing
1" That is. My husband. " That is, My master.
12 Or, remembered
with the beasts of the field, and with
the birds of the heavens, and with
the creeping things of the ground:
and I will break the bow and the
sword and the battle out of the land,
and will make them to lie down
safely. 19 And I will betroth thee
unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth
thee unto me in righteousness, and
in justice, and in lovingkindness,
and in mercies. 20 I will even
betroth thee unto me in faithfulness;
and thou shalt know Jehovah.
21 And it shall come to pass in
that day, I will answer, saith Je-
hovah, I will answer the heavens,
and they shall answer the earth;
22 and the earth shall answer the
grain, and the new wine, and the
oil; and they shall answer ^^Jez-
reel. 23 And I will sow her unto
me in the ^^earth; and I will have
mercy upon ^%er that had not
obtained mercy; and I will say to
^^them that were not my people,
Thou art my people; and they
shall say. Thou art my God.
3 And Jehovah said unto me,
Go again, love a woman be-
loved ^^of her friend, and an adul-
teress, even as Jehovah loveth the
children of Israel, though they turn
unto other gods, and ^^love cakes of
raisins. 2 So I bought her to me
for fifteen pieces of silver, and a
homer of barley, and a ^%alf-homer
of barley; 3 and I said unto her.
Thou shalt abide for me many
days; thou shalt not play the harlot,
and thou shalt not be any man's
wife: so will I also be toward thee.
4 For the children of Israel shall
abide many days without king, and
without prince, and without sac-
rifice, and without ^OpiHar, and
without ephod or teraphim: 5 after-
ward shall the children of Israel
return, and seek Jehovah their God,
and David their king, and shall
come with fear unto Jehovah and to
his goodness in the latter days.
13 Or, That is, Whom God soweth. " Or, land ,-
15 Heb. Lo-ruhamah. See ch. 1. 6.
16 Heb. Lo-ammi. See ch. 1. 9, 10.
17 Or, of her husband, yet an b'c. i^ Or, them that love
19 Heb. lethech. "" Or, obelisk
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HOSEA 4.1—5.5
Jehovah's Controversy with Israel. Israel's Apostasy rebuked
4 Hear the word of Jehovah,
ye children of Israel; for Je-
hovah hath a controversy with the
inhabitants o^ the land, because
there is no truth, nor goodness, nor
knowledge of God in the land. 2
There is nought but swearing and
breaking faith, and killing, and
stealing, and committing adultery;
they break out, and blood toucheth
blood. 3 Therefore shall the land
mourn, and every one that dwelleth
therein shall languish, with the
beasts of the field and the birds of
the heavens; yea, the fishes of the
sea also shall be taken away. 4
Yet let no man strive, neither let
any man reprove; for thy people
are as they that strive with the
priest. 5 And thou shalt stumble
in the day, and the prophet also
shall stumble with thee in the night;
and I will destroy thy mother.
^ 6 My people are destroyed for
lack of knowledge: because thou
hast rejected knowledge, ^I will
also reject thee, that thou shalt
be no priest to me: seeing thou
hast forgotten the law of thy God,
I also will forget thy children. 7
As they were multiplied, so they
sinned against me: I will change
their glory into shame. 8 They
feed on the sin of my people, and
set their heart on their iniquity.
9 And it shall be, like people, like
priest; and I. will punish them
for their ways, and will requite
them their doings. 10 And they
shall eat, and not have enough;
they shall play the harlot, and shall
not increase; because they have
left off taking heed to Jehovah.
11 Whoredom and wine and new
wine take away the ^under standing.
12 My people ask counsel at their
stock, and their staff declareth unto
them; for the spirit of whoredom
hath caused them to err, and they
have played the harlot, departing
frorn under their God. 13 They
sacrifice upon the tops of the moun-
1 According to another reading, / have rejected.
2 Heb. heart.
tains, and burn incense upon the
hills, under oaks and poplars and
terebinths, because the shadow
thereof is good: therefore your
daughters play the harlot, and your
^brides commit adultery. 14 I will
not punish your daughters when
they play the harlot, nor your
^brides when they commit adultery^;
for the men themselves go apart with
harlots, and they sacrifice with the
prostitutes; and the people that
doth not understand shall be over-
thrown.
15 Though thou, Israel, play the
harlot, yet let not Judah ^offend;
and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither
go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear,
As Jehovah liveth. 16 For Israel
hath behaved himself stubbornly,
like a stubborn heifer: now will
Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a
large place. 17 Ephraim is joined
to idols; let him alone. 18 ^Their
drink is become sour; they play the
harlot continually; %er 'rulers
dearly love shame. 19 The wind
hath wrapped her up in its ^wings;
and Hhey shall be put to shame
because of their sacrifices.
5 Hear this, O ye priests, and
hearken, O house of Israel, and
give ear, O house of the king; for
^^unto you pertaineth the judgment;
for ye have been a snare at Mizpah,
and a net spread upon Tabor. 2
And the revolters are gone deep
^4n making slaughter; but I am a
^^rebuker of them all. 3 1 know
Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from
me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast
played the harlot, Israel is defiled.
4 ^^Their doings will not suffer them
to turn unto their God; for the
spirit of whoredom is ^Vithin them,
and they know not Jehovah. 5
And the ^^pride of Israel doth
testify to his face: therefore Israel
and Ephraim shall stumble in their
3 Or, daughters-in-law < Or, become guilty
5 Or, Their carouse is over
6 Or, they are given up to love; her rulers are a shame
7 Heb. shields. « Or, skirts
9 Or, as otherwise read, their altars shall be put to shame
10 Or, against you is the judgment " Or, in corruption
12 Heb. rebuke. " Or, They will not frame their doings
" Or, in the midst of i^ Qr, excellency
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Ephraim and Judah expostulated with
iniquity; Judah also shall stumble
with them. 6 They shall go with
their flocks and with their herds to
seek Jehovah; ^ but they shall not
find him: he hath withdrawn him-
self from them. 7 They have dealt
treacherously against Jehovah; for
they have ^borne strange children:
now shall Hhe new moon devour
them with their ^fields.
8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah,
and the trumpet in Ramah: sound
an alarm at Beth-aven; behind
thee, O Benjamin. 9 Ephraim shall
become a desolation in the day of
rebuke: among the tribes of Israel
have I made known that which shall
surely be. 10 The princes of Judah
are like them that remove the land-
mark: I will pour out my wrath
upon them like water. 11 Ephraim
is oppressed, he is crushed in judg-
ment; because he was content to
walk after mans command. 12
^Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a
moth, and to the house of Judah as
rottenness^. 13 When Ephraim saw
his sickness, and Judah saw his
wound, then went Ephraim to As-
syria, and sent to %ing Jareb: but
he is not able to heal you, neither
will he cure you of your wound.
14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a
lion, and as a young lion to the
house of Judah: I, even I, will tear
and go away; I will carry off, and
there shall be none to deliver. 15
I will go and return to my place,
till they ^acknowledge their offence,
and seek my face: in their affliction
they will seek me ^earnestly.
6 Come, and let us return unto
Jehovah; for he hath torn, and
he will heal us; he hath smitten,
and he will bind us up. 2 After two
days will he revive us: on the third
day he will raise us up, and we shall
live before him. 3 And let us know,
let us follow on to know Jehovah:
his going forth is sure as the morn-
ing; and he will come unto us as
HOSEA 5.6—7.5
the rain, as the latter rain that wa-
tereth the earth.
4 O Ephraim, what shall I do
unto thee.? 0 Judah, what shall I
do unto thee.? for your ^goodness
is as a morning cloud, and as the
dew that goeth early away. 5
Therefore have I hewed them by
the prophets; I have slain them by
the words of my mouth: and ^^thy
judgments are as the light that
goeth forth. 6 For I desire ^good-
ness, and not sacrifice; and the
knowledge of God more than burnt-
offerings. 7 But they ^^like ^^Adam
have transgressed the covenant:
there have they dealt treacherously
against me. 8 Gilead is a city of
them that work iniquity; it is
stained with blood. 9 ^^And as
troops of robbers wait for a man, so
the company of priests murder in
the way toward Shechem; yea,
they have committed lewdness. 10
In the house of Israel I have seen a
horrible thing: there v/horedom is
found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest
appointed for thee, when I ^^bring
back the captivity of my people.
7 When I would heal Israel,
then is the iniquity of Ephraim
uncovered, and the wickedness of
Samaria; for they commit false-
hood, and the thief entereth in,
and the troop of robbers ^^ravag-
eth without. 2 And they consider
not in their hearts that I remember
all their wickedness: now have
their own doings beset them about;
they are before my face. 3 They
make the king glad with their
wickedness, and the princes with
their lies. 4 They are all adulterers;
they are as an oven heated by the
baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire,
from the kneading of the dough,
until it be leavened. 5 On the day
of our king the princes made ^^them-
selves sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with
* Or, begotten * Or, a month ' Heb. portions.
* Or, After thee, Benjamin! ^ Or, And I was
" Or, a king that should contend \
7 Or, have borne their guilt 5 Or, earnestly, saying
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9 Or, kindness i" Or, according to another reading, my
11 Or, are as men that have transgressed a covenant
12 Or, men i' Or, And as robbers lying in wail, so b'c.
" Or, return to is Or, maketh a raid i« Or, him
HOSEA 7.6—8.14
Israel's Idolatry and Lawlessness. Punishment for Israel's Infidelity
scoffers. 6 For they have ^made
ready their heart like an oven, while
they He in wait: their baker sleepeth
all the night; in the morning it
burneth as a flaming fire. 7 They
are all hot as an oven, and devour
their judges; all their kings are
fallen: there is none among them
that calleth unto me.
8 Ephraim, he mixeth himself
among the peoples; Ephraim is
a cake not turned. 9 Strangers
have devoured his strength, and
he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs
are %ere and there upon him, and
he knoweth it not. 10 And the
^pride of Israel doth testify to his
face: yet they have not returned
unto Jehovah their God, nor sought
him, for all this. 11 And Ephraim
is like a silly dove, without ^under-
standing : they call unto Egypt, they
go to Assyria. 12 When they shall
go, I will spread my net upon them;
I will bring them down as the
birds of the heavens; I will chas-
tise them, ^as their congregation
hath heard. 13 Woe unto them!
for they have wandered from me;
destruction unto them! for they
have trespassed against me: though
I would redeem them, yet they have
spoken lies against me. 14 And
they have not cried unto me with
their heart, but they howl upon
their beds: they assemble them-
selves for grain and new wine; they
rebel against me. 15 Though I have
^taught and strengthened their arms,
yet do they devise mischief against
me. 16 They return, but not to
him that is on high; they are like a
deceitful bow; their princes shall
fall by the sword for the rage of
their tongue: this shall be their
derision in the land of Egypt.
8'^Set the trumpet to thy
mouth. As an eagle he cometh
against the house of Jehovah, be-
cause they have transgressed my
1 Heb. brought near. 2 Heb. sprinkled.
' Or, excellency * Heb. heart.
' Or, when the report cometh to their congregation
« Or, chastened them
' Or, The trumpet to thy mouth! As an eagle against the
house of Jehovah!
covenant, and trespassed against
my law. 2 They shall cry unto
me, My God, we Israel know thee.
3 Israel hath cast off that which is
good: the enemy shall pursue him.
4 They have set up kings, but not
by me; Hhey have made princes,
and I knew it not: of their silver
and their gold have they made
them idols, that they may be cut
off. 5 He hath cast off thy calf,
O Samaria; mine anger is kindled
against them: how long will it be
ere they attain to innocency.'^ 6
For from Israel is even this; the
workman made it, and it is no God;
yea, the calf of Samaria shall be
broken in pieces. 7 For they sow
the wind, and they shall reap the
whirlwind: ^he hath no standing
grain; the blade shall yield no
meal; if so be it yield, strangers
shall swallow it up.
8 Israel is swallowed up: now
are they among the nations as a
vessel wherein none delighteth. 9
For they are gone up to Assyria,
like a wild ass alone by himself:
Ephraim hath hired ^ ^lovers. 10
Yea, though they hire among the
nations, now will I gather them;
and they ^%egin to be diminished
by reason of the burden of the king
of princes.
11 Because Ephraim hath mul-
tiplied altars for sinning, altars
have been unto him for sinning.
12 I wrote for him the ten thou-
sand things of my law; but they
are counted as a strange thing.
13 As for the sacrifices of mine
offerings, they sacrifice flesh and
eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them
not: now will he remember their
iniquity, and visit their sins; they
shall return to Egypt. 14 For Israel
hath forgotten his Maker, and
builded ^^palaces; and Judali hath
multiplied fortified cities : but I will
send a fire upon his cities, and it
shall devour the ^^castles thereof.
8 Or, they have removed them » Or, it hath no stalk
10 Heb. loves.
11 Or, as otherwise read, shall sorrow a little (or, for a
little while) i- Or, temples " Or, palaces
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Punishment for Israel's Infidelity threatened
HOSEA 9.1—10.5
9 Rejoice not, O Israel, ^for
joy, like the peoples; ^or thou
hast played the harlot, departing
from thy God; thou hast loved hire
upon every grain-floor. 2 The
threshing-floor and the winepress
shall not feed them, and the new
wine shall fail her. 3 They shall
not dwell in Jehovah's land; but
Ephraim shall return to Egypt,
and they shall eat unclean food in
Assyria. 4 They shall not pour out
wine-offerings to Jehovah, ^neither
shall they be pleasing unto him:
their sacrifices shall be unto them
as the bread of mourners; all that
eat thereof shall be polluted; for
their bread shall be for their appe-
tite; it shall not come into the house
of Jehovah. 5 What will ye do in
the day of solemn assembly, and in
the day of the feast of Jehovah .^^
6 For, lo, they are gone away from
destruction; yet Egypt shall
gather them up, Memphis shall
bury them; their pleasant things
of silver, nettles shall possess them;
thorns shall be in their tents. 7
The days of visitation are come, the
days of recompense are come;
Israel shall know it: the prophet is
a fool, the man that hath the spirit
is mad, for the abundance of thine
iniquity, and because the enmity
is great. 8 Ephraim "^was a watch-
man with my God: as for the
prophet, a fowler's snare is in all his
ways, and enmity in the house* of
his God. 9 They have deeply cor-
rupted themselves, as in the days
of Gibeah: he will remember their
iniquity, he will visit their sins.
10 I found Israel like grapes in
the wilderness; I saw your fathers
as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at
its first season: but they came to
Baal-peor, and ^consecrated them-
selves unto the ^shameful thing,
and became abominable like that
which they loved. 11 As for
Ephraim, their glory shall fly
1 Or, unto exultation 2 Or, that
^ Or, neither shall their sacrifices be pleasing unto him:
their bread shall he unto them &€. < Or, waicheth against
' Or, separated « Heb. shame.
away like a bird: there shall be
no birth, and none with child, and
no conception. 12 Though thej^
bring up their children, yet will I
bereave them, so that not a man
shall be left: yea, woe also to them
when I depart from them! 13
Ephraim, ^like as I have seen Tyre,
is planted in a pleasant place: but
Ephraim shall bring out his children
to the slayer. 14 Give them, O
Jehovah — what wilt thou give.^^
give them a miscarrying womb and
dry breasts. 15 All their wicked-
ness is in Gilgal; for there I hated
them: because of the wickedness
of their doings I will drive them out
of my house; I will love them no
more; all their princes are revolters.
16 Ephraim is smitten, their root
is dried up, they shall bear no fruit:
yea, though they bring forth, yet
will I slay the beloved fruit of their
womb. 17 My God will cast them
away, because they did not hearken
unto him; and they shall be wan-
derers among the nations.
1r\ Israel is a luxuriant vine,
v/ that putteth forth his fruit:
according to the abundance of his
fruit he hath multiplied his altars;
according to the ^goodness of their
land they have made goodly ^pil-
lars. 2 ^^Their heart is ^Mivided;
now shall they be found guilty:
he will smite their altars, he will
destroy their ^pillars. 3 Surely
now shall they say. We have no
king; for we fear not Jehovah;
and the king, what can he do for
us.^
4 They speak vain words, ^^swear-
ing falsely in making covenants:
therefore judgment ^^springeth up
as ^%emlock in the furrows of the
field. 5 The inhabitants of Samaria
shall be in terror for the calves of
Beth-aven; for the people thereof
shall mourn over it, and ^^the priests
thereof that rejoiced over it, for the
^ Or, as I have seen, is like Tyre, that is planted b'c.
8 Or, prosperity » Or, obelisks
10 Or, He hath divided their heart ii Or, smooth
12 Or, they swear falsely, they make covenants
13 Or, shall spring up " Heb. rosh. See Dt. 29. IS.
'5 Heb. Chemarim. See 2 K. 23. .').
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HOSEA 10.6 — 11*12 Israel's Sin reaps Retribution. Jehovah yearns over his Wayward People
glory thereof, because it is departed ; i 1 When Israel was a child,
from it. 6 It also shall be carried | 1 1 then I loved him, and called
unto Assyria for a present to king j my son out of Egypt. 2 The more
Jareb : Ephraim shall receive shame, I the prophets called them, the more
and Israel shall be ashamed of his | they went from them : they sacri-
own counsel. 7 ^As for Samaria, \ ficed unto the Baalim, and burned
her king is cut off, as ^foam upon | incense to graven images. 3 Yet I
the water. 8 The high places also of
Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be
destroyed: the thorn and the thistle
shall come up on their altars; and
they shall say to the mountains,
Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
9 O Israel, thou hast sinned ^from
the days of Gibeah: Hhere they
stood; ^the battle against the
children of iniquity doth not over-
take them in Gibeah. 10 When it
is my desire, I will chastise them;
and the peoples shall be gathered
against them, when they are ^bound
'^to their two transgressions. 11
And Ephraim is a heifer that is
taught, that loveth to tread out
the grain', but I have passed
over upon her fair neck: I will
set a rider on Ephraim; Judah
shall plow, Jacob shall break his
clods.
taught Ephraim to walk; ^^I took
them* on my arms; but they knew
not that I healed them. 4 I drew
them with cords of a man, with
bands of love; and I was to them
as they that lift up the yoke on
their jaws; and I laid food before
them.
5 They shall not return into the
land of Egypt; but the Assyrian
shall be their king, because they
refused to return to me. 6 And
the sword shall ^''fall upon their
cities, and shall consume their bars,
and devour them, because of their
own counsels. 7 And my people
are bent on backsliding from me:
though they call them to him that is
on high, none at all wilP^exalt him.
8 How shall I give thee up,
Ephraim.'^ how shall I cast thee off,
Israel.'^ how shall I make thee as
12 Sow to yourselves in right- JAdmah.^ hoio shall I set thee as
eousness, reap according to kind
ness; break up your fallow ground;
for it is time to seek Jehovah, till
he come and ^rain righteousness
upon you. 13 Ye have plowed
wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity;
ye have eaten the fruit of ^lies; for
thou didst trust in thy way, in the
multitude of thy mighty men. 14
Therefore shall a tumult arise
^^among thy ^^people, and all thy
fortresses shall be destroyed, as
Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in
the day of battle : the mother was
dashed in pieces with her children.
15 ^^So shall Beth-el do unto you
because of your great wickedness:
at daybreak shall the king of Israel
be utterly cut off.
1 Or, Samaria is cut off with her king 2 Qr, twigs
» Or, more than in the days
* Or, there have they continued
6 Or, shall not the battle . . . Gibeah? « Or, yoked
7 Or, for 8 Or, teach you righteousness
» Or, faithlessness ^° Or, against n Heb. peoples
M Or, So shall it be done utUo you at Beth-el
Zeboiim.f^ my heart is turned within
me, my compassions are kindled
together. 9 I will not execute the
fierceness of mine anger, I will not
return to destroy Ephraim : for I am
God, and not man; the Holy One
in the midst of thee; and I will not
^^come in wrath. 10 They shaU
walk after Jehovah, who will roar
like a lion; for he will roar, and the
children shall come trembling from
the west. 1 1 They shall come trem-
bling as a bird out of Egypt, and as
a dove out of the land of Assyria;
and I will make them to dwell in
their houses, saith Jehovah.
*12 Ephraim compasseth me
about with falsehood, and the
house of Israel with deceit; ^'but
Judah yet ruleth with God, and
is faithful with the Holy One.
1' Heb. he took them on his arms. " Or, rage against
" Or, lift himself up i« Or, enter into the city
*Ch. 12.1 in Heb.
" Or, and Judah is yet unsledfasl with God, and with
the Holy One who is faithful
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Ephraim's Idolatry condemned
1 O 1 Ephraim feedeth on wind,
1 ^ and followeth after the east
wind: he continually multiplieth
lies and desolation; and they make
a covenant with Assyria, and oil
is carried into Egypt. 2 Jehovah
hath also a controversy with Judah,
and will ^punish Jacob according to
his ways; according to his doings
will he recompense him. 3 In the
womb he took his brother by the
heel; and in his ^manhood he %ad
power with God: 4 yea, he had
power over the angel, and prevailed;
he wept, and made supplication
unto him: he found him at Beth-el,
and there he spake with us, 5 ^even
Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah
is his memorial name. 6 Therefore
turn thou to thy God: keep kind-
ness and justice, and wait for thy
God continually.
7 ^He is ^a trafficker, the bal-
ances of deceit are in his hand:
he loveth to ^oppress. 8 And
Ephraim said, Surely I am become
rich, I have found me wealth :
in all my labors they shall find
in me no iniquity that were sin.
9 But I am Jehovah thy God from
the land of Egypt; I will yet again
make thee to dwell in tents, as in
the days of the solemn "feast. 10
I have also spoken unto the proph-
ets, and I have multiplied visions;
and ^by the ministry of the prophets
have I used similitudes. 11 Is
Gilead iniquity.^ they are altogether
false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bul-
locks; yea, their altars ^are as
heaps in the furrows of the field. 12
And Jacob fled into the field of
Aram, and Israel served for a wife,
and for a wife he kept sheep. 13
And by a prophet Jehovah brought
Israel up out of Egypt, and by a
prophet was he ^ ^preserved. 14
Ephraim hath provoked to anger
most bitterly: therefore shall his
blood be left upon him, and his re-
proach shall his Lord return unto him.
HOSEA 12.1—13.14
1 O When Ephraim "spake,
1 0 there was trembling; he
exalted himself in Israel; but when
he ^^offended in Baal, he died. 2
And now they sin more and more,
and have made them molten images
of their silver, even idols according
to their own understanding, all of
them the work of the craftsmen:
they say of them. Let ^^the men that
sacrifice kiss the calves. 3 There-
fore they shall be as the morning
cloud, and as the dew that passeth
early away, as the chaff that is
driven with the whirlwind out of
the threshing-floor, and as the smoke
out of the chimney.
4 Yet I am Jehovah thy God
from the land of Egypt; and thou
^^shalt know no god but me, and
besides me there is no saviour. 5
I did know thee in the wilderness,
in the land of great drought. 6
According to their pasture, so were
they filled; they were filled, and
their heart was exalted: therefore
have they forgotten me. 7 There-
fore am I unto them as a lion; as a
leopard will I watch by the way;
8 I will meet them as a bear that is
bereaved of her whelps, and will
rend the caul of their heart; and
there will I devour • them like a
lioness; the wild beast shall tear
them.
9 ^^It is thy destruction, O Israel,
^^that thou art against me, against
thy help. 10 Where now is thy
king, that he may save thee in all
thy cities .f^ and thy judges, of whom
thou saidst. Give me a king and
princes .f^ 11 I have given thee a
king in mine anger, and have taken
him away in my wrath. 12 The
iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
his sin is laid up in store. 13 The
sorrows of a travailing woman shall
come upon him: he is an unwise son;
^^for it is time he should not tarry in
the place of the breaking forth of
children. 14 I will ransom them
1 Heb. visit upon. 2 Or, strength
* Or, for Jehovah is the Cod of hosts
5 Or, As for Canaan, the bfc.
« Or, a Canaanite Heb. Canaan.
8 Heb. hy the hand. 9 Or, shall he
' Or, strove
11 Or, spake with trembling b'c. 12 Or, became guilty
j 18 Or, the sacrificers of men " Or, knowest
I 15 Qx, Thou art destroyed, O Israel; for thou b'c.
Or, defraud ! " Or, for in me, in thy help — Or, but in me is thy help
Or, kept ! 17 Or, when it is time, he standeth not in &'c.
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HOSEA 13.15—14.9
Israel entreated to return to Jehovah. Concluding; Admonition
from the ^power of Sheol; I will
redeem them from death: O death,
^where are thy plagues? O Sheol,
^where is thy destruction? repent-
ance shall be hid from mine eyes.
15 Though he be fruitful among
his brethren, an east wind shall
come, the ^breath of Jehovah com-
ing up from the wilderness; and
his spring shall become dry, and
his fountain shall be dried up: %e
shall make spoil of the treasure
of all goodly vessels. *16 Samaria
shall ^bear her guilt; for she hath
rebelled against her God: they
shall fall by the sword; their in-
fants shall be dashed in pieces,
and their women with child shall
be ripped up.
UO Israel, return unto
Jehovah thy God; for thou
hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2
Take with you words, and return
unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take
away all iniquity, and ^accept that
which is good: so will we render as
bullocks the offering of our lips. 3
Assyria shall not save us; we will
1 Heb. hand. "- Or, / will be s Or. wind * Or, it
*Ch. 14.1 in Heb. ^ Or, become desolate
6 Or, receive us graciously
not ride upon horses; neither will
we say any more to the work of our
hands. Ye are our gods; for in thee
the fatherless findeth mercy.
4 I will heal their backsliding,
I will love them freely; for mine
anger is turned away from him.
5 I will be as the dew unto Israel;
he shall blossom as the lily, and cast
forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His
branches shall spread, and his beauty
shall be as the olive-tree, and his
smell as Lebanon. 7 They that
dwell under his shadow shall return ;
they shall revive as the grain, and
blossom as the vine: 'the scent
thereof shall be as the wine of
Lebanon. 8 ^Ephraim shall say,
What have I to do any more
with idols? I have answered, and
will regard him : I am like a
green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit
found.
9 Who is wise, that he may under-
stand these things? prudent, that
he may know them? for the wa\^s
of Jehovah are right, and the just
shall walk in them; but transgres-
sors shall fall therein.
^ Or, his memorial
8 Or, 0 Ephraim, what b-c.
THE BOOK OF
JOEL
A Devastation of the Land by Locusts
IThe word of Jehovah that
came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
2 Hear this, ye old men, and
give ear, all ye inhabitants of the
land. Hath this been in your
days, or in the days of your fa-
thers? 3 Tell ye your children
of it, and let your children tell
their children, and their children
another generation. 4 That which
^the palmer- worm hath left hath Hhe
locust eaten; and that which the lo-
cust hath left hath Hhe canker-
1 Probably, different kinds of locusts, or locusts in
different stages of growth.
worm eaten; and that which the
canker-worm hath left hath ^the
caterpillar eaten.
5 Awake, ye drunkards, and
weep; and wail, all ye drinkers
of wine, because of the sweet
wine; for it is cut off from your
mouth. 6 For a nation is come
up upon my land, strong, and
without number; his teeth are
the teeth of a lion, and he hath
the jaw-teeth of a lioness. 7 He
hath laid my vine waste, and
^barked my fig-tree: he hath made
2 Or, broken
Terribleness of the Visitation
it clean bare, and cast it ^away;
the branches thereof are made white.
8 Lament like a virgin girded
with sackcloth for the husband
of her youth. 9 The meal-offer-
ing and the drink-offering are cut
off from the house of Jehovah;
the priests, Jehovah's ministers,
mourn. 10 The field is laid waste,
the land mourneth; for the grain
is destroyed, the new wine is Mried
up, the oil languisheth. 11 ^Be
confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail,
O ye vinedressers, for the wheat
and for the barley; for the harvest
of the field is perished. 12 The
vine is ^withered, and the fig-tree
languisheth; the pomegranate-tree,
the palm-tree also, and the apple-
tree, even all the trees of the field are
withered: for joy is Hvithered away
from the sons of men.
13 Gird yourselves with sackcloth^
and lament, ye priests; wail, ye
ministers of the altar; come, lie all
night in sackcloth, ye ministers of
my God: for the meal-offering and
the drink-offering are withholden
from the house of your God. 14
Sanctify a fast, call a solemn as-
sembly, gather the ^old men and
all the inhabitants of the land
unto the house of Jehovah your
God, and cry unto Jehovah.
15 Alas for the day! for the
day of Jehovah is at hand, and as
destruction from ^the Almighty shall
it come. 16 Is not the food cut
off before our eyes, yea, joy and
gladness from the house of our God.^^
17 The seeds ^rot under their clods;
the garners are laid desolate, the
barns are broken down; for the
grain is ^withered. 18 How do
the beasts groan ! the herds of cattle
are perplexed, because they have
no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep
^are made desolate. 19 O Jehovah,
to thee do I cry; for the fire hath
devoured the ^pastures of the
wilderness, and the flame hath
1 Or, down ^ Or, ashamed
» Or, The husbandmen are confounded, the vinedressers
wail * Or, elders s Heb. Shaddai. " Or, shrivel
' Or, suffer punishment '^ Or, folds
JOEL 1.8—2.11
burned all the trees of the field. 20
Yea, the beasts of the field pant
unto thee; for the water brooks
are dried up, and the fire hath de-
voured the ^pastures of the wilder-
ness.
2 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion,
and sound an alarm in my
holy mountain; let all the inhabi-
tants of the land tremble: for the
day of Jehovah cometh, for it is
nigh at hand; 2 a day of darkness
and gloominess, a day of clouds
and thick darkness, as the dawn
spread upon the mountains; a
great people and a strong; there
hath not been ever the like, neither
shall be any more after them, even
to the years of many generations.
3 A fire devoureth before them; and
behind them a flame burneth: the
the land is as the garden of Eden be-
fore them, and behind them a deso-
late wilderness; yea, and none
hath escaped them.
4 The appearance of them is
as the appearance of horses; and
as ^horsemen, so do they run.
5 Like the noise of chariots on
the tops of the mountains do they
leap, like the noise of a flame of
fire that devoureth the stubble, as
a strong people set in battle array.
6 At their presence the peoples
are in anguish; all faces are waxed
pale. 7 They run like mighty men;
they climb the wall like men of
war; and they march every one on
his ways, and they break not their
ranks. 8 Neither doth one thrust
another; they march every one in
his path; and ^^they burst through
the weapons, and ^%reak not off
their course. 9 They leap upon the
city; they run upon the wall;
they climb up into the houses;
they enter in at the windows like a
thief. 10 The earth quaketh be-
fore them; the heavens tremble;
the sun and the moon are dark-
ened, and the stars withdraw their
shining. 11 And Jehovah utter-
9 Or, ivar-horses
1" Or, when they fall around the weapons, they d*<;,
11 Or, are not wounded
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A Call to Fasting and Prayer. Jehovah shows Pity and Favor
eth his voice before his army;
for his camp is very great; for he
is strong that executeth his word;
for the day of Jehovah is great
and very terrible; and who can
abide it?
12 Yet even now, saith Jehovah,
turn ye unto me with all your
heart, and with fasting, and with
weeping, and with mourning: 13
and rend your heart, and not your
garments, and turn unto Jehovah
your God; for he is gracious and
merciful, slow to anger, and abun-
dant in lovingkindness, and re-
penteth him of the evil. 14 Who
knoweth whether he will not turn
and repent, and leave a blessing
behind him, even a meal-offering
and a drink-offering unto Jehovah
your God?
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion,
sanctify a fast, call a solemn as-
sembly; 16 gather the people,
sanctify the assembly, assemble the
^old men, gather the children, and
those that suck the breasts; let
the bridegroom go forth from his
chamber, and the bride out of
her closet. 17 Let the priests,
the ministers of Jehovah, weep
between the porch and the altar,
and let them say. Spare thy peo-
ple, O Jehovah, and give not thy
heritage to reproach, that the na-
tions should ^rule over them : where-
fore should they say among the
peoples, Where is their God?
18 Then was Jehovah jealous
for his land, and had pity on
his people. 19 And Jehovah
answered and said unto his people,
Behold, I will send you grain,
and new wine, and oil, and ye
shall be satisfied therewith; and
I will no more make you a re-
proach among the nations; 20 but
I will remove far off from you the
northern army, and will drive it
into a land barren and desolate,
^its forepart ^into the eastern sea,
and its hinder part ^into the west-
1 Or, elders 2 Or, use a byword against them
3 Or, with its forepart * Or, toward
ern sea; and its stench shall come
up, and its ill savor shall come up,
because it hath done great things.
21 Fear not, O land, be glad
and rejoice; for Jehovah hath done
great things. 22 Be not afraid,
ye beasts of the field; for th(^
pastures of the wilderness do spring,
for the tree beareth its fruit, the
fig-tree and the vine do yield their
strength. 23 Be glad then, ye
children of Zion, and rejoice in
Jehovah your God; for he giveth
you the former rain ^in just measure,
and he causeth to come down for you
the rain, the former rain and the
latter rain, ^in the first month. 24
And the floors shall be full of wheat,
and the vats shall overflow with
new wine and oil. 25 And I will
restore to you the years that the
locust hath eaten, the canker-worm,
and the caterpillar, and the palmer-
worm, my great army which I sent
among you. 26 And ye shall eat
in plenty and be satisfied, and shall
praise the name of Jehovah your
God, that hath dealt wondrously
with you; and my people shall never
be put to shame. 27 And ye shall
know that I am in the midst of Israel,
and that I am Jehovah your God,
and there is none else; and my
people shall never be put to shame.
*28 And it shall come to pass
afterward, that I will pour out
my Spirit upon all flesh; and
your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, your old men shall dream
dreams, your young men shall see
visions: 29 and also upon the ser-
vants and upon the handmaids
in those days will I pour out my
Spirit. 30 And I will show wonders
in the heavens and in the earth:
blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into
darkness, and the moon into blood,
before the great and terrible day
of Jehovah cometh. 32 And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall
call on the name of Jehovah
« Or, in (or, for) rigMeouy,iess
6 Or, at the first
*Ch. 3.1 in Heb.
The Nations to be judged, and Judah to be delivered
JOEL 3.1—3.21
shall be delivered; for in mount
Zion and in Jerusalem there shall
be those that escape, as Jehovah
hath said, and ^among the remnant
those whom Jehovah doth call.
*0 For, behold, in those days,
O and in that time, when I
shall ^bring back the captivity of
Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will
gather all nations, and will bring
them down into the valley of
Jehoshaphat; and I will execute
judgment upon them there for
my people and for my heritage
Israel, whom they have scattered
among the nations: and they have
parted my land, 3 and have cast
lots for my people, and have given
a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl
for wine, that they may drink. 4
Yea, and what are ye to me, O
Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions
of Philistia? ^will ye render me a
recompense.'^ and if ye recompense
me, swiftly and speedily will I
return your ^recompense upon your
own head. 5 Forasmuch as ye have
taken my silver and my gold, and
have carried into your temples my
goodly precious things, 6 and have
sold the children of Judah and the
children of Jerusalem unto the
sons of the Grecians, that ye may
remove them far from their border;
7 behold, I will stir them up out of
the place whither ye have sold
them, and will return your ^recom-
pense upon your own head; 8 and
I will sell your sons and your
daughters into the hand of the
children of Judah, and they shall
sell them to the men of Sheba, to
a nation far off: for Jehovah hath
spoken it.
9 Proclaim ye this among the
nations; ^prepare war; stir up
the mighty men; let all the men
of war draw near, let them come
up. 10 Beat your plowshares into
swords, and your pruning-hooks
into spears: let the weak say,
» Or, in the remnant whom b'c. *Ch. 4.1 in Heb.
- Or, return to
^ Or, will ye repay a deed of mine, or will ye do aught j lo That is, the valley of acacias,
unto me? swiftly ^'c. * Or, deed » Heb. sanctify. i " Or, be inhabited 12 Qr, hold as innocent
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I am strong. 11 ^Haste ye, and
come, all ye nations round about,
and gather yourselves together:
thither cause thy mighty ones to
come down, O Jehovah. 12 Let
the nations bestir themselves, and
come up to the valley of '^Jehosha-
phat; for there will I sit to judge
all the nations round about. 13
Put ye in the sickle ; for the
harvest is ripe: come, ^tread ye;
for the winepress is full, the vats
overflow; for their wickedness is
great.
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the
valley of decision ! for the day
of Jehovah is near in the valley
of decision. 15 The sun and
the moon are darkened, and
the stars withdraw their shining.
16 And Jehovah will roar from
Zion, and utter his voice from
Jerusalem; and the heavens and
the earth shall shake: but Jeho-
vah will be a refuge unto his people,
and a stronghold to the children
of Israel. 17 So shall ye know
that I am Jehovah your God,
dwelling in Zion my holy mountain:
then shall Jerusalem be holy, and
there shall no strangers pass through
her any more.
18 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that the mountains shall
drop down sweet wine, and the
hills shall flow with milk, and all
the brooks of Judah shall flow
with waters; and a fountain shall
come forth from the house of Jeho-
vah, and shall water ^Hhe valley
of Shittim. 19 Egypt shall be
a desolation, and Edom shall be a
desolate wilderness, for the vio-
lence done to the children of Judah,
because they have shed innocent
blood in their land. 20 But Judah
shall ^^abide for ever, and Jerusa-
lem from generation to generation.
21 And I will ^^cleanse their blood,
that I have not cleansed: for Jeho-
vah dwelleth in Zion.
6 Or, Assemble yourselves ^ That is, Jehovah judgeth
' Or, vintage » Or, get you down
THE BOOK OF
AMOS
God's Judgments on Neighboring Nations
i The words of Amos, who was
1 among the herdsmen of Tekoa,
which he saw concerning Israel in
the days of Uzziah king of Judah,
and in the days of Jeroboam the
son of Joash king of Israel, two
years before the earthquake.
2 And he said, Jehovah will
roar from Zion, and utter his voice
from Jerusalem; and the ^pastures
of the shepherds shall mourn, and
the top of Carmel shall wither.
3 Thus saith Jehovah: For three
transgressions of Damascus, yea,
for four, I will not ^turn away ^the
punishment thereof; because they
have threshed Gilead with thresh-
ing instruments of iron. 4 But I
will send a fire into the house of
Hazael, and it shall devour the
palaces of Ben-hadad. 5 And I will
break the bar of Damascus, and
cut off ^the inhabitant from the
valley of ^Aven, and him that
holdeth the sceptre from Hhe house
of Eden; and the people of Syria
shall go into captivity unto Kir,
saith Jehovah.
6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three
trangressions of Gaza, yea, for
four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because they
carried away captive ^the whole
people, to deliver them up to
Edom. 7 But I will send a fire
on the wall of Gaza, and it shall
devour the palaces thereof. 8 And
I will cut off the inhabitant from
Ashdod, and him that holdeth the
sceptre from Ashkelon; and I will
turn my hand against Ekron; and
the remnant of the Philistines shall
perish, saith the Lord Jehovah.
' Or, habitations 2 Or, revoke my word
3 Heb. it (and so in ver. 6. 9, &c.).
* Or, him that sitteth on the throne (and so in ver. 8)
* That is. Vanity. 6 Or, Beth-eden
^ Heb. an entire captivity.
9 Thus saith Jehovah: For three
transgressions of Tyre, yea, for
four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because they
delivered up ''the whole people to
Edom, and remembered not Hhe
brotherly covenant. 10 But I will
send a fire on the wall of Tyre,
and it shall devour the palaces
thereof.
1 1 Thus saith Jehovah : For three
transgressions of Edom, yea, for
four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because he
did pursue his brother with th(
sword, and Mid cast off all pity,
and his anger did tear perpetually,
and he kept his wrath for ever.
12 But I will send a fire upon Te-
man, and it shall devour the pal-
aces of Bozrah.
13 Thus saith Jehovah: For
three transgressions of the children
of Ammon, yea, for four, I will
not turn away the punishment
thereof; because they have ripped
up the women with child of Gilead,
that they may enlarge their border.
14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall
of Rabbah, and it shall devour
the palaces thereof, with shouting
in the day of battle, with a tempest
in the day of the whirlwind; 15 and
their king shall go into captivity,
he and his princes together, saith
Jehovah.
2 Thus saith Jehovah : For three
transgressions of Moab, yea, for
four, I will not turn away the pun-
ishment thereof; because he burned
the bones of the king of Edom into
2 But I will send a fire upon
ime.
1
Moab, and it shall devour the
palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall
8 Heb. the covenant of brethren.
» Heb. corrupted his compassions.
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Necessity of prophesying Evil against Israel
AMOS 2.3—3.10
die ^ with tumult, with shouting,
and with the sound of the trumpet;
3 and I will cut off the judge from
the midst thereof, and will slay all
the princes thereof with him, saith
Jehovah.
4 Thus saith Jehovah: For three
transgressions of Judah, yea, for
four, I will not turn away the pun-
ishment thereof; because they have
rejected the law of Jehovah, and
have not kept his statutes, and
their lies have caused them to
err, after which their fathers did
walk. 5 But I will send a fire
upon Judah, and it shall devour the
palaces of Jerusalem.
6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three
transgressions of Israel, yea, for
four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because they
have sold the righteous for silver,
and the needy for a pair of shoes —
7 they that pant after the dust of
the earth on the head of the poor,
and turn aside the way of the
meek: and a man and his father
go unto the same maiden, to pro-
fane my holy name: 8 and they
lay themselves down beside every
altar upon clothes taken in pledge;
and in the house of their God they
drink the wine of such as have
been fined.
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite
before them, whose height was
like the height of the cedars, and
he was strong as the oaks; yet I
j destroyed his fruit from above, and
^his roots from beneath. 10 Also
I brought you up out of the land
of Egypt, and led you forty years
7 in the wilderness, to possess the land
C^i the Amorite. 11 And I raised
up of your sons for prophets, and
of your young men for Nazirites.
Is it not even thus, O ye children of
Israel .f^ saith Jehovah. 12 But ye
gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
and commanded the prophets, say-
ing, Prophesy not.
13 Behold. ^I will press you in
1 Or, / am pressed unacr you, as a cart is pressed that is
full of sheaves
your place, as a cart presseth that
is full of sheaves. 14 And ^flight
shall perish from the swift; and
the strong shall not strengthen his
force; neither shall the mighty
deliver ^limself; 15 neither shall
he stand that handleth the bow;
and he that is swift of foot shall
not deliver himself; neither shall
he that rideth the horse deliver
himself; 16 and he that is cour-
ageous among the mighty shall
flee away naked in that day, saith
Jehovah.
3 Hear this word that Jehovah
hath spoken against you, O
children of Israel, against the
whole family which I brought up
out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 You only have I known of all
the families of the earth: therefore
I will visit upon you all your iniq-
uities. 3 Shall two walk together,
except they have ^agreed .^ 4 Will
a lion roar in the forest, when he
hath no prey.^^ will a young lion
cry out of his den, if he have taken
nothing.^ 5 Can a bird fall in a
snare upon the earth, where no gin
is set for hini.^ shall a snare spring
up from the ground, and have
taken nothing at all.^ 6 Shall the
trumpet be blown in a city, and
the people not be afraid.^ shall evil
befall a city, and Jehovah hath
not done it.f^ 7 Surely the Lord
Jehovah will do nothing, except
he reveal his secret unto his ser-
vants the prophets. 8 The lion
hath roared; who will not fear.^^
The Lord Jehovah hath spoken;
who can but prophesy.^
9 Publish ye '^in the palaces at
Ashdod, and ^in the palaces in
the land of Egypt, and say. Assem-
ble yourselves upon the moun-
tains of Samaria, and behold what
great tumults are therein, and what
oppressions in the midst thereof.
10 For they know not to do right,
saith Jehovah, who store up vio-
- Or, refuge shall fail the swift ' Heb. his soul (or, life).
^ Or, made an appointment ^ Or, upon
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AMOS 3.11—5.2
lence and robbery in their palaces.
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: An adversary there shall
he, even round about the land ; and
he shall bring down thy strength
from thee, and thy palaces shall
be plundered. 12 Thus saith Je-
hovah: As the shepherd rescueth
out of the mouth of the lion two
legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall
the children of Israel be rescued
that sit in Samaria in the corner
of a couch, and ^on the silken
cushions of a bed.
13 Hear ye, and testify against
the house of Jacob, saith the Lord
Jehovah, the God of hosts. 14 For
in the day that I shall visit the trans-
gressions of Israel upon him, I will
also visit the altars of Beth-el;
and the horns of the altar shall be
cut off, and fall to the ground. 15
And I will smite the winter-house
with the summer-house; and the
houses of ivory shall perish, and
^the great houses shall have an
end, saith Jehovah.
4 Hear this word, ye kine of
Bashan, that are in the moun-
tain of Samaria, that oppress the
poor, that crush the needy, that say
unto their lords. Bring, and let us
drink. 2 The Lord Jehovah hath
sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the
days shall come upon you, that
they shall take you away with
hooks, and your residue with
fish-hooks. 3 And ye shall go
out at the breaches, ever}^ one
straight before her; ^and ye shall
cast yourselves into Harmon, saith
Jehovah.
4 Come to Beth-el, and trans-
gress; to Gilgal, and multiply
transgression; and bring your sacri-
fices every morning, and your tithes
every three daj^s; 5 and ^offer a
sacrifice of thanksgiving of that
which is leavened, and proclaim
freewill-offerings and publish them:
for this pleaseth you, O ye children
of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.
1 According to some MSS., in Damascus on a bed.
2 Or, many houses 3 The text is obscure.
* Heb. o.ff'er by burning.
Israel to be punished for his Oppressions
6 And I also have given you
cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
and want of bread in all your places;
yet have ye not returned unto me,
saith Jehovah. 7 And I also have
withholden the rain from you, when
there were yet three months to the
harvest; and I caused it to rain
upon one citj^ and caused it not
to rain upon another city: one
piece was rained upon, and the
piece whereupon it rained not
withered. 8 So two or three cities
wandered unto one city to drink
water, and were not satisfied: yet
have ye not returned unto me, saith
Jehovah. 9 I have smitten you
with blasting and mildew: the
multitude of your gardens and your
vineyards and your fig-trees and
your olive-trees hath the palmer-
worm devoured: yet have ye not
returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
10 I have sent among you the
pestilence after the manner of
Egypt: your young men have I
slain with the sword, ^and have
carried away . your horses; and
I have made the stench of your
camp to come up even into your
nostrils: yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith Jehovah. Ill have
overthrown cities among you, as
when God overthrew Sodom and
Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand
plucked out of the burning: yet
have ye not returned unto me,
saith Jehovah.
12 Therefore thus will I do unto
thee, O Israel; and because I will
do this untQ thee, prepare to meet
thy God, O Israel. 13 For, lo, he
that formeth the mountains, and
createth the wind, and declareth
unto man what is his thought;
that maketh the morning darkness,
and treadeth upon the high places
of the earth — Jehovah, the God of
hosts, is his name.
5 Hear ye this word which I
take up for a lamentation
over you, O house of Israel. 2
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she
5 Heb. with the captivity of your horses.
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Israel entreated to seek Jehovah. The Day of Jehovah
shall no more rise: she 4s cast
down upon her land; there is none
to raise her up. 3 For thus saith
the Lord Jehovah: The city that
went forth a thousand shall have a
hundred left, and that which went
forth a hundred shall have ten
left, to the house of Israel.
4 For thus saith Jehovah unto
the house of Israel, Seek ye me,
and ye shall live; 5 but seek not
Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and
pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal
shall surely go into captivity, and
Beth-el shall ^come to nought. 6
Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live;
lest he break out like fire in the house
of Joseph, and it devour, and there
be none to quench it in Beth-el. 7
Ye who turn justice to wormwood,
and cast down righteousness to
the earth, 8 seek him that maketh
the Pleiades and Orion, and
turneth ^the shadow of death into
the morning, and maketh the day
dark with night; that calleth for
the waters of the sea, and poureth
them out upon the face of the earth
(Jehovah is his name); 9 that
^bringeth sudden destruction upon
the strong, so that destruction
Cometh upon the fortress.
10 They hate him that reprov-
eth in the gate, and they abhor
him that speaketh uprightly. 11
Forasmuch therefore as ye tram-
ple upon the poor, and take ex-
actions from him of wheat: ye
have built houses of hewn stone,
but ye shall not dwell in them;
ye have planted pleasant vine-
yards, but ye shall not drink the
wine thereof. 12 For I know
how manifold are your transgres-
sions, and how mighty are your
sins — ye that afflict the just, that
take a bribe, and that turn
aside the needy in the gate from
their right. 13 Therefore he that
is prudent shall keep silence in
such a time; for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good, and not evil,
* Or, lieth forsaken 2 Qr, becomelvanity (Heb. Avert)
* Or, deep darkness
* Or, causelh destruction to flash forth
AMOS 5.3—5.26
that ye may live; and so Jeho-
vah, the God of hosts, will be
with you, as ye say. 15 Hate
the evil, and love the good, and
establish justice in the gate: _iJL
niay _be that Jehovah, the God
of hosts, will be gracious unto
the remnant of Joseph.
16 "Therefore thus saith Jeho-
vah, the God of hosts, the Lord:
Wailing shall be in all the broad
ways; and they shall say in all
the streets, Alas! alas! and they
shall call the husbandman to mourn-
ing, ^and such as are skilful in
lamentation to wailing. 17 And
in all vineyards shall be wailing;
for I will pass through the midst of
thee, saith Jehovah.
18 Woe unto you that desire the
day of Jehovah! Wherefore would
ye have the day of Jehovah .^^ It is
darkness, and not light. 19 As if
a man did flee from a lion, and a
bear met him; ^or went into the
house and leaned his hand on the
wall, and a serpent bit him. 20
Shall not the day of Jehovah be
darkness, and not light .^^ even very
dark, and no brightness in it.^^
21 I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I Vill take no delight in your
solemn assemblies. 22 Yea, though
ye offer me ^our burnt-offerings
and meal-offerings, I will not ac-
cept them; neither will I regard
the ^peace-offerings of your fat
beasts. 23 Take thou away from
me the noise of thy songs; for I
will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24 But let justice roll down as
waters, and righteousness as a
^ ^mighty stream.
25 Did ye bring unto me sac-
rifices and ^^offerings in the wil-
derness forty years, O house of
Israel.^ 26 Yea, ye ^%ave borne
the tabernacle of your king and the
shrine of your images, the star
of your god, which ye made to
s Heb. and proclaim wailing to such as are skilful in
lamentation. « Or, and ^ Heb. will not smell a savor.
8 Or, burnt-offerings with your meal-offerings
» Or, thank-offerings i" Or, ever-flowing
11 Or, meal-offerings
1'- Or, shall lake up . . . A nd I will cause b'c.
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AMOS 5.27—7.9
yourselves. 27 Therefore will I
cause you to go into captivity
beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah,
whose name is the God of hosts.
6 Woe to them that are at ease
in Zion, and to them that are
secure in the mountain of Samaria,
the notable men of the chief of the
nations, to whom the house of
Israel come! 2 Pass ye unto Calneh,
and see; and from thence go ye to
Hamath the great; then go down to
Gath of the Philistines: are they
better than these kingdoms.^ or is
their border greater than your
border.? 3 — ye that put far away
the evil day, and cause the ^seat of
violence to come near; 4 that lie
upon beds of ivory, and stretch
themselves upon their couches, and
eat the lambs out of the flock,
and the calves out of the midst of
the stall; 5 that sing idle songs to
the sound of the viol; that invent
for themselves instruments of music,
^like David; 6 that drink ^wine in
bowls, and anoint themselves with
the chief oils; but they are not
grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore shall they now go
captive with the first that go cap-
tive; and the revelry of them
that stretched themselves shall pass
away; 8 The Lord Jehovah hath
sworn by himself, saith Jehovah,
the God of hosts: I abhor the
^excellency of Jacob, and hate his
palaces; therefore will I deliver
up the city with all that is therein.
9 And it shall come to pass, if there
remain ten men in one house, that
they shall die. 10 And when a
man's \mcle shall take him up,
even he that burneth him, to bring
out the bones out of the house, and
shall say unto him that is in the
innermost parts of the house. Is
there yet any with thee.? and he
shall say. No; then shall he say.
Hold thy peace; for we may not
make mention of the name of Jeho-
vah. 11 For, behold, Jehovah com-
Luxuriousness and Impiety to be punished
1 Or, sitting
' Heb. in bowls of wine.
* Or, kinsman
■ Or, like David's
Or, pride
mandeth, and ^the great house
shall be smitten with breaches, and
the little house with clefts.
12 Shall horses run upon the
rock.? will one plow there with
oxen.? that ye have turned justice
into gall, and the fruit of right-
eousness into wormwood; 13 ye
that rejoice in a thing of nought,
that say, Have we not taken to
us horns by our own strength.?
14 For, behold, I will raise up
against you a nation, O house of
Israel, saith Jehovah, the God of
hosts; and they shall afflict you
from the entrance of Hamath unto
the brook of the Arabah.
7 Thus the Lord Jehovah showed
me: and, behold, he formed
locusts in the beginning of the
shooting up of the latter growth;
and, lo, it was the latter growth
after the king's mowings. 2 And
it came to pass that, when they
made an end of eating the grass of
the land, then I said, O Lord Je-
hovah, forgive, I beseech thee: how
shall Jacob stand.? for he is small.
3 Jehovah repented concerning this:
It shall not be, saith Jehovah.
4 Thus the Lord Jehovah showed
me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah
called to contend by fire; and
it devoured the great deep, and
would have eaten up the ^land. 5
Then said I, O Lord Jehovah,
cease, I beseech thee: how shall
Jacob stand.? for he is small. 6 Je-
hovah repented concerning this:
This also shall not be, saith the
Lord Jehovah.
7 Thus he showed me: and, be-
hold, the Lord stood ^beside a wall
made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-
line in his hand. 8 And Jehovah
said unto me, Amos, what seest
thou.? And I said, A plumb-line.
Then said the Lord, Behold, I will
set a plumb-line in the midst of
my people Israel; I will not again
pass by them any more; 9 and the
8 Or, he will smile the great house
» Or, upon
Heb. portion.
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Visions of Locusts, Fire, and a Plumb-line
AMOS 7.10—8.14
high places of Isaac shall be deso-
late, and the sanctuaries of Israel
shall be laid waste; and I will rise
against the house of Jeroboam with
the sword.
10 Then Amaziah the priest of
Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of
Israel, saying, Amos hath con-
spired against thee in the midst of
the house of Israel: the land is not
able to bear all his words. 11 For
thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall
die by the sword, and Israel shall
surely be led away captive out of
his land. 12 Also Amaziah said
unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee
thou away into the land of Judah,
and there eat bread', and prophesy
there: 13 but prophesy not again
any more at Beth-el; for it is the
king's sanctuary, and it is a royal
house.
14 Then answered Amos, and
said to Amaziah, I Vas no prophet,
neither Vas I ^a prophet's son;
but I Vas a herdsman, and a
dresser of sycomore-trees : 15 and
Jehovah took me from following
the flock, and elehovah said unto
me. Go, prophesy unto my people
Israel. 16 Now therefore hear
thou the word of Jehovah: Thou
sayest. Prophesy not against Israel,
and drop not thy word against the
house of Isaac; 17 therefore thus
saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be
a harlot in the city, and thy sons
and thy daughters shall fall by the
sword, and thy land shall be divided
by line; and thou thyself shall
die in a land that is unclean, and
Israel shall surely be led away
captive out of his land.
8 Thus the Lord Jehovah showed
me: and, behold, a basket
of summer fruit. 2 And he said,
Amos, what seest thou.^ And I
said, A basket of summer fruit.
Then said Jehovah unto me. The
end is come upon my people Israel ;
I will not again pass by them any
more. 3 And the songs of the
1 Or, am
2 Or, one of the sons of ihe prophets See 1 K. 20. 35.
^temple shall be wailings in that day,
saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead
bodies shall be many ; in every place
''shall they cast them forth with
silence.
4 Hear this, O ye that would
swallow up the needy, and cause
the poor of the land to fail, 5 say-
ing. When will the new moon be
gone, that we may sell grain .'^ and
the sabbath, that we may ^set
forth wheat, making the ephah
small, and the shekel great, and
dealing falsely with balances of
deceit; 6 that we may buy the
poor for silver, and the needy for
a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse
of the wheat .^ 7 Jehovah hath
sworn by the excellency of Jacob,
Surely I will never forget any of
their works. 8 Shall not the land
tremble for this, and every one
mourn that dwelleth therein.? yea,
it shall rise up wholly like the
River; and it shall be troubled and
sink again, like the River of Egypt.
9 And it shall come to pass in that
day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that
I will cause the sun to go down at
noon, and I will darken the earth
in the clear day. 10 And I will
turn your feasts into mourning,
and all your songs into lamenta-
tion; and I will bring sackcloth
upon all loins, and baldness upon
every head; and I will make it as
the mourning for an only son, and
the end thereof as a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come, saith
the Lord Jehovah, that I will send
a famine in the land, not a famine
of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of Jeho-
vah. 12 And they shall wander
from sea to sea, and from the north
even to the east; they shall run to
and fro to seek the word of Jeho-
vah, and shall not find it. 13 In
that day shall the fair virgins and
the young men faint for thirst.
14 They that swear by the sin of
Samaria, and say, As thy god, O
3 Or, palace
5 Heb. open.
^ Or, have they cast them forth: be silent!
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AMOS 9.1—9.15
Dan, liveth; and, As the Vay of
Beer-sheba liveth; they shall fall,
and never rise up again.
9 1 saw the Lord standing ^be-
side the altar: and he said,
Smite the capitals, that the thresh-
olds may shake; and break them
in pieces on the head of all of
them; and I will slay the last of
them with the sword: ^there shall
not one of them flee away, and
there shall not one of them escape.
2 Though they dig into Sheol,
thence shall my hand take them;
and though they climb up to heaven,
thence will I bring them down.
3 And though they hide themselves
in the top of Carmel, I will search
and take them out thence; and
though they be hid from my sight
in the bottom of the sea, thence will
I command the serpent, and it shall
bite them. 4 And though they
go into captivity before their
enemies, thence will I command the
sword, and it shall slay them: and I
will set mine eyes upon them for
evil, and not for good.
5 For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts,
is he that toucheth the land and it
melteth, and all that dwell therein
shall mourn; and it shall rise up
wholly like the River, and shall
sink again, like the River of Egypt;
6 it is he that buildeth his chambers
in the heavens, and hath founded
his vault upon the earth; he that
calleth for the waters of the sea,
and poureth them out upon the
face of the earth; Jehovah is his
name.
7 Are ye not as the children of
the Ethiopians imto me, O chil-
dren of Israel.^ saith Jehovah.
Have not I brought up Israel out
J Or, manner 2 Or, upon
3 Or, he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that
escapeth of them shall not be delivered
The Final Restoration of God's People
of the land of Egypt, and the
Philistines from Caphtor, and the
Syrians from Kir.'^ 8 Behold, the
eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon
the sinful kingdom, and I will
destroy it from off the face of the
earth; save that I will not utterly
destroy the house of Jacob, saith
Jehovah. 9 For, lo, I will command,
and I will "^sift the house of Israel
among all the nations, like as
grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall
not the least kernel fall upon the
earth. 10 All the sinners of my
people shall die by the sword, who
say, The evil shall not overtake nor
meet us.
11 In that daj^ will I raise up
the tabernacle of David that is
fallen, and close up the breaches
thereof; and I will raise up its
ruins, and I will build it as in the
days of old; 12 that they may
possess the remnant of Edom, and
all the nations that ^are called by
my name, saith Jehovah that doeth
this. 13 Behold, the days come,
saith Jehovah, that the plowman
shall overtake the reaper, and the
treader of grapes him that soweth
seed; and the mountains shall
drop sweet wine, and all the hills
shall melt. 14 And I will ^bring
back the captivity of my people
Israel, and they shall build the
waste cities, and inhabit them;
and they shall plant vineyards,
and drink the wine thereof; they
shall also make gardens, and eat
the fruit of them. 15 And I will
plant them upon their land, and
they shall no more be plucked up
out of their land which I have
given them, saith Jehovah thy
God.
* Heb. cause to move to and fro.
6 Or, return to
5 Or, were
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THE BOOK OF
OBADI AH
The Pride of Edom shall be humbled
1 The vision of Obadiah.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah
concerning Edom: We have heard
tidings from Jehovah, and an am-
bassador is sent among the nations,
saying. Arise ye, and let us rise up
against her in battle. 2 Behold, I
have made thee small among the
nations: thou art greatly despised.
3 The pride of thy heart hath
deceived thee, O thou that dwellest
in the clefts of ^the rock, whose
habitation is high; that saith in his
heart, Who shall bring me down
to the ground? 4 Though thou
mount on high as the eagle, and
though thy nest be set among the
stars, I will bring thee down from
thence, saith Jehovah.
5 If thieves came to thee, if
robbers by night (how art thou cut
off!), would they not steal only till
they had enough .^^ if grape-gatherers
came to thee, would they not leave
some gleaning grapes.^ 6 How are
Hhe things of Esau searched ! how are
his hidden treasures sought out! 7
All the men of thy confederacy have
^brought thee on thy way, even to
the border: the men that were at
peace with thee have deceived thee,
and prevailed against thee; Hhey
that eat thy bread lay a ^snare under
thee: there is no understanding ^in
him. 8 Shall I not in that day, saith
Jehovah, destroy the wise men out
of Edom, and understanding out of
the mount of Esau.^ 9 And thy
mighty men, O Teman, shall be
dismayed, to the end that every
one may be cut off from the mount
of Esau by slaughter.
10 For the violence done to thy
Her Wicked Joy in Israel's Distress. Israel shall be exalted
brother Jacob, shame shall cover
thee, and thou shalt be cut off for
ever. 11 In the day that thou
stoodest ^on the other side, in the
day that strangers carried away his
^substance, and foreigners entered
into his gates, and cast lots upon
Jerusalem, even thou wast as one
of them. 12 But look not thou on
the day of thy brother in ^the day
of his disaster, and rejoice not over
the children of Judah in the day
of their destruction; neither speak
proudly in the day of distress. 13
Enter not into the gate of my people
in the day of their calamity; yea,
look not thou on their affliction in
the day of their calamity, neither
lay ye hands on their substance in
the day of their calamity. 14 And
stand thou not in the crossway, to
cut off those of his that escape; and
deliver not up those of his that
remain in the day of distress.
15 For the day of Jehovah is
near upon all the nations: as thou
hast done, it shall be done unto
thee; thy ^Mealing shall return
upon thine own head. 16 For as ye
have drunk upon my holy moun-
tain, so shall all the nations drink
continually; yea, they shall drink,
and ^^swallow down, and shall be
as though they had not been.
17 But in mount Zion there
shall be those that escape, and it
shall be holy; and the house of
Jacob shall possess their possessions.
18 And the house of Jacob shall be
a fire, and the house of Joseph a
flame, and the house of Esau for
stubble, and they shall burn among
them, and devour them; and there
8 Or, forces
1 Or, Seta 2 Or, the men 3 Or, driven thee out 7 Or, aloof ^.,j^.^^.
* Or, thy bread they make b'c. s Qr, wound 9 Or, the day that he was made a stranger
^ Or, of it I 10 Or, recompense 'i Or, talk foolishly
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OBADIAH
shall not be any remaining to the
house of Esau; for Jehovah hath
spoken it. 19 And they of the
South shall possess the mount of
Esau, and they of the lowland the
Philistines; and they shall possess
the field of Ephraim, and the field of
Samaria; and Benjamin shall pos-
sess Gilead. 20 And the captives
of this %ost of the children of
1 Or, fortress
Israel shall be exulted
Israel, Hhat are among the Ca-
naanites, shall possess even unto
Zarephath; and the captives of
Jerusalem, that are in Sepharad,
shall possess the cities of the South.
21 And saviours shall come up on
mount Zion to judge the mount of
Esau; and the kingdom shall be
Jehoyah's.
- Or, shall possess that which belongeth to the Canaanites,
even b'c. Or, that are among the Canaanites, even unto
Zarephath, and &c.
THE BOOK OF
JONAH
Jonah, sent by Qod to Nineveh, flees to Tarshish. The Tempest
INow the word of Jehovah
came unto Jonah the son of
Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to
Nineveh, that great city, and cry
against it; for their wickedness is
come up before me. 3 But Jonah
rose up to flee unto Tarshish from
the presence of Jehovah; and he
went down to Joppa, and found a
ship going to Tarshish: so he paid
the fare thereof, and went down
into it, to go with them unto
Tarshish from the presence of Je-
hovah.
4 But Jehovah ^sent out a great
wind upon the sea, and there was
a mighty tempest on the sea, so
that the ship was like to be broken.
5 Then the mariners were afraid,
and cried every man unt.oJiis goj;
and they cast forth the wares that
were in the ship into the sea, to
lighten it unto them. But Jonah
was gone down into the innermost
parts of the ship; and he lay, and
was fast asleep. 6 So the ship-
master came to him, and said unto
him. What meanest thou, O sleeper.?
arise, call upon thy God, if so be
that God will think upon us, that
we perish not. 7 And they said
every one to his fellow, Come, and
1 Or, hurled
let us cast lots, that we may know
for whose cause this evil is upon us.
So they cast lots, and the lot fell
upon Jonah. 8 Then said they
unto him. Tell us, we pray thee,
for whose cause this evil is upon
us; what is thine occupation .^^ and
whence cometh thou.'' what is thy
country.'^ and of what people art
thou.f^ 9 And he said unto them,
I am a Hebrew; and I fear Jehovah,
the God of heaven, who hath made
the sea and the dry land. 10 Then
were the men exceedingly afraid,
and said unto him, What is this
that thou hast done.^^ For the men
knew that he was fleeing from the
presence of Jehovah, because he
had told them.
11 Then said they unto him,
What shall we do unto thee, that
the sea may be calm unto us.? for
the sea grew more and more tem-
pestuous. 12 And he said unto
them. Take me up, and cast me
forth into the sea; so shall the sea
be calm unto you: for I know that
for my sake this great tempest is
upon you. 13 Nevertheless the
men rowed hard to get them back
to the land; but they could
not: for the sea grew more and
more tempestuous against them.
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Jonah is cast overboard, and is swallowed by a Fish. His Prayer
JONAH 1.14—3.10
I 14 Wherefore they cried unto Jeho-
vah, and said, We beseech thee, O
Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us
not perish for this man's life, and
lay not upon us innocent blood; for
thou, O Jehovah, hast done as it
pleased thee. 15 So they took
up Jonah, and cast him forth into
the sea; and the sea ceased from
its raging. 16 Then the men
feared Jehovah exceedingly; and
tJiey offered a sacrifice unto Jeho-
vah, and made vows.
"**" *17 And Jehovah prepared a
great fish to swallow up Jonah;
and Jonah was in the belly of the
fish three days and three nights.
21 Then Jonah prayed unto
Jehovah his God out of the
fish's belly. 2 And he said,
I called ^by reason of mine
affliction unto Jehovah,
And he answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol cried I,
And thou heardest my voice.
3 For thou didst cast me into the
depth, in the heart of the
seas.
And the flood was round about
me;
All thy waves and thy billows
passed over me.
4 And I said, I am cast out from
before thine eyes;
Yet I will look again toward
thy holy temple.
5 The waters compassed me about,
even to the soul;
The deep was round about me;
The weeds were wrapped about
my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms
of the mountains;
The earth with its bars closed
' upon me for ever:
Yet hast thou brought up my
life from ^the pit, O Jeho-
vah my God.
7 When my soul fainted within
me, I remembered Jehovah;
And my prayer came in unto
thee, into thy holy temple.
8 They that regard lying vanities
Forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee
with the voice of thanks-
giving;
I will pay that which I have
vowed.
Salvation is of Jehovah.
10 And Jehovah spake unto the
fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon
the dry land.
3 And the word of Jehovah
came unto Jonah the second
time, saying, 2 Arise, go unto
Nineveh, that great city, and
^preach unto it the preaching that
I bid thee. 3 So Jonah arose, and
went unto Nineveh, according to
the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh'
was ^an exceeding great city, of
three days' journey. 4 And Jonah
began to enter into the city a day's
journey, and he cried, and said. Yet
forty days, and Nineveh shall be
overthrown.
5 And the people of Nineveh be-
lieved God; and they proclaimed
a fast, and put on sackcloth, from
the greatest of them even to the
least of them. 6 ^And the tidings
reached the king of Nineveh, and
he arose from his throne, and laid
his robe from him, and covered him
with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 And he made proclamation and
^published through Nineveh by the
decree of the king and his nobles,
saying, Let neither man nor beast,
herd nor flock, taste anything; let
them not feed, nor drink water;
8 but let them be covered with sack-
cloth, both man and beast, and let
them cry mightily unto God: yea,
let them turn every one from his
evil way, and from the violence that
is in his hands. 9 Who knoweth
whether God will not turn and
repent, and turn away from his
fierce anger, that we perish not.^^ 10
And God saw their works, that they
turned from their evil way; and
'\ God repented of the evil which he
*Ch. 2.1 inHeb.
2 Or, corruption
32
1 Or, out of mine affliction
3 Or, cry * Heb. a city great unto God.
5 Or, For word came unto the king b'c. « Heb. said.
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JONAH 4.1—4.11
said he would do unto them; and
he did it not.
4 But it displeased Jonah ex-
ceedingly, and he was angry.
2 And he prayed unto Jehovah,
and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah,
was not this my saying, when I
was yet in my country? Therefore
I lasted to flee unto Tarshish;
for I knew that thou art a gracious
God, and merciful, slow to anger,
and abundant in lovingkindness,
and repentest thee of the evil. 3
Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I
beseech thee, my life from me; for
it is better for me to die than to
live. 4 And Jehovah said, ^Doest
thou well to be angry? 5 Then
Jonah went out of the city, and sat
on the east side of the city, and
there made him a booth, and
sat under it in the shade, till he
might see what would become of
the city.
6 And Jehovah God prepared a
^gourd, and made it to come up
' Or, was beforehand tn fleeing
2 Or, Art thou greatly angry?
' Or, Palma Christi Heb. kikayon,
The Lesson of the Qourd
over Jonah, that it might be a shade
over his head, to deliver him from
his evil case. So Jonah was ex-
ceeding glad because of the gourd.
7 But God prepared a worm when
the morning rose the next day, and
it smote the gourd, that it withered.
8 And it came to pass, when the sun
arose, that God prepared a sultry
east wind; and the sun beat upon
the head of Jonah, that he fainted,
and requested for himself that he
might die, and said. It is better for
me to die than to live. 9 And God
said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be
angry for the gourd? And he said,
I do well to be angry, even unto
death. 10 And Jehovah said, Thou
hast had regard for the gourd, for
which thou hast not labored, neither
madest it grow; which came up in a
night, and perished in a night:
II and should not I have regard
for Nineveh, that great city, where-
in are more than sixscore thousand
persons that cannot discern between
their right hand and their left hand;
and also much cattle?
THE BOOK OF
M ICAH
Destruction denounced against Israel and Judah. The Coming Desolation lamented
IThe word of Jehovah that
came to Micah the Morashtite
in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and
Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he
saw concerning Samaria and Jeru-
salem.
2 Hear, ye peoples, all of you;
hearken, O earth, and ^all that
therein is: and let the Lord Jeho-
vah be witness ^against you, the
Lord from his holy templel! 3 For,
behold, Jehovah cometh forth out
of his place, and will come down,
and tread upon the high places of
the earth. 4 And the mountains
1 Heb. the fulness thereof.
2 Or, among
shall be melted under him, and the
valleys shall be cleft, as wax before
the fire, as waters that are poured
down a steep place. 5 For the trans-
gression of Jacob is all this, and for
the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the transgression of . Ja-
cob? is it not Samaria? and what
are the high places of Judah? are
they not Jerusalem? 6 Therefore
I will make Samaria as a heap of the
field, and as places for planting vine-
yards; and I will pour down the
stones thereof into the valley, and I
will uncover the foundations there-
of. 7 And all her graven images
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Woe to Greedy Oppressors. Like People, like Prophet
MIGAH 1.8—2.13
shall be beaten to pieces, and all her
hires shall be burned with fire, and
all her idols will I lay desolate; for
of the hire of a harlot hath she
gathered them, and unto the hire
of a harlot shall they return.
8 For this will I lament and
wail; I will go stripped and naked;
I will make a wailing like the jackals,
and a lamentation like the ostriches.
9 For her wounds are incurable; for
it is come even unto Judah; it
reacheth unto the gate of my people,
even to Jerusalem. 10 Tell it not in
Gath, weep not at all: at ^Beth-
le-aphrah ^have I rolled myself in
the dust. 11 Pass away, O ^in-
habitant of Shaphir, in naked-
ness and shame: the ^inhabitant
of Zaanan is not come forth; the
wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from
you the ^stay thereof. 12 For the
^inhabitant of Maroth ^waiteth
anxiously for good, because evil is
come down from Jehovah unto the
gate of Jerusalem. 13 Bind the
chariot to the swift steed, O ^in-
habitant of Lachish: she was the
beginning of sin to the daughter of
Zion; for the transgressions of
Israel were found in thee. 14 There-
fore shalt thou give a parting gift
to Moresheth-gath: the houses of
Achzib shall be % deceitful thing
unto the kings of Israel. 15 I will
yet bring unto thee, O ^inhabitant
of Mareshah, him that shall possess
thee: the glory of Israel shall come
even unto AduUam. 16 Make thee
bald, and cut off thy hair for the
children of thy delight: enlarge thy
baldness as the ^eagle; for they are
gone into captivity from thee.
2 Woe to them that devise
iniquity and work evil upon
their beds! when the morning is
light, they practise it, because it is
in the power of their hand. 2 And
they covet fields, and seize them;
and houses, and take them away:
and they oppress a man and his
1 That is, A house of dust.
2 Another reading is, roll thyself ^ Heb. inhabitress.
* Or, standing- place ^ Or, is in travail for
6 Heb. achzab. ' Or, vulture
house, even a man and his heritage.
3 Therefore thus saith Jehovah:
Behold, against this family do I
devise an evil, from which ye shall
not remove your necks, neither
shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an
evil time. 4 In that day shall they
take up a parable against you, and
lament ^with a doleful lamentation,
and say. We are utterly ruined: he
changeth the portion of my people:
how doth he ^remove it from me!
to the rebellious he divideth our
fields. 5 Therefore thou shalt have
none that shall cast the line by lot
in the assembly of Jehovah.
6 ^ ^Prophesy ye not, thus they
prophesy. They shall not proph-
esy ^^to these: reproaches shall not
depart. 7 ^^Shall it be said, O house
of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah
^^straitened.^ are these his doings.^
Do not my words do good to him
that walketh uprightly.^ 8 But ^^of
late my people is risen up as an
enemy: ye strip the robe from off
the garment from them that pass
by securely as men averse from war.
9 The women of my. people ye
cast out from their pleasant houses;
from their young children ye take
away my glory for ever. 10 Arise
ye, and depart; for this is not your
resting-place; because of unclean-
ness that destroyeth, even with a
grievous destruction. 11 If a man
walking ^^in a spirit of falsehood do
lie, saying, I will prophesy unto
thee of wine and of strong drink;
he shall even be the prophet of this
people.
12 I will surely assemble, O
Jacob, all of thee; I will surely
gather the remnant of Israel; I
will put them together as the sheep
of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst
of their pasture; they shall make
great noise by reason of the mul-
titude of men. 13 The breaker is
8 Or, with the lamentation, It is done; and say b'c.
» Or, depart from
10 Or, Prophesy ye not, they are ever prophesying, say
they Heb. Drop b'c. See Am. 7. 16.
" Or, of these things: their reproaches never cease
12 Or, O thou that art named the house of Jacob
13 Or, impatient Heb. shortened.
" Heb. yesterday. ^^ Or, in wind and falsehood
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MICAH 3.1—4.8
Wicked Rulers, Priests, and Prophets denounced
gone up before them: they have
broken forth and passed on to the
gate, and are gone out thereat;
and their king is passed on before
them, and Jehovah at the head of
them.
3 And I said, Hear, I pray
you, ye heads of Jacob, and
rulers of the house of Israel: is it
not for you to know justice? 2 ye
who hate the good, and love the
evil; who pluck off their skin from
off them, and their flesh from off
their bones; 3 who also eat the
flesh of my people, and flay their
skin from off them, and break- their
bones, and chop them in pieces, as
for the pot, and as flesh within the
caldron. 4 Then shall they cry
unto Jehovah, but he will not
answer them; yea, he will hide his
face from them at that time, accord-
ing as they have wrought evil in
their doings.
5 Thus saith Jehovah concerning
the prophets that make my peo-
ple to err; that bite with their
teeth, and cry. Peace; and whoso
putteth not into their mouths,
they even ^prepare war against
him: 6 Therefore it shall be night
unto you, that ye shall have no
vision; and it shall be dark unto
you, that ye shall not divine; and
the sun shall go down upon the
prophets, and the day shall be
black over them. 7 And the seers
shall be put to shame, and the
diviners confounded; yea, they shall
all cover their lips; for there is no
answer of God. 8 But as for me, I
am full of power ^by the Spirit of
Jehovah, and of judgment, and of
might, to declare unto Jacob his
transgression, and to Israel his sin.
9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads
of the house of Jacob, and rulers of
the house of Israel, that abhor jus-
tice, and pervert all equity. 10
They build up Zion with blood, and
Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 The
heads thereof judge for reward, and
the priests thereof teach for hire.
^ Heb. sanctify.
2 Or, even the Spirit
and the prophets thereof divine for
money: yet they lean upon Jehovah,
and say. Is not Jehovah in the
midst of us.^ no evil shall come upon
us. 12 Therefore shall Zion for your
sake be plowed as a field, and Je-
rusalem shall become heaps, and
the mountain of the house as the
high .places of a forest.
4 But in the latter days it
shall come to pass, that the
mountain of Jehovah's house shall
be established ^on the top of the
mountains, and it shall be exalted
above the hills; and peoples shall
flow unto it. 2 And many nations
shall go and say. Come ye, and let
us go up to the mountain of Jeho-
vah, and to the house of the God of
Jacob; and he will teach us of his
ways, and we will walk in his paths.
For out of Zion shall go forth Hhe
law, and the word of Jehovah from
Jerusalem; 3 and he will judge
^between ^many peoples, and will
decide concerning strong nations
afar off: and they shall beat their
swords into plowshares, and their
spears into pruning-hooks ; nation
shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither shall they learn
war any more. 4 But they shall
sit every man under his vine and
under his fig-tree; and none shall
make them afraid: for the mouth
of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken
it. 5 For all the peoples walk
every one in the name of his
god; and we will walk in the
name of Jehovah our God for ever
and ever.
6 In that day, saith Jehovah,
will I assemble that which is lame,
and I will gather that which is
driven away, and that which I have
afflicted; 7 and I will make that
which was lame a remnant, and
that which was cast far off a strong
nation: and Jehovah will reign over
them in mount Zion from henceforth
even for ever. 8 And thou, O tower
of "the flock, ^the hill of the daugh-
3 Or, at the head
* Or, among
7 Or, Eder See Gen. 35. 21.
< Or, instruction
6 Or, great
8 Heb. Ophel
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Reign of the Deliverer who comes from Bethlehem
MICAH 4.9—5.15
ter of Zion, unto thee shall it come,
yea, the former dominion shall
come, the kingdom of the daughter
of Jerusalem.
9 Now why dost thou cry out
aloud? Is there no king in thee,
is thy counsellor perished, that
pangs have taken hold of thee as
of a woman in travail? 10 Be in
pain, and labor to bring forth, O
daughter of Zion, like a woman in
travail; for now shalt thou go
forth out of the city, and shalt
dwell in the field, and shalt come
even unto Babylon: there shalt
thou be rescued; there will Jeho-
vah redeem thee from the hand of
thine enemies. 11 And now many
nations are assembled against thee,
that say. Let her be defiled, and
let our eye ^see our desire upon
Zion. 12 But they know not the
thoughts of Jehovah, neither un-
derstand they his counsel; for he
hath gathered them as the sheaves
to the threshing-floor. 13 Arise
and thresh, O daughter of Zion;
for I will make thy horn iron, and
I will make thy hoofs brass; and
thou shalt beat in pieces many
peoples: and I will devote their
gain unto Jehovah, and their sub-
stance unto the Lord of the whole
*^ earth. 1 Now shalt thou
^ gather thyself in troops, O
daughter of troops: he hath laid
siege against us; they shall smite
the judge of Israel with a rod upon
the cheek.
t2 But thou, Beth-lehem Eph-
rathah, which art little to be among
the ^thousands of Judah, out of thee
shall one come forth unto me that
is to be ruler in Israel; whose
goings forth are from of old, ^from
everlasting. 3 Therefore will he
give them up, until the time that
she who travaileth hath brought
forth: then the residue of his breth-
ren shall return ^unto the children
of Israel. 4 And he shall stand, and
shall feed his flock in the strength
1 Or, gaze upon
tCh. 5.1 inHeb.
3 Or, from ancient days
*Ch. 4.14 inHeb.
" Or, families See Judg.
^ Or, with
15.
of Jehovah, in the majesty of the
name of Jehovah his God: and
they shall abide; for now shall he
be great unto the ends of the earth.
5 And this man shall be our peace.
When the Assyrian shall come into
our land, and when he shall tread
in our palaces, then shall we raise
against him seven shepherds, and
eight ^principal men. 6 And they
shall waste the land of Assyria with
the sword, and the land of Nimrod
in the entrances thereof: and he
shall deliver us from the Assyrian,
when he cometh into our land, and
when he treadeth within our bor-
der. 7 And the remnant of Jacob
shall be in the midst of many peo-
ples as dew from Jehovah, as
showers upon the grass, that tarry
not for man, nor wait for the sons
of men. 8 And the remnant of
Jacob shall be among the nations,
in the midst of many peoples, as a
lion among the beasts of the forest,
as a young lion among the flocks of
sheep; who, if he go through,
treadeth down and teareth in pieces,
and there is none to deliver. 9 Let
thy hand be lifted up above thine
adversaries, and let all thine enemies
be cut off.
10 And it shall come to pass in
that day, saith Jehovah, that I
will cut off thy horses out of the
midst of thee, and will destroy
thy chariots: 11 and I will cut off
the cities of thy land, and will
throw down all thy strongholds.
12 And I will cut off witchcrafts
out of thy hand; and thou shalt
have no more soothsayers: 13 and
I will cut off thy graven images
and thy ^pillars out of the midst
of thee; and thou shalt no more
worship the work of thy hands;
14 and I will pluck up thine Ashe-
rim out of the midst of thee; and I
will destroy thy ^cities. 15 And I
will execute vengeance in anger
and wrath upon the nations ^which
hearkened not.
6 Or, princes among men ^ Or, obelisks
' Or, enemies * Or, such as they have not heard
997
MICAH 6.1—7.6
6 Hear ye now what Jehovah
saith: Arise, contend thou
before the mountains, and let the
hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear, O
ye mountains, Jehovah's contro-
versy, and ye enduring founda-
tions of the earth; for Jehovah
hath a controversy with his people,
and he will contend with Israel.
3 O my people, what have I done
unto thee.? and wherein have I
wearied thee.? testify against me.
4 For I brought thee up out of the
land of Egypt, and redeemed thee
out of the house of bondage; and I
sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and
Miriam. 5 O my people, remember
now what Balak king of Moab de-
vised, and what Balaam the son of
Beor answered him; remember from
Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may
know the righteous acts of Jehovah.
6 Wherewith shall I come be-
fore Jehovah, and bow myself be-
fore the high God.? shall I come
before him with burnt-offerings,
with calves a year old? 7 will
Jehovah be pleased with thou-
sands of rams, or with ten thou-
sands of rivers of oil.? shall I give
my first-born for my transgres-
sion, the fruit of my body for the
sin of my soul.? 8 He hath showed
thee, O man, what is good; and
what doth Jehovah require of thee,
but to do justly, and to love kind-
ness, and to walk humbly with thy
God?
9 The voice of Jehovah crieth
unto the city, and the man of wis-
dom will ^see thy name: hear ye
the rod, and who hath appointed
it. 10 Are there yet treasures of
wickedness in the house of the
wicked, and a scant ^measure that
is aborninable? 11 Shall I be
pure with wicked balances, and
with a bag of deceitful weights.?
12 For the rich men thereof are
full of violence, and the inhab-
itants thereof have spoken lies,
and their tongue is deceitful in
their mouth. 13 Therefore I also
Moral Corruption of the Nation bewailed
have smitten thee with a grievous
wound; I have made thee deso-
late because of thy sins. 14 Thou
shalt eat, but not be satisfied;
and thy ^humiliation shall be in
the midst of thee: and thou shalt
put away, but shalt not save; and
that which thou savest will I give
up to the sword. 15 Thou shalt
sow, but shalt not reap; thou
shalt tread the olives, but shalt
not anoint thee with oil; and the
vintage, but shalt not drink the
wine. 16 For the statutes of Omri
are kept, and all the works of the
house of Ahab, and ye walk in their
counsels; that I may make thee
^a desolation, and the inhabitants
thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear
the reproach of my people.
7 Woe is me! for I am as when
they have gathered the sum-
mer fruits, as the grape gleanings
of the vintage: there is no cluster
to eat; ^my soul desireth the
first-ripe fig. 2 The godly man
is perished out of the earth, and
there is none upright "among men:
they all lie in wait for blood; they
hunt every man his brother with a
net. 3 ^Their hands are upon that
which is evil to do it diligently;
the prince asketh, and the judge
is ready for a reward; and the
great man, he uttereth the evil
desire of his soul: thus they weave
it together. 4 The best of them
is as a brier; ^the most upright
is v)orse than a thorn hedge: the
day of thy watchmen, even thy
visitation, is come; now shall be
their perplexity. 5 Trust ye not
in a neighbor; put ye hot confi-
dence in a ^friend; keep the doors
of thy mouth from her that lieth
in thy bosom. 6 For the son dis-
honoreth the father, the daughter
riseth up against her mother, the
daughter-in-law against her mother-
in-law; a man's enemies are the
men of his own house.
» Or, emptiness < Or, an astonishment
8 Or, nor first-ripe fig which my soul desired
6 Or, Both hands are put forth for evil to do it &*c.
' Or. //»y ';frni oUlfi^i ir oo if -.-.ycfn. 4"il,-^.^ A.^... Pa»f
I Acc. to Sept., Vulg. and Syr. fear. i Ileb. cphah.
Or, the straightest is as it were taken from 6*c.
s Or, confidant
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God's Former Mercies will be renewed
7 But as for me, ^I will look
unto Jehovah; I will wait for
the God of my salvation: my
God will hear me. 8 Rejoice
not against me, O mine enemy:
when I fall, I shall arise; when
I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be
a light unto me. 9 I will bear
the indignation of Jehovah, be-
cause I have sinned against him,
until he plead my cause, and ex-
ecute judgment for me: he will
bring me forth to the light, and
I shall behold his righteousness.
10 Then mine enemy shall see it,
and shame shall cover her who
said unto me, Where is Jehovah
thy God.^ Mine eyes shall see my
desire upon her; now shall she be
trodden down as the mire of the
streets. 11 ^A day for building
thy walls! in that day shall the
^decree be far removed. 12 In
that day shall they come unto
thee from Assyria and the cities
of ^Egypt, and from ^Egypt even
to the River, and from sea to sea,
and from mountain to mountain.
13 Yet shall the land be desolate
because of them that dwell therein,
for the fruit of their doings.
14 ^Feed thy people with thy
rod, the flock of thy heritage,
^ Or, in Jehovah will I keep watch
2 Or, In the day that thy walls are to be built
3 Or, boundary * Heb. Mazor. * Or, Rule
MICAH 7.7—7,20
which dwell solitarily, in the for-
est in the midst of Carmel: let
them feed in Bashan and Gilead,
as in the days of old. 15 As in
the days of thy coming forth out
of the land of Egypt will I show
unto them marvellous things.
16 The nations shall see and be
ashamed of all their might; they
shall lay their hand upon their
mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
17 They shall lick the dust like
a serpent; like crawling things
of the earth they shall come trem-
bling out of their close places;
they shall come with fear unto
Jehovah our God, and shall be
afraid because of thee.
18 Who is a God like unto thee,
that pardoneth iniquity, and pass-
eth over the transgression of the
remnant of his heritage? he re-
taineth not his anger for ever,
because he delighteth in loving-
kindness. 19 He will again have
compassion upon us; he will Hread
our iniquities' under foot; and thou
wilt cast all their sins into the depths
of the sea. 20 ^Thou wilt perform
the truth to Jacob, and the loving-
kindness to Abraham, which thou
hast sworn unto our fathers from
the days of old.
• Or, subdue our iniquities
^ Or, Thou wilt show thy faithfulness b'c.
8 Heb. give.
THE BOOK OP
N AHUM
Qoodness and Severity of Jehovah
Nineveh,
of
vision
i The ^burden of
1 The book of the
Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 Jehovah is a jealous God and
avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and
is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh
vengeance on his adversaries, and
he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
Or, oracle concerning
3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and
great in power, and will by no
means clear the guilty: Jehovah
hath his way in the whirlwind
and in the storm, and the clouds
are the dust of his feet. 4 He re-
buketh the sea, and maketh it dry,
and drieth up all the rivers: Ba^:
shan languisheth, and Carmel; and
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NAHUM 1.5—2.13
the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5 The mountains quake at him,
and the hills melt; and the earth
is upheaved at his presence, yea,
the world, and all that dwell there-
in. 6 Who can stand before his
indignation? and who can abide in
the fierceness of his anger? his wrath
is poured out like fire, and the rocks
are broken asunder by him. 7
Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the
day of trouble; and he knoweth
them that take refuge in him. 8
But with an over-running fiood he
will make a full end of her place,
and will pursue his enemies into
darkness.
9 What do ye devise against
Jehovah? he will make a full end;
affliction shall not rise up the second
time. 10 For entangled like thorns,
and drunken as with their drink,
they are consumed ^utterly as dry
stubble. 11 There is one gone forth
out of thee, that deviseth evil
against Jehovah, ^that counselleth
^wickedness. 12 Thus saith Jeho-
vah : Though they be in full strength,
and likewise many, even so shall
they be cut down, and he shall
pass away. ^Though I have afflicted
thee, I will afflict thee no more.
13 And now will I break his yoke
from off thee, and will burst thy
bonds in sunder.
14 And Jehovah hath given com-
mandment concerning thee, that no
more of thy name be sown: out of
the house of thy gods will I cut off
the graven image and the molten
image; I will make thy grave; for
thou art vile.
*15 Behold, upon the mountains
the feet of him that bringeth good
tidings, that publisheth peace!
Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform
thy vows; for ^the wicked one shall
no more pass through thee; he is
utterly cut off.
O He that dasheth in pieces
^ is come up against thee: keep
' Or, as stubble fully dry "" - Or, a wicked counsellor
' Or, worlhlessness Heb. Belial.
* Or, So will I afflict thee, that I shall afflict ^c.
*Ch. 2.1 in Heb.
5 Or, the man of worlhlessness Heb. Belial.
The Overthrow of Nineveh decreed
the fortress, watch the way, make
thy loins strong, fortify thy power
mightily. 2 For Jehovah restoreth
the excellency of Jacob, as the
excellency of Israel; for the
emp tiers have emptied them out,
and destroyed their vine-branches.
3 The shield of his mighty men is
made red, the valiant men are in
scarlet: the chariots ^fiash with
steel in the day of his preparation,
and the ^cypress spears are bran-
dished. 4 The chariots rage in
the streets; they rush to and fro
in the broad ways: the appearance
of them is like torches; they run
like the lightnings. 5 He remem-
bereth his nobles: they stumble
in their march; they make haste
to the wall thereof, and the mante-
let is prepared. 6 The gates of
the rivers are opened, and the
palace is dissolved. 7 ^And it is
decreed: she is uncovered, she is
carried away; and her handmaids
^moan as with the voice of doves,
beating upon their ^^breasts.
8 But Nineveh hath been ^^from
of old like a pool of water: yet they
flee away. Stand, stand, they cry;
but none ^-looketh back. 9 Take ye
the spoil of silver, take the spoil of
gold; for there is no end of the store,
the ^^glory of all goodly furniture. 10
She is empty, and void, and waste;
and the heart melteth, and the
knees smite together, and anguish
is in all loins, and the faces of them
all are waxed pale. 11 Where is the
den of the lions, and the feeding-
place of the young lions, where the
lion and the lioness walked, the
lion's whelp, and none made them
afraid? 12 The lion did tear in
pieces enough for his whelps, and
strangled for his lionesses, and
filled his caves with prey, and his
dens with ravin. 13 Behold, I am
against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts,
and I will burn her chariots in the
smoke, and the sword shall devour
« Heb. are with fire of steel. ' Heb. cypress-trees.
8 Or, Huzzab is uncovered &»c. « Or, lead her
10 Heb. hearts. » Or, from the days that she hath been
12 Or, causeth them to turn " Or, wealth
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The Overthrow of Nineveh decreed. Its Utter Ruin portrayed NAHUM 3.1 — 3.19
thy young lions; and I will cut off
thy prey from the earth, and the
voice of thy messengers shall no
more be heard.
3 Woe to the bloody city! it
is all full of lies and rapine;
the prey departeth not. 2 The
noise of the whip, and the noise
of the rattling of wheels, and
prancing horses, and bounding
chariots, 3 the horseman ^mount-
ing, and the flashing sword, and
the glittering spear, and a mul-
titude of slain, and a great heap of
corpses, and there is no end of
the bodies; they stumble upon
their bodies; — 4 because of the
multitude of the whoredoms of
the well-favored harlot, the mis-
tress of witchcrafts, that selleth
nations through her whoredoms,
and families through her witch-
crafts. 5 Behold, I am against
thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and
I will uncover thy skirts ^upon
thy face; and I will show the
nations thy nakedness, and the
kingdoms thy shame. 6 And I
will cast abominable filth upon
thee, and make thee vile, and will
set thee as a gazing-stock. 7 And
it shall come to pass, that all they
that look upon thee shall flee from
thee, and say, Nineveh is laid
waste: who will bemoan her.^ whence
shall I seek comforters for thee.^
8 Art thou better than No-amon,
that was situate among the ^rivers,
that had the waters round about
her; whose rampart was ''the sea,
and her wall was of the sea.^^ 9
Ethiopia and Egypt were her
strength, and it was infinite; Put
and Lubim were thy helpers. 10
Yet was she carried away, she
1 Or, charging
3 Or, canals See Ex. 7. 19.
2 Or, before
* That IS, the Nile.
went into captivity; her young
children also were dashed in pieces
at the head of all the streets; and
they cast lots for her honorable
men, and all her great men were
bound in chains. 11 Thou also
shalt be drunken; thou shalt be
hid; thou also shalt seek ^a strong-
hold because of the enemy. 12
All thy fortresses shall be like fig-
trees with the first-ripe figs: if they
be shaken, they fall into the mouth
of the eater. 13 Behold, thy people
in the midst of thee are women;
the gates of thy land are set wide
open unto thine enemies: the fire
hath devoured thy bars. 14 Draw
thee water for the siege; strengthen
thy fortresses; go into the clay,
and tread the mortar; ^make strong
the brickkiln. 15 There shall the
fire devour thee; the sword shall
cut thee off; it shall devour thee
like the canker-worm: make thyself
many as the canker-worm; make
thyself many as the locust. 16 Thou
hast multiplied thy merchants above
the stars of heaven: the canker-
worm ^ravageth, and fleeth away.
17 Thy princes are as the locusts,
and thy ^marshals as the swarms
of grasshoppers, which encamp in
the ^hedges in the cold day, but
when the sun ariseth they flee
away, and their place is not know^n
where they are. 18 Thy shepherds
slumber, O king of Assyria; thy
nobles are at rest; thy people are
scattered upon the mountains, and
there is none to gather them. 19
There is no assuaging of thy hurt;
thy wound is grievous: all that hear
the report of thee clap their hands
over thee; for upon whom hath not
thy wickedness passed continually .^^
5 Or, a defence against 6 Or, lay hold of the brick-mould
7 Or, spreadeih himself s Or, scribes » Or, walls
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THE BOOK OF
H ABAKKUK
I The Chaldeans raised up to punish Judah's Sins. Habakkuk's Remonstrance. Jehovah's Reply
IThe burden which Habak- 1 wind, and shall "pass over, and be
kuk the prophet did see. guilty, even he whose might is his
2 O Jehovah, how long shall I god.
cry, and thou wilt not hear.^ I cry 12 Art not thou from everlasting,
out unto thee of violence, and thou O Jehovah my God, my Holy One?
wilt not save. 3 Why dost thou we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou
show me iniquity, and ^look upon hast ordained him for judgment;
perverseness.f^ for destruction and and thou, O Rock, hast estab-
violence are before me; and there lished him for correction. 13 Thou
is strife, and contention riseth up. that art of purer e^^es than to behold
4 Therefore the law is slacked, evil, and that canst not look on
and justice ^doth never go forth; perverseness, wherefore lookest thou
for the wicked doth compass about upon them that deal treacherously,
the righteous; therefore justice and boldest thy peace when the
goeth forth perverted. | wicked swalloweth up the man that
5 Behold ye among the nations, is more righteous than he; 14 and
and look, and wonder marvel- makest men as the fishes of the sea,
lously; for ^I am working a work; as the creeping things, that have
in your days, which ye will not no ruler over them? 15 He taketh
believe though it be told you. 6 ' up all of them with the angle, he
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, | catcheth them in his net, and
that bitter and hasty nation, that ! gathereth them in his drag: there-
march through the breadth of the 'fore he rejoiceth and is glad. 16
earth, to possess dwelling-places Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net,
that are not theirs. 7 ^They are | and burnetii incense unto his drag;
terrible and dreadful; their judg- because by them his portion is fat,
ment and their dignity proceed and his food ^-plenteous. 17 Shall
from themselves. 8 Their horses he therefore empty his net, and
also are swifter than leopards, and I spare not to slay the nations con-
are more fierce than the evening jtinually?
wolves; and their horsemen ^pressjO I will stand upon my watch.
proudly on: yea, their horsemen
come from far; they fly as an
eagle that hasteth to devour. 9
and set me upon the ^^tower,
and will look forth to see what he
will speak ^Hvith me, and what I
They come all of them for violence; shall answer concerning my com-
^the set of their faces is ^forwards; plaint. 2 And Jehovah answered
and they gather captives as the i me, and said, Write the vision, and
sand. 10 ^Yea, he scoffeth at kings, | make it plain upon tablets, that he
and princes are a derision unto him; j may run that readeth it. 3 For the
he derideth every stronghold; for vision is yet for the appointed
he heapeth up dust, and taketh it. "
11 ^^Then shall he sweep by o^ a
1 Or, oracle ' Or, cause me to look
' Or, goeth not forth unto victory * Or, one worketh I
^ Heb. He, and so in ver. 8, 9. « Or, spread themselves I
*■ JtJeb. the eagerness (or, assembling) of their faces is b'c.
8 Or, towards the east » Or, And they scoff b'c. \
^^ Or, Then shall the wind sweep by, and he shall pass away
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time, and it ^°hasteth toward the
end, and shall not lie: though it
tarry, wait for it; because it will
surely come, it Tvall not delay.
^1 Or, transgress
" Or, by
'- Heb. fat " Or, fortress
" Heb. pantetn.
Woes pronounced on Chaldeans. Qod's Deliverance of his Ancient People HABAKK.UK. 2.4 — 3.4
4 Behold, his soul is puffed up,
it is not ^upright in him; but the
righteous shall live ^by his faith.
5 ^Yea, moreover, wine is treach-
erous, a haughty man, Hhat
keepeth not at home; who en-
largeth his desire as Sheol, and
he is as death, and cannot be satis-
fied, but gathereth unto him all
nations, and heapeth unto him all
peoples. 6 Shall not all these
take up a parable against him,
and a taunting ^proverb against
him, and say, Woe to him that
increaseth that which is not his!
how^ long? and that ladeth him-
self with pledges! 7 Shall they
not rise up suddenly that shall
^bite thee, and awake that shall
Vex thee, and thou shalt be for
booty unto them? 8 Because thou
hast plundered many nations, all
the remnant of the peoples shall
plunder thee, because of men's
blood, and for. the violence done
to the land, to the city and to all
that dwell therein.
9 Woe to him that getteth an
evil gain for his house, that he
may set his nest on high, that
he may be delivered from the
hand of evil! 10 Thou hast de-
vised shame to thy house, by
cutting off many peoples, and hast
sinned against thy soul. 11 For
the stone shall cry out of the wall,
and the beam out of the timber
shall answer it.
12 Woe to him that buildeth a
town with blood, and establisheth
a city by iniquity! 13 Behold,
is it not of Jehovah of hosts that
the peoples labor for the fire, and
the nations weary themselves for
vanity? 14 For the earth shall be
filled with the knowledge of the
glory of Jehovah, as the waters
cover the sea.
15 Woe unto him that giveth
his neighbor drink, to thee that
*addest thy ^^enom, and makest
1 Or, straight ^ Or, in his faithfulness
^ Or, And also because Ms wine . . . he is a haughty man
* Or, he shall not abide ^ Or, riddle
* Or, exact usury of thee ^ Or, toss thee to and fro
8 Or, pourest » Or, fury
him drunken also, that thou may-
est look on their nakedness! 16
Thou art filled with shame, and
not glory: drink thou also, and
^^be as one uncircumcised; the cup
of Jehovah's right hand shall come
round unto thee, and foul shame
shall be upon thy glory. 17 For
the violence done to Lebanon shall
cover thee, and the destruction of
the beasts, which made them afraid;
because of men's blood, and for the
violence done to the land, to the
city and to all that dwell therein.
18 What profiteth the graven
image, that the maker thereof hath
graven it; the molten image, even
the teacher of lies, that he that
fashioneth its form trusteth there-
in,, to make dumb idols? 19 Woe
unto him that saith to the wood.
Awake; to the dumb stone. Arise!
Shall this teach? Behold, it is over-
laid with gold and silver, and there
is no breath at all in the midst of it.
20 But Jehovah is in his holy
temple: ^4et all the earth keep
silence before him.
3 A prayer of Habakkuk the
prophet, set to Shigionoth.
2 O Jehovah, I have heard ^^the
report of thee, and ^^am
afraid :
O Jehovah, revive thy work in
the midst of the years;
In the midst of the years make
it known;
In wrath remember mercy.
3 God ^^came from Teman,
And the Holy One from mount
Paran. [Selah
His glory covered the heavens,
And the earth was full of his
praise.
4 And his brightness was as the
light;
He had ^^^rays coming forth ^^f rom
his hand;
And there wa-s the hiding of hig
powder.
1' Or. let thy foreskin be uncovered
" Heb. be silent before him, all the earth.
12 Or, thy fame " Or, was
" Or, Cometh (and similarly to the end of ver. 16)
15 Heb. horns. is Or, at his side
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HABAKKUK 3.5—3.19
5 Before him went the pestilence,
And ^fiery bolts went forth at
his feet.
6 He stood, and ^measured the
earth;
He beheld, and drove asunder
the nations;
And the eternal mountains were
scattered ;
The everlasting hills did bow;
^His goings were as of old.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in
affliction ;
The curtains of the land of
Midian did tremble.
8 Was Jehovah displeased with
the rivers.^
Was thine anger against the
rivers,
Or thy wrath against the sea,
That thou didst ride upon thy
horses.
Upon thy chariots of salvation.^
9 Thy bow was made quite bare;
^The oaths to the tribes were
a sure word. [Selah
Thou didst cleave the earth
with rivers.
10 The mountains saw thee, and
^were afraid;
The tempest of waters passed
by;
The deep uttered its voice.
And lifted up its hands on high.
11 The sun and moon stood still
in their habitation.
At the light of thine arrows as
they went.
At the shining of thy glittering
spear.
12 Thou didst march through the
land in indignation;
Thou didst thresh the nations
in anger.
13 Thou Ventest forth for the
salvation of thy people,
Tor the salvation of thine
anointed;
1 Or, burning coals 2 Qr, shook
' Or, His ways are everlasting
* Or, Sworn were the chastisements (Heb. rods) of thy
word 5 Or, were in pain e Or, art come
7 Or, For salvation (or, victory) with thine anointed
The Prophet's Strong Confidence in Qod
^Thou ^woundedst the head out
of the house of the wicked
man.
Laying bare the foundation even
unto the neck. [Selah
14 Thou ^^didst pierce with his own
staves the head of his ^Var-
riors :
They came as a whirlwind to
scatter me;
Their rejoicing was as to de-
vour the poor secretly.
15 Thou ^Midst tread the sea with
thy horses,
The ^^heap of mighty waters.
16 I heard, and my body trembled,
My lips quivered at the voice;
Rottenness entereth into my
bones, and I tremble in my
place;
Because I must wait quietly
for the day of trouble,
^Tor the coming up of the
people that invadeth us.
17 For though the fig-tree shall
not flourish.
Neither shall fruit be in the
vines ;
The labor of the olive shall fail.
And the fields shall yield no
food;
The flock shall be cut off from
the fold.
And there shall be no herd in
the stalls:
18 Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah,
I will joy in the God of my
salvation.
19 Jehovah, the Lord, is my
strength;
And he maketh my feet like
hinds' feet.
And will make me to walk upon
my high places.
For the Chief Musician, on my stiinged
instruments.
8 Or, Thou didst smite off the head from the house is'c.
» Or, hast wounded ^° Or, hast pierced
11 Or, hordes Or, villages
12 Or, hast trodden " Or, surge
" Or, When there shall come up against the people he
that invadeth them
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THE BOOK OF
ZEPHANIAH
Jehovah's Day of Wrath coming upon Judah. The People warned to seek Jehovah
IThe word of Jehovah which
came unto Zephaniah the son
of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the
son of Amariah, the son of Heze-
kiah, in the days of Josiah the son
of Amon, king of Judah.
2 I will utterly consume all
things from off the face of the
ground, saith Jehovah. 3 I will
consume man and beast; I will
consume the birds of the heavens,
and the fishes of the sea, and the
stumblingblocks with the wicked;
and I will cut off man from off the
face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
4 And I will stretch out my hand
upon Judah, and upon all the in-
habitants of Jerusalem; and I will
cut off the remnant of Baal from
this place, and the name of the
Chemarim with the priests; 5 arid
them that worship the host of
heaven upon the housetops; and
them that worship, that swear
to Jehovah and swear by ^Mal-
cam; 6 and them that are turned
back from following Jehovah; and
those that have not sought Jeho-
vah, nor inquired after him.
7 Hold thy peace at the pres-
ence of the Lord Jehovah; for the
day of Jehovah is at hand : for
Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice,
he hath consecrated his guests.
8 And it shall come to pass in the
day of Jehovah's sacrifice, that I
will ^punish the princes, and the
king's sons, and all such as are
clothed with foreign apparel. 9
And in that day I will ^punish all
those that leap over the threshold,
that fill their master's house with
violence and deceit. 10 And in
that day, saith Jehovah, there shall
1 Or, their king 2 H;eb. visit upon.
be the noise of a cry from the fish
gate, and a wailing from the ^second
quarter, and a great crashing from
the hills. 11 Wail, ye inhabitants
of ^Maktesh; for all ^the people
of Canaan are undone; all they
that were laden with silver are cut
off. 12 And it shall come to pass
at that time, that I will search
Jerusalem wdth lamps; and I will
^punish the men that are ^settled on
their lees, that say in their heart,
Jehovah will not do good, neither
will he do evil. 13 And their
wealth shall become a spoil, and
their houses a desolation: yea, they
shall build houses, but shall not
inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, but shall not drink the
wine thereof.
14 The great day of Jehovah is
near, it is near and hasteth greatly,
even the voice of the day of Jeho-
vah; the mighty man crieth there
bitterly. 15 That day is a day of
wrath, a day of trouble and dis-
tress, a day of wasteness and desola-
tion, a day of darkness and gloom-
iness, a day of clouds and thick
darkness, 16 a day of the trumpet
and alarm, against the fortified
cities, and against the high 'battle-
ments. 17 And I will bring dis-
tress upon men, that they shall
walk like blind men, because they
have sinned against Jehovah; and
their blood shall be poured out
as dust, and their flesh as dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their
gold shall be able to deliver them
in the day of Jehovah's wrath;
but the whole land shall be de-
voured by the fire of his jealousy:
3 Heb. Mishneh. * Or, The mortar
5 Or, the merchant people « Or, thickened
7 Or, corner towers
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ZEPHANIAH 2.1—3.6
for he will make an end, yea, a
Herrible end, of all them that
dwell in the land.
2 Gather yourselves together,
yea, gather together,0 nation that
hath no ^shame; 2 before the decree
bring forth, ^before the day pass as
the chaff, before the fierce anger of
Jehovah come upon you, before the
day of Jehovah's anger come upon
you. 3 Seek ye Jehovah, all ye
meek of the earth, that have kept
his ordinances; seek righteousness,
seek meekness : it may be ye will be
hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken,
and Ashkelon a desolation; they
shall drive out Ashdod at noon-
day, and Ekron shall be rooted
up. 5 Woe unto the inhabitants
of ^the sea-coast, the nation of the
Cherethites! The word of Jeho-
vah is against you, O Canaan,
the land of the Philistines; I will
destroy thee, that there shall be no
inhabitant. 6 And the sea-coast
shall be pastures, with ^cottages
for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7 And the coast shall be for the
remnant of the house of Judali;
they shall feed their flocks there-
upon; in the houses of Ashkelon
shall they lie down in the evening;
for Jehovah their God will visit
them, and ^bring back their cap-
tivity.
8 I have heard the reproach of
Moab, and the revilings of the
children of Amnion, wherewith they
have reproached my people, and
magnified themselves against their
border. 9 Therefore as I live,
saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of
Israel, Surely Moab shall be as
Sodom, and the children of Am-
mon as Gomorrah, a possession of
^nettles, and saltpits, and a per-
petual desolation: the residue of
my people shall make a prey of
them, and the remnant of my na-
tion shall inherit them. 10 This
1 Or, speedy 2 Or, longing
' Or, {the day passelh as the chaff)
* Or, the region of the sea ^ Or, caves
e Or, return to ' Or, wild vetches
Punishment threatened to Judah's Enemies
shall they have for their pride,
because they have reproached and
magnified themselves against the
people of Jehovah of hosts. 11 Je-
hovah will be terrible unto them;
for he will famish all the gods of
the earth; and men shall worship
him, every one from his place, even
all the ^isles of the nations.
12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall
be slain by my sword. 13 And he
will stretch out his hand against
the north, and destroy Assyria,
and will make Nineveh a desola-
tion, and dry like the wilderness.
14 And herds shall lie down in
the midst of her, ^all the beasts of the
nations: both the pelican and the
porcupine shall lodge in the capitals
thereof; their voice shall sing in the
windows; ^Mesolation shall be in the
thresholds: for he hath laid bare
the cedar- work. 15 This is the joy-
ous city that dwelt carelessly, that
said in her heart, I am, and there is
none besides me : how is she become
a desolation, a place for beasts to lie
down in! every one that passeth
by her shall hiss, and wag his
hand.
3 Woe to her that is rebellious
and polluted! to the oppress-
ing city! 2 She obeyed not the
voice; she received not ^^correc-
tion; she trusted not in Jehovah;
she drew not near to her God. 3
Her princes in the midst of her
are roaring lions; her judges are
evening w olves ; they ^-lea ve nothing
till the morrow. 4 Her prophets are
light and treacherous persons; her
priests have profaned the sanctuary,
they have done violence to the law.
5 Jehovah in the midst of her is
righteous; he will not do iniquity;
^^every morning doth he bring his
justice to light, he faileth not; but
the unjust knoweth no shame. 6
I have cut off nations; their ^bat-
tlements are desolate; I have made
their streets waste, so that none
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8 Or, coast-lands » Or, all beasts of every kind
" Or, drought n Or, instruction
»2 Or, gnaw not the bones on the morrow
" Heb. morning by morning. '< Or, corner Icnvers
Woe to Jerusalem and the Nations. Restoration and Security of Israel ZEPHANIAH 3.7 — 3.20
passeth by; their cities are de-
stroyed, so that there is no man,
so that there is no inhabitant. 7
I said. Only fear thou me; receive
^correction; so her dwelHng shall
not be cut off, '^according to all
that I have appointed concerning
her: but they rose early and cor-
rupted all their doings.
8 Therefore wait ye for me, saitli
Jehovah, until the day that I
rise up to the prey; for my ^de-
termination is to gather the na-
tions, that I may assemble the
kingdoms, to pour upon them mine
indignation, even all my fierce anger;
for all the earth shall be devoured
with the fire of my jealousy.
9 For then will I turn to the
peoples a pure '^language, that they
may all call upon the name of
Jehovah, to serve him with one
^consent. 10 From beyond the
rivers of Ethiopia ^my suppliants,
even the daughter of my dispersed,
shall bring mine offering. 11 In
that day shalt thou not be put to
shame for all thy doings, wherein
thou hast transgressed against me;
for then I will take away out of the
midst of thee ^thy proudly exult-
ing ones, and thou shalt no more
be haughty in my holy mountain.
12 But I will leave in the midst of
thee an afflicted and poor people,
and they shall take refuge in the
name of Jehovah. 13 The rem-
nant of Israel shall not do ini-
quity, nor speak lies; neither shall
1 Or, instruction 2 Qr, honvsoever I have punished her
3 Heb. judgment. < Heb. lip. ^ Heb. shoulder.
« Or, shall they bring my suppliants, even the daughter
of my dispersed, for an offering unto me
' Or, them that exult in thy majesty
a deceitful tongue be found in their
mouth; for they shall feed and lie
down, and none shall make them
afraid.
14 Sing, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O Israel; be glad and re-
joice with all the heart, O daughter
of Jerusalem. 15 Jehovah hath
taken away thy judgments, he hath
cast out thine enemy: the King of
Israel, even Jehovah, is in the
midst of thee; thou shalt not ^fear
evil any more. 16 In that day it
shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear
thou not; ^O Zion, let not thy
hands be slack. 17 Jehovah thy
God is in the midst of thee, a
mighty one who will save; he will
rejoice over thee with joy; he will
^"rest in his love; he wijl joy over
thee with singing. 18 ^^I will gather
them that sorrow for the solemn
assembly, who were of thee; to
whom the burden upon ^%er was a
reproach. 19 Behold, at that time
I will deal with all them that af-
flict thee; and I will save that which
is lame, and gather that which
was driven away ; and I will
make them a praise and a name,
whose shame hath been in all the
earth. 20 At that time will I
bring you in, and at that time will I
gather you; for I will make you a
name and a praise among all the
peoples of the earth, when I ^^bring
back your captivity before your
eyes, saith Jehovah.
8 Another reading is see.
9 Or, and to Zion lo Heb. be silent.
" Or, They have been sorrowful for the solemn assembly
which I took away from thee, for the lifting up of reproach
against her
12 According to another reading, thee, " Or, return to
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THE BOOK OP
H AGGAI
Haggai exhorts the People to build the Temple. Zerubbabel and Joshua obey
In the second year of Darius tains, and upon the grain, and
1 the king, in the sixth month,
in the first day of the month,
came the word of Jehovah by Hag-
gai the prophet unto Zerubbabel
the son of Shealtiel, governor of
Judah, and to Joshua the son of
Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
upon the new wine, and upon the
oil, and upon that which the ground
bringeth forth, and upon men, and
upon cattle, and upon all the labor
of the hands.
12 Then Zerubbabel the son of
Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of
2 Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, Jehozadak, the high priest, with
saying. This people say, ^It is not all the remnant of the people,
the time for us to come, the time obeyed the voice of Jehovah their
for Jehovah's house to be built. 3 God, and the words of Haggai the
Then came the word of Jehovah prophet, as Jehovah their God had
by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 sent him; and the people did fear
Is it a time for you yourselves before Jehovah. 13 Then spake
to dwell in your ceiled houses, Haggai Jehovah's messenger in Je-
while this house lieth waste .^ 5 hovah's message unto the people,
Now therefore thus saith Jehovah
of hosts: ^Consider your ways.
6 Ye have sown much, and bring
in little; ye eat, but ye have not
enough; ye drink, but ye are not
filled with drink; ye clothe you,
but there is none warm; and he
that earneth wages earneth wages
to put it into a bag with holes.
7 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts:
^Consider your ways. 8 Go up to
the ^mountain, and bring wood,
and build the house; and I will
take pleasure in it, and I will be
glorified, saith Jehovah. 9 Ye
looked for much, and, lo, it came
to little; and when ye brought it
home, I did %low upon it. Why.^
saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of
my house that lieth waste, while
ye run every man to his own house.
10 Therefore ^for your sake the
heavens withhold the dew, and
saying, I am with you, saith Je-
hovah. 14 And Jehovah stirred
up the spirit of Zerubbabel the
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and the spirit of Joshua the sen of
Jehozadak, the high priest, and
the spirit of all the remnaftt of
the people; and they came and
did work on the house of Jeho-
vah of hosts, their God, 15 in the
four and twentieth day of the
month, in the sixth month, in the
second year of Darius the king.
2 In the seventh vionth, in the
one and twentieth day of the
month, came the word of Jehovah
by Haggai the prophet, saying, 2
Speak now to Zerubbabel the son
of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and to Joshua the son of Jehoza-
dak, the high priest, and to the
remnant of the people, saying, 3
Who is left among you that saw
the earth withholdeth its fruit, [this house in its former glory .^
11 And I called for a drought
upon the land, and upon the moun-
1 Or, as otherwise read, The time is not come for Je-
hovah 's house b'c. 2 Heb. Set your heart on your ways.
^ Or, hill-country * Or, blo7v it away * Or, over vou
and how do ye see it now ? is it not
in your eyes as nothing.'^ 4 Yet
now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith
Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua,
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The People's Adversity. God's Promise to Zerubbabel
HAGGAl 2.5-2.23
son of Jehozadak, the high priest;
and be strong, all ye people of the
land, saith Jehovah, and work: for
I am with you, saith Jehovah of
hosts, 5 ^according to the word
that I covenanted with you when
ye came out of Egypt, and my
Spirit %bode among you: fear ye
not. 6 For thus saith Jehovah
of hosts: Yet once, it is a little
while, and I will shake the heavens,
and the e^rth, and the sea, and the
dry land; 7* and I will shake all
nations; and ^the precious things
of all nations shall come; and I will
fill this house with glory, saith
Jehovah of hosts. 8 The silver is
mine, and the gold is mine, saith
Jehovah of hosts. 9 The latter
glory of this house shall be greater
than the former, saith Jehovah
of hosts; and in this place will
I give peac % saith Jehovah of
hosts.
10 In the four and twentieth day
of the ninth month, in the second
year of Darius, came the word
of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet,
saying, 11 Thus saith Jehovah of
hosts: Ask now the priests con-
cerning the law, saying, 12 If one
bear holy flesh in the skirt of his
garment, and with his skirt do
touch bread, or pottage, or wine,
or oil, or any food, shall it become
holy? And the priests answered
and said, No. 13 Then said Hag-
gai, If one that is unclean by reason
of a dead body touch any of these,
shall it be unclean.'^ And the
priests answered and said. It shall
be unclean. 14 Then answered
Haggai and said, So is this people,
and so is this nation before me,
saith Jehovah; and so is every
1 Or, Remember the word b'c. 2 Qr, abideth
3 Or, the things desired (Heb. desire) of all nations shall
come
work of their hands ; and that which
they offer there is unclean. 15
And now, I pray you, consider from
this day and backward, before a
stone was laid upon a stone in the
temple of Jehovah. 16 "^Through all
that time, when one came to a heap
of twenty measures, there were
but ten; when one came to the
winevat to draw out fifty vessels,
there were but twenty. 17 I smote
you with blasting and with mildew
and with hail in all the work of your
hands; yet ye turned not to me,
saith Jehovah. 18 Consider, I
pray you, from this day and back-
ward, from the four and twentieth
day of the ninth month, since the
day that the foundation of Jehovah's
temple was laid, consider it. 19 Is
the seed yet in the barn.f^ yea,
the vine, and the fig-tree, and the
pomegranate, and the olive-tree
have not brought forth; from this
day will I bless you.
20 And the word of Jehovah
came the second time unto Hag-
gai in the four and twentieth day
of the month, saying, 21 Speak
to Zerubbabel, governor of Ju-
dah, saying, I will shake the heavens
ant^ the earth; 22 and I will over-
throw the throne of kingdoms ; and I
will destroy the strength of the
kingdoms of the nations; and I will
overthrow the chariots, and those
that ride in them; and the horses
and their riders shall come down,
every one by the sword of his
brother. 23 In that day, saith
Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee,
O Zerubbabel, my servant, the
son of Shealtiel, saith Jehovah,
and will make thee as a signet;
for I have chosen thee, saith Je-
hovah of hosts.
* Heb. since those days were.
1009
THE BOOK OF
ZECHARIAH
Jehovah remonstrates with the People. Zechariah's Vision of Horses
-I In the eighth month, in the
1 second year of Darius, came
the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah
the son of Berechiah, the son of
Iddo, the prophet, saying, 2 Jehovah
was sore displeased with your
fathers. 3 Therefore say thovf unto
them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts:
Return unto me, saith Jehovah of
hosts, and I will return unto you,
saith Jehovah of hosts. 4 Be ye
not as your fathers, unto whom
the former prophets cried, say-
ing. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts.
Return ye now from your evil
ways, and from your evil doings:
the man that stood among the
myrtle-trees answered and said,
These are they whom Jehovah hath
sent to walk to and fro through the
earth. 11 And they answered the
angel of Jehovah that stood among
the myrtle-trees, and said, We have
walked to and fro through the
earth, and, behold, all the earth
sitteth still, and is at rest.
12 Then the angel of Jehovah
answered and said, O Jehovah of
hosts, how long wilt thou not
have mercy on Jerusalem and on
the cities of Judah, against which
thou hast had indignation these
but they did not hear, nor hearken I threescore and ten years.? 13 And
unto me, saith Jehovah. 5 Your | Jehovah answered the angel that
fathers, where are they.? and the
prophets, do they live for ever?
6 But my words and my statutes,
which I commanded my servants
the prophets, did they not overtake
your fathers.? and they turned and
said. Like as Jehovah of hosts
thought to do unto us, according
to our ways, and according to our
doings, so hath he dealt with us. •
7 Upon the four and twentieth
day of the eleventh month, which
is the month Shebat, in the second
year of Darius, came the word of
Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of
Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the
prophet, saying; 8 I saw in the
night, and, behold, a man riding
upon a red horse, and he stood
among the myrtle-trees that were
in the bottom; and behind him
there were horses, red, sorrel, and
white. 9 Then said I, O my lord,
what are these.? And the angel that
talked with me said unto me, I will
show thee what these are. 10 And
talked with me with good words,
even comfortable words. 14 So the
angel that talked with me said unto
me. Cry thou, saying. Thus saith
Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for
Jerusalem and for Zion with a
great jealousy. 15 And I am very
sore displeased with the nations
that are at ease; for I was but a
little displeased, and they helped
forward the affliction. 16 Therefore
thus saith Jehovah: I am returned
to Jerusalem with mercies; my
house shall be built in it, saith
Jehovah of hosts, and a line shall
be stretched forth over Jerusalem.
17 Cry yet again, saying, Thus
saith Jehovah of hosts: My cities
^shall yet overflow with prosper-
ity; and Jehovah shall yet comfort
Zion, and shall yet choose Jeru-
salem.
*18 And I lifted up mine eyes,
and saw, and, behold, four horns.
19 And I said unto the angel that
• Or, helped for evil
1 Or, shady place
' Or, through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad
*Ch. 2.1 in Heb.
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Vision of Horns and Smiths; of a Measurer. God's Favor to ZIon ZECHARIAH 1.20 — 3.9
talked with me, What are these?
And he answered me, These are
the horns which have scattered
Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. 20
And Jehovah showed ine__jour
^sjjiitlis. 21 Then said I, What
comeThese to do? And he spake,
saying, These are the horns which
scattered Judah, so that no man
did lift up his head; but these
are come to terrify them, to cast
down the horns of the nations,
which lifted up their horn against
the land of Judah to scatter it.
*0 And I lifted up mine eyes,
^ and saw, and, behold, a man
with a jneasuring line in his hand.
2 Then~said'I, Whither goest thou?
And he s^id unto me. To measure
Jerusalem, to see what is the
breadth thereof, and what is the
length thereof. 3 And, behold,
the angel that talked with me
went forth, and another angel went
out to meet him, 4 and said unto
him. Run, speak to this young man,
saying, Jerusalem shall %e inhabited
as villages without walls, by reason
of the multitude of men and cattle
therein. 5 For I, saith Jehovah,
will be unto her a wall of fire
round about, and I will be the
glory in the midst of her.
' 6 Ho, ho, flee from the land of
the north, saith Jehovah; for I
have spread you abroad as the
four winds of the heavens, saith
Jehovah. 7 Ho Zion, escape, thou
that dwellest with the daughter of
Babylon. 8 For thus saith Jeho-
vah of hosts: ^After glory hath he
sent me unto the nations which
plundered you; for he that toucheth
you toucheth the apple of his eye.
9 For, behold, I will shake vl\\ hand
over them, and they shall be a spoil
to those that served them; and ye
shall know that Jehovah of hosts
hath sent me. 10 Sing and rejoice,
O daughter of Zion; for> lo, I come,
and I will dwell in the midst of thee,
saith Jehovah. 11 And many na- 1
tions shall join themselves to Jeho-
vah in that day, and shall be my
people; and I will dwell in the
midst of thee, and thou shalt know
that Jehovah of hosts hath sent
me unto thee. 12 And Jehovah shall
inherit Judah as his portion in the
holy land, and shall yet choose
Jerusalem. 13 Be silent, all flesh,
before Jehovah; for he is waked up
out of his holy habitation.
3 And he showed me Joshua the
high priest standing before the
angel of Jehovah, and ^Satan stand-
ing at his right hand to be his ad-
versary. 2 And Jehovah said unto
Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan;
yea, Jehovah that hath chosen Jeru-
salem rebuke thee: is not this a
bmnd plucked out of the fire? 3
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy
garments, and was standing before
the ang.el. 4 And he answered
and spake unto those that stood
before him, saying, Take the filthy
garments from off him. And unto
him he said, Behold, I have caused
thine iniquity to pass from thee,
and I will clothe thee with rich
apparel. 5 And I said. Let them
set a clean '^mitre upon his head.
So they set a clean ^mitre upon his
head, and clothed him with gar-
ments; and the angel of Jehovah
was standing by.
6 And the angel of Jehovah pro-
tested unto Joshua, saying, 7 Thus
saith Jehovah of hosts: If thou
wilt walk in my wa^^s, and if
thou wilt keep my charge, then
thou also shalt judge my house,
and shalt also keep my courts, and
I will give thee ^a place of access
among these that stand by. 8
Hear now, O Joshua the high
priest, thou and thy fellows that
sit before thee; for they are men
that are a ^sign: for, behold, I
will bring forth my servant the
^Branch. 9 For, behold, the stone
that I have set before Joshua;
upon one stone are seven eyes: be-
* Ch. 2.5 in Heb.
1 Or, dwell - Or, Ajlc- the glory, he hath b'c.
3 That is. the Adversary. * Or, turban
5 Or, places to walk ^ Or. wonder
' Or, Shoot Or, Sprout
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ZECHARIAH 3.10 — 5.8 vision of a Candlestick and Olive-tree; of a Flying Roll
hold, I will engrave the graving
thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and
I will remove the iniquity of that
land in one day. 10 In that day,
saith Jehovah of hosts, shall ye
invite every man his neighbor under
the vine and under the fig-tree.
4 And the angel that talked with
me came again, and waked
me, as a man that is wakened out
of his sleep. 2 And he said unto me.
What seest thou.^^ And I said, I
have seen, and, behold, a candle-
stick all of gold, with its bowl upon
the top of it, and its seven lamps
thereon; ^there are seven pipes to
each of the lamps, which are upon,
the top thereof; 3 and two olive-
trees by it, one upon the right side
of the bowl, and the other upon the
left side thereof. 4 And I answered
and spake to the angel that talked
with me, saying. What are these,
my lord.f^ 5 Then the angel that
talked with me answered and said
unto me, Knowest thou not what
these are? And I said. No, my lord.
6 Then he answered and spake
unto me, saying. This is the word of
Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying,
Not by ^might, nor by power, but by
my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
7 Who art thou, O great mountain .^^
before Zerubbabel thou shall become a
plain; and he shall bring forth the
top stone with shoutings of Grace,
grace, unto it. 8 Moreover the
word of Jehovah came unto me,
saying, 9 The hands of Zerub-
babel have laid the foundation of
this house; his hands shall also
finish it; and thou shalt know
that Jehovah of hosts hath sent
me unto you. 10 For who hath
despised the day of small things.^
for these seven shall rejoice, and
shall see the plummet in the hand
of Zerubbabel; these are the eyes of
Jehovah, which run to and fro
through the whole earth.
11 Then answered I, and said
unto him, What are these two
olive-trees upon the right side of
the candlestick and upon the left
side thereof.'^ 12 And I answered
the second time, and said unto
him, What are these two olive-
branches, ^ which are beside the
two golden spouts, that empty Hhe
golden oil out of themselves.'^ 13
And he answered me and said,
Knowest thou not what these are?
And I said. No, my lord. 14 Then
said he. These are the two anointed
ones, that stand by the Lord of
the whole earth.
5 Then again I lifted up mine
eyes, and saw, and, behold, a
flying roll. 2 And he said unto
meT \Vh^T~ seest thou.^^ And I an-
swered, I see a flying roll; the
length thereof is twenty cubits,
and the breadth thereof ten cu-
bits. 3 Then said he unto me.
This is the ^cursejhat goeth forth
over the face ot the whole land:
for every one that stealeth shall
be cut off ^on the one side accord-
ing to it; and every one that
sweareth shall be cut off ^on the
other side according to it. 4 I
will cause it to go forth, saith
Jehovah of hosts, and it shall
enter into the house of the thief,
and into the house of him that
sweareth falsely by my name; and
it shall abide in the midst of his
house, and shall consume it with
the timber thereof and the stones
thereof.
5 Then the angel that talked
with me went forth, and said unto
me. Lift up now thine eyes, and
see what is this that goeth forth.
6 And I said. What is it.^ And he
said. This is the jephah that goeth
forth. He said moreover. This is
their ^appearance in all the land
7 (and, behold, there was lifted up
a ^talent of lead); and this is a
woman sitting in the midst of the
qphahr 8 And he said. This is
Wickedness: and he cast her down
into the" niidst of the ephah ; and
! 3 Or, which by means of the two golden spouts empty
The Sept. and Vulg. have, and seven pipes to the lamps. I < Heb. the gold. » Or, from hence
2 Or, an army a Heb. eye. • Or, round piece
1012
Joshua typifies the Priest-king. Insincere Fasting reproved
ZECHARIAH 5.9—7.5
he cast the weight of lead upon the
mouth thereof. 9 Then Kfted I
up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold,
there came forth two women, and
the wind was in their wings; now
they had wings like the wings of a
stork; and they lifted up the ephah
between earth and heaven. 10
Then said I to the angel that talked
with me. Whither do these bear the
ephah .f^ 11 And he said unto me. To
build her a house in the land of
Shinar : and when it is ^prepared, she
shall be set there ^in her own place.
6 And again I lifted up mine
eyes, and saw, and, behold,
there came four chariots out from
between Hwo mountains; and the
mountains were mountains of brass.
2 In the first chariot were red
horses; and in the second chariot
black horses; 3 and in the third
chariot white horses; and in the
fourth chariot grizzled strong horses.
4 Then I answered and said unto
the angel that talked with me.
What are these, my lord.^ 5 And
the angel answered and said unto
me. These are the four %inds of
heaven, which go forth from ^stand-
ing before the Lord of all the earth.
6 The chariot wherein are the black
horses goeth forth toward the north
country; and the white went forth
after them; and the grizzled went
forth toward the south country.
7 And the ^strong went forth, and
sought to go that they might walk
to and fro through the earth: and
he said, Get you hence, walk to
and fro through the earth. So they
walked to and fro through the earth.
8 Then cried he to me, and spake
unto me, saying, Behold, they that
go toward the north country have
quieted my spirit in the north
country.
9 And the word of Jehovah came
unto me, saying, 10 Take of them
of the captivity, even of Heldai, of
Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come
thou the same day, and go into the
' Or, established 2 Or, upon her own base » Or, the two
< Or, spirits ^ Or, presenting themselves
* The Syriac and Aquila have, red.
1013
house of Josiah the son of Zephan-
iah, whither they are come from
Babylon; 11 yea, take of them silver
and gold, and make ^crowns, and
set them upon the head of Joshua
the son of Jehozadak, the high
priest; 12 and speak unto him,
saying, Thus speaketh Jehovah of
hosts, saying, Behold, the man
^ whose name is the ^Branch: and he
shall ^^grow up out of his place;
and he shall build the temple of
Jehovah; 13 even he shall build
the temple of Jehovah; and he shall
bear the glory, and shall sit and rule
upon his throne; and ^%e shall be a
priest upon his throne; and the
counsel of peace shall be between
them both. 14 And the ^^crowns
shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah,
and to Jedaiah, and ^Ho Hen the son
of Zephaniah, for a memorial in
the temple of Jehovah. 15 And
they that are far off shall come and
build in the temple of Jehovah;
and ye shall know that Jehovah
of hosts hath sent me unto you.
And this shall come to pass, if ye
will diligently obey the voice of
Jehovah your God.
7 And it came to pass in the
fourth year of king Darius,
that the word of Jehovah came
unto Zechariah in the fourth day
of the ninth month, even in Chis-
lev. 2 i^Now they of Beth-el had
sent Sharezer and Regem-melech,
and their men, to entreat the
favor of Jehovah, 3 and to speak
unto the priests of the house of
Jehovah of hosts, and to the proph-
ets, saying, Should I weep in the
fifth month, separating myself, as
I have done these so many years?
4 Then came the word of Jehovah
of hosts unto me, saying, 5 Speak
unto all the people of the land,
and to the priests, saying. When ye
fasted and mourned in the fifth and
in the seventh month, even these
7 Or, a crown, and set it
8 Or, whose name is the Bud; and it (or, they) shall bud
forth under him » Or, Shoot Or, Sprout lo Or, shoot
11 Or, there shall be ^^ Qr, crown
13 Or, for the kindness of the son &'c.
" Or, Noiv they of Beth-el, even Sharezer . . . had sent
ZECHARIAH 7.6 — 8.13 Disobedience the Cause of Captivity. The Coming Prosperity of Zion
seventy years, did ye at all fast unto
me, even to me? 6 And when ye
eat, and when ye drink, Mo not ye
eat for yourselves, and drink for
yourselves? 7 Should ye not hear
the words which Jehovah cried by
the former prophets, when Jerusalem
was inhabited and in prosperity,
and the cities thereof round about
her, and the South and the low-
land were inhabited?
8 And the word of Jehovah came
unto Zechariah, saying, 9 Thus
hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, say-
ing, Execute true judgment, and
show kindness and compassion every
man to his brother; 10 and oppress
not the widow, nor the fatherless,
the sojourner, nor the poor; and
let none of you devise evil against
his brother in your heart. 11
But they refused to hearken, and
^pulled away the shoulder, and
^stopped their ears, that they might
not hear. 12 Yea, thej^ made their
hearts as an adamant stone, lest
they should hear the law, and the
words which Jehovah of hosts had
sent by his Spirit by the former
prophets : therefore there came great
wrath from Jehovah of hosts. 13
And it is come to pass that, as he
cried, and they would not hear, so
they shall cry, and I will not hear,
said Jehovah of hosts; 14 but I
will scatter them with a whirlwind
among all the nations which thej^
have not known. Thus the land was
desolate after them, so that no man
passed through nor returned: for
they laid the ^pleasant land desolate.
8 And the word of Jehovah of
hosts came to me, saying, 2
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am
jealous for Zion with great jeal-
ousy, and I am jealous for her with
great wrath. 3 Thus saith Jeho-
vah: I am returned unto Zion,
and will dwell in the midst of
Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be
called The city of truth; and the
1 Or, are not ye they that eat b^c.
2 Or, turned a stubborn shoulder
^ Or, made their ears heavy See Is. 6. 10.
* Heb. land of desire.
mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The
holy mountain. 4 Thus saith Je-
hovah of hosts : There shall yet
old men and old women Mwell in
the streets of Jerusalem, every man
with his staff in his hand ^or
very age. 5 And the streets of
the city shall be full of boys and
girls playing in the streets thereof.
6 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If
it be marvellous in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in those
days, should it also be marvellous
in mine ej^es? saith Jehovah of
hosts. 7 Thus saith Jehovah of
hosts: Behold, I will save my peo-
ple from the east country, and
from the west country; 8 and L
will bring them, and they shall_
dwell in the midst of Jerusalem L
and they shall be my people, and
I will be their God, in truth and
in righteousness.
9 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts:
Let 3^our hands be strong, ye that
hear in these days these words
from the mouth of the prophets
that were in the day that the foun-
dation of the house of Jehovah of
hosts was laid, even the temple,
that it might be built. 10 For
before those days there was no
hire for man, nor any hire for
beast; neither was there any peace
to him that went out or came
in, because of the adversary: for
I set all men every one against his
neighbor. 11 But now I will not
be unto the remnant of this people
as in the former da^^s, saith Jeho-
vah of hosts. 12 For there shall he
the seed of peace; the vine shall
give its fruit, and the ground shall
give its increase, and the heavens
shall give their dew; and I will
cause the remnant of this people
to inherit all these things. 13
And it shall come to pass that, as
ye were a ciirse among the nations,
O house of Judah and house of
Israel, so will I save you, and ye
shall be a blessing. Fear not, hut
let your hands be strong.
>' Or, sit 6 Heb. for multitude of days.
1014
other Nations shall seek Jehovah. Zion's Lowly King ZEGHARIAH 8.14 — 9.12
14 For thus saith Jehovah of man and of all the tribes of Israel is
hosts: As I thought to do evil
unto you, when your fathers pro-
voked me to wrath, saith Jehovah
of hosts, and I repented not; 15
so again have I thought in these
days to do good unto Jerusalem
and to the house of Judah: fear
ye not. 16 These are the things
that ye shall do: Speak ye every
man the truth with his neighbor;
^execute the judgment of truth
and peace in your gates; 17 and
let none of you devise evil in your
hearts against his neighbor; and
love no false oath: for all these
are things that I hate, saith Jeho-
vah.
18 And the word of Jehovah of
hosts came unto me, saying, 19
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The
fast of the fourth months and the
fast of the fifth, and the fast of the
seventh, and the fast of the tenth,
shall be to the house of Judah joy
and gladness, and cheerful feasts;
therefore love truth and peace. 20
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: It
shall yet come to pass, that there
shall come peoples, and the inhabi-
tants of ^many cities; 21 and the
inhabitants of one city shall go to
another, saying, Let us go speedily
to entreat the favor of Jehovah,
and to seek Jehovah of hosts:
I will go also. 22 Yea, many
peoples and strong nations shall
come to seek Jehovah of hosts in
Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor
of Jehovah. 23 Thus saith Jehovah
of hosts: In those days it shall
come to pass, that ten men shall take
hold, out of all the languages of the
nations, they shall take hold of the
skirt of him that is a Jew, saying.
We will' go with you, for we have
heard that God is with you.
9 The ^burden of the word of
Jehovah upon the land of
Hadrach, and Damascus shall be
its resting-place (for "^the eye of
1 Heb. judge truth and the judgment of peace.
2 Or, great ' ' Or, oracle
* Or, Jehovah hath an eye upon men and upon all the
iribes of Israel
toward Jehovah); 2 and Hamath,
also, which bordereth thereon; Tyre
and Sidon, ^because they are very
wise. 3 And Tyre did build her-
self a stronghold, and heaped up
silver as the dust, and fine gold as
the mire of the streets. 4 Behold,
the Lord will dispossess her, and he
will smite ^her power in the sea;
and she shall be devoured with fire.
5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear;
Gaza also, and shall be sore pained;
and Ekron, for her expectation
shall be put to shame; and the
king shall perish from Gaza, and
Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
6 And ^a bastard shall ^dwell in
Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride
of the Philistines. 7 And I will
take away his blood out of his
mouth, and his abominations from
between his teeth; and he also
shall be a remnant for our God;
and he shall be as a chieftain in
Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
8 And I will encamp about my
house ^against the army, that none
pass through or return; and no
^ ^oppressor shall pass through them
any more: for now have I seen
with mine eyes.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter
of Zion; shout, O daughter of Je-
rusalem: behold, thy king cometh
unto thee; he is just, and ^%aving
^^salvation; lowly, and riding upon
an ass, even upon a colt the foal of
an ass. 10 And I will cut off the
chariot from Ephraim, and the
horse from Jerusalem; and the
battle bow shall be cut off; and he
shall speak peace unto the nations:
and his dominion shall be from sea
to sea, and from the River to the
ends of the earth.
11 As for thee also, because of
the blood of thy covenant I have
set free thy prisoners from the
pit wherein is no water. 12 ^^Turn
you to the stronghold, ye prisoners
B Or. though
« Or, the sea which is her rampart Or, her rampart into
the sea ' Or. a bastard race ^ Or, sit as king
9 Or, as othen\'ise read, as a garrison i" Or, exactor
u Heb. saved. ^- Or, victory i^ Or, Return
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ZECHARIAH 9.13—11.5
of hope: even to-day do I declare
that I will render double unto thee.
13 For I have bent Judah for me,
I have filled the bow with Ephraim;
and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion,
against thy sons, O ^Greece, and
will make thee as the sword of a
mighty man. 14 And Jehovah
shall be seen over them; and his
arrow shall go forth as the lightning;
and the Lord Jehovah will blow
the trumpet, and will go with
whirlwinds of the south. 15 Jeho-
vah of hosts will defend them;
and they shall devour, and shall
tread down the slingstones; and
they shall drink, and make a noise
as through wine; and they shall be
filled like bowls, like the corners
of the altar. 16 And Jehovah their
God will save them in that day as
the flock of his people; for they
shall he as the stones of a crown,
^lifted on high over his land. 17
For how great is ^his ^goodness,
and how great is %is beauty!
grain shall make the young men
flourish, and new wine the virgins.
"1 f\ Ask ye of Jehovah rain in
-■■ v/ the time of the latter rain,
even of Jehovah that maketh light-
nings; and he will give them
showers of rain, to every one grass
in the field. 2 For the teraphim
have spoken vanit}^ and the diviners
have seen a lie; and ^they have told
false dreams, they comfort in vain:
therefore they go their way like
sheep, they are afflicted, because
there is no shepherd. 3 Mine anger
is kindled against the shepherds,
and I will punish the he-goats; for
Jehovah of hosts hath visited his
fldck, the house of Judah, and will
make them as his goodly horse in
the battle. 4 From him shall come
forth the corner-stone, from him
the nail, from him the battle bow,
from him every ^ruler together.
5 And they shall be as mighty
men, treading down their enemies
in the mire of the streets in the
\ 5^^-yP^"- ^ Or, glittering upon b'c.
;* Or. their 4 Qr, prosperity
■' (n. the dreamers speak falsely c Or, exactor
Jehovah will bless Judah and Israel
battle; and they shall fight, be-
cause Jehovah is with them; and
the riders on horses shall be con-
founded. 6 And I will strengthen
the house of Judah, and I will
save the house of Joseph, and I
will ^bring them back; for I have
mercy upon them; and they shaU
be as though I had not cast them
off: for I am Jehovah their God,
and I will hear them. 7 And they
of Ephraim shall be like a mighty
man, and their heart shall rejoice as
through wine; yea, their children
shall see it, and rejoice; their
heart shall be glad in Jehovah.
8 I will hiss for them, and gather
them; for I have redeemed them;
and they shall increase as they have
increased. 9 ^And I will sow them
among the peoples; and they shall
remember me in far countries; and
they shall live with their children,
and shall return. 10 I will bring
them again also out of the land of
Egypt, and gather them out of
Assyria; and I will bring them into
the land of Gilead and Lebanon;
and place shall not be found for
them. 11 And he will pass through
the sea of aflfliction, and will smite
^the waves in the sea, and all the
depths of the Nile shall dry up;
and the pride of Assyria shall be
brought down, and the sceptre of
Egypt shall depart. 12 And I
will strengthen them in Jehovah;
and they shall walk up and down
in his name, saith Jehovah.
11 Open thy doors, O Lebanon,
■l that the fire may devour
thy cedars. 2 Wafl, O fir-tree, for
the cedar is fallen, because the
^^goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O
ye oaks of Bashan, for the ^^strong
forest is come down. 3 A voice of
the wailing of the shepherds! for
their glory is destroyed: a voice
of the roaring of young lions! for
the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.
4 Thus said Jehovah my God:
Feed the flock of slaughter; 5 whose
7 Or, cause them to dwell
8 Or, A nd though I sow them . . . they shall remember b'c.
9 Or, the sea of waves ><> Or, glorious " Or, fortified
[Qia
Israel wasted by Evil Shepherds. The Coming Might oi Judah ZECHARIAH 11.6 — 12.7
^possessors slay them, and hold
themselves not guilty; and they
that sell them say, Blessed be Je-
hovah, for I am rich; and ^their
own shepherds pity them not. 6
For I will no more pity the inhabi-
tants of the land, saith Jehovah;
but, lo, I will deliver the men every
©ne into his neighbor's hand, and
into the hand of his king; and they
shall smite the land, and out of
their hand I will not deliver them.
7 So I fed the flock of slaughter,
verily Hhe poor of the flock. And
I took unto me two staves; the one
I called ^Beauty, and the other I
called ^Bands; and I fed the flock.
8 And I cut off the three shepherds
in one month; for my soul was
weary of them, and their soul also
loathed me. 9 Then said I, I will
not feed you: that which dieth, let
it die; and ^that which is to be cut
off, let it be cut off; and let them
that are left eat every one the flesh
of another. 10 And I took my staff
Beauty, and cut it asunder, that
I might break my^ovenant which
I had made with all the peoples.
II And it was broken in that day;
and ^thus ^the poor of the flock
that gave heed unto me knew that
it was the word of Jehovah. 12
And I said unto them. If ye think
good, give me my hire; and if
not, forbear. So they weighed for
my hire thirty pieces of silver.
13 And Jehovah said unto me.
Cast it unto the potter, the goodly
price that I was prized at by them.
And I took the thirty pieces of silver,
and cast them unto the potter, in
the house of Jehovah. 14 Then I
cut asunder mine other staff, even
Bands, that I might break the
brotherhood between Judah and
Israel.
15 And Jehovah said unto me,
Take unto thee yet again the in-
struments of a foolish shepherd.
16 For, lo, I will raise up a shep-
1 Or, buyers ^ Or, their shepherd pitieth
Or, the most miserable of sheep
* Or, Graciousness ^ Or, Binders Or, Union
" Or, that which is lost, let it be lost
' Or, the poor of the flock . . . knew of a truth
herd in the land, who will not Visit
those that are ^cut off, neither wifl
seek ^°those that are scattered, nor
heal that which is broken, nor feed
that which ^Hs sound; but he will
eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and
will tear their hoofs in pieces. 17
Woe to the worthless shepherd that
leaveth the flock! the sword shall
be upon his arm, and upon his right
eye: his arm shall be clean dried
up, and his right eye shall be utterly
darkened.
1 O The ^^burden of the word
A -^ of Jehovah concerning Israel.
Thus saith Jehovah, who
stretcheth forth the heavens, and
layeth the foundation of the earth,
and formeth the spirit of man with-
in him: 2 Behold, I will make
Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all
the peoples round about, and ^^upon
Judah also ^''shall it be in the siege
against Jerusalem. 3 And it shall
come to pass in that day, that I
will make Jerusalem a burden-
some stone for all the peoples;
all that burden themselves with it
shall be sore wounded; and all the
nations of the earth shall be gathered
together against it. 4 In that day,
saith Jehovah, I will smite every
horse with terror, and his rider with
madness; and I will open mine
eyes upon the house of Judah, and
will smite every horse of the peoples
with blindness. 5 And the chief-
tains of Judah shall say in their
heart, The inhabitants of Jerusa-
lem are my strength in Jehovah
of hosts their God. 6 In that daj^
will I make the chieftains of Judah
like a pan of fire among wood,
and like a flaming torch among
sheaves; and they shall devour all
the peoples round about, on the
right hand and on the left; and
they of Jerusalem shall yet again
dwell in ^Hheir own place, even in
Jerusalem. 7 Jehovah also shall
save the tents of Judah first, that
the glory of the house of David
8 Or, miss 9 Or, lost
11 Heb. standelh. 12 Qr, oracle
14 Or. shall it fall to be
1" Or, the young
1' Or, against
15 Heb. her.
1017
ZECHARIAH 12.8—14.4
Jehovah fights with Jerusalem against her Foes
and the glory of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem be not magnified above
Judah. 8 In that day shall Jehovah
defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
and he ^that is feeble among them at
that day shall be as David; and the
house of David shall be as God, as
the angel of Jehovah before them.
9 And it shall come to pass in that
day, that I will seek to destroy
all the nations that come against
Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour upon the
house of David, and upon the in-
habitants of Jerusalem, the spirit
of grace and of supplication; and
they shall look unto ^me whom
they have pierced; and they shall
mourn for him, as one mourneth
for his only son, and shall be in
bitterness for him, as one that is in
bitterness for his first-born. 11 In
that day shall there be a great
mourning in Jerusalem, as the
mourning of Hadadrimmon in the
valley of Megiddon. 12 And the
land shall mourn, every family
apart; the family of the house of
David apart, and their wives apart;
the family of the house of Nathan
apart, and their wives apart; 13
the family of the house of Levi
apart, and their wives apart; the
family of the Shimeites apart, and
their wives apart; 14 all the fam-
ilies that remain, every family apart,
and their wives apart.
"I Q In that day there shall be
1 0 a fountain opened to the
house of David and to the inhabit-
ants of Jerusalem, for sin and for
uncleanness. 2 And it shall come
to pass in that day, saith Jehovah
of hosts, that I will cut off the
names of the idols out of the land,
and they shall no more be remem-
bered; and also I will cause the
prophets and the unclean spirit
to pass out of the land. 3 And it
shall come to pass that, when any
shall yet prophesy, then his father
and his mother that begat him shall
say unto him. Thou shall not live;
Or, that slumhleth
for thou speakest lies in the name
of Jehovah; and his father and
his mother that begat him shall
thrust him through when he proph-
esieth.. 4 And it shall come to
pass in that day, that the prophets
shall be ashamed every one of his
vision, when he prophesieth; neither
shall they wear a hairy mantle to
deceive: 5 but he shall say, I am
no prophet, I am a tiller of the
ground; for I have been made a
bondman from my youth. 6 And
one shall say unto him. What are
these wounds between thine ^arms?
Then he shall answer, Those with
which I was wounded in the house
of my ^friends.
7 Awake, O sword, against my
shepherd, and against the man
that is my fellow, saith Jehovah
of hosts: smite the shepherd, and
the sheep shall be scattered; and I
will turn my hand upon the little
ones. 8 And it shall come to pass,
that in all the land, saith Jehovah,
two parts therein shall be cut oft'
and die; but the third shall be left
therein. 9 And I will bring the
third part into the fire, and will
refine them as silver is refined, and
will try them as gold is tried. They
shall call on my name, and I will
hear them: I will say, It is my
people; and they shall say, Jeho-
vah is my God.
U Behold, a day of Jehovah
Cometh, when thy spoil
shall be divided in the midst of
thee. 2 For I will gather all n?.-
tions against Jerusalem to battle;
and the city shall be taken, and
the houses rifled, and the women
ravished; and half of the city shall
go forth into captivity, and the
residue of the people shall not be
cut off from the city. 3 Then shall
Jehovah go forth, and fight against
those nations, as when he fought
in the day of battle. 4 And his
feet shall stand in that day upon
the mount of Olives, which is before
Jerusalem on the east; and the
According to some MSS., him. - ^ Heb. hands.
1018
Or, lovers
Jehovah's Universal Reign
mount of Olives shall be cleft in
the midst thereof toward the east
and toward the west, and there
shall be a very great valley; and
half of the mountain shall remove
toward the north, and half of it
toward the south. 5 And ^e shall
flee ^by the valley of ^my moun-
tains; for the valley of the moun-
tains shall reach unto Azel; yea,
ye shall flee, like as ye fled from
before the earthquake in the days
of Uzziah king of Judah; and Jeho-
vah my God shall come, and all the
holy ones with thee. 6 And it shall
come to pass in that day, that
^there shall not be light; the bright
ones shall withdraw themselves:
7 but it shall be one day w^hich is
known unto Jehovah; not day, and
not night; but it shall come to pass,
that at evening time there shall be
light. 8 And it shall come to pass
in that day, that living waters shall
go out from Jerusalem; half of
them toward the eastern sea, and
half of them toward the western sea:
in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And Jehovah shall be King
over all the earth: in that day
shall Jehovah be one, and his
name one. 10 All the land shall
be made like the Arabah, from
Geba to Rimmon south of Jeru-
salem; and she shall be lifted up,
and shall dwell in her place, from
Benjamin's gate unto the place
of the first gate, unto the corner
gate, and from the tower of Han-
anel unto the king's winepresses.
11 And men shall dwell therein,
and there shall be no more ^curse;
but Jerusalem, shall dwell safely.
12 And this shall be the plague
wherewith Jehovah will smite all
the peoples that have warred against
Jerusalem : their flesh shall consume
away while they stand upon their
feet, and their eyes shall consume
1 Or, as otherwise read, (he valley of my mountains shall
b« Stopped « Or, to ' Or, the
* Or, the light shall not be bright nor dark
* Or, ban Or, devoting to destruction
ZECHARIAH 14.5—14.21
away in their sockets, and their
tongue shall consume away in their
mouth. 13 And it shall come to pass
in that day, that a great ^tumult
from Jehovah shall be among them;
and thej^ shall lay hold every one on
the hand of his neighbor, and his
hand shall rise up against the hand
of his neighbor. 14 And Judah also
shall fight at Jerusalem; and the
wealth of all the nations round
about shall be gathered together,
gold, and silver, and apparel, in
great abundance. 15 And so shall
be the plague of the horse, of the
mule, of the camel, and of the ass,
and of all the beasts that shall be
in those camps, as that plague.
16 And it shall come to pass,
that every one that is left of all
the nations that came against Jeru-
salem shall go up from year to
year to worship the King, Jehovah
of hosts, and to keep the feast of
tabernacles. 17 And it shall be,
that whoso of all the families of the
earth goeth not up unto Jerusalem
to worship the King, Jehovah of
hosts, upon them there shall be no
rain. 18 And if the family of Egypt
go not up, and come not, neither
shall it he upon them; there shall
be the plague wherewith Jehovah
will smite the nations that go not
up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
19 This shall be the ^punishment of
Egypt, and the ^punishment of all
the nations that go not up to keep
the feast of tabernacles. 20 In that
day shall there be upon the bells
of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHO-
VAH; and the pots in Jehovah's
house shall be like the bowls before
the altar. 21 Yea, every pot in
Jerusalem and in Judah shall be
holy unto Jehovah of hosts; and
all t\iey that sacrifice shall come
and take of them, and boil therein:
and in that day there shall be no
more a Canaanite in the house of
Jehovah of hosts.
9 Or, discomfiture
"> Or, sin
1010
THE BOOK OF
M ALACH I
Jehovah's Love of Jacob- Impious Priests rebuked
IThe burden of the word of
Jehovah to Israel by ^Malachi.
2 I have loved you, saith Jeho-
vah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast
thou loved us? ^Was not Esau
Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah:
yet I loved Jacob ; 3 but Esau
I hated, and made his mountains
a desolation, and gave his heritage
to the jackals of the wilderness.
4 ^Whereas Edom saith. We are
^beaten down, but we will return
and build the waste places; thus
saith Jehovah of hosts. They shall
build, but I will throw down; and
men shall call them The border of
wickedness, and The people against
whom Jehovah hath indignation for
ever. 5 And your eyes shall see,
and ye shall say, Jehovah ^be mag-
nified ^beyond the border of Israel.
6 A son honoreth his father,
and a servant his master: if then
I am a father, where is mine
honor? and if I am a master, where
is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts
unto you, O priests, that despise
my name. And ye say. Wherein
have we despised thy name? 7
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine
altar. And ye say, Wherein have we
polluted thee? In that ye say. The
table of Jehovah is contemptible.
8 And when ye offer the blind for
sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye
offer the lame and sick, it is no
evil! Present it now unto thy
governor; will he be pleased with
thee? or will he accept thy person?
saith Jehovah of hosts. 9 And
now, I pray you, entreat the favor
of God, that he may be gracious
i Or, oracle 2 Or, my messenger
3 Or, Is not Esau . . . yet I have loved b'c.
* Or, Though Edom say
6 Or, as otherwise read, impoverished
8 Or, is great
? Or, over
unto us: this hath been ^by your
means: will he ^accept any of your
persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.
10 Oh that there were one among
you that would shut the doors, that
ye might not kindle fire on mine
altar in vain! I have no pleasure in
you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither
will I accept an offering at your
hand. 11 For from the rising
of the sun even unto the going
down of the same my name ^^shall
he great among the Gentiles; and
in ever}^ place ^^incense ^^ shall he
offered unto my name, and a
pure offering: for my name ^^shall
he great among the Gentiles, saith
Jehovah of hosts. 12 But ye pro-
fane it, in that ye say. The table
of Jehovah is polluted, and the
fruit thereof, even its food, is con-
temptible. 13 Ye say also. Behold,
what a weariness is it! and ye
have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah
of hosts; and ye have brought
that which was taken by violence,
and the lame, and the sick; thus
ye bring the offering: should I
accept this at your hand? saith
Jehovah. 14 But cursed be the
deceiver, who hath in his flock a
male, and voweth, and sacrificeth
unto the Lord a blemished thing;
for I am a great King, saith Jeho-
vah of hosts, and my name is ter-
rible among the Gentiles.
2 And now, O ye priests, this
commandment is for you. 2
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not
lay it to heart, to give glory unto
my name, saith Jehovah of hosts,
then will I send the curse upon you,
and I will curse your blessings;
8 Heb. from your hand. » Or, accept any because of yon
10 Or, is " Or, incense and a pure ablation are offered
1020
Priests rebuked. The Coming of Jehovah's Messenger
MALAGHI 2.3—3.5
yea, I have cursed them already,
because ye do not lay it to heart.
3 Behold, I will rebuke ^your seed,
and will spread dung upon your
faces, even the dung of your feasts;
and ye shall be taken away Vith
it. 4 And ye shall know that I have
sent this commandment unto you,
that my covenant may be with Levi,
saith Jehovah of hosts. 5 My
covenant was with him of life and
peace; and I gave them to him that
he might fear; and he feared me,
and stood in awe of my nanj^. 6
The law of truth was in his ni(j|^th,
and unrighteousness was not ftund
in his lips: he walked with me in
peace and uprightjj^ss, and turned
many away from miquity. 7 For
the priest's lips should keep
knowledge, and they should seek
the law at his mouth; for he is the
messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
8 But ye are turned aside out of
the way; ye have caused many
to stumble in the law; ye have
corrupted the covenant of Levi,
saith Jehovah of hosts. 9 There-
fore have I also made you con-
temptible and base before all the
people, according as ye have not
kept my ways, but have had re-
spect of persons in the law.
10 Have we not all one father .f^
hath not one God created us.^^ why
do we deal treacherously every
man against his brother, profaning
the covenant of our fathers .^^ 11
Judah hath dealt treacherously,
and an abomination is committed in
Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah
hath profaned the ^holiness of Jeho-
vah which he loveth, and hath
married the daughter of a foreign
god. 12 Jehovah will cut off, to the
man that doeth this, him that
waketh and him that answereth, out
of the tents of Jacob, and him that
offereth an offering unto Jehovah
of hosts. 13 And this %gain ye
do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah
with tears, with weeping, and with
' Or. as otherwise read, your arm 2 Or, unto
3 Or, sanctuary * Or, a second time
sighing, insomuch that he regardeth
not the offering any more, neither
receiveth it with good will at your
hand. 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore.^
Because Jehovah hath been witness
between thee and the wife of thy
youth, against whom thou hast
dealt treacherously, though she is
thy companion, and the wife of thy
covenant. 15 ^And did he not make
one, although he had the residue of
'the Spirit .f^ And wherefore one.''
He sought a godly seed. Therefore
take heed to your spirit, and let none
deal treacherously against the wife
of his youth. 16 For ^I hate putting
away, saith Jehovah, the God of
Israel, and him that covereth his
garment with violence, saith Jeho-
vah of hosts: therefore take heed
to your spirit, that ye deal not
treacherously.
17 Ye have wearied Jehovah with
your words. Yet ye say. Wherein
have we wearied him.^ In that ye
say. Every one that doeth evil is
good in the sig;ht of Jehovah, and
he delighteth iii them; or where is
the God of justice.'^
3 Behold, I send my messenger,
and he shall prepare the way
before me: and the Lord, whom ye
seek, will suddenly come to his
temple; ^and the ^messenger of the
covenant, whom ye desire, behold,
he Cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.
2 But who can abide the day of his
coming .f^ and who shall stand when
he appeareth.f^ for he is like a re-
finer's fire, and like fullers' soap:
3 and he will sit as a refiner and
purifier of silver, and he will purify
the sons of Levi, and refine them as
gold and silver; and they shall offer
unto Jehovah offerings in right-
eousness. 4 Then shall the offering
of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant
unto Jehovah, as in the days of old,
and as in ancient years. 5 And I
will come near to you to judgment;
and I will be a swift witness against
the sorcerers, and against the adul-
5 Or, And not one hath done so who had a residue of the
spirit. Or what? is there one that seeketh a godly seed?
6 Heb". he hateth. ' Or, even » Or, ansd
1021
MALACHI 3.6—4.6
The Righteous and the Wicked distinguished. Final Admonition
terers, and against the false
swearers, and against those that
oppress the hireHng in his wages,
the widow, and the fatherless, and
that turn aside the sojourner front'
his right, and fear not me, saith
Jehovah of hosts. 6 For I, Jehovah,
change not; therefore ye, O sons of
Jacob, are not consumed.
7 From the days of your fathers
ye have turned aside from mine
ordinances, and have not kept them.
Return unto me, and I will return
unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.
But ye say. Wherein shall we re-
turn? 8 Will a man rob God.^ yet
ye rob me. But ye say. Wherein
have we robbed thee.'^ In tithes
and ^offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with
the curse; for ye rob me, even this
whole nation. 10 Bring ye the
whole tithe into the store-house,
that there may be food in my house,
and prove me now herewith, saith
Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open
you the windows of heaven, and
pour you out a blessing, that there
shall not be room enough to receive
it. 11 And I will rebuke the de-
vourer for your sakes, and he shall
not destroy the fruits of your
ground; neither shall your vine
cast its fruit before the time in
the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you
happy; for ye shall be a delight-
some land, saith Jehovah of hosts.
13 Your words have been stout
against me, saith Jehovah. Yet
ye say. What have we spoken
against thee.^^ 14 Ye have said.
It is vain to serve God; and what
profit is it that we have kept his
charge, and that we have walked
^mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
15 and now we call the proud
happy; yea, they that work wicked-
1 Heb. heave-offerings.
* Or, in mourning apparel
ness are built up; yea, they tempt
God, and escape.
16 Then they that feared Jehovah
spake one with another; and Je-
hovah hearkened, and heard, and
a book of remembrance was written
before him, for them that feared
Jehovah, and that thought upon
his name. 17 And they shall be
mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, eveti
mine own possession, in the day
that I ^make; and I will spare
them, as a man spareth his own
son that serveth him. 18 Then
shall ye return and discern be-
tween the righteous and the
wicked, between him that serveth
God and him tlMit serveth him not.
*A 1 For, behold, the day cometh,
A^ it burnetii as a furnace; and
all the proud, and all that work
wickedness, shall be stubble; and
the day that cometh shall burn
them up, saith Jehovah of hosts,
that it shall leave them neither
root nor branch. 2 But unto you
that fear my name shall the sun
of righteousness arise with healing
in its Vings; and ye shall go forth,
and gambol as calves of the stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the
wicked; for they shall be ashes
under the soles of your feet in the
day that I hnake, saith Jehovah of
hosts.
4 Remember ye the law^ of Moses
my servant, which I commanded
unto him in Horeb for all Israel,
even statutes and ordinances. 5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the
prophet before the great and ter-
rible day of Jehovah come. 6 And
he shall turn the heart of the fathers
Ho the children, and the heart of the
children ^to their fathers; lest I
come and smite the ^earth with a
'curse.
' Or, do this
* Or, beams
• Or, land
*Ch. 3.19 in Heb.
5 Or, with
"> Or, ban Or, devoting to destruction
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FROM THE AMERICAN STANDARD EDITION OF THE REVISED BIBLE
Copyright, 1901,
By THOMAS NELSON & SONS.
TO INSURE PURITY OF TEXT
PREFACE
This edition of the Revised New Testament of 1881 embodies a pur-
pose entertained by many members of the American Revision Committee
ahnost from the publication of the work. The Hst of passages in which
the New Testament Company dissented from the decisions of their Eng-
hsh associates, when it was transmitted to them, bore the heading, "The
American New Testament Revision Company, having in many cases
yielded their preference for certain readings and renderings, present the
following instances in which they differ from the English Company, as
in their view of sufficient importance to be appended to the revision,
in accordance with an understanding between the Companies."
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rally stirred a desire that they should be made accessible to at least the
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In the preparation of this edition no attempt has been made to pre-
serve a full record of the other readings and renderings than those that
appeared in the work as published in 1881 which were preferred by the
American revisers. The Appendix of that edition, however, was not only
hastily compiled under pressure from the University Presses, but its neces-
sarily limited compass compelled, as the original heading intimated, the
exclusion of many suggestions that the American Company held to be of
interest and importance. These, amounting in the aggregate to a consider-
able number, have been incorporated in the present edition. The oppor-
tunity has been taken also to introduce not a few alterations, individually
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Respecting details, but little need be added to the ample statements
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In the delicate matter of rendering the names of the several coins that
occur in the New Testament, we have departed somewhat from our Eng-
Hsh brethren. For the Greek AeirroV the term ''mite" has been retained,
and for KoSpavrrj^ the rendering "farthing" (see Mk. xii. 42). But aa-a-dptov
has been translated "penny" (Matt. x. 29; Lk. xii. 6); while in thirteen
out of the sixteen instances where in the edition of 1881 the Greek SrjvdpLov
was represented by this English word, the term "shilling" has been sub-
stituted, not only as corresponding more nearly to the coin's relative value,
but also because "penny," according to its modern use, is in some cases
highly inappropriate (see Matt. xx. 2; Lk. x. 35; Rev. vi. 6). In the three
remaining instances (Matt. xxii. 19; Mk. xii. 15; Lk. xx. 24), the Greek
name of the coin has been introduced, in order to meet the obvious require-
ment of the context. Where the English value of^ coins is given in the
margin, we have added the equivalents in our national currency; but in
the case of the talent (Matt, xviii. 24) what is believed to be a more accu-
rate valuation has been given.
In formal particulars, this new edition will show but slight and infre-
quent deviations from its predecessor. The division of the text into para-
graphs in that edition has not been often departed from; and then chiefly
in cases where the same matter is found in more than one of the Gospels,
and hence uniformity of division seemed desirable. Further, in the
Epistles and the Revelation the more decided transitions to a new topic
have been indicated by leaving a line blank. The somewhat ponderous
and peculiar system of punctuation of the original edition has been in the
main adhered to; although, pursuant to the principle there followed, a
comma has here and there been dropped which seemed likely to obstruct
the reader, and the gradations of thought have been occasionally indicated
more distinctly by substituting a semicolon for the overworked colon.
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and agreeably to usage, ancient as well as modern. They have been altered
only in the few instances where the former heading was erroneous (as in
the case of the Epistle to the Hebrews), or apt to mislead (as in the case of
the Book of Acts), or hardly intelligible to the ordinary reader (as the
"General" in the heading of some of the shorter Epistles), or founded in a
misapprehension (as in the case of "Saint" prefixed to the names of the
Evangelists) . Moreover, the alternate title of the New Testament, and the
mode of printing the headings of the Four Evangelists' narratives, are
designed to recall to mind the inherent signification and primitive use of
the terms "Testament" (compare Hebrews ix. 15 f.) and "Gospel." In
the Book of Revelation, also, the "Glorias," "Trisagia," etc., have been
marked typographically.
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to act with becoming deference and reserve. A few archaisms, such as
"how that," "for to," "the which," "howbeit," etc., which are becoming
uncouth to a modern ear, have been generally although not invariably
discarded. Not a few of the instances of the superfluous use of "do" and
"did" as auxiliaries, of "that" as equivalent to "that which," and the like,
have also been removed; and current usage has been recognized in the
case of forms which King James's revision employed indiscriminately, as
"beside" and "besides" (see Luke xvi. 26; xxiv. 21). But in making
these and other slight changes, the American editors have not forgotten
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that they were dealing with a venerable monument of English usage, and
have been careful not to obliterate the traces of its historic origin and
descent.
Notwithstanding the caution —as wise perhaps as prudent —which led
the English Committee wholly to omit the headings of chapters and pages,
and in spite of the disfavor which has been the fate of many attempts to
furnish them from the days of Dr. Blayney, who, with four assistants, pro-
duced a set which speedily fell into neglect, it has been deemed best to
equip the present edition with running headlines, which may serve in some
sort instead of a detailed Table of Contents, and as landmarks to a reader
familiar with the text. In preparing them it has been the constant aim to
avoid as far as possible all pre-commitments, whether doctrinal or exegeti-
cal; and with this object in view, the forms of statement employed have
been drawn in the main from the Biblical text. Often a fragmentary
quotation which might serve as a catchword or reminder of a well-known
passage has been deemed sufficient. The limitations of space have fre-
quently compelled a partial selection from the contents of a given page, the
continuation of a heading from one page to the next, or even the entry of
the kernel of a statement on a page adjoining that on which it appears in
the text. Slight displacement in such a case seemed preferable to total
omission.
It is not superfluous to mention expressly the fact that in this edition
the variant readings and renderings are placed at the foot of the pages, but
in as close juxtaposition as possible with the passages to which they relate.
The reader's attention is thereby drawn to the circumstance that some
degree of uncertainty still cleaves, in the judgment of scholars, either to
the text of the passage before him, or to its translation, or to both. Accord-
ingly, when he remembers that, by the rule of procedure which the Com-
mittee followed, the translation of 1611 held its place in every instance
until an alteration commanded the votes of two-thirds of the revisers, it will
become evident to him that a rendering given in the margin may have com-
mended itself to a majority, while still falling short of the degree of ap-
proval necessary to enable it to supplant the text. It is known that this
was the case in a considerable number of instances, of which the established
term "Comforter" as the appellation of the Holy Spirit in the fourteenth
chapter of the Gospel of John is a notable representative.
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they will find their all-sufficient reward.
THE NAMES AND ORDER
OF THE
BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
The Gospel : —
According to Matthew
According to Mark
According to Luke
According to John
The Acts
KOMANS
I. Corinthians
II. Coeinthians
Galatians .
Ephesians
Philippians
COIjOSSIANS .
I. THESSAIiONIANS
PAGE
II. Thessalonians
1
I. Timothy
. 38
II. Timothy
61
TiTTJS .
. 101
Philemon
. 130
Hebrews
. 169
James .
. 185
I. Peter
. 200
II. Peter
. 210,
I. John
. 215
II. John
. 220
III. John
. 224
Jude
. 228
Eevelation
PAGB
231
233
237
240
242
243
255
259
263
266
270
270
271
272
THE GOSPEL:
ACCORDING TO
MATTHEW
Genealogy of Jesus. Birth of Jesus
I^Tlie book of the ^generation
of Jesus Christ, the son of David,
the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac
begat Jacob ; and Jacob begat Judah
and his brethren; 3 and Judah begat
Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and
Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron
begat ^Ram; 4 and ^Ram begat
Amminadab; and Amminadab begat
Nahshon; and Nahshon begat Sal-
mon; 5 and Salmon begat Boaz of
Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed of
Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; 6 and
Jesse begat David the king.
And David begat Solomon of her
that had been the wife of Uriah; 7 and
Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Re-
hoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah
begat ^Asa; 8 and ^Asa begat Jehosh-
aphat; and Jehoshaphat begat Jo-
ram ; and Joram begat Uzziah ; 9 and
Uzziah begat Jotham; and Jotham
begat Ahaz; and Ahaz begat Heze-
kiah; 10 and Hezekiah begat Manas-
seh; and Manasseh begat ^Amon;
and ^Amon begat Josiah; 11 and
Josiah begat Jechoniah and his
brethren, at the time of the ^carrying
away to Babylon.
12 And after the ^carrying away
to Babylon, Jechoniah begat ^She-
altiel; and "^Shealtiel begat Zerub-
babel; 13 and Zerubbabel begat
Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim;
and Eliakim begat Azor; 14 and
Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat
Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
1 Or, The genealogy of Jesus Christ
^ Or, birth: as in ver, 18. ' Gr. Aram. * Gr. Asaph.
6 Gr. A mos. 6 Or, removal to Babylon
7 Gr. Salathiel.
15 and Eliud begat Eleazar; and
Eleazer begat Matthan; and Mat-
than begat Jacob; 16 and Jacob
begat Joseph the husband of Mary,
of whom was born Jesus, who is
called Christ.
17 So all the generations from
Abraham unto David are fourteen
generations; and from David unto
the ^carrying away to Babylon four-
teen generations; and from the
^carrying away to Babylon unto the
Christ fourteen generations.
18 Now the ^birth ^of Jesus Christ
was on this wise: When his mother
Mary had been betrothed to Joseph,
before they came together she was
found with child of the Holy Spirit.
19 And Joseph her husband, being
a righteous man, and not willing to
make her a public example, was
minded to put her away privily.
20 But when he thought on these
things, behold, an angel of the Lord
appeared unto him in a dream, say-
ing, Joseph, thou son of David, fear
not to take unto thee Mary thy wife :
for that which is ^^conceived in her
is of the Holy Spirit. 21 And she
shall bring forth a son; and thou
shall call his name Jesus; for it is
he that shall save his people from
their sins. 22 Now all this is come
to pass, that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the Lord
through the prophet, saving, •
23 iiBehold, the virgin shall be
with child, and shall bring forth
a son,
8 Or, generation: as in ver. 1.
« Some ancient authorities read of the Christ.
w Gr. begotten. " Is. vii. 14.
1
MATTHEW 1 . 24 2.22 visit of the Magi. Flight into Egypt. Slaughter of the Innocents
And they shall call his name
^Immanuel;
which is, being interpreted, God
with us. 24 And Joseph arose from
his sleep, and did as the angel of the
Lord commanded him, and took
unto him his wife; 25 and knew her
not till she had brought forth a son:
and he called his name Jesus.
2 Now when Jesus was born
in Bethlehem of Judaea in the
days of Herod the king, behold,
^Wise-men from the east canie to
Jerusalem, saying, 2 ^Where is he
that is born King of the Jews.^ for
we saw his star in the east, and are
come to ^worship him. 3 And when
Herod the king heard it, he was
troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 And gathering together all the
chief priests and scribes of the people,
he inquired of them where the Christ
should be born. 5 And they said
unto him. In Bethlehem of Judaea:
for thus it is written through the
prophet,
6 ^And thou Bethlehem, land of
Judah,
Art in no wise least among the
princes of Judah:
For out of thee shall come forth
a governor.
Who shall be shepherd of my
people Israel.
7 Then Herod privily called the
^Wise-men, and learned of them
exactly ^what time the star ap-
peared. 8 And he sent them to
Bethlehem, and said. Go and search
out exactly concerning the young
child; and when ye have found him,
bring me word, that I also may come
and^ %^orship him. 9 And^ they,
having heard the king, went their
way;^ and lo, the star, which they
saw in the east, went before them,
till it came and stood over where the
young child was. 10 And when they
saw the star, they rejoiced with ex-
1 Gr. Emmanuel.
*Gr. Magi. Compare Esther 1. 13; Dan. 2, 12; Acts
13. 6, 8.
3 Or, Where is the King of the Jews that is born?
4 The Greek word denotes an act of reverence whether
paid to a creature (see ch. 4. 9; 18. 26), or to the Creator
(see ch. 4. 10).
6 Mic. V. 2. « Or, the time of the star that appeared
ceeding great joy. 11 And they
came into the house and saw the
young child with Mary his mother;
and they fell down and worshipped
him; and opening their treasiu-es
they offered unto him gifts, gold and
frankincense and • myrrh. 12 And
being warned of God in a dream that
they should not return to Herod,
they departed into their own country
another way.
13 Now when they were departed,
behold, an angel of the Lord ap-
peareth to Joseph in a dream, say-
ing. Arise and take the young child
and his mother, and flee into Eg;vT)t,
and be thou there until I tell thee:
for Herod will seek the young child
to destroy him. 14 And he arose and
took the young child and his mother
by night, and departed into Egypt;
15 and was there until the death of
Herod: that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the Lord
through the prophet, saying, ^Out
of Egypt did I call my son.
16 Then Herod, when he saw that
he was mocked of the ^Wise-men,
w^as exceeding wroth, and sent forth,
and slew all the male children that
were in Bethlehem, and in all the
borders thereof, from two years old
and under, according to the time
which he had exactly learned of the
2W'ise-men. 17 Then was fulfilled
that which was spoken through
Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
18 ^A voice was heard in Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
And she would not be comforted,
because they are not.
19 But w^hen Herod was dead,
behold, an angel of the Lord ap-
peareth in a dream to Joseph in
Egypt, saying, 20 Arise and take the
young child and his mother, and go
into the land of Israel: for they are
dead that sought the young child's
life. 21 And he arose and took the
young child and his mother, and
came into the land of Israel. 22 But
when he heard that Archelaus was
7 Hos. xi. 1.
sjer. xxxi. 16.
Preaching of the Baptist. Baptism of Jesus. The Temptation MATTHEW 2.23 4.8
reigning over Judaea in the room of
his father Herod, he was afraid to go
thither; and being warned of God
in a dream, he withdrew into the
parts of GaHlee, 23 and came and
dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that
it might be fulfilled which was
spoken through the prophets, ^that
he should be called a Nazarene.
3 And in those days cometh
John the Baptist, preaching in
the wilderness of Judsea, saying,
2 Repent ye; for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he
that was spoken of through Isaiah
the prophet, saying,
^The voice of one crying in the
wilderness,
Make ye ready the way of the
Lord,
Make his paths straight.
4 Now John himself had his rai-
ment of camel's hair, and a leathern
girdle about his loins; and his food
was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then
went out unto him Jerusalem, and
all Judaea, and all the region round
about the Jordan; 6 and they were
baptized of him in the river Jordan,
confessing their sins. 7 But when
he saw many of the Pharisees and
Sadducees coming ^to his baptism,
he said unto them. Ye offspring of
vipers, who warned you to flee from
the wrath to come.f^ 8 Bring forth
therefore fruit worthy of ^repent-
ance: 9 and think not to say within
yourselves. We have Abraham to our
father: for I say unto you, that God
is able of these stones to raise up
children unto Abraham. 10' And
even now the axe lieth at the root of
the trees: every tree therefore that
bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn
down, and cast into the fire. 11 I
indeed baptize you ^in water unto
repentance: but he that cometh
after me is mightier than I, whose
shoes I am not ^worthy to bear: he
shall baptize you °in the Holy Spirit
and in fire: 12 whose fan is in his
hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse
Isa. xi. 1 in the Heb.? 2 Isa. xl. 3.
Or, your repentance « Or, with
3 Or, for baptism
6 Gr. sufficient..
his threshing-floor; and he will gather
his wheat into the garner, but the
chaff he will bum up with unquench-
able fire.
13 Then cometh Jesus from Gali-
lee to the Jordan unto John, to be
baptized of him. 14 But John would
have hindered him, saying, I have
need to be baptized of thee, and
comes t thou to me.^^ 15 But Jesus
answering said unto him. Suffer Ht
now: for thus it becometh us to
fulfil all righteousness. Then he
suffereth him. 16 And Jesus, when
he was baptized, went up straight-
way from the water: and lo, the
heavens were opened ^unto him, and
he saw the Spirit of God descending
as a dove, and coming upon him; 17
and lo, a voice out of the heavens,
saying, ^This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased.
4 Then was Jesus led up of the
Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted of the devil. 2 And when
he had fasted forty days and forty
nights, he afterward hungered. 3
And the tempter came and said unto
him. If thou art the Son of God,
command that these stones become
i^bread. 4 But he answered and said.
It is written, ^^Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him into the
holy city; and he set him on the
i2pinnacle of the temple, 6 and saith
unto him, If thou art the Son of God,
cast thyself down: for it is written,
i^He shall give his angels charge
concerning thee:
and,
On their hands they shall bear
thee up,
Lest haply thou dash thy foot
against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him. Again it is
written, ^^Thou shall not make trial
of the Lord thy God. 8 Again, the
devil taketh him unto an exceeding
^ Or, me * Some ancient authorities omit unto him.
9 Or, This is my Son; my beloved in whom I am well
pleased. See ch. 12. 18.
10 Gr. loaves. " Dt. viii. 3. 12 Gr. wing.
"Ps.xci. 11,12. "Dt.vi. 16.
MATTHEW 4.9 5. 13 Jesus retires to Galilee. Calls the Four. Sermon on the Mount
high mountain, and showeth him all
the kingdoms of the world, and the
glory of them; 9 and he said unto
him, All these things will I give thee,
if thou wilt fall down and ^worship
me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him,
Get thee hence, Satan: for it is
written, ^Xhou shalt worship the
Lord thy God, and him only shalt
thou serve. 11 Then the devil
leaveth him; and behold, angels
came and ministered unto him.
12 Now when he heard that John
was delivered up, he withdrew into
Galilee; 13 and leaving Nazareth,
he came and dwelt in Capernaum,
which is by the sea, in the borders
of Zebulun and Naphtali: 14 that
it might be fulfilled which was
spoken through Isaiah the prophet,
saying,
15 ^The land of Zebulun and the
land of Naphtali,
^Toward the sea, beyond the
Jordan,
Galilee of the ^Gentiles,
16 The people that sat in darkness
Saw a great light,
And to them that sat in the
region and shadow of death.
To them did light spring up.
17 From that time began Jesus to
preach, and to say. Repent ye; for
the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
18 And walking by the sea of
Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon
who is called Peter, and Andrew his
brother, casting a net into the sea;
for they were fishers. 19 And he
saith unto them, Come ye after me,
and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left the
nets, and followed him. 21 And
going on from thence he saw two
other brethren, ^James the son of
Zebedee, and John his brother, in the
boat with Zebedee their father,
mending their nets; and he called
them. 22 And they straightway left
the boat and their father, and fol-
lowed him.
1 See marginal note on ch. 2. 2. 2 Dt. vi. 13.
3 Is. ix. 1,2. 4 Gr. The way of the sea.
5Gr. nations: and so elsewhere.
6 Or, Jacob
23 And ^Jesus went about in all
Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
and preaching the gospel of the
kingdom, and healing all manner of
disease and all manner of sickness
among the people. 24 And the
report of him went forth into all
Syria: and they brought unto him
all that were sick, holden with divers
diseases and torments, possessed
with demons, and epileptic, and pal-
sied; and he healed them. 25 And
there followed him great multitudes
from Galilee and Decapolis and
Jerusalem and Judaea and from be-
yond the Jordan.
5 And seeing the multitudes,
he went up into the mountain:
and when he had sat down, his dis-
ciples came unto him: 2 and he
opened his mouth and taught them,
saying,
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit:
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 i^Blessed are they that mourn :
for they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek: for they
shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are they that hunger
and thirst after righteousness: for
they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful: for
they shall obtain merc3^
8 Blessed are the pure in heart:
for they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers:
for they shall be called sons of God.
10 Blessed are they that have been
persecuted for righteousness' sake:
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
1 1 Blessed are ye when men shall
reproach you, and persecute you,
and say all manner of evil against
you falsely, for my sake. 12 Re-
joice, and be exceeding glad: for
great is your reward in heaven : for
so persecuted they the prophets
that were before you.
13 Ye are the salt of the earth:
but if the salt have lost its savor,
wherewith shall it be salted.'^ it is
^ Some ancient authorities read he.
8 Or, good tidings: and so elsewhere.
' Or, demoniacs
. w Some ancient authorities transpose ver. 4 and 5.
Of Enmity.
Of Adultery.
Of Oaths
MATTHEW 5.14—5.3:
thenceforth good for nothing, but to
be cast out and trodden under foot
of men. 14 Ye are the Hght of the
world. A city set on a hill cannot be
hid. 15 Neither do men light a
lamp, and put it under the bushel,
but on the stand; and it shineth
unto all that are in the house. 16
Even so let your light shine before
men; that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father who
is in heaven.
17 Think not that I came to
destroy the law or the prophets: I
came not to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you. Till
heaven and earth pass away, one jot
or one tittle shall in no wise pass away
from the law, till all things be ac-
complished. 19 Whosoever there-
fore shall break one of these least
commandments, and shall teach men
so, shall be called least in the king-
dom of heaven: but whosoever shall
do and teach them, he shall be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say unto you, that except
your righteousness shall exceed the
righteousness of the scribes and
Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
21 Ye have heard that it was said
to them of old time, ^Thou shalt not
kill; and whosoever shall kill shall
be in danger of the judgment: 22
but I say unto you, that every one
who is angry with his brother ^shall
be in danger of the judgment; and
whosoever shall say to his brother,
^Raca, shall be in danger of the
council; and whosoever shall say,
''Thou fool, shall be in danger ^of the
%ell of fire. 23 If therefore thou art
offering thy gift at the altar, and
there rememberest that thy brother
hath aught against thee, 24 leave
there thy gift before the altar, and
go thy way, first be reconciled to thy
brother, and then come and offer thy
gift, 25 Agree with thine adversary
1 Ex. XX. 13; Dt. v. 17.
2 Many ancient authorities insert without cause.
3 An expression of contempt.
* Or, Moreh, a Hebrew expression of condemnation.
Trf, unto or into. « Gr. Gehenna of fire.
quickly, while thou art with him in
the way; lest haply the adversary
deliver thee to the judge, and the
judge Meliver thee to the officer, and
thou be cast into prison. 26 Verily
I say unto thee. Thou shalt by no
means come out thence, till thou
have paid the last farthing.
27 Ye have heard that it was said,
^Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28 but I say unto you, that every
one that looketh on a woman to lust
after her hath committed adultery
with her already in his heart. 29
And if thy right eye causeth thee to
stumble, pluck it out, and cast it
from thee: for it is profitable for
thee that one of thy members should
perish, and not thy whole body be
cast into ^hell. 30 And if thy right
hand causeth thee to stumble, cut
it off, and cast it from thee : for it is
profitable for thee that one of thy
members should perish, and not thy
whole body go into %ell. 31 It was
said also,^^Whosoever shall put away
his wife, let him give her a writing of
divorcement: 32 but I say unto you,
that every one that putteth away
his wife, saving for the cause of
fornication, maketh her an adul-
teress: and whosoever shall marry
her when she is put away commit-
teth adultery.
33 Again, ye have heard that it
was said to them of old time, ^^Thou
shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt
perform unto the Lord thine oaths;
34 but I say unto you. Swear not at
all; neither by the heaven, for it is
the throne of God; 35 nor by the
earth, for it is the footstool of his
feet; nor ^^by Jerusalem, for it is the
city of the great King. 36 Neither
shalt thou swear by thy head, for
thou canst not make one hair white
or black. 37 ^^But let your speech
be. Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and what-
soever is more than these is of ^^the
evil one.
'' Some ancient authorities omit deliver thee.
8 Ex. XX. 14; Dt. v. 18. » Gr. Gehenna, w Dt. xxiv. 1, 3.
11 Lev. xix, 12; Num. xxx. 2; Dt. xxiii. 21.
12 Or, toward
" Some ancient authorities read But your speech shall be.
i^Or, evil: as in ver. 39; vi. 13.
MATTHEW 5.38 6.20 Of Love to Enemies. Of Alms. Of Prayer. Of Fasting
38 Ye have heard that it was said,
An ^eye for an eye, and a tooth for
a tooth: 39 but I say unto you.
Resist not ^him that is evil: but
whosoever smiteth thee on thy right
cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man would go to law
with thee, and take away thy coat,
let him have thy cloak also. 41 And
whosoever shall ^compel thee to go
one mile, go with him two. 42 Give
to him that asketh thee, and from
him that would borrow of thee turn
not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it was said,
'^Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and
hate thine enemy : 44 but I say unto
you. Love your enemies, and pray
for them that persecute you; 45
that ye may be sons of your Father
who is in heaven : for he maketh his
sun to rise on the evil and the good,
and sendeth rain on the just and the
imjust. 46 For if ye love them that
love yoii what reward have ye.^ do
not even the publicans the same.^
47 And if ye salute your brethren
only, what do ye more than others?
do not even the Gentiles the same.^
48 Ye therefore shall be perfect, as
your heavenly Father is perfect.
6 Take heed that ye do not
your righteousness before men,
to be seen of them: else ye have no
reward with your Father who is in
heaven.
2 When therefore thou doest alms,
sound not a trumpet before thee, as
the hypocrites do in the synagogues
and in the streets, that they may
have glory of men. Verily I say
unto you, They have received their
reward. 3 But when thou doest
alms, let not thy left hand know
what thy right hand doeth: 4 that
thine alms may be in secret: and
thy Father who seeth in secret shall
recompense thee.
5 And when ye pray, ye shall not
be as the hypocrites: for they love
to stand and pray in the synagogues
and in the corners of the streets, that
1 Ex. xxi. 24; Lev. xxiv. 20; Dt. xix. 21.
a Or, evil 8 Gr. impress. * Lev. xix. 18.
' That is, collectors or renters of Roman taxes.
they may be seen of men. Verily I
say unto you, They have received
their reward. 6 But thou, when
thou pray est, enter into thine inner
chamber, and having shut thy door,
pray to thy Father who is in secret,
and thy Father who seeth in secret
shall recompense thee. 7 And in
praying use not vain repetitions, as
the Gentiles do : for they think that
they shall be heard for their much
speaking. 8 Be not therefore like
unto them : for ^your Father knoweth
what things ye have need of, before
ye ask him. 9 After this manner
therefore pray ye: Our Father who
art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done, as in heaven, so on earth.
1 1 Give us this day ^our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we
also have forgiven our debtors. 13
And bring us not into temptation,
but deliver us from ^the evil one,^
14 For if ye forgive men their tres-
passes, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. 15 But if ye for-
give not men their trespasses, neither
will your Father forgive your tres-
passes.
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not,
as the hypocrites, of a sad counte-
nance: for they disfigure their faces,
that they may be seen of men to
fast. Verily I say unto you. They
have received their reward. 17 But
thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy
head, and wash thy face; 18 that
thou be not seen of men to fast, but
of thy Father who is in secret: and
thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall
recompense thee.
19 Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon the earth, where
moth and rust consume, and where
thieves ^^break through and steal:
20 but lay up for yourselves treas-
ures in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust doth consume, and w^here
thieves do not ^^break through nor
* Some ancient authorities read God your Father.
^ Gr. Qiir bread for the coming day. Or, our needful bread
8 Or, evil
' Many authorities, some ancient, but with variations,
add For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever. A men. i" Gr. dig through.
6
Of Anxiety. Of Judging Others. The Golden Rule MATTHEW 6.21 — 7.16
steal: 21 for where thy treasure is,
there will thy heart be also. 22 The
lamp of the body is the eye : if
therefore thine eye be single, thy
whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole
body shall be full of darkness. If
therefore the light that is in thee be
darkness, how great is the darkness !
24 No man can serve two masters:
for either he will hate the one, and
love the other; or else he will hold
to one, and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you. Be not
anxious for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet
for your body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life more than the food,
and the body than the raiment .^^
26 Behold the birds of the heaven,
that they sow not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns; and
your heavenly Father feedeth them.
Are not ye of much more value than
they? 27 And which of you by
being anxious can add one cubit unto
^the measure of his life.^ 28 And why
are ye anxious concerning raiment.?
Consider the lilies of the field, how
they grow; they toil not, neither do
they spin: 29 yet I say unto you,
that even Solomon in all his glory
was not arraved like one of these.
30 But if God doth so clothe the
grass of the field, which to-day is,
and to-morrow is cast into the oven,
shall he not much more clothe you,
O ye of little faith.? 31 Be not there-
fore anxious, saying. What shall we
eat.? or. What shall we drink.? or.
Wherewithal shall be we clothed.?
32 For after all these things do the
Gentiles seek; for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need
of all these things. 33 But seek ye
first his kingdom, and his righteous-
ness; and all these things shall be
added unto you. 34 Be not there-
fore anxious for the morrow: for the
morrow will be anxious for itself.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof.
1 Or, his stature
7 Judge not, that ye be not
judged. 2 For with what judg-
ment ye judge, ye shall be judged:
and with what measure ye mete, it
shall be measured unto you. 3 And
why beholdest thou the mote that
is in thy brother's eye, but con-
siderest not the beam that is in thine
own eye.? 4 Or how wilt thou say to
thy brother, Let me cast out the
mote out of thine eye; and lo, the
beam is in thine own eye.? 5 Thou
hypocrite, cast out first the beam out
of thine own eye; and then shalt
thou see clearly to cast out the mote
out of thy brother's eye.
6 Give not that which is holy unto
the dogs, neither cast your pearls
before the swine, lest haply they
trample them under their feet, and
turn and rend you.
7 Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and
it shall be opened unto you: 8 for
every one that asketh receiveth; and
he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, who,
if his son shall ask him for a loaf,
will give him a stone; 10 or if he
shall ask for a fish, will give him a
serpent.? 11 If ye then, being evil,
know how to give good gifts unto
your children, how much more shall
your Father who is in heaven give
good things to them that ask him.?
12 All things therefore whatsoever
ye would that men should do unto
you, even so do ye also unto them:
for this is the law and the prophets.
13 Enter ye in by the narrow gate:
for wide ^is the gate, and broad is the
way, that leadeth to destruction,
and many are they that enter in
thereby. 14 ^For narrow is the gate,
and straitened the way, that leadeth
unto life, and few are they that find
it.
15 Beware of false prophets, who
come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly are ravening wolves. 16
By their fruits ye shall know them.
b'c
2 Some ancient authorities omit is the gate.
3 Many ancient authorities read How narrcnv is the gate,
MATTHEW 7.17 — 8.16 The Two ways. The Two Foundations. The Commended Centurion
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or i
figs of thistles? 17 Even so every |
good tree bringeth forth good fruit;
but the corrupt tree bringeth forth
evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot
bring forth evil fruit, neither can a
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not
forth good fruit is hewn down, and
cast into the fire. 20 Therefore by
their fruits ye shall know them. 21
Not every one that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth the will of my Father who is
in heaven. 22 Many will say to me
in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy by thy name, and by thy
name cast out demons, and by thy
name do many ^mighty works .^ 23
And then will I profess unto them,
I never knew you: depart from me,
ye that work iniquity.
24 Every one therefore that hear-
eth these words of mine, and doeth
them, shall be likened unto a wise
man, who built his house upon the
rock: 25 and the rain descended,
and the floods came, and the winds
blew, and beat upon that house; and
it fell not: for it was founded upon
the rock. 26 And every one that
heareth these words of mine, and
doeth them not, shall be likened unto
a foolish man, who built his house
upon the sand: 27 and the rain
descended, and the floods came, and
the winds blew, and smote upon that
house; and it fell: and great was the
fall thereof.
28 And it came to pass, when
Jesus had finished these words, the
multitudes were astonished at his
teaching: 29 for he taught them as
one having authority, and not as
their scribes.
8 And when he was come down
from the mountain, great mul-
titudes followed him. 2 And be-
hold, there came to him a leper and
2 worshipped him, saying, Lord, if
thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
3 And he stretched forth his hand.
1 Gr. powers.
*See marginal note on ch. 2. 2.
and touched him, saying, I will; be
thou made clean. And straightway
his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And
Jesus saith unto him, ^See thou tell
no man; but go, show thyself to the
priest, and offer the gift that Moses
commanded, for a testimony unto
them.
5 And when he was entered into
Capernaum, there came unto him a
centurion, beseeching him, 6 and
saying. Lord, my Servant lieth in
the house sick of the palsy, grievously
tormented. 7 And he saith unto
him, I will come and heal him. 8
And the centurion answered and
said. Lord, I am not ^worthy that
thou shouldest come under my roof;
but only say ^the word, and my
Servant shall be healed. 9 For I
also am a man ^under authority,
having under myself soldiers: and
I say to this one, Go, and he goeth;
and to another, Come, and he Com-
eth; and to my ^servant, Do this, and
he doeth it. 10 And when Jesus
heard it, he marvelled, and said to
them that followed, Verily I ssiy unto
you, ^I have not found so great faith,
no, not in Israel. 11 And I say unto
you, that many shall come from the
east and the west, and shall ^^sit
down with Abraham, and Isaac, and
Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:
12 but the sons of the kingdom shall
be cast forth into the outer darkness :
there shall be the weeping and the
gnashing of teeth. 13 And Jesus said
unto the centurion. Go thy way;
as thou hast believed, so be it done
unto thee. And the ^servant was
healed in that hour.
14 And when Jesus was come into
Peter's house, he saw his wife's
mother lying sick of a fever. 15 And
he touched her hand, and the fever
left her; and she arose, and minis-
tered unto him. 16 And when even
was come, they brought unto him
sLev. xiii. 49; xiv. 2 ff. < Or. boy
'Gr. sufficient. « Gr. with a word.
'Some ancient authorities insert set: as in Lk. 7. 8.
8Gr. bondservant.
9 Many ancient authorities read With no man in Israel
have I found so great faith.
"> Gr. recline.
Discipleship exacting. The Tempest Stilled. Matthew is called MATTHEW 8.17 — 9.11
many ^possessed with demons: and
he cast out the spirits with a word,
and healed all that were sick: 17
that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken through Isaiah the prophet,
saying, ^Himself took our infirmities,
and bare our diseases.
18 Now when Jesus saw great
multitudes about him, he gave com-
mandment to depart unto the other
side. 19 And there came ^a scribe,
and said unto him. Teacher, I will
follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
20 And Jesus saith unto him. The
foxes have holes, and the birds of
the heaven have ''nests; but the
Son of man hath not where to lay
his head. 21 And another of the
disciples said unto him. Lord, suffer
me first to go and bury my father.
22 But Jesus saith unto him, Follow
me; and leave the dead to bury
their own dead.
23 And when he was entered into
a boat, his disciples followed him.
24 And behold, there arose a great
tempest in the sea, insomuch that
the boat was covered with the waves :
but he was asleep. 25 And they
came to him, and awoke him, saying.
Save, Lord; we perish. 26 And he
saith unto them. Why are ye fearful,
O ye of little faith .^ Then he arose,
and rebuked the winds and the sea;
and there was a great cairn. 27 And
the men marvelled, saying, W^hat
manner of man is this, that even the
winds and the sea obey him.^
28 And when he was come to the
other side into the country of the
Gadarenes, there met him two ^pos-
sessed with demons, coniing forth
out of the tombs, exceeding fierce,
so that no man could pass by that
way. 29 And behold, they cried out,
saying, What have we to do with
thee, thou Son of God? art thou
come hither to torment us before the
time.^ 30 Now there was afar off
from them a herd of many swine
feeding. 31 And the demons be-
sought him, saying, If thou cast us
^ Or, demoniacs
» Gr. one scribe.
2 Is. liii. 4.
* Gr. lodging-places.
out, send us away into the herd of
swine. 32 And he said unto them.
Go. And they came out, and went
into the swine : and behold, the whole
herd rushed down the steep into the
sea, and perished in the waters. 33
And they that fed them fled, and
went away into the city, and told
everything, and what was befallen
to them that were ^possessed with
demons. 34 And behold, all the city
came out to meet Jesus: and when
they saw him, they besought him
that he would depart from their
borders.
9 And he entered into a boat,
and crossed over, and came into
his own city. 2 And behold, they
brought to him a man sick of the
palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus
seeing their faith said unto the sick
of the palsy, ^Son, be of good cheer;
thy sins are forgiven. 3 And behold,
certain of the scribes said within
themselves. This man blasphemeth.
4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts
said, Wlierefore think ye evil in your
hearts .f^ 5 For which is easier, to say.
Thy sins are forgiven; or to say.
Arise, and walk.? 6 But that ye may
know that the Son of man hath
authority on earth to forgive sins
(then saith he to the sick of the
palsy). Arise, and take up thy bed,
and go unto thy house. 7 And he
arose, and departed to his house.
8 But when the multitudes saw it,
they were afraid, and glorified God,
who had given such authorit}^ unto
men.
9 And as Jesus passed by from
thence, he saw a man, called Mat-
thew, sitting at the place of toll : and
he saith unto him. Follow me. And
he arose, and followed him.
10 And it came to pass, as he ^sat
at meat in the house, behold, many
^publicans and sinners came and
sat down with Jesus and his dis-
ciples. 11 And when the Pharisees
saw it, they said unto his disciples,
Why eateth your Teacher with the
5 Gr. Chili. « Many ancient authorities read seeing.
'' Gr. reclined', and so always.
8 See marginal note on ch. 5. 46.
MATTHEW 9. 12 10. 1 cure of the Ruler's Daughter. Two Blind Men cured
^publicans and sinners? 12 But
when he heard it, he said, They that
are ^whole have no need of a physi-
cian, but they that are sick. 13 Biit
go ye and learn what this meaneth,
^I desire mercy, and not sacrifice:
for I came not to call the righteous,
but sinners.
14 Then come to him the disciples
of John, saying, Why do we and the
Pharisees fast ^oft, but thy disciples
fast not.? 15 And Jesus said unto
them. Can the ^sons of the bride-
chamber mourn, as long as the bride-
groom is with them? but the days
will come, when the bridegroom shall
be taken away from them, and then
will they fast. 16 And no man
putteth a piece of undressed cloth
upon an old garment; for that which
should fill it up taketh from the
garment, and a worse rent is made.
17 Neither do men put new wine into
old ^wine-skins : else the skins burst,
and the wine is spilled, and the skins
perish: but they put new wine into
fresh wine-skins, and both are pre-
served.
18 While he spake these things
unto them, behold, there came ^a
ruler, and ^worshipped him, saying,
My daughter is even now dead : but
come and lay thy hand upon her,
and she shall live. 19 And Jesus
arose, and followed him, and so did
his disciples. 20 And behold, a
woman, who had an issue of blood
twelve years, came behind him, and
touched the border of his garment:
21 for she said within herself. If I do
but touch his garment, I shall' be
^made whole. 22 But Jesus turning
and seeing her said. Daughter, be of
good cheer; thy faith hath ^''made
thee whole. And the woman was
^ade whole from that hour. 23
And when Jesus came into the ruler's
house, and saw the flute-players, and
the crowd making a tumult, 24 he
1 See marginal note on ch. 5. 46. 2 Gr. strong.
5 Hos. vi. 6. * Some ancient authorities omit oft.
' That is, companions of the bridegroom,
* That is, skins used as bottles.
"> Gr. one ruler. Compare Mk. 5. 22.
8 See marginal note on ch. 2. 2.
• Or, saved i» Or, saved thee
said. Give place: for the damsel is
not dead, but sleepeth. And they
laughed him to scorn. 25 But when
the crowd was put forth, he entered
in, and took her by the hand; and
the damsel arose. 26 And ^^the fame
hereof went forth into all that land.
27 And as Jesus passed by from
thence, two blind men followed him,
crying out, and saying. Have mercy
on us, thou son of David. 28 And
when he was come into the house,
the blind men came to him: and
Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye
that I am able to do this? They say
unto him, Yea, Lord. 29 Then
touched he their eyes, saying, Ac-
cording to your faith be it done unto
you. 30 And their eyes were opened.
And Jesus ^^strictly charged them,
saying, See that no man know it.
31 But they went forth, and spread
abroad his fame in all that land.
32 And as they went forth, be-
hold, there was brought to him a
dumb man possessed with a demon.
33 And when the demon was cast
out, the dumb man spake: and the
multitudes marvelled, saying, It
was never so seen in Israel. 34 But
the Pharisees said, ^^By the prince of
the demons casteth he out demons.
35 And Jesus went about all the
cities and the villages, teaching in
their synagogues, and preaching the
^''gospel of the kingdom, and healing
all manner of disease and all manner
of sickness. 36 But when he saw the
multitudes, he was moved with
compassion for them, because they
were distressed and scattered, as
sheep not having a shepherd. 37
Then saith he unto his disciples.
The harvest indeed is plenteous, but
the laborers are few. 38 Pray ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest,
that he send forth laborers into his
harvest.
-j r\ And he called unto him
1 v/ his twelve disciples, and gave
them authority over unclean spirits,
to cast them out, and to heal all
" Gr. this fame. J2 Or, sternly
" See marginal note on ch. 4. 23.
M Or. In
10
TiheTwelve Apostles:— Commissioned; Cautioned; Encouraged MATTHEW 10.2 — 10.33
manner of disease, and all manner of
sickness.
2 Now the names of the twelve
apostles are these: The first, Simon,
who is called Peter, and Andrew his
brother; ^James the son of Zebedee,
and John his brother; 3 Philip, and
Bartholomew; Thomas, and Mat-
thew the ^publican; ^James the son
of Alphaeus, and Thaddseus; 4 Si-
mon the ^Canansean, and Judas
Iscariot, who also ^betrayed him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent forth,
and charged them, saying. Go not
into any way of the Gentiles, and
enter not into any city of the Sa-
maritans: 6 but go rather to the
lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The
kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse
the lepers, cast out demons: freely
ye received, freely give. 9 Get you
no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
^purses; 10 no wallet for your
journey, neither two coats, nor shoes,
nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of
his food. 11 And into whatsoever
city or village ye shall enter, search
out who in it is worthy; and there
abide till ye go forth. 12 And as ye
enter into the house, salute it. 13
And if the house be worthy, let your
peace come upon it : but if it be not
worthy, let your peace return to you.
14 And whosoever shall not receive
you, nor hear your words, as ye go
forth out of that house or that city,
shake off the dust of your feet. 15
Verily I say unto you. It shall be
more tolerable for the land of Sodom
and Gomorrah in the day of judg-
ment, than for that city.
16 Behold, I send you forth as
sheep in the midst of wolves: be
ye therefore wise as serpents, and
harmless as doves. 17 But beware
of men: for they will deliver you up
to councils, and in their synagogues
they will scourge you; 18 yea and
before governors and kings shall ye
be brought for my sake, for a testi-
1 Or, Jacob ^ See marginal note on ch. 5. 46.
iOT„Zealot. See Lk. 6. 15; Acts 1. 13.
* Or, delivered him up ^ Gr. girdles. « Or, simple
mony to them and to the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up,
be not anxious how or what ye shall
speak: for it shall be given you in
that hour what ye shall speak. 20
For it is not ye that speak, but the
Spirit of your Father that speaketh
in you. 21 And brother shall de-
liver up brother to death, and the
father his child: and children shall
rise up against parents, and 'cause
them to be put to death. 22 And ye
shall be hated of all men for my
name's sake: but he that endureth
to the end, the same shall be saved.
23 But when they persecute you in
this city, flee into the next: for
verily I say unto you. Ye shall not
have gone through the cities of
Israel, till the Son of man be come.
24 A disciple is not above his
teacher, nor a ^servant above his
lord. 25 It is enough for the dis-
ciple that he be as his teacher, and
the ^servant as his lord. If they have
called the master of the house ^Beel-
zebub, how much more them of his
household ! 26 Fear them not there-
fore: for there is nothing covered,
that shall not be revealed; and hid,
that shall not be known. 27 What
I tell you in the darkness, speak ye
in the light; and what ye hear in the
ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.
28 And be not afraid of them that
kill the body, but are not able to
kill the soul : but rather fear him who
is able to destroy both soul and body
in i^hell. 29 Are not two sparrows
sold for a penny.? and not one of
them shall fall on the ground with-
out your Father: 30 but the very
hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Fear not therefore: ye are of
more value than many sparrows.
32 Every one therefore who shall
confess ^^me before men, i%ini will I
also confess before my Father who
is in heaven. 33 But whosoever
shall deny me before men, him will
I also deny before my Father who is
in heaven.
7 Or, put them to death
9 Gr. Beelzebul.
11 Gr. in me.
8 Gr. bondservant.
10 Gr. Gehenna.
12 Gr. in him.
11
MATTHEW 10.34 11.21 cost of the service; its Rewards. Jesus extols the Bapt,st
34 Think not that I came to ^send
peace on the earth: I came not to
^send peace, but a sword. 35 For I
came to set a man at variance against
his father, and the daughter against
her mother, and the daughter in law
against her mother in law: 36 and a
man's foes shall be they of his own
household. 37 He that loveth father
or mother more than me is not
worthy of me; and he that loveth
son OF daughter more than me is not
worthy of me. 38 And he that doth
not take his cross and follow after
me, is not worthy of me. 39 He
that ^findeth his life shall lose it; and
he that ''loseth his life for my sake
shall find it.
40 He that receiveth you re-
ceiveth me, and he that receiveth
me receiveth him that sent me. 41
He that receiveth a prophet in the
name of a prophet shall receive a
prophet's reward: and he that re-
ceiveth a righteous man in the name
of a righteous man shall receive a
righteous man's reward. 42 And
whosoever shall give to drink unto
one of these little ones a cup of cold
water only, in the name of a disciple,
verily I say unto you he shall in no
wise lose his reward.
11 And it came to pass when
1 Jesus had finished command-
ing his twelve disciples, he departed
thence to teach and preach in their
cities.
2 Now when John heard in the
prison the works of the Christ, he
sent by his disciples 3 and said unto
him, Art thou he that cometh, or
look we for another .^^ 4 And Jesus
answered and said unto them. Go
and tell John the things which ye
hear and see: 5 the blind receive
their sight, and the lame walk, the
lepers are cleansed, and the deaf
hear, and the dead are raised up, and
the poor have ^good tidings preached
to them. 6 And blessed is he, who-
soever shall find no occasion of
stumbling in me.
1 Gr. cast.
•■> Or, lost
2 Or, found
« Or, the gospel
7 And as these, went their way,
Jesus began to say unto the multi-
tudes concerning John, What went
ye out into the wilderness to behold.^
a reed shaken with the wind.^^ 8 But
what went ye out to see.^ a man
clothed in soft raiment? Behold,
they that wear soft raiment are in
kings' houses. 9 ^But wherefore
went ye out? to see a prophet .^^ Yea,
I say unto you, and much more than
a prophet. 10 This is he, of whom
it is written,
•^Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face.
Who shall prepare thy way be-
fore thee.
II Verily I say unto you. Among
them that are born of women there
hath not arisen a greater than John
the Baptist: yet he that is ^but little
in the kingdom of heaven is greater
than he. 12 And from the days of
John the Baptist until now the
kingdom of heaven suff ereth violence,
and men of violence take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law
prophesied until John. 14 And if ye
are willing to receive Htj this is
Elijah, that is to come. 15 He that
hath ears ^to hear, let him hear. 16
But whereunto shall I liken this
generation.^ It is like unto children
sitting in the marketplaces, who call
unto their fellows 17 and say, W^e
piped unto you, and ye did not dance;
we wailed, ancj ye did not i^mourn.
18 For John came neither eating nor
drinking, and they say. He hath a
demon. 19 The Son of man came
eating and drinking, and they say,
Behold, a gluttonous man and a
winebibber, a friend of ^ ^publicans
and sinners! And wisdom i% justi-
fied by her ^^^orks.
20 Then began he to upbraid the
cities wherein most of his ^^lighty
works were done, because they re-
pented not. 21 W'oe unto thee,
6 Many ancient authorities read But what went ye out to
see? a prophet?
6 Mai. iii. 1. ^ Gr. lesser. » Or. him
» Some ancient authorities omit to hear.
"> Gr. beat the breast.
" See marginal note on ch. 5. 46. " Or. was
" Many ancient authorities read children: as in Lk. 7. 3.V
'< Gr. powers.
12
Jesus upbraids certain Cities.
Chorazin! woe unto thee, Beth-
saida! for if the 'mighty works had
been done in Tyre and Sidon which
were done in you, they would have
repented long ago in sackcloth and
ashes. 22 But I say unto you, it
shall be more tolerable for Tyre and
Sidon in the day of judgment, than
for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum,
shalt thou be exalted unto heaven .^^
thou shalt 2go down unto Hades : for
if the ^mighty works had been done
in Sodom which were done in thee,
it would have remained until this
day. 24 But I say unto you that it
shall be more tolerable for the land
of Sodom in the day of judgment,
than for thee.
25 At that season Jesus answered
and said, I ^thank thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, that thou
didst hide these things from the
wise and understanding, and didst
reveal them unto babes: 26 yea,
Father, ^for so it was well-pleasing
in thy sight. 27 All things have been
delivered unto me of my Father:
and no one knoweth the Son, save
the Father; neither doth any know
the Father, save the Son, and he to
whomsoever the Son willeth to re-
veal him. 28 Come unto me, all ye
that labor and are heavy laden, and
I will give you rest. 29 Take my
yoke upon you, and learn of me; for
I am meek and lowly in heart: and
ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my
burden is light.
1 O At that season Jesus went
L Ad on the sabbath day through
the grainfields ; and his disciples were
hungry and began to pluck ears and
to eat. 2 But the Pharisees, when
they saw it, said unto him. Behold,
thy disciples do that which it is not
lawful to do upon the sabbath. 3
But he said unto them, ^Have ye not
read what David did, when he was
hungry, and they that were with
him; 4 how he entered into the
house of God, and ^ate the show-
1 Gr. powers. - Many ancient authorities read be
brought down. ' Or, praise * Or, that 5 i g. xxi. 6.
6 Some ancient authorities read they ate.
Come unto me ' MATTHEW 11.22—12.19
bread, which it was not lawful for
him to eat, neither for them that
were with him, but only for the
priests .f^ 5 Or have ye not read in
the law, "^that on the sabbath day
the priests in the temple profane the
sabbath, and are guiltless .^^ 6 But I
say unto you, that «one greater than
the temple is here. 7 But if ye had
known what this meaneth, ^I desire
mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would
not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is lord of the
sabbath.
9 And he departed thence, and
went into their synagogue: 10 and
behold, a man having a withered
hand. And they asked him, saying.
Is it lawful to heal on the sabbatli
day.^ that they might accuse him.
11 And he said unto them. What
man shall there be of you, that shall
have one sheep, and if this fall into
a pit on the sabbath day, will he not
lay hold on it, and lift it out.f^ 12
How much then is a man of more
value than a sheep ! Wherefore it is
lawful to do good on the sabbath
day. 13 Then saith he to the man.
Stretch forth thy hand. And he
stretched it forth; and it was re-
stored whole, as the other. 14 But
the Pharisees went out, and took
counsel against him, how they might
destroy him.
15 And Jesus perceiving it with-
drew from thence: and many fol-
lowed him; and he healed them all,
16 and charged them that they
should not make him known: 17
that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken through Isaiah the prophet,
saying,
I'^IS Behold, my ^^servant whom I
have chosen;
My beloved in whom my soul is
well pleased:
I will put my Spirit upon him.
And he shall declare judgment
to the i^Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry aloud;
^ Num. xxviii. 9, 10.
9 Hos. vi. 6.
8 Gr. a greater thing.
10 Is. xlii. 1 flf.
11 See marginal note on Acts 3. 13.
12 See marginal note on ch. 4. 15.
13
MATTHEW 12.20 12.45 Jesus heals Many. The Pharisees' Craving for Signs rebuked
Neither shall any one hear his
voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not break,
and smoking flax shall he not
quench,
Till he send forth judgment unto
victory.
21 And in his name shall the ^Gen-
tiles hope.
22 Then was brought unto him
^one possessed with a demon, blind
and dumb: and he healed him, in-
somuch that the dumb man spake
and saw. 23 And all the multitudes
were amazed, and said, Can this be
the son of David .^^ 24 But when the
Pharisees heard it, they said. This
man doth not cast out demons, but
%y ^Beelzebub the prince of the
demons. 25 And knowing their
thoughts he said unto them. Every
kingdom divided against itself is
brought to desolation; and every
city or house divided against itself
shall not stand: 26 and if Satan
casteth out Satan, he is divided
against himself; how then shall his
kingdom stand. ^^ 27 And if I %y
^Beelzebub cast out demons, ^by
whom do your sons cast them out.^
therefore shall they be your judges.
28 But if I %y the Spirit of God cast
out demons, then is the kingdom of
God come upon you. 29 Or how
can one enter into the house of the
strong man, and spoil his goods,
except he first bind the strong man?
and then he will spoil his house. 30
He that is not with me is against me;
and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth. 31 Therefore I say unto
you. Every sin and blasphemy shall
be forgiven unto men; but the
blasphemy against the Spirit shall
not be forgiven. 32 And whoso-
ever shall speak a word against the
Son of man, it shall be forgiven him;
but whosoever shall speak against
the Holy Spirit, it shall not be for-
given him, neither in this ^world, nor
in that which is to come. 33 Either
make the tree good, and its fruit
1 See marginal note on ch. 4. 15.
2 Or, a demoniac 3 Or, in
• Gr. sea-monster.
^ Gr. more than
4 Gr. Beehebul. 6 Or, age
8 Or, it
» Or. itself
good; or make the tree corrupt, and
its fruit corrupt: for the tree is
known by its fruit. 34 Ye offspring
of vipers, how can ye, being evil,
speak good things.^ for out of the
abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh. 35 The good man out of
his good treasure bringeth forth good
things : and the evil man out of his
evil treasure bringeth forth evil
things. 36 And I say unto you, that
every idle word that men shall speak,
they shall give account thereof in
the day of judgment. 37 For by thy
words thou shalt be justified, and
by thy words thou shalt be con-
demned.
38 Then certain of the scribes and
Pharisees answered him, saying.
Teacher, we w^ould see a sigil from
thee. 39 But he answered and said
unto them. An evil and adulterous
generation seeketh after a sign; and
there shall no sign be given to it but
the sign of Jonah the prophet: 40
for as Jonah was three days and
three nights in the belly of the
^^whale; so shall the Son of man be
three days and three nights in the
heart of the earth. 41 The men of
Nineveh shall stand up in the judg-
ment with this generation, and shall
condemn it: for they repented at
the preaching of Jonah; and behold,
^a greater than Jonah is here. 42
The queen of the south shall rise up
in the judgment with this generation,
and shall condemn it: for she came
from the ends of the earth to hear
the wisdom of Solomon; and be-
hold, ^a greater than Solomon is here.
43 But the unclean spirit, when ^he
is gone out of the man, passeth
through waterless places, seeking
rest, and findeth it not. 44 Then
%e saith, I will return into my house
whence I came out; and when %e
is come, ^he findeth it empty, swept,
and garnished. 45 Then goeth 4ie,
and taketh with %imself seven other
spirits more evil than himself, and
they enter in and dwell there: and
14
The Parable of the Sower.
the last state of that man becometh
worse than the first. Even so shall
it be also unto this evil generation.
46 While he was yet speaking to
the multitudes, behold, his mother
and his brethren stood without,
seeking to speak to him. 47 ^And
one said unto him. Behold, thy
mother and thy brethren stand with-
out, seeking to speak to thee. 48
But he answered and said unto him
that told him. Who is my mother .^^
and who are my brethren.^ 49 And
he stretched forth his hand towards
his disciples, and said, Behold, my
mother and my brethren! 50 For
whosoever shall do the will of my
Father who is in heaven, he is my
brother, and sister, and mother.
i Q On that day went Jesus
1 O out of the house, and sat by
the sea side. 2 And there were
gathered unto him great multitudes,
so that he entered into a boat, and
sat; and all the multitude stood on
the beach. 3 And he spake to them
many things in parables, saying.
Behold, the sower went forth to sow;
4 and as he sowed, some seeds fell by
the way side, and the birds came and
devoured them: 5 and others fell
upon the rocky places, where they
had not much earth: and straight-
way they sprang up, because they
had no deepness of earth: 6 and
when the sun was risen, they were
scorched; and because they had no
root, they withered away. 7 And
others fell upon the thorns; and the
thorns grew up and choked them:
8 and others fell upon the good
ground, and yielded fruit, some a
hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
9 He that hath ears 2, let him hear.
10 And the disciples came, and
said unto him. Why speakest thou
unto them in parables? 11 And he
answered and said unto them. Unto
you it is given to know the mysteries
of the kingdom of heaven, but to
them it is not given. 12 For who-
soever hath, to him shall be given,
1 Some ancient authorities omit ver, 47.
2 Some ancient authorities add here, and in ver. 43, to
hear: as in Mk. 4. 9; Lk. 8. 8.
Reason for Parables MATTHEW 12.46—13.23
and he shall have abundance: but
whosoever hath not, from him shall
be taken away even that which he
hath. 13 Therefore speak I to them
in parables; because seeing they see
not, and hearing they hear not,
neither do they understand. 14 And
unto them is fulfilled the prophecy
of Isaiah, which saith,
^By hearing ye shall hear, and
shall in no wise understand;
And seeing ye shall see, and shall
in no wise perceive:
15 For this people's heart is waxed
gross.
And their ears are dull of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed;
Lest haply they should perceive
with their eyes.
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And should turn again.
And I should heal them.
16 But blessed are your eyes, for
they see; and your ears, for they
hear. 17 For verily I say unto you,
that many prophets and righteous
men desired to see the things which
ye see, and saw them not; and to
hear the things which ye hear, and
heard them not. 18 Hear then ye
the parable of the sower. 19 When
any one heareth the word of the
kingdom, and understandeth it not,
then Cometh the evil one, and snatch-
eth away that which hath been sown
in his heart. This is he that was
sown by the way side. 20 And he
that was sown upon the rocky places,
this is he that heareth the word, and
straightway with joy receiveth it;
21 yet hath he not root in himself,
but endureth for a while; and when
tribulation or persecution ariseth
because of the word, straightway he
stumbleth. 22 And he that was
sown among the thorns, this is he
that heareth the word; and the care
of the ^world, and the deceitfulness
of riches, choke the word, and he
becometh unfruitful. 23 And he
that was sown upon the good ground,
this is he that heareth the word, and
3 Is. vi.
10.
♦ Or, age
15
MATTHEW 13.24 — 13.50 The Tares, ihe Mustord Seed. The Leaven. The Hid Treasure
understandeth it; who verily beareth
fruit, and bringeth forth, some a
hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
24 Another parable set he before
them, saying. The kingdom of heaven
is likened unto a man that sowed
good seed in his field: 25 but while
men slept, his enemy came and
sowed ^tares also among the wheat,
and went away. 26 But when the
blade sprang up and brought forth
fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 And the -servants of the house-
holder came and said unto him. Sir,
didst thou not sow good seed in thy
field. ^ whence then hath it tares .^
28 And he said unto them, ^An enemj^
hath done this. And the ^servants
say unto him. Wilt thou then that
we go and gather them up.^^ 29 But
he saith. Nay; lest haply while ye
I will utter things hidden from
the foundations ^of the world.
36 Then he left the multitudes,
and went into the house: and his
disciples came unto him, saying.
Explain unto us the parable of the
tares of the field. 37 And he an-
swered and said. He that soweth the
good seed is the Son of man; 38 and
the field is the world; and the good
seed, these are the sons of the king-
dom; and the tares are the sons of
the evil one; 39 and the enemy that
sowed them is the devil: and the
harvest is ^the end of the world; and
the reapers are angels. 40 As there-
fore the tares are gathered up and
burned with fire; so shall it be in the
^end of the world. 41 The Son of
man shall send forth his angels, and
they shall gather out of his kingdom
gather up the tares, ye root up the all things that cause stumbling, and
wheat with them. 30 Let both grow
together until the harvest: and in
the time of the harvest I will say to
the reapers. Gather up first the tares,
and bind them in bundles to burn
them; but gather the wheat into
my barn.
31 Another parable set he before
them, saying. The kingdom of heav-
en is like unto a grain of mustard
seed, which a man took, and sowed
in his field: 32 which indeed is less
than all seeds; but when it is grown,
it is greater than the herbs, and be-
cometh a tree, so that the birds of
the heaven come and lodge in the
branches thereof.
33 Another parable spake he unto
thei:n; The kingdom of heaven is
like unto leaven, which a woman
took, and hid in three ^measures of
meal, till it was all leavened.
34 All these things spake Jesus in
parables unto the multitudes; and
without a parable spake he nothing
unto them: 35 that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken through
the prophet, saying,
^I will open my mouth in parables;
'Or, darnel 2 Qr. bondservants.
^Gr. A man that is a« enemy. * The word in the
Greek denotes the Hebrew seah, a measure containing
nearly a peck and a half. '> Ps. Ixxviii. 2.
them that do iniquity, 42 and shall
cast them into the furnace of fire:
there shall be the weeping and the
gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall
the righteous shine forth as the sun
in the kingdom of their Father. He
that hath ears^, let him hear.
44 The kingdom of heaven is like
unto a treasure hidden in the field;
which a man found, and hid; and
^in his joy he goeth and selleth all
that he hath, and buyeth that field.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven
is like unto a man that is a merchant
seeking goodly pearls : 46 and having
found one pearl of great price, he
went and sold all that he had, and
bought it.
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven
is like unto a ^'^et, that was cast into
the sea, and gathered of every kind :
48 which, when it was filled, they
drew up on the beach; and they sat
down, and gathered the good into
vessels, but the bad they cast away.
49 So shall it be in ^the end of th«
world: the angels shall come forth,
and sever the wicked from among
the righteous, 50 and shall cast them
into the furnace of fire: there shall
* Many ancient authorities omit of the world.
7 Or, the consummation of the age * See ver. '.).
» Or, for joy thereof ><> Gr. drag-net.
16
John the Baptist beheaded. The Five Thousand fed MATTHEW 13.5 1 — 14. 23
be the weeping and the gnashing of
teeth.
51 Have ye understood all these
things? They say unto him, Yea.
52 And he said unto them, There-
fore every scribe who hath been
made a disciple to the kingdom of
heaven is like unto a man that is a
householder, who bringeth forth out
of his treasure things new and old.
53 And it came to pass, when
Jesus had finished these parables,
he departed thence.
54 And coming into his own
country he taught them in their
synagogue, insomuch that they were
astonished, and said. Whence hath
this man this wisdom, and these
^mighty works? 55 Is not this the
carpenter's son? is not his mother
called Mary? and his brethren,
2james, and Joseph, and Simon, and
Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they
not all with us? Whence then hath
this man all these things? 57 And
they were ^off ended in him. But
Jesus said unto them, A prophet is
not without honor, save in his own
country, and in his own house. 58
And he did not many ^mighty works
there because of their unbelief.
UAt that season Herod the
tetrarch heard the report
concerning Jesus, 2 and said unto
his servants, This is John the
Baptist; he is risen from the dead;
and therefore do these powers work
in him. 3 For Herod had laid hold
on John, and bound him, and put
him in prison for the sake of Hero-
dias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For
John said unto him. It is not lawful
for thee to have her. 5 And* when
he would have put him to death, he
feared the multitude, because they
counted him as a prophet. 6 But
when Herod's birthday came, the
daughter of Herodias danced in the
midst, and pleased Herod. 7 Where-
upon he promised with an oath to
give her whatsoever she should ask.
8 And she, being put forward by her
mother, saith, Give me here on a
platter the head of John the Baptist.
9 And the king was grieved ; but for
the sake of his oaths, and of them
that sat at meat with him, he com-
manded it to be given; 10 and he
sent and beheaded John in the
prison. 1 1 And his head was brought
on a platter, and given to th6 dam-
sel : and she brought it to her mother.
12 And his disciples came, and took
up the corpse, and buried him; and
they went and told Jesus.
13 Now when Jesus heard it, he
withdrew from thence in a boat, to
a desert place apart: and when the
multitudes heard thereof, they fol-
lowed him ''on foot from the cities.
14 And he came forth, and saw a
great multitude, and he had com-
passion on them, and healed their
sick. 15 And when even was come,
the disciples came to him, saying,
The place is desert, and the time is
already past; send the multitudes
away, that they may go into the
villages, and buy themselves food.
16 But Jesus said unto them, They
have no need to go away; give ye
them to eat. 17 And they say unto
him. We have here but five loaves,
and two fishes. 18 And he said,
Bring them hither to me. 19 And
he commanded the multitudes to
^sit down on the grass; and he took
the ^ve loaves, and the two fishes,
and looking up to heaven, he blessed,
and brake and gave the loaves to the
disciples, and the disciples to the
multitudes. 20 And they all ate,
and were filled: and they took up
that which remained over of the
broken pieces, twelve baskets full.
21 And they that did eat were about
five thousand men, besides women
and children.
22 And straightway he constrained
the disciples to enter into the boat,
and to go before him unto the other
side, till he should send the multi-
tudes away. 23 And after he had
sent the multitudes away, he went
up into the mountain apart to pray:
and when even was come, he was
1 Gr. powers. 2 Chr, Jacc^
3 Gr. cmsed to stumble. ! ^ Or, by land
17
BGr. recline.
MATTHEW 14.24 15.21 Jesus walks on the Water. Ceremonial and Real Defilement
there alone. 24 But the boat ^was
now in the midst of the sea, dis-
tressed by the waves; for the wind
was contrary. 25 And in the fourth
watch of the night he came unto
them, walking upon the sea. 26
And when the disciples saw him
walking on the sea, they were
troubled, saying. It is a ghost; and
they cried out for fear. 27 But
straightway Jesus spake unto them,
saying. Be of good cheer; it is I; be
not afraid. 28 And Peter answered
him and said. Lord, if it be thou,
bid me come unto thee upon the
waters. 29 And he said. Come. And
Peter went down from the boat, and
walked upon the waters ^to come to
Jesus. 30 But when he saw the
^wind, he was afraid; and beginning
to sink, he cried out, saying. Lord,
save me. 31 And immediately Jesus
stretched forth his hand, and took
hold of him, and saith unto him, O
thou of little faith, wherefore didst
thou doubt .^ 32 And when they
were gone up into the boat, the wind
ceased. 33 And they that were in
the boat ^worshipped him, saying.
Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
34 And when they had crossed
over, they came to the land, unto
Gennesaret. 35 And when the men
of that place knew him, they sent
into all that region round about, and
brought unto him all that were sick;
36 and they besought him that they
might only touch the border of his
garment: and as many as touched
were made whole.
-j ^ Then there come to Jesus
1 O from Jerusalem Pharisees and
scribes, saying, 2 Why do thy dis-
ciples transgress the tradition of the
elders .f^ for they wash not their hands
when they eat bread. 3 And he
answered and said unto them, W^hy
do ye also transgress the command-
ment of God because of your tradi-
tion? 4 For God said, ^Honor thy
* Some ancient authorities read was many furlongs dis'
tantfrom the land.
2 Some ancient authorities read and came.
« Many ancient authorities add strong.
* See marginal note on ch. 2. 2.
cEx.xx. 12:Dt.v. 16.
father and thy mother: and, «He
that speaketh evil of father or
mother, let him ^die the death. 5
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to
his father or his mother. That where-
with thou mightest have been pro-
fited by me is given to God; 6 he
shall not honor his father^. And ye
have made void the ^word of God
because of your tradition. 7 Ye
hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy
of you, saying,
8 ^^This people honoreth me with
their lips;
But their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain do they worship me.
Teaching as their doctrines the
precepts of men.
10 And he called to him the mul-
titude, and said unto them. Hear,
and understand : 1 1 Not that which
entereth into the mouth defileth the
man; but that which proceedeth
out of the mouth, this defileth the
man. 12 Then came the disciples,
and said unto him, Knowest thou
that the Pharisees were ^ ^offended,
when they heard this saying.^^ 13
But he answered and said. Every
Implant which my heavenly Father
planted not, shall be rooted up. 14
Let them alone: they are blind
guides. And if the blind guide the
blind, both shall fall into a pit. 15
And Peter answered and said unto
him, Declare unto us the parable.
16 And he said. Are ye also even yet
without understanding.'^ 17 Per-
ceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth
into the mouth passeth into the belly,
and is cast out into the draught.^^
18 But the things which proceed out
of the mouth come forth out of the
heart; and they defile the man. 19
For out of the heart come forth evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, forni-
cations, thefts, false witness, rail-
ings : 20 these are the things which
defile the man; but to eat with un-
washen hands defileth not the man.
21 And Jesus went out thence, and
• Ex. xxi. 17; Lev. xx. 9. 'Or, surely die
8 Some ancient authorities add or his wether.
9 Some ancient authorities read law. >" Is. xxix. 13.
" Gr. caused to stumble. '^ Gr. plan f in g.
18
The Canaanitish Woman. The Four Thousand fed MATTHEW 15.22 16. 1 1
withdrew into the parts of Tyre and
Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaani-
tish woman came out from those
borders, and cried, sajang. Have
mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of
David; my daughter is grievously
vexed with a demon. 23 But he
answered her not a word. And his
disciples came and besought him,
saying. Send her away; for she
crieth after us. 24 But he answered
and said, I was not sent but unto
the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 But she came and ^ worshipped
him, saying. Lord, help me. 26 And
he answered and said. It is not meet
to take the children's ^bread and
cast it to the dogs. 27 But she said.
Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of
the crumbs which fall from their
masters' table. 28 Then Jesus an-
swered and said unto her, O woman,
great is thy faith: be it done unto
thee even as thou wilt. And her
daughter was healed from that hour.
29 And Jesus departed thence, and
came nigh unto the sea of Galilee;
and he went up into the mountain,
and sat there. 30 And there came
unto him great multitudes, having
with them the lame, blind, dumb,
maimed, and many others, and they
cast them down at his feet; and he
healed them: 31 insomuch that the
multitude wondered, when they saw
the dumb speaking, the maimed
whole, and the lame walking, and
the blind seeing: and they glorified
the God of Israel.
32 And Jesus called unto him his
disciples, and said, I have compas-
sion on the multitude, because they
continue with me now three days
and have nothing to eat: and I
would not send them away fasting,
lest haply they faint on the way.
33 And the disciples say unto him.
Whence should we have so many
loaves in a desert place as to fill so
great a multitude? 34 And Jesus
said unto them. How many loaves
have ye? And they said, Seven, and
a few small fishes. 35 And he com-
See marginal note on ch. 2. 2.
■ Or, loaf
manded the multitude to sit down
on the ground; 36 and he took the
seven loaves and the fishes; and he
gave thanks and brake, and gave to
the disciples, and the disciples to the
multitudes. 37 iVnd they all ate,
and were filled: and they took up
that which remained over of the
broken pieces, seven baskets full.
38 And they that did eat were four
thousand men, besides women and
children. 39 And he sent away the
multitudes, and entered into the
boat, and came into the borders of
Magadan.
1/3 And the Pharisees and
vJ Sadducees came, and trying
him asked him to show them a sign
from heaven. 2 But he answered
and said unto them, ^When it is
evening, ye say. It will he fair
weather: for the heaven is red. 3
And in the morning, It will he foul
weather to-day: for the heaven is
red and lowering. Ye know how to
discern the face of the heaven; but
ye cannot discern the signs of the
times. 4 An evil and adulterous
generation seeketh after a sign; and
there shall no sign be given unto
it, but the sign of Jonah. And he
left them, and departed.
5 And the disciples came to the
other side and forgot to take ^bread.
6 And Jesus said unto them, Take
heed and beware of the leaven of
the Pharisees and Sadducees. 7 And
they reasoned among themselves,
saying, ^We took no ^bread. 8 And
Jesus perceiving i;t ^ said? O ye of
little faith, why reason ye among
yourselves, because ye have no
^bread? 9 Do ye not yet perceive,
neither remember the five loaves of
the five thousand, and how many
•^baskets ye took up? 10 Neither the
seven loaves of the four thousand,
and how many ^baskets ye took up?
1 1 How is it that ye do not perceive
that I spake not to you concerning
3 The following words, to the end of ver. 3, are omitted
by some of the most ancient and other important authori-
ties.
* Gr. loaves.
■• vjr. loaves. " Or, It is because we took no bread
« Basket in ver. 0 and 10 represents different Greek
words.
19
MATTHEW 16. 12 17. 1 1 Passion, Resurrection, and Coming foretold. The Transfiguration
^bread.^ But beware of the leaven
of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 12
Then understood they that he bade
them not beware of the leaven of
^bread, but of the teaching of the
Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 Now when Jesus came into the
parts of Csesarea Philippi, he asked
his disciples, saying, Who do men
say ^that the Son of man is? 14 And
they said. Some say John the
Baptist; some, Elijah; and others,
Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But who say
ye that I am.^ 16 And Simon Peter
answered and said, Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said
unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon
Bar- Jonah : for flesh and blood hath
not revealed it unto thee, but my
Father who is in heaven. 18 And I
also say unto thee, that thou art
•^Peter, and upon this ^rock I will
build my church; and the gates of
Hades shall not prevail against it.
19 I will give unto thee the keys of
the kingdom of heaven: and what-
soever thou slialt bind on earth shall
be bound in heaven ; and whatsoever
thou shalt loose on earth shall be
loosed in heaven. 20 Then charged
he the disciples that they should tell
no man that he was the Christ.
21 From that time began ^ Jesus
to show unto his disciples, that he
must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer
many things of the elders and chief
priests and scribes, and be killed,
and the third day be raised up. 22
And Peter took him, and began to
rebuke him, saying, ^Be it far from
thee, Lord: this shall never be unto
thee. 23 But he turned, and said
unto Peter, Get thee behind me,
Satan: thou art a stumbling-block
me, let him deny liimseK, and take
up his cross, and follow me. 25 For
whosoever would save his life shall
lose it: and whosoever shall lose his
life for my sake shall find it. 26 For
what shall a man be profited, if he
shall gain the whole world, and for-
feit his life.^ or what shall a man give
in exchange for his life.^^ 27 For the
Son of man shall come in the glory
of his Father with his angels; and
then shall he render unto every man
according to his ^deeds. 28 Verily
I say unto you. There are some of
them that stand here, who shall in
no wise taste of death, till they see
the Son of man coming in his
kingdom.
Iyy And after six days Jesus
I taketh with him Peter, and
^James, and John his brother, and
bringeth them up into a high moun-
tain apart: 2 and he was trans-
figured before them; and his face
did shine as the sun, and his gar-
ments became white as the light.
3 And behold, there appeared unto
them Moses and Elijah talking with
him. 4 And Peter answered, and
said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for
us to be here: if thou wilt, I will
make here three tabernacles; one
for thee, and one for Moses, and one
for Elijah. 5 W^hile he was yet
speaking, behold, a bright cloud
overshadowed them: and behold, a
voice out of the cloud, saying. This
is my beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased; hear ye him. 6 And
when the disciples heard it, they fell
on their face, and were sore afraid.
7 And Jesus came and touched them
and said. Arise, and be not afraid.
8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw
no one, save Jesus only.
9 And as they were coming down
unto me: for thou mindest not the from the mountain, Jesus com-
things of God, but the things of men. manded them, saying. Tell the vision
24 Then said Jesus unto his dis- to no man, until the Son of man be
ciples, If any man would come after | risen from the dead. 10 And his
disciples asked him, saying, W^hy
then say the scribes that Elijah
must first come? 11 And he an-
> Gr. loaves.
2 Many ancient authorities read that I the Son of man
am. See Mk. 8. 27; Lk. 9. 18.
3 Gr. Pelros. ■» Gr. petra.
6 Some ancient authorities read Jesus Christ.
6 Or, God havr merrv on thee
' Gr. doiufi.
s Or, Jacob
» Gr. btwths
20
The Epileptic Boy.
The Question of Rank
swered and said, Elijah indeed
Cometh, and shall restore all things:
12 but I say unto you, that Elijah
is come already, and they knew him
not, but did unto him whatsoever
they would. Even so shall the Son
of man also suffer of them. 13 Then
understood the disciples that he
spake unto them of John the Baptist.
14 And when the^^ were come to
the multitude, there came to him a
man, kneeling to him, and saying,
15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for
he is epileptic, and suffereth griev-
ously; for oft-times he falleth into
the fire, and oft-times into the water.
16 And I brought him to thy dis-
ciples, and they could not cure him.
17 And Jesus answered and said, O
faithless and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you.^ how
long shall I bear with you.^ bring
him hither to me. 18 And Jesus
rebuked him; and the demon went
out of him: and the boy was cured
from that hour.
19 Then came the disciples to
Jesus apart, and said. Why could
not we cast it out? 20 And he saith
unto them. Because of your little
faith: for verily I say unto you, If
ye have faith as a grain of mustard
seed, ye shall say unto this moun-
tain. Remove hence to yonder place;
and it shall remove; and nothing
shall be impossible unto you.^
22 And while they ^abode in
Galilee, Jesus said unto them. The
Son of man shall be ^delivered up
into the hands of men; 23 and they
shall kill him, and the third day he
shall be raised up. And they were
exceeding sorry.
24 And when they were come to
Capernaum, the}^ that received the
'^half-sh^el came to Peter, and said.
Doth not your teacher pay the %alf-
sliekel? 25 He saith, Yea. And
\\ hen he came into the house, Jesus
^nake first to him, saying. What
Many authorities, some ancient, insert ver. 21 But
kind goeth not out save by prayer and fasting. See Mk.
h
Some ancient authorities read were gathering them-
rs together. 3 See ch. 10. 4.
(ir. didrachma. Comp. marginal note on Lk, 1"). 8.
MATTHEW 17.12—18.10
thinkest thou, Simon .^ the kings of
the earth, from whom do they re-
ceive toll or tribute .f^ from their sons,
or from strangers.'^ 26 And when he
said. From strangers, Jesus said imto
him. Therefore the sons are free.
27 But, lest we cause them to
stumble, go thou to the sea, and
cast a hook, and take up the fish that
first Cometh up; and when thou hast
opened his mouth, thou shalt find a
^shekel: that take, and give unto
them for me and thee.
1Q In that hour came the
O disciples unto Jesus, saying,
Who then is ^greatest in the king-
dom of heaven .f^ 2 And he called to
him a little child, and set him in the
midst of them, 3 and said, Verily I
say unto you, Except ye turn, and
become as little children, ye shall in
no wise enter into the kingdom of
heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall
humble himself as this little child,
the same is the ^greatest in the king-
dovd of heaven. 5 And whoso shall
receive one such little child in my
name receiveth me: 6 but whoso
shall cause one of these little ones
that believe on me to stumble, it is
profitable for him that ^a great
millstone should be hanged about
his neck, and that he should be sunk
in the depth of the sea.
7 Woe unto the world because of
occasions of stumbling! for it must
needs be that the occasions come;
but woe to that man through whom
the occasion cometh! 8 And if thy
hand or thy foot causeth thee to
stumble, cut it off, and cast it from
thee : it is good for thee to enter into
life maimed or halt, rather than
having two hands or two feet to be
cast into the eternal fire. 9 And if
thine eye causeth thee to stumble,
pluck it out, and cast it from thee:
it is good for thee to enter into life
with one eye, rather than having
two eyes to be cast into the %ell of
fire. 10 See that ye despise not one
of these little ones: for I say unto
5 Gr. stater. ^ Gr, greater.
7 Gr. a millstone turned by an ass.
8 Gr. Gehenna of fire.
21
MATTHEW 18.12 — 19.2 The Lost sheep. Duty towards Offenders. The Unmerciful Servant
you, that in heaven their angels do
always behold the face of my Father
who is in heaven.^ 12 How think ye?
if any man have a hundred sheep,
and one of them be gone astray, doth
he not leave the ninety and nine,
and go unto the mountains, and
seek that which goeth astray?^ 13
And if so be that he find it, verily I
say unto you, he rejoiceth over it
more than over the ninety and nine
which have not gone astray. 14
Even so it is not ^the will of ^your
Father who is in heaven, that one of
these little ones should perish.
15 And if th^^ brother sin Against
thee, go, show him his fault between
thee and him alone: if he hear thee,
thou hast gained thy brother. 16
But if he hear thee not, take with
thee one or two more, that at the
mouth of two witnesses or three
every word may be established. 17
And if he refuse to hear them, tell
it unto the ^church: and if he refuse
to hear the ^church also, let him be
unto thee as the Gentile and the
^publican. 18 Verily I say unto you,
What things soever ye shall bind on
earth shall be bound in heaven; and
what things soever ye shall loose on
earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19
Again I say unto you, that if two of
you shall agree on earth as touching
anything that they shall ask, it
^shall be done for them of my
Father who is in heaven. 20 For
where two or three are gathered to-
gether in my name, there am I in the
midst of them.
21 Then came Peter and said to
him. Lord, how oft shall my brother
sin against me, and I forgive him.?
until seven times.? 22 Jesus saith
unto him, I say not unto thee. Until
seven times; but, Until ^seventy
times seven. 23 Therefore is the
kingdom of heaven likened unto a
certain king, who would make a
• Many authorities, some ancient, insert ver. 11 For the
Son of man came to save that which was lost. See Lk. 19. 10.
» Gr. a thing willed before your Father.
8 Some ancient authorities read my.
*Some ancient authorities omit against thee.
8 Or, congregation
6 See marginal note on oh. 5. 46.
' Gr. shall become. ^ Or, seventy times and seven
reckoning with his ^servants. 24
And when he had begun to reckon,
one was brought unto him, that
owed him ten thousand ^^talents.
25 But forasmuch as he had not
wherewith to pay, his lord com-
manded him to be sold, and his wife,
and children, and all that he had,
and payment to be made. 26 The
i^servant therefore fell down and
i^worshipped him, saying. Lord, have
patience with me, and I will pay
thee all. 27 And the lord of that
i^servant, being moved with com-
passion, released him, and forgave
him the ^Mebt. 28 But that i^ser-
vant went out, and found one of his
fellow-servants, who owed him a
hundred ^^shillings: and he laid hold
on him, and took him by the throat,
saying, Pay what thou owest. 29
So his fellow-servant fell down and
besought him, saying. Have patience
with me, and I will pay thee. 30
And he would not: but went and
cast him into prison, till he should
pay that which was due. 31 So when
his fellow-servants saw what was
done, they were exceeding sorry, and
came and told unto their lord all
that was done. 32 Then his lord
called him unto him, and saith to
i him. Thou wicked ^^servant, I f or-
! gave thee all that debt, because thou
Ibesoughtest me: 33 shouldest not
thou also have had mercy on thy
fellow-servant, even as I had mercy
on thee? 34 And his lord was wroth,
and delivered him to the tormentors,
till he should pay all that was due.
35 So shall also my heavenly Father
do unto you, if ye forgive not every
one his brother from your hearts.
-| r\ And it came to pass when
1 y Jesus had finished these
I words, he departed from* Galilee,
I and came into the borders of Judaea
beyond the Jordan; 2 and great
multitudes followed him; and he
healed them there.
• Gr. bondservants. ^^
w This talent was probably worth about £200, or $1000.
11 Gr. bondservant.
12 See marginal note on ch. 2. 2. " Gr. loan.
" The word in the Greek denotes a coin worth about
eight pence half-penny, or nearly seventeen cents.
72
The Question about Divorce. Jesus receives Little Children
MATTHEW 19.3—19.28
3 And there came unto him ^Phari-
sees, trying him, and saying, Is it
lawful for a man to put away his
wife for every cause? 4 And he
answered and said, Have ye not
read, ^that he who ^made them from
the beginning made them male and
female, 5 and said, ^For this cause
shall a man leave his father and
mother, and shall cleave to his wife;
and the two shall become one flesh?
6 So that they are no more two, but
one flesh. What therefore God hath
joined together, let not man put
asunder. 7 They say unto him,
^Why then did Moses command to
give a bill of divorcement, and to
put her away? 8 He saith unto them,
Moses for your hardness of heart
suffered you to put away your
wives : but from the beginning it hath
not been so. 9 And I say unto you.
Whosoever shall put away his wife,
^except for fornication, and shall
marry another, committeth adultery :
^and he that marrieth her when she
is put away committeth adultery.
10 The disciples say unto him, If the
case of the man is so with his wife, it is
not expedient to marry. 11 But he
said unto them. Not all men can re-
ceive this saying, but they to whom it
is given. 12 For there are eunuchs,
that were so born from their moth-
er's womb: and there are eunuchs,
that were made eunuchs by men : and
there are eunuchs, that made them-
selves eunuchs for the kingdom of
heaven's sake. He that is able to
receive it, let him receive it.
13 Then were there brought unto
him little children, that he should
lay his hands on them, and pray:
and the disciples rebuked them. 14
But Jesus said, Suffer the little
children, and forbid them not, to
come unto me: for ^to such be-
longeth the kingdom of heaven. 15
I'
i'l 1 Many authorities, some ancient, insert the.
H 2 Gen. i. 27; v. 2.
[•' ^ Some ancient authorities read created.
rrj * Gen. ii. 24. » Dt. xxiv. 1-4.
!*J 9 Some ancient authorities read saving for the cause of
\Jt fornication, maketh her an adulteress: as in ch. 5. 32.
^ The following words, to the end of the verse, are
omitted by some ancient authorities.
" Or, of such is
And he laid his hands on them, and
departed thence.
16 And behold, one came to him
and said, ^Teacher, what good thing
shall I do, that I may have eternal
life ? 17 And he said unto him, ^^Why
askest thou me concerning that
which is good? One there is who is
good: but if thou wouldest enter
into life, keep the commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? And
Jesus said, ^^Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not
bear false witness, 19 Honor thy
father and thy mother; and, ^^Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him,
All these things have I observed:
what lack I yet? 21 Jesus said unto
him. If thou wouldest be perfect,
go, sell that which thou hast, and
give to the poor, and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven : and come, follow
me. 22 But when the young man
heard the saying, he went away sor-
rowful; for he was one that had
great possessions.
23 And Jesus said unto his dis-
ciples. Verily I say unto you. It is
hard for a rich man to enter into the
kingdom of heaven. 24 And again
I say unto you. It is easier for a
camel to go through a needle's eye,
than for a rich man to enter into the
kingdom of God. 25 And when the
disciples heard it, they were aston-
ished exceedingly, saying, Wlio then
can be saved? 26 And Jesus looking
upon them said to them. With men
this is impossible; but with God all
things are possible. 27 Then an-
swered Peter and said unto him, Lo,
we have left all, and followed thee;
what then shall we have? 28 And
Jesus said unto them, Verily I say
unto you, that ye who have followed
me, in the regeneration when the
Son of man shall sit on the throne of
his glory, ye also shall sit upon
9 Some ancient authorities read Good Teacher. See Mk.
10. 17; Lk. 18. 18.
10 Some ancient authorities read Why callest thcu me
good? None is good save one, even God. See Mk. 10. 18;
Lk. 18. 19.
11 Ex. XX. 12-16; Dt. v. 16-20. '2 Lev. xix. 18.
23
MATTHEW 19.29 20.28 The Laborers in the Vineyard. The Passion a Third Time foretold
twelve thrones, judging the twelve 14 Take up that which is thine, and
tribes of Israel. 29 And every one go thy way; it is my will to give unto
that hath left houses, or brethren
or sisters, or father, or mother, ^or
children, or lands, for my name's
sake, shall receive ^a hundredfold,
and shall inherit eternal life. 30
But many shall be last that are first;
and first that are last.
C%r\ 1 ^or the kingdom of
Zd\J heaven is like unto a man
that was a householder, who went
out early in the morning to hire
laborers into his vineyard. 2 And
when he had agreed with the labor-
ers for a ^shilling a day, he sent them
into his vineyard. 3 And he went
out about the third hour, and saw
others standing in the marketplace
idle; 4 and to them he said. Go ye
also into the vineyard, and whatso-
ever is right I will give you. And
they went their way. 5 Again he
went out about the sixth and the
ninth hour, and did likewise. 6 And
about the eleventh hour he went out,
and found others standing; and he
saith unto them. Why stand ye here
all the d'dy idle.^ 7 They say unto
him. Because no man hath hired us.
He saith unto them. Go ye also into
the vineyard. 8 And when even was
come, the lord of the vineyard saith
unto his steward, Call the laborers,
and pay them their hire, beginning
from the last unto the first. 9 And
when they came that were hired
about the eleventh hour, they re-
ceived every man a ^shilling. 10 And
when the first came, they supposed
that they would receive more; and
they likewise received every man a
'^shilling. 11 And when they re-
ceived it, they murmured against the
householder, 12 saying. These last
have spent hut one hour, and thou
hast made them equal unto us, who
have borne the burden of the day
and the Scorching heat. 13 But he
answered and said to one of them.
Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst
not thou agree w^ith me for a ^shilling?
1 Many ancient authorities add or wife: as in Lk. 18. 29.
2 Some ancient authorities read manifold.
3 See marginal note on ch. 18. 28. ■• Or, hot wind
this last, even as unto thee. 15 Is
it not lawful for me to do what I will
with mine own? or is thine eye evil,
because I am good? 16 So the last
shall be first, and the first last.
17 And as Jesus was going up to
Jerusalem, he took the twelve dis-
ciples apart, and on the way he said
unto them, 18 Behold, we go up to
Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall
be ^delivered unto the chief priests
and scribes; and they shall condemn
him to death. 19 and shall deliver
him unto the Gentiles to mock, and
to scourge, and to crucify : and the i
third daj' he shall be raised up.
20 Then came to him the mothei
of the sons of Zebedee with her sons
^worshipping him^ and asking
certain thing of him. 21 And hi
said unto her, W^hat wouldest thou!
She saith unto him. Command thai
these my two sons may sit, one oi
thy right hand, and one on thy lef^
hand, in thy kingdom. 22 But Jesi
answered and said. Ye know noi
what ye ask. Are ye able to drinl
the cup that I am about to drinki
They say unto him, W^e are able. 21
He saith unto them. My cup indeec
ye shall drink: but to sit on my righ^
hand, and on my left hand, is no!
mine to give; but it is for them fo^
whom it hath been prepared of m^
Father. 24 And when the ten hearc
it, they were moved with indignatioi
concerning the two brethren. 2|
But Jesus called them unto him, an(
said, Ye know that the rulers of th|
Gentiles lord it over them, and theil
great ones exercise authority ov(
them. 26 Not so shall it be amoni
you: but whosoever would becoi
great among you shall be yoi
^minister; 27 and whosoever woul<
be first among you shall be yoi
^servant: 28 even as the Son of mai
came not to be ministered unto, h\x\
to minister, and to give his life
ransom for many.
5 See ch. 10. 4.
' Or, servant
•> See marginal note on ch. 2. 2.
>> C>r. bondservant.
24
The Triumphal Entry. The Traders cast out of the Temple
MATTHEW 20.29—21.22
29 And as they went out from-
Jericho, a great multitude followed
him. 30 And behold, two blind men
sitting by the way side, when they
heard that Jesus was passing by,
cried out, saying, Lord, have mercy
on us, thou son of David. 31 And
the multitude rebuked them, that
they should hold their peace: but
they cried out the more, saying.
Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of
David. 32 And Jesus stood still, and
called them, and said, What will ye
that I should do unto you.^ 33 They
say unto him, Lord, that our eyes
may be opened. 34 And Jesus,
being moved with compassion,
touched their eyes; and straightway
they received their sight, and fol-
lowed him.
Q -| And when they drew nigh
JL 1 unto Jerusalem, and came
unto Bethphage, unto the mount of
Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 saying unto them. Go into the
village that is over against you, and
straightway ye shall find an ass tied,
and a colt with her: loose them, and
bring them unto me. 3 And if any
one say aught unto you, ye shall say.
The Lord hath need of them; and
I straightway he will send them. 4
1 Now this is come to pass, that it
\ might be fulfilled which was spoken
\ through the prophet, saying,
\ 5 ^Tell ye the daughter of Zion,
\ Behold, thy King cometh unto
\ thee,
' Meek, and riding upon an ass,
i And upon a colt the foal of an ass.
I 6 And the disciples went, and did
' even as Jesus appointed them, 7 and
brought the ass, and the colt, and
put on them their garments; and he
sat thereon. 8 And the most part of
the multitude spread their garments
in the way; and others cut branches
from the trees, and spread them in
the way. 9 And the multitudes that
went before him, and that followed,
cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of
David: Blessed is he that cometh in
the name of the Lord; Hosanna in
' Is. Ixii. ll;Zech-. ix. 9.
the highest. 10 And when he was
come into Jerusalem, all the city was
stirred, saying. Who is this. f^ 11 And
the multitudes said. This is the
prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of
Galilee.
12 And Jesus entered into the
temple ^of God, and cast out all them
that sold and bought in the temple,
and overthrew the tables of the
money-changers, and the seats of
them that sold the doves; 13 and he
saith unto them. It is written, ^My
house shall be called a house of
prayer: ^but ye make it a den of
robbers. 14 And the blind and the
lame came to him in the temple;
and he healed them. 15 But when
the chief priests and the scribes saw
the wonderful things that he did, and
the children that were crying in the
temple and saying, Hosanna to the
son of David; they were moved with
indignation, 16 and said unto him,
Hearest thou what these are saying .^^
And Jesus saith unto them. Yea : did
ye never read, ^Out of the mouth of
babes and sucklings thou hast per-
fected praise.^ 17 And he left them,
and went forth out of the city to
Bethany, and lodged there.
18 Now in the morning as he re-
turned to the city, he hungered. 19
And seeing ^a fig tree by the way side,
he came to it, and found nothing
thereon, but leaves only; and he
saith unto it. Let there be no fruit
from thee henceforward for ever.
And immediately the fig tree with-
ered away. 20 And when the dis-
ciples saw it, they marvelled, saying,
How did the ^g tree immediately
wither away.? 21 And Jesus an-
swered and said unto them. Verily I
say unto you, If ye have faith, and
doubt not, ye shall not only do what
is done to the fig tree, but even if ye
shall say unto this mountain. Be
thou taken up and cast into the sea,
it shall be done. 22 And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,
believing, ye shall receive.
2 Many ancient authorities omit of God. ' Is. Ivi. 7.
^ Jer. vii. 11. ^ Ps. viii. 2. « Or, a single
MATTHEW 21 . 23 — 22. 2 Parable of the Two Sons. Of the Wicked Husbandmen
23 And when he was come into the
temple, the chief priests and the
elders of the people came unto him
as he was teaching, and said. By
what authority doest thou these
things? and who gave thee this
authority? 24 And Jesus answered
and said unto them, I also will ask
you one ^question, which if ye tell
me, I likewise will tell you by what
authority I do these things. 25 The
baptism of John, whence was it?
from heaven or from men? And
they reasoned with themselves, say-
ing. If we shall say. From heaven;
he will say unto us. Why then did
ye not believe him? 26 But if we
shall say. From men; we fear the
multitude; for all hold John as a
prophet. 27 And they answered
Jesus, and said, We know not. He
also said unto them. Neither tell I
you by what authority I do these
things. 28 But what think ye? A
man had two ^sons; and he came to
the first, and said, ^Son, go work to-
day in the vineyard. 29 And he
answered and said, I will not: but
afterward he repented himself, and
went. 30 And he came to the second,
and said likewise. Aiid he answered
and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31 Which of the two did the will of
his father? They say. The first.
Jesus saith unto them. Verily I say
unto you, that the ''publicans and
the harlots go into the kingdom of
God before you. 32 For John came
unto you in the way of righteousness,
and ye believed him not; but the
^publicans and the harlots believed
him : and ye, when ye saw it, did not
even repent yourselves afterward,
that ye might believe him.
33 Hear another parable: There
was a man that was a householder,
who planted a vineyard, and set a
hedge about it, and digged a wine-
press in it, and built a tower, and let
it out to husbandmen, and went into
another country. 34 And when the
season of the fruits drew near, he
sent his ^servants to the husband-
men, to receive %is fruits. 35 And
the husbandmen took his ^servants,
and beat one, and killed another, and
stoned another. 36 Again, he sent
other ^servants more than the first:
and they did unto them in like
manner. 37 But afterward he sent
unto them his son, saying. They will
reverence my son. 38 But the hus-
bandmen, when they saw the son,
said among themselves, This is the
heir; come, let us kill him, and take
his inheritance. 39 And they took
him, and cast him forth out of the
vineyard, and killed him. 40 When
therefore the lord of the vineyard
shall come, what will he do unto
those husbandmen? 41 They say
unto him. He will miserably destroy
those miserable men, and will let
out the vineyard unto other hus--
bandmen, who shall render him the
fruits in their seasons. 42 Jesus
saith unto them. Did ye never rea<
in the scriptures,
^The stone which the builder^
rejected.
The same was made the head
the corner;
This was from the Lord,
And it is marvellous in our eyesj
43 Therefore say I unto you, T\A
kingdom of God shall be takel
away from you, and shall be givei
to a nation bringing forth the fruil
thereof. 44 »And he that falleth oi
this stone shall be broken to pieces
but on whomsoever it shall fall,
will scatter him as dust. 45 An<
when the chief priests and thf
Pharisees heard his parables, thej
perceived that he spake of then
46 And when they sought to laj
hold on him, they feared the mult}
tudes, because they took him for
prophet.
C%C% And Jesus answered an(
smd^ spake again in parables unto
them, "saying, 2 The kingdom of
heaven is likened unto a certain king,
who made a marriage feast for his
1 Gr. word. * Gr. children.
♦ See marginal note on ch. 5. 40.
3 Gr. Child.
» Gr. bondservants. « Or, the fruits of it
7 Ps. cxviii. 22 f.
* Some ancient authorities omit ver. 44.
26
The Marriage Feast. Tribute to Caesar ? Is there a Resurrection ? MATTHEW 22. 3 22. 36
son, 3 and sent forth his ^servants to
call them that were bidden to the
marriage feast: and they would not
come. 4 Again he sent forth other
^servants, saying, Tell them that are
bidden. Behold, I have made ready
my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings
are killed, and all things are ready:
come to the marriage feast. 5 But
they made light of it, and went their
ways, one to his own farm, another
to his merchandise; 6 and the rest
laid hold on his ^servants, and treated
them shamefully, and killed them.
7 But the king was wroth; and he
sent his armies, and destroyed those
murderers, and burned their city.
8 Then saith he to his ^servants. The
wedding is ready, but they that were
bidden were not worthy. 9 Go ye
therefore unto the partings of the
highways, and as many as ye shall
find, bid to the marriage feast. 10
And those ^servants went out into
the highways, and gathered together
all as many as they found, both bad
and good : and the wedding was filled
with guests. 11 But when the king
came in to behold the guests, he saw
there a man who had not on a
wedding-garment: 12 and he saith
unto him. Friend, how camest thou
in hither not having a wedding-
garment .^^ And he Avas speechless.
13 Then the king said to the ^ser-
vants. Bind him hand and foot, and
cast him out into the outer darkness ;
there shall be the weeping and the
gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are
called, but few chosen.
15 Then went the Pharisees, and
took counsel how they might en-
snare him in his talk. 16 And they
send to him their disciples, with the
Herodians, saying. Teacher, we know
that thou art true, and teachest the
way of God in truth, and carest not
for any one: for thou regardest not
the person of men. 17 Tell us there-
fore. What thinkest thou? Is it law-
ful to give tribute unto Csesar, or
not.f^ 18 But Jesus perceived their
wickedness, and said. Why make ye
* Gr. bondservants.
2 Or, ministers
trial of me, ye hypocrites.'^ 19 Show
me the tribute money. And they
brought unto him a ^denarius. 20
And he saith unto them. Whose is
this image and superscription.^ 21
They say unto him, Caesar's. Then
saith he unto them. Render there-
fore unto Caesar the things that are
Caesar's; and unto God the things
that are God's. 22 And when they
heard it, they marvelled, and left
him, and went away.
23 On that day there came to him
Sadducees, ^they that say that there
is no resurrection: and they asked
him, 24 saying. Teacher, Moses said,
^If a man die, having no children,
his brother ^shall marry his wife, and
raise up seed unto his brother. 25
Now there were with us seven
brethren: and the first married and
deceased, and having no seed left
his wife unto his brother; 26 in like
manner the second also, and the
third, unto the ^seventh. 27 And
after them all, the woman died. 28
In the resurrection therefore whose
wife shall she be of the seven .f^ for
they all had her. 29 But Jesus an-
swered and said unto them. Ye do
err, not knowing the scriptures, nor
the power of God. 30 For in the
resurrection they neither marry, nor
are given in marriage, but are as
angels^ in heaven. 31 But as touch-
ing the resurrection of the dead,
have ye not read that which was
spoken unto you by God, saying, 32
4 am the God of Abraham, and the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob .^^
God is not the God of the dead, but
of the living. 33 And when the
multitudes heard it, they were aston-
ished at his teaching.
34 But the Pharisees, when they
heard that he had put the Sadducees
to silence, gathered themselves to-
gether. 35 And one of them, a
lawyer, asked him a question, trying
him : 36 Teacher, which is the great
3 See marginal note on ch. 18. 28.
* Many ancient authorities read saying.
5 Dt. XXV. 5.
6 Gr. shall perform the duty of a husband's brother to his
wife. ' Gr. seven.
8 Many ancient authorities add of God. " Ex. iii. 'V
27
MATTHEW 22.37 23.23 Pharisaism exposed; warned against; denounced
commandment in the law? 37 And
he said unto him, ^Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind. 38 This is the great and
first commandment. 39 ^And a
second like unto it is this, ^Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
40 On these two commandments the
whole law hangeth, and the prophets.
41 Now while the Pharisees were
gathered together, Jesus asked them
a question, 42 saying. What think
ye of the Christ.^ whose son is he.^
They say unto him. The son of David.
43 He saith unto them, How then
doth David in the Spirit call him
Lord, saying,
44 ^The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand.
Till I put thine enemies under-
neath thy feet.^
45 If David then calleth him Lord,
how is he his son? 46 And no one
was able to answer him a word,
neither durst any man from that
day forth ask him any more
questions.
QQ Then spake Jesus to the
i^O multitudes and to his dis-
ciples, 2 saying. The scribes and the
Pharisees sit on Moses' seat: 3 all
things therefore whatsoever they
bid you, these do and observe: but
do not ye after tlieir works ; for they
say, and do not. 4 Yea, they bind
heavy burdens ^and grievous to be
borne, and lay them on men's
shoulders; but they themselves will
not move them with their finger.
5 But all their works they do to be
seen of men: for they make broad
their phylacteries, and enlarge the
borders of their garments, 6 and love
the chief place at feasts, and the
chief seats in the synagogues, 7 and
the salutations in the marketplaces,
and to be called of men. Rabbi. 8
But be not ye called Rabbi : for one
is your teacher, and all ye are
brethren. 9 And call no man your
1 Dt. vi. 5.
2 Or, And a second is like ufito it. Thou shalt love b'c.
sLev. xix. 18. ■» Ps. ex. 1.
s Many ancient authorities omit and grievous to be borne.
father on the earth: for one is your
Father, ^even he who is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for
one is your master, even the Christ.
11 But he that is ^greatest among
you shall be your ^servant. 12 And
whosoever shall exalt himself shall
be humbled; and whosoever shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
13 But woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye
shut the kingdom of heaven ^against
men : for ye enter not in yourselves,]
neither suffer ye them that ar<
entering in to enter. ^^
15 Woe unto you, scribes and!
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye com-)
pass sea and land to make on(
proselyte; and when he is becom<
so, ye make him twofold more a son^
of ^^hell than yourselves.
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides,}
that say, W'hosoever shall swear by
the i^temple, it is nothing; but who-
soever shall swear by the gold of the
i^temple, he is a ^Mebtor. 17 Ye fools]
and blind: for w^hich is greater, th(
gold, or the ^^temple that hatl
sanctified the gold? 18 x4nd. Who-]
soever shall swear by the altar, it is
nothing; but whosoever shall sweai
by the gift that is upon it, he is ^^a*
debtor. 19 Ye blind: for which is
greater, the gift, or the altar that
sanctifieth the gift? 20 He there-
fore that sweareth by the altar,
sweareth by it, and by all things
thereon. 21 And he that sweareth
by the ^^temple, sweareth by it, and
by him that dwelleth therein. 22
And he that sweareth by the heaven,
sweareth by the throne of God, and
by him that sitteth thereon.
23 W^oe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hj^pocrites! for ye tithe
mint and ^^anise and cummin, and
have left undone the weightier mat-
ters of the law, justice, and mercy,
6 Gr. the heavenly. ' Gr. greater.
8 Or, minister « Gr. before.
10 Some authorities insert here, or after ver. 12, ver. 14
Woe unto yoti, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye de-
vour widows' houses, even while for a pretence ye make long
prayers : therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation. See
Mk. 12. 40; Lk. 20. 47. ^^ •
n Gr. Gehenna. " Or, sanctuary, as in ver. 3a.
J» Or, bound by his oath " Or, dill
28
/
The Seven Woes. Destruction of the Temple foretold. MATTHEW 23.24 — 24. 13\
and faith: but these ye ought to
have done, and not to have left the
other undone. 24 Ye bhnd guides,
that strain out the gnat, and swal-
low the camel !
25 Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse
the outside of the cup and of the
platter, but within they are full
from extortion and excess. 26 Thou
blind Pharisee, cleanse first the
inside of the cup and of the platter,
that the outside thereof may become
clean also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are
like unto whited sepulchres, which
outwardly appear beautiful, but in-
wardly are full of dead men's bones,
and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so
ye also outwardly appear righteous
unto men, but inwardly ye are full
of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build
the sepulchres of the prophets, and
garnish the tombs of the righteous,
30 and say. If we had been in the
days of our fathers, we should not
have been partakers with them in
the blood of the prophets. 31 Where-
fore ye witness to yourselves, that
ye are sons of them that slew the
prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the
measure of your fathers. 33 Ye
serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how
shall ye escape the judgment of
%ell.f^ 34 Therefore, behold, I send
unto you prophets, and wise men,
and scribes: some of them shall ye
kill and crucify; and some of them
shall ye scourge in your synagogues,
and persecute from city to city: 35
that upon you may come all the
righteous blood shed on the earth,
from the blood of Abel the righteous
unto the blood of Zachariah son of
Barachiah, whom ye slew between
the sanctuary and the altar. 36
Verily I say unto you. All these
things shall come upon this genera-
tion.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that
» Gr. Gehenna.
34
killeth the prophets, and stoneth
them that are sent unto her! how
often would I have gathered thy
children together, even as a hen
gathereth her chickens under her
wings, and ye would not! 38 Be-
hold, your house is left unto you
^desolate. 39 For I say unto yoiT,
Ye shall not see me henceforth, till
ye shall say, Blessed is he that
Cometh in the name of the Lord.
^A And Jesus went out from
^j^ the temple, and was going
on his way; and his disciples came
to him to show him the buildings of
the temple. 2 But he answered and
said unto them. See ye not all these
things? verily I say unto you. There
shall not be left here one stone upon
another, that shall not be thrown
down.
3 And as he sat on the mount of
Olives, the disciples came unto him
privately, saying. Tell us, when shall
these things be.^^ and what shall be
the sign of thy ^coming, and of Hhe
end of the world. ^ * 4 And Jesus an-
swered and said unto them, Take
heed that no man lead you astray.
5 For many shall come in my name,
saying, I am the Christ; and shall
lead many astray. 6 And ye shall
hear of wars and rumors of wars;
see that ye be not troubled : for these
things must needs come to pass; but
the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall
rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom; and there shall be
famines and earthquakes in divers
places. 8 But all these things are
the beginning of travail. 9 Then
shall they deliver you up unto
tribulation, and shall kill you: and
ye shall be hated of all the nations
for my name's sake. 10 And then
shall many stumble, and shall de-
liver up one another, and shall hate
one another. 11- And many false
prophets shall arise, and shall lead
many astray. 12 And because iniq-
uity shall be multiplied, the love
of the many shall wax cold. 13 But
2 Some ancient authorities omit desolate. ^
3 Gi. presence. * Or, the consummation of the age
5 See ch. 10. 4.
29
MATTHEW 24.14—24.44
The Signs of the Coming. Lesson from the Fig Tree
he that endureth to the end, the
same shall be saved. 14 And ^this
gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in the whole ^world for a
testimony unto all the nations; and
then shall the end come.
15 When therefore ye see the
abomination of desolation, which
was ^spoken of through Daniel the
prophet, standing in Hhe hol^^ place
(let him that readeth understand),
16 then let them that are in Judaea
flee unto the mountains: 17 let him
that is on the housetop not go down
to take out the things that are in his
house: 18 and let him that is in the
field not return back to take his
cloak. 19 But woe unto them that
are with child and to them that give
suck in those days ! 20 And pray ye
that your flight be not in the winter,
neither on a sabbath: 21 for then
shall be great tribulation, such as
hath not been from the beginning of
the world until now, no, nor ever
shall be. 22 And except those days
had been shortened, no flesh would
have been saved: but for the elect's
sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto
you, Lo, here is the Christ, or. Here;
ibelieve Ht not. 24 For there shall
arise false Christs, and false proph-
ets, and shall show great signs and
wonders; so as to lead astray, if
possible, even the elect. 25 Behold,
I have told you beforehand. 26 If
therefore they shall say unto you,
Behold, he is in the wilderness; go
not forth : Behold, he is in the inner
chambers; believe Ht not. 27 For
as the lightning cometh forth from
the east, and is seen even unto the
west; so shall be the ^coming of the
Son of man. 28 Wheresoever the
carcase is, there will the ^eagles be
gathered together.
29 But immediately after the
tribulation of those days the sun
shall be darkened, and the moon
shall not give her light, and the
1 Or, these good tidings
3 Dan, ix. 27; xi. 31; xii.
6 Or, him
"> Gr. presence.
2 Gr. inhabited earth.
* Or, c holy place
6 Or, them
8 Or, vultures
stars shall fall from heaven, and the
powers of the heavens shall be
I shaken : 30 and then shall appear
: the sign of the Son of man in heaven :
I and then shall all the tribes of the
■ earth mourn, and they shall see the
Son of man coming on the clouds of
I heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send forth his angels
^with i^a great sound of a trumpet,
and they shall gather together his
elect from the four winds, from one
end of heaven to the other.
32 Now from the fig tree learn her
parable: when her branch is now
become tender, and putteth forth
its leaves, ye know that the summer
is Jiigh; 33 even so ye also, when ye
see all these things, know ye that
^^he is nigh, even at the doors. 34
Verily I say unto you. This genera-
tion shall not pass away, till all these
things be accomplished. 35 Heaven
and earth shall pass away, but my
words shall not pass away. 36 But
of that day and hour knoweth no
one, not even the angels of heaven,
i^neither the Son, but the Father only.
37 And as were the days of Noah, so
shall be the ^coming of the Son of
man. 38 For as in those days which
were before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying and
giving in marriage, until the dsiy
that Noah entered into the ark, 39
and they knew not until the flood
came, and took them all away; so
shall be the ^coming of the Son of
man. 40 Then shall two men be in
the field; one is taken, and one is
left: 41 two women shall he grinding
at the mill; one is taken, and one
is left. 42 Watch therefore: for
ye know not on what day your
Lord cometh. 43 ^^But know this,
that if the master of the house had
known in what watch the thief was
coming, he would have watched, and
would not have suffered his house
to be i^broken through. 44 There-
fore be ye also ready ; for in an hour
9 Many ancient authorities read with a great trumpet,
and they shall gather b'c.
10 Or, a trumpet of great sound " Or, it
12 Many authorities, some ancient, omit neither the Son.
" Or, But this ye know " Gr. digged through.
30
The Ten Virgins.
The Talents
that ye think not the Son of man
Cometh.
45 Who then is the faithful and
wise ^servant, whom his lord hath
set over his household, to give them
their food in due season? 46 Blessed
is that ^servant, whom his lord when
he Cometh shall find so doing. 47
Verily I say unto you, that he will
set him over all that he hath. 48
But if that evil ^servant shall say in
his heart. My lord tarrieth; 49 and
shall begin to beat his fellow-ser-
vants, and shall eat and drink with
the drunken; 50 the lord of the
Servant shall come in a day when
he expecteth not, and in an hour
when he knoweth not, 51 and shall
2cut him asunder, and appoint his
portion with the hypocrites: there
shall be the weeping and the gnash-
ing of teeth.
Q ^ Then shall the kingdom
i-iO of heaven be likened unto
ten virgins, who took their ^lamps,
and went forth to meet the bride-
groom. 2 And five of them were
foolish, and five were wise. 3 For
the foolish, when they took their
^lamps, took no oil with them: 4
but the wise took oil in their vessels
with their ^lamps. 5 Now while the
bridegroom tarried, they all slum-
bered and slept. 6 But at midnight
there is a cry, Behold, the bride-
groom! Come ye forth to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and
trimmed their ^lamps. 8 And the
foolish said unto the wise, Give us
of your oil; for our ^lamps are going
out. 9 But the wise answered, say-
ing, Peradventure there will not be
enough for us and you : go ye rather
to them that sell, and buy for your-
selves. 10 And while they went
away to buy, the bridgeroom came;
and they that were ready went in
with him to the marriage feast : and
the door was shut. 11 Afterward
came also the other virgins, saying,
Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he
answered and said, Verily I say unto
1 Gr. bondservant.
» Or, torches
2 Or, severely scourge him
MATTHEW 24.45—25.27
you, I know you not. 13 Watch
therefore, for ye know not the day
nor the hour.
14 For it is as when a man, going
into another country, called his own
^servants, and delivered unto them
his goods. 15 And unto one he gave
five talents, to another two, to an-
other one; to each according to his
several ability; and he went on his
journey. 16 Straightway he that
received the five talents went and
traded with them, and made other
five talents. 17 In like manner he
also that received the two gained
other two. 18 But he that received
the one went away and digged in the
earth, and hid his lord's money.
19 Now after a long time the lord
of those ^servants cometh, and
maketh a reckoning with them. 20
And he that received the five talents
came and brought other five talents,
saying. Lord, thou deliveredst unto
me five talents: lo, I have gained
other five talents. 21 His lord said
unto him. Well done, good and
faithful ^servant: thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will set
thee over many things; enter thou
into the joy of thy lord. 22 And he
also that received the two talents
came and said, Lord, thou deliver-
edst unto me two talents : lo, I have
gained other two talents. 23 His
lord said unto him. Well done, good
and faithful ^servant: thou hast
been faithful over a few things, I
will set thee over many things; enter
thou into the joy of thy lord. 24
And he also that had received the
one talent came and said. Lord, I
knew thee that thou art a hard man,
reaping where thou didst not sow,
and gathering where thou didst not
scatter; 25 and I was afraid, and
went away and hid thy talent in
the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.
26 But his lord answered and said
unto him, Thou wicked and sloth-
ful ^servant, thou knewest that I
reap where I sowed not, and gather
where I did not scatter; 27 thou
* Gr. bondservants.
31
MATTHEW 25.28 26. 12 The Judgment. Plot to kill Jesus. The Precious Ointment
oughtest therefore to have put my
money to the bankers, and at my
coming I should have received back
mine own with interest. 28 Take ye
away therefore the talent from him,
and give it unto him that hath the
ten talents. 29 For unto every one
that hath shall be given, and he
shall have abundance: but from
him that hath not, even that which
he hath shall be taken away. 30
And cast ye out the unprofitable
^servant into the outer darkness:
there shall be the weeping and the
gnashing of teeth.
31 But when the Son of man shall
come in his glory, and all the angels
with him, then shall he sit on the
throne of his glory: 32 and before
him shall be gathered all the nations :
and he shall separate them one from
another, as the shepherd separateth
the sheep from the goats; 33 and he
shall set the sheep on his right hand,
but the goats on the left. 34 Then
shall the King say unto them on his
right hand, Come, ye blessed of my
Father, inherit the kingdom pre-
pared for you from the foundation
of the world: 35 for I was hungry,
and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty,
and ye gave me drink; I was a
stranger, and ye took me in; 36
naked, and ye clothed me; I was
sick, and ye visited me; I was in
prison, and ye came unto me. 37
Then shall the righteous answer
him, saying. Lord, when saw we thee
hungry, and fed thee.^ or athirst,
and gave thee drink .^^ 38 And when
saw we thee a stranger, and took
thee in.^ or naked, and clothed thee.^
39 And when saw we thee sick, or
in prison, and came unto thee.^^ 40
And the King shall answer and say
unto them, Verily I say unto you.
Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of
these my brethren, even these least,
ye did it unto me. 41 Then shall
he say also unto them on the left
hand, ^Depart from me, ye cursed,
into the eternal fire which is pre-
pared for the devil and his angels:
42 for I was hungry, and ye did not
give me to eat; I was thirsty, and
ye gave me no drink; 34 I was a
stranger, and ye took me not in;
naked, and ye clothed me not; sick,
and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer,
saying. Lord, when saw we thee
hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or
naked, or sick, or in prison, and did
not minister unto thee.^^ 45 Then
shall he answer them, saying. Verily
1 say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did
it not unto one of these ' least, ye
did it not unto me. 46 And these
shall go away into eternal punish-
ment: but the righteous into eternal
life.
C%f\ And it came to pass, when
^O Jesus had finished all these
words, he said unto his disciples,
2 Ye know that after two days the
passover cometh, and the Son of man
is ^delivered up to be crucified. 3
Then were gathered together the
chief priests, and the elders of the
people, unto the court of the high
priest, who was called Caiaphas; 4
and they took counsel together that
they might take Jesus by subtlety,
and kill him. 5 But they said. Not
during the feast, lest a tumult arise
among the people.
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany,
in the house of Simon the leper, 7
there came unto him a woman having
^an alabaster cruse of exceeding
precious ointment, and she poured
it upon his head, as %e sat at meat.
8 But when the disciples saw it,
they had indignation, saying. To
what purpose is this waste .^^ 9 For
this ointment might have been sold
for much, and given to the poor.
10 But Jesus perceiving it said unto
them. Why trouble ye the woman.f^
for she hath wrought a good work
upon me. 11 For ye have the poor
always with you; but me ye have
not always. 12 For in that she
^poured this ointment upon my
body, she did it to prepare me for
Gr. bondservant. 2 Qr, Depart from me under a curse
3 See ch. 10. 4.
* Or, reclined at table
< Or, a flask
^ Gr. cast.
32
The Bargain of Judas. The Supper. Peter's Denial foretold MATTHEW 26.13 26.41
burial. 13 Verily I say unto you,
Wheresoever ^this gospel shall be
preached in the whole world, that
also which this woman hath done
shall be spoken of for a memorial
of her.
14 Then one of the twelve, who
was called Judas Iscariot, went unto
the chief priests, 15 and said. What
are ye willing to give me, and I will
^deliver him unto you.^^ And they
weighed unto him thirty pieces of
silver. 16 And from that time he
sought opportunity to ^deliver him
unto them.
17 Now on the first day of un-
leavened bread the disciples came
to Jesus, saying, W^here wilt thou
that we make ready for thee to eat
the passover.f^ 18 And he said, Go
into the city to such a man, and say
unto him. The Teacher saith, My
time is at hand; I keep the passover
at thy house with my disciples. 19
And the disciples did as Jesus ap-
pointed them; and they made ready
the passover.
20 Now when even was come, he
was ^sitting at meat with the twelve
Misciples; 21 and as they were eat-
ing, he said. Verily I sa^^ unto you,
that one of you shall %etray me.
22 And they were exceeding sorrow-
ful, and began to say unto him
every one. Is it I, Lord.^ 23 And he
answered and said. He that dipped
his hand with me in the dish, the
same shall ^betray me. 24 The Son
of man goeth, even as it is written
of him: but woe unto that man
through whom the Son of man is
betrayed! good were it ^for that
man if he had not been born. 25
And Judas, who betrayed him,
answered and said. Is it I, Rabbi. ^^
He saith unto him. Thou hast said.
26 And as they were eating, Jesus
took ^bread, and blessed, and brake
it; and he gave to the disciples, and
said. Take, eat; this is my body.
ii 27 And he took ^a cup, and gave
S 1 Or, these good tidings 2 See ch. 10. 4.
3 Or, reclining at table ■* Many authorities, some
ancient, omit disciples. ^ See marginal note on ch. 10. 4.
* Gr. for him if that man. ' Or, a loaf
8 Some ancient authorities read the cup.
33
thanks, and gave to them, saying.
Drink ye all of it; 28 for this is my
blood of the '-^covenant, which is
poured out for many unto remission
of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I
shall not drink henceforth of this
fruit of the vine, until that day when
I drink it new with you in my
Father's kingdom.
30 And when they had sung a
hymn, they went out into the mount
of Olives.
31 Then saith Jesus unto them.
All ye shall be offended in me this
night: for it is written, ^^I will smite
the shepherd, and the sheep of the
flock shall be scattered abroad. 32
But after I am raised up, I will go
before you into Galilee. 33 But
Peter answered and said unto him.
If all shall be ^^offended in thee, I
will never be ^^offended. 34 Jesus
said unto him. Verily I say unto
thee, that this night, before the cock
crow, thou shall deny me thrice.
35 Peter saith unto him, Even if I
must die with thee, yet will I not
deny thee. Likewise also said all
the disciples.
36 Then cometh Jesus with them
unto i^a place called Gethsamane,
and saith unto his disciples, Sit ye
here, while I go yonder and pray.
37 And he took with him Peter and
the two sons of Zebedee, and began
to be sorrowful and sore troubled.
38 Then saith he unto them. My
soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death: abide ye here, and watch
wdth me. 39 And he went forward
a little, and fell on his face, and
prayed, saying. My Father, if it be
possible, let this cup pass away
from me: nevertheless, not as I will
but as thou w^ilt. 40 And he cometh
unto the disciples, and findeth them
sleeping, and saith unto Peter,
What, could ye not watch with me
one hour.^ 41 ^^ Watch and pray,
that ye enter not into temptation:
the spirit indeed is willing, but the
9 Many ancient authorities insert new.
10 Zech. xiii. 7.
11 Gr. caused to stumble.
'2 Gr. an enclosed piece of ground.
1' Or, Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not ^
MATTHEW 26.42—26.71
Qethsemane. The Betrayal. Trial before the Sanhedrin
flesh is weak. 42 Again a second
time he went away, and prayed,
saying, My Father, if this cannot
pass away, except I drink it, thy
will be done. 43 And he came
again and found them sleeping, for
their eyes were heavy. 44 And he
left them again, and went away, and
prayed a third time, saying again the
same words. 45 Then cometh he
to the disciples, and saith unto them,
^Sleep on now, and take your rest:
behold, the hour is at hand, and the
Son of man is ^betrayed into the
hands of sinners. 46 Arise, let us be
going: behold, he is at hand that
%etrayeth me.
47 And while he yet spake, lo,
Judas, one of the twelve, came, and
with him a great multitude with
swords and staves, from the chief
priests and elders of the people.
48 Now he that ^betrayed him gave
them a sign, saying. Whomsoever
I shall kiss, that is he: take him.
49 And straightway he came to
Jesus, and said. Hail, Rabbi; and
%issed him. 50 And Jesus said unto
him. Friend, do that for which thou
art come. Then they came and laid
hands on Jesus, and took him. 51
And behold, one of them that were
with Jesus stretched out his hand,
and drew his sword, and smote the
^servant of the high priest, and
struck off his ear; 52 Then saith
Jesus unto him. Put up again thy
sword into its place : for all they that
take the sword shall perish with the
sword. 53 Or thinkest thou that I
cannot beseech my Father, and he
shall even now send me more than
twelve legions of angels .^^ 54 How
then should the scriptures be ful-
filled, that thus it must be.^^ 55 In
that hour said Jesus to the multi-
tudes. Are ye come out as against a
robber with swords and staves to
seize me.? I sat daily in the temple
teaching, and ye took me not. 56
But all this is come to pass, that the
scriptures of the prophets might be
fulfilled. Then all the disciples left
him, and fled.
57 And they that had taken Jesus
led him away to the house of Caiaphas
the high priest, where the scribes and
the elders were gathered together.
58 But Peter followed him afar off,
unto the court of the high priest,
and entered in, and sat with the
officers, to see the end. 59 Now the
chief priests and the whole council
sought false witness against Jesus,
that they might put him to death;
60 and they found it not, though
many false witnesses came. But
afterward came two, 61 and said,
This man said, I am able to destroy
the ^temple of God, and to build it
in three days. 62 And the high
priest stood up, and said unto him,
Answerest thou nothing.'^ what is it
which these witness against thee.?
63 But Jesus held his peace. And
the high priest said unto him, I
adjure thee by the living God, that
thou tell us whether thou art the
Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus
saith unto him, Thou hast said:
nevertheless I say unto you, Hence-
forth ye shall see the Son of man
sitting at the right hand of Power,
and coming on the clouds of heaven.
65 Then the high priest rent his
garments, saying. He hath spoken
blasphemy : what further need have
we of witnesses.? behold, now ye
have heard the blasphemy : 66 what
think ye.? They answered and said,
He is Hvorthy of death. 67 Then
did they spit in his face and buffet
him: and some smote him ^vith the
palms of their hands, 68 saying.
Prophesy unto us, thou Christ: who
is he that struck thee.?
69 Now Peter was sitting without
in the court: and a maid came unto
him, saying, Thou also wast with
Jesus the Galilsean. 70 But he
denied before them all, saying, I
know not what thou sayest. 71 And
when he was gone out into the porch,
another maid saw him, and saith
1 Or, Do ye sleep on, then, and take your rest?
2 See marginal note on ch. 10. 4.
' Gr. kissed him much. * Gr. bondservant.
5 Or, sanctuary: as in ch. 23. 35; 27.
6 Gr. liable to.
7 Or, with rods
34
Peter's Three Denials. End of Judas. Jesus before Pilate
unto them that were there, This man
also was with Jesus of Nazareth.
72 And again he denied with an
oath, I know not the man. 73 And
after a httle while they that stood by
came and said to Peter, Of a truth
thou also art one of them; for thy
speech maketh thee known. 74
Then began he to curse and to
swear, I know not the man. And
straightway the cock crew. 75 And
Peter remembered the word which
Jesus had said. Before the cock
crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
And he went out, and wept bit-
terly.
C%^ Now when morning was
^ § come, all the chief priests and
the elders of the people took counsel
against Jesus to put him to death:
2 and they bound him, and led him
away, and delivered him up to
Pilate the governor.
3 Then Judas, who betrayed him,
when he saw that he was condemned,
repented himself, and brought back
the thirt}^ pieces of silver to the
chief priests and elders, 4 saying, I
have sinned in that I betrayed
^innocent blood. But they said.
What is that to us.^ see thou to it.
5 And he cast down the pieces of
silver into the sanctuary, and de-
parted; and he went away and
hanged himself. 6 And the chief
priests took the pieces of silver, and
said. It is not lawful to put them
into the ^treasury, since it is the
price of blood. 7 And they took
counsel, and bought with them the
potter's field, to bury strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called.
The field of blood, unto this day.
9 Then was fulfilled that which
was spoken through Jeremiah the
prophet, saying, ^And ^they took the
thirty pieces of silver, the price of
him that was priced, ^whom certain
of the children of Israel did price;
10 and ^they gave them for the
1 See marginal note on ch. 10. 4.
2 Many ancient authorities read righteous.
« Gr. corbanas, that is, sacred treasury. Comp. Mk. 7. 1 1.
* Zech. xi. 12, 13. 5 Or. / took
* Or, whom they priced on the part of the sons of Israel
' Sorne ancient authorities read / gave.
MATTHEW 26.72—27.25
potter's field, as the Lord appointed
me.
11 Now Jesus stood before the
governor: and the governor asked
him, saying. Art thou the King of
the Jews.f^ And Jesus said unto him.
Thou say est. 12 And when he was
accused by the chief priests and
elders, he answered nothing. 13
Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest
thou not how many things they
witness against thee.^ 14 And he
gave him no answer, not even to one
word: insomuch that the governor
marvelled greatly. 15 Now at ^the
feast the governor was wont to
release unto the multitude one pris-
oner, whom they would. 16 And
they had then ,a notable prisoner,
called Barabbas. 17 When there-
fore they were gathered together,
Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye
that I release unto you.^ Barabbas,
or Jesus who is called Christ.'^ 18
For he knew that for envy they had
delivered him up. 19 And while he
was sitting on the judgment-seat,
his wife sent unto him, saying. Have
thou nothing to do with that right-
eous man; for I have suffered many
things this day in a dream because
of him. 20 Now the chief priests
and the elders persuaded the mul-
titudes that they should ask for
Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21
But the governor answered and said
unto them. Which of the two will ye
that I release unto jou? And they
said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith unto
them, What then shall I do unto
Jesus who is called Christ .^^ They
all say. Let him be crucified. 23
And he said. Why, what evil hath
he done.f^ But they cried out ex-
ceedingly, saying. Let him be cru-
cified. 24 So when Pilate saw that
he prevailed nothing, but rather
that a tumult was arising, he took
water, and washed his hands before
the multitude, saying, I am innocent
^of the blood of this righteous man;
see ye to it, 25 And all the people
8 Or, a feast
» Some ancient authorities read of this blood: see ye &€.
35
MATTHEW 27.26—27.57
The Mockery. The Crucifixion. Death of Jesus
answered and said, His blood be on
us, and on our children. 26 Then
released he unto them Barabbas;
but Jesus he scourged and delivered
to be crucified.
27 Then the soldiers of the govern-
or took Jesus into the Trsetorium,
and gathered unto him the whole
-band. 28 And they ^stripped him,
and put on him a scarlet robe. 29
And they platted a crown of thorns
and put it upon his head, and a reed
in his right hand; and they kneeled
down before him, and mocked him,
saying. Hail, King of the Jews! 30
And they spat upon him, and took
the reed and smote him on the head.
31 And when they had mocked him,
they took off from him the robe, and
put on him his garments, and led
him away to crucify him.
32 And as they came out, thej^
found a man of Cyrene, Simon by
name: him they ^compelled to go
with them, that he might bear his
cross.
33 And when they were come unto
a place called Golgotha, that is to
say, The place of a skull, 34 they
gave him wine to drink mingled with
gall: and when he had tasted it,
he would not drink. 35 And when
they had crucified him, they parted
his garments among them, casting
lots; 36 and they sat and watched
him there. 37 And they set up over
his head his accusation written,
This is Jesus the King of the
Jews. 38 Then are there crucified
with him two robbers, one on the
right hand and one on the left. 39
And they that passed by railed on
him, wagging their heads, 40 and
saying. Thou that destroyest the
'^temple, and buildest it in three
days, save thyself: if thou art the
Son of God, come down from the
cross. 41 In like manner also the
chief priests mocking him, with the
scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved
others; ^himself he cannot save.
iQr, palace See Mk. 15. 16. 2 Or, cohort
8 Some ancient authorities read clothed.
* Gr. impressed. 6 Or, sanctuary
« Or, can he not save himself?
He is the King of Israel; let him now
come down from the cross, and we
will believe on him. 43 He trusteth
on God; let him deliver him now,
if he desireth him: for he said, I am
the Son of God. 44 And the robbers
also that were crucified with him
cast upon him the same reproach.
45 Now from the sixth hour there
was darkness over all the ^land until
the ninth hour. 46 And about the
ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
voice, saying, ^Eli, Eli, lama sa-
bachthani.f^ that is. My God, my
God, 9 why hast thou forsaken me.^
47 And some of them that stood
there, when they heard it, said. This
man calleth Elijah. 48 And straight-
way one of them ran, and took a
sponge, and filled it with vinegar,
and put it on a reed, and gave him
to drink. 49 And the rest said. Let
be; let us see whether Elijah cometh
to save him.i^ 50 And Jesus cried
again with a loud voice, and yielded
up his spirit. 51 And behold, the
veil of the ^temple was rent in two
from the top to the bottom; and the
earth did quake; and the rocks were
rent; 52 and the tombs were opened ;
and many bodies of the saints that
had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and
coming forth out of the tombs after
his resurrection they entered into
the holy city and appeared unto
many. 54 Now the centurion, and
they that were with him watching
Jesus, when they saw the earth-
quake, and the things that were done,
feared exceedingly, saying, Truly
this was i^the Son of God. 55 And
many women were there beholding
from afar, who had followed Jesus
from Galilee, ministering unto him:
56 among whom was Mary Mag-
dalene, and Mary the mother of
12 James and Joses, and the mother of
the sons of Zebedee.
57 And when even was come,
there came a rich man from Arima-
7 Or, earth » Ps. xxii. 1.
9 Or, why didst thou forsake me?
10 Many ancient authorities add ^nJ another took a spear
and pierced his side, and there came out water and blooii.
See Jn. 19. 34.
11 Or, a son of God 12 Or, Jacob
36
The Empty Sepulchre. The Final Interview and Commission MATTHEW 27. 58 28. 20.
tlisea, named Joseph, who also him-
self was Jesus' disciple: 58 this man
went to Pilate, and asked for the
body of Jesus. Then Pilate com-
manded it to be given up. 59 And
Joseph took the body, and wrapped
it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and laid
it in his own new tomb, which he
had hewn out in the rock: and he
rolled a great stone to the door of
the tomb, and departed. 61 And
Mary Magdalene was there, and
the other Mary, sitting over against
the sepulchre.
62 Now on the morrow, which is
the day after the Preparation, the
chief priests and the Pharisees were
gathered together unto Pilate, 63
saying. Sir, we remember that that
deceiver said while he was yet alive.
After three days I rise again. 64
Command therefore that the sepul-
chre be made sure until the third
day, lest haply his disciples come and
steal him away, and say unto the
people. He is risen from the dead:
and the last error will be worse than
the first. 65 Pilate said unto them,
^Ye have a guard: go, ^make it as
sure as ye can. 66 So they went,
and made the sepulchre sure, seal-
ing the stone, the guard being with
them.
OQ Now late on the sabbath
ZdKj day, as it began to dawn to-
ward the first day of the week, came
Mary Magdalene and the other
Mary to see the sepulchre. 2 And
behold, there was a great earth-
quake; for an angel of the Lord
descended from heaven, and came
and rolled away the stone, and sat
upon it. 3* His appearance was as
lightning, and his raiment white as
snow: 4 and for fear of him the
watchers did quake, and became as
dead men. 5 And the angel an-
swered and said unto the women.
Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek
Jesus, who hath been crucified. 6
He is not here; for he is risen, even
Or, Take a guard
Gr. make it sure, as ye know.
as he said. Come, see the place
2 where the Lord lay. 7 And go
quickly, and tell his disciples, He is
risen from the dead; and lo, he
goeth before you into Gahlee; there
shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
8 And they departed quickly from
the tomb with fear and great joy,
and ran to bring his disciples word.
9 And behold, Jesus met them, say-
ing. All hail. And they came and
took hold of his feet, and ^wor-
shipped him. 10 Then saith Jesus
unto them. Fear not: go tell my
brethren that they depart into Gali-
lee, and there shall they see me.
11 Now while they were going,
behold, some of the guard came into
the city, and told unto the chief
priests all the things that were come
to pass. 12 And when they were
assembled with the elders, and had
taken counsel, they gave much
money unto the soldiers, 13 saying.
Say ye. His disciples came by night,
and stole him away while we slept.
14 And if this ^come to the govern-
or's ears, we will persuade him, and
rid you of care. 15 So they took the
money, and did as they were taught;
and this saying was spread abroad
among the Jews, and continueth
until this day.
16 But the eleven disciples went
into Galilee, unto the mountain
where Jesus had appointed them.
17 And when they saw him, they
^worshipped him', but some doubted.
18 And Jesus came to them and
spake unto them, saying, All author-
ity hath been given unto me in
heaven and on earth. 19 Go ye
therefore, and make disciples of all
the nations, baptizing them into the
name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit: 20 teaching
them to observe all things what-
soever I commanded you: and lo,
I am with you ^always, even unto
^the end of the world.
3 Many ancient authorities read where he lay.
4 See marginal note on ch. 2. 2.
^ Or, come to a hearing before the governor
6 Gr. all the days. " Or, the consummation of the age
37
ACCORDING TO MARK
Preaching of the Baptist.
Baptism of Jesus.
Temptation of Jesus.
He preaches in Galilee
IThe beginning of the ^gospel
of Jesus Christ, ^the Son of
God.
2 Even as it is written ^in Isaiah
the prophet,
^Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face.
Who shall prepare thy way;
3 ^The voice c* one crying in the
wilderness.
Make ye ready the way of the
Lord,
Make his paths straight;
4 John came, who baptized in the
wilderness and preached the bap-
tism of repentance unto remission
of sins. 5 And there went out unto
him all the country of Judaea, and
all they of Jerusalem; and they were
baptized of him in the river Jordan,
confessing their sins. 6 And John
was clothed with camel's hair, and
had a leathern girdle about his loins,
and did eat locusts and wild honey.
7 And he preached, sajang. There
Cometh after me he that is mightier
than I, the latchet of whose shoes I
am not ^worthy to stoop down and
unloose. 8 I baptized you ^in water;
but he shall baptize you ^in the
Holy Spirit.
9 And it came to pass in those
days, that Jesus came from Naz-
areth of Galilee, and was baptized of
John % the Jordan. 10 And straight-
way coming up out of the water, he
saw the heavens rent asunder, and
the Spirit as a dove descending upon
him : 1 1 and a voice came out of the
heavens. Thou art my beloved Son,
in thee I am well pleased.
12 And straightway the Spirit
1 Or, good tidings: and so elsewhere.
2 Some ancient authorities omit the Son of God.
' Some ancient authorities read in the prophets.
* Mai. iii. 1. ^ ig. xl, 3. ' Gr. sufficient.
7 Or, with 8 Gr. into.
driveth him forth into the wilder-
ness. 13 And he was in the wilder-
ness forty dsivs tempted of Satan;
and he was with the w^ild beasts
and the angels ministered unto him
14 Now after John was delivere<
up, Jesus came into Galilee, preach
ing the ^gospel of God, 15 and sa^
ing. The time is fulfilled, and th(
kingdom of God is at hand: repenlf
ye, and believe in the ^gospel.
16 And passing along by the sea
of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew
the brother of Simon casting a net
in the sea; for they were fishers.
17 And Jesus said unto them. Come
ye after me, and I will make you to
become fishers of men. 18 And
straightw^ay they left the nets, and
followed him. 19 And going on a
little further, he saw ^James the
S071 ofZebedee, and John his brother,
who also were in the boat mending
the nets. • 20 And straightway he
called them: and they left their
father Zebedee in the boat with the
hired servants, and went after him.
21 And they go into Capernaum;
and straightway on the sabbath day
he entered into the s3magogue and
taught. 22 And they were aston-
ished at his teaching: for he taught
them as having authority, and not
as the scribes. 23 And straightway
there was in their synagogue a man
with an unclean spirit; and he cried
out, 24 saying, What have we to do
with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene.'^ art
thou come to destroy us.^ I know
thee who thou art, the Holy One of
God. 25 And Jesus rebuked i^him,
saying. Hold thy peace, and come
out of him. 26 And the unclean
spirit, i^tearing him and crying with
» Or, Jacob "> Or, it " Or, convulsing
3S
Jesus heals Simon's Wife's Mother. Cleanses a Leper. Heals a Paralytic MARK 1.27 2. 10
a loud voice, came out of him. 27
And they were all amazed, insomuch
that they questioned among them-
selves, saying, What is this.^^ a new
teaching! with authority he com-
mandeth even the unclean spirits,
and they obey him. 28 And the
report of him went out straight-
way everywhere into all the region
of Galilee round about.
29 And straightway, ^when they
were come out of the synagogue,
they came into the house of Simon
and Andrew, with ^ James and John.
30 Now Simon's wife's mother lay
sick of a fever; and straightway they
tell him of her: 31 and he came and
took her by the hand, and raised
her up; and the fever left her, and
she ministered unto them.
32 And at even, when the sun did
set, they brought unto him all that
were sick, and them that were ^pos-
sessed with demons. 33 And all the
city was gathered together at the
door. 34 And he healed many that
were sick with divers diseases, and
cast out many demons; and he
suffered not the demons to speak,
because they knew him.^
35 And in the morning, a great
while before day, he rose up and
went out, and departed into a
desert place, and there prayed. 36
xAnd Simon and they that were with
him followed after him ; 37 and they
found him, and say unto him. All
are seeking thee. 38 And he saith
unto them. Let us go elsewhere into
the next towns, that I may preach
there also; for to this end came I
forth. 39 And he went into their
synagogues throughout all Galilee,
preaching and casting out demons.
40 And there cometh to him a
leper, beseeching him, ^and kneeling
down to him, and saying unto him.
If thou wilt, thou canst make me
clean. 41 And being moved with
1 Some ancient authorities read when he was come out of
the synagogue, he came b'c.
2 Or, Jacob ' Or, demoniacs
^ Many ancient authorities add to be Christ. See Lk.
4. 41.
* Some ancient authorities omit and kneeling dcnvn to
him.
compassion, he stretched forth his
hand, and touched him, and saith
unto him, I will; be thou made
clean. 42 And straightway the
leprosy departed from him, and he
was made clean. 43 And he ^strictly
charged him, and straightway sent
him out, 44 and saith unto him. See
thou say nothing to any man : but go
show thyself to the priest, and offer
for thy cleansing the things which
Moses ^commanded, for a testimony
unto them. 45 But he went out,
and began to publish it much, and
to spread abroad the ^matter, inso-
much that ^Jesus could no more
openly enter into ^^^a city, but was
without in desert places: and they
came to him from every quarter.
Q And when he entered again
M^ into Capernaum after some
days, it was noised that he was ^^in
the house. 2 And many were
gathered together, so that there was
no longer room /or them, no, not even
about the door: and he spake the
word unto them. 3 And they come,
bringing unto him a man sick of the
palsy, borne of four. 4 And when
they could not ^^come nigh unto him
for the crowd, they uncovered the
roof where he was: and when they
had broken it up, they let down the
i^ed whereon the sick of the palsy
lay. 5 And Jesus seeing their faith
saith unto the sick of the palsy,
I'^Son, thy sins are forgiven. 6 But
there were certain of the scribes
sitting there, and reasoning in their
hearts, 7 Why doth this man thus
speak .^ he blasphemeth: who can
forgive sins but one, even God.^ 8
And straightway Jesus, perceiving
in his spirit that they so reasoned
within themselves, saith unto them.
Why reason ye these things in your
hearts .f^ 9 Which is easier, to say to
the sick of the palsy. Thy sins are
forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take
up thy i%ed, and walk.^ 10 But
that ye may know that the Son of
« Or, sternly ^ Lev. xiii. 49; xiv. 2 ff . 8 Gr. word.
9 Gr. he. •" Or, the city " Or, at home
'2 Manv ancient authorities read bring him unto him.
" Or, pallet ■ w Gr. Child.
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MARK 2.11 — 3.6 Jesus calls Levi. Of Fasting. "Lord of the Sabbath." A Cure on Sabbath
man hath authority on earth to
forgive sins (he saith to the sick of
the palsy), 111 say unto thee, Arise,
take up thy ^bed, and go unto thy
house. 12 And he arose, and
straightway took up the ^bed, and
went forth before them all; inso-
much that they were all amazed, and
glorified God, saying. We never saw
it on this fashion.
13 And he went forth again by
the sea side; and all the multitude
resorted unto him, and he taught
them. 14 And as he passed by, he
saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting
at the place of toll, and he saith unto
him, Follow me. And he arose and
followed him.
15 And it came to pass, that he
was sitting at meat in his house, and
many ^publicans and sinners sat
down with Jesus and his disciples:
for there were many, and they
followed him. 16 And the scribes ^of
the Pharisees, when they saw that
he was eating with the sinners and
2pubhcans, said unto his disciples,
^How is it that he eateth ^and drink-
eth with ^publicans and sinners?
17 And when Jesus heard it, he
saith unto them. They that are
^ whole have no need of a physician,
but they that are sick: I came not
to call the righteous, but sinners.
18 And John's disciples and the
Pharisees were fasting: and they
come and say unto him. Why do
John's disciples and the disciples of
the Pharisees fast, but thy disci-
ples fast not.^ 19 And Jesus said
unto them. Can the ^sons of the
bridechamber fast, while the bride-
groom is with them? as long as they
have the bridegroom with them,
they cannot fast. 20 But the days
will come, when the bridegroom
shall be taken away from them, and
then will they fast in that day. 21
No man seweth a piece of undressed
cloth on an eld garment: else that
1 Or, pallet 2 That is, collectors or renters of Roman taxes.
3 Some ancient authorities read and the Pharisees.
* Or, He eateth . . . sinners.
6 Some ancient authorities omit and drinketh.
' Gr. strong.
7 That is, companions of the bridegroom.
which should fill it up taketh from
it, the new from the old, and a worse
rent is made. 22 And no man
putteth new wine into old ^wine-
skins; else the wine will burst the
skins, and the wine perisheth, and
the skins: but they put new wine
into fresh wine-skins.
23 And it came to pass, that he
was going on the sabbath dayj
through the grainfields; and hij
disciples ^began, as they went, t(
pluck the ears. 24 And the Phari-
sees said unto him. Behold, why d(
the}^ on the sabbath day that whicl
is not lawful? 25 And he said unt<
them, I'^Did ye never read what
David did, when he had need, an(
was hungry, he, and they that were
with him? 26 How he entered int(
the house of God ^^when Abiathai
was high priest, and ate the show-
bread, which it is not lawful to eal
save for the priests, and gave als(
to them that were with him? 2'
And he said unto them. The sabbatl
was made for man, and not man foi
the sabbath- 28 so that the Son ol
man is lord even of the sabbath.
3 And he entered again int(
the synagogue; and there was
a man there who had his banc
withered. 2 And they watched himj
whether he would heal him on th(
sabbath day; that they might aci
cuse him. 3 And he saith unto th<
man that had his hand withered]
i^Stand forth. 4 And he saith unt(
them. Is it la\^^ul on the sabbatl
day to do good, or to do harm? t(
save a life, or to kill? But they helc
their peace. 5 And when he ha<
looked round about on them witl
anger, being grieved at the harden-
ing of their heart, he saith unto th(
man, Stretch forth thy hand. An<
he stretched it forth; and his hanc
was restored. 6 And the PhariseesI
went out, and straightway with th(
Herodians took counsel against him,
how they might destroy him.
8 That is, skins used as bottles.
• Gr. began to make their way plucking. "> 1 S. xxi. 6.
" Some ancient authorities read in the days of Abiathar
the high priest. " Gr. Arise into the midst.
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The Twelve are chosen. Spiritual Kinship more than Natural
MARK 3.7—4.4
7 And Jesus with his disciples
withdrew to the sea; and a great
multitude from Galilee followed;
and from Judaea, 8 and from Jeru-
salem, and from Idumsea, and be-
yond the Jordan, and about Tyre
and Sidon, a great multitude, hear-
ing ^what great things he did, came
unto him. 9 And he spake to his
disciples, that a little boat should
wait on him because of the crowd,
lest they should throng him: 10 for
he had healed many; insomuch that
as many as had ^plagues ^pressed
upon him that they might touch him.
11 And the unclean spirits, whenso-
ever they beheld him, fell down
before him, and cried, saying, Thou
art the Son of God. 12 And he
charged them much that they should
not make him known.
13 And he goeth up into the
mountain, and calleth unto him
whom he himself would; and they
went unto him. 14 And he ap-
pointed twelve,^ that they might be
with him, and that he might send
them forth to preach, 15 and to
have authority to cast out demons:
16 ^and Simon he surnamed Peter;
17 and ^James the son of Zebedee,
and John the brother of ^ James;
and them he surnamed Boanerges,
which is. Sons of thunder: 18 and
Andrew, and Philip, and Barthol-
omew, and Matthew, and Thomas,
and ^ James, the son of Alpheeus, and
Thaddseus and Simon the ^Cananae-
an, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also
%etrayed him.
And he cometh ^into a house.
20 And the multitude cometh to-
gether again, so that they could not
so much as eat bread. 2i And when
his friends heard it, they went out
to lay hold on him: for they said.
He is beside himself. 22 And the
scribes that came down from Jeru-
salem said. He hath I'^Beelzebub, and,
1 Or, all the things that he did
2 Gr. scourges. 3 Gr. fell.
* Some ancient authorities add whom also he named apos-
tles. See Lk. 6. 13; comp. eh. 6. 30.
6 Some ancient authorities insert and he appointed
twelve.
6 Or, Jacob 7 Or, Zealot See Lk. 6. 15; Acts 1. 13.
s Or, delivered him up » Or, h^me w Gr. Bcelzebul.
^^By the prince of the demons casteth
he out the demons. 23 And he
called them unto him, and said unto
them in parables, How can Satan
cast out Satan .^ 24 And if a king-
dom be divided against itself, that
kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a
house be divided against itself, that
house will not be able to stand. ^ 2(3
And if Satan hath risen up against
himself, and is divided, he cannot
stand, but hath an end. 27 But nc
one can enter into the house of the
strong man, and spoil his goods,
except he first bind the strong man,
and then he will spoil his house. 2^
Verily I say unto you. All their sins
shall be forgiven unto the sons oi
men, and their blasphemies where-
with soever they shall blaspheme
29 but whosoever shall blaspheme
against the Holy Spirit hath nevei
forgiveness, but is guilty of an eterna]
sin: 30 because they said. He hath
an unclean spirit.
31 And there come his mother and
his brethren ; and, standing without
they sent unto him, calling him. 3^
And a multitude was sitting aboul
him; and they say unto him. Be-
hold, thy mother and thy brethrer
without seek for thee. 33 And
he answereth them, and saith, Whc
is my mother and my brethren:
34 And looking round on them thai
sat round about him, he saith. Be-
hold, my mother and my brethren
35 For whosoever shall do the will
of God, the same is my brother,
and sister, and mother.
4 And again he began to teach
by the sea side. And there is
gathered unto him a very great
multitude, so that he entered into a
boat, and sat in the sea; and all the
multitude were by the sea on the
land. 2 And he taught them many
things in parables, and said untc
them in his teaching, 3 Hearken;
Behold, the sower went forth to sow:
4 and it came to pass, as he sowed,
some seed fell by the way side, and
the birds came and devoured it.
"0r,/».
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MARK 4.5 4.35 Admonition to hear. The Parable of the Sower. The Mustard Seed
5 And other fell on the rocky ground,
where it had not much earth; and
straightway it sprang up, because
it had no deepness of earth: 6 and
when the sun was risen, it was
scorched; and because it had no
root, it withered away. 7 And other
fell among the thorns, and the thorns
grew up, and choked it, and it
yielded no fruit. 8 And others fell
mto the good ground, and yielded
fruit, growing up and increasing;
and brought forth, thirtyfold, and
sixtyfold, and a hundredfold. 9
And he said. Who hath ears to hear,
let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, they
that were about him with the twelve
asked of him the parables. 11 And
he said unto them, Unto you is given
the mystery of the kingdom of God :
but unto them that are without, all
things are done in parables : 12 that
seeing they may see, and not per-
ceive; and hearing they may hear,
and not understand; lest haply they
should turn again, and it should be
forgiven them. 13 And he saith
unto them. Know ye not this para-
ble.'^ and how shall ye know all the
parables.^ 14 The sower soweth the
word. 15 And these are they by
the way side, where the word is
sown; and when they have heard,
straightway cometh Satan, and tak-
eth away the w^ord which hath
been sown in them. 16 And these
in like manner are they that are
sown upon the rocky places, who,
when they have heard the word,
straightway receive it with joy;
17 and they have no root in them-
selves, but endure for a while; then,
when tribulation or persecution aris-
eth because of the word, straightway
they stumble. 18 And others are
they that are sown among the
thorns; these are they that have
heard the word, 19 and the cares of
the 1 world, and the deceitfulness of
riches, and the lusts of other things
entering in, choke the word, and it
becometh unfruitful. 20 And those
> Or, age
are they that were sown upon the
good ground; such as hear the word,
and accept it, and bear fruit, thirty-
fold, and sixtyfold, and a hundred-
fold.
21 And he said unto them, Is the
lamp brought to be put under the
bushel, or under the bed, and not to
be put on the stand .^ 22 For there
is nothing hid, save that it should be
manifested; neither was anything
made secret, but that it should come
to light. 23 If any man hath ears
to hear, let him hear. 24 And he
said unto them. Take heed what ye
hear: with what measure ye mete it
shall be measured unto you; and
more shall be given unto you. 25
For he that hath, to him shall be
given: and he that hath not, from
him shall be taken away even that
which he hath.
26 And he said. So is the kingdom
of God, as if a man should cast seed
upon the earth; 27 and should sleep
and rise night and day, and the seed
should spring up and grow, he know-
eth not how. 28 The earth ^beareth
fruit of herself; first the blade, then
the ear, then the full grain in the
ear. 29 But when the fruit ^is ripe,
straightway he ^putteth forth the
sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 And he said, How shall we liken
the kingdom of God.^ or in what
parable shall we set it forth .^^ 31 ^It
is like a grain of mustard seed,
which, when it is sown upon the
earth, though it be less than all the
seeds that are upon the earth, 32 yet
when it is sown, groweth up, and
becometh greater than all the herbs,
and putteth out great branches; so
that the birds of the heaven can
lodge under the shadow thereof.
33 And with many such parables
spake he the word unto them, as
they were able to hear it; 34 and
without a parable spake he not unto
them: but privately to his own
disciples he expounded all things.
35 And on that day, when even
42
2 Or, yieldeth
*0r, sendeth forth
• Or. allmveth
8Gr. As unto.
The Storm. The Qerasene Demoniac. JaVrus's Daughter
MARK 4.36—5.24
was come, he saith unto them, Let
us go over unto the other side. 36
And leaving the multitude, they
take him with them, even as he was,
in the boat. And other boats were
with him. 37 And there ariseth a
great storm of wind, and the waves
beat into the boat, insomuch that
the boat was now filling. 38 And he
himself was in the stern, asleep on
the cushion: and they awake him,
and say unto him. Teacher, carest
thou not that we perish .^^ 39 And
he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and
said unto the sea. Peace, be still.
And the wind ceased, and there was
a great calm. 40 And he said unto
them. Why are ye fearful? have ye
not yet faith .^ 41 And they feared
exceedingly, and said one to an-
other. Who then is this, that even
the wind and the sea obey him.?
5 And they came to the other
side of the sea, into the country
of the Gerasenes. 2 And when he
was come out of the boat, straight-
way there met him out of the tombs
a man with an unclean spirit, 3 who
had his dwelling in the tombs: and
no man could any more bind him,
no, not with a chain; 4 because that
he had been often bound with fetters
and chains, and the chains had been
rent asunder by him, and the fetters
broken in pieces: and no man had
strength to tame him. 5 And always,
night and day, in the tombs and in
the mountains, he was crying out,
and cutting himself with stones. 6
And when he saw Jesus from afar,
he ran and ^worshipped him; 7 and
crying out with a loud voice, he
saith, What have I to do with thee,
Jesus, thou Son of the Most High
God? I adjure thee by God, tor-
ment me not. 8 For he said unto
him, Come forth, thou unclean
spirit, out of the man. 9 And he
asked him. What is thy name? And
he saith unto him, My name is
Legion; for we are many. 10 And
he besought him much that he would
1 The Greek word denotes an act of reverence, whether
paid to a creature (see Mt. 4. 9; 18. ?6) or to the Creator
(see Mt. 4. 10).
not send them away out of the
country. 11 Now there was there
on the mountain side a great herd
of swine feeding. 12 And they be-
sought him, saying. Send us into
the swine, that we may enter into
them. 13 And he gave them leave.
And the unclean spirits came out,
and entered into the swine: and the
herd rushed down the steep into the
sea, in number about two thousand;
and they were drowned in the sea.
14 And they that fed them fled, and
told it in the city, and in the country.
And they came to see what it was
that had come to pass. 15 And they
come to Jesus, and behold %im that
was possessed with demons sitting,
clothed and in his right mind, even
him that had the legion: and they
were afraid. 16 And they that saw
it declared unto them how it befell
%im that was possessed with demons,
and concerning the swine. 17 And
they began to beseech him to depart
from their borders. 18 And as he
was entering into the boat, %e that
had been possessed with demons
besought him that he might be with
him. 19 And he suffered him not,
but saith unto him. Go to thy house
unto thy friends, and tell them how
great things the Lord hath done for
thee, and how he had mercy on thee.
20 And he went his way, and began
to publish in Decapolis how great
things Jesus had done for him: and
all men marvelled.
21 And when Jesus had crossed
over again in the boat unto the
other side, a great multitude was
gathered unto him; and he was by
the sea. 22 And there cometh one of
the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus
by name; and seeing him, he falleth
at his feet, 23 and beseecheth him
much, saying, My little daughter
is at the point of death: I pray
thee, that thou come and lay thy
hands on her, that she may be ^made
whole, and live. 24 And he went
with him ; arid a great multitude fol-
lowed him, and they thronged him.
' Or, the demoniac
3 Or, saved
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MARK 5.25—6.10
25 And a woman, who had an
issue of blood twelve years, 26 and
had suffered many things of many
physicians, and had spent all that
she had, and was nothing bettered,
but rather grew worse, 27 having
heard the things concerning Jesus,
came in the crowd behind, and
touched his garment. 28 For she
said. If I touch but his garments,
I shall be ^made whole. 29 And
straightway the fountain of her
blood was dried up; and she felt in
her body that she was healed of her
^plague. 30 And straightway Jesus,
perceiving in himself that the power
"proceeding from him had gone forth,
turned him about in the crowd, and
said. Who touched my garments .^^
31 And his disciples said unto him,
Thou seest the multitude thronging
thee, and say est thou. Who touched
me.^ 32 And he looked round about
to see her that had done this thing.
33. But the woman fearing and
trembling, knowing what had been
done to her, came and fell down
before him, and told him all the
truth. 34 And he said unto her,
Daughter, thy faith hath ^made thee
whole; go in peace, and be whole
of thy ^plague.
35 While he yet spake, they come
from the ruler of the synagogue's
house, saying. Thy daughter is dead :
why troublest thou the Teacher any
further? 36 But Jesus, %ot heeding
the word spoken, saitli unto the
ruler of the synagogue. Fear not,
only believe. 37 And he suffered no
man to follow with him, save Peter,
and ^James, and John the brother of
"^ James. 38 And they come to the
house of the ruler of the synagogue;
and he beholdeth a tumult, and
many weeping and wailing greatly.
39 And when he was entered in, he
saith unto them, Why make ye a
tumult, and weep? the child is not
dead, but sleepeth. 40 And they
laughed him to scorn. But he,
having put them all forth, taketh
The Woman with an Issue of Blood.
The Daughter raised
the father of the child and her
mother and them that were v'ith
him, and goeth in where the child
was. 41 And taking the child by the
hand, he saith unto her, Talitha
cumi; which is, being interpreted.
Damsel, I say unto thee. Arise. 42
And straightway the damsel rose
up, and walked; for she was twelve
years old. And they were amazed
straightway with a great amazement.
43 And he charged them much that
no man should know this: and he
commanded that something should
be given her to eat.
6 And he went out from thence;
and he cometh into his own
country; and his disciples follow
him. 2 And when the sabbath was
come, he began to teach in the
synagogue: and ^many^ hearing him
were astonished, saying, Whence
hath this man these things? and,
Wliat is the wisdom that is given
unto this man, and what mean such
^mighty works wrought by his hands?
3 Is not this the carpenter, the son
of Mary, and brother of ^James, and
Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and
are not his sisters here with us?
And they were ^offended in him.
4 And Jesus said unto them, A
prophet is not without honor, save
in his own country, and among his
own kin, and in his own house. 5
And he could there do no ^mighty
work, save that he laid his hands
upon a few sick folk, and healed
them. 6 And he marvelled because
of their unbelief.
And he went round about the
villages teaching.
7 And he calleth unto him the
twelve, and began to send them
forth by two and two; and he gave
them authority over the unclean
spirits; 8 and he charged them that
they should take nothing for their
journey, save a staff only; no bread,
no wallet, no ^^mohey in their ^^purse;
9 but to go shod with sandals: and,
said he, put not on two coats. 10 And
1 Or, saved 2 Gr. scourge. ^ Or, saved thee
*0r, overhearing * Or, Jacob
6 Some ancient authorities insert the.
'Gr. powers. ^Gr. caused to stumble.
9Gr. power, ">Cr. brass. " Gr. girdle.
44
The Twelve sent forth. Herod's concern about Jesus. The Baptist belieaded MARK 6. 1 1 6.37
he. said unto them, Wheresoever I And she went out, and said unto her
ye enter into a house, there abide mother. What shall I ask.^ And she
till ye depart thence. 11 And what- j said, The head of John the Baptizer.
soever place shall not receive you, I 25 And she came in straightway with
and they hear you not, as ye go haste unto the king, and asked,
forth thence, shake off the dust that saying, I will that thou forthwith
is under your feet for a testimony give me on a platter the head of
unto them. 12 And they went John the Baptist. 26 And the king
out, and preached that men should
repent. 13 And they cast out
many demons, and anointed with
oil many that were sick, and healed
them.
14 And king Herod heard thereof;
for his name had become known:
and ^he said, John the Baptizer is
risen from the dead, and therefore
do these powers work in him. 15
But others said, It is Elijah. And
others said. It is a prophet, even as
one of the prophets. 16 But Herod,
when he heard thereof, said, John,
whom I beheaded^ he is risen. 17
For Herod himself had sent forth
and laid hold upon John, and bound
him in prison for the sake of Hero-
dias, his brother Philip's wife; for he
had married her. 18 For John said
unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee
to have thy brother's wife. 19 And
Herodias set herself against him, and
desired to kill him; and she could
not; 20 for Herod feared John,
knowing that he was a righteous and
holy man, and kept him safe. And
when he heard him, he ^was much
perplexed; and he heard him gladly.
21 And when a convenient day was
come, that Herod on his birthday
made a supper to his lords, and the
%igh captains, and the chief men
of Galilee; 22 and when ^the
daughter of Herodias herself came
in and danced, ^she pleased Herod
and them that sat at meat with
him; and the king said unto the
damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou
wilt, and I will give it thee. 23 And
he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou
shalt ask of me, I will give it thee,
unto the half of my kingdom. 24
1 Some ancient authorities read they.
2 Many ancient authorities read did many things.
3 Or, military tribunes Gr. chiliarchs.
* Some ancient authorities read his daughter Herodias.
6 0r ?7
was exceeding sorry; but for the
sake of his oaths, and of them that
sat at meat, he would not reject her.
27 And straightway the king sent
forth a soldier of his guard, and
commanded to bring his head: and
he went and beheaded him in the
prison, 28 and brought his head on
a platter, and gave it to the damsel;
and the damsel gave it to her
mother. 29 And when his disciples
heard thereof, they came and took
up his corpse, and laid it in a
tomb.
30 And the apostles gather them-
selves together unto Jesus; and they
told him all things, whatsoever they
had done, and whatsoever they had
taught. 31 And he saith unto them,,
Come ye yourselves apart into a
desert place, and rest a while. For
there were many coming and going,
and they had no leisure so much as
to eat. 32 And they went away in
the boat to a desert place apart.
33 And the people saw them going,
and many knew them, and they ran
together there ^on foot from all the
cities, and outwent them. 34 And
he came forth and saw a great mul-
titude, and he had compassion on:
them, because they were as sheep
not having a shepherd: and he be-
gan to teach them many things. 35
And when the day was now far
spent, his disciples came 'unto him,
and said. The place is desert, and
the day is now far spent; 36 send
them away, that they may go into
the country and villages round
about, and buy themselves some-
what to eat. 37 But he answered
and said unto them. Give ye them
to eat. And they say unto him,
Shall we go and buy two hundred
8 Or, 6y land
45
JVIARK 6.38 7.9 The Five Thousand fed. Jesus walks on the Sea. In Qennesaret
^shillings' worth of bread, and give
them to eat? 38 And he saith unto
them, How many loaves have ye.^^
go and see. And when they knew,
they say. Five, and two fishes. 39
And he commanded them that all
should ^sit down by companies upon
the green grass. 40 And they sat
down in ranks, by hundreds, and
by fifties. 41 And he took the five
loaves and the two fishes, and look-
ing up to heaven, he blessed, and |
brake the loaves; and he gave to |
the disciples to set before them; and \
the two fishes divided he among
them all. 42 And they all ate, and
were filled. 43 And they took up
broken pieces, twelve basketfuls,
and also of the fishes. 44 And they
that ate the loaves were five thou-
sand men.
45 And straightway he constrained
his disciples to enter into the boat,
and to go before him unto the other
side to Bethsaida, while he himself
sendeth the multitude away. 46
And after he had taken leave of
them, he departed into the mountain
to pray. 47 And when even was
come, the boat was in the midst of
the sea, and he alone on the land.
48 And seeing them distressed in
rowing, for the wind was contrary
unto them, about the fourth watch
of the night he cometh unto them,
walking on the sea; and he would
have passed by them: 49 but they,
when they saw him walking on the
sea, supposed that it was a ghost,
and cried out; 50 for thej^ all saw
him, and were troubled. But he
straightway spake with them, and
saith unto them. Be of good cheer:
it is I; be not afraid. 51 And he
went up unto them into the boat;
and the wind ceased : and they were
sore amazed in themselves; 52 for
they understood not concerning the
loaves, but their heart was hardened.
53 And when they had ^crossed
over, they came to the land unto
The word in the Greek denotes a coin worth about
eight pence half-penny, or nearly seventeen cents.
2 Gr. recline,
8 Or, crossed aver to the land, they dame unto Gennesaret
Gennesaret, and moored to the
shore. 54 And when they were come
out of the boat, straightway the
people knew him, 55 and ran round
about that whole region, and began
to carry about on their ^beds those
that were sick, where they heard he
was. 56 And wheresoever he en-
tered, into villages, or into cities, or
into the country, they laid the sick
in the marketplaces, and besought
him that they might touch if it were
but the border of his garment: and
as many as touched %iih were made
whole.
7 And there are gathered to-
gether unto him the Pharisees,
and certain of the scribes, who had
come from Jerusalem, 2 and had
seen that £>ome of his disciples ate
their bread with ^defiled, that is.
unwashen, hands. 3 (For the Phari-
sees, and all the Jews, except they
wash their hands Miligently, eat not,
holding the tradition of the elders;
4 and wheii they come from the
marketplace, except they ^bathe
themselves, they eat not; and many
other things there are, which they
have received to hold, ^w^ashings of
cups, and pots, and brasen vessels^^.)
5 And the Pharisees and the scribes
ask him, Why walk not thy disciples
according to the tradition of the
elders, but eat their bread with
•^defiled hands? 6 And he said unto
them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of
you hypocrites, as it is written,
"This people honoreth me with
their lips.
But their heart is far from me.
7 But in vain do they worship me,
Teaching as their doctrines the
precepts of men.
8 Ye leave the commandment of
God, and hold fast the tradition of
men. 9 And he said unto them,
Full well do ye reject the command-
ment of God, that ye may keep your
* Or, pallets ^ Or. it « Or, common
^Or, up to the elbow Gr. with the fist.
8Gr. baptize. Some ancient authorities read sprinkle
themselves.
9 Gr. baptizings.
10 Many ancient authorities add and couches.
11 Is. xxix. 13.
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Ceremonial and Real Defilement. Syrophoeniclan Woman. Cure of Deaf- Mute MARK 7.10 8.3
tradition. 10 For Moses said, ^Honor
thy father and thy mother; and,
He that speaketh evil of father or
mother, let him ^die the death: 11
but ye say. If a man shall say to his
father or his mother. That where-
with thou mightest have been prof-
ited by me is Corban, that is to say.
Given to God; 12 ye no longer suffer
him to do aught for his father or his
mother; 13 making void the word
of God by your tradition, which ye
have delivered* and many such like
things ye do. 14 And he called to
him the multitude again, and said
unto them. Hear me all of you, and
understand: 15 there is nothing
from without the man, that going
into him can defile him; but the
things :vhich proceed out of the man
are those that defile the man.^ 17
And when he was entered into the
house from the multitude, his disci-
ples asked of him the parable. 18
And he saith unto them. Are ye so
without understanding also? Per-
ceive ye not, that whatsoever from
without goeth into the man, it can-
not defile him; 19 because it goeth
not into his heart, but into his belly,
and goeth out into tlie draught?
This he said, making all meats
clean. 20 xAnd he said, That which
proceedeth out of the man, that
defileth the man. 21 For from
within, out of the heart of men,
^evil thoughts proceed, fornications,
thefts, murders, adulteries, 22 covet-
ings, wickednesses, deceit, lascivious-
ness, an evil eye, railing, pride,
foolishness: 23 all these evil things
proceed from within, and defile
the man.
24 And from thence he arose, and
went away into the borders of Tyre
^and Sidon. And he entered into a
house, and would have no man
know it; and he could not be hid.
25 But straightway a woman, whose
little daughter had an unclean spirit,
1 Ex. XX. 12; Dt. v. 16; Ex. xxi. 17; Lev. xx. 9.
2 Or, surely die
3 Many ancient authorities insert ver. 16 // any man
hath ears to hear, let him hear. See ch. 4. 9. 23.
* Gr. thoughts that are evil.
6 Some ancient authorities omit an.l Sidon.
having heard of him, came and fell
down at his feet. 26 Now the woman
was a ^Greek, a Syrophoenician by
race. And she besought him that
he would cast forth the demon out
of her daughter. 27 And he said
unto her, Let the children first be
filled: for it is not meet to take the
children's ^bread and cast it to the
dogs. 28 But she answered and
saith unto him. Yea, Lord; even the
dogs under the table eat of the
children's crumbs. 29 And he said
unto her. For this saying go thy way ;
the demon is gone out of thy
daughter. 30 And she went away
unto, her house, and found the child
laid upon the bed, and the demon
gone out.
31 And again he went out from
the borders of Tyre, and came
through Sidon unto the sea of Gali-
lee, through the midst of the bor-
ders of Decapolis. 32 And they
bring unto him one that was deaf,
and had an impediment in his
speech; and they beseech him to
lay his hand upon him. 33 And he
took him aside from the multitude
privately, and put his fingers into
his ears, and he spat, and touched
his tongue; 34 and looking up to
heaven, he sighed, and saith unto
him, Ephphatha, that is. Be opened.
35 And his ears were opened, and
the bond of his tongue was loosed,
and he spake plain. 36 And he
charged them that they should tell
no man: but the more he charged
them, so much the more a great deal
they pubHshed it. 37 And they
were beyond measure astonished,
saying. He hath done all things well;
he maketh even the deaf to hear,
and the dumb to speak.
8 In those days, when there
was again a great multitude,
and they had nothing to eat, he
called unto him his disciples, and
saith unto them, 2 I have compas-
sion on the multitude, because they
continue with me now three days,
and have nothing to eat: 3 and if I
6 Or, Gentile
7 Or, loaf
47
MARK 8.4 — 8.33 The Four Thousand Fed. The Leaven of Pharisees. Confession of Peter
send them away fasting to their
home, they will faint on the way;
and some of them are come from far.
4 And his disciples answered him,
Whence shall one be able to fill these
men with %read here in a desert
place? 5 And he asked them, How
many loaves have ye? And they
said. Seven. 6 And he commandeth
the multitude to sit down on the
ground: and he took the seven
loaves, and having given thanks, he
brake, and gave to his disciples, to
set before them; and they set them
before the multitude. 7 And they
had a few small fishes: and having
blessed them, he commanded to set
these also before them. 8 And they
ate, and were filled: and they took
up, of broken pieces that remained
over, seven baskets. 9 And they
were about four thousand: and he
sent therii away. 10 And straight-
way he entered into the boat with
his disciples, and came into the parts
of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came forth,
and began to question with him,
seeking of him a sign from heaven,
trying him. 12 And he sighed deeply
in his spirit, and saith. Why doth
this generation seek a sign? verily I
say unto you, There shall no sign be
given unto this generation. 13 And
he left them, and again entering
into the boat departed to the other
side.
14 And they forgot to take bread;
and they had not in the boat with
them more than one loaf. 15 And
he charged them, saying, Take heed,
beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and the leaven of Herod. 16 And
they reasoned one with another,
^saying, ^We have no bread. 17 And
Jesus perceiving it saith unto them,
Why reason ye, because ye have no
ye not? and do ye not remember?
19 When I brake the five loaves
among the five thousand, how many
^baskets full of broken pieces took ye
up? They say unto him. Twelve.
20 And when the seven among the
four thousand, how many ^basket-
fuls of broken pieces took ye up?
And they say unto him, Seven. 21
And he said unto them. Do ye not
yet understand?
22 And they come unto Beth-
saida. And they bring to him a
blind man, and beseech him to touch
him. 23 And he took hold of the
blind man by the hand, and brought
him out of the village; and when he
had spit on his eyes, and laid his
hands upon him, he asked him, Seest
thou aught? 24 And he looked up,
and said, I see men; for I behold
them as trees, walking. 25 Then
again he laid his hands upon his
eyes; and he looked stedfastly, and
was restored, and saw all things
clearly. 26 And he sent him away
to his home, saying. Do not even
enter into the village.
27 And Jesus went forth, and his
disciples, into the villages of Csesarea
Philippi: and on the way he asked
his disciples, saying unto them. Who
do men say that I am? 28 And they
told him, saying, John the Baptist;
and others, Elijah; but others, One
of the prophets. 29 And he asked
them. But who say ye that I am?
Peter answereth and saith unto him,
Thou art the Christ. 30 And he
charged them that they should tell
no man of him.
31 And he began to teach them,
that the Son of man ^ must suffer
many things, and be rejected by the
elders, and the chief priests, and the
scribes, and be killed, and after three
days rise again. 32 And he spake the
bread? do ye not yet perceive, saying openly. And Peter took hnn,
and began to rebuke him. 33 But
he turning about, and seeing his
disciples, rebuked Peter^ and saith,
Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou
* Basket in ver. 19 and 20 represents different Greek
words.
neither understand? have ye your
heart hardened? 18 Having eyes,
see ye not? and having ears, hear
iGr. loaves.
2 Some ancient authorities read because they had no
bread,
3 Or, It is because toe have no bread
48
The Passion. Resurrection and Coming foretold. The Transfiguration
MARK 8.34—9.23
mindest not the things of God, but
the things of men. 34 And he called
unto him the multitude with his
disciples, and said unto them. If any
man would come after me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me. 35 For whosoever
would save his life shall lose it; and
whosoever shall lose his life for my
sake and the ^gospel's shall save it.
36 For what doth it profit a man, to
gain the whole world, and forfeit his
life.? 37 For what should a man give
'• in exchange for his life.'^ 38 For
whosoever shall be ashamed of me
and of my words in this adulterous
and sinful generation, the Son of man
also shall be ashamed of him, when
he Cometh in the glory of his Father
9 with the holy angels. 1 And
he said unto them, Verily I
say unto you. There are some here
of them that stand hy, who shall in
no wise taste of death, till they see
the kingdom of God come with
power.
2 And after six days Jesus taketh
with him Peter, and ^ James, and
John, and bringeth them up into a
high mountain apart by themselves :
and he was transfigured before them;
3 and his garments became glistering,
exceeding white, so as no fuller on
earth can whiten them. 4 And there
appeared unto them Elijah with
Moses: and they were talking with
Jesus. 5 And Peter answereth and
saith to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for
us to be here : and let us make three
^tabernacles; one for thee, and one
for Moses, and one for Elijah. 6
For he knew not what to answer;
for they became sore afraid. 7 And
there came a cloud overshadowing
them: and there came a voice out
of the cloud. This is my beloved
Son: hear ye him. 8 And suddenly
looking round about, they saw no
one any more, save Jesus only with
themselves.
9 And as they were coming down
from the mountain, he charged them
1 See marginal note on ch. 1. 1.
2 Or, Jacob
3 Or, booths
that they should tell no man what
things they had seen, save when the
Son of man should have risen again
from the dead. 10 And they kept
the saying, questioning among them-
selves what the rising again from the
dead should mean. 11 And ihey
asked him, saying, ^How is it that
the scribes say that Elijah must first
come.f^ 12 And he said unto them,
Elijah indeed cometh first, and re-
storeth all things: and how is it
written of the Son of man, that he
should suffer many things and be set
at nought.? 13 But I say unto you,
that Elijah is come, and they have
also done unto him whatsoever they
would, even as it is written of him.
14 And when they came to the
disciples, they saw a great multi-
tude about them, and scribes ques-
tioning with them. 15 And straight-
way all the multitude, when they
saw him, were greatly amazed, and
running to him. saluted him. 16 And
he asked them. What question ye
with them.? 17 And one of the mul-
titude answered him. Teacher, I
brought unto thee my son, who hath
a dumb spirit; 18 and wheresoever
it taketh him, it ^dasheth him down :
and he foameth, and grindeth his
teeth, and pineth away : and I spake
to thy disciples that they should
cast it out; and they were not able.
19 And he answereth them and
saith, O faithless generation, how
long shall I be with you.? how long
shall I bear with you.? bring him
unto me. 20 And they broilght him
unto him: and when he saw him,
straightway the spirit ^tare him
grievously; and he fell on the ground,
and wallowed foaming. 21 And he
asked his father. How long time is it
since this hath come unto him.? And
he said. From a child. 22 And oft-
times it hath cast him both into the
fire and into the waters, to destroy
him: but if thou canst do anything,
have compassion on us, and help us.
23 And Jesus said unto him, If thou
* Or, The scribes say . . . come.
6 Or, rendeth him See Mt. 7. 6.
6 Or, convulsed See ch. 1. 26.
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Cure of the Epileptic Boy.
MARK 9.24—10.2
canst ! All things are possible to him
that believeth. 24 Straightway the
father of the child cried out, and
saidS I believe; help thou mine
unbelief. 25 And when Jesus saw
that a multitude came running to-
gether, he rebuked the unclean
spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb
and deaf spirit, I command thee,
come out of him, and enter no more
into him. 26 And having cried out,
and ^torn him much, he came out:
^and the hoy became as one dead;
insomuch that the more part said.
He is dead. 27 But Jesus took him
by the hand, and raised him up; and
he arose. 28 And when he was come
into the house, his disciples asked
him privately, ^How is it that we
could not cast it out.^ 29 And he
said unto them. This kind can come
out by nothing, save by prayer.^
30 And they went forth from
thence, and passed through Galilee;
and he would not that any man
should know it. 31 For he taught
his disciples, and said unto them.
The Son of man is ^delivered up
into the hands of men, and they
shall kill him; and when he is
killed, after three daj^s he shall
rise again. 32 But they understood
not the saying, and were afraid to
ask him.
33 And they came to Capernaum:
and when he was in the house he
asked them. What were ye reasoning
on the way .5^ 34 But they held their
peace: for they had disputed one
with another on the way, who loas
the ^greatest. 35 And he sat down,
and called the twelve; and he saith
unto them. If any man would be
first, he shall be last of all, and ^ser-
vant of all. 36 And he took a little
child, and set him in the midst of
them: and taking him in his arms,
he said unto them, 37 Whosoever
shall receive one of such little chil-
dren in my name, receiveth me : and
1 Many ancient authorities add with tears.
2 Or, convulsed See ch. 1. 26.
8 Or, saying, We could not cast it out.
* Many ancient authorities add and fasting.
B See ch. 3. 19. ,
" Gr. greater. ^ Or, minister
The Passion again foretold
whosoever receiveth me, receiveth
not me, but him that sent me.
38 John said unto him, Teacher, we
saw one casting out demons in thy
name; and we forbade him, because
he followed not us. 39 But Jesus
said. Forbid him not: for there is
no man who shall do a ^mighty work
in my name, and be able quickly to
speak evil of me. 40 For he that is
not against us is for us. 41 For who-
soever shall give you a cup of water
to drink, ^because ye are Christ's,
verily I say unto you, he shall in no
wise lose his reward. 42 And who-
soever shall cause one of these little
ones that believe ^^on me to stumble,
it were better for him if ^^a great
millstone were hanged about his
neck, and he were cast into the sea.
43 And if thy hand cause thee to
stumble, cut if off : it is good for thee
to enter into life maimed, rather
than having thy two hands to go
into i^hell, into the unquenchable
fire. 13 45 And if thy foot cause thee
to stumble, cut it off: it is good for
thee to enter into life halt, rather
than having thy two feet to be cast
into i^hell. 47 And, if thine eye
cause thee to stumble, cast it out:
it is good for thee to enter into the
kingdom of God with one eye, rather
than having two eyes to be cast into
i^hell; 48 where their worm dieth
not, and the fire is not quenched.
49 For every one shall be salted with
fire^^. 50 Salt is good: but if the
salt have lost its saltness, wherewith
will ye season it.^ Have salt in your-
selves, and be at peace one with
another.
-| r\ And he arose from thence.
1 U and Cometh into the borders
of Judaea and beyond the Jordan:
and multitudes come together unto
him again; and, as he was wont, he
taught them again.
2 And there came unto him Phari-
8 Gr. power. • Gr. in name that ye are.
10 Many ancient authorities omit on me.
" Gr. a millstone turned by an ass.
12 Gr. Gehenna.
15 Ver. 44 and 46 (which are identical with ver. 48) are
omitted by the best ancient authorities.
I'' Many ancient authorities add and ei'ery sacrifice shall
be salted with salt. See Lev. 2. 13.
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Questions about Divorce. Jesus blesses Little Children. Peril of Riches MARK 10.3 — 10.32
sees, and asked him, Is it lawful for
a man to put away his wife.^^ trying
him. 3 And he answered and said
unto them, ^What did Moses com-
mand you.'^ 4 And they said, Moses
suffered to write a bill of divorce-
ment, and to ^ut her away. 5 But
Jesus said unto them. For your hard-
ness of heart he wrote you this com-
mandment. 6 But from the begin-
ning of the creation, Male and
female made he them. 7 For this
cause shall a man leave his father
and mother, ^and shall cleave to his
wife; 8 and the two shall become
one flesh: so that they are no more
two, but one flesh. 9 What there-
fore God hath joined together, let
not man put asunder. 10 And in the
house the disciples asked him again
of this matter. 11 And he saith
unto them. Whosoever shall put
away his wife, and marry another,
committeth adultery against her :
12 and if she herself shall put away
her husband, and marry another, she
committeth adultery.
13 And they were bringing unto
him little children, that he should
touch them: and the disciples re-
buked them. 14 But when Jesus
saw it,^ he was moved with indigna-
tion, and said unto them. Suffer the
little children to come unto me; for-
bid them not: for ^to such belongeth
the kingdom of God. 15 Verily I
say unto you. Whosoever shall not
receive the kingdom of God as a
little child, he shall in no wise enter
therein. 16 And he took them in his
arms, and blessed them, laying his
hands upon them.
17 And as he was going forth
^into the way, there ran one to him,
and kneeled to him, and asked him.
Good Teacher, what shall I do that
I may inherit eternal life.^ 18 And
Jesus said unto him. Why callest
thou me good.^ none is good save
one, even God. 19 Thou knowest
the commandments, ^Do not kill,
1 Dt. xxiv. 1, 3.
2 Some ancient authorities omit and shall cleave to his
wife.
3 Or, of such is * Or, on his way
6 Ex. XX. 12-16; Dt. v. 16-20.
Do not commit adultery. Do not
steal. Do not bear false witness. Do
not defraud. Honor thy father and
mother. 20 And he said unto him.
Teacher, all these things have I
observed from my youth. 21 And
Jesus looking upon him loved him,
and said unto him. One thing thou
lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou
hast, and give to the poor, and thou
shalt have treasure in heaven: and
come, follow me. 22 But his counte-
nance fell at the. saying, and he went
away sorrowful : for he was one that
had great possessions.
23 And Jesus looked round about,
and saith unto his disciples. How
hardly shall they that have riches
enter into the kingdom of God! 24
And the disciples w^ere amazed at
his words. But Jesus answereth
again, and saith unto them. Chil-
dren, how hard is it ^for them that
trust in riches to enter into the king-
dom of God! 25 It is easier for a
camel to go through a needle's eye,
than for a rich man to enter into the
kingdom of God. 26 And they were
astonished exceedingly, saying ^unto
him. Then who can be saved .^^ 27
Jesus looking upon them saith.
With men it is impossible, but not
with God : for all things are possible
with God. 28 Peter began to say
unto him, Lo, we have left all, and
have followed thee. 29 Jesus said.
Verily I say unto you, There is
no man that hath left house, or
brethren, or sisters, or mother, or
father, or children, or lands, for my
sake, and for the ^gospel's sake, 30
but he shall receive a hundred-
fold now in this time, houses, and
brethren, and sisters, and mothers,
and children, and lands, with per-
secutions; and in the ^world to
come eternal life. 31 But many
that are first shall be last; and the
last first.
32 And they were on the way,
going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus
8 Some ancient authorities omit for them that trust in
riches.
'' Many ancient authorities read among themselves.
8 See marginal note on ch. 1. 1. » Or, age
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Mark. 10.33 11.6 The Request ©f the sons of Zebedee. Blind Bartimseus cured
was going before them: and they
were amazed; and they that fol-
lowed were afraid. And he took
again the twelve, and began to tell
them the things that were to happen
unto him, 33 saying, Behold, we go
up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man
shall be delivered unto the chief
priests and the scribes; and they
shall condemn him to death, and
shall deliver him unto the Gentiles:
34 and they shall mock him, and
shall spit upon him, and shall
scourge him, and shall kill him; and
after three days he shall rise again.
35 And there come near unto him
1 James and John, the sons of Zebe-
dee, saying unto him. Teacher, we
would that thou shouldest do for us
whatsoever we shall ask of thee.
36 And he said unto them, What
would ye that I should do for you.'^
37 And they said unto him. Grant
unto us that we may sit, one on thy
right hand, and one on thy left hand,
in thy glory. 38 But Jesus said unto
them, Ye know not what ye ask.
Are ye able to drink the cup that
I drink.? or to be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with.^^
39 And they said unto him. We are
able. And Jesus said unto them.
The cup that I drink je shall drink;
and with the baptism that I am
baptized withal shall ye be baptized :
40 but to sit on my right hand or on
my left hand is not mine to give;
but it is for them for whom it hath
been prepared. 41 And when the
ten heard it, they began to be moved
with indignation concerning ^James
and John. 42 And Jesus called them
to him, and saith unto them. Ye
know that they who are accounted
to rule over the Gentiles lord it over
them; and their great ones exercise
authority over them. 43 But it is
not so among you: but whosoever
would become great among you, shall
be your ^minister; 44 and whosoever
would be first among you, shall be
•^servant of all. 45 For the Son of
man also came not to be ministered
unto, but to minister, and to give
his life a ransom for many.
46 And they come to Jericho : and
as he went out from Jericho, with his
disciples and a great multitude, the
son of Timseus, Bartknseus, a blind
beggar, was sitting by the w^ay side.
47 And when he heard that it was
Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry
out, and say, Jesus, thou son of
David, have mercy on me. 48 And
many rebuked him, that he should
hold his peace: but he cried out the
more a great deal. Thou son of
David, have mercy on me. 49 And
Jesus stood still, and said. Call ye
him. And they call the blind man,
saying unto him, Be of good cheer:
rise, he calleth thee. 50 And he,
casting away his garment, sprang up,
and came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus
answered him, and said. What
wilt thou that I should do unto
thee.'^ And the blind man said unto
him, ^Rabboni, that I may receive
my sight. 52 And Jesus said unto
him, Go thy way; thy faith hath
^made thee whole. And straight-
way he received his sight, and fol-
lowed him in the way.
-| -I And when they draw nigh
1 1 unto Jerusalem, unto Beth-
phage and Bethany, at the mount
of Olives, he sendeth two of his dis-
ciples, 2 and saith unto them. Go
your way into the village that is over
against you: and straightway as ye
enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied,
whereon no man ever yet sat; loose
him, and bring him. 3 And if any
one say unto you, Wh}^ do ye this.?
say ye. The Lord hath need of him;
and straightway he ^will send him
^back hither. 4 And they went
away, and found a colt tied at the
door without in the open street; and
they loose him. 5 And certain of
them that stood there said unto
them. What do ye, loosing the colt.?
6 And they said unto them even as
Jesus had said: and thev let them
Or, Jacob
Gr. bondservant.
2 Or, servant
* See John 20. 16.
8 Gt. sendeth.
* Or, saved thee
' Or, again
52
The Triumphal Entry. Cleansing of the Temple. Power of Faith
MARK 11.7—12.1
go. 7 And they bring the colt unto i ered away from the roots. 21 And
Jesus, and cast on him their gar- i Peter calling to remembrance saith
ments; and he sat upon him. 8 And unto him, Rabbi, behold, the fig
many spread their garments upon tree which thou cursedst is withered
the way; and others ^b ranches, ; away. 22 And Jesus answering
which they had cut from the fields, saith unto them. Have faith in God.
9 And they that went before, and | 23 Verily I say unto you. Whosoever
they that followed, cried, Hosanna; shall say unto this mountain. Be
Blessed is he that cometh in the thou taken up and cast into the sea;
name of the Lord: 10 Blessed is the
kingdom that cometh, the kingdom
of our father David : Hosanna in the
highest.
1 1 And he entered into Jerusalem,
into the temple; and when he had
looked round about upon all things,
it being now eventide, he went out
unto Bethany with the twelve.
12 And on the morrow, when they
were come out from Bethany, he
hungered. 13 And seeing a fig tree
afar off having leaves, he came, if
haply he might find anything there-
on: and when he came to it, he
found nothing but leaves; for it was
not the season of figs. 14 And he
answered and said unto it, No man
and shall not doubt in his heart, but
shall believe that what he saith
cometh to pass; he shall have it.
24 Therefore I say unto you. All
things whatsoever ye pray and ask
for, believe that ye ^receive them,
and ye shall have them. 25 And
whensoever ye stand praying, for-
give, if ye have aught against any
one; that your Father also who is in
heaven may forgive you your tres-
passes.^
27 And they come again to Jeru-
salem : and as he was walking in the
temple, there come to him the chief
priests, and the scribes, and the
elders; 28 and they said unto him.
By what authority doest thou these
eat fruit from thee henceforward i things.^ or who gave thee this author-
for ever. And his disciples heard it. I ity to do these things.^ 29 And
15 And they come to Jerusalem :! Jesus said unto them, I will ask of
and he entered into the temple, and you one ^question, and answer me,
began to cast out them that sold and I and I will tell you by what authority
them that bought in the temple, and I do these things. SO The baptism
overthrew the tables of the money- of John, was it from heaven, or from
changers, and the seats of them that men.^ answer me. 31 And they
sold the doves; 16 and he would not reasoned with themselves, saying,
suffer that any man should carry a If we shall say. From heaven; he
vessel through the temple. 17 And will say. Why then did ye not be-
he taught, and said unto them, Is it i lieve him.^ 32 ^But should we say,
not written, ^My house shall be From men — they feared the people:
called a house of prayer for all the lofor all verily held John to be a
nations.^ %ut ye have made it a | prophet. 33 And they answered
den of robbers. 18 And the chief j Jesus and say. We know not. And
priests and the scribes heard it, and : Jesus saith unto them. Neither tell
sought how they might destroy
him: for they feared him, for all the
multitude was astonished at his
teaching.
19 And every ^evening %e went
forth out of the city.
20 And as they passed by in the
morning, they saw the fig tree with-
^^^ITTtttyers of leaves. 2 ig. ivi. 7. 3 jer, vii. 11.
* Gr. whenever evening came.
5 Some ancient authorities read they. ^
I you by what authority I do these
things.
-| Q And he began to speak unto
1 ^ them in parables. A man
planted a vineyard, and set a hedge
about it, and digged a pit for the
6 Gr. received.
7 Many ancient authorities add ver. 26 But if ye do not
forsive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive
your trespasses. Comp. Mt. 6. 15; 18. 35.
8 Gr. word. » Or, But shall we say. From men?
10 Or, for all held John to be a prophet indeed
53
MARK 12.2 — 12.30 ParaWe of Husbandmen. Pay Tribute to Caesar? Is there a Resurrection?
winepress, and built a tower, and
let it out to husbandmen, and went
into another country. 2 And at the
season he sent to the husbandmen
a ^servant, that he might receive
from the husbandmen of the fruits
of the vineyard. 3 And they took
him, and beat him, and sent him
away empty. 4 And again he sent
unto them another ^servant; and
him they wounded in the head, and
handled shamefully. 5 And he sent
another; and him they killed: and
many others; beating some, and
killing some. 6 He had yet one, a
beloved son: he sent him last unto
them, saying, They will reverence
my son. 7 But those husbandmen
said among themselves, This is the
heir; come, let us kill him, and the
inheritance shall be ours. 8 And
they took him, and killed him, and
cast him forth out of the vineyard.
9 What therefore will the lord of the
vineyard do.^ he will come and
destroy the husbandmen, and will
give the vineyard, unto others. 10
Have ye not read even this scripture :
^The stone which the builders
rejected, .
The same was made the head of
the corner;
11 This was from the Lord,
And it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 And they sought to lay hold on
him; and they feared the multitude;
for they perceived that he spake the
parable against them: and they left
him, and went away.
13 And they send unto him certain
of the Pharisees and of the Hero-
dians, that they might catch him in
talk. 14 And when they were come,
they say unto him, Teacher, we know
that thou art true, and carest not for
any one; for thou regardest not the
person of men, but of a truth teach-
est the way of God: Is it lawful to
give tribute unto Caesar, or not.^
15 Shall we give, or shall we not give.^
But he knowing their hypocrisy,
said unto them, Why make ye trial
of me.^ bring me a Menarius, that I
may see it. 16 And they brought it.
And he saith unto them. Whose is
this image and superscription.^ And
they said unto him, Caesar's. 17
And Jesus said unto them. Render
unto Caesar the things that are
Caesar's, and unto God the things
that are God's. And they mar-
velled greatly at him.
18 And there come unto him
Sadducees, who say that there is no
resurrection; and th^y asked him,
saying, 19 Teacher, Moses wrote
unto us, ''If a man's brother die, and
leave a wife behind him, and leave
no child, that his brother should
take his wife, and raise up seed unto
his brother. 20 There were seven
brethren : and the first took a wife,
and dying left no seed; 21 and the
second took her, and died, leaving
no seed behind him; and the third
i likewise : 22 and the seven left no
seed. Last of all the woman also
I died. 23 In the resurrection whose
wife shall she be of them? for the
seven had her to wife. 24 Jesus said
unto them, Is it not for this cause
that ye err, that ye know not the
scriptures, nor the power of God?
25 For when they shall rise from the
dead, they neither marry, nor are
given in marriage; but are as angels
in heaven. 26 But as touching the
dead, that they are raised; have ye
not read in the book of Moses, in
the place concerning the Bush, how
God spake unto him, saying, °I am
the God of Abraham, and the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 27
He is not the God of the dead, but
of the living: ye do greatly err.
28 And one of the scribes came,
and heard them questioning to-
gether, and knowing that he had
answered them well, asked him,
What commandment is the first of
all? 29 Jesus answered. The first is,
♦'Hear, O Israel; ^The Lord our God,
the Lord is one: 30 and thou shall
love the Lord thy God Hvith all thy
1 Gr. bondservant.
2 Ps. cxviii. 22 f.
» See marginal note on ch. 6. 37, •• Dt. xxv. 5.
6 Ex. iii. 6. 6 Dt. vi. 4 ff.
7 Or, The Lord is our God: the Lord is one » Gr. from.
54
The Question of Jesus. The Widow's Mites. Destruction of Jerusalem MARK 12.31 13.12
heart, and ^with all thy soul, and
^with all thy mind, and ^with all thy
strength. 31 The second is this,
^Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself. There is none other com-
mandment greater than these. 32
And the scribe said unto him, Of
a truth. Teacher, thou hast well said
that he is one; and there is none
other but he: 33 and to love him
with all the heart, and with all the
understanding, and with all the
strength, and to love his neighbor as
himself, is much more than all whole
burnt-offerings and sacrifices. 34
And when Jesus saw that he an-
swered discreetly, he said unto him,
Thou art not far from the kingdom
of God. And no man after that
durst ask him any question.
35 And Jesus answered and said,
as he taught in the temple, How say
the scribes that the Christ is the
son of David .^^ 36 David himself
said in the Holy Spirit,
^The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand.
Till I make thine enemies ^the
footstool of thy feet.
37 David himself calleth him Lord;
and whence is he his son.^^ And ^the
common people heard him gladly.
38 And in his teaching he said.
Beware of the scribes, who desire to
walk in long robes, and to have
salutations in the marketplaces, 39
and chief seats in the synagogues,
and chief places at feasts: 40 they
that devour widows' houses, ^and
for a pretence make long prayers;
these shall receive greater con-
demnation.
41 And he sat down over against
the treasury, and beheld how the
multitude cast ^money into the
treasury : and many that were rich
cast in much. 42 And there came
^a poor widow, and she cast in two
mites, which made a farthing. 43
And he called unto him his dis-
ciples, and said unto them, Verily I
1 Gt. front. 2 Lev. xix. 18. « Ps. ex. 1.
* Some ancient authorities read underneath thy feet.
6 Or, the great multitude
« Or, even while for a pretence they make
^ Gr. brass. ' * Gr. one.
say unto you. This poor widow cast
in more than all' they that are cast-
ing into the treasury: 44 for they
all did cast in of their superfluity;
but she of her want did cast in all
that she had, even all her living.
-J Q And as he went forth out of
1 0 the temple, one of his dis-
ciples saith unto him. Teacher, be-
hold, what manner of stones and
what manner of buildings! 2 And
Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these
great buildings .^ there shall not be
left here one stone upon another,
which shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat on the mount of
Olives over against the temple,
Peter and ^James and John and
Andrew asked him privately, 4 Tell
us, when shall these things be.f^ and
what shall he the sign when these
things are all about to be accom-
plished.^^ 5 And Jesus began to say
unto them. Take heed that no man
lead you astray. 6 Many shall come
in my name, saying, I am he; and
shall lead many astray. 7 And when
ye shall hear of wars and rumors of
wars, be not troubled: these things
must needs come to pass; but the
end is not yet. 8 For nation shall
rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom; there shall be
earthquakes in divers places; there
shall be famines: these things are
the beginning of travail.
9 But take ye heed to yourselves:
for they shall deliver you up to
councils; and in synagogues shall ye
be beaten ; and before governors and
kings shall ye stand for my sake, for
a testimony unto them. 10 And the
logospel must first be preached unto
all the nations. 11 And when they
lead you to judgment, and deliver
you up, be not anxious beforehand
what ye shall speak: but whatso-
ever shall be given you in that hour,
that speak ye; for it is not ye that
speak, but the Holy Spirit. 12 And
brother shall ^^deliver up brother to
death, and the father his child; and
9 Or, Jacob
10 See marginal note on ch. 1.1.
11 See ch. 3. 19.
55
MARK 13.13—14.6
The Messianic Coming. Watchfulness urged. The Precious Ointment
children shall rise up against par-
ents, and ^cause them to be put to
death. 13 And ye shall be hated of
all men for my name's sake: but he
that endureth to the end, the same
shall be saved.
14 But when ye see the abomi-
nation of desolation standing where
he ought not (let him that readeth
understand), then let them that are
in Judsea flee unto the mountains:
15 and let him that is on the house-
top not go down, nor enter in, to
take anything out of his house: 16
and let him that is in the field not
return back to take his cloak. 17
But woe unto them that are with
child and to them that give suck in
those days! 18 And pray ye that it
be not in the winter. 19 For those
days shall be tribulation, such as
there hath not been the like from
the beginning of the creation which
God created until now, and never
shall be. 20 And except the Lord
had shortened the days, no flesh
would have been saved; but for the
elect's sake, whom he chose, he
shortened the days. 21 And then
if any man shall say unto you, Lo,
here is the Christ; or, Lo, there;
believe Ht not: 22 for there shall
arise false Christs and false prophets,
and shall show signs and wonders,
that they may lead astray, if pos-
sible, the elect. 23 But take ye
heed: behold, I have told you all
things beforehand.
24 But in those days, after that
tribulation, the sun shall be dark-
ened, and the moon shall not give
her light, 25 and the stars shall be
falling from heaven, and the powers
that are in the heavens shall be
shaken. 26 And then shall they see
the Son of man coming in clouds
with great power and glory. 27 And
then shall he send forth the angels,
and shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from the utter-
most part of the earth to the utter-
most part of heaven.
28 Now from the fig tree learn
her parable : when her branch is now
become tender, and putteth forth
its leaves, ye know that the summer
is nigh; 29 even so ye also, when ye
see these things coming to pass,
know ye that %e is nigh, even at the
doors. 30 Verily I say unto you,
This generation shall not pass away,
until all these things be accomplished.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass
away: but my words shall not pass
away. 32 But of that day or that
hour knoweth no one, not even the
angels in heaven, neither the Son,
but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch ^and pray :
for ye know not when the time is.
34 It is as whe7i a man, sojourning
in another country, having left his
house, and given authority to his
^servants, to each one his work,
commanded also the porter to watch.
35 Watch therefore: for ye know not
when the lord of the house cometh,
whether at even, or at midnight, or
at cockcrowing, or in the morning;
36 lest coming suddenly he find you
sleeping. 37 And what I say unto
you I say unto all. Watch.
UNow after two days was the
feast of the passover and the
unleavened bread: and the chief
priests and the scribes sought how
they might take him with subtlety,
and kill him: 2 for they said. Not
during the feast, lest haply there
shall be a tumult of the people.
3 And while he was in Bethany
in the house of Simon the leper, as
he sat at meat, there came a woman
having ^an alabaster cruse of oint-
ment of ^pure nard very costly; and
she brake the cruse, and poured it
over his head. 4 But there were
some that had indignation among
themselves, saying, To what purpose
hath this waste of the ointment been
made.^ 5 For this ointment might
have been sold for above three
hundred ^shillings, and given to the
poor. And they murmured against
her. 6 But Jesus said, Let her alone;
1 Or, put them to death
2 Or, him
3 Or, it <Some ancient authorities omit and pray.
* Gr. bondservants. " Or, a flask
' Or, liquid nar.d ^See marginal note on ch. 6. 37.
56
The Bargain of Judas. The last Supper. Peter's Denial foretold '
MARK 14.7—14.35
why trouble ye her.^ she hath
wrought a good work on me. 7 For
ye have the poor always with you,
and whensoever ye will ye can do
them good: but me ye have not
always. 8 She hath done what she
could; she hath anointed my body
beforehand for the burying. 9 And
verily I say unto you, Wheresoever
the ^gospel shall be preached through-
out the whole world, that also
which this woman hath done shall
be spoken of for a memorial of her.
10 And Judas Iscariot, %e that
was one of the twelve, went away
unto the chief priests, that he might
^deliver him unto them. 11 And
they, when they heard it, were glad,
and promised to give him money.
And he sought how he might con-
veniently ^deliver him unto them,
12 And on the first day of un-
leavened bread, when they sacrificed
the passover, his disciples say unto
him. Where wilt thou that we go
and make ready that thou mayest
eat the passover ? 1 3 And he sendeth
two of his disciples, and saith unto
them. Go into the city, and there
shall meet you a man bearing a
pitcher of water: follow him; 14
and wheresoever he shall enter in,
say to the master of the house. The
Teacher saith. Where is my guest-
chamber, where I shall eat the pass-
over with my disciples .^^ 15 And he
will himself show you a large upper
room furnished and ready : and there
make ready for us. 16 And the
disciples went forth, and came into
the city, and found as he had said
unto them: and they made ready
the passover.
17 And when it was evening he
Cometh with the twelve. 18 And as
they %at and were eating, Jesus said,
Verily I say unto you. One of you
shall %etray me, even he that eateth
with me. 19 They began to be
sorrowful, and to say unto him one
by one. Is it I? 20 And he said unto
them. It is one of the twelve, he that
1 See marginal note on ch. 1.1.
- Gr. the one of the twelve. 3 See ch. 3. 19.
■• Gr. reclined. *See marginal note on ch. 3. 19.
dippeth with me in the dish. 21 For
the Son of man goeth, even as it is
written of him: but woe unto that
man through whom the Son of man
is betrayed! good were it ''for that
man if he had not been born.
22 And as they were eating, he
took ^bread, and when he had
blessed, he brake it, and gave to
them, and said. Take ye: this is my
body. 23 And he took a cup, and
when he had given thanks, he gave
to them: and they all drank of it.
24 And he said unto them. This is
my blood of the ^covenant, which is
poured out for many. 25 Verily I
say unto you, I shall no more drink
of the fruit of the vine, until that
day when I drink it new in the king-
dom of God.
26 And when they had sung a
hymn, they went out unto the
mount of Olives.
27 And Jesus saith unto them. All
ye shall be ^offended: for it is
written, ^^1 will smite the shepherd,
and the sheep shall be scattered
abroad. 28 Howbeit, after I am
raised up, I will go before you into
Galilee. 29 But Peter said unto
him. Although all shall be ^offended,
yet will not I. 30 And Jesus saith
unto him, Verily I say unto thee,
that thou to-day, even this night,
before the cock crow twice, shall
deny me thrice. 31 But he spake
exceeding vehemently. If I must die
with thee, I will not deny thee. And
in like manner also said they all.
32 And they come unto ^^a place
which was named Gethsemane: and
he saith unto his disciples. Sit ye
here, while I pray. 33 And he
taketh with him Peter and ^^James
and John, and began to be greatly
amazed, and sore troubled. 34 And
he saith unto them, My soul is
exceeding sorrowful even unto death :
abide ye here, and watch. 35 And
he went forward a little, and fell on
the ground, and prayed that, if it
6 Gr. for hi?n if that man.
8 Some ancient authorities insert new.
9 Gr. caused to stumble.
" Gr. an enclosed piece of ground.
7 Or, a loaf
1" Zech. xiii. 7.
12 Or, Jacob
57
MARK 14.30—14.6:
Qethsemane. The Betrayal. The Trial before the Sanhedrin
were possible, the hour might pass
away from him. 36 And he said,
Abba, Father, all things are possible
unto thee; remove this cup from
me: howbeit not what I will, but
what thou wilt. 37 And he cometh,
and findeth them sleeping, and
saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest
thou.f^ couldest thou not watch one
hour.f^ 38 ^Watch and pray, that ye
enter not into temptation : the spirit
indeed is willing, but the flesh is
weak. 39 And again he went away,
and prayed, saying the same words.
40 And again he came, and found
them sleeping, for their eyes were
very heavy; and they Imew not
what to answer him. 41 And he
cometh the third time, and saith
unto them, ^Sleep on now, and take
your rest: it is enough; the hour is
come; behold, the Son of man is
betrayed into the hands of sinners.
42 Arise, let us be going: behold,
he that betray etli me is at hand.
43 And straightway, while he yet
spake, cometh Judas, one of the
twelve, and with him a multitude
with swords and staves, from the
chief priests and the scribes and the
elders. 44 Now he that ^betrayed
him had given them a token, say-
ing. Whomsoever I shall kiss, that
is he; take him, and lead him away
safely. 45 And when he was come,
straightway he came to him, and
saith. Rabbi; and ^kissed him. 46
And they laid hands on him, and
took him. 47 But a certain one of
them that stood by drew his sword,
and smote the ^servant of the high
priest, and struck off his ear. 48
And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Are ye come out, as against
a robber, with sWords and staves
to seize me? 49 I was daily with
you in the temple teaching, and ye
took me not: but this is done that
the scriptures might be fulfilled.
50 And they all left him, and fled.
51 And a certain young man fol-
1 Or, Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not
2 Or, Do ye sleep on, then, and take your rest?
3 See marginal note on ch. 3. 19.
*Gr. kissed him much. ^ Qr. bondservant.
lowed with him, having a linen cloth
cast about him, over his naked body :
and they lay hold on him; 52 but
he left the linen cloth, and fled
naked.
53 And they led Jesus away to the
high priest: and there come to-
gether with him all the chief priests
and the elders and the scribes. 54
And Peter had followed him afar
off, even within, into the court of
the high priest; and he was sitting
with the officers, and warming him-
self in the light of the fire. 55 Nov,
the chief priests and the whole
council sought witness against Jesus
to put him to death; and found it
not. 56 For many bare false witness
against him, and their witness agreed
not together. 57 And there stood
up certain, and bare false witness
against him, saying, 58 We heard
him say, I will destro^^ this ^temple
that is made with hands, and in
three days I will build another made
without hands. 59 And not even
so did their witness agree together.
60 And the high priest stood up in
the midst, and asked Jesus, saying,
Answerest thou nothing.^ what is it
which these witness against thee.f^
61 But he held his peace, and an-
swered nothing. Again the high
priest asked him, and saith unto him.
Art thou the Christ, the Son of the
Blessed .f^ 62 And Jesus said, I am:
and ye shall see the Son of man
sitting at the right hand of Power,
and coming with the clouds of
heaven. 63 And the high priest
rent his clothes, and saith, What
further need have we of witnesses.^
64 Ye have heard the blasphemy:
what think ye.^^ And they all con-
demned him to be ^worthy of death.
65 And some began to spit on him,
and to cover his face, and to buffet
him, and to say unto him. Prophesy:
and the officers received him with
%lows of their hands.
66 And as Peter was beneath in
the court, there cometh one of the
maids of the high priest; 67 and
• Or, sanctuary ^Gr. liable to. sQr, strokes of rods
58
Peter's Denial. Jesus before Pilate. Not Jesus, but Barabbas MARK 14.68 — 15.27
seeing Peter warming himself, she
looked upon him, and saith. Thou
also wast with the Nazarene, even
Jesus. 68 But he denied, saying,
^I neither know, nor understand
what thou say est: and he went out
into the ^porch; ^and the cock crew.
69 And the maid saw him, and began
again to say to them that stood by.
This is one of them. 70 But he
again denied it. And after a little
while again they that stood by said
to Peter, Of a truth thou art one of
them: for thou art a Galilaean. 71
But he began to curse, and to swear,
I know not this man of whom ye
speak. 72 And straightway the
second time the cock crew. And
Peter called to mind the word, how
that Jesus said unto him. Before the
cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me
thrice. ^And when he thought
thereon he wept.
1r And straightway in the
O morning the chief priests with
the elders and scribes, and the whole
council, held a consultation, and
bound Jesus, and carried him away,
and delivered him up to Pilate. 2
And Pilate asked him, Art thou the
King of the Jews.^ And he answer-
ing saith unto him. Thou sayest. 3
And the chief priests accused him of
many things. 4 And Pilate again
asked him, saying, Answerest thou
nothing.^ behold how many things
they accuse thee of. 5 But Jesus no
more answered anything; insomuch
that Pilate marvelled.
6 Now at ^the feast he used to
release unto them one prisoner,
whom they asked of him. 7 And
there was one called Barabbas, lying
bound with them that had made
insurrection, men who in the insur-
rection had committed murder. 8
And the multitude went up and
began to ask him to do as he was
wont to do unto them. 9 And Pilate
answered them, saying, Will ye that
I release unto you the King of the
1 Or, / neither know, nor understand: thou, what sayest
thou? 2 Gr. forecourt.
' Many ancient authorities omit and the cock crew.
* Or. And he began to weep s Qr, a feast
Jews.? 10 For he perceived that for
envy the chief priests had delivered
him up. 11 But the chief priests
stirred up the multitude, that he
should rather release Barabbas unto
them. 12 And Pilate again an-
swered and said unto them. What
then shall I do unto him whom ye
call the King of the Jews.? 13 And
they cried out again. Crucify him.
14 And Pilate said unto them. Why,
what evil hath he done.? But they
cried out exceedingly. Crucify him.
15 And Pilate, wishing to content
the multitude, released unto them
Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when
he had scourged him, to be crucified.
16 And the soldiers led him away
within the court, which is the
•'Prsetorium; and they call together
the whole ^band. 17 And they clothe
him with purple, and platting a
crown of thorns, they put it on him;
18 and they began to salute him,
Hail, King of the Jews! 19 And they
smote his head with a reed, and spat
upon him, and bowing their knees
^worshipped him. 20 And when the^'^
had mocked him, the^^ took off
from him the purple, and put on him
his garments. And they lead him
out to crucify him.
21 And they ^compel one passing
by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from
the country, the father of Alexander
and Rufus, to go with them, that he
might bear his cross.
22 And they bring him unto the
place Golgotha, w^hich is, being
interpreted. The place of a skull.
23 And they offered him ^ wine
mingled with myrrh : but he received
it not. 24 And they crucify him,
and part his garments among them,
casting lots upon them, what each
should take. 25 And it was the
third hour, and they crucified him.
26 And the superscription of his
accusation was written over, THE
KING OF THE JEWS. 27 And
with him they crucify two robbers;
one on his right hand, and one on his
s Or, palace
* See marginal note on ch. 5.
' Or, cohort
9 Gr. impress.
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MARK 15.29—16.9 The crucifixion.
left.i 29 And they that passed by
railed on him, wagging their heads,
and saying, Ha ! thou that destroy est
the ^temple, and buildest it in three
days, 30 save thyself, and come down
from the cross. 31 In like manner
also the chief priests mocking him
among themselves with the scribes
said. He saved others; himself he
cannot save. 32 Let the Christ, the
King of Israel, now come down from
the cross, that we may see and be-
lieve. And they that were crucified
with him reproached him.
33 And when the sixth hour was
come, there was darkness over the
whole ^land until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama
sabachthani.f^ which is, being inter-
preted, ^My God, my God, Hvliy
hast thou forsaken me.^ 35 And
some of them that stood by, when
they heard it, said. Behold, he
calleth Elijah. 36 And one ran, and
filling a sponge full of vinegar^ put
it on a reed, and gave him to drink,
saying. Let be; let us see whether
Elijah Cometh to take him down.
37 And Jesus uttered a loud voice,
and gave up the ghost. 38 And the
veil of the ^temple was rent in two
from the top to the bottom. 39 And
when the centurion, who stood by
over against him, saw that he ^so
gave up the ghost, he said. Truly
this man was ^the Son of God. 40
And there were also women behold-
ing from afar: among whom were
both Mary Magdalene, and Mary
the mother of ^James the ^^less and of
Joses, and Salome; 41 who, when
he was in Galilee, followed him, and
ministered unto him; and many
other women that came up with him
unto Jerusalem.
42 And when even was now come,
because it was the Preparation, that
is, the day before the sabbath, 43
1 Many ancient authorities insert ver. 28 And the Scrip-
ture was fulfilled, which saiih. And he was reckoned with
'ransgressors. See Lk. 22. 37. 2 Or, sanctuary
3 Or, can he not save himself? * Or, earth ^ Ps. xxii. 1.
6 Or, why didst thou forsake me?
7 Many ancient authorities read so cried out, and gave
up the ghost.
8 Or, a son of God » Or, Jacob ^ Gr. little.
The Death of Jesus.
The Entombment
there came Joseph of Arimathsea, a
councillor of honorable estate, who
also himself was looking for the
kingdom of God; and he boldly
went in unto Pilate, and asked for
the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate
marvelled if he were already dead:
and calling unto him the centurion,
he asked him whether he ^%ad been
any while dead. 45 And when he
learned it of the centurion, he
granted the corpse to Joseph. 46
And he bought a linen cloth, and
taking him down, wound him in the
linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb
which had been hewn out of a rock ;
and he rolled a stone against the
door of the tomb. 47 And Mary
Magdalene and Mary the mother of
Joses beheld where he was laid.
-I rj And when the sabbath was
1 O past, Mary Magdalene, and
Mary the mother of ^James, and
Salome, bought spices, that they
might come and anoint him. 2 And
very early on the first day of the
week, they come to the tomb when
the sun was risen. 3 And they were
saying among themselves. Who shall
roll us away the stone from the door
of the tomb.^ 4 and looking up,
they see that the stone is rolled back:
for it was exceeding great. 5 And
entering into the tomb, they saw a
young man sitting on the right side,
arrayed in a white robe ; and they
were amazed. 6 And he saith unto
them. Be not amazed : ye seek Jesus,
the Nazai-ene, who hath been cru-
cified: he is risen; he is not here:
behold, the place where they laid
him ! 7 But go, tell his disciples and
Peter, He goeth before you into
Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he
said unto you. 8 And they went out
and fled from the tomb; for trem-
bling and astonishment had come
upon them: and they said nothing
to any one; for they were afraid.
9 i^Now when he was risen early
" Many ancient authorities read were already dead.
" The two oldest Greek manuscripts, and some other
authorities, omit from ver. 9 to the end. Some other au-
thorities have a different ending to the Gospel.
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Jesus appears to the Eleven; is received up into Heaven
MARK 16.10—16.20
on the first day of the week, he
appeared first to Mary Magdalene,
from whom he had cast out seven
demons. 10 She went and told
them that had been with him, as
they mourned and wept. 11 And
they, when they heard that he was
ilive, and had been seen of her,
disbelieved.
12 And after these things he was
manifested in another form unto
two of them, as they walked, on
their way into the country. 13 And
they went away and told it unto the
rest: neither believed they them.
14 And afterward he was mani-
fested unto the eleven themselves
as they sat at meat; and he up-
braided them with their unbelief
and hardness of heart, because they
believed not them that had seen
him after he was risen. 15 And he
said unto them, Go ye into all the
world, and preach the ^gospel to the
whole creation. 16 He that be-
lieveth and is baptized shall be
saved; but he that disbeiieveth shall
be condemned. 17 And these signs
shall accompany them that believe:
in my name shall they cast out
demons; they shall speak with ^new
tongues; 18 they shall take up
serpents, and if they drink any
deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt
them; they shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover.
19 So then the Lord Jesus, after
he had spoken unto them, was re-
ceived up into heaven, and sat down
at the right hand of God. 20 And
they went forth, and preached every-
where, the Lord working with them,
and confirming the word by the
signs that followed. Amen.
1 See marginal note on ch. 1. 1.
2 Some ancient authorities omit new.
ACCORDING TO LUKE
Preface. Birth of the Baptist foretold
1 Forasmuch as many have
taken in hand to draw up a
narrative concerning those matters
which have been ^fulfilled among us,
2 even as they delivered them unto
us, who from the beginning were
eyewitnesses and ministers of the
word, 3 it seemed good to me also,
having traced the course of all
things accurately from the first, to
write unto thee in order, most ex-
cellent Theophilus; 4 that thou
mightest know the certainty con-
cerning the ^things ^wherein thou
wast instructed.
5 There was in the days of Herod,
king of Judaea, a certain priest
named Zacharias, of the course of
Abijah: and he had a wife of the
daughters of Aaron, and her name
was Elisabeth. 6 And thev were
1 Or, fully established 2 Gr. words.
' Or, which thou wast taught by word of mouth
35
both righteous before God, walking
in all the commandments and or-
dinances of the Lord blameless.
7 And they had no child, because
that Elisabeth was barren, and they
both were now ''well stricken in years.
8 Now it came to pass, while he
executed the priest's office before
God in the order of his course, 9
according to the custom of the
priest's ofiice, his lot was to enter
into the ^temple of the Lord and
burn incense. 10 And the whole
multitude of the people were pray-
ing without at the hour of incense.
11 And there appeared unto him an
angel of the Lord standing on the
right side of the altar of incense.
12 And Zacharias was troubled
when he saw him, and fear fell upon
him. 13 But the angel said unto
him, Fear not, Zacharias: because
thy supplication is heard, and thy
4 Gr. advanced in their days.
6 Or, sanctuary
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LUKE 1.14 1.41 Birth of Jesus foretold. The Annunciation. Mary Visits Elizabeth
wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son,
and thou shalt call his name John.
14 And thou shalt have joy and
gladness; and many shall rejoice at
his birth. 15 For he shall be great
in the sight of the Lord, and he shall
drink no wine nor ^strong drink; and
he shall be filled with the Holy
Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
16 And man}^ of the children of
Israel shall he turn unto the Lord
their God. 17 And he shall ^go
before his face in the spirit and power
of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the
fathers to the children, and the
disobedient, to walk in the wisdom of
the just; to make ready for the
Lord a people prepared for him.
18 And Zacharias said unto the
angel, Whereby shall I know this.'^
for I am an old man, and my wife
^well stricken in years. 19 And the
angel answering said unto him, I
am Gabriel, that stand in the pres-
ence of God; and I was sent to
speak unto thee, and to bring thee
these good tidings. 20 And behold,
thou shalt be silent and not able to
speak, until the day that these things
shall come to pass, because thou
belie vedst not my words, which
shall be fulfilled in their season. 21
And the people were waiting for
Zacharias, and they marvelled ^ while
he tarried in the ^temple. 22 And
when he came out, he could not
speak unto them: and they per-
ceived that he had seen a vision in
the ^temple: and he continued
making signs unto them, and re-
mained dumb. 23 And it came to
pass, when the days of his minis-
tration were fulfilled, he departed
unto his house.
^ 24 And after these days Elisabeth
his wife conceived; and she hid her-
self five months, saying, 25 Thus
hath the Lord done unto me in the
days wherein he looked upon me,
to take away my reproach among
men.
26 Now in the sixth month the
' Gr. sikera. 2 Some ancient authorities read come
nigh before his face. 3 Gr, advanced in her days.
* Or, at his tarrying " Or, sanctuary
angel Gabriel was sent from God
unto a city of Galilee, named Naz-
areth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a
man whose name was Joseph, of I
the house of David; and the virgin's "
name was Mary. 28 And he came
in unto h^r, and said. Hail, thou that
art '^highly favored, the Lord is with
thee^ 29 But she was greatly-
troubled at the saying, and cast in
her mind what manner of salutation
this might be. 30 And the angel
said unto her. Fear not, Mary: for
thou hast found ^favor with God.
31 And behold, thou shalt conceive
in thy womb, and bring forth a son,
and shalt call his name Jesus. 32
He shall be great, and shall be called
the Son of the Most High: and the
Lord God shall give unto him the
throne of his father David: 33 and
he shall reign over the house of
Jacob ^for ever; and of his kingdom
there shall be no end. 34 And Mary
said unto the angel. How shall this
be, seeing I know^ not a man.^^ 35
And the angel answered and said
unto her. The Holy Spirit shall come
upon thee, and the power of the
Most High shall overshadow thee:
wherefore also ^^tlie holy thing which
is begotten "shall be called the Son
of God. 36 And behold; Ehsabeth
thy kinswoman, she also hath con-
ceived a son in her old age; and this
is the sixth month with her that ^^was
called barren. 37 For no word from
God shall be void of power. 38 And
Mary said. Behold, the i%andmaid
of the Lord ; be it unto me according
to thy word. And the angel de-
parted from her.
39 And Mary arose in these days
and went into the hill country with
haste, into a city of Judah; 40 and
entered into the house of Zacharias
and saluted Elisabeth. 41 And it
came to pass, when Elisabeth heard
the salutation of Mary, the babe
leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth
''Or, endued with grace
'• Manv ancient authorities add blessed art thou among
women. See ver. 42. s Or, grace » Gr. unto the ages.
10 Or, that which is to be born shall be called holy, the Son
of God. " Some ancient authorities insert of thee
12 Or, is " Gr. bondmaf^
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The Magnificat. Naming of the Baptist. The Benedictus
LUKE 1.42—1.74
was filled with the Holy Spirit; 42
and she lifted up her voice with a
loud cry, and said, Blessed art thou
among women, and blessed is the
fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence
is this to me, that the mother of my
Lord should come unto me.^^ 44 For
behold, when the voice of thy salu-
tation came into mine ears, the babe
leaped in my womb for joy. 45 And
blessed is she that ^believed; for
there shall be a fulfilment of the
things which have been spoken to
her from the Lord. 46 And Mary
said,
My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in
God my Saviour.
48 For he hath looked upon the low
estate of his ^handmaid:
For behold, from henceforth all
generations shall call me
blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done
to me great things;
And holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is unto genera-
tions and generations
On them that fear him.
51 He hath showed strength with
his arm;
He hath scattered the 'proud ^in
the imagination of their heart.
52 He hath put down princes from
their thrones,
And hath exalted them of low
degree.
53 The hungry he hath filled with
good things;
And the rich he hath sent empty
away.
54 He hath given help to Israel his
servant,
That he might remember mercy
55 (As he spake unto our fathers)
Toward Abraham and his seed
for ever.
56 And Mary abode with her
about three months, and returned
unto her house.
57 Now Elisabeth's time was ful-
filled that she should be delivered;
1 Or, believed thai there shall be
3 Or, by
2 Gr. bondmaid
and she brought forth a son. 58 And
her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard
that the Lord had magnified his
mercy towards her; and they re-
joiced with her. 59 And it came to
pass on the eighth day, that they
came to circumcise the child; and
they would have called him Zach-
arias, after the name of his father.
60 And his mother answered and
said. Not so; but he shall be called
John. 61 And they said unto her,
there is none of thy kindred that is
called by this name. 62 And they
made signs to his father, what he
would have him called. 63 And he
asked for a writing tablet, and wrote,
saying, His name is John. And they
marvelled all. 64 And his mouth
was opened immediately, and his
tongue loosed, and he spake, blessing
God. 65 And fear came on all that
dwelt round about them: and all
these sayings were noised abroad
throughout all the hill country of
Judsea. 66 And all that heard them
laid them up in their heart, saying,
What then shall this child he? For
the hand of the Lord was with him.
67 And his father Zacharias was
filled with the Holy Spirit, and
prophesied, saying,
68 Blessed be the Lord, the God of
Israel ;
For he hath visited and wrought
redemption for his people,
69 And hath raised up a horn of
salvation for us
In the house of his servant David
70 (As he spake by the mouth of
his holy prophets that have
been from of old),
71 Salvation from our enemies, and
from the hand of all that hate
us;
72 To show mercy towards our
fathers.
And to remember his holy cove-
nant;
73 The oath which he sware unto
Abraham our father,
74 To grant unto us that we being
delivered out of the hand of
our enemies
63
LUKE 1.75 2.23 The Birth of Jesus. The Shepherds and the Angels
Should serve him without fear, ; Lord stood by them, and the glory
75 In holiness and righteousness of the Lord shone round about
before him all our days. them: and they were sore afraid.
76 Yea and thou, child, shalt be 10 And the angel said unto them,
called the prophet of the Most Be not afraid; for behold, I bring
High : you good tidings of great joy which
For thou shalt go bef pre the face shall be to all the people: 11 for
of the Lord to make ready his
ways;
77 To give knowledge of salvation
unto his people
In the remission of their sins,
78 Because of the ^tender mercy
of our God,
^Whereby the dayspring from on
high ^shall visit us,
79 To shine upon them that sit in
darkness and the shadow of
death;
To guide our feet into the way of
peace.
80 And the child grew, and waxed
strong in spirit, and was in the
deserts till the day of his showing
unto Israel.
2 Now it came to pass in those
days, there went out a decree
from Caesar Augustus, that all ^the
world should be enrolled. 2 This
was the first enrolment made when
Quirinius was governor of Syria.
3 And all went to enrol themselves,
every one to his own city. 4 And
Joseph also went up from Galilee,
out of the city of Nazareth, into
Judaea, to the city of David, which
is called Bethlehem, because he was
of the house and family of David;
5 to enrol himself with Mary, who
was betrothed to him, being great
with child. 6 And it came to pass,
while they were there, the days were
fulfilled that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her first-
born son; and she wrapped him in
swaddling clothes, and laid him in a
manger, because there was no room
for them in the inn.
8 And there were shepherds in the
same country abiding in the field,
and keeping ^watch by night over
their flock. 9 And an angel of the
there is born to you this day in the
city of David a Saviour, who is
<^Christ the Lord. 12 And this is
the sign unto you: Ye shall find a
babe wrapped in swaddling clothes,
and lying in a manger. 13 And sud-
denly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host
praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest.
And on earth ^peace among ^men
in whom he is well pleased.
15 And it came to pass, when the
angels went away from them into
heaven, the shepherds said one to
another, Let us now go even unto
Bethlehem, and see this Hhing that
is come to pass, which the Lord hath
made known unto us. 16 And they
came with haste, and found both
Mary and Joseph, and the babe
lying in the manger. 17 And when
they saw it, they made known con-
cerning the saying which was spoken
to them about this child. 18 And all
that heard it wondered at the things
which were spoken unto them by the
shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all
these ^'^sayings, pondering them in
her heart. 20 And the shepherds re-
turned, glorifying and praising God
for all the things that they had heard
and seen, even as it was spoken unto
them.
21 And when eight days were
fulfilled for circumcising him, his
name was called Jesus, which was
so called by the angel before he was
conceived in the womb.
22 And when the days of their
purification "according to the law of
Moses were fulfilled, they brought
him up to Jerusalem, to present him
to the Lord 23 (as it is written in
•Or, Anointed Lord
1 Or, heart of mercy ^Or. Wherein 'Many ancient authorities read peate, good pleasure
' Many ancient anthoi-ities read hath visited us. ' among men. ^ Gr. men of good pleasure-.
* Gr. the inhabited earth. ^Or, night-watches ! » Or, saying i" Or, things '" Lev. xii. 2-6.
64
The Naming of Jesus. His Presentation. The Boy Jfesus in the Temple LUKE 2.24 2.52
the law of the Lord, ^Every male
that openeth the womb shall be
called holy to the Lord), 24 and to
offer a sacrifice according to that
which is said in the law of the Lord,
2A pair of turtledoves, or two young
pigeons. 25 And behold, there was
a man in Jerusalem, whose name was
Simeon; and this man was righteous
and devout, looking for the consola-
tion of Israel: and the Holy Spirit
was upon him. 26 And it had been
revealed unto him by the Holy
Spirit, that he should not see death,
before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27 And he came in the Spirit into
the temple : and when the parents
brought in the child Jesus, that they
might do concerning him after the
custom of the law, 28 then he re-
ceived him into his arms, and blessed
God, and said,
29 Now lettest thou thy Servant
depart, ^Lord,
According to thy word, in peace;
30 For mine eyes have seen thy
salvation,
31 Which thou hast prepared be-
fore the face of all peoples;
32 A light for ^revelation to the
Gentiles,
And the glory of thy people
Israel.
33 And his father and his mother
were marvelling at the things which
were spoken concerning him; 34
and Simeon blessed them, and said
unto Mary his mother. Behold, this
child is set for the falling and the
rising of many in Israel; and for a
sign which is spoken against; 35 yea
and a sword shall pierce through
thine own soul; that thoughts out
of many hearts may be revealed. 36
And there was one Anna, a proph-
etess, the daughter of Phanuel, of
the tribe of Asher (she was ^of a
great age, having lived with a
husband seven years from her vir-
ginity, 37 and she had been a widow
even unto fourscore and four years) ,
' Ex. xiii. 2, 12.
■' Gr. bondservant.
s Or, the unveiling of the Gentiles
6 Gr. advanced in many days.
2 Lev. xii. 8; v. 11.
^ Gr. Master.
who departed not from the temple,
worshipping with fastings and sup-
plications night and day. 38 And
coming up at that very hour she
gave thanks unto God, and spake
of him to all them that were looking
for the redemption of Jerusalem.
39 And when they had accomplished
all things that were according to the
law of the Lord, they returned into
Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
40 And the child grew, and waxed
strong, ^filled with wisdom: and
the grace of God was upon him.
41 And his parents went every
year to Jerusalem at the feast of the
passover. 42 And when he was
twelve years old, they went up after
the custom of the feast; 43 and when
they had fulfilled the days, as they
were returning, the boy Jesus tarried
behind in Jerusalem; and his par-
ents knew it not; 44 but supposing
him to be in the company, they went
a day's journey; and they sought
for him among their kinsfolk and
acquaintance: 45 and when they
found him not, they returned to
Jerusalem, seeking for him. 46 And
it came to pass, after three days they
found him in the temple, sitting in
the midst of the ^teachers, both
hearing them, and asking them
questions: 47 and all that heard
him were amazed at his under-
standing and his answers. 48 And
when they saw him, they were
astonished; and his mother said
unto him, ^Son, why hast thou thus
dealt with us.? behold, thy father
and I sought thee sorrowing. 49
And he said unto them, How is it
that ye sought me.^^ knew ye not
that I must be ^^in my Father's house .^^
50 And they understood not the
saying which he spake unto them.
51 And he went down with them, and
came to Nazareth; and he was sub-
ject unto them: and his mother
kept all these ^^sayings in her heart.
52 And Jesus advanced in wisdom
^ Gr. becoming full of wisdom.
8 Or, docioX See ch. 5. 17; Acts 5. 34. » Gr. Child.
10 Or, about my Father's business Gr. in the things of my
Father. \ n Or, things
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LUKE 3.1 3.24 The Baptist preaches; announces Christ; reproves Herod and is imprisoned
and ^stature, and in ^favor with God
and men.
3 Now in the fifteenth year of
the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
Pontius Pilate being governor of
Judsea, and Herod being tetrarch of
GaHlee, and his brother Phihp te-
trarch of the region of Itursea and
Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch
of Abilene, 2 in the highpriesthood
of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of
God came unto John the son of
Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And
he came into all the region round
about the Jordan, preaching the
baptism of repentance unto remis-
sion of sins; 4 as it is written in the
book of the words of Isaiah the
prophet,
^The voice of one crying in the
wilderness.
Make ye ready the way of the
Lord,
Make his paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled.
And every mountain and hill shall
be brought low;
And the crooked shall become
straight,
And the rough ways smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salva-
tion of God.
7 He said therefore to the mul-
titudes that went out to be bap-
tized of him. Ye offspring of vipers,
who warned you to flee from the
wrath to come.^^ 8 Bring forth there-
fore fruits worthy of ''repentance,
and begin not to say within your-
selves, We have Abraham to our
father: for I say unto you, that God
is able of these stones to raise up
children unto Abraham. 9 iVnd even
now the axe also lieth at the root of
the trees: every tree therefore that
bringeth not forth good fruit is
hewn down, and cast into the fire.
10 And the multitudes asked him,
saying. What then must we do.^ 11
And he answered and said unto
them, He that hath two coats, let
him impart to him that hath none;
1 Or, age 2 Qr, grace
* Or, your repentance
3 Is. xl. 3 ff.
and he that hath food, let him do
likewise. 12 And there came also
^publicans to be baptized, and they
said unto him. Teacher, what must
we do.^ 13 And he said unto them,
Extort no more than that which is
appointed you. 14 And ^soldiers
also asked him, saying. And we,
what must we do.^ And he said unto
them. Extort from no man by
violence, neither accuse any one
wrongfully; and be content with
your wages.
15 And as the people were in
expectation, and all men reasoned
in their hearts concerning John,
whether haply he were the Christ;
16 John answered, saying unto them
all, I indeed baptize you with water;
but there cometh he that is mightier
than I, the latchet of whose shoes
I am not ^worthy to unloose: he
shall baptize you *^in the Holy Spirit
and in fire: 17 whose fan is in his
hand, thoroughly to cleanse his
threshing-floor, and to gather the
wheat into his garner; but the chaff
he will burn up with unquenchable
fire.
18 With many other exhortations
therefore preached he ^good tidings
unto the people; 19 but Herod the
tetrarch, being reproved by him for
Herodias his brother's wife, and for
all the evil things which Herod had
done, 20 added this also to them all,
that he shut up John in prison.
21 Now it came to pass, when all
the people were baptized, that,
Jesus also having been baptized, and
praying, the heaven was opened, 22
and the Holy Spirit descended in a
bodily form, as a dove, upon him,
and a voice came out of heaven,
Thou art n\y beloved Son; in thee I
am well pleased.
23 And Jesus himself, when he
began to teach, was about thirty
years of age, being the son (as was
supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
24 the son of Matthat, the son of
Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of
* That is, collectors or renters of Roman taxes.
6 Gr. soldiers on sen-ice. ' Or. suj^ient.
« Or, with • Or, the gospel
G6
Genealogy of Jesus. Temptation of Jesus. Jesus preaches at Nazareth LUKE 3.25 — 4.18
Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25 the
son of Mattathias, the son of Amos,
the son of Nahum, the son of EsH,
the son of Naggai, 26 the son of
Maath, the son of Mattathias, the
son of Semein, the son of Josech, the
son of Joda, 27 the son of Joanan,
the son of Rhesa, the 5on of Zerub-
babel, the son of ^Shealtiel, the son
of Neri, 28 the son of Melchi, the son
of Addi, the so7i of Cosam, the son of
Elmadam, the 5072 of Er, 29 the son
of Jesus, the son of Ehezer, the son
of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the
50/1 of Levi, 30 the son of Symeon,
the son of Judas, the son of Joseph,
the son of Jonam, the son of Ehakim,
31 the S071 of Melea, the 5on of
Menna, the son of Mattatha, the
son of Nathan, the son of David,
32 the son of Jesse, the so7i of Obed,
the 5071 of Boaz, the son of ^Salmon,
the son of Nahshon, 33 the son of
Amminadab, ^the son of ^Arni, the
son of Hezron, the 5on of Perez, the
son of Judah, 34 the son of Jacob,
the son of Isaac, the son of Abra-
ham, the son of Terah, the son of
Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the 50?2
of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of
Eber, the son of Shelah, 36 the 5on
of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the
son of Shem, the son of Noah, the
son of Lamech, 37 the son of Me-
thuselah, the son of Enoch, the son
of Jared, the 5on of Mahalaleel, the
son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enos, the
son of Seth, the son of Adam, the
son of God.
4 And Jesus, full of the Holy
Spirit, returned from the Jor-
dan, and was led in the Spirit in the
wilderness 2 during forty days,
being tempted of the devil. And he
did eat nothing in those days: and
when they were completed, he hun-
gered. 3 And the devil said unto
him. If thou art the Son of God,
command this stone that it become
%read. 4 And Jesus answered unto
him. It is written, %Ian shall not
1 Gr. Salathiel. - Some ancient authorities write Sala.
3 Many ancient authorities insert the sonof Admin: and i on Mt. 2. 2)
one writes Admin for Amminadab. I » Gr. wifig.
4 Some ancient authorities write Aram. I 12 Qr, until
6 Or, a loaf 6 Dt. viii. 3. ' is jg. ixi. 1 f .
67
live by bread alone. 5 And he led
him up, and showed him all the
kingdoms of ^the world in a moment
of time. 6 And the devil said unto
him. To thee will I give all this
authority, and the glory of them:
for it hath been delivered unto me;
and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt ^worship
before me, it shall all be thine. 8
And Jesus answered and said unto
him. It is written. Thou shalt wor-
ship the Lord thy God, and him
only shalt thou serve. 9 And he led
him to Jerusalem, and set him on
the ^pinnacle of the temple, and
said unto him. If thou art the Son
of God, cast thyself down from
hence: 10 for it is written,
i^He shall give his angels charge
concerning thee, to guard thee :
11 and.
On their hands they shall bear
thee up,
Lest haply thou dash thy foot
against a stone.
12 And Jesus answering said unto
him. It is said, ^^Thou shalt not make
trial of the Lord thy God.
13 And when the devil had com-
pleted every temptation, he de-
parted from him ^^for a season.
14 And Jesus returned in the power
of the Spirit into Galilee : and a fame
went out concerning him through
all the region round about. 15 And
he taught in their synagogues, being
glorified of all.
16 And he came to Nazareth,
where he had been brought up: and
he entered, as his custom was, into
the synagogue on the sabbath day,
and stood up to read. 17 And there
was delivered unto him ^^the book
of the prophet Isaiah. And he
opened the ^%ook, and found the
place where it was written,
18 i^The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
i^Because he anointed me to
^ Gr. the inhabited earth.
8 The Greek word denotes an act of reverence, whether
paid to a creature, or to the Creator (comp. marginal note
10 Ps. xci. 11, 12.
" Dt. vi. 16.
13 Or, a roll
" Or, roll
w Or, Wherefore
LUKE 4.19—4.43
At Capernaum cures a Demoniac and Simon's Wife's Mother
preach ^good tidings to the i teaching them on the sabbath day
poor:
He hath sent me to proclaim
release to the captives,
And recovering of sight to the
blind,
To set at liberty them that are
. bruised,
19 To proclaim the acceptable year
of the Lord.
20 And he closed the ^book, and
gave it back to the attendant, and
sat down: and the eyes of all in the
synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them.
To-day hath this scripture been ful-
filled in your ears. 22 And all bare
him witness, and wondered at the
words of grace which proceeded out
of his mouth: and they said. Is not
this Joseph's son.f^ 23 And he said
unto them. Doubtless ye will say
unto me this parable. Physician,
heal thyself: whatsoever we have
heard done at Capernaum, do also
here in thine own country. 24 And
he said. Verily I say unto you. No
prophet is acceptable in his own
country. 25 But of a truth I say
unto you. There were many widows
in Israel in the days of Elijah, when
the heaven was shut up three years
and six months, when there came a
great famine over all the land; 26
and unto none of them was Elijah
sent, but only to ^Zarephath, in the
land of Sidon, unto a woman that
was a widow. 27 And there were
many lepers in Israel in the time of
Elisha the prophet; and none of
them was cleansed, but only Naaman
the Syrian. 28 And they were all
filled with wrath in the synagogue,
as they heard these things; 29 and
they rose up, and cast him forth out
of the city, and led him unto the
brow of the hill whereon their city
was built, that they might throw
him down headlong. 30 But he
passing through the midst of them
went his way.
31 And he came down to Caper-
naum, a city of Galilee. And he was
1 Or, the gospel
^ Or, roll
'Gr. Sarepta.
32 and they were astonished at his
teaching; for his word was with
authority. 33 And in the synagogue
there was a man, that had a spirit
of an unclean demon, and he cried
out with a loud voice, 34 ^Ah! what
have we to do with thee, Jesus thou
Nazarene.f^ art thou come to destroy
us.'^ I know thee who thou art, the
Holy One of God. 35 And Jesus
rebuked him, saying. Hold thj^
peace, and come out of him. And
when the demon had thrown him
down in the midst, he came out of
him, having done him no hurt. 36
And amazement came upon all, and
they spake together, one with an-
other, saying. What is ^this word?
for with authority and power he
commandeth the unclean spirits, and
they come out. 37 And there went
forth a rumor concerning him into
every place of the region round
about.
38 And he rose up from the syna-
gogue, and entered into the house of
Simon. And Simon's wife's mother
was holden with a great fever; and
they besought him for her. 39 And
he stood over her, and rebuked the
fever; and it left her: and imme-
diately she rose up and ministered
unto them.
40 And when the sun was setting,
all they that had any sick with
divers diseases brought them unto
him; and he laid his hands on every
one of them, and healed them. 41
And demons also came out from
many, crying out, and saying. Thou
art the Son of God. And rebuking
them, he suffered them not to speak,
because they knew that he was the
Christ.
42 And when it was day, he came
out and went into a desert place:
and the multitudes sought after him,
and came unto him, and would have
stayed him, that he should not go
from them. 43 But he said unto
them, I must preach ®the good tid-
<0r, Let alone
5 Or, this word, that with authority . . . come out?
6 Or, the gospel
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The Wonderful D'-aught of Fishes. Jesus cleanses a Leper LUKE 4.44 5.26
ings of the kingdom of God to the
other cities also: for therefore was
I sent.
44 And he was preaching in the
synagogues of ^Gahlee.
5 Now it came to pass, .while
the multitude pressed upon
him and heard the word of God,
that he was standing by the lake of
Genhesaret; 2 and he saw two boats
standing by the lake: but the
fishermen had gone out of them, and
were washing their nets. 3 And he
entered into one of the boats, which
was Simon's, and asked him to put
out a little from the land. And he
sat down and taught the multitudes
out of the boat. 4 And when he had
left speaking, he said unto Simon,
Put out into the deep, and let down
your nets for a draught. 5 And
Simon answered and said. Master,
we toiled all night, and took nothing :
but at thy word I will let down the
nets. 6 And when they had done
this, they inclosed a great multitude
of fishes ; and their nets were break-
ing; 7 and they beckoned unto their
partners in the other boat, that they
should come and help them. And
they came, and filled both the boats,
so that they began. to sink. 8 But
Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell
down at Jesus' knees, saying. De-
part from me; for I am a sinful man,
O Lord. 9 For he was amazed, and
all that were with him, at the
draught of the fishes which they had
taken; 10 and so were also ^ James
and John, sons of Zebedee, who were
partners with Simon. And Jesus
said unto Simon, Fear not; from
henceforth thou shalt ^catch men.
II And when they had brought their
boats to land, they left all, and
followed him.
12 And it came to pass, while he
was in one of the cities, behold, a
man full of leprosy: and when he
saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and
besought him, saying. Lord, if thou
wilt, thou canst make me clean. 13
1 Very many ancient authorities read Judaa.
2 Or, Jacob ^ Gr. take alive.
And he stretched forth his hand, and
touched him, saying, I will; be thou
made clean. And straightway the
leprosy departed from him. 14 And
he charged him to tell no man: but
go thy way, and show thyself to the
priest, and offer for thy cleansing,
According as Moses commanded,
for a testimony unto them. 15 But
so much the more went abroad the
report concerning him: and great
multitudes came together to hear,
and to be healed of their infirmities.
16 But he withdrew himself in the
deserts, and prayed.
17 And it came to pass on one of
those days, that he was teaching;
and there were Pharisees and doctors
of the law sitting by, who were come
out of every village of Galilee and
Judsea and Jerusalem: and the
power of the Lord was with him ^to
heal. 18 And behold, men bring on
a bed a man that was palsied: and
they sought to bring him in, and to
lay him before him. 19 And not
finding by what way they might
bring him in because of the multi-
tude, they went up to the housetop,
and let him down through the tiles
with his couch into the midst before
Jesus. 20 And seeing their faith, he
said, Man, thy sins are forgiven
thee. 21 And the scribes and the
Pharisees began to reason, saying,
Who is this that speaketh blas-
phemies .f^ Who can forgive sins,
but God alone. f^ 22 But Jesus per-
ceiving their ^^reasonings, answered
and said unto them, ^Why reason ye
in your hearts .^^ 23 Which is easier,
to say. Thy sins are forgiven thee;
or to say. Arise and walk.f^ 24 But
that ye may know that the Son of
man hath authority on earth to
forgive sins (he said unto him that
was palsied), I say unto thee. Arise,
and take up thy couch, and go unto
thy house. 25 And immediately he
rose up before them, and took up
that whereon he lay, and departed
to his house, glorifying God. 26 And
* Lev. xiii. 49 ; xiv. 2 ff .
5 Gr. that he should heal. Many ancient authorities read
that he should heal them, ^ Or, questionings ' Or, What
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LUKE 5.27 6.11 Jesus calls Levi. Of Fasting. Jesus heals on the Sabbath
amazement took hold on all, and \ f^
Now it came to pass on a
they glorified God ; and they were I ^ ^sabbath, that he was going
filled with fear, saying, We have through the grainfields; and his
seen strange things to-day. | disciples plucked the ears, and did
27 And after these things he went \ eat, rubbing them in their hands.
forth, and beheld a ^publican, named
Levi,- sitting at the place of toll, and
said unto him. Follow me. 28 And
he forsook all, and rose up and fol-
lowed him.
29 And Levi made him a great
feast in his house: and there was a
great multitude of ^publicans and of
others that were sitting at meat
with them. 30 And ^the Pharisees
and their scribes murmured against
his disciples, saying. Why do ye eat
and drink with the ^publicans and
sinners .f^ 31 And Jesus answering
said unto them, Thev that are ^
2 But certain of the Pharisees said,
Why do ye that which it is not
lawful to do on the sabbath day?
3 And Jesus answering them said,
^Have ye not read even this, what
David did, when he was hungry, he,
and they that were with him; 4
how he entered into the house of
God and took and ate the show-
bread, and gave also to them that
were with him; which it is not law-
ful to eat save for the priests alone. ^^
5 And he said unto them. The Son
of man is lord of the sabbath.
6 And it came to pass on another
health have no need of a physician; I sabbath, that he entered into the
but they that are sick. 32 I am not ! synagogue and taught : and there
come to call the righteous but sinners ! was a man there, and his right hand
to repentance. I was withered. 7 And the scribes
33 And they said unto him. The i and the Pharisees watched him,
disciples of John fast often, and | whether he would heal on the sab-
make supplications; likewise also | bath; that they might find how to
the disciples of the Pharisees; but accuse him. 8 But he knew their
m
thine eat and drink. 34 And Jesus
said unto them. Can ye make the
^sons of the bride-chamber fast,
while the bridgeroom is with them.^
35 But the days will come; and when
the bridegroom shall be taken away
from them, then will they fast in
those days. 36 And he spake also a
parable unto them : No man rendeth
a piece from a new garment and
putteth it upon an old garment;
else he will rend the new, and also
the piece from the new will not agree
with the old. 37 And no man
putteth new wine into old ^wine-
skins; else the new wine will burst
the skins, and itself will be spilled,
and the skins will perish. 38 But
new wine must be put into fresh
wine-skins. 39 And no man having
drunk old wine desireth new; for
he saith. The old is ^good.
1 See marginal note on ch. 3. 12.
2 Or, the Pharisees and the scribes among them
3 Gr. sound.
* That is, companions of the bridegroom.
5 That is, skins used as bottles.
s Many ancient authorities read better.
thoughts; and he said to the man
that had his hand withered. Rise up,
and stand forth in the midst. And
he arose and stood forth. 9 And
Jesus said unto them, I ask you. Is
it law:ful on the sabbath to do good,
or to do harm.f^ to save a life, or to
destroy it.^^ 10 And he looked round
about on them all, and said unto
him. Stretch forth thy hand. And
he did so: and his hand was restored.
11 But tlie}^ were tilled v/ith ^mad-
ness; and communed one with an-
other what they might do to Jesus,
t, 12 And it came to pass in these
days, that he went out into the
mountain to pray; and he con-
tinued all night in prayer to God.
13 And when it was day, he called
his disciples ; and he chose from them
twelve, whom also he named apos-
tles: 14 Simon, whom he also
named Peter, and Andrew his
brother, and ^^James and John, and
^ Many ancient authorities insert second-first.
8 1 S. xxi. 6. ' Or. foolishness "> Or, Jacob
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Chooses the Twelve. The Beatitudes. Of Love to Enemies. Of Self-knowledge LUKE 6. 15 — 6. 14
Philip and Bartholomew, 15 and
Matthew and Thomas, and ^James
the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who
was called the Zealot, 16 and Judas
the ^son of ^James, and Judas Is-
cariot, who became a traitor; I 17
and he came down with them, and
stood on a level place, and a great
multitude of his disciples, and a
great number of the people from all
Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea
coast of Tyre-and Sidon, who came
to hear him, and to be healed of
their diseases; 18 and they that were
troubled with unclean spirits were
healed. 19 And all the multitude
sought to touch him; for power came
forth from him, and healed them all.
20 And he lifted up his eyes on
his disciples, and said. Blessed are
ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of
God. 21 Blessed are ye that hunger
now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed
are ye that weep now: for ye shall
laugh. 22 Blessed are ye, when
men shall hate you, and when they
shall separate you from their com-
pany, and reproach you, and cast
out your name as evil, for the Son of
man's sake. 23 Rejoice in that day,
and leap for joy: for behold, your
reward is great in heaven ; for in the
same manner did their fathers unto
the prophets. 24 But woe unto you
that are rich! for ye have received
your consolation. 25 AVoe Unto you,
ye that are full now! for ye shall
hunger. Woe unto you, ye that
laugh now! for ye shall mourn and
weep. 26 Woe unto you, when all
men shall speak well of you! for in
the same manner did their fathers
to the false prophets.
27 But I say unto you that hear,
Love your enemies, do good to them
that hate you, 28 bless them that
curse you, pray for them that de-
spitefully use you. 29 To him that
smiteth thee on the one cheek offer
also the other; and from him that
taketh away thy cloak withhold not
thy coat also. 30 Give to every one
that asketh thee; and of him that
Or, Jacoli
2 Or, brother.
taketh away thy goods ask them not
again. 31 And as ye would that men
should do to you, do ye also to them
likewise. 32 And if ye love them
that love you, what thank have ye.^
for even sinners love those that love
them. 33 And if ye do good to them
that do good to you, what thank
have ye.^ for even sinners do the
same. 34 And if ye lend to them of
whom ye hope to receive, what
thank have ye.^^ even sinners lend
to sinners, to receive again as much.
35 But love your enemies, and do
them good, and lend, ^never de-
spairing; and your reward shall be
great, and ye shall be sons of the
Most High: for he is kind toward
the unthankful and evil. 36 Be ye
merciful, even as your Father is
merciful. 37 And judge not, and ye
shall not be judged: and condemn
not, and ye shall not be condemned :
release, and ye shall be released:
38 give, and it shall be given unto
you; good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, running over, shall
they give into your bosom. For
with what measure ye mete it shall
be measured to you again.
39 And he spake also a parable
unto them. Can the blind guide the
blind .^^ shall they not both fall into
a pit.^ 40 The disciple is not above
his teacher: but every one when he
is perfected shall be as his teacher.
41 And why beholdest thou the mote
that is in thy brother's eye, but con-
siderest not the beam that is in
thine own eye? 42 Or how canst
thou say to thy brother, Brother,
let me cast out the mote that is in
thine eye, when thou thyself behold-
est not the beam that is in thine own
eye.? Thou hypocrite, cast out first
the beam out of thine own eye, and
then shalt thou see clearly to cast
out the mote that is in thy brother's
eye. 43 For there is no good tree
that bringeth forth corrupt fruit;
nor again a corrupt tree that bring-
eth forth good fruit. 44 For each
tree is known by its own fruit. For
See Jude 1. i 3 Some ancient authorities read despairing of no man.
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The Commended Centurion.
LUKE 6.45—7.21
of thorns men do not gather figs,
nor of a bramble bush gather they
grapes. 45 The good man out of the
good treasure of his heart bringeth
forth that which is good; and the
evil man out of the evil treasure
bringeth forth that which is evil:
for out of the abundance of the heart
his mouth speaketh.
46 And why call ye me, Lord,
Lord, and do not the things which
I say? 47 Every one that cometh
unto me, and heareth my words, and
doeth them, I will show you to
whom he is like: 48 he is like a man
building a house, who digged and
went deep, and laid a foundation
upon the rock: and when a flood
arose, the stream brake against that
house, and could not shake it: ^be-
cause it had been well builded. 49
But he that %eareth, and ^doeth
not, is like a man that built a house
upon the earth without a foundation ;
against which the stream brake, and
straightway it fell in; and the ruin
of that house was great.
7 After he had ended all his
sayings in the ears of the
people, he entered into Capernaum.
2 And a certain centurion's ^ser-
vant, who was ^dear unto him, was
sick and at the point of death. 3
And when he heard concerning
Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the
Jews, asking him that he would
come and save his ^servant. 4 And
they, when they came to Jesus, be-
sought him earnestly, saying, He is
worthy that thou shouldst do this
for him; 5 for he loveth our nation,
and himself built us our synagogue.
6 And Jesus went with them. And
when he was now not far from the
house, the centurion sent friends to
him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble
not thyself; for I am not Hvorthy
that thou shouldest come under my
roof: 7 wherefore neither thought
I myself worthy to come unto thee:
but say ^the word, and my ^servant
1 Many ancient authorities read for it had been founded
upon the rock: as in Mt. 7. 25.
2 Gr. heard. 3 Gr. did not. * Gr. bondservant.
*^Or, precious to him Or, honorable with him
^ Gr. sufficient. i Gr. with a word. « Or, boy
The Widow of Nain's Son
shall be healed. 8 For I also am a
man set under authority, having
under myself soldiers: and I say
to this one. Go, and he goeth; and
to another. Come, and he cometh;
and to my ^servant. Do this, and he
doeth it. 9 And when Jesus heard
these things, he marvelled at him,
and turned and said unto the multi-
tude that followed him, I say unto
you, I have not found so great faith,
no, not in Israel. 10 And they that
were sent, returning to the house,
found the ^servant whole.
11 And it came to pass ^soon
afterwards, that he went to a city
called Nain; and his disciples went
with him, and a great multitude.
12 Now when he drew near to the
gate of the city, behold, there was
carried out one that was dead, the
only son of his mother, and she was
a widow: and much people of the
city was with her. 13 And when
the Lord saw her, he had compassion
on her, and said unto her. Weep not.
14 And he came nigh and touched
the bier: and the bearers stood still.
And he said. Young man, I say unto
thee, Arise. 15 And he that was
dead sat up, and began to speak.
And he gave him to his mother. 16
And fear took hold on all : and they
glorified God, saying, A great prophet
is arisen among us: and, God hath
visited his people. 17 And this re-
port went forth concerning him in
the whole of Judsea, and all the
region round about.
18 And the disciples of John told
him of all these things. 19 And John
calling unto him i^two of his disciples
sent them to the Lord, saying, Art
thou he that cometh, or look we for
another? 20 And when the men
were come unto him, they said,
John the Baptist hath sent us unto
thee, saying, Art thou he that com-
eth, or look we for another? 21 In
that hour he cured many of diseases
and iiplagues and evil spirits; and
on many that were blind he be-
9 Many ancient authorities read on the next day.
10 Gr. certain two. " Gr. scourges. .
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The Baptist's Deputation. Jesus anointed by a Sinful Woman LUKE 7.22 7.46
stowed sight. 22 And he answered
and said unto them, Go and tell
John the things which ye have seen
and heard; the blind receive their
sight, the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the
dead are raised up, the poor have
^good tidings preached to them.
23 And blessed is he, whosoever
shall find no occasion of stumbling
in me.
24 And when the messengers . of
John were departed, he began to
say unto the multitudes concerning
John, What went ye out into the
wilderness to behold .^^ a reed shaken
with the wind.^^ 25 But what went ye
out to see? a man clothed in soft
raiment.'* Behold, they that are
gorgeously apparelled, and live deli-
cately, are in kings' courts. 26 But
what went ye out to see? a prophet?
Yea, I say unto you, and much more
than a prophet. 27 This is he of
whom it is written,
2ge}iold, I send my messenger
before thy face.
Who shall prepare thy way before
thee.
28 I say unto you, Among them that
are born of women there is none
greater than John: yet he that is
^but little in the kingdom of God is
greater than he. 29 And all the
people when they heard, and the
^publicans, justified God, %eing bap-
tized with the baptism of John. 30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers
rejected for themselves the counsel
of God, ^being not baptized of him.
31 Whereunto then shall I liken the
men of this generation, and to what
are they like? 32 They are like unto
children that sit in the marketplace,
and call one to another; who say,
We piped unto you, and ye did not
dance; we wailed, and ye did not
weep. 33 For John the Baptist is
come eating no bread nor drinking
wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.
34 The Son of man is come eating
and drinking; and ye say. Behold,
1 Or, the gospel 2 Mai. iii. 1. ^Qr. lesser.
* See marginal note on ch. 3. 12.
6 Or, having been 6 Or, not having been
a gluttonous man, and a winebibber,
a friend of ^publicans and sinners!
35 And wisdom ^is justified of all
her children.
36 And one of the Pharisees de-
sired him that he would eat with him.
And he entered into the Pharisee's
house, and ^sat down to meat. 37
And behold, a woman who was in
the city, a sinner; and when she
knew that he was '^sitting at meat
in the Pharisee's house, she brought
^^an alabaster cruse of ointment,
38 and standing behind at his feet,
weeping, she began to wet his feet
with her tears, and wiped them with*
the hair of her head, and ^^issed his
feet, and anointed them with the
ointment. 39 Now when the Phari-
see that had bidden him saw it, he
spake within himself, saying. This
man, if he were ^^a prophet, would
have perceived who and what man-
ner of woman this is that toucheth
him, that she is a sinner. 40 And
Jesus answering said unto him,
Simon, I have somewhat to say unto
thee. And he saith. Teacher, say
on. 41 A certain lender had two
debtors: the one owed ^ve hundred
i^shillings, and the other fifty. 42
When they had not wherewith to pay,
he forgave them both. Which of
them therefore will love him most?
43 Simon answered and said. He, I
suppose, to whom he forgave the
most. And he said unto him. Thou
hast rightly judged. 44 And turn-
ing to the woman, he said unto
Simon, Seest thou this woman? I
entered into thy house, thou gavest
me no water for my feet: but she
hath wetted my feet with her tears,
and wiped them with her hair. 45
Thou gavest me no kiss: but she,
since the time I came in, hath not
ceased to ^^iss my feet. 46 My head
with oil thou didst not anoint: but
she hath anointed my feet with
8 Or, reclined at table
i°Ov,aflask
"> Or, was
9 Or, reclining at table
" Gr. kissed imtch.
12 Some ancient authorities read the prophet. See Jn.
1. 21,25.
13 The word in the Greek denotes a coin worth about
eight pence half-penny, or nearly seventeen cents.
1* Gr. kiss much.
■3
LUKE 7.47—8.23
The Parable of the Sower explained. Lesson from the Lamp
ointment. 47 Wherefore I say unto
thee, Her sins, which are many, are
forgiven; for she loved much: but
to whom Kttle is forgiven, the same
loveth httle. 48 And he said unto
her. Thy sins are forgiven. 49 And
they that ^sat at meat with him
began to say ^ within themselves.
Who is this that even forgiveth
sins? 50 And he said unto the
woman, Thy faith hath saved thee;
go in peace.
8 And it came to pass soon
afterwards, that he went about
through cities and villages, preach-
ing and bringing the ^good tidings of
the kingdom of God, and with him
the twelve, 2 and certain women
who had been healed of evil spirits
and infirmities : Mary that was called
Magdalene, from whom seven de-
mons had gone out, 3 and Joanna
the wife of Chuzas Herod's steward,
and Susanna, and many others, who
ministered unto Hhem of their sub-
stance.
4 And when a great multitude
came together, and they of every
city resorted unto him, he spake by a
parable: 5 The sower went forth
to sow his seed: and as he sowed,
some fell by the way side; and it
was trodden under foot, and the
birds of the heaven devoured it.
6 And other fell on the rock; and as
soon as it grew, it withered away,
because it had no moisture. 7 And
other fell amidst the thorns; and
the thorns grew with it, and choked
it. 8 And other fell into the good
ground, and grew, and brought forth
fruit a hundredfold. As he said
these things, he cried, He that hath
ears to hear, let him hear.
9 And his disciples asked him what
this parable might be. 10 And he
said. Unto you it is given to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of God :
but to the rest in parables; that
seeing they may not see, and hearing
they may not understand. 11 Now
the parable is this: The seed is the
1 Gr. reclined. 2 Or, among
* Many ancient authorities read him.
3 Or, gospel
word of God. 12 And those by the
way side are they that have heard;
then cometh the devil, and taketh
away the word from their heart,
that they may not believe and be
saved. 13 And those on the rock
are they who, when they have heard,
receive the word with joy; and
these have no root, who for a while
believe, and in time of temptation
fall away. 14 And that which fell
among the thorns, these are they
that have heard, and as they go on
their way they are choked with
cares and riches and pleasures^ of
this life, and bring no fruit to per-
fection. 15 And that in the good
ground, these are such as in an
honest and good heart, having heard
the word, hold it fast, and bring
forth fruit with ^patience.
16 And no man, when he hath
lighted a lamp, covereth it with a
vessel, or putteth it under a bed;
but putteth it on a stand, that they
that enter in may see the light. 17
For nothing is hid, that shall not be
made manifest; nor anything secret,
that shall not be known and come
to light. 18 Take heed therefore
how ye hear: for whosoever hath,
to him shall be given; and whoso-
ever hath not, from him shall be
taken away even that which he
Uhinketh he hath.
19 And there came to him his
mother and brethren, and they could
not come at him for the crowd. 20
And it was told him. Thy mother
and thy brethren stand without,
desiring to see thee. 21 But he
answered and said unto them. My
mother and my brethren are these
that hear the word of God, and do it.
22 Now it came to pass on one of
those days, that he entered into a
boat, himself and his disciples; and
he said unto them, Let us go over
unto the other side of the lake : and
they launched forth. 23 But as they
sailed he fell asleep : and there came
down a storm of wind on the lake;
and they were filling unih water, and
•'■' Or, stedfaslness «0r, seemcth to have
74
The Storm on the Lake.
The Qerasine Demoniac
were in jeopardy. 24 And they came
to him, and awoke him, saying.
Master, master, we perish. And he
awoke, and rebuked the wind and
the raging of the water: and they
ceased, and there was a cahn. 25
And he said unto them. Where is
your faith .^ And being afraid they
marvelled, saying one to another.
Who then is this, that he com-
mandeth even the winds and the
water, and they obey him.^^
26 And they arrived at the country
of the ^Gerasenes, which is over
against Galilee. 27 And when he
was come forth upon the land, there
met him a certain man out of the
city, who had demons; and for a
long time he had worn no clothes,
and abode not in any house, but in
the tombs. 28 And when he saw
Jesus, he cried out, and fell down
before him, and with a loud voice
said, What have I to do with thee,
Jesus, thou Son of the Most High
God.^ I beseech thee, torment me
not. 29 For he was commanding
the unclean spirit to come out from
the man. For ^oftentimes it had
seized him: and he was kept under
guard, and bound with chains and
fetters; and breaking the bands
asunder, he was driven of the demon
into the deserts. 30 And Jesus asked
him. What is thy name.^^ And he
said. Legion; for many demons
were entered into him. 31 And they
entreated him that he would not
command them to depart into the
abyss. 32 Now there was there a
herd of many swine feeding on the
mountain: and they entreated him
that he would give them leave to
enter into them. And he gave them
leave. 33 And the demons came out
from the man, and entered into the
swine: and the herd rushed down
the steep into the lake, and were
drowned. 34 And when they that
fed them saw what had come to
pass, they fled, and told it in the city
and in the country. 35 And they
1 Many ancient authorities read Gergesenes; others,
Gadarenes: and so in ver. 37.
2 Or, of a long time
LUKE 8.24—8.47
went out to see what had come to
pass; and they came to Jesus, and
found the man, from whom the
demons were gone out, sitting,
clothed and in his right mind, at the
feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.
36 And they that saw it told them
how he that was possessed with
demons was ^made whole. 37 And
all the people of the country of the
Gerasenes round about asked him
to depart from them; for they were
holden with great fear: and he
entered into a boat, and returned.
38 But the man from whom the
demons were gone out prayed him
that he might be with him: but he
sent him away, saying, 39 Return
to thy house, and declare how great
things God hath done for thee. And
he went his way, publishing through-
out the whole city how great things
Jesus had done for him.
40 And as Jesus returned, the
multitude welcomed him; for they
were all waiting for him. 41 And bcr
hold, there came a man named
Jairus, and he was a ruler of the
synagogue: and he fell down at
Jesus' feet, and besought him to come
into his house; 42 for he had an
only daughter, about twelve years
of age, and she was dying. But as
he went the multitudes thronged
him.
43 And a woman having an issue
of blood twelve years, who %ad
spent all her living upon physicians,
and could not be healed of any, 44
came behind him, and touched the
border of his garment: and im-
mediately the issue of her blood
stanched. 45 And Jesus said. Who
is it that touched me? And when
all denied, Peter said, ^and they
that were with him. Master, the
multitudes press thee and crush thee.
46 But Jesus said. Some one did
touch me; for I perceived that
power had gone forth from me. 47
And when the woman saw that she
3 Or, saved
''Some ancient authorities omit had spent all her living
upon physicians, and.
5 Some ancient authorities omit and they that were with
him.
7i)
LUKE 8.48 9.20 JaVrus's Daughter. Herod's Perplexity. The Five Thousand Fed
was not hid, she came trembhng,
and falling down def ore him declared
in the presence of all the people for
what cause she touched him, and
how she was healed immediately.
48 And he said unto her, Daughter,
thy faith hath ^made thee whole;
go in peace.
49 While he yet spake, there
cometh one from the ruler of the
synagogue's house, saying. Thy
daughter is dead; trouble not the
Teacher. 50 But Jesus hearing it,
answered him, Fear not: only be-
lieve, and she shall be ^made whole.
51 And when he came to the house,
he suffered not any man to enter in
with him, save Peter, and John, and
James, and the father of the maiden
and her mother. 52 And all were
weeping, and bewailing her: but
he said, Weep not; for she is not
dead, but sleepeth. 53 And they
laughed him to scorn, knowing that
she was dead. 54 But he, taking her
by the hand, called, saying. Maiden,
arise. 55 And her spirit returned,
and she rose up immediately: and
he commanded that something be
given her to eat. 56 And her parents
were amazed: but he charged them
to tell no man what had been done.
9 And he called the twelve
together, and gave them power
and authority over all demons, and
to cure diseases: 2 And he sent
them forth to preach the kingdom
of God, and to heal ^tlie sick. 3 And
he said unto them. Take nothing
for your journey, neither staff, nor
wallet, nor bread, nor money ; neither
have two coats. 4 And into what-
soever house ye enter, there abide,
and thence depart. 5 And as many
as receive you not, when ye depart
from that city, shake off the dust
from your feet for a testimony
against them. 6 And they departed,
and went throughout the villages,
preaching the ^gospel, and healing
everywhere.
7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard
* Or, saved thee 2 Or, saved
3Some ancient authorities omit the sick.
*0t, good tidings
of all that was done: and he was
much perplexed, because that it
was said by some, that John was
risen from the dead; 8 and by some,
that Elijah had appeared; and by
others, that one of the old prophets
was risen again. 9 And Herod said,
John I beheaded: but who is this,
about whom I hear such things .^^
And he sought to see him.
10 And the apostles, when they
were returned, declared unto him
what things they had done. And he
took them, and withdrew apart to a
city called Bethsaida. 11 But the
multitudes perceiving it followed
him: and he welcomed them, and
spake to them of the kingdom of
God, and them that had need of
healing he cured. 12 And the day
began to wear away; and the twelve
came, and said unto him. Send the
multitude away, that they may go
into the villages and country round
about, and lodge, and get provisions :
for we are here in a desert place. 13
But he said unto them. Give ye them
to eat. And they said. We have no
more than five loaves and two fishes ;
except we should go and buy food
for all this people. 14 For they were
about five thousand men. And he
said unto his disciples. Make them
^sit down in companies, about fifty
each. 15 And they did so, and made
them all -^sit down. 16 And he took
the five loaves and the two fishes,
and looking up to heaven, he blessed
them, and brake; and gave to the
disciples to set before the multitude.
17 And they ate, and were all filled:
and there was taken up that which
remained over to them of broken
pieces, twelve baskets.
18 And it came to pass, as he was
praying apart, the disciples were
with him: and he asked them, say-
ing, Who do the multitudes say that
I am.^ 19 And they answering said,
John the Baptist; but others say,
Elijah; and others, that one of the
old prophets is risen again. 20 And
he said unto them, But who say ye
6 Gr. recline.
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The Passion foretold. The Transfiguration. The Son of Man's Fate LUKE 9.21 9.47
that I am? And Peter answering
said, The Christ of God. 21 But he
charged them, and commanded them
to tell this to no man; 22 saying,
The Son of man must suffer many
things, and be rejected of the elders
and chief priests and scribes, and be
killed, and the third day be raised
up. 23 And he said unto all. If any
man would come after me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross
daily, and follow me. 24 For who-
soever would save his life shall lose
it; but whosoever shall lose his life
for my sake, the same shall save it.
25 For what is a man profited, if he
gain the whole world, and lose or
forfeit his own self.f^ 26 For whoso-
ever shall be ashamed of me and of
my words, of him shall the Son of
man be ashamed, when he cometh
in his own glory, and the glory of the
Father, and of the holy angels.
27 But I tell you of a truth. There are
some of them that stand here, who
shall in no wise taste of death, till
they see the kingdom of God.
28 And it came to pass about
eight days after these sayings, that
he took with him Peter and John and
James, and went up into the moun-
tain to pray. 29 And as he was
praying, the fashion of his counte-
nance was altered, and his raiment
became white and dazzling. 30 And
behold, there talked with him two
men, who were Moses and Elijah;
31 who appeared in glory, and spake
of his ^decease which he was about
to accomplish at Jersualem. 32 Now
Peter and they that were with him
were heavy with sleep; but Vhen
they were fully awake, they saw his
glory, and the two men that stood
with him. 33 And it came to pass,
as they were parting from hini, Peter
said unto Jesus, Master, it is good
for us to be here: and let us make
three -^tabernacles; one for thee, and
one for Moses, and one for Elijah:
not knowing what he said. 34 And
while he said these things, there came
1 Or, departure
8 Or, booths
2 Or, having remained awake
a cloud, and overshadowed them:
and they feared as they entered into
the cloud. 35 And a voice came out
of the cloud, saying. This is ^my Son,
my chosen: hear ye him. 36 And
when the voice ^came, Jesus was
found alone. And the^^ held their
peace, and told no man in those days
any of the things which they had
seen.
37 And it came to pass, on the
next day, when they were come down
from the mountain, a great multi-
tude met him. 38 And behold, a
man from the multitude cried, say-
ing. Teacher, I beseech thee to look
upon my son; for he is mine only
child: 39 and behold, a spirit
taketh him, and he suddenly crieth
out; and it ^teareth him that he
foameth, and it hardly departeth
from him, bruising him sorely. 40
And I besought thy disciples to cast
it out; and they could not. 41 And
Jesus answered and said, O faithless
and perverse generation, how long
shall I be with you, and bear with
you.^ bring hither thy son. 42 And
as he was yet a coming, the demon
Mashed him down, and ^tare him
grievously. But Jesus rebuked the
unclean spirit, and healed the boy,
and gave him back to his father.
43 And they were all astonished at
the majesty of God.
But while all were marvelling at
all the things which he did, he said
unto his disciples, 44 Let these words
sink into your ears: for the Son of
man shall be delivered up into the
hands of men. 45 But they under-
stood not this saying, and it was
concealed from them, that they
should not perceive it; and they
were afraid to ask him about this
saying.
46 And there arose a ^^reasoning
among them, which of them was the
iigreatest. 47 But when Jesus saw
the i^reasoning of their heart, he
took a little child, and set him by
^ Many ancient authorities read my beloved Son. Sec
Mt. 17. 5; Mk. 9. 7. ^ Or, was past
6 Or, convulseth '' Or, rent him ^ Or, convulsed
9 Or, betrayed i" Or, questioning ^^ Gr. greater.
77
LUKE 9.48 10.15 inhospitable Samaritans. Discipleship exacting. The Seventy sent forth
his side, 48 and said unto them,
Whosoever shall receive this little
child in my name receiveth me : and
whosoever shall receive me receiveth
him that sent me: for he that is
^least among you all, the same is
great.
49 And John answered and said,
Master, we saw one casting out
demons in thy name; and we for-
bade him, because he followeth not
with us. 50 But Jesus said unto him,
Forbid him not: for he that is not
against you is for you.
51 And it came to pass, when the
days ^were well-nigh come that he
should be received up, he stedfastly
set his face to go to Jerusalem, 52
and sent messengers before his face:
and they went, and entered into a
village of the Samaritans, to make
ready for him. 53 And they did not
receive him, because his face was as
though he were going to Jerusalem.
54 And when his disciples James and
John saw this, they said. Lord, wilt
thou that we bid fire to come down
from heaven, and consume them^.^^
55 But he turned, and rebuked
them''. 56 And they went to another
village.
57 And as they went on the way,
a certain ma*n said unto him, I will
follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
58 And Jesus said unto him. The
foxes have holes, and the birds of the
heaven have ^nests; but the Son of
man hath not where to lay his head.
59 And he said unto another. Follow
me. But he said. Lord, suffer me
first to go and bury my father. 60
But he said unto him. Leave the
dead to bury their own dead; but
go thou and publish abroad the
kingdom of God. 61 And another
also said, I will follow thee. Lord;
but first suffer me to bid farewell to
them that are at my house. 62 But
Jesus said unto him, No man, having
1 Gr. lesser. 2 Gr. were being fulfilled.
3 Many ancient authorities add- even as Elijah did.
Comp. 2 K. 1. 10-12.
^Some ancient authorities add and said, Ye know not
what manner of spirit ye are of. Some, but fewer, add also
For the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives but to save
them. Comp. ch. 19. 10; Jn. 3. 17; 12. 47.
^Gr. lodging- places.
put his hand to the plow, and look-
ing back, is fit for the kingdom of
God.
-j r\ Now after these things
1 yJ the Lord appointed seventy^
others, and sent them two and two
before his face into every city and
place, whither he himself was about
to come. 2 And he said unto them.
The harvest indeed is plenteous, but
the laborers are few: pray ye there-
fore the Lord of the harvest, that he
send forth laborers into his harvest.
3 Go your ways; behold, I send you
forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
4 Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes ;
and salute no man on the way. 5
And into whatsoever house ye shall
^enter, first say. Peace be to this
house. 6 And if a son of peace be
there, your peace shall rest upon
%im : but if not, it shall turn to you
again. 7 And in that same house
remain, eating and drinking such
things as they give : for the laborer
is worthy of his hire. Go not from
house to house. 8 And into what-
soever city ye enter, and they re-
ceive you, eat such things as are set
before you: 9 and heal the sick that
are therein, and say unto them. The
kingdom of God is come nigh unto
you. 10 But into whatsoever city
ye shall enter, and they receive you
not, go out into the streets thereof
and say, 11 Even the dust from your
city, that cleaveth to our feet, we
wipe off against you: nevertheless
know this, that the kingdom of God
is come nigh. 12 I say unto you,
It shall be more tolerable in that day
for Sodom, than for that city. 13
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto
thee, Bethsaida! for if the ^mighty
works had been done in Tjtc and
Sidon, which were done in you, they
would have repented long ago, sit-
ting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But
it shall be more tolerable for Tyre
and Sidon in the judgment, than for
you. 15 And thou, Capernaum,
shalt thou be exalted unto heaven.?^
"Many ancient authorities add attd two: and so in
ver. 17.
'' Or, enter first, say s Or, i7 » Gr. powers.
78
Return of the Seventy. Joy of Jesus. The Good Samaritan LUKE 10.16 — 10.41
thou shalt be brought down unto : ^and thy neighbor as thyself. 28
Hades. 16 He that heareth you '
heareth me: and he that rejeeteth
you rejeeteth me; and he that re-
jeeteth me rejeeteth him that sent
me.
17 And the seventy returned with
joy, saying, Lord, even the demons
are subject unto us in th}^ name.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld
Satan fallen as lightning from
heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you
authority to tread upon serpents
and scorpions, and over all the power
of the enemy: and nothing shall in
any wise hurt you. 20 Nevertheless
in this rejoice not, that the spirits
are subject unto you; but rejoice
that your names are written in
heaven.
21 In that same hour he rejoiced
^in the Holy Spirit, and said, I
^thank thee, O Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, that thou" didst
hide these things from the wise and
understanding, and didst reveal them
unto babes: yea, Father; ^for so it
was well-pleasing in thy sight. 22
All things have been delivered unto
me of my Father : and no one know-
eth who the Son is, save the Father;
and who the Father is, save the Son,
and he to whomsoever the Son willeth
to reveal him. 23 And turning to
the disciples, he said privately,
Blessed are the eyes which see the
things that ye see : 24 for I say unto
you, that many prophets and kings
desired to see the things which ye
see, and saw them not; and to hear
the things which ye hear, and heard
them not.
25 And behold, a certain lawyer
stood up and made trial of him,
saying. Teacher, what shall I do to
inherit eternal life.^^ 26 And he said
unto him. What is written in the law.^^
how readest thou.^ 27 And he an-
swering said, ^Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God ^with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all
thy strength, and with all thy mind;
1 Or, by
4 Dt. vi.
2 Or, praise
8 Or, that
5 Gr. from.
And he said unto him. Thou hast
answered right : this do, and thou
shalt live. 29 But he, desiring to
justify himself, said unto Jesus, And
who is my neighbor .^^ 30 Jesus made
answer and said, A certain man was
going down from Jerusalem to Jeri-
cho; and he fell among robbers,
who both stripped him and beat him,
and departed, leaving him half dead.
31 And by chance a certain priest
was going down that way : and when
he saw him, he passed by on the
other side. 32 And in like manner a
Levite also, when he came to the
place, and saw him, passed by on the
other side. 33 But a certain Samari-
tan, as he journeyed, came where
he was: and when he saw him, he
was moved with compassion, 34 and
came to him, and bound up his
wounds, pouring on them oil and
wine; and he set him on his own
beast, and brought him to an inn,
and took care of him. 35 And on the
morrow he took out two ^shillings,
and gave them to the host, and said,
Take care of him; and whatsoever
thou spendest more, I, when I come
back again, will repay thee. 36
Which of these three, thinkest thou,
proved neighbor unto him that fell
among the robbers .^^ 37 And he said.
He that showed mercy on him. And
Jesus said unto him. Go, and do
thou likewise.
38 Now as they went on their way,
he entered into a certain village:
and a certain woman named Martha
received him into her house. 39
And she had a sister called Mary,
who also sat at the Lord's feet, and
heard his word. 40 But Martha
was ^cumbered about much serving;
and she came up to him, and said,
Lord, dost thou not care that my
sister did leave me to serve alone .^^
bid her therefore that she help me.
41 But the Lord answered and said
unto her, ^Martha, Martha, thou art
6 Lev. xix. 18. ^See marginal note on ch. 7. 41.
8 Gr. distracted.
9 A few ancient authorities read Martha, Martha, thou
art troubled; Mary hath chosen is'c.
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LUKE 10.42—11.27
The Lord's Prayer.
Calumny of the Jews refuted
anxious and troubled about many
things : 42 ^but one thing is needful :
for Mary hath chosen the good part,
which shall not be taken away from
her.
1-t And it came to pass, as he
1 was praying in a certain place,
that when he ceased, one of his dis-
ciples said unto him. Lord, teach us
to pray, even as John also taught
his disciples. 2 And he said unto
them. When ye pray, say, ^Father,
Hallowed be thy name. Thy king-
dom come.2 3 Give us day by day
^our daily bread. 4 And forgive us
our sins; for we ourselves also for-
give every one that is indebted to us.
And bring us not into temptation ^
5 And he said unto them. Which
of you shall have a friend, and shall
go unto him at midnight, and say to
him. Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 for a friend of mine is come to me
from a journey, and I have nothing
to set before him; 7 and he from
within shall answer and say. Trouble
me not: the door is now shut, and
my children are with me in bed; I
cannot rise and give thee? 8 I say
unto you. Though he will not rise
and give him because he is his friend,
yet because of his importunity he
will arise and give him ^as many as
he needeth. 9 And I say unto you.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek,
and ye shall find; knock, and it shall
be opened unto you. 10 For every
one that asketh receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 And of which of you that is a
father shall his son ask ^a loaf, and
he give him a stone? or a fish, and
he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he
give him a scorpion? 13 If ye then,
1 Many ancient authorities read but few things are need-
ful, or one.
2 Many ancient authorities read Our Father, who art in
heaven. See Mt. 6. 9.
3 Many ancient authorities add Thy will be done, as in
heaven, so on earth. See Mt. G. 10.
* Gr. our bread for the coming day. Or, our needful bread:
as in Mt. 6. 11.
6 Many ancient authorities add but deliver us from the
evil one (or, from evil). See Mt. 6. 13.
" Or, whatsoever things
^ Some ancient authorities omit a loaf, and he give him
a stone? or.
being evil, know how to give good
gifts unto your children, how much
more shall your heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit to them that
ask him?
14 And he was casting out a demon
that was dumb. And it came to pass,
when the demon was gone out, the
dumb man spake; and the multi-
tudes marvelled. 15 But some of
them said, ^By ^Beelzebub the prince
of the demons casteth he out demons.
16 And others, trying him, sought
of him a sign from heaven. 17 But
he,, knowing their thoughts, said
unto them. Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to desola-
tion; i^and a house divided against a
house falleth. 18 And if Satan also
is divided against himself, how shall
his kingdom stand? because ye say
that I cast out demons ^by ^Beel-
zebub. 19 And if I ^by ^Beelzebub
cast out demons, by whom do your
sons cast them out? therefore shall
they be your judges. 20 But if I by
the finger of God cast out demons,
then is the kingdom of God come
upon you. 21 When the strong man
fully armed guardeth his own court,
his goods are in peace: 22 but when
a stronger than he shall come upon
him, and overcome him, he taketh
from him his whole armor wherein
he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
23 He that is not with me is against
me; and he that gathereth not
with me scattereth. 24 The un-
clean spirit when ^^e is gone out of
the man, passeth through waterless
places, seeking rest, and finding
none, i%e saith, I will turn back unto
my house whence I came out. 25
And when ^^e is come, i%e findeth it
swept and garnished. 26 Then goeth
i%e, and taketh to him seven other
spirits more evil than i^himself; and
they enter in and dwell there: and
the last state of that man becometh
worse than the first.
27 x\nd it came to pass, as he said
these things, a certain woman out
8 Or. In
10 Or, a7id house falleth upon house
9 Gr. Beelzebul.
" Or, it 12 Or, itself
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LUKE 11.28—11.53
of the multitude lifted up her voice,
and said unto him, Blessed is the
womb that bare thee, and the breasts
which thou didst suck. 28 But he
said, Yea rather, blessed are they
that hear the word of God, and keep
it.
29 And when the multitudes were
gathering together unto him, he
began to say. This generation is an
evil generation: it seeketh after a
sign; and there shall no sign be
given to it but the sign of Jonah.
30 For even as Jonah became a sign
unto the Ninevites, so shall also the
Son of man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall rise
up in the judgment with the men of
this generation, and shall condemn
them : for she came from the ends of
the earth to hear the wisdom of
Solomon; and behold, ^a greater than
Solomon is here. 32 The men of
Nineveh shall stand up in the judg-
ment with this generation, and shall
condemn it : for they repented at the
preaching of Jonah; and behold, ^a
greater than Jonah is here.
33 No man, when he hath lighted
a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither
under the bushel, but on the stand,
that they which enter in may see
the light. 34 The lamp of thy body
is thine eye: when thine eye is
single, thy whole body also is full of
light; but when it is evil, thy body
also is full of darkness. 35 Look
therefore whether the light that is in
thee be not darkness. 36 If there-
fore thy whole body be full of light,
having no part dark, it shall be
wholly full of light, as when the
lamp with its bright shining doth
give thee light.
37 Now as he spake, a Pharisee
asketh him to ^dine with him: and
he went in, and sat down to meat.
38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he
marvelled that he had not first
bathed himself before ^dinner. 39
And the Lord said unto him. Now
ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside
of the cup and of the platter; but
1 Gr. more than.
2 Gr. breakfast
your inward part is full of extortion
and wickedness. 40 Ye fooHsh ones,
did not he that made the outside
make the inside also.^ 41 But give
for alms those things which ^are
within; and behold, all things are
clean unto you.
42 But woe unto you Pharisees!
for ye tithe mint and rue and every
herb, and pass over justice and the
love of God: but these ought ye to
have done, and not to leave the
other undone. 43 Woe unto you
Pharisees ! for ye love the chief seats
in the synagogues, and the saluta-
tions in the marketplaces. 44 Woe
unto you! for ye are as the tombs
which appear not, and the men that
walk over them know it not.
45 And one of the lawyers an-
swering saith unto him. Teacher, in
saying this thou reproachest us also.
46 And he said. Woe unto you
lawyers also! for ye load men with
burdens grievous to be borne, and
ye yourselves touch not the burdens
with one of your fingers. 47 Woe
unto you! for ye build the tombs of
the prophets, and your fathers killed
them. 48 So ye are witnesses and
consent unto the works of your
fathers: for they killed them, and
ye build their tombs. 49 Therefore
also said the wisdom of God, I will
send unto them prophets and apos-
tles; and some of them they shall
kill and persecute; 50 that the blood
of all the prophets, which was shed
from the foundation of the world,
may be required of this generation;
51 from the blood of Abel unto the
blood of Zachariah, who perished
between the altar and the ^sanctuary :
yea, I say unto you, it shall be re-
quired of this generation. 52 Woe
unto you lawyers ! for ye took away
the key of knowledge: ye entered
not in yourselves, and them that
were entering in ye hindered.
53 And when he was come out
from thence, the scribes and the
Pharisees began to ^press upon him
3 Or, ye can
5 Or, set themselves vehemently against him
4 Gr. house.
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LUKE 11.54—12.27
Charge to the Disciples. The Rich Fool. Of Earthly Anxiety
vehemently, and to provoke him
to speak of ^many things; 54 laying
wait for him, to catch something
out of his mouth.
-J Q In the mean time, when
1 Ld 2the many thousands of the
multitude were gathered together,
insomuch that they trod one upon
another, he began to ^say unto his
disciples first of all. Beware ye of the
leaven of the Pharisees, which is
hypocrisy. 2 But there is nothing
covered up, that shall not be re-
vealed; and hid, that shall not be
known. 3 Wherefore whatsoever ye
have said in the darkness shall be
heard in the light; and what ye have
spoken in the ear in the inner
chambers shall be proclaimed upon
the housetops. 4 And I say unto
you my friends. Be not afraid of
them that kill the body, and after
that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will warn you whom ye shall
fear: Fear him, who after he hath
killed hath ^power to cast into %ell;
yea, I say unto you. Fear him. 6
Are not five sparrows sold for two
pence .f^ and not one of them is for-
gotten in the sight of God. 7 But
the very hairs of your head are all
numbered. Fear not: ye are of
more value than many sparrows.
8 And I say unto you. Every one
who shall confess ^me before men,
^him shall the Son of man also con-
fess before the angels of God: 9 but
he that denieth me in the presence
of men shall be denied in the pres-
ence of the angels of God. 10 And
every one who shall speak a word
against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but unto him that
blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit
it shall not be forgiven, il And
when they bring you before the
synagogues, and the rulers, and the
authorities, be not anxious how or
what ye shall answer, or what ye
shall say: 12 for the Holy Spirit
shall teach yow in that very hour
what ye ought to say.
1 Or, more 2 Gr. the myriads of.
3 Or, say unto his disciples. First of all beware ye
< Or, authority » Gr. Gehenna. 6 Or. iv me. ~< Or. in him.
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13 And one out of the multitude
said unto him. Teacher, bid my
brother divide the inheritance witib
me. 14 But he said unto him, Man,
who made me a judge or a divider
over you.^ 15 And he said unto
them. Take heed, and keep your-
selves from all covetousness : ^or a
man's life consisteth not in the
abundance of the things which he
possesseth. 16 And he spake a
parable unto them, saying, The
ground of a certain rich man brought
forth plentifully : 17 and he reasoned
within himself, saying. What shall I
do, because I have not where to
bestow my fruits.'^ 18 And he said.
This will I do: I will pull down my
barns, and build greater; and there
will I bestow all my grain and my
goods. 19 And I will say to my
^soul, ^Soul, thou hast much goods
laid up for many years; take thine
ease, eat, drink, be merry. 20 But
God said unto him. Thou foolish one,
this night ^^is thy ^soul required of
thee; and the things which thou
hast prepared, whose shall they be.''
21 So is he that layeth up treasure
for himself, and is not rich toward
God.
22 And he said unto his disciples,
Therefore I say unto you, Be not
anxious for your ^^life, what ye shall
eat; nor yet for j^our body, what ye
shall put on. 23 For the ^^life is more
than the food, and the body than
the raiment. 24 Consider the ravens,
that they sow not, neither reap;
which have no store-chamber nor
barn; and God feedeth them: of
how much more value are ye than
the birds! 25 And which of you by
being anxious can add a cubit unto
i^the measure of his life.^^ 26 If then
ye are not able to do even that
which is least, why are ye anxious
concerning the rest.^^ 27 Consider
the lilies, how they grow: they toil
not, neither do they spin; yet I say
unto you. Even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of
8 Or, for even in a man's abundance his life is not from
the things which he possesseth • Or, life
"' Or. they require thy soul. " Or, soul >- Or. /■«'•. ^latnrr
True Treasure.
Of Faithful and Unfaithful Servants
these. 28 But if God doth so clothe
the grass in the field, which to-day
is, and to-morrow is cast into the
oven; how much more shall
clothe you, O ye of little faith? 29
And seek not ye what ye shall eat,
and what ye shall drink, neither be
ye of doubtful mind. 30 For all
these things do the nations of the
world seek after: but your Father
knoweth that ye have need of these
things. 31 Yet seek ye %is king-
dom, and these things shall be added
unto you. 32 Fear not, little flock;
for it is your Father's good pleasure
to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell
that which ye have, and give alms;
make for yourselves purses which
wax not old, a treasure in the
heavens that faileth not, where no
thief draweth near, neither moth
destroy eth. 34 For where your
treasure is, there will your heart
be also.
35 Let your loins be girded about,
and your lamps burning; 36 and be
ye yourselves like unto men looking
for their lord, when he shall return
from the marriage feast; that, when
he Cometh and knocketh, they may
straightway open unto him. 37
Blessed are those ^servants, whom the
lord when he cometh shall find
watching: verily I say unto you,
that he shall gird himself, and make
them sit down to meat, and shall
come and serve them. 38 And if he
shall come in the second watch, and
if in the third, and find them so,
blessed are those servants. 39 ^But
know this, that if the master of the
house had known in what hour the
thief was coming, he would have
watched, and not have left his house
to be ^broken through, 40 Be ye also
ready: for in an hour that ye think
not the Son of man cometh.
41 And Peter said, Lord, speakest
thou this parable unto us, or even
unto all.^ 42 And the Lord said. Who
then is ^the faithful and wise
' Many ancient authorities read the kingdom of God.
2 Gr. bondservants. 3 Or, But this ye kno^v
* Gr. digged through,
' Or, the faithful steward, the wise man whom tfc.
LUKE 12.28—12.55
steward, whom his lord shall set over
his household, to give them their
portion of food in due season.^ 43
Ae I Blessed is that ^servant, whom his
lord when he cometh shall find so
doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you,
that he will set him over all that he
hath. 45 But if that *^servant shall
say in his heart. My lord delayeth
his coming; and shall begin to beat
the menservants and the maid-
servants, and to eat and drink, and
to be drunken; 46 the lord of that
•^servant shall come in a day when
he expecteth not, and in an hour
when he knoweth not, and shall
^cut him asunder, and appoint his
portion with the unfaithful. 47 And
that ^servant, who knew his lord's
will, and made not ready, nor did
according to his will, shall be
beaten with many stripes; 48 but he
that knew not, and did things worthy
of stripes, shall be beaten with few
stripes. And to whomsoever much
is given, of him shall much be re-
quired: and to whom they commit
much, of him will they ask the more.
49 I came to cast fire upon the
earth; and ^what do I desire, if it is
already kindled.^ 50 But I have a
baptism to be baptized with; and
how am I straitened till it be accom-
plished ! 51 Think ye that I am come
to give peace in the earth .f^ I tell
you. Nay; but rather division: 52
for there shall be from henceforth
five in one house divided, three
against two, and two against three.
53 They shall be divided, father
against son, and son against father;
mother against daughter, and daugh-
ter against her mother; mother in
law against her daughter in law, and
daughter in law against her mother
in law.
54 And he said to the multitudes
also. When ye see a cloud rising in
the west, straightway ye say. There
cometh a shower; and so it cometh
to pass. 55 And when ye see a south
wind blowing, ye say, There will be.
6 Gr. bondservant. ' Or, severely scourge him
* Or, how would I that it were already kindled!
S3
LUKE 12.56 13.25 CaJS to Repentance. The Barren Fig Tree. Cure on the Sabbath
a ^scorching heat; and it cometh to i could in no wise lift herself up. 12
pass. 56 Ye hypocrites, ye know \ And when Jesus saw her, he called
how to ^interpret the face of the | her, and said to her, Woman, thou
earth and the heaven; but how is it | art loosed from thine infirmity. 13
that ye know not how to %terpret And he laid his hands upon her : and
this time? 57 And why even of : immediately she was made straight,
yourselves judge ye not what is
right? 58 For as thou art going with
thine adversary before the magis-
trate, on the way give diligence to be
quit of him; lest haply he drag thee
unto the judge, and the judge shall
deliver thee to the ^ofiicer, and the
•^officer shall cast thee into prison.
59 I say unto thee, Thou shalt by
no means come out thence, till thou
have paid the very last mite.
-i Q Now there were some pres-
1 O ent at that very season who
told him of the Galilieans, whose
blood Pilate had mingled with their
sacrifices. 2 And he answered and
said unto them. Think ye that these
Galilseans were sinners above all the
Galilseans, because they have suf-
fered these things? 3 1 tell you, Nay :
but, except ye repent, ye shall all in
like manner perish. 4 Or those
eighteen, upon whom the tower in
Siloam fell, and killed them, think
ye that they were ^offenders above
all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you. Nay: but, except ye
repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
6 And he spake this parable; A
certain man had a fig tree planted
in his vineyard; and he came seek-
ing fruit thereon, and found none.
7 And he said unto the vinedresser.
Behold, these three years I come
seeking fruit on this fig tree, and
find none: cut it down; why doth
it also cumber the ground? 8 And
and glorified God. 14 And the ruler
of the synagogue, being moved with
indignation because Jesus had healed
on the sabbath, answered and said
to the multitude. There are six days
in which men ought to work: in
them therefore come and be healed,
and not on the day of the sabbath.
15 But the Lord answered him, and
said, Ye hypocrites, doth not each
one of you on the sabbath loose his
ox or his ass from the °stall, and lead
him aw^ay to watering? 16 And ought
not this woman, being a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan had bound,
lo, these eighteen years, to have been
loosed from this bond on the day of
the sabbath? 17 And as he said
these things, all his adversaries were
put to shame: and all the multitude
rejoiced for all the glorious things
that were done by him.
18 He said therefore, L^nto what
is the kingdom of God like? and
whereunto shall I liken it? 19 It is
like unto a grain of mustard seed,
which a man took, and cast into his
own garden; and it grew, and be-
came a tree; and the birds of the
heaven lodged in the branches
thereof. ~
20 And again he said, Whereunto
shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21 It is like unto leaven, which a
woman took and hid in three Pleas-
ures of meal, till it was all leavened.
22 And he went on his way through
he answering saith unto him. Lord, cities and villages, teaching, and
let it alone this year also, till I shall journeying on unto Jerusalem. 23
And one said unto him. Lord, are
they few that are saved? And he
said unto them, 24 Strive to enter
in by the narrow door: for many, I
say unto you, shall seek to enter in.
and shall not be ^able. 25 When
once the master of the house is risen
dig about it, and dung it: 9 and if
it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but
if not, thou shalt cut it down.
10 And he was teaching in one of
the synagogues on the sabbath day.
11 And behold, a woman that had
a spirit of infirmity eighteen years;
and she was bowed together, and
Ot, hot wind - Gr. prove. ^ Gr. exactor. * Gr. debtors.
6 Gr. manger.
^ Or, able, ivhen
* Sec marginal note on Ml. 13. 3o
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The Narrow Door. Lament over Jerusalem. Jesus heals on the Sabbath LUKE 13.26 14. 15
up, and hath shut to the door, and i had the dropsy. 3 And Jesus an-
ye begin to stand without, and to ! swering spake unto the lawyers and
knock at the door, saying, Lord, open
to us; and he shall answer and say
to you, I know you not whence ye
are; 26 then shall ye begin to say.
We did eat and drink in thy pres-
ence, and thou didst teach in our
streets; 27 and he shall say, I tell
you, I know not whence ye are;
depart from me, all ye workers of
iniquity. 28 There shall be the
weeping and the gnashing of teeth,
when ye shall see Abraham, and
Isaac, and Jacob, and all the proph-
ets, in the kingdom of God, and your-
selves cast forth without. 29 And
they shall come from the east and
west, and from the north and south,
and shall ^sit down in the kingdom
of God. 30 And behold, there are
last who shall be first, and there are
first who shall be last.
31 In that very hour there came
certain Pharisees, saying to him.
Get thee out, and go hence: for
Herod would fain kill thee. 32 And
he said unto them. Go and say to
that fox. Behold, I cast out demons
and perform cures to-day and to-
morrow, and the third day I ^am
perfected. 33 Nevertheless I must
go on my way to-day and to-morrow
and the day following: for it cannot
be that a prophet perish out of
Jerusalem. 34 O Jerusalem, Jeru-
salem, that killeth the prophets, and
stoneth them that are sent unto her!
how often would I have gathered thy
children together, even as a hen
gathereth her own brood under her
wings, and ye would not! 35 Be-
hold, your house is left unto you
desolate: and I say unto you, Ye
shall not see me, until ye shall say,
Blessed is he that cometh in the
name of the Lord.
UAnd it came to pass, when
he went into the house of one
Pharisees, saying. Is it lawful to
heal on the sabbath, or not? 4 But
they held their peace. And he took
him, and healed him, and let him go.
5 And he said unto them. Which of
you shall have ^an ass or an ox fallen
into a well, and will not straight-
way draw him up on a sabbath day.^
6 And they could not answer again
unto these things.
7 And he spake a parable unto
those that were bidden, when he
marked how they chose out the
chief seats; saying unto them, 8
When thou art bidden of any man to
a marriage feast, ^sit not down in the
chief seat; lest haply a more honor-
able man than thou be bidden of
him, 9 and he that bade thee and
him shall come and say to thee, Give
this man place; and then thou
shalt begin with shame to take the
lowest place. 10 But when thou art
bidden, go and sit down in the lowest
place; that when he that hath
bidden thee cometh, he may say to
thee. Friend, go up higher: then
shalt thou have glory in the presence
of all that ^sit at meat with thee. 1 1
For every one that exalteth himself
shall be humbled; and he that hum-
bleth himself shall be exalted.
12 And he said to him also that
had bidden him. When thou makest
a dinner or a supper, call not thy
friends, not thy brethren, nor thy
kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest
haply they also bid thee again, and
a recompense be made thee. 13 But
when thou makest a feast, bid the
poor, the maimed, the lame, the
blind: 14 and thou shalt be blessed;
because they have not wherewith to
recompense thee: for thou shalt be
recompensed in the resurrection of
the just.
15 And when one of them that
of the rulers of the Pharisees on a [ ^sat at meat with him heard these
sabbath to eat bread, that they were ; things, he said unto him. Blessed
watching him. 2 And behold, there
was before him a certain man that
Gr. recline.
2 Or, end my course
3 Many ancient authorities read a son. See ch. 13. 15.
* Gr. recline not.
•''Gr. recline. Comp. ch. 7. 36, 37, marg.
^Gr. reclined. Comp. ch. 7. 36, 37, marg.
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LUKE 14.16 15.10 The SUghted invitation. Discipleship exacting. The Lost Sheep
is he that shall eat bread in the
kingdom of God. 16 But he said
unto him, A certain man made a
great supper; and he bade many:
17 and he sent forth his ^servant at
supper time to say to them that were
bidden, Come; for all things are
now ready. 18 And they all with
one consent began to make excuse.
The first said unto him, I have
bought a field, and I must needs go
out and see it; I pray thee have me
excused. 19 And another said, I
have bought five yoke of oxen, and
I go to prove them; I pray thee
have me excused. 20 And another
said, I have married a wife, and
therefore I cannot come. 21 And
the ^servant came, and told his lord
these things. Then the master of
the house being angry said to his
^servant. Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city, and
bring in hither the poor and maimed
and blind and lame. 22 And the
^servant said. Lord, what thou didst
command is done, and yet there is
room. 23 And the lord said unto
the ^servant, Go out into the high-
ways and hedges, and constrain
them to come in, that my house may
be filled. 24 For I say unto you,
that none of those men that were
bidden shall taste of my supper.
25 Now there went with him great
multitudes: and he turned, and
said unto them, 26 If any man com-
eth unto me, and hateth not his own
father, and mother, and wife,
and children, and brethren, and
sisters, yea, and his own life also,
he cannot be my disciple. 27 Who-
soever doth not bear his own cross,
and come after mc, cannot be my
disciple. 28 For which of you, de-
siring to build a tower, doth not
first sit down and count the cost,
whether he have wherewith to com-
plete it.^ 29 Lest haply, when he
hath laid a foundation, and is not
able to finish, all that behold begin
to mock him, 30 saying, This man
began to build, and was not able to
1 Gr. bondservant.
finish. 31 Or what king, as he goeth
to encounter another king in war,
will not sit down first and take
counsel whether he is able with ten
thousand to meet him that cometh
against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a
great way off, he sendeth an ambas-
sage, and asketh conditions of peace.
33 So therefore w^hosoever he be of
you that renounceth not all that he
hath, he cannot be my disciple. 34
Salt therefore is good: but if even
the saft have lost its savor, where-
with shall it be seasoned? 35 It is
fit neither for the land nor for the
dunghill: men cast it out. He that
hath ears to hear, let him hear.
1^ Now all the ^publicans and
O sinners were drawing near un-
to him to hear him. 2 And both the
Pharisees and the scribes murmured,
saying. This man receiveth sinners,
and eateth with them.
3 And he spake unto them this
parable, saying, 4 What man of you,
having a hundred sheep, and having
lost one of them, doth not leave the
ninety and nine in the wilderness,
and go after that which is lost, until
he find it? 5 And when he hath
found it, he layeth it on his shoulders,
rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh
home, he calleth together his friends
and his neighbors, saying unto them.
Rejoice with me, for I have found
my sheep which was lost. 7 I say
unto yojn, that even so there shall
be joy in heaven over one sinner that
repenteth, more than over ninety
and nine righteous persons, who
need no repentance.
8 Or what woman having ten
^pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,
doth not light a lamp, and sweep the
house, and seek diligently until she
find it? 9 And when she hath
found it, she calleth together her
friends and- neighbors, saying, Re-
joice with me, for I have found the
piece w^hich I had lost. 10 Even so,
I say unto you, there is joy in the
sSee marprinal note on ch. 3. 12.
sGr. drachma, a coin worth about eight pence, or six-
teen cents.
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The Prodigal Son.
The Unrighteous Steward
LUKE 15.11—16.7
presence of the angels of God over
one sinner that repenteth.
11 And he said, A certain man
had two sons: 12 and the younger
of them said to his father, Father,
give me the portion of Hhy sub-
stance that falleth to me. And he
divided unto them his Kving. 13
And not many days after, the
younger son gathered all together
and took his journey into a far
country; and there he wasted his
substance with riotous living. 14
And when he had spent all, there
arose a mighty famine in that
country; and he began to be in want.
15 And he went and joined himself
to one of the citizens of that coun-
try; and he sent him into his fields
to feed swine. 16 And he would
fain %ave filled his belly with ^the
husks that the swine did eat: and
no man gave unto him. 17 But when
he came to himself he said, How
many hired servants of my father's
have bread enough and to spare, and
I perish here with hunger! 18 I will
arise and go to my father, and will
say unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and in thy sight:
19 I am no more worthy to be called
thy son: make me as one of thy
hired servants. 20 And he arose,
and came to his father. But while
he was yet afar off, his father saw
him, and was moved with compas-
sion, and ran, and fell on his neck,
and %issed him. 21 And the son
said unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and in thy sight:
I am no more worthy to be called
thy son^ 22 But the father said to
his ^servants. Bring forth quickly
the best robe, and put it on him; and
put a ring on his hand, and shoes
on his feet: 23 and bring the fatted
calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and
make merry : 24 for this my son was
dead, and is alive again; he was
lost, and is found. And they began
1 Gr. the.
2 Many ancient authorities read have been filled.
3 Gr. the pods of the carob tree.
■> Gr. kissed him much. See ch. 7. 38, 45.
6 Some ancient authorities add make me as one of thy
hired servants. See ver. 19. * Gr. bondservants.
to be merry. 25 Now his elder son
was in the field : and as he came and
drew nigh to the house, he heard
music and dancing. 26 And he
called to him one of the servants,
and inquired what these things luight
be. 27 And he said unto him. Thy
brother is come; and thy father
hath killed the fatted calf, because
he hath received him safe and sound.
28 But he was angry, and would not
go in: and his father came out, and
entreated him. 29 But he answered
and said to his father, Lo, these
many years do I serve thee, and I
never transgressed a commandment
of thine; and yet thou never gavest
me a kid, that I might make merry
with my friends: 30 but when this
thy son came, who hath devoured
thy. living with harlots, thou killedst
for him the fatted calf. 31 And he
said unto him, ^Son, thou art ever
with me, and all that is mine is
thine. 32 But it was meet to make
merry and be glad: for this thy
brother was dead, and is alive again;
and was lost, and is found.
1r^ And he said also unto the
O disciples. There was a certain
rich man, who had a steward; and
the same was accused unto him that
he was wasting his goods. 2 And he
called him, and said unto him. What
is this that I hear of thee.^ render
the account of thy stewardship; for
thou canst be no longer steward.
3 And the steward said within him-
self. What shall I do, seeing that my
lord taketh away the stewardship
from me? I have not strength to
dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am
resolved what to do, that, when I
am put out of the stewardship, they
may receive me into their houses.
5 And calling to him each one of his
lord's debtors, he said to the first,
How much owest thou unto my lord.^
6 And he said, A hundred ^measures
of oil. And he said unto him. Take
thy %ond, and sit down quickly and
write fifty. 7 Then said he to an-
7 Gr. Child.
8 Gr. baths, the bath being a Hebrew measure. See
Ezek. 4.3. 10, 11, 14. » Gr. writings.
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LUKE 16.8—17.2
Pharisaic Self-rtghteousness. Of Divorce. The Rich Man and Lazarus
other. And how much owest thou?
And he said, A hundred ^measures
of wheat. He saith unto him, Take
thy 2bond, and write fourscore. 8
And his lord commended ^the un-
righteous steward because he had
done wisely: for the sons of this
^world are for their own generation
wiser than the sons of the light.
9 And I say unto you. Make to
yourselves friends %y means of the
mammon of unrighteousness; that,
when it shall fail, they may receive
you into the eternal tabernacles.
10 He that is faithful in a very little
is faithful also in much : and he that
is unrighteous in a very little is un-
righteous also in much. 11 If there-
fore ye have not been faithful in the
unrighteous mammon, who will com-
mit to your trust the true riches'^
12 And if ye have not been faithful
in that which is another's, who will
give you that which is ^your own.f^
13 No ^servant can serve two mas-
ters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will
hold to one, and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
14 And the Pharisees, who were
lovers of money, heard all these
things; and they scoffed at him.
15 And he said unto them. Ye are
they that justify yourselves in the
sight of men; but God knoweth your
hearts: for that which is exalted
among men is an abomination in the
sight of God. 16 The law and the
prophets were until John : from that
time the ^gospel of the kingdom of
God is preached, and every man
entereth violently into it. 17 But
it is easier for heaven and earth to
pass away, than for one tittle of the
law to fall.
18 Every one that putteth away
his wife, and marrieth another, com-
mitteth adultery: and he that mar-
rieth one that is put away from a
husband committeth adultery.
1 Gr, cors, the cor being a Hebrew measure. See
Ezek. 45. 14. 2 Gr. writings.
3 Gr. the steward of unrighteousness. * Or, age
5 Gr. out of. ' Some ancient authorities read our own.
7 Gr. household-servant.
^ Or, good tidings: comp. ch. 3. 18.
19 Now there was a certain rich
man, and he was clothed in purple
and fine linen, ^faring sumptuously
every day: 20 and a certain beggar
named Lazarus was laid at his gate,
full of sores, 21 and desiring to be
fed with the crumbs that fell from
the rich man's table; yea, even the
dogs came and licked his sores. 22
And it came to pass, that the beggar
died, and that he was carried away
by the angels into Abraham's bosom :
and the rich man also died, and was
buried. 23 And in Hades he lifted
up his eyes, being in torments, and
seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus
in his bosom. 24 And he cried and
said. Father Abraham, have mercy
on me, and send Lazarus, that he
may dip the tip of his finger in water,
and cool my tongue; for I am in
anguish in this flame. 25 But Abra-
ham said, i'^ Son, remember that thou
in thy lifetime receivedst thy good
things, and Lazarus in like manner
evil things : but now here he is com-
forted, and thou art in anguish.
26 And i^esides all this, between us
and you there is a great gulf fixed,
that they that would pass from
hence to you may not be able, and
that none may cross over from
thence to us. 27 And he said, I pray
thee therefore, father, that thou
wouldest send him to my father's
house; 28 for I have five brethren;
that he may testify unto them, lest
they also come into this place of
torment. 29 But Abraham saith,
They have Moses and the prophets;
let them hear them. 30 And he said,
Nay, father Abraham: but if one
go to them from the dead, they will
repent. 31 And he said unto him,
If they hear not Moses and the
prophets, neither will they be per-
suaded, if one rise from the dead.
Iry And he said unto his dis-
/ ciples. It is impossible but
that occasions of stumbling should
come; but woe unto him, through
whom they come! 2 It were well
9 Or, living in mirth and splendor every day
»« Gr. Child. " Or, in all these things
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Of Faith. The Samaritan Leper. The Coming of the Kingdom LUKE 17.3 17.31
for him if a millstone were hanged
about his neck, and he were thrown
into the sea, rather than that he
should cause one of these little ones
to stumble. 3 Take heed to your-
selves: if thy brother sin, rebuke
him; and if he repent, forgive him.
4 And if he sin against thee seven
times in the day, and seven times
turn again to thee, saying, I repent;
thou shalt forgive him.
5 And the apostles said unto the
Lord, Increase our faith. 6 And the
Lord said. If ye had faith as a grain
of mustard seed, ye would say unto
this sycamine tree. Be thou rooted
up, and be thou planted in the sea;
and it would obey you. 7 But who
is there of you, having a ^servant
plowing or keeping sheep, that will
say unto him, when he is come in
from the field, Come straightway
and sit down to meat; 8 and will not
rather say unto him. Make ready
wherewith I may sup, and gird thy-
self, and serve me, till I have eaten
and drunken; and afterward thou
shalt eat and drink .^^ 9 Doth he
thank the ^servant because he did
the things that were commanded .^^
10 Even so ye also, when ye shall
have done all the things that are
commanded you, say, We are un-
profitable ^servants; we have done
that which it was our duty to do.
11 And it came to pass, ^as they
were on the way to Jerusalem, that
he was passing %long the borders
of Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as
he entered into a certain village,
there met him ten men that were
lepers, who stood afar off: 13 and
they lifted up their voices, saying,
Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
14 And when he saw them, he said
unto them. Go and show yourselves
unto the priests. And it came to
pass, as they went, they were
cleansed. 15 And one of them, when
he saw that he was healed, turned
back, with a loud voice glorifying
God; 16 and he fell upon his face
1 Gr. bondservant.
^ Or, as he was
2 Gr. bondservants.
* Or, through the midst of b'c.
at his feet, giving him thanks: and
he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus
answering said. Were not the ten
cleansed.? but where are the nine.?
18 ^Were there none found that
returned to give glory to God, save
this ^stranger.? 19 And he said unto
him. Arise, and go thy way: thy
faith hath ^made thee whole.
20 And being asked by the Phari-
sees, when the kingdom of God
Cometh, he answered them and said,
The kingdom of God cometh not
with observation: 21 neither shall
they say, Lo, here! or. There! for
lo, the kingdom of God is ^within
you.
22 And he said unto the disciples,
The days will come, when ye shall
desire to see one of the days of the
Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
23 And they shall say to you, Lo,
there! Lo, here! go not away, nor
follow after them: 24 for as the
lightning, when it lighteneth out of
the one part under the heaven,
shineth unto the other part under
heaven; so shall the Son of man be
% his day. 25 But first must he
suffer many things and be rejected
of this generation. 26 And as it
came to pass in the days of Noah,
even so shall it be also in the days
of the Son of man. 27 They ate,
they drank, they married, they were
given in marriage, until the day that
Noah entered into the ark, and the
flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise even as it came to pass
in the days of Lot; they ate, they
drank, they bought, they sold, they
planted, they builded; 29 but in the
day that Lot went out from Sodom
it rained fire and brimstone from
heaven, and destroyed them all:
30 after the same manner shall it be
in the day that the Son of man is
revealed. 31 In that day, he that
shall be on the housetop, and his
goods in the house, let him not go
down to take them away: and let
him that is in the field likewise not
5 Or, There were none found . . . save this stranger.
6 Or, alien "> Or, saved thee s Or, in the midst of you
9 Some ancient authorities omit in his day.
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LUKE 17.32 18.25 The importunate Widow and the Unrighteous Judge. Peril of Riches
return back. 32 Remember Lot's rest of men, extortioners, unjust,
wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to adulterers, or even as this ^^publican.
gain his life shall lose it: but who-
soever shall lose his life shall ^pre-
serve it. 34 I say unto you, In that
night there shall be two men on one
bed; the one shall be taken, and the
other shall be left. 35 There shall be
two women grinding together; the
one shall be taken, and the other
shall be left.^ 37 And they answer-
ing say unto him, Where, Lord.^
And he said unto them, Where the
body is, thither will the ^eagles also
be gathered together.
1Q And he spake a parable
O unto them to the end that they
ought always to pray, and not to
faint; 2 saying. There was in a city
a judge, who feared not God, and
regarded not man: 3 and there was
a widow in that city; and she came
oft unto him, saying, ^Avenge me of
mine adversary. 4 And he would
not for a while: but afterward he
said within himself. Though I fear
not God, nor regard man; 5 yet
because this widow troubleth me, I
will avenge her, ^lest she ^wear me
out by her continual coming. 6 And
the Lord said. Hear what ^the un-
righteous judge saith. 7 And shall
not God avenge his elect, that cry
to him day and night, %nd yet he is
longsuffering over them.^^ 8 I say
unto you, that he will avenge them
speedily. Nevertheless, when the
Son of man cometh, shall he find
^faith on the earth .^^
9 And he spake also this parable
unto certa n who trusted in them-
selves that they were righteous, and
set i^all others at nought: 10 Two
men went up into the temple to pray ;
the one a Pharisee, and the other a
i^publican. 11 The Pharisee stood
12 I fast twice in the week; I give
tithes of all that I get. 13 But the
^ ^publican, standing afar off, would
not lift up so much as his eyes unto
heaven, but smote his breast, saying,
God, i^be thou merciful to me ^^
sinner. 14 I say unto you. This man
went down to his house justified
rather than the other: for every one
that exalteth himself shall be hum-
bled; but he that humbleth him-
self shall be exalted.
15 And they were bringing unto
him also their babes, that he should
touch them: but when the disciples
saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But
Jesus called them unto him, saying,
Suffer the little children to come
unto me, and forbid them not: for
i^to such belongeth the kingdom of
God. 17 Verily I say unto you,
Whosoever shall not receive the
kingdom of God as a little child, he
shall in no wise enter therein.
18 And a certain ruler asked him,
saying. Good Teacher, what shall I
do to inherit eternal life.f^ 19 And
Jesus said unto him. Why callest
thou me good.^^ none is good, save
one, even God. 20 Thou knowest
the commandments, ^^Do not commit
adultery, Do not kill. Do not steal.
Do not bear false witness. Honor
thy father and mother. 21 And he
said. All these things have I observed
from my youth up. 22 And when
Jesus heard it, he said unto him,
One thing thou lackest yet: sell all
that thou hast, and distribute unto
the poor, and thou shall have
treasure in heaven : and come, follow
me. 23 But when he heard these
things, he became exceeding sorrow-
ful; for he was very rich. 24 And
and prayed thus with himself, God, Jesus seeing him said. How hardly
I thank thee, that I am not as the
'Gr. save it alive.
'Some ancient authorities add ver. 36 There shall he two
men in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be
left. Mt. 24. 40. » Or. vultures
* Or, Do me justice of: and so in ver. 5, 7, 8.
6 Or, lest at last by her coming she wear me out
6Gr. bruise. '' Gr. the judge of unrighteousness.
8 Or, and is he slow to punish on their behalf?
9 Or, the faith '» Gr. the rest. ;
11 See marginal note on ch. 3. 12.
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shall they that have riches enter into
the kingdom of God! 25 For it is
easier for a camel to enter in through
a needle's eye, than for a rich man
to enter into the kingdom of God.
'2 Or, be thou propitiated " Or, the sinner
'* Or, of such is " Ex. xx. 12-16; Dt. v. 16-20.
Jesus again foretells his Fate.
Zaccheeus the Publican
26 And they that heard it said, Then
who" can be saved? 27 But he said,
The things which are impossible
with men are possible with God.
28 And Peter said, Lo, we have left
^our own, and followed thee. 29 And
he said unto them, Verily I say unto
you, There is no man that hath
left house, or wife, or brethren, or
parents, or children, for the king-
dom of God's sake, 30 who shall not
receive manifold more in this time,
and in the ^world to come eternal
life.
31 And he took unto him the
twelve, and said unto them. Be-
hold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all
the things that are written through
the prophets shall be accomplished
unto the Son of man. 32 For he
shall be delivered up unto the
Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and
shamefully treated, and spit upon:
33 and they shall scourge and kill
him: and the third day he shall rise
again. 34 And they understood none
of these things; and this saying was
hid from them, and they perceived
not the things that were said.
35 And it came to pass, as he drew
nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind
man sat by the way side begging:
36 and hearing a multitude going
by, he inquired what this meant.
37 And they told him, that Jesus of
Nazareth passeth by. 38 And he
cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of
David, have mercy on me. 39 And
they that went before rebuked him,
that he should hold his peace: but
he cried out the more a great deal,
Thou son of David, have mercy on
me. 40 And Jesus stood, and com-
manded him to be brought unto him :
and when he was come near, he
asked him, 41 What wilt thou that
I should do unto thee.^^ And he said.
Lord, that I may receive my sight.
42 And Jesus said unto him, Re-
ceive thy sight: thy faith hath
^made thee whole. 43 And im-
mediately he received his sight, and
1 Or, our own homes. See Jn. 19. 27.
» Or, betrayed
2 Or, age
* Or, saved thee
LUKE 18.26—19.15
followed him, glorifying God: and
all the people, when they saw it,
gave praise unto God.
1Q And he entered and was
\j passing through Jericho. 2
And behold, a man called by name
Zacchseus; and he was a chief
publican, and he was rich. 3 And
he sought to see Jesus who he was;
and could not for the crowd, because
he was little of stature. 4 And he
ran on before, and climbed up into a
sycomore tree to see him : for he was
to pass that way. 5 And when
Jesus came to the place, he looked
up, and said unto him, Zacchseus,
make haste, and come down; for
to-day I must abide at thy house.
6 And he made haste, and came
down, and received him joyfully.
7 And when they saw it, they all
murmured, saying. He is gone in to
lodge with a man that is a sinner.
8 And Zacchseus stood, and said
unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the
half of my goods I give to the poor;
and if I have wrongfully exacted
aught of any man, I restore four-
fold. 9 And Jesus said unto him.
To-day is salvation come to this
house, forasmuch as he also is a son
of Abraham. 10 For the Son of man
came to seek and to save that which
was lost.
11 And as they heard these things,
he added and spake a parable, be-
cause he was nigh to Jerusalem, and
because they supposed that the king-
dom of God was immediately to
appear. 12 He said therefore, A
certain nobleman went into a far
country, to receive for himself a
kingdom, and to return. 13 And he
called ten ^servants of his, and gave-
them ten ^pounds, and said unto
them. Trade ye hereivith till I come.
14 But his citizens hated him, and
sent an ambassage after him, saying,
We will not that this man reign over
us. 15 And it came to pass, when
he was come back again, having re-
ceived the kingdom, that he com-
5 Gr. bondservants.
6 Mina, here translated a pound, is equal to one hundred
drachmas. See ch. 15. 8.
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LUKE 19.16 19.46 ParaWe of the Pounds. The Triumphal Entry. Jesus weeps over Jerusalem
manded these ^servants, unto whom
he had given the money, to be called
to him, that he might know what
they had gained by trading. 16 And
the first came before him, saying,
Lord, thy pound hath made ten
pounds more. 17 And he said unto
him. Well done, thou good ^servant:
because thou wast found faithful in
a very little, have thou authority
over ten cities. 18 And the second
came, saying. Thy pound. Lord,
hath made five pounds. 19 And he
said unto him also. Be thou also over
five cities. 20 And ^another came,
saying. Lord, behold, here is thy
pound, which I kept laid up in a
napkin: 21 for I feared thee, be-
cause thou art an austere man : thou
takest up that which thou layedst
not down, and reapest that which
thou didst not sow. 22 He saith
unto him, Out of thine own mouth
will I judge thee, thou wicked ^serv-
ant. Thou knewest that I am an
austere man, taking up that which
I laid not down, and reaping that
which I did not sow; 23 then where-
fore gavest thou not my money into
the bank, and '*! at my coming
should have required it with inter-
est.? ^4 And he said unto them that
stood by, Take away from him the
pound, and give it unto him that
hath the ten pounds. 25 And they
said unto him. Lord, he hath ten
pounds. 26 I say unto you, that
unto every one that hath shall be
given; but from him that hath not,
even that which he hath shall be
taken away from him. 27 But these
mine enemies, that would not that
I^ should reign over them, bring
.hither, and slay them before me.
28 And when he had thus spoken,
he went on before, going up to
Jerusalem.
29 And it came to pass, when he
drew nigh unto Bethphage and
Bethany, at the mount that is
called Olivet, he sent two of the
disciples, 30 saying. Go your way
1 Gr. bondservants. 2 Gr. bondservant. ' Gr. the other.
* Or, / should have gone and required
into the village over against you; in
which as ye enter ye shall find a colt
tied, whereon no man ever yet sat:
loose him, and bring him. 31 And
if any one ask you, Why do ye loose
him.f^ thus shall ye say, The Lord
hath need of him. 32 And they that
were sent went away, and found
even as he had said unto them. 33
And as they were loosing the colt,
the owners thereof said unto them,
Why loose ye the colt.? 34 And they
said. The Lord hath need of him.
35 And they brought him to Jesus:
and they threw their garments upon
the colt, and set Jesus thereon. 36
And as he wxnt, they spread their
garments in the way. 37 And as he
was now drawing nigh, even at the
descent of the mount of Olives, the
whole multitude of the disciples
began to rejoice and praise God with
a loud voice for all the ^mighty works
which they had seen; 38 saying.
Blessed is the King that cometh in
the name of the Lord: peace in
heaven, and glory in the highest.
39 And some of the Pharisees from
the multitude said unto him, Teach-
er, rebuke thy disciples. 40 And he
answered and said, I tell you that,
if these shall hold their peace, the
stones will cry out.
41 And when he drew nigh, he
saw the city and wept over it, 42
saying, ^If thou hadst known in
^this day, even thou, the things which
belong unto ^peace! but now they
are hid from thine eyes. 43 For the
days shall come upon thee, when
thine enemies shall cast up a ^bank
about thee, and compass thee round,
and keep thee in on every side, 44
and shall dash thee to the ground,
and thy children within thee; and
they shall not leave in thee one stone
upon another; because thou knewest
not the time of thy visitation.
45 And he entered into the temple,
and began to cast out them that sold,
46 saying unto them. It is written,
B Gr. powers. 8 Or, O that thou hadst known
"> Some ancient authorities read this thy day.
8 Some ancient authorities read thy peace.
9 Gr. palisade.
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Cleanses the Temple. The Vineyard Parable. Tribute to Caesar ?
LUKE 19.47—20.26
^And my house shall be a house of
prayer: but ^ye have made it a den
of robbers.
47 And he was teaching daily in
the temple. But the chief priests
and the scribes and the principal
men of the people sought to destroy
him: 48 and they could not find
what they might do; for the people
all hung upon him, listening.
C}f\ And it came to pass, on one
-^U of the days, as he was teaching
the people in the temple, and preach-
ing the ^gospel, there came upon him
the chief priests and the scribes with
the elders; 2 and they spake, saying
unto him, Tell us: By what author-
ity doest thou tl^se things .^^ or who
is he that gave thee this authority .^^
be they will reverence him. 14 But
when the husbandmen saw him, they
reasoned one with another, saying,
This is the heir; let us kill him, that
the inheritance may be ours. 15
And they cast him forth out of the
vineyard, and killed him. What
therefore will the lord of the vine-
yard do unto them.? 16 He will come
and destroy these husbandmen, and
will give the vineyard unto others.
And when they heard it, they said,
^God forbid. 17 But he looked upon
them, and said. What then is this
that is written,
■^The stone which the builders
rejected.
The same was made the head of
the corner?
3 And he answered and said unto ! 18 Every one that falleth on that
them, I also will ask you a ^question ;
and tell me: 4 The baptism of John,
was it from heaven, or from men.f^
5 And they reasoned with them-
selves, saying. If we shall say. From
heaven; he will say, Why did ye not
believe him? 6 But if we shall say,
from men; all the people will stone
us: for they are persuaded that
John was a prophet. 7 And they
answered, that they knew not whence
it was. 8 And Jesus said unto them.
Neither tell I you by what authority
I do these things.
9 And he began to speak unto the
people this parable: A man planted
a vineyard, and let it out to hus-
bandmen, and went into another
country for a long time. 10 And at
the season he sent unto the husband-
men a '^servant, that they should
give him of the fruit of the vineyard :
but the husbandmen beat him, and
sent him away empty. 11 And he
sent yet another ^servant: and him
also they beat, and handled him
shamefully, and sent him away
empty. 12 And he sent yet a third
stone shall be broken to pieces; but
on whomsoever it shall fall, it will
scatter him as dust.
19 And the scribes and thje chief
priests sought to lay hands on him
in that very hour; and they feared
the people: for they perceived that
he spake this parable against them.
20 And they watched him, and sent
forth spies, who feigned themselves
to be righteous, that they might
take hold of his speech, so as to
deliver him up to the ^rule and to the
authority of the governor. 21 And
they asked him, saying. Teacher, we
know that thou sayest and teachest
rightly, and acceptest not the person
of any, but of a truth teachest the
way of God: 22 Is it lawful for lis
to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
23 But he perceived their craftiness,
and said unto them, 24 Show me a
^denarius. Whose image and super-
scription hath it? And they said,
Caesar's. 25 And he said unto them.
Then render unto Caesar the things
that are Caesar's, and unto God the
things that are God's. 26 And they
and him also they wounded, and were not able to take hold of the
cast him forth. 13 And the lord of saying before the people: and they
the vineyard said, What shall I do? I marvelled at his answer, and held
I will send my beloved son; it may their peace.
i Jer. vii. 11. 6 Gr. Be it not so. "iPs. cxviii. 22.
1 Is. Ivi. 7.
' Or, good tidings; comp. ch. 3. 18.
* Or. word.
6 Gr. bondservant.
<■' Gr. Be it not so.
8 Or, ruling power
9 See marginal note on ch. 7. 41.
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LUKE 20.27—21.14
Is there a Resurrection ?
The Widow's Mites
27 And there came to him certain
of the Sadducees, they that say that
there is no resurrection ; 28 and they
asked him, saying, Teacher, ^Moses
wrote unto us, that if a man's
brother die, having a wife, and he
be childless, his brother should take
the wife, and raise up seed unto his
brother. 29 There were therefore
seven brethren : and the first took a
wife, and died childless; 30 and the
second: 31 and the third took her;
and likewise the seven also left no
children, and died. 32 Afterward
the woman also died. 33 In the
resurrection therefore whose wife of
them shall she be.^ for the seven had
her to wife. 34 And Jesus said unto
them. The sons of this ^world marry,
and are given in marriage: 35 but
they that are accounted worthy to
attain to that ^ world, and the resur-
rection from the dead, neither marry,
nor are given in marriage: 36 for
neither can they die any more: for
they are equal unto the angels; and
are sons of God, being sons of the
resurrection. 37 But that the dead
are raised, even Moses showed, in
Hhe place concerning the Bush, when
he calleth the Lord the God of
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is not
the God of the dead, but of the
living: for all live unto him. 39 And
certain of the scribes answering said.
Teacher, thou hast well said. 40 For
they durst not any more ask him
any question.
41 And he said unto them. How
say they that the Christ is David's
son.? 42 For David himself saith
in the book of Psalms,
^The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
43 Till I make thine enemies the
footstool of thy feet.
44 David therefore calleth him Lord,
and how is he his son.?
45 And in the hearing of all the
people he said unto his disciples,
46 Beware of the scribes, who desire
to walk in long robes, and love salu-
tations in the marketplaces, and
chief seats in the synagogues, and
chief places at feasts ; 47 who devour
widows' houses, and for a pretence
make long prayers: these shall re-
ceive greater condemnation.
0 1 And he looked up, ^and saw
jLd 1 the rich men that were casting
their gifts into the treasury. 2 And
he saw a certain poor widow casting
in thither two mites. 3 And he said.
Of a truth I say unto you. This poor
widow cast in more than they all:
4 for all these did of their superfluity
cast in unto the gifts ; but she of her
want did cast in all the living that
she had.
5 And as some spake of the temple,
how it was adorned with goodly
stones and offerings, he said, b As
for these things which ye behold, the
days will come, in which there shall
not be left here one stone upon
another, that shall not be thrown
down. 7 And they asked him, say-
ing. Teacher, when therefore shall
these things be.? and what shall he the
sign when these things are about to
come to pass.? 8 And he said. Take
heed that ye be not led astray: for
many shall come in my name, saying
1 am he\ and. The time is at hand:
go ye not after them. 9 And when
ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be
not terrified: for these things must
needs come to pass first; but the
end is not immediately.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation
shall rise against nation, and king-
dom against kingdom; 11 and there
shall be great earthquakes, and in
divers places famines and pestilences;
and there shall be terrors and great
signs from heaven. 12 But before
all these things, they shall lay their
hands on you, and shall persecute
you, delivering up you to the syna-
gogues and prisons, ^bringing you
before kings and governors for my
name's sake. 13 It shall turn out
unto you for a testimony. 14 Settle
1 Dt. XXV. 6.
3 Ex. iii. 6.
2 Or, age
4 Ps. ex. 1
5 Or, and aaw them that . . . treasury, and they were
rick. * Gr. you beifig brought.
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The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Messianic Coming LUKE 21. 15 22.9
it therefore in your hearts, not to
meditate beforehand how to answer :
15 for I will give you a mouth and
wisdom, which all your adversaries
shall not be able to withstand or to
gainsay. 16 But ye shall be ^de-
livered up even by parents, and
brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends;
and some of you ^shall they cause to
be put to death. 17 And ye shall be
hated of all men for my name's sake.
18 And not a hair of your head shall
perish. 19 In your ^patience ye shall
win your ^souls.
20 But when ye see Jerusalem
compassed with armies, then know
that her desolation is at hand. 21
Then let them that are in Judsea
flee unto the mountains; and let
them that are in the midst of her
depart out; and let not them that
are in the country enter therein.
22 For these are days of vengeance,
that all things which are written
may be fulfilled. 23 Woe unto them
that are with child and to them that
give suck in those days! for there
shall be great distress upon the ^land,
and wrath unto this people. 24 And
they shall fall by the edge of the
sword, and shall be led captive into
all the nations: and Jerusalem shall
be trodden down of the Gentiles,
until the times of the Gentiles be
fulfilled.
25 And there shall be signs in sun
and moon and stars; and upon the
earth distress of nations, in per-
plexity for the roaring of the sea and
the billows; 26 men ^fainting for
fear, and for expectation of the
things which are coming on ^the
world : for the powers of the heavens
shall be shaken. 27 And then shall
they see the Son of man coming in a
cloud with power and great glory.
28 But when these things begin to
come to pass, look up, and lift up
your heads; because your redemp-
tion draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a para-
ble: Behold the fig tree, and all the
I Or, betrayed
' Or, stedfastness
6 Or, expiring
2 Or. shall they put to death
i Or. lives 6 Or. earth
' Gr. the inhabited earth.
trees: 30 when they now shoot
forth, ye see it and know of your
own selves that the summer is now
nigh. 31 Even so ye also, when ye
see these things coming to pass,
know ye that the kingdom of God is
nigh. 32 Verily I say unto you.
This generation shall not pass away,
till all things be accomplished. 33
Heaven and earth shall pass away:
but my words shall not pass away.
34 But take heed to yourselves,
lest haply your hearts be over-
charged with surfeiting, and drunk-
enness, and cares of this life, and
that day come on you suddenly as a
snare: 35 for so shall it come upon
all them that dwell on the face of all
the earth. 36 But watch ye at every
season, making supplication, that
ye may prevail to escape all these
things that shall come to pass, and
to stand before the Son of man.
37 And every day he was teaching
in the temple; and every night he
went out, and lodged in the mount
that is called Olivet. 38 And all the
people came early in the morning to
him in the temple, to hear him.
Q Q Now the feast of unleavened
^^ bread drew nigh, which is
called the Passover. 2 And the
chief priests and the scribes sought
how they might put him to death;
for they feared the people.
3 And Satan entered into Judas
who was called Iscariot, being of the
number of the twelve. 4 And he
went away, and communed with the
chief priests and captains, how he
might ^deliver him unto them. 5
And they were glad, and covenanted
to give him money. 6 And he con-
sented, and sought opportunity to
^deliver him unto them ^in the ab-
sence of the multitude.
7 And the day of unleavened
bread came, on which the passover
must be sacrificed. 8 And he sent
Peter and John, saying. Go and make
ready for us the passover, that we
may eat. 9 And they said unto him.
Where wilt thou that we make
8 Or, betray
9 Or, without tumtdi
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LUKE 22.10 22.39 The Last supper. Strife about Rank. Peter's Denial foretold
ready? 10 And he said unto them,
Behold, when ye are entered into
the city, there shall meet you a man
bearing a pitcher of water; follow
him into the house whereinto he
goeth. 1 1 And ye shall say unto the
master of the house, The Teacher
saith unto thee. Where is the guest-
chamber, where I shall eat the pass-
over with my disciples .f^ 12 And he
will show you a large upper room
furnished: there make ready. 13
And they went, and found as he had
said unto them: and they made
ready the passover.
14 And when the hour was come,
he sat down, and the apostles with
him. 15 And he said unto them.
With desire I have desired to eat
this passover with you before I
suffer: 16 for I say unto you, I shall
not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the
kingdom of God. 17 And he re-
ceived a cup, and when he had given
thanks, he said. Take this, and
divide it among yourselves: 18 for
I say unto you, I shall not drink from
henceforth of the fruit of the vine,
until the kingdom of God shall come.
19 And he took ^bread, and when he
had given thanks, he brake it, and
gave to them, saying. This is my
body ^which is given for you: this
do in remembrance of me. 20 And
the cup in like manner after supper,
saying. This cup is the new covenant
in my blood, even that which is
poured out for you. 21 But behold,
the hand of him that ^betrayeth me
is with me on the table. 22 For the
Son of man indeed goeth, as it hath
been determined : but woe unto that
man through whom he is %etrayed!
23 And they began to question
among themselves, which of them
it was that should do this thing.
24 And there arose also a con-
tention among them, which of them
was accounted to be ^greatest. 25
And he said unto them. The kings
of the Gentiles have lordship over
them; and they that have authority
over them are called Benefactors.
26 But ye shall not he so: but he
that is the greater among you, let
him become as the younger; and
he that is chief, as he that doth
serve. 27 For which is greater, he
that ^sitteth at meat, or he that
serveth.? is not he that ^sitteth at
meat.? but I am in the midst of you
as he that serveth. 28 But ye are
they that have continued with me
in my temptations ; 29 and ^I ap-
point unto you a kingdom, even as
my Father appointed unto me, 30
that ye may eat and drink at my
table in my kingdom; and ye shall
sit on thrones judging the twelve
tribes of Israel.
31 Simon, Simon, oehold, Satan
^asked to have you, that he might
sift you as wheat: 32 but I made
supplication for thee, that thy faith
fail not; and do thou, when once
thou hast turned again, establish thy
brethren. 33 And he said unto him.
Lord, with thee I am ready to go
both to prison and to death. 34 And
he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock
shall not crow this day, until thou
shalt thrice deny that thou knowest
me.
35 And he said unto them, When
I sent you forth without purse, and
wallet, and shoes, lacked ye any-
thing .^^ And they said. Nothing.
36 And he said unto them. But now,
he that hath a purse, let him take it,
and likewise a wallet; ^and he that
hath none, let him sell his cloak, and
buy a sword. 37 For I say unto you,
that this which is written must be
fulfilled in me, ^And he was reckoned
with transgressors: for that which
concerneth me hath ^ofuifjjj^^n^^
38 And they said, Lord, behold, here
are two swords. And he said unto
them. It is enough.
39 And he came out, and went, as
his custom was, unto the mount of
5 Gr. recUneth.
6 Or, / appoint unto you, even as my Father appointed
iQr, a loaf unto me a kingdom, that ye may eat and drink &c.
2Some ancient authorities omit U'hich is iiiven for you \ ' Or, obtained you by asking
. . -which is poured out for you. s Or, and he that hath no sword, let him sell his cloak, and
3 See ver. 4. « Gr. greater. ' buy one. » Is. liii. 12. «> Gr. end.
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Qethsemane. The Betrayal. Peter's Denial. The Mockery. The Trial LUKE 22. 40 23.2
Olives; and the disciples also fol-l court, and had sat down together,
lowed him. 40 And when he was at I Peter sat in the midst of them. 56
the place, he said unto them, Pray
that ye enter not into temptation.
41 And he was parted from them
about a stone's cast; and he kneeled
down and prayed, 42 saying, Father,
if thou be willing, remove this cup
from me: nevertheless not my will,
but thine, be done. 43 *And there
appeared unto him an angel from
heaven, strengthening him. 44 And
being in an agony he prayed more
earnestly; and his sweat became as
it were great drops of blood falling
down upon the ground. 45 And
when he rose up from his prayer, he
came unto the disciples, and found
them sleeping for sorrow, 46 and
said unto them, Why sleep ye.^ rise
and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation.
47 While he yet spake, behold, a
multitude, and he that was called
Judas, one of the twelve, went be-
fore them; and he drew near unto
Jesus to kiss him. 48 But Jesus
said unto him, Judas, %etrayest
thou the Son of man with a kiss.^
49 And when they that were about
him saw what would follow, they
said. Lord, shall we smite with the
sword.f^ 50 And a certain one of
them smote the ^servant of the high
priest, and struck off his right ear.
51 But Jesus answered and said.
Suffer ye them thus far. And he
touched his ear, and healed him.
52 And Jesus said unto the chief
priests, and captains of the temple,
and elders, that were come against
him. Are ye come out, as against a
robber, with swords and staves .f^
53 When I was daily with you in the
temple, ye stretched not forth your
hands against me: but this is your
hour, and the power of darkness.
54 And they seized him, and led
him away, and brought him into the
high priest's house. But Peter fol-
lowed afar off. 55 And when they
had kindled a fire in the midst of the
Many ancient authorities omit ver. 43, 44.
See ver. 4. ' Gr. bondservant.
And a certain maid seeing him as he
sat in the light of the fire, and looking
stedfastly upon him, said. This man
also was with him. 57 But he denied,
saying. Woman, I know him not.
58 And after a little while another
saw him, and said. Thou also art
one of them. But Peter said, Man,
I am not. 59 And after the space of
about one hour another confidently
affirmed, saying. Of a truth this man
also was with him; for he is a
Galilsean. 60 But Peter said, Man,
I know not what thou sayest. And
immediately, while he yet spake, the
cock crew. 61 x\nd the Lord turned,
and looked upon Peter. And Peter
remembered the word of the Lord,
how that he said unto him. Before
the cock crow this day thou shalt
deny me thrice. 62 And he went
out, and wept bitterly.
63 And the men that held ^Jesus
mocked him, and beat him. 64 And
they blindfolded him, and asked
him, saying, Prophesy: who is he
that struck thee.^^ 65 And many
other things spake they against
him, reviling him.
66 And as soon as it was day, the
assembly of the elders of the people
was gathered together, both chief
priests and scribes; and they led
him away into their council, saying,
67 If thou art the Christ, tell us.
But he said unto them. If I tell you,
ye will not believe: 68 and if I ask
you, ye will not answer. 69 But
from henceforth shall the Son of man
be seated at the right hand of the
power of God. 70 And they all said.
Art thou then the Son of God.^^ And he
said unto them, ^Ye say that I am. 71
And they said. What further need
have we of witness .f^ for we ourselves
have heard from his own mouth.
QQ And the whole company of
^O them rose up, "and brought
him before Pilate. 2 And they be-
gan to accuse him, saying. We found
this man perverting our nation, and
< Gr. him.
& Or, Ye say it, because I am
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LUKE 23.3 23.33 Jesus before Pilate.
forbidding to give tribute to Caesar,
and saying the he himself is Christ
a king. 3 And Pilate asked him,
saying. Art thou the King of the
Jews? And he answered him and
said. Thou say est. 4 And Pilate
said unto the chief priests and the
multitudes, I find no fault in this
man. 5 But they were the more
urgent, saying, He stirreth up the
people, teaching throughout all Ju-
daea, and beginning from Galilee
even unto this place. 6 But when
Pilate heard it, he asked whether the
man were a Galilaean. 7 And when
he knew that he was of Herod's
jurisdiction, he sent him unto Herod,
who himself also was at Jerusalem
in these days.
8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he
was exceeding glad: for he was of a
long time desirous to see him, be-
cause he had heard concerning him;
and he hoped to see some ^miracle
done by him. 9 And he questioned
him in many words; but he answered
him nothing. 10 And the chief
priests and the scribes stood, vehe-
mently accusing him. 1 1 And Herod
with his soldiers set him at nought,
and mocked him, and arraying him
in gorgeous apparel sent him back
to Pilate. 12 And Herod and Pilate
became friends with each other
that very day : for before they were
at enmity between themselves.
13 And Pilate called together the
chief priests and the rulers and the
people, 14 and said unto them. Ye
brought unto me this man, as one
that perverteth the people: and
behold, I, having examined him
before you, found no fault in this
man touching those things whereof
ye accuse him: 15 no, nor yet Her-
od: for 2he sent him back unto us;
and behold, nothing worthy of death
hath been done by him. 16 I will
therefore chastise him, and release
him. 3 18 But they cried out all
1 Gr. sign.
» Many ancient authorities read / sent you to him.
8 Many ancient authorities insert ver. 17 Now he must
needs release unto them at the feast one prisoner. Comp.
Mt. 27. 15; Mk. lo. 6; Jn. 18. 39. Others add the same
words after ver. 19.
Jesus before Herod.
Jesus sentenced
together, saying. Away with this
man, and release unto us Barabbas:
— 19 one who for a certain insur-
rection made in the city, and for
murder, was cast into prison. 20
And Pilate spake unto them again,
desiring to release Jesus; 21 but
they shouted, saying. Crucify, cru-
cify him. 22 And he said unto them
the third time. Why, what evil hath
this man done.^ I have found no
cause of death in him: I will -there-
fore chastise him and release him.
23 But they were urgent with loud
voices, asking that he might be
crucified. And their voices pre-
vailed. 24 And Pilate gave sentence
that what they asked for should be
done. 25 And he released him that
for insurrection and murder had
been cast into prison, whom they
asked for; but Jesus he delivered
up to their will.
26 And when they led him away,
they laid hold upon one Simon of
Cyrene, coming from the country,
and laid on him the cross, to bear
it after Jesus.
27 And there followed him a great
multitude of the people, and of
women who bewailed and lamented
him. 28 But Jesus turning unto
them said, Daughters of Jerusalem,
weep not for me, but weep for your-
selves, and for your children. 29
For behold, the days are coming, in
which they shall say. Blessed are the
barren, and the wombs that never
bare, and the breasts that never
gave suck. 30 Then shall they
begin to say to the mountains. Fall
on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
31 For if they do these things in the
green tree, what shall be done in
the dry.f^
32 And there were also two others,
malefactors, led with him to be
put to death.
33 And when they came unto the
place which is called ^The skull,
there they crucified him, and the
malefactors, one on the right hand
* According to the Latin, Calvary, which has the same
meaning.
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The Crucifixion. The Death of Jesus. The Empty Tomb LUKE 23.34 — 24.10
and the other on the left. 34 ^And
Jesus said, Father, forgive them;
for they know not what they do.
And parting his garments among
them, they cast lots. 35 And the
people stood beholding. And the
rulers also scoffed at him, saying.
He saved others; let him save him-
self, if this is the Christ of God, his
chosen. 36 And the soldiers also
mocked him, coming to him, offer-
ing him vinegar, 37 and saying. If
thou art the King of the Jews, save
thyself. 38 And there was also a
superscription over him, This is
THE King of the Jews.
39 And one of the malefactors
that were hanged railed on him,
saying. Art not thou the Christ?
save thyself and us. 40 But the
other answered, and rebuking him
said. Dost thou not even fear God,
seeing thou art in the same con-
demnation? 41 And we indeed
justly; for we receive the due
reward of our deeds: but this man
hath done nothing amiss. 42 And
he said, Jesus, remember me when
thou comest ^in thy kingdom. 43
And he said unto him. Verily I say
unto thee. To-day shalt thou be
with me in Paradise.
44 And it was now about the sixth
hour, and a darkness came over the
whole ^land until the ninth hour,
45 ^the sun's light failing: and the
veil of the ^temple was rent in the
midst. 46 ^And Jesus, crying with a
loud voice, said, Father, into thy
hands I commend my spirit: and
having said this, he gave up the
ghost. 47 And when the centurion
saw what was done, he glorified
God, saying. Certainly this was a
righteous man. 48 And all the
multitudes that came together to
this sight, when they beheld the
things that were done, returned
smiting their breasts. 49 And all
his acquaintance, and the women
that followed with him from Galilee,
stood afar off, seeing these things.
50 And behold, a man named
Joseph, who was a councillor, a
good and righteous man 51 (he had
not consented to their counsel and
deed), a man of Arimathsea, a city
of the Jews, who was looking for the
kingdom of God: 52 this man went
to Pilate, and asked for the body of
Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and
wrapped it in a linen cloth, and
laid him in a tomb that was hewn
in stone, where never man had yet
lain. 54 And it was the day of the
Preparation, and the sabbath Mrew
on. 55 And the women, who had
come with him out of Galilee, fol-
lowed after, and beheld the tomb,
and how his body was laid. 56 And
they returned, and prepared spices
and ointments.
And on the sabbath they rested
Q A according to the command-
wnr ment. 1 But on the first day
of the week, at early dawn, they
came unto the tomb, bringing the
spices which they had prepared.
2 And they found the stone rolled
away from the tomb. 3 And they
entered in, and found not the body
^of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it came
to pass, while they were perplexed
thereabout, behold, two men stood
by them in dazzling apparel: 5 and
as they were affrighted and bowed
down their faces to the earth, they
said unto them, Why seek ye ^the
living among the dead? 6 ^^He is not
here, but is risen : remember how he
spake unto you when he was yet in
Galilee, 7 saying that the Son of
man must be delivered up into the
hands of sinful men, and be crucified,
and the third day rise again. 8 And
they remembered his words, 9 and
returned ^^from the tomb, and told
all these things to the eleven, and
to all the rest. 10 Now they were
Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and
k
1 Some ancient authorities omit And Jesus said, Father, '' Gr. began to dawn.
forgive them; for they knyw not what they do. 8 Some ancient authorities omit of the Lord Jesus.
2 Some ancient authorities read into thy kingdom. j ^Gr. him that liveth.
3 Or, earth * Gr. the sun failing. \ i" Some ancient authorities omit He is not here, but is
* Or, sanctuary risen.
' Or, And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said ' " Some ancient authorities omit from the tomb.
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Interview on the Way to Emmaus.
Appearance in Jerusalem
LUKE 24.11—24.39
Mary the mother of James: and the
other women with them told these
things unto the apostles. 11 And
these words appeared in their sight
as idle talk; and they disbelieved
them. 12 ^But Peter arose, and
ran unto the tomb; and stooping
and looking in, he seeth the linen
cloths by themselves; and he ^de-
parted to his home, wondering at
that which was come to pass.
13 And behold, two of them were
going that very day to a village
named Emmaus, which was three-
score furlongs from Jerusalem. 14
And they communed with each
other of all these things which had
happened. 15 And it came to pass,
while they communed and ques-
tioned together, that Jesus himself
drew near, and went with them.
16 But their eyes were holden that
they should not know him. 17 And
he said unto them, ^What com-
munications are these that ye have
one with another, as ye walk.^ And
they stood still, looking sad. 18
And one of them, named Cleopas,
answering said unto him, ^Dost
thou alone sojourn in Jerusalem and
not know the things which are come
to pass there in these days.^ 19 And
he said unto them, What things.'^
And they said unto him. The things
concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who
was a prophet mighty in deed and
word before God and all the people:
20 and how the chief priests and our
rulers delivered him up to be con-
demned to death, and crucified him.
21 But we hoped that it was he who
should redeem Israel. Yea and be-
sides all this, it is now the third day
since these things came to pass.
22 Moreover certain women of our
company amazed us, having been
early at the tomb ; 23 and when they
found not his body, they came,
saying, that they had also seen a i questionings arise in your heart .^^
vision of angels, who said that he 1 39 See my hands and my feet, that
it is I myself: handle me, and see;
»0r?dc*arS5, ^nd^^inTwm Mmseif ' for a Spirit hath not flesh and bones.
'Gr What words are these that ye exchange one ivith
another. R Or, after « Or. loaf
« Or, Dost thou sojourn alone in Jerusalem, and hncni<est '' Some ancient authorities omit and saith unto them,
thou not the things Peace be unto you.
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was alive. 24 And certain of them
that were with us went to the tomb,
and found it even so as the women
had said: but him they saw not.
25 And he said unto them, O foolish
men, and slow of heart to believe
^in all that the prophets have spoken I
26 Behooved it not the Christ to
suffer these things, and to enter into
his glory .^ 27 And beginning from
Moses and from all the prophets, he
interpreted to them in all the
scriptures the things concerning him-
self. 28 And they drew nigh unto
the village, whither they w^ere going :
and he made as though he would go
further. 29 And they constrained
him, saying, Abide with us; for it
is toward evening, and the day is
now far spent. And he went in to
abide with them. 30 And it came
to pass, when he had sat down with
them to meat, he took the ^bread
and blessed; and breaking it he gave
to them. 31 And their eyes were
opened, and they knew him; and he
vanished out of their sight. 32 And
they said one to another. Was not
our heart burning within us, while
he spake to us in the way, while he
opened to us the scriptures.^ 33 And
they rose up that very hour, and
returned to Jerusalem, and found
the eleven gathered together, and
them that were with them, 34 sajdng,
The Lord is risen indeed, and hath
appeared to Simon. 35 And they
rehearsed the things that happened
in the w^ay, and how he w^as known
of them in the breaking of the bread.
36 And as they spake these things,
he himself stood in the midst of
them, ^and saith unto them, Peace
be unto you. 37 But they were
terrified and affrighted, and sup-
posed that they beheld a spirit.
38 And he said unto them. Why are
ye troubled.'^ and wherefore do
Last Words.
The Ascension
as ye behold me having. 40 ^And
when he had said this, he showed
them his hands and his feet. 41 And
while they still disbelieved for joy,
and wondered, he said unto them.
Have ye here anything to eat.? 42
And they gave him a piece of a
broiled fish^. 43 And he took it, and
ate before them.
44 And he said unto them. These
are my words which I spake unto
you, while I was yet with you, that
all things must needs be fulfilled,
which are written in the law of
Moses, and the prophets, and the
psalms, concerning me. 45 Then
opened he their mind, that they
might understand the scriptures;
46 and he said unto them, Thus it
is written, that the Christ should
suffer, and rise again from the dead
the third day; 47 and that repent-
1 Some ancient authorities omit ver. 40.
» Many ancient authorities add and a honeycomb
LUKE 24.40—24.53
ance %nd remission of sins should
be preached in his name unto all the
^nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 Ye are witnesses of these things.
49 And behold, I send forth the
promise of my Father upon you:
but tarry ye in the city, until
ye be clothed with power from on
high.
50 And he led them out until they
were over against Bethany: and he
lifted up his hands, and blessed
them. 51 And it came to pass,
while he blessed them, he parted
from them, %nd was carried up into
heaven. 52 And they ^worshipped
him, and returned to Jerusalem with
great joy: 53 and were continually
in the temple, blessing God.
' Some ancient authorities read unto.
* Or, nations. Beginning from Jerusalem, ye are wit-
nesses
6 Some ancient authorities omit and was carried up into
heaven.
6 Some ancient authorities omit worshipped him, and.
See marginal note on ch. 4. 7.
ACCORDING TO JOHN
The Prologue. The Baptist's Disclaimer. The Baptist's Testimony
Iln the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. 2 The
same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through him;
and without him ^was not anything
made that hath been made. 4 In
him was life; and the life was the light
of men. 5 And the light shineth in
the darkness; and the darkness ^ap-
prehended it not. | 6 There came a
man, sent from God, whose name was
John. 7 The same came for witness,
that he might bear witness of the
light, that all might believe through
him. 8 He was not the light, but
came that he might bear witness of
the light. (9 ^There was the true
light, even the light which lighteth
^every man, coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the
world was made through him, and
the world knew him not. 11 He
came unto %is own, and they that
were his own received him not. 12
But as many as received him, to
them gave he the right to become
children of God, even to them that
believe on his name :| 13 who were
^born, not of ^blood, nor of the will
of the flesh, nor of the will of man,
but of God. ^14 And the Word be-
came flesh, and ^dwelt among us (and
we beheld his glory, glory as of ^the
only begotten from the Father), full
of grace and truth. | 15 John beareth
witness of him, and crieth, saying,
^^This was he of whom I said. He that
Cometh after me is become before me :
for he was ^^efore me. 16 For of his
1 Or, was not anything made. That which hath been made
was life in him; and the life b'c.
2 Or, overcame See ch. 12. 35 (Gr).
' Or, the true light, which lighteth every man, was coming i
* Or, every man as he cometh i
101
5 Gr. his own things. « Or, begotten
"> Gr. bloods. « Gr. tabernacled.
3 Or, an only begotten from a father Comp. Heb. 11. 17,
'0 Some ancient authorities read {this was he that said).
" Gr. first in regard of me.
JOHN 1.17—1.47
Disciples of the Baptist follow Jesus. Philip and Nathanael
fulness we all received, and ^grace for
grace. 17 For the law was given
through Moses; grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ. 18 No man
hath seen God at any time; ^the only
begotten Son, who is in the bosom of
the Father, he hath declared him,
19 And this is the witness of John,
when the Jews sent unto him from
Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask
him. Who art thou.f^ 20 And he con-
fessed, and denied not; and he con-
fessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And
they asked him. What then? Art
thou Elijah .f* And he saith, I am not.
Art thou the prophet .f^ And he an-
swered, No. 22 They said therefore
unto him, Who art thou.f* that we
may give an answer to them that
sent us. What say est thou of thy-
self.'^ 23 He said, I am the voice of
one crying in the wilderness. Make
straight the way of the Lord, as ^said
Isaiah the prophet. 24 ^And they
had been sent from the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto
him,Whythen baptizest thou, if thou
art not the Christ, neither Elijah,
neither the prophet.'^ 26 John an-
swered them, saying, I baptize ^in
water: in the midst of you standeth
one whom ye know not, 27 even he
that Cometh after me, the latchet of
whose shoe I am not worthy to un-
loose. 28 These things were done in
^Bethany beyond the Jordan, where
John was baptizing.
29 On the morrow he seeth Jesus
coming unto him, and saith, Behold,
the Lamb of God, that Haketh away
the sin of the world ! 30 This is he of
whorn I said. After me cometh a man
who is become before me : for he was
^before me. 31 And I knew him not;
but that he should be made manifest
to Israel, for this cause came I bap-
tizing ^in water. 32 And John bare
witness, saying, I have beheld the
1 Or, grace upon grace
2 Many very ancient authorities read God only begotten.
3 Is. xl. 3.
« Or, And certain had been sent from among the Pharisees.
6 Or, with
« Many ancient authorities read Bethabarah, some Beth-
arabah. Comp. Josh. 15. 6, 61; 18. 22.
^ Or, bearelh the sin
6 Or. first in regard of me.
Spirit descending as a dove out cl
heaven; and it abode upon him. 33
And I knew him not : but he that sent
me to baptize ^in water, he said unto
me. Upon whomsoever thou shalt see
the Spirit descending, and abiding
upon him, the same is he that bap-
tizeth ^in the Holy Spirit. 34 And I
have seen, and have borne witness
that this is the Son of God.
35 Again on the morrow John was
standing, and two of his disciples ; 36
and he looked upon Jesus as he
walked, and saith. Behold, the Lamb
of God! 37 And the two disciples
heard him speak, and they followed
Jesus. 38 And Jesus turned, and be-
held them following, and saith unto
them, W^hat seek ye.^ And they said
unto him. Rabbi (which is to say,
being interpreted, Teacher), where
abidest thou.f^ 39 He saith unto
them. Come, and ye shall see. They
came therefore and saw where he
abode; and they abode with him that
day: it was about the tenth hour.
40 One of the two that heard John
speak, and followed him, was Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother. 41 He find-
eth first his own brother Simon, and
saith unto him, We have found the
Messiah (which is, being interpreted,
^Christ). 42 He brought him unto
Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and
said, Thou art Simon the son of
i^John: thou shalt be called Cephas
(which is by interpretation, "Peter).
43 On the morrow he was minded
to go forth into Galilee, and he find-
eth Philip: and Jesus saith unto him,
Follow me. 44 Now Philip was from
Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and
Peter. 45 Phihp findeth Nathanael,
and saith unto him. We have found
him, of whom Moses in the law, and
the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Naza-
reth, the son of Joseph. 46 iVnd
Nathanael said unto him, Can any
good thing come out of Nazareth.^
Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to
him, and saith of him, Behold, an
8 That is, A nointed. Comp. Vs. 2. 2.
M Gr. Joanes: called in Mt. 10. 17, Jonah.
11 That is, Rock or Stone.
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The Marriage in Cana.
The Cleansing of the Temple
JOHN 1.48—3.2
Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence
knowest thou me? Jesus answered
and said unto him, Before Philip
called thee, when thou wast under
the ^g tree, I saw thee. 49 Nathan-
ael answered him, Rabbi, thou art
the Son of God; thou art King of
Israel. 50 Jesus answered and said
unto him. Because I said unto thee,
1 saw thee underneath the fig tree,
belie vest thou.^^ thou shalt see greater
things than these. 51 And he saith
unto him. Verily, verily, I say unto
you. Ye shall see the heaven opened,
and the angels of God ascending and
descending upon the Son of man.
2 And the third day there was
a marriage in Cana of Galilee;
and the mother of Jesus was there:
2 and Jesus also was bidden, and his
disciples, to the marriage. 3 And
when the wine failed, the mother of
Jesus saith unto him, They have no
wine. 4 And Jesus saith unto her,
Woman, what have I to do with thee.^^
mine hour is not yet come. 5 His
mother saith unto the servants.
Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
6 Now there were six waterpots of
stone set there after the Jews' man-
ner of purifying, containing two or
three firkins apiece. 7 Jesus saith
unto them. Fill the waterpots with
water. And they filled them up to
the brim. 8 And he saith unto them.
Draw out now, and bear unto the
^ruler of the feast. And they bare it.
9 And when the ruler of the feast
tasted the water ^now become wine,
and knew not whence it was (but the | them, for that he knew all men, 25
servants that had drawn the water • and because he needed not that any
knew) , the ruler of the feast calleth one should bear witness concerning
the bridegroom, 10 and saith untopman; for he himself knew what was
him, Every man setteth on first the I in man.
good wine; and when men have drunk Q Now there was a man of the
freely, then that which is worse: thou \ O Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a
hast kept the good wine until now. j ruler of the Jews : 2 the same came
1 1 This beginning of his signs did i unto him by night, and said to him,
Capernaum, he, and his mother, and
his brethren, and his disciples; and
there they abode not many days.
13 And the passover of the Jews
was at hand, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. 14 And he found in the
temple those that sold oxen and
sheep and doves, and the changers
of money sitting : 15 and he made
a scourge of cords, and cast all out
of the temple, both the sheep and
the oxen; and he poured out the
changers' money, and overthrew
their tables; 16 and to them that
sold the doves he said. Take these
things hence; make not my Father's
house a house of merchandise. 17
His disciples remembered that it was
written, ^Zeal for thy house shall eat
me up. 18 The Jews therefore an-
swered and said unto him. What sign
showest thou unto us, seeing that
thou doest these things.'^ 19 Jesus
answered and said unto them. De-
stroy this ^temple, and in three days
I will raise it up. 20 The Jews there-
fore said. Forty and six years was
this ^temple in building, and wilt
thou raise it up in three days.^^ 21
But he spake of the Hemple of his
body. 22 When therefore he was
raised from the dead, his disciples
remembered that he spake this; and
they believed the scripture, and the
word which Jesus had said.
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem
at the passover, during the feast,
many believed on his name, behold-
ing his signs which he did. 24 But
Jesus did not trust himself unto
Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and mani-
fested his glory; and his disciples be-
lieved on him.
12 After this he went down to
Rabbi, we know that thou art a
teacher come from God; for no one
can do these signs that thou doest.
Or, steward
2 Or, that it had become
3Ps. Ixix. 9.
* Or, a man; for
* Or, sanctuary
the man.
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Nicodetnus visits Jesus.
JOHN 3.3—3.33
except God be with him. 3 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee. Except one be
born ^anew, he cannot see the king-
dom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith
unto him, How can a man be born
when he is old? can he enter a second
time into his mother's womb, and be
born.^ 5 Jesus answered, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except one be
born of water and the Spirit, he can-
not enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is
flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I
said unto thee. Ye must be born
^anew. 8 ^The wind bloweth where
it will, and thou hearest the voice
thereof, but knowest not whence it
cometh, and whither it goeth: so is
every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto
him. How can these things be.^^ 10
Jesus answered and said unto him.
Art thou the teacher of Israel, and
understandest not these things .f^ 11
Verily, verily, I say unto thee. We
speak that which we know, and bear
witness of that which we have seen;
and ye receive not our witness. 12
If I told you earthly things and ye
believe not, how shall ye believe if I
tell you heavenly things.^ 13 And no
one hath ascended into heaven, but
he that descended out of heaven,
even the Son of man, ^who is in
heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up
the serpent in the wilderness, even so
must the Son of man be lifted up;
15 that whosoever ^believeth may in
him have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth on him
should not perish, but have eternal
life. 17 For God sent not the Son
into the world to judge the world;
but that the world should be saved
through him. 18 He that believeth
on him is not judged: he that be-
lieveth not hath been judged al-
*Qod so loved the world'
ready, because he hath not believed
on the name of the only begotten Son
of God. 19 And this is the judgment,
that the light is come into the world,
and men loved the darkness rather
than the light; for their works were
evil. 20 For every one that ^doeth
evil hateth the light, and cometh not
to the light, lest his works should be
^reproved. 21 But he that doeth the
truth cometh to the light, that his
works may be made manifest, ^that
they have been wrought in God.
22 After these things came Jesus
and his disciples into the land of
Judsea; and there he tarried with
with them, and baptized. 23 And
John also was baptizing in iEnon
near to Salim, because there ^was
much water there: and they came,
and were baptized. 24 For John
was not yet cast into prison. 25
There arose therefore a questioning
on the part of John's disciples with
a Jew about purifying. 26 And they
came unto John, and said to him.
Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond
the Jordan, to whom thou hast
borne witness, behold, the same bap-
tizeth, and all men come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man
can receive nothing, except it have
been given him from heaven. 28 Ye
yourselves bear me witness, that I
said, I am not the Christ, but, that
I am sent before him. 29 He that
hath the bride is the bridegroom:
but the friend of the bridegroom,
that standeth and heareth him,
rejoiceth greatly because of the
bridegroom's voice: this my joy
therefore is made full. 30 He must
increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cometh from above is
above all: he that is of the earth is
of the earth, and of the earth he
speaketh: ^he that cometh from
heaven is above all. 32 What he
hath seen and heard, of that he
beareth witness; and no man re-
ceive th his witness. 33 He that
i
» Or, /rom above See ver. 31; ch. 19. 11; Jas. 1. 17;
3. 15. 17. 2 Or. The spirit breatheth
» Many ancient authorities omit who is in heaven.
* Or, believeth in him may have
8 Or, practiseth ' Or, convicted
^ Or, becatise « Gr. were many waters.
» Some ancient authorities read he that cometh from
heaven beareth witness of what he hath seen and heard.
104
The Samaritan Woman
hath received his witness hath set
his seal to this, that God is true.
34 For he whom God hath sent
speaketh the words of God: for he
giveth not the Spirit by measure.
35 The Father loveth the Son, and
hath given all things into his hand.
36 He that believeth on the Son
hath eternal life; but he that
^obeyeth not the Son shall not see
life, but the wrath of God abideth
on him.
4 When therefore the Lord
knew that the Pharisees had
heard that Jesus was making and
baptizing more disciples than John
2 (although Jesus himself baptized
not, but his disciples), 3 he left
Judaea, and departed again into
Galilee. 4 And he must needs pass
through Samaria. 5 So he cometh
to a city of Samaria, called Sychar,
near to the parcel of ground that
Jacob gave to his son Joseph: 6 and
Jacob's 2well was there. Jesus there-
fore, being wearied with his journey,
sat ^thus by the ^well. It was about
the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a
woman of Samaria to draw water:
Jesus saith unto her. Give me to
drink. 8 For his disciples were gone
away into the city to buy food.
9 The Samaritan woman therefore
saith unto him. How is it that thou,
being a Jew, askest drink of me, who
am a Samaritan woman .^^ (^For
Jews have no dealings with Samari-
tans.) 10 Jesus answered and said
unto her. If thou knewest the gift of
God, and who it is that saith to thee.
Give me to drink; thou wouldest
have asked of him, and he would
have given thee living water. 11
The woman saith unto him, ^Sir,
thou hast nothing to draw with, and
the well is deep: whence then hast
thou that living water .^ 12 Art thou
greater than our father Jacob, who
JOHN 3.34—4.29
Every one that drinketh of this
water shall thirst again : 14 but who-
soever drinketh of the water that I
shall give him shall never thirst; but
the water that I shall give him shall
become in him a well of water spring-
ing up unto eternal life. 15 The
woman saith unto him, ^Sir, give me
this water, that I thirst not, neither
come all the way hither to draw.
16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy
husband, and come hither. 17 The
woman answered and said unto him,
I have no husband. Jesus saith unto
her. Thou saidst well, I have no
husband: 18 for thou hast had five
husbands; and he whom thou now
hast is not thy husband: this hast
thou said truly. 19 The woman
saith unto him, ^Sir, I perceive that
thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers
worshipped in this mountain; and
ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place
where men ought to worship. 21
Jesus saith unto her. Woman, be-
lieve me, the hour cometh, when
neither in this mountain, nor in
Jerusalem shall ye worship the
Father. 22 Ye worship that which
ye know not: we worship that which
we know; for salvation is from the
Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and
now is, when the true worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit
and truth : ^f or such doth the Father
seek to be his worshippers. 24 ^God
is a Spirit: and they that worship
him must worship in spirit and
truth. 25 The woman saith unto
him, I know that Messiah cometh
(he that is called Christ) : when he
is come, he will declare unto us all
things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I
that speak unto thee am he.
27 And upon this came his dis-
ciples; and they marvelled that he
was speaking with a woman; yet
no man said. What seekest thou.f^ or,
gave us the well, and drank thereof I Why speakest thou with her.^^ 28 So
himself, and his sons, and his cattle? the woman left her waterpot, and
13 Jesus answered and said unto her, went away into the city, and saith
to the people, 29 Come, see a man.
1 Or, believeth not
2 Gr. spring: and so in ver. 14; but not in ver. 11, 12.
3 Or, as he was Comp. ch. 13. 25.
* Some ancient authorities omit For Jews have no deal-
iniiS with Samaritans. 5 Qr, Lord
8 Or, for such the Father also seeketh
^ Or, God is spirit
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'One soweth, and another reapeth.
JOHN 4.30—5.7
who told me all things that ever I did :
can this be the Christ? 30 They
went out of the city, and were com-
ing to him. 31 In the mean while
the disciples prayed him, saying.
Rabbi, eat. 32 But he said unto
them, I have meat to eat that ye
know not. 33 The disciples there-
fore said one to another. Hath any
man brought him aught to eat.^^ 34
Jesus saith unto them. My meat is
to do the will of him that sent me,
and to accomplish his work. 35 Say
not ye, There are yet four months,
and then cometh the harvest .^^ be-
hold, I say unto you. Lift up your
eyes, and look on the fields, that
they are ^white already unto harvest.
36 He that reapeth receiveth wages,
and gathereth fruit unto life eternal;
that he that soweth and he that
reapeth may rejoice together. 37
For herein is the saying true, One
soweth, and another reapeth. 38 I
sent you to reap that whereon ye
have not labored: others have
labored, and ye are entered into their
labor.
39 And from that city many of
the Samaritans believed on him be-
cause of the word of the woman, who
testified, He told me all things that
ever I did. 40 So when the Samari-
tans came unto him, they besought
him to abide with them: and he
abode there two days. 41 And many
more believed because of his word;
42 and they said to the woman, Now
we believe, not because of thy speak-
ing: for we have heard for our-
selves, and know that this is indeed
the Saviour of the world.
43 And after the two days he went
forth from thence into Galilee. 44
For Jesus himself testified, that a
prophet hath no honor in his own
country. 45 So when he came into
Galilee, the Galilseans received him,
having seen all the things that he
did in Jerusalem at the feast: for
they also went unto the feast.
46 He came therefore again unto
Cana of Galilee, where he made the
The Cure in Capernaum
Or, white unto harvest. Already he that reapeth b'c.
water wine. And there was a certain
^nobleman, whose son was sick at
Capernaum. 47 When he heard that
Jesus was come out of Judsea into
Galilee, he went unto him, and be-
sought him that he would comf
down, and heal his son; for he was
at the point of death. 48 Jesus
therefore said unto him. Except ye
see signs and wonders, ye will in no
wise believe. 49 The ^nobleman
saith unto him, ^Sir, come down ere
niy child die. 50 Jesus saith unto
him. Go thy way; thy son liveth.
The man believed the word that
Jesus spake unto him, and he went
his way. 51 And as he was now
going down, his ^servants met him,
saying, that his son lived. 52 So he
inquired of them the hour when he
began to amend. They said there-
fore unto him. Yesterday at the
seventh hour the fever left him. 53
So the father knew that it was at
that hour in which Jesus said unto
him, Thy son liveth: and himself
believed, and his whole house. 54
This is again the second sign that
Jesus did, having come out of Judaea
into Galilee.
5 After these things there was
^a feast of the Jews; and Jesus
went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem by
the sheep gate a pool, which is called
in Hebrew ^Bethesda, having^ five
porches. 3 In these lay a multitude
of them that were sick, blind, halt,
withered^. 5 And a certain man
was there, who had been thirty and
eight years in his infirmity. 6 When
Jesus saw him lying, and knew that
he had been now a long time in that
case, he saith unto him, Wouldest .
thou be made whole? 7 The sick -
man answered him, ^Sir, I have no
2 Or, king's officer ' Or, Lord
* Gr. bondservants.
8 Many ancient authorities read the feast. (Comp. ch.
2. 13?)
« Some ancient authorities read Bethsaida, others Beth-
zatha.
f Many ancient authorities insert, wholly or in part,
waiting for the moving of the water: 4 for an angel of the Lord
went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the
water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water
stepped in was made whole, with whatsoever disease he was
holden.
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The Cure at Bethesda. Jesus censured for Sabbath-breaking
JOHN 5.8—5.37
man, when the water is troubled,
to put me into the pool: but while
I am coming, another steppeth down
before me. 8 Jesus saith unto him.
Arise, take up thy ^bed and walk.
9 And straightway the man was
made whole, and took up his ^bed
and walked.
Now it was the sabbath, on that
day. 10 So the Jews said unto him
that was cured, It is the sabbath,
and it is not lawful for thee to take
up thy ^bed. 11 But he answered
them. He that made me whole, the
same said unto me. Take up thy
%ed, and walk. 12 They asked him.
Who is the man that said unto thee.
Take up thy ^bed, and walk.^^ 13 But
he that was healed knew not who it
was; for Jesus had conveyed him-
self away, a multitude being in the
place. 14 Afterward Jesus findeth
him in the temple, and said unto
him. Behold, thou art made whole:
sin no more, lest a worse thing befall
thee. 15 The man went away, and
told the Jews that it was Jesus who
had made him whole. 16 And for
this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus,
because he did these things on the
sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered
them. My Father worketh even un-
til now, and I work. 18 For this
cause therefore the Jews sought the
more to kill him, because he not only
brake the sabbath, but also called
God his own Father, making him-
self equal with God.
19 Jesus therefore answered and
said unto them. Verily, verily, I say
unto you. The Son can do nothing
of himself, but what he seeth the
Father doing: for what things so-
ever he doeth, these the Son also
doeth in like manner. 20 For the
Father loveth the Son, and shov/eth
him all things that himself doeth:
and greater works than these will he
show him, that ye may marvel.
21 For as the Father raiseth the dead
and giveth them life, even so the
Son also giveth life to whom he will.
22 For neither doth the Father judge
Or, pallet
any man, but he hath given all
judgment unto the Son; 23 that all
may honor the Son, even as they
honor the Father. He that honor-
eth not the Son honoreth not the
Father that sent him. 24 Verily,
verily, I say unto you, He that
heareth my word, and believeth him
that sent me, hath eternal life, and
Cometh not into judgment, but hath
passed out of death into life. 25
Verily, verily, I say unto you. The
hour Cometh, and now is, when the
dead shall hear the voice of the Son
of God; and they that ^hear shall
live. 26 For as the Father hath
life in himself, even so gave he to
the Son also to have life in himself:
27 and he gave him authority to
execute judgment, because he is a
son of man. 28 Marvel not at this:
for the hour cometh, in which all
that are in the tombs shall hear his
voice, 29 and shall come forth; they
that have done good, unto the resur-
rection of life; and they that have
^done evil, unto the resurrection of
judgment.
30 I can of myself do nothing: as
I hear, I judge: and my judgment
is righteous; because I seek not
mine own will, but the will of him
that sent me. 31 If I bear witness
of myself, my witness is not true.
32 It is another that beareth witness
of me; and I know that the witness
which he witnesseth of me is true.
33 Ye have sent unto John, and he
hath borne witness unto the truth.
34 But the witness which I receive
is not from man: howbeit I say
these things, that ye may be saved.
35 He was the lamp that burneth
and shineth; and ye were willing to
rejoice for a season in his light.
36 But the witness which I have is
greater than that of John; for the
works which the Father hath given
me to accomplish, the very works
that I do, bear witness of me, that
the Father hath sent me. 37 And
the Father that sent me, he hath
borne witness of me. Ye have
2 Or, hearken
me.
8 Or, practised
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Jesus confutes his Censurers.
The Five Thousand Fed
JOHN 5.38—6.23
neither heard his voice at any time, and two fishes : but what are these
nor seen his form. 38 And ye have among so many? 10 Jesus said,
not his word abiding in you: for Make the people sit down. Now
whom he sent, him ye beheve not. \ there was much grass in the place.
39 ^Ye search the scriptures, because ; So the men sat down, in number
ye think that in them ye have eternal j about five thousand. 11 Jesus
life; and these are they which bear j therefore took the loaves; and hav-
witness of me; 40 and ye will not ling given thanks, he distributed to
come to me, that ye may have life.
41 I receive not glory from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not
the love of God in yourselves. 43 I
am come in my Father's name, and
ye receive me not: if another shall
come in his own name, him ye will
receive. 44 How can ye believe,
who receive glory one of another,
and the glory that cometh from ^the
only God ye seek not.? 45 Think
not that I will accuse you to the
Father : there is one that accuseth
you, even Moses, on whom ye have
set your hope. 46 For if ye be-
lieved Moses, ye would beheve me;
for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye
believe not his writings, how shall
ye believe my words .^^
6 After these things Jesus went
away to the other side of the
sea of Galilee, which is the sea of
Tiberias. 2 And a great multitude
followed him, because they beheld
the signs which he did on them that
were sick. 3 And Jesus went up
into the mountain, and there he sat
with his disciples. 4 Now the pass-
over, the feast of the Jews, was at
hand. 5 Jesus therefore lifting up
his eyes, and seeing that a great
multitude cometh unto him, saith
unto Philip, Whence are we to buy
%read, that these may eat.^^ 6 And
this he said to prove him: for he
himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip answered him. Two hundred
^shillings' worth of %read is not
sufiicient for them, that every one
may take a little. 8 One of his dis-
ciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's broth-
er, saith unto him, 9 There is a lad
here, who hath five barley loaves,
1 Or, Search the scriptures
2 Some ancient authorities read the only one.
3 Gr. loaves.
* The word in the Greek denotes a coin worth about
eight pence halfpenny, or nearly seventeen cents.
108
them that were set down; likewise
also of the fishes as much as they
would. 12 And when they were
filled, he saith unto his disciples,
Gather up the broken pieces which
remain over, that nothing be lost.
13 So they gathered them up, and
filled twelve baskets with broken
pieces from the five barley loaves,
which remained over unto them that
had eaten. 14 When therefore the
people saw the ^sign which he did,
they said. This is of a truth the
prophet that cometh into the world.
15 Jesus therefore perceiving that
they were about to come and take
him by force, to make him king,
withdrew again into the mountain
himself alone.
16 And when evening came, his
disciples went down unto the sea;
17 and they entered into a boat, and
were going over the sea unto Caper-
naum. And it was now dark, and
Jesus had not yet come to them.
18 And the sea was rising by reason
of a great wind that blew. 19 When
therefore they had rowed about five
and twenty or thirty furlongs, they
behold Jesus walking on the sea, and
drawing nigh unto the boat: and
they were afraid. 20 But he saith
unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
21 They were willing therefore to
receive him into the boat: and
straightway the boat was at the
land whither they were going.
22 On the morrow the multitude
that stood on the other side of the
sea saw that there was no other
^boat there, save one, and that
Jesus entered not with his disciples
into the boat, but that his disciples
went away alone 23 (howbeit there
6 Some ancient authorities read signs
6 Gr. little boat.
Discourses on the Bread of Life. The Jews dispute with one another
came ^boats from Tiberias nigh unto
the place where they ate the bread
after the Lord had given thanks) :
24 when the multitude therefore
saw that Jesus was not there,
neither his disciples, they them-
selves got into the ^boats, and came
to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 25
And when they found him on the
other side of the sea, they said unto
him. Rabbi, when camest thou
hither? 26 Jesus answered them
and said, Verily, verily, I say unto
you. Ye seek me, not because ye
saw signs, but because ye ate of the
loaves, and were filled. 27 Work not
for the food which perisheth, but for
the food which abideth unto eternal
life, which the Son of man shall give
unto you: for hirii the Father, even
God, hath sealed. 28 They said
therefore unto him. What must we
do, that we may work the works of
God? 29 Jesus answered and said
unto thenj. This is the work of God,
that ye believe on him whom %e
hath sent. 30 They said therefore
unto him, What then doest thou for
a sign, that we may see, and believe
thee.^ what workest thou.^^ 31 Our
fathers ate the manna in the wilder-
ness; as it is written. He ^gave them
bread out of heaven to eat. 32 Jesus
therefore said unto them. Verily,
verily, I say unto you. It was not
Moses that gave you the bread out
of heaven; but my Father giveth
you the true bread out of heaven.
33 For the bread of God is that which
Cometh down out of heaven, and
giveth life unto the world. 34 They
said therefore unto him. Lord, ever-
more give us this bread. 35 Jesus
said unto them, I am the bread of
life: he that cometh to me shall not
hunger, and he that believeth on me
shall never thirst. 36 But I said
unto you, that ye have seen me, and
yet believe not. 37 All that which
the Father giveth me shall come
unto me; and him that cometh to
me I will in no wise cast out. 38 For
JOHN 6.24—6.53
1 1 am come down from heaven, not
to do mine own will, but the will of
him that sent me. 39 And this is the
will of him that sent me, that of
all that which he hath given me I
should lose nothing, but should
raise it up at the last day. 40 For
this is the will of my Father, that
every one that beholdeth the Son,
and believeth on him, should have
eternal life; and ^I will raise him up
at the last day.
41 The Jews therefore murmured
concerning him, because he said, I
am the bread which came down out
of heaven. 42 And they said. Is not
this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose
father and mother we know.^^ how
doth he now say, I am come down
out of heaven .f^ 43 Jesus answered
and said unto them. Murmur not
among yourselves. 44 No man can
come to me, except the Father that
sent me draw him: and I will raise
him up in the last day. 45 It is
written in the prophets, ^And they
shall all be taught of God. Every
one that hath heard from the Father,
and hath learned, cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the
Father, save he that is from God, he
hath seen the Father. 47 Verily,
verily, I say unto you. He that be-
lieveth hath eternal life. 48 I am
the bread of life. 49 Your fathers
ate the manna in the wilderness, and
they died. 50 This is the bread
which cometh down out of heaven,
that a man may eat thereof, and not
die. 51 I am the living bread which
came down out of heaven: if any
man eat of this bread, he shall live
for ever: yea and the bread which
I will give is my flesh, for the life of
the world.
52 The Jews therefore strove one
with another, saying. How can this
man give us his flesh to eat.^^ 53
Jesus therefore said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you. Ex-
cept ye eat the flesh of the Son of
man and drink his blood, ye have not
1 Gr. Utile boats. 2 Or, he sent
' Neh. ix. 15; Ex. xvi. 4,'lo; Ps. Ixxviii. 24; cv. 40.
•* Or, that I should raise him up
5 Is. liv. 13; (Jer, xxxi. 34?).
101)
JOHN 6.54—7.18
Many Disciples desert.
The Brethren of Jesus carp at him
life in yourselves. 54 He that eateth
my flesh and drinketh my blood hath
eternal life; and I will raise him up
at the last day. 55 For my flesh is
^meat indeed, and my blood is
^drink indeed. 56 He that eateth
my flesh and drinketh my blood
abideth in me, and I in him. 57 As
the living Father sent me, and I live
because of the Father; so he that
eateth me, he also shall live because
of me. 58 This is the bread which
came down out of heaven: not as
the fathers ate, and died; he that
eateth this bread shall live forever.
59 These things said he in ^the
synagogue, as he taught in Caper-
naum.
60 Many therefore of his disciples,
when they heard this, said. This is a
hard saying; who can hear ^it.^
61 But Jesus knowing in himself
that his disciples murmured at this,
said unto them. Doth this cause you
to stumble? 62 What then if ye
should behold the Son of man
ascending where he was before.?
63 It is the spirit that giveth life;
the flesh profiteth nothing: the
words that I have spoken unto you
are spirit, and are life. 64 But there
are some of you that believe not.
For Jesus knew from the beginning
who they were that believed not,
and who it was that should betray
him. 65 And he said. For this cause
have I said unto you, that no man
can come unto me, except it be
given unto him of the Father.
66 Upon this many of his disciples
went back, and walked no more
with him. 67 Jesus said therefore
unto the twelve. Would ye also go
away? 68 Simon Peter answered
him. Lord, to whom shall we go?
thou ^hast the words of eternal life.
69 And we have believed and know
that thou art the Holy One of God.
70 Jesus answered them, Did not I
choose you the twelve, and one of
you is a devil? 71 Now he spake of
Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for
1 Gr. true meat.
20r, a synagogue
''Or, deliver him uj)
• Gr. true drink.
<0r. him
'Or, hast words
he it was that should %etray him,
being one of the twelve.
7 And after these things Jesus
walked in Galilee : for he would
not walk in Judaea, because the
Jews sought to kill him. 2 Now the
feast of the Jews, the feast of taber-
nacles, was at hand. 3 His brethren
therefore said unto him, Depart
hence, and go into Judaea, that thy
disciples also may behold thy works
which thou doest. 4 For no man
doeth anything in secret, ^and him-
self seeketh to be known openly. If
thou doest these things, manifest
thyself to the world. 5 For even
his brethren did not believe on him.
6 Jesus therefore saith unto them,
My time is not yet come; but your
time is always ready. 7 The world
cannot hate you; but me it hateth,
because I testify of it, that its works
are evil. 8 Go ye up unto the feast:
I go not up ^unto this feast; because
my t'me is not yet fulfilled. 9 And
having said these things unto them,
he abode still in Galilee.
10 But when his brethren were
gone up unto the feast, then went
he also up, not publicly, but as it
were in secret. 11 The Jews there-
fore sought him at the feast, and
said, Where is he? 12 And there was
much murmuring among the multi-
tudes concerning him: some said,
He is a good man; others said, Not
so, but he leadeth the multitude
astray. 13 Yet no man spake openly
of him for fear of the Jews.
14 But when it was now the midst
of the feast Jesus went up into' the
temple, and taught. 15 The Jews
therefore marvelled, saying, How
knoweth this man letters, having
never learned? 16 Jesus therefore
answered them, and said, My teach-
ing is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 If any man willeth to do his will,
he shall know of the teaching,
whether it is of God, or whether I
speak from myself. 18 He that
speaketh from himself seeketh his
^ Some ancient authorities read and seeketh it to be known
openly.
8 Many ancient authorities add yet.
110
I
Opinions concerning Jesus divided.
own glory: but he that seeketh
the glory of him that sent him,
the same is true, and no unright-
eousness is in him. 19 Did not
Moses give you the law, and yet none
of you doeth the law.^^ Why seek
ye to kill me.^ 20 The multitude
answered. Thou hast a demon : who
seeketh to kill thee.^^ 21 Jesus an-
swered and said unto them, I did
one work, and ye all marvel because
thereof. 22 Moses hath given you
circumcision (not that it is of Moses,
but of the fathers) ; and on the sab-
bath ye circumcise a man. 23 If a
man receiveth circumcision on the
sabbath, that the law of Moses may
not be broken; are ye wroth with
me, because I made ^a man every
whit whole on the sabbath .^^ 24
Judge not according to appearance,
but judge righteous judgment.
25 Some therefore of them of
Jerusalem said. Is not this he whom
they seek to kill.? 26 And lo, he
speaketh openly, and they say
nothing unto him. Can it be that
the rulers indeed know that this is
the Christ .f^ 27 Howbeit we know
this man whence he is: but when
the Christ cometh, no one knoweth
whence he is. 28 Jesus therefore
cried in the temple, teaching and
saying. Ye both know me, and know
whence I am; and I am not come of
myself, but he that sent me is true,
whom ye know not. 29 I know him;
because I am from him, and he sent
me. 30 They sought therefore to
take him: and no man laid his hand
on him, because his hour was not
yet come. 31 But of the multitude
many believed on him; and they
said. When the Christ shall come,
will he do more signs than those
which this man hath done.? 32 The
Pharisees heard the multitude mur-
muring these things concerning him;
and the chief priests and the Phari-
sees sent officers to take him. 33
Jesus therefore said. Yet a little
while am I with you, and I go unto
him that sent me. 34 Ye shall seek
' Or. a whole man sound.
If any man thirst" JOHN 7.19—7.52
me, and shall not find me : and where
I am, ye cannot come. 35 The Jews
therefore said among themselves.
Whither will this man go that we
shall not find him? will he go unto
the Dispersion ^among the Greeks,
and teach the Greeks.? 36 What is
this word that he said. Ye shall seek
me, and shall not find me; and where
I am, ye cannot come.?
37 Now on the last day, the great
day of the feast, Jesus stood and
cried, saying, If any man thirst, let
him come unto me and drink. 38
He^ that believeth on me, as the
scripture hath said, Hvom within
him shall fiow rivers of living water.
39 But this spake he of the Spirit,
which they that believed on him
were to receive: ^for the Spirit was
not yet given; because Jesus was
not yet glorified. 40 Some of the
multitude therefore, when they heard
these words, said. This is of a truth
the prophet. 41 Others said. This
is the Christ. But some said, W^hat,
doth the Christ come out of Galilee.?
42 ^Hath not the scripture said that
the Christ cometh of the seed of
David, and from Bethlehem, the
village where David was? 43 So
there arose a division in the multi-
tude because of him. 44 And some
of them would have taken him; but
no man laid hands on him.
45 The officers therefore came to
the chief priests and Pharisees; and
they said unto them. Why did ye not
bring him? 46 The officers answered.
Never man so spake. 47 The Phari-
sees therefore answered them. Are
ye also led astray? 48 Hath any of
the rulers believed on him, or of the
Pharisees? 49 But this multitude
that knoweth not the law are ac-
cursed. 50 Nicodemus saith unto
them (he that came to him before,
being one of them), 51 Doth our law
judge a man, except it first hear
from himself and know what he
doeth? 52 They answered and said
unto him. Art thou also of Galilee?
2 Gr. of. 8 Gr. out of his belly.
* Some ancient authorities read for the Holy Spirit was
not yet given. » 2 S. vii. 12 ff.; Mic. v. 2.
Ill
JOHN 7.53 8.29 [The Woman taken in Adultery.] " I am the light of the world "
I
Search, and ^see that out of Galilee
ariseth no prophet.
53 2[And they went every man
8 unto his own house: 1 but
Jesus went unto the mount of
Olives. 2 And early in the morning
he came again into the temple, and
all the people came unto him; and
he sat down, and taught them.
3 And the scribes and the Pharisees
bring a woman taken in adultery;
and 'having set her in the midst, 4
they say unto him. Teacher, this
woman hath been taken in adultery,
in the very act. 5 ^Now in the law
Moses commanded us to stone such:
what then say est thou of her.^ 6 And
this they said, trying him, that they
might have whereof to accuse him.
But Jesus stooped down, and with
his finger wrote on the ground.
7 But when they continued asking
him, he lifted up himself, and said
unto them. He that is without sin
among you, let him first cast a stone
at her. 8 And again he stooped
down, and with his finger wrote on
the ground. 9 And they, when they
heard it, went out one by one, be-
ginning from the eldest, even unto
the last: and Jesus was left alone,
and the woman, where she was, in
the midst. 10 And Jesus lifted up
himself, and said unto her. Woman,
where are they.^^ did no man con-
demn thee.f^ 11 And she said, No
man. Lord. And Jesus said. Neither
do I condemn thee: go thy way;
from henceforth sin no more.]
12 Again therefore Jesus spake
unto them, saying, I am the light
of the world: he that followeth me
shall not walk in the darkness, but
shall have the light of life. 13 The
Pharisees therefore said .unto him.
Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy
witness is not true. 14 Jesus an- me, I speak these things. 29 And he
swered and said unto them, Even if that sent me is with me; he hath not
is true; for I know whence I came,
and whither I go; but ye know not
whence I come, or whither I go.
15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge
no man. 16 Yea and if I judge, my
judgment is true; for I am not alone,
but I and the Father that sent me.
17 Yea and in 3^our law it is written,
^that the witness of two men is true.
18 I am he that beareth witness of
myself, and the Father that sent me
beareth witness of me. 19 They
said therefore unto him. Where is
thy Father.^ Jesus answered. Ye
know neither me, nor my Father:
if ye knew me, ye would know my
Father also. 20 These words spake
he in the treasury, as he taught in
the temple: and no man took him;
because his hour was not yet come.
21 He said therefore again unto
them, I go away, and ye shall seek
me, and shall die in your sin : whither
I go, ye cannot come. 22 The Jews
therefore said, Will he kill himself,
that he saith, Whither I go, ye can-
not come.f^ 23 And he said unto
them. Ye are from beneath; I am
from above: ye are of this world;
I am not of this world. 24 I said
therefore unto you, that ye shall die
in your sins: for except ye believe
that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
25 They said therefore unto him.
Who art thou.^^ Jesus said unto
them, ^Even that which I have also
spoken unto you from the beginning.
26 I have many things to speak and
to judge concerning you: howbeit
he that sent me is true; and the
things which I heard from him, these
speak I unto the world. 27 They
perceived not that he spake to them
of the Father. 28 Jesus therefore
said, When ye have lifted up the
Son of man, then shall ye know that
^I am he, and that I do nothing of
myself, but as the Father taught
I bear witness of myself, my witness
1 Or, see: for out of Galilee 6*c.
« Most of the ancient authorities omit John 7. 53-8. 11.
Those which contain it vary much from each other.
3 Lev. XX. 10: Dt. xxii. 22 f.
left me alone; for I do always the
things that are pleasing to him.
* Comp. Dt. xix. 15; xvii. 6.
6 Or, Altogether that which / aho speak unto you
* Or, / am he: and I do
iia
The True Children of Abraham
30 As he spake these things, many
believed on him.
31 Jesus therefore said to those
Jews that had beheved him, If ye
abide in my word, then are ye truly
my disciples; 32 and ye shall know
the truth, and the truth shall make
you free. 33 They answered unto
him. We are Abraham's seed, and
have never yet been in bondage to
any man : how say est thou. Ye shall
be made free? 34 Jesus answered
them. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Every one that committeth sin is
the bondservant of sin. 35 And the
bondservant abideth not in the house
for ever: the son abideth for ever.
36 If therefore the Son shall make
you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are Abraham's
seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because
my word %ath not free course in
you. 38 I speak the things which I
have seen with "^my Father: and ye
also do the things which ye heard
from your father. 39 They answered
and said unto him, Our father is
Abraham. Jesus saith unto them.
If ye ^were Abraham's children, ^ye
would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man
that hath told you the truth, which
I heard from God: this did not
Abraham. 41 Ye do the works of
your father. They said unto him,
We were not born of fornication;
we have one Father, even God. 42
Jesus said unto them. If God were
your Father, ye would love me: for
I came forth and am come from God;
for neither have I come of myself,
but he sent me. 43 Why do ye not
^understand my speech .^^ Even be-
cause ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil,
and the lusts of your father it is your
will to do. He was a murderer from
the beginning, and standeth not in
the truth, because there is no truth
1 Or, hath no place in you
* Or, the Father: do ye also therefore the things which ye
heard from the Father
8 Gr. are. ^ \
* Some ancient authorities read ye do the works of A bra- j
ham. i
* Or, know '
JOHN 8.30—9.2
in him. ^When he speaketh a lie,
he speaketh of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father thereof. 45 But
because I say the truth, ye believe
me not. 46 Which of you convicteth
me of sin.^ If I say truth, why do ye
not believe me? 47 He that is of
God heareth the words of God: for
this cause ye hear them not, because
ye are not of God. 48 The Jews
answered and said unto him. Say
we not well that thou art a Sa-
maritan, and hast a demon .'^ 49 Jesus
answered, I have not a demon; but
1 honor my Father, and ye dishonor
me. 50 But I seek not mine own
glory : there is one that seeketh and
judgeth. 51 Verily, verily, I say
unto you. If a man keep my word,
he shall never see death. 52 The
Jews said unto him. Now we know
that thou hast a demon. Abraham
died, and the prophets; and thou
sayest. If a man keep my word, he
shall never taste of death. 53 Art
thou greater than our father Abra-
ham, who died.f^ and the prophets
died: whom makest thou thy self .^^
54 Jesus answered. If I glorify my-
self, my glory is nothing: it is my
Father that glorifieth me; of whom
ye say, that he is your God; 55 and
ye have not known him : but I know
him; and if I should say, I know him
not, I shall be like unto you, a liar:
but I know him, and keep his word.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced
^to see my day; and he saw it, and
was glad. 57 The Jews therefore
said unto him. Thou art not yet
fifty years old, and hast thou seen
Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them.
Verily, verily, I say unto you. Be-
fore Abraham was born, I am.
59 They took up stones therefore to
cast at him: but Jesus %id himself,
and went out of the temple^.
9 And as he passed by, he saw
a man blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, say-
« Or, When one speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for
his father also is a liar.
7 Or, that he should see
8 Or, was hidden, and went b'c.
9 Many ancient authorities add and going through the
midst of them went his way and so passed by.
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JOHN 9.3—9.34
The Man born blind. The Pharisees cross-question him
ing, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, i The Jews therefore did not believe
or his parents, that he should be ; concerning him, that he had been
born blind? 3 Jesus answered
Neither did this man sin, nor his
parents: but that the works of God
should be made manifest in him.
4 We must work the works of him
that sent me, while it is day: the
night Cometh, when no man can
work. 5 When I am in the world,
I am the light of the world. 6 When
he had thus spoken, he spat on the
ground, and made clay of the
spittle, %nd anointed his eyes with
the clay, 7 and said unto him. Go,
wash in the pool of Siloam (which is
by interpretation. Sent). He went
away therefore, and washed, and
came seeing. 8 The neighbors there-
fore, and they that saw him afore-
time, that he was a beggar, said, Is
not this he that sat and begged.'^
9 Others said. It is he: others said,
No, but he is like him. He said, I
am he. 10 They said therefore unto
him. How then were thine eyes
opened.^ 11 He answered. The man
that is called Jesus made clay, and
anointed mine eyes, and said unto
me. Go to Siloam, and wash: so I
went away and washed, and I re-
ceived sight. 12 And they said
unto him. Where is he? He saith,
I know not.
13 They bring to the Pharisees
him that aforetime was blind. 14
Now it was the sabbath on the day
when Jesus made the clay, and
opened his eyes. 15 Again there-
fore the Pharisees also asked him
how he received his sight. And he
said unto them. He put clay upon
mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.
16 Some therefore of the Pharisees
said. This man is not from God,
because he keepeth not the sabbath.
But others said, How can a man
that is a sinner do such signs? And
there was a division among them.
17 They say therefore unto the
blind man again. What say est thou
of him, in that he opened thine eyes?
And he said. He is a prophet. 18
1 Or, and with the clay thereof anointed his eyes
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blind, and had received his sight,
until they called the parents of him
that had received his sight, 19 and
asked them, saying, Is this your son,
who ye say was born blind? how
then doth he now see? 20 His
parents answered and said, We know
that this is our son, and that he was
born blind: 21 but how he now
seeth, we know not; or who opened
his eyes, we know not: ask him;
he is of age; he shall speak for him-
self. 22 These things said his
parents, because they feared the
Jews: for the Jews had agreed
already, that if any man should
confess him to be Christ, he should
be put out of the synagogue. 23
Therefore said his parents. He is of
age; ask him. 24 So they called a
second time the man that was blind,
and said unto him. Give glory to
God: we know that this man is a
sinner. 25 He therefore answered,
Whether he is a sinner, I know not:
one thing I know, that, whereas I
was blind, now I see. 26 They said
therefore unto him. What did he to
thee? how opened he thine eyes?
27 He answered them, I told you
even now, and ye did not hear;
wherefore would ye hear it again?
would ye also become his disciples?
28 And they reviled him, and said,
Thou art his disciple; but we are
disciples of Moses. 29 We know
that God hath spoken unto Moses:
but as for this man, we know not
whence he is. 30 The man as- J
swered and said unto them. Why, *
herein is the marvel, that ye know
not whence he is, and yet he opened
mine eyes. 31 We know that God
heareth not sinners : but if any man
be a worshipper of God, and do his
will, him he heareth. 32 Since the
world began it was never heard that
any one opened the eyes of a man
born blind. 33 If this man were not
from God, he could do nothing. 34
They answered and said unto him,
Thou wast altogether born in sins.
Parable of the Sheep-fold.
and dost thou teach us? And they
cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast
him out; and finding him, he said.
Dost thou beheve on ^the Son of
God? 36 He answered and said.
And who is he, Lord, that I may
beheve on him? 37 Jesus said unto
him, Thou hast both seen him, and
he it is that speaketh with thee.
38 And he said. Lord, I beheve.
And he ^^worshipped him. 39 And
Jesus said, For judgment came I
into this world, that they that see
not may see; and that they that
see may become bhnd. 40 Those
of the Pharisees who were with him
heard these things, and said unto
him, Are we also blind? 41 Jesus
said unto them. If ye were blind,
ye would have no sin: but now ye
say, We see: your sin remaineth.
1r\ Verily, verily, I say unto
U you, He that entereth not by
the door into the fold of the sheep,
but climbeth up some other way,
the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the
door is ^the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and
the sheep hear his voice: and he
calleth his own sheep by name, and
leadeth them out. 4 When he hath
put forth all his own, he goeth be-
fore them, and the sheep follow him :
for they know his voice. 5 And a
stranger will they not follow, but
will flee from him: for they know
not the voice of strangers. 6 This
Sparable spake Jesus unto them:
but they understood not what things
they were which he spake unto them.
7 Jesus therefore said unto them
again, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
I am the door of the sheep. 8 All
that came ^before me are thieves
and robbers: but the sheep did not
hear them. 9 I am the door; by me
if any man enter in, he shall be
saved, and shall go in and go out,
* Many ancient authorities read the Son of Man.
* The Greek word denotes an act of reverence, whether
paid to a creature (as here) or to the Creator (see ch. 4.
20).
3 Or, a shepherd < Or, proverb
6 Some ancient authorities omit before me.
The Good Shepherd JOHN 9.35—10.25
and shall find pasture. 10 The thief
Cometh not, but that he may steal,
and kill, and destroy: I came that
they may have life, and may ®have
it abundantly. 11 I am the good
shepherd: the good shepherd layeth
down his life for the sheep. 12 He
that is a hireling, and not a shepherd,
whose own the sheep are not, be-
holdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth
the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf
snatcheth them, and scattereth them :
IS he fleeth because he is a hireling,
and careth not for the sheep. 14 I
am the good shepherd; and I know
mine own, and mine own know me,
15 even as the Father knoweth me,
and I know the Father; and I lay
down my life for the sheep. 16 And
other sheep I have, which are not
of this fold: them also I must
^bring, and they shall hear my voice;
and ^they shall become one flock,
one shepherd. 17 Therefore doth
the Father love me, because I lay
down my life, that I may take it
again. 18 No one Haketh it away
from me, but I lay it down of myself.
I have i°power to lay it down, and I
have i*^power to take it again. This
commandment received I from my
Father.
19 There arose a division again
among the Jews because of these
words. 20 And many of them said.
He hath a demon, and is mad; why
hear ye him? 21 Others said. These
are not the sayings of one possessed
with a demon. Can a demon open
the eyes of the blind?
22 i^And it was the feast of the
dedication at Jerusalem: 23 it was
winter; and Jesus was walking in
the temple in Solomon's ^^porch.
24 The Jews therefore came round
about him, and said unto him. How
long dost thou hold us in suspense?
If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you,
and ye believe not: the works that
« Or, have abundance '> Or, lead
8 Or, there shall be one flock
9 Some ancient authorities read took it away.
w Or, right
" Some ancient authorities read A f that time was the feast,
" Or, portico
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JOHN 10.26 — 11.20 Feast of the Dedication. Jesus hears of Lazarus's Sickness
I do in my Father's name, these bear
witness of me. 26 But ye beHeve
not, because ye are not of my sheep.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I
know them, and they follow me:
28 and I give unto them eternal life;
and they shall never perish, and no
one shall snatch them out of my
hand. 29 ^My Father, who hath
given them unto me, is greater than
all; and no one is able to snatch
Hhem out of the Father's hand.
30 I and the Father are one. 31 The
Jews took up stones again to stone
him. 32 Jesus answered them, Many
good works have I showed you from
the Father; for which of those works
do ye stone me? 33 The Jews an-
swered him. For a good work we
stone thee not, but for blasphemy;
and because that thou, being a man,
makest thyself God. 34 Jesus an-
swered them. Is it not written in
your law, ^I said, Ye are gods.'^ 35
If he called them gods, unto whom
the word of God came (and the
scripture cannot be broken), 36 say
ye of him, whom the Father ''sanc-
tified and sent into the world. Thou
blasphemest; because I said, I am
the Son of God.? 37 If I do not the
works of my Father, believe me not.
38 But if I do them, though ye be-
lieve not me, believe the works : that
ye may know and understand that
the Father is in me, and I in the
Father. 39 They sought again to
take him: and he went forth out of
their hand.
40 And he went away again be-
yond the Jordan into the place where
John was at the first baptizing; and
there he abode. 41 And many came
unto him; and they said, John in-
deed did no sign : but all things what-
soever John spake of this man were
true. 42 And many believed on
him there.
1-1 Now a certain man was sick,
1 Lazarus of Bethany, of the
village of Mary and her sister
Martha. 2 And it was that Mary
1 Some ancient authorities read That which my Father
hath given unto me.
- Or, aught ^ pg. ixxxii. 6. * Or, consecrated
who anointed the Lord with oint-
ment, and wiped his feet with her
hair, whose brother Lazarus was
sick. 3 The sisters therefore sent
unto him, saying. Lord, behold, he
whom thou lovest is sick. 4 But
when Jesus heard it, he said. This
sickness is not unto death, but for
the glory of God, that the Son of
God may be glorified thereby. 5
N6w Jesus loved Martha, and her
sister, and Lazarus. 6 When there-
fore he heard that he was sick, he
abode at that time two days in the
place where he was. 7 Then after
this he saith to the disciples. Let us
go into Judaea again. 8 The dis-
ciples say unto him. Rabbi, the Jews
were but now seeking to stone thee;
and goest thou thither again .^^ 9
Jesus answered. Are there not twelve
hours in the day.^^ If a man walk in
the day, he stumbleth not, because
he seeth the light of this world. 10
But if a man walk in the night, he
stumbleth, because the light is not
in him. 11 These things spake he:
and after this he saith unto them.
Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep;
but I go, that I may awake him out
of sleep. 12 The disciples therefore
said unto him. Lord, if he is fallen
asleep, he will ^recover. 13 Now
Jesus had spoken of his death: but
they thought that he spake of taking
rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus there-
fore said unto them plainly, Lazarus
is dead. 15 And I am glad for your
sakes that I was not there, to the
intent ye may believe; neverthelesj
let us go unto him. 16 Thomas
therefore, who is called ^Didymus,
said unto his fellow-disciples. Let us
also go, that we may die with him.
17 So when Jesus came, he found
that he had been in. the tomb four
days already. 18 Now Bethany was
nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen
furlongs off; 19 and many of the
Jews had come to Martha and Mary,
to console them concerning their
brother. 20 Martha therefore, when
she heard that Jesus was coming,
8 Gr. be saved. « That is, Twin.
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Raises Lazarus from the Dead. Plot to put Jesus to Death JOHN 11.2 1 1 1.51
went and met him: but Mary still
sat in the house. 21 Martha there-
fore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou
hadst been here, my brother had not
died. 22 And even now I know that,
whatsoever thou shalt ask of God,
God will give thee. 23 Jesus saith
unto her, Thy brother shall rise
again. 34 Martha saith unto him,
I know that he shall rise again in the
resurrection at the last day. 25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resur-
rection, and the life: he that be-
lieveth on me, though he die, yet
shall he live; 26 and whosoever
liveth and believeth on me shall
never die. Believest thou this.'^ 27
She saith unto him. Yea, Lord: I
have believed that thou art the
Christ, the Son of God, even he that
Cometh into the world. 28 And when
she had said this, she went away,
and called Mary %er sister secretly,
saying. The Teacher is here, and
calleth thee. 29 And she, when she ;
heard it, arose quickly, and went
unto him. ^ 30 (Now Jesus was not !
yet come into the village, but was
still in the place where Martha met ;
him.) 31 The Jews then who were
with her in the house, and were con-
soling her, when they saw Mary,
that she rose up quickly and went
out, followed her, supposing that she
was going unto the tomb to ^weep
there. 32 Mary therefore, when she
came where Jesus was, and saw him,
fell down at his feet, saying unto
him. Lord, if thou hadst been here,
my brother had not died. 33 When
Jesus therefore saw her ^weeping,
and the Jews also "^weeping who
came with her, he ^groaned in the
spirit, and ^was troubled, 34 and \
said. Where have ye laid him.^^ They
say unto him. Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept. 36 The Jews there-
fore said. Behold how he loved him !
37 But some of them said. Could
not this man, who opened the eyes
of him that was blind, have qaused
1 Or, her sister, saying secretly
2 Gr. wail. 3 Gr. wailing.
* Or, was mewed with indignation in the spirit
^ Gr. troubled himself.
117
that this man also should not die.^
38 Jesus therefore again *^groaning
in himself cometh to the tomb. Now
it was a cave, and a stone lay
^against it. 39 Jesus saith. Take ye
away the stone. Martha, the sister
of him that was dead, saith unto
him. Lord, by this time ^the body
decay eth; for he hath been dead
four days. 40 Jesus saith unto her,
Said I not unto thee, that, if thou
believedst, thou shouldest see the
glory of God.^ 41 So they took away
the stone. And Jesus lifted up his
eyes, and said. Father, I thank thee
that thou heardest me. 42 And I
knew that thou hearest me always:
but because of the multitude that
standeth around I said it, that they
may believe that thou didst send me.
43 And when he had thus spoken,
he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus,
come forth. 44 He that was dead
came forth, bound hand and foot
with ^grave-clothes; and his face
was bound about with a napkin.
Jesus saith unto them. Loose him,
and let him go.
45 Many therefore of the Jews,
who came to Mar^^ and beheld ^^hat
which he did, believed on him. 46
But some of them went away to the
Pharisees, and told them the things
which Jesus had done.
47 The chief priests therefore and
the Pharisees gathered a council,
and said. What do we.? for this man
doeth many signs. 48 If we let him
thus alone, all men will believe on
him : and the Romans will come and
take away both our place and our
nation. 49 But a certain one of
them, Caiaphas, being high priest
that year, said unto them. Ye know
nothing at all, 50 nor do ye take
account that it is expedient for you
that one man should die for the
people, and that the whole nation
perish not. 51 Now this he said
nbt of himself: but being high priest
that year, he prophesied that Jesus
• Or, being moved with indignation in himself
7 Or, upon 8 Gr. he stinketh.
9 Or, grave-bands
1* Many ancient authorities read the things which he did.
JOHN 11.52—12.24
should die for the nation ; 52 and not
for the nation only, but that he
might also gather together into one
the children of God that are scat-
tered abroad. 53 So from that day
forth they took counsel that they
might put him to death.
54 Jesus therefore walked no more
openly among the Jews, but de-
parted thence into the country near
to the wilderness, into a city called
Ephraim; and there he tarried
with the disciples. 55 Now the
passover of the Jews was at hand:
and many went up to Jerusalem out
of the country before the passover,
to purify themselves. 56 They
sought therefore for Jesus, and spake
one with another, as they stood in
the temple. What think ye.^ That
he will not come to the feast? 57
Now the chief priests and the
Pharisees had given commandment,
that, if any man knew where he was,
he should show it, that they might
take him.
-j Q Jesus therefore six days be-
1 Li fore the passover came to
Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom
Jesus raised from the dead. 2 So
they made him a supper there: and
Martha served; but Lazarus was one
of them that ^sat at meat with him.
3 Mar}^ therefore took a pound of
ointment of ^pure nard, very pre-
cious, and anointed the feet of Jesus,
and wiped his feet with her hair : and
the house was filled with the odor of
the ointment. 4 But Judas Iscariot,
one of his disciples, that should
betray him, saith, 5 Why was not
this ointment sold for three hundred
^shillings, and. given to the poor.^
6 Now this he said, not because he
cared for the poor; but because he
was a thief, and having the ^bag
^took away what was put therein.
7 Jesus therefore said, ^Suffer her to
keep it against the day of my burying.
8 For the poor ye have always with
you; but me ye have not always.
The Anointing at Bethany.
The Triumphal Entry
1 Gr. reclined. 2 Or, liquid nard
3 Or, deliver him up
* See marginal note on ch. 6. 7. ^ Or, box
' Or, carried what was put therein
' Or, Let her alone: it was that she might keep it
9 The common people therefore
of the Jews learned that he was
there : and they came, not for
Jesus' sake only, but th'at they might
see Lazarus also, whom he had
raised from the dead. 10 But the
chief priests took counsel that they
might put Lazarus also to death;
11 because that by reason of him
many of the Jew^s went away, and
believed on Jesus.
12 On the morrow ^a great multi-
tude that had come to the feast,
when they heard that Jesus was
coming to Jerusalem, 13 took the
branches of the palm trees, and went
forth to meet him, and cried out, ^
Hosanna : Blessed is he that cometh
in the name of the Lord, even the
King of Israel. 14 And Jesus, hav-
ing found a young ass, sat thereon;
as it is written, 15 ^Fear not, daugh-
ter of Zion: behold, thy King
i cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
i 16 These things understood not his
I disciples at the first: but when Jesus'
j was glorified, then remembered they
{ that these things were written of I
him, and that they had done these
things unto him. 17 The multitude
therefore that was with him when
I he called Lazarus out of the tomb,
j and raised him from the dead, bare
I witness. 18 For this cause also the
j multitude went and met him, for
' that they heard that he had done
\ this sign. 19 The Pharisees there-
fore said among themselves, ^°Be~
hold how ye prevail nothing; lo,
the world is gone after him.
20 Now there were certain Greeks
among those that went up to wor-
ship at the feast: 21 these therefore
came to Philip, who was of Beth-
saida of Galilee, and asked him,
sajang. Sir, we would see Jesus. 22
Philip cometh and telleth Andrew:
Andrew cometh, and Philip, and
they tell Jesus. 23 And Jesus an-
sw*ereth them, saying. The hour is
' come, that the Son of man should
I be glorified. 24 Verily, verily, I say
! « Some ancient authorities read the common people. See
'' ver. 9.
» Zech. ix. 9. «> Or, Ye behold
IS
The Evangelist's Retrospect.
Jesus sums up his Claims
JOHN 12.25—13.1
unto you, Except a grain of wheat
fall into the earth and die, it abideth
by itself alone; but if it die, it
beareth much fruit. 25 He that
loveth his ^life loseth it; and he that
hateth his ^life in this world shall
keep it unto ^Hfe eternal. 26 If any
man serve me, let him follow me;
and where I am, there shall also my
servant be: if any man serve me,
him will the Father honor. 27 Now
is my soul troubled; and what shall
I say.f^ Father, save me from this
%our. But for this cause came I
unto this hour. 28 Father, glorify
thy name. There came therefore a
voice out of heaven, saying, I have
both glorified it, and will glorify it
again. 29 The multitude therefore,
that stood by, and heard it, said
I that it had thundered: others said.
An angel hath spoken to him. 30
i Jesus answered and said. This voice
hath not come for my sake, but for
your sakes. 31 Now is ^the judg-
ment of this world: now shall the
prince of this world be cast out.
32 And I, if I be lifted up ^from the
earth, will draw all men unto myself.
33 But this he said, signifying by
what manner of death he should die.
34 The multitude therefore answered
him. We have heard out of the law
that the Christ abideth for ever:
and how sayest thou. The Son of
man must be lifted up.? who is this
Son of man.? 35 Jesus therefore
said unto them, Yet a little while
is the light ^among you. Walk
while ye have the light, that dark-
ness overtake you not: and he that
■ walketh in the darkness knoweth
not whither he goeth. 36 While ye
have the light, believe on the light,
that ye may become sons of light.
These things spake Jesus, and he
departed and ^hid himself from
them. 37 But though he had done
so many signs before them, yet they
believed not on him: 38 that the
word of Isaiah the prophet might
be fulfilled, which he spake,
' - life in these places represents two different Greek
rds. ^ Or, hour? i Or , a judgment ^ Or, out of
Or, in ' Or, 7vas hidden from thcni
1
^Lord, who hath believed our
report?
And to whom hath the arm of the
Lord been revealed.?
39 For this cause they could not
believe, for that Isaiah said again,
40 ^He hath blinded their eyes, and
he hardened their heart;
Lest they should see with their
eyes, and perceive with their
heart.
And should turn.
And I should heal them.
41 These things said Isaiah, because
he saw his glory; and he spake of
him. 42 Nevertheless even of the
rulers many believed on him; but
because of the Pharisees they did
not confess ^Ht, lest they should be
put out of the synagogue: 43 for
they loved the glory that is'oi men
more than the glory that is of
God.
44 And Jesus cried and said, He
that believeth on me, believeth not
on me, but on him that sent me.
45 And he that beholdeth me be-
holdeth him that sent me. 46 I am
come a light into the world, that
whosoever believeth on me may not
abide in the darkness. 47 And if
any man hear my sayings, and keep
them not, I judge him not: for I
came not to judge the world, but to
save the world. 48 He that re-
jecteth me, and receiveth not my
sayings, hath one that judgeth him :
the word that I spake, the same shall
judge him in the last day. 49 For I
spake not from myself; but the
Father that sent me, he hath given
me a commandment, what I should
say, and what I should speak. 50
And I know that his commandment
is life eternal; the things therefore
which I speak, even as the Father
hath said unto me, so I speak.
"I Q Now before the feast of the
1 O passover, Jesus knowing that
his hour was come that he should
depart out of this world unto the
Father, having loved his own that
were in the world, he loved them
'Is. liii. 1.
Is. vi. 10.
10 Or, him
19
Jesus washes the Disciples' Feet.
JOHN 13.2—13.34
^unto the end. 2 And during supper,
the devil having already put into
the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's
son, to ^betray him, 3 Jesus, know-
ing that the Father had given all
things into his hands, and that he
came forth from God, and goeth un-
to God, 4 riseth from supper, and
layeth aside his garments; and he
took a towel, and girded himself.
5 Then he poureth water into the
basin, and began to wash the dis-
ciples' feet, and to wipe them with
the towel wherewith he was girded.
6 So he Cometh to Simon Peter. He
saith unto him, Lord, dost thou
wash my feet.'^ 7 Jesus answered
and said unto him. What I do thou
knowest not now; but thou shalt
understand hereafter. 8 Peter saith
unto him. Thou shalt never wash my
feet. Jesus answered him. If I wash
thee not, thou hast no part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him. Lord,
not my feet only, but also my hands
and my head. 10 Jesus saith to him,
He that is bathed needeth not ^save
to wash his feet, but is clean every
whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
11 For he knew him that should
-betray him; therefore said he, Ye
are not all clean.
12 So when he had washed their
feet, and taken his garments, and
''sat down again, he said unto them.
Know ye what I have done to you.'^
13 Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord:
and ye say well; for so I am. 14 If
I then, the Lord and the Teacher,
have washed your feet, ye also ought
to wash one another's feet. 15 For
I have given you an example, that
ye also should do as I have done to
you. 16 Verily, verily, I say unto
you, A ^servant is not greater than
his lord; neither ^one that is sent
greater than he that sent him. 17
If ye know these things, blessed are
ye if ye do them. 18 I speak not of
you all: I know whom I ^have
chosen: but that the scripture may
1 Or, to the uttermost « Or, deliver him up
' Some ancient authorities omit save, and his feet.
^Or. reclined. 5 Gr. bondservant.
•"Gr. an apostle. "> Or, chose
Points out the Betrayer.
be fulfilled, «He that eateth ^my
bread lifted up his heel against me.
19 From henceforth I tell you be-
fore it come to pass, that, when it is
come to pass, ye may believe that I
am he, 20 Verily, verily, I say unto
you. He that receiveth whomsoever
I send receiveth me ; and he that
receiveth me receiveth him that
sent me.
21 When Jesus had thus said, he
was troubled in the spirit, and
testified, and said, Verily, verily,
I say unto you, that one of you
shall ^^betray me. 22 The disciples
looked one on another, doubting of
whom he spake. 23 There was at
the table reclining in Jesus' bosom
one of his disciples, whom Jesus
loved. 24 Simon Peter therefore
beckoneth to him, and saith unto
him. Tell us who it is of whom he
speaketh. 25 He leaning back, as
he was, on Jesus' breast saith unto
him. Lord, who is it.^ 26 Jesus there-
fore answereth. He it is, for whom I
shall dip the sop, and give it him.
So when he had dipped the sop, he
taketh and giveth it to Judas, the
son of Simon Iscariot. 27 And after
the sop, then entered Satan into
him. Jesus therefore saith unto him,
What thou doest, do quickly. 28
Now no man at the table knew for
what intent he spake this unto him.
29 For some thought, because Judas
had the ^^bag, that Jesus said unto
him. Buy what things we have need
of for the feast; or, that he should
give something to the poor. 30 He
then having received the sop went
out straightway: and it was night.
31 When therefore he was gone
out, Jesus saith, Now ^^is the Son of
man glorified, and God ^^is glorified
in him; 32 and God shall glorify
him in himself, and straightway shall
he glorify him. 33 Little children,
yet a little while I am with you. Ye
shall seek me: and as I said unto
the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot
come; so now I say unto you. 34 A
8 Ps. xli. 9.
9 Manv ancient authorities read his bread with me.
w Or, deliver me up " Or, box '2 Or, wa<
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The Farewell Discourse
new commandment I give unto you,
that ye love one another; ^even as I
have loved you, that ye also love one
another. 35 By this shall all men
know that ye are my disciples, if ye
have love one to another.
36 Simon Peter saith unto him.
Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus
answered. Whither I go, thou canst
not follow me now; but thou shalt
follow afterwards. 37 Peter saith
unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow
thee even now.'^ I will lay down my
life for thee. 38 Jesus answereth.
Wilt thou lay down thy life for me?
Verily, verily, I say unto thee. The
cock shall not crow, till thou hast
denied me thrice.
ULet not your heart be
troubled: Relieve in God,
believe also in me. 2 In my Father's
house are many ^mansions; if it
were not so, I would have told you;
for I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for
you, I come again, and will receive
you unto myself; that where I am,
there ye may be also. 4 ^And whither
I go, ye know the way. 5 Thomas
saith unto him, Lord, we know not
whither thou goest; how know we
the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, and the truth, and
the life: no one cometh unto the
Father, but ^by me. 7 If ye had
known me, ye would have known
my Father also: from henceforth ye
know him, and have seen him. 8
Philip saith unto him. Lord, show
us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him. Have I been
so long time with you, and dost
thou not know me, Philip? he that
hath seen me hath seen the Father;
how sayest thou. Show us the
Father? 10 Belie vest thou not that
I am in the Father, and the Father
in me? the words that I say unto
you I speak not from myself: but
the Father abiding in me doeth his
works. 11 Believe me that I am in
JOHN 13.35—14.26
the Father, and the Father in me:
or else believe me for the very works'
sake. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto
you. He that believeth on me, the
works that I do shall he do also ; and
greater works than these shall he do ;
because I go unto the Father. 13
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my
name, that will I do, that the Father
may be glorified in the Son. 14 If
ye shall ask ^anything in my name,
that will I do. 15 If ye love me, ye
will keep my commandments. 16
And I will ^pray the Father, and he
shall give you another ^Comforter,
that he may be with you for ever,
17 eve7i the Spirit of truth: whom
the world cannot receive; for it
beholdeth him not, neither knoweth
him: ye know him; for he abideth
with you, and shall be in you. 18 I
will not leave you ^desolate: I come
unto you. 19 Yet a little while, and
the world beholdeth me no more;
but ye behold me: because I live,
i°ye shall live also. 20 In that day
ye shall know that I am in my
Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
21 He that hath my commandments,
and keepeth them, he it is that
loveth me: and he that loveth me
shall be loved of my Father, and I
will love him, and will manifest
myself unto him. 22 Judas (not
Iscariot) saith unto him. Lord, what
is come to pass that thou wilt mani-
fest thyself unto us, and not unto
the world? 23 Jesus answered and
said unto him. If a man love me, he
will keep my word: and my Father
will love him, and we will come unto
him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loveth me not keepeth
not my words: and the word which
ye hear is not mine, but the Father's
who sent me.
25 These things have I spoken
unto you, while yet abiding with you.
26 But the ^Comforter, even the Holy
Spirit, whom the Father will send
in my name, he shall teach you all
1 Or, even as I loved you, that ye also may love one another.
2 Or, ye believe in God ^ Or, abiding-places
* Many ancient authorities read And whither I go ye
kncTiV, and the way ye know. 5 Or, through
I 121
« Many ancient authorities add me.
'-Gr. make request of.
^ Or, Advocate Or, Helper Or. Paraclete.
9 Or, orphans '" Or, and ye shall live
JOHN 14.27 — 15.25 The "Comforter" promised. "I am the True Vine." "Ye are my Friends'
things, and bring to your remem-
brance all that I said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace
I give unto you: not as the world
giveth, give I unto you. Let not
your heart be troubled, neither let
it be fearful. 28 Ye heard how I
said to you, I go away, and I come
unto you. If ye loved me, ye would
have rejoiced, because I go unto the
Father: for the Father is greater
than I. 29 And now I have told you
before it come to pass, that, when it
is come to pass, ye may believe. 30
1 will no more speak much with you,
for the prince of the world cometh:
and he hath nothing ^in me; 31 but
that the world may know that I
love the Father, and as the Father
gave me commandment, even so I
do. Arise, let us go hence.
-| ^ I am the true vine, and my
1 0 Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth
not fruit, he taketh it away: and
every branch that beareth fruit, he
cleanseth it, that it may bear more
fruit. 3 Already ye are clean be-
cause of the word which I have
spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me,
and I in you. As the branch cannot
bear fruit of itself, except it abide
in the vine; so neither can ye, ex-
cept ye abide in me. 5 I am the
vine, ye are the branches: He that
abideth in me, and I in him, the
same beareth much fruit: for apart
from me ye can do nothing. 6 If a
man abide not in me, he is cast forth
as a branch, and is withered; and
they gather them, and cast them
into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words
abide in you, ask whatsoever ye
will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein ^is my Father glorified,
Hhat ye bear much fruit; and so
shall ye be my disciples. 9 Even as
the Father hath loved me, I also
have loved you : abide ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye
1 Or, in me. 31 But that b'c. . . . I do, arise fiyc.
- Or, was
3 Many ancient authorities read that ye bear much fruit,
and be my disciples.
shall abide in my love; even as I
have kept my Father's command-
ments, and abide in his love. 11
These things have I spoken unto
you, that my joy may be in you, and
that your joy may be made full.
12 This is my commandment, that
ye love one another, even as I have
loved you. 13 Greater love hath no
man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my
friends, if ye do the things which
I command you. 15 No longer do
I call you '^servants; for the ^servant
knoweth not what his lord doeth:
but I have called you friends; for
all things that I heard from my
Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye did not choose me, but I
chose you, and appointed 3^ou, that
ye should go and bear fruit, and that
your fruit should abide: that what-
soever ye shall ask of the Father in
my name, he may give it you. 17
These things I command you, that
ye may love one another. 18 If the
world hateth you, ^ye know that it
hath hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world
would love its own: but because ye
are not of the world, but I chose you
out of the world, therefore the world
hateth you. 20 Remember the word
that I said unto you, A ^servant is
not greater than his lord. If they
persecuted me, they will also perse-
cute you; if they kept my word,
they will keep yours also. 21 But
all these things will they do unto you
for my name's sake, because they
know not him that sent me. 22 If
I had not come and spoken unto
them, they had not had sin: but
now they have no excuse for their
sin. 23 He that hateth me hateth
my Father also. 24 If I had not
done among them the works which
none other did, they had not had
sin: but now have they both seen
and hated both me and my Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the
word may be fulfilled that is written
* Gr. bondservants.
« Or, know ye
' Gr. bondservant.
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"It is expedient for you that I go away"
in their law, ^They hated me without
a cause. 26 But when the ^Com-
forter is come, whom I will send unto
you from the Father, even the Spirit
of truth, which ^proceedeth from the
Father, he shall bear witness of me:
27 %nd ye also bear witness, because
ye have been with me from the be-
ginning.
In These things have I spoken
O unto you, that ye should not
be caused to stumble. 2 They shall
put you out of the synagogues : yea,
the hour cometh, that whosoever
killeth you shall think that he offer-
eth service unto God. 3 And these
things will they do, because they
have not known the Father, nor me.
4 But these things have I spoken
unto you, that when their hour is
come, ye may remember them, how
that I told you. And these things
I said not unto you from the begin-
ning, because I was with you. 5 But
now I go unto him that sent me;
and none of you asketh me. Whither
goest thou.f^ 6 But because I have
spoken these things unto you, sor-
!Jrow hath filled your heart. 7 Never-
theless I tell you the truth: It is
expedient for you that I go away;
for if I go not away, the ^Comforter
will not come unto you; but if I
go, I will send him unto you. 8
And he, when he is come, will con-
ivict the world in respect of sin, and
lof righteousness, and of judgment:
:9 of sin, because they believe not on
ime; 10 of righteousness, because I
jgo to the Father, and ye behold me
jno more; 11 of judgment, because
jthe prince of this world hath been
judged. 12 I have yet many things
to say unto you, but ye cannot bear
them now. 13 Howbeit when he,
the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall
[guide you into all the truth: for he
shall not speak from himself; but
what things soever he shall hear,
these shall he speak: and he shall
declare unto you the things that are
to come. 14 He shall glorify me:
1 Ps. XXXV. 19; Ixix. 4.
2 Or, Advocate Or, Helper Gr. Paraclete.
* Or, goeth forth from ♦ Or, and bear ye also witness
JOHN 15.26—16.26
for he shall take of mine, and shall
declare it unto you. 15 All things
whatsoever the Father hath are
mine: therefore said I, that he
taketh of mine, and shall declare it
unto you. 16 A little while, and
ye behold me no more; and again
a little while, and ye shall see me.
17 Some of his disciples therefore
said one to another. What is this
that he saith unto us, A little while,
and ye behold me not; and again a
little while, and ye shall see me:
and. Because I go to the Father .^^
18 They said therefore. What is this
that he saith, A little while. ^^ We
know not what he saith. 19 Jesus
perceived that they were desirous to
ask him, and he said unto them,
Do ye inquire among yourselves
concerning this, that I said, A little
while, and ye behold me not, and
again a little while, and ye shall see
me? 20 Verily, verily, I say unto
you, that ye shall weep and lament,
but the world shall rejoice: ye shall
be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall
be turned into joy. 21 A woman
when she is in travail hath sorrow,
because her hour is come: but when
she is delivered of the child, she
remembereth no more the anguish,
for the joy that a man is born into
the world. 22 And ye therefore now
have sorrow: but I will see you
again, and your heart shall rejoice,
and your joy no one taketh away
from you. 23 And in that day ye
shall ^ask me no question. Verily,
verily, I say unto you. If ye shall
ask anything of the Father, he will
give it you in my name. 24 Hither-
to have ye asked nothing in my
name: ask, and ye shall receive,
that your joy may be made full.
25 These things have I spoken
unto you in ^dark sayings: the hour
cometh, when I shall no more speak
unto you in ^dark sayings, but shall
tell you plainly of the Father. 26
In that day ye shall ask in my name:
land I say not unto you, that I will
6 Or. ask me nothing Comp. ver.
« Or, parables
ch. 14. 13, 20.
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JOHN 16.27 — 17.23 "Be of Good Cheer; I have overcome the World." The Farewell Prayer
ipray the Father for you; 27 for the
Father himself loveth you, because
ye have loved me, and have be-
lieved that I came forth from the
Father. 28 I came out from the
Father, and am come into the world :
again, I leave the world, and go
unto the Father. 29 His disciples
say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly,
and speakest no ^dark saying. 30
Now know we that thou knowest
all things, and needest not that any
man should ask thee: by this we
believe that thou camest forth from
God. 31 Jesus answered them. Do
ye now believe.'^ 32 Behold, the
hour Cometh, yea, is come, that ye
shall be scattered, every man to his
own, and shall leave me alone: and
yet I am not alone, because the
Father is with me. 33 These things
have I spoken unto you, that in me
ye may have peace. In the world
ye have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world.
Ify These things spake Jesus;
I and lifting up his eyes to
heaven, he said. Father, the hour
is come; glorify thy Son, that the
Son may glorify thee: 2 even as
thou gavest him authority over all
flesh, that Uo all whom thou hast
given him, he should give eternal
life. 3 And this is life eternal, that
they should know thee the only
true God, and him whom thou didst
send, even Jesus Christ. 4 I glorified
thee on the earth, having accom-
plished the work which thou hast
given me to do. 5 And now, Father,
glorify thou me with thine own self
with the glory which I had with
thee before the world was. 6 I
manifested thy name unto the men
whom thou gavest me out of the
world: thine they were, and thou
gavest them to me; and they have
kept thy word. 7 Now they know
that all things whatsoever thou hast
given me are from thee: 8 for the
words which thou gavest me I have
given unto them; and they re-
1 Gr. make request of. 2 Or, parable
'Gr. whatsoever thou hast given him, to them he b'c.
ceived them, and knew of a truth
that I came forth from thee, and
they believed that thou didst send
me. 9 I ^pray for them : I '^pray not
for the world, but for those whom
thou hast given me; for they are
thine: 10 and all things that are
mine are thine, and thine are mine:
and I am glorified in them. 11 And
I am no more in the world, and these
are in the world, and I come to thee.
Holy Father, keep them in thy name
which thou hast given me, that they
may be one, even as w^e are. 12
While I was with them, I kept them
in thy name which thou hast given
me: and I guarded them, and not
one of them perished, but the son
of perdition; ^hat the scripture
might be fulfilled. 13 But now I
come to thee; and these things I
speak in the world, that they may
have my joy made full in themselves.
14 I have given them thy w^ord; and
the world hated them, because they
are not of the w^orld, even as I am
not of the world. 15 I ''pray not
that thou shouldest take them ^froni
the world, but that thou shouldest
keep them ^rom ^the evil one. 16
They are not of the world, even as I
am not of the world. 17 ^Sanctify
them in the truth : thy word is truth.
18 As thou didst send me into the
world, even so sent I them into the
world. 19 And for their sakes I
Sanctify myself, that they them-
selves also may be sanctified in
truth. 20 Neither for these onl}^ do
I ^pray, but for them also that be-
lieve on me through their word; 21
that they may all be one; even as
thou. Father, art in me, and I in thee,
that they also mscy be in us: that
the world may believe that thou
didst send me. 22 And the glory
which thou hast given me I have
given unto them; that they may
be one, even as we are one; 23 I in
them, and thou in me, that they may
be perfected into one; that the world
may know that thou didst send me.
« Gr. make request.
• Gr. out of.
» Ps. xU. 9?
1 0r, evil 8 Or, Consfcratf
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The Betrayal. The Seizure. Peter's First Denial. JOHN 17.24 18.24
Put up the sword into the sheath:
the cup which the Father hath given
me, shall I not drink it?
12 So the %and and the ^chief
captain, and the officers of the
Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,
13 and led him to Annas first; for
he was father in law to Caiaphas,
who was high priest that year. 14
Now Caiaphas was he that gave
counsel to the Jews, that it was ex-
pedient that one man should die for
the people.
15 And Simon Peter followed
Jesus, and so did another disciple.
Now that disciple was known unto
the high priest, and entered in with
Jesus into the court of the high
priest; 16 but Peter was standing
at the door without. So the other
disciple, who was known unto the
high priest, went out and spake
unto her that kept the door, and
brought in Peter. 17 The maid
therefore that kept the door saith
unto Peter, Art thou also one of
this man's disciples .^^ He saith, I am
not. 18 Now the ^servants and the
officers were standing there, having
made ^a fire of coals; for it was cold;
and they were warming themselves:
and Peter also was with them, stand-
ing and warming himself.
19 The high priest therefore asked
Jesus of his disciples, and of his
teaching. 20 Jesus answered him,
I have spoken openly to the world;
I ever taught in ^^synagogues, and
in the temple, where all the Jews
come together; and in secret spake
I nothing. 21 Why askest thou me.^^
ask them that have heard me, what
I spake unto them: behold, these
know the things which I said. 22
And when he had said this, one of
the officers standing by struck Jesus
i^with his hand, saying, Answerest
thou the high priest so.? 23 Jesus
answered him. If I have spoken evil,
bear witness of the evil: but if well,
why smitest thou me? 24 Annas
7 Or, military tribune Gr. chiliarch.
8 Gr. bondservants.
» Gr. a fire of charcoal.
10 Gr. synagogue. "Or, with a rod
and lovedst them, even as thou lov-
edst me. 24 Father, T desire that
they also whom thou hast given me
be with me where I am, that they
may behold my glory, which thou
hast given me: for thou lovedst me
before the foundation of the world.
25 O righteous Father, the world
knew thee not, but I knew thee; and
these knew that thou didst send me;
26 and I made known unto them thy
name, and will make it known; that
the love wherewith thou lovedst me
may be in them, and I in them.
10 When Jesus had spoken
O these words, he went forth
with his disciples over the ^brook
^Kidron, where was a garden, into
which he entered, himself and his
disciples. 2 Now Judas also, who
^betrayed him, knew the place: for
Jesus oft-times resorted thither with
his disciples. 3 Judas then, having
received the %and of soldiers, and
officers from the chief priests and
the Pharisees, cometh thither with
lanterns and torches and weapons.
4 Jesus therefore, knowing all the
things that were coming upon him,
went forth, and saith unto them,
Whom seek ye? 5 They answered
him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith
unto them, I am he. And Judas also,
who ^betrayed him, was standing
with them. 6 When therefore he
said unto them, I am he, they went
backward, and fell to the ground.
7 Again therefore he asked them.
Whom seek ye.^^ And they said,
Jesus of Nazareth. 8 Jesus an-
swered, I told you that I am he; if
therefore ye seek me, let these go
their way: 9 that the word might
be fulfilled which he spake. Of
those whom thou hast given me I
lost not one. 10 Simon Peter there-
fore having a sword drew it, and
struck the high priest's ^servant,
and cut off his right ear. Now the
^servant's name was Malchus. 11
Jesus therefore said unto Peter,
1 Gr. that which thou hast given me, I desire that where I
am, they also may be with me, that b'c.
2 Or, ravine Gr. winter -torrent. ' Or, of the Cedars
4 Or, delivered him up 5 Q,-, cnhnrt « Gr. bondservant
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JOHN 18.25—19.11
therefore sent him bound unto
Caiaphas the high priest.
25 Now Simon Peter was standing
and warming himself. They said
therefore unto him, Art thou also
one of his disciples.^ He denied, and
said, I am not. 26 One of the ^ser-
vants of the high priest, being a
kinsman of him whose ear Peter
cut off, saith. Did not I see thee in
the garden with him.^ 27 Peter
therefore denied again : and straight-
way the cock crew.
28 They lead Jesus therefore from
Caiaphas into the ^Prsetorium: and
it was early; and they themselves
entered not into the ^Prgetorium,
that they might not be defiled, but
might eat the passover. 29 Pilate
therefore went out unto them, and
saith, What accusation bring ye
against this man.'^ 30 They answered
and said unto him. If this man were
not an evil-doer, we should not have
delivered him up unto thee. 31
Pilate therefore said unto them.
Take him yourselves, and judge him
according to your law. The Jews
said unto him. It is not laA\^ul for us
to put any man to death: 32 that
the word of Jesus might be fulfilled,
which he spake, signifying by what
manner of death he should die.
33 Pilate therefore entered again
into the ^Prgetorium, and called
Jesus, and said unto him. Art thou
the King of the Jews.^ 34 Jesus
answered, Sayest thou this of thy-
self, or did others tell it thee con-
cerning me.^^ 35 Pilate answered.
Am I a Jew.f^ Thine own nation and
the chief priests delivered thee unto
me: what hast thou done.^^ 36
Jesus answered. My kingdom is not
of this world: if my kingdom were
of this world, then would my ^ser-
vants fight, that I should not be
delivered to the Jews: but now is
my kingdom not from hence. 37
Pilate therefore said unto him. Art
thou a king then.? Jesus answered,
'^Thou sayest that I am a king. To
Peter's Second and Third Denial.
Jesus before Pilate
1 Gr. bondservants. « Or, palace
sOr, officers: as in ver. 3, 12, 18, 22.
*0r, thou sayest it, because I am a king.
this end have I been born, and to
this end am I come into the world,
that I should bear witness unto the
truth. Every one that is of the
truth heareth my voice. 38 Pilate
saith unto him. What is truth .^^
And when he had said this, he
went out again unto the Jews, and
saith unto them, I find no crime in
him. 39 But ye have a custom, that
1 should release unto you one at the
passover: will ye therefore that I
release unto you the King of the
Jews.f^ 40 They cried out therefore
again, saying. Not this man, but
Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a
robber.
i Q Then Pilate therefore took
1 ^ Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crowTi
of thorns, and put it on his head, and
arrayed him in a purple garment;
3 and they came unto him, and said,
Hail, King of the Jews! and they
struck him ^with thtnr hands. 4 And
Pilate went out again, and saith
unto them. Behold, I bring him out
to you, that ye may know that I
find no crime in him. 5 Jesus there-
fore came out, wearing the crown of
thorns and the purple garment. And
Pilate saith unto them. Behold, the
man! 6 When therefore the chief
priests and the officers saw him, they
cried out, saying. Crucify hirriy cru-
cify himl Pilate saith unto them,
Take him yourselves, and crucify
him: for I find no crime in him. 7
The Jews answered him, We have a
law, and by that law he ought to die,
because he made himself the Son of
God. 8 When Pilate therefore heard
this saying, he was the more afraid; 9
and he entered into the ^Prsetorium
again, and saith unto Jesus, Whence
art thou.? But Jesus gave him no
answer. 10 Pilate therefore saith
unto him, Speakest thou not unto
me? knowest thou not that I have
^power to release thee, and have
^ower to crucify thee.? 11 Jesus
answered him. Thou wouldest have
no ^power against me, except it were
» Or, with rods
« Or, authority
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The Crucifixion. " It is finished " JOHN 19.12 19.35
out. 24 They said therefore one to
another, Let us not rend it, but cast
lots for it, whose it shall be: that
the scripture might be fulfilled,
which saith,
^They parted my garments among
them,
And upon my vesture did they
cast lots.
25 These things therefore the sol-
diers did. But there were standing
by the cross of Jesus his mother, and
his mother's sister, Mary the wife of
Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26
When Jesus therefore saw his mother,
and the disciple standing by whom
he loved, he saith unto his mother,
Woman, behold, thy son! 27 Then
saith he to the disciple, Behold, thy
mother! And from that hour the
disciple took her unto his own
home.
28 After this Jesus, knowing that
all things are now finished, ^that
given thee from above: therefore
lie that delivered me unto thee hath
greater sin. 12 Upon this Pilate
sought to release him: but the Jews
cried out, saying. If thou release
this man, thou art not Caesar's
friend: every one that maketh him-
self a king ^speaketh against Caesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard
these words, he brought Jesus out,
and sat down on the judgment-seat
at a place called The Pavement, but
in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 Now it
was the Preparation of the passover :
it was about the sixth hour. And
he saith unto the Jews, Behold,
your King! 15 They therefore cried
out. Away with him, away with
him, crucify him! Pilate saith unto
them. Shall I crucify your King.?
The chief priests answered. We have
no king but Caesar. 16 Then there-
fore he delivered him unto them
to be crucified.
17 They took Jesus therefore: { the scripture might be accomplished,
and he went out, bearing the cross ; saith, I thirst. 29 There was set
for himself, unto the place called
The place of a skull, which is called
in Hebrew Golgotha: 18 where they
crucified him, and 'with him two
others, on either side one, and
Jesus in the midst. 19 And Pilate
wrote a title also, and put it on the
cross. And there was written,
Jesus of Nazareth, the King of
THE Jews. 20 This title therefore
read many of the Jews, ^for the place
where Jesus was crucified was nigh
to the city; and it was written in
Hebrew, and in Latin, and in Greek.
21 The chief priests of the Jews
therefore said to Pilate, W^rite not,
The King of the Jews; but, that he
said, I am King of the Jews. 22
Pilate answered. What I have writ-
ten I have written.
23 The soldiers therefore, when
they had crucified Jesus, took his
garments and made four parts, to
every soldier a part; and also the
^coat: now the ^coat was without
seam, woven from the top through-
' Of, opposeth Ccesar
' Or, for the place of the city where Jesus was crucified was
nigh at hand ^ Or, tunic
there a vessel full of vinegar: so
they put a sponge full of the vine-
gar upon hyssop, and brought it to
his mouth. 30 When Jesus there-
fore had received the vinegar, he
said. It is finished: and he bowed
his head, and gave up his spirit.
31 The Jews therefore, because
it was the Preparation, that the
bodies should not remain on the
cross upon the sabbath (for the day
of that sabbath was a high day),
asked of Pilate that their legs might
be broken, and that they might be
taken away. 32 The soldiers there-
fore came, and brake the legs of the
first, and of the other that was
crucified with him: 33 but when
they came to Jesus, and saw that
he was dead already, they brake not
his legs: 34 howbeit one of the
soldiers with a spear pierced his
side, and straightway there came
out blood and water. 35 And he
that hath seen hath borne witness,
and his witness is true: and he
knoweth that he saith true, that ye
< Ps. xxii. IS.
»Ps. Ixix. 21.
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JOHN 19.36 20.20 The Entombment. Visit to the Tomb. " Woman, why weepest thou? '
also may believe. 36 For these
things came to pass, ^that the
scripture might be fulfilled, A bone
of him shall not be ^broken. 37
And again another scripture saith,
^They shall look on him whom they
pierced.
38 And after these things Joseph
of Arimathsea, being a disciple of
Jesus, but secretly for fear of the
Jews, asked of Pilate that he might
take away the body of Jesus: and
Pilate gave him leave. He came
therefore, and took away his body.
39 And there came also Nicodemus,
he who at the first came to him by
night, bringing a ^mixture of myrrh
and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
40 So they took the body of Jesus,
and bound it in linen cloths with the
spices, as the custom of the Jews is
to bury. 41 Now in the place where
he was crucified there was a garden;
and in the garden a new tomb
wherein was never man yet laid.
42 There then because of the Jews'
Preparation (for the tomb was nigh
at hand) they laid Jesus.
O/^ Now on the first day of
^yj the week cometh Mary Mag-
dalene early, while it was yet dark,
unto the tomb, and seeth the stone
taken away from the tomb. 2 She
runneth therefore, and cometh to
Simon Peter, and to the other dis-
ciple whom Jesus loved, and saith
unto them. They have taken away
.the Lord out of the tomb, and we
know not where they have laid him.*
3 Peter therefore went forth, and
the other disciple, and they went
toward the tomb. 4 And they ran
both together: and the other dis-
ciple outran Peter, and came first
to the tomb; 5 and stooping and
looking in, he seeth the linen cloths
lying; yet entered he not in. 6
Simon Peter therefore also cometh,
following him, and entered into the
tomb; and he beholdeth the linen
cloths lying, 7 and the napkin, that
was upon his head, not lying with
»Ex. xxii. 46; Num. ix. 12; Ps. xxxiv. 20.
2 Or, crushed ^Z^ch. xii. 10.
•Some ancient authorities read roll.
the linen cloths, but rolled up in a
place by itself. 8 Then entered in
therefore the other disciple also,
who came first to the tomb, and he
saw, and believed. 9 For as yet
they knew not the scripture, that
he must rise again from the dead.
10 So the disciples went away again
unto their own home.
11 But Mary was standing with-
out at the tomb weeping: so, as she
wept, she stooped and looked into
the tomb; 12 and she beholdeth
two angels in white sitting, one at
the head, and one at the feet, where
the body of Jesus had lain. 13 And
they say unto her. Woman, why
weepest thou.^^ She saith unto them,
Because they have taken away my
Lord, and I know not where they
have laid him. 14 When she had
thus said, she turned herself back,
and beholdeth Jesus standing, and
knew not that it was Jesus. 15
Jesus saith unto her. Woman, why
weepest thou.^^ whom seekest thou.'^
She, supposing him to be the gar-
dener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou
hast borne him hence, tell me where
thou hast laid 'him, and I will take
him away. 16 Jesus saith unto her,
Mary. She turneth herself, and
saith unto him in Hebrew, Rabboni;
which is to say. Teacher. 17 Jesus
saith to her, ^Touch me not; for I
am not yet ascended unto the Fa-
ther: but go unto my brethren, and
say to them, I ascend unto my
Father and your Father, and my
God and your God. 18 Mary Mag-
dalene cometh and telleth the dis-
ciples, I have seen the Lord; and
that he had said these things unto
her.
19 When therefore it was evening,
on that day, the first day of the
week, and when the doors were
shut where the disciples were, for
fear of the Jews, Jesus came and
stood in the midst, and saith unto
them. Peace he unto you. 20 And
when he had said this, he showed
unto them his hands and his side.
6 Or, Take not hold on me
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Thomas incredulous.
Appearance at the Sea of Tiberias
JOHN 20.21-21.15
The disciples therefore were glad,
when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus
therefore said to them again, Peace
be unto you: as the Father hath
! sent me, even so send I you. 22
And when he had said this, he
breathed on them, and saith unto
them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit:
23 whose soever sins ye forgive, they
I are forgiven unto them ; whose
soever sins ye retain, they are
retained.
24 But Thomas, one of the twelve,
called ^Didymus, was not with them
when Jesus came. 25 The other
disciples therefore said unto him,
We have seen the Lord. But he
said unto them. Except I shall see
in his hands the print of the nails,
and put my finger into the print
of the nails, and put my hand into
his side, I will not believe.
26 And after eight days again his
disciples were within, and Thomas
with them. Jesus cometh, the doors
(being shut, and stood in the midst,
and said. Peace be unto you. 27
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach
hither thy finger, and see my hands;
and reach hither thy hand, and put
it into my side: and be not faith-
less, but believing. 28 Thomas
answered and said unto him, My
Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith
unto him. Because thou hast seen
me, ^thou hast believed: blessed
are they that have not seen, and yet
have believed.
30 Many other signs therefore
did Jesus in the presence of the dis-
ciples, which are not written in this
book: 31 but these are written, that
ye may believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God; and that
believing ye may have life in his
name.
O i After these things Jesus
^ 1 manifested himself again to
the disciples at the sea of Tiberias;
and he manifested himself on this
wise. 2 There were together Simon
Peter, and Thomas called ^Didymus,
and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee,
and the sons of Zebedee, and two
other of his disciples. 3 Simon
Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing.
They say unto him, We also come
with thee. They went forth, and
entered into the boat; and that
night they took nothing. 4 But
when day was now breaking, Jesus
stood on the beach: yet the dis-
ciples knew not that it was Jesus.
5 Jesus therefore saith unto them.
Children, have ye aught to eat.^
They answered him. No. 6 And he
said unto th^m. Cast the net on the
right side of the boat, and ye shall
find. They cast therefore, and now
they were not able to draw it for the
multitude of fishes. 7 That disciple
therefore whom Jesus loved saith
unto Peter, It is the Lord. So when
Simon Peter heard that it was the
Lord, he girt his coat about him
(for he ^was naked), and cast him-
self into the sea. 8 But the other
disciples came in the little boat (for
they were not far from the land, hut
about two hundred cubits off), drag-
ging the net full of fishes. 9 So
when they got out upon the land,
they see ^a fire of coals there, and
^sh laid thereon, and ^bread. 10
Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the
fish which ye have now taken. 11
Simon Peter therefore went ^up, and
drew the net to land, full of great
fishes, a hundred and fifty and three:
and for all there were so many, the
net was not rent. 12 Jesus saith
unto them, Come and break your
fast. And none of the disciples
durst inquire of him. Who are thou.^^
knowing that it was the Lord. 13
Jesus cometh, and taketh the ^bread,
and giveth them, and the fish like-
wise. 14 This is now the third time
that Jesus was manifested to the
disciples, after that he was risen
from the dead.
15 So when they had broken their
fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter,
1 That is, Twin.
2 Or, hast thou believed?
3 Or, had on his undergarment only Comp, ch. 13. 4;
, i Is. 20. 2; Mic. 1. 8. 11.
4 Gr. a fire of charcoal. ^ Or, a fish
6 Or, a loaf '' Or, aboard
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JOHN 21.16—21.25 '^Lovestthoume?'
Simon, son of ^John, ^lovest thou
me more than these? He saith unto
him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that
I %ve thee. He saith unto him.
Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to
him again a second time, Simon,
son of iJohn, ^lovest thou me? He
saith unto him. Yea, Lord; thou
knowest that I ^love thee. He
saith unto him, Tend my sheep.
17 He saith unto him the third time,
Simon, son of ^John, ^lovest thou
me? Peter was grieved because he
said unto him the third time,
'Lovest thou me.^^ And he said unto
him. Lord, thou knowest all things;
thou knowest that I ^love thee.
Jesus saith unto him. Feed my sheep.
18 Verily, verih^ I say unto thee,
When thou wast young, thou gird-
edst thyself, and walkedst whither
thou wouldest : but when thou shalt
be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy
hands, and another shall gird thee,
and carry thee whither thou would-
est not. 19 Now this he spake,
signifying by what manner of death
'Gr. Joanes. See ch. 1. 42, margin.
'3 Love in these places represents two different Greek
words.
*0r, perceives t 6 Or, deliver eth thee up
The Authentication
he should glorify God. And when
he had spoken this, he saith unto
him. Follow me. 20 Peter, turning
about, seeth the disciple w^hom Jesus
loved following; who also leaned
back on his breast at the supper, and
said. Lord, who is he that be-
tray eth thee.^ 21 Peter therefore
seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, ^and
what shall this man do? 22 Jesus
saith unto him, If I will that he
tarry till I come, what is that to
thee.? follow thou me. 23 This say-
ing therefore went forth among the
brethren, that that disciple should
not die: yet Jesus said not unto
him, that he should not die; but.
If I will that he tarry till I come,
what is that to thee.?
24 This is the disciple that beareth
witness of these things, and wrote
these things: and we know that his
witness is true.
25 And there are also many other
things which Jesus did, the which
if they should be written every one,
I suppose that even the world itself
would not contain the books that
should be written.
6 Gr. and this man, what?
THE ACTS
The Introduction
IThe ^former treatise I made, ise of the Father, which, said ht\
O Theophilus, concerning all ye heard from me: 5 for John in-
that Jesus began both to do and deed baptized with water; but ye
to teach, 2 until the day in which he shall be baptized % the Holy
was received up, after that he had I Spirit not many days hence,
given commandment through the ' 6 They therefore, when they were
Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom
he had chosen: 3 to whom he also
-showed himself alive after his pas-
sion by many proofs, appearing unto
them by the space of forty days, and
speaking the things concerning the
kingdom of God: 4 and, ^being
assembled together with them, he
charged them not to depart from
Jerusalem, but to wait for the prom-
^Qr. first. 2Gr. presented. sOr, eating with them
come together, asked him, saying.
Lord, dost thou at this time restore
the kingdom to Israel.? 7 And he
said unto them. It is not for you to
know times or seasons, which the
Father hath ^set within his own
authority. 8 But ye shall receive
power, when the Holy Spirit is come
upon you: and ye shall be my wit-
nesses both in Jerusalem, and in
1 Or, with
5 Or, appointed by
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The Ascension. The Fate of Judas. Day of Pentecost THE ACTS 1.9 — 2.7
all Judaea and Samaria, and unto
the uttermost part of the earth.
9 And when he had said these things,
as they were looking, he was taken
up; and a cloud received him out of
their sight. 10 And while they were
looking stedfastly into heaven as
he went, behold two men stood by
them in white apparel; 11 who also
said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand
ye looking into heaven.'^ this Jesus,
who was received up from you
into heaven, shall so come in like
manner as ye beheld him going into
heaven.
12 Then returned they unto Jeru-
salem from the mount called Olivet,
which is nigh unto Jerusalem, a
sabbath day's journey off. 13 And
when they were come in, they went
up into the upper chamber, where
they were abiding; both Peter and
John and ^James and Andrew, Philip
and Thomas, Bartholomew and Mat-
thew, 1 James the son of iVlphseus, and
Simon the Zealot, and Judas the ^son
of iJames. 14 These all with one
accord continued stedfastly in
prayer, ^with the women, and Mary
the mother of Jesus, and with his
brethren.
15 And in these days Peter stood
up^ in the midst of the brethren, and
said (and there was a multitude of
^persons gathered together, about a
hundred and twenty), 16 Brethren,
it was needful that the scripture
should be fulfilled, which the Holy
Spirit spake before by the mouth of
David concerning Judas, who was
guide to them that took Jesus. 17
For he was numbered among us, and
received his ^portion in this min-
istry. 18 (Now this man obtained
a field with the reward of his in-
iquity; and falling headlong, he
burst asunder in the midst, and all
his bowels gushed out. 19 And it
became known to all the dwellers
at Jerusalem; insomuch that in
their language that field was called
Akeldama, that is, The field of
2 Or, brother See Jude 1.
» Or, Jacob
» Or, with certain women
* Gr. names. See Rev. 3. 4.
blood.) 20 For it is written in the
book of Psalms,
^Let his habitation be made
desolate.
And let no man dwell therein:
and,
^His ^office let another take.
21 Of the men therefore that have
companied with us all the time
that the Lord Jesus went in and went
out ^among us, 22 beginning from
the baptism of John, unto the day
that he was received up from us,
of these must one become a witness
with us of his resurrection. 23 And
they put forward two, Joseph called
Barsabbas, who was surnamed Jus-
tus, and Matthias. 24 And they
prayed, and said. Thou, Lord, who
knowest the hearts of all men, show
of these two the one whom thou
hast chosen, 25 to take the place in
this ministry and apostleship from
which Judas fell away, that he might
go to his own place. 26 And they
gave lots Hot them; and the lot fell
upon Matthias; and he was num-
bered with the eleven apostles.
2 And when the day of Pente-
cost i%as now come, they were
all together in one place. 2 And
suddenly there came from heaven a
sound as of the rushing of a mighty
wind, and it filled all the house where
they were sitting. 3 And there
appeared unto them tongues impart-
ing asunder, like as of fire; and it
sat upon each one of them. 4 And
they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit, and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave
them utterance.
5 Now there were dwelling at
Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from
every nation under heaven. 6 And
when this sound was heard, the
multitude came together, and were
confounded, because that every man
heard them speaking in his own
language. 7 And they were all
amazed and marvelled, saying. Be-
hold, are not all these that speak
6 Or, lot
6 Ps, Ixix. 25. ' Ps. cix. 8. « Gr. overseership.
9 Or, over i" Or, unto " Gr. was being fulfiUed.
12 Or, parting among them Or, distributing themselves
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THE ACTS 2.8 2.33 Peter's Discourse. Its Results, Brotherhood of Believers
Galilseans.^ 8 And how hear we, 1 21 And it shall be, that whoso-
every man in our own language ever shall call on the name of
wherein we were born.'^ 9 Parthians
and Medes and Elamites, and the
dwellers in Mesopotamia, in Judsea
and Cappadocia, in Pontus and
Asia, 10 in Phrygia and Pamphylia,
in Egypt and the parts of Libya
about Cyrene, and sojourners from
Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretans and Arabians, we hear
them speaking in our tongues the
mighty works of God. 12 And they
were all amazed, and were perplexed,
saying one to another. What mean-
eth this.f^ 13 But others mocking
said. They are filled with new wine.
14 But Peter, standing up with
the eleven, lifted up his voice, and
spake forth unto them, saying. Ye
men of Judsea, and all ye that dwell
at Jerusalem, be this known unto
you, and give ear unto my words.
15 For these are not drunken, as ye
suppose; seeing it is hut the third
hour of the day; 16 but this is that
which hath been spoken through
the prophet Joel:
17 ^And it shall be in the last days,
saith God,
I will pour forth of my Spirit
upon all flesh:
And your sons and your daugh-
ters shall prophes3%
And your young men shall see
visions.
And your old men shall dream
dreams :
18 Yea and on my ^servants and
on my ^handmaidens in those
days
Will I pour forth of my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in the
heaven above.
And signs on the earth beneath;
Blood, and fire, and vapor of
smoke :
20 The sun shall be turned into
darkness.
And the moon into blood.
Before the day of the Lord come,
That great and notable day:
Joel ii. 28 flf. - Gr. bondmen. 3 Gr. bondmaidens.
the Lord shall be saved.
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these
words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man
approved of God unto you by
^mighty works and Vv^onders and
signs which God did by him in the
midst of you, even as ye yourselves
know; 23 him, being delivered up
by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye by the
hand of ^lawless men did crucify and
slay: 24 whom God raised up, hav-
ing loosed the pangs of death: be-
cause it was not possible that he
should be holden of it. 25 For
David saith concerning him,
^I beheld the Lord always be-
fore my face;
For he is on my right hand, that
I should not be moved:
26 Therefore my heart was glad,
. and my tongue rejoiced;
Moreover my flesh also shall
^dwell in hope:
27 Because thou wilt not leave my
soul unto Hades,
Neither wilt thou give thy Holy
One to see corruption.
28 Thou madest known unto me
the ways of life;
Thou shall make me full of glad-
ness ^with thy countenance.
29 Brethren, I may say unto j^'ou
freely of the patriarch David, that
he both died and was buried, and
his tomb is with us unto this day.
30 Being therefore a prophet, and
knowing that God had sworn with
an oath to him, that of the fruit of
his loins %e would set ojie upon his
throne; 31 he foreseeing tJiis spake
of the resurrection of the Christ,
that neither was he left unto Hades,
nor did his flesh see corruption.
32 This Jesus did God raise up,
i^whereof we all are witnesses. 33
Being therefore ^^y the right hand
of God exalted, and having received
of the Father the promise of the
< Gr. powers.
6 Or, men without the law See Rom. 2. 12.
6 Ps. xvi. 8 fif. 7 Or. tabernacle s Or, in thy presence
» Or, one should sit i" Or, of whom '^ Or, at
)32
Cure of the Lame Beggar at the Door "Beautiful'
THE ACTS 2.34—3.14
Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth
this, which ye see and hear. 34 For
David ascended not into the heav-
ens: but he saith himself,
^The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Till I make thine enemies the
footstool of thy feet.
36 Let ^all the house of Israel there-
fore know assuredly, that God hath
made him both Lord and Christ,
this Jesus whom ye crucified.
37 Now when they heard this,
they were pricked in their heart,
and said unto Peter and the rest of
the apostles. Brethren, what shall
we do.^ 38 And Peter said unto
them. Repent ye, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ unto the remission of
your sins; and ye shall receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For to
you is the promise, and to your
children, and to all that are afar off,
even as many as the Lord our God
shall call unto him. 40 And with
many other words he testified, and
exhorted them, saying, Save your-
selves from this crooked generation.
41 They then ^that received his
word were baptized: and there were
added U7ito them in that day about
three thousand souls. 42 And they
continued stedfastly in the apostles'
teaching and ^fellowship, in the
breaking of bread and the prayers.
43 And fear came upon every
soul: and many wonders and signs
were done through the apostles l
44 And all that believed were to-
gether, and had all things common;
45 and they sold their possessions
and goods, and parted them to all,
according as any man had need.
46 And day by day, continuing sted-
fastly with one accord in the temple,
and breaking bread at home, they
took their food with gladness and
singleness of heart, 47 praising
God, and having favor with all the
people. And the Lord added ^to
1 Ps. ex. 1. 2 Or, every house
' Or, havmg received * Or, in fellowship
* Many ancient authorities add in Jerusalem; and great
fear was upon all * Gr. together.
them day by day those that Vere
saved.
3 Now Peter and John were
going up into the temple at the
hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
2 And a certain man that was lame
from his mother's womb was carried,
whom they laid daily at the door of
the temple which is called Beautiful,
to ask alms of them that entered into
the temple; 3 who seeing Peter and
John about to go into the temple,
asked to receive an alms. 4 And
Peter, fastening his eyes upon him,
with John, said. Look on us. 5 And,
he gave heed unto them, expecting
to receive something from them. 6
But Peter said, Silver and gold have
I none; but what I have, that give
I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, walk. 7 And he took
him by the right hand, and raised
him up : and immediately his feet and
his ankle -bones received strength.
8 And leaping up, he stood, and be-
gan to walk; and he entered with
them into the temple, walking, and
leaping, and praising God. 9 And
all the people saw him walking and
praising God: 10 and they took
knowledge of him, that it was he
that sat for alms at the Beautiful
Gate of the temple; and they were
filled with wonder and amazement
at that which had happened unto
him.
1 1 And as he held Peter and John,
all the people ran together unto
them in the ^porch that is called
Solomon's, greatly wondering. 12
And when Peter saw it, he answered
unto the people, Ye men of Israel,
why marvel ye at this ^man.'^ or why
fasten ye your eyes on us, as though
by our own power or godliness we
had made him to walk.^ 13 The
God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and
of Jacob, the God of our fathers,
hath glorified his ^^Servant Jesus;
whom ye delivered up, and denied
before the face of Pilate, when he had
determined to release him. 14 But
'' Or, were being saved s Or, portico 9 Or, thitig
"> Or, Child See Mt. 12. 18; Is. 42. 1; 52. 13; 53. 11.
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THE ACTS 3.15—4.15
ye denied the Holy and Righteous
One, and asked for a murderer to
be granted unto you, 15 and killed
the Trince of life; whom God
raised from the dead; ^whereof we
are witnesses. 16 And ^by faith in
his name hath his name made this
man strong, whom ye behold and
know: yea, the faith which is
through him hath given him this
perfect soundness in the presence
of you all. 17 And now, brethren,
I Imow that in ignorance ye did it,
as did also your rulers. 18 But the
things which God foreshowed by the
mouth of all the prophets, that his
Christ should suffer, he thus ful-
filled. 19 Repent ye therefore, and
turn again, that your sins may be
blotted out, that so there may come
seasons of refreshing from the pres-
ence of the Lord; 20 and that he
may send the Christ who hath been
appointed for you, even Jesus: 21
whom the heaven must receive until
the times of restoration of all things
Peter and John are arrested; brought before the Sanhedrin
4 And as they spake unto the
people, ^^the priests and the
captam of the temple and the Sad-
ducees came upon them, 2 being sore
troubled because they taught the
people, and proclaimed in Jesus the |
resurrection from the dead. 3 And
they laid hands on them, and put
them in ward unto the morrow: for
it was now eventide. 4 But many
of them that heard the word be-
lieved; and the number of the men«
came to be about ^\q thousand. li
5 And it came to pass on the mor-
row, that their rulers and elders and
scribes were gathered together in
Jerusalem; 6 and Annas the high
priest was there, and Caiaphas, and
John, and Alexander, and as many
as were of the kindred of the high
priest. 7 And when they had set
them in the midst, they inquired.
By what power, or in what name,
have ye done this.^ 8 Then Peter,
filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto
them, Ye rulers of the people, and
whereof God spake by the mouth of j elders, 9 if we this day are examined
his holy prophets that have been I concerning a good deed done to an
from of old. 22 Moses indeed said, | impotent man, ^^by what means this
^A prophet shall the Lord God raise | man is made whole; 10 be it known
up unto you from among your
brethren, ^like unto me; to him shall
he shall speak unto you. 23 ^And
it shall be, that every soul that shall
not hearken to that prophet, shall
be utterly destroyed from among the
people. 24 Yea and all the prophets
from Samuel and them that followed
after, as many as have spoken, they
also told of these days. 25 Ye are
the sons of the prophets, and of the
covenant which God ^made with
your fathers, saying unto Abraham,
unto you all, and to all the people
of Israel, that in the name of Jesus
e hearken in all things whatsoever | Christ of Nazareth, whom ye cru-
cified, whom God raised from the
dead, even in ^%im doth this man
stand here before you whole. 11 He
is i^the stone which was set at nought
of you the builders, which was made
the head of the corner. 12 And in
none other is there salvation: for
neither is there any other name under
heaven, that is given among men,
wherein we must be saved.
13 Now when they beheld the
And in thy seed shall all the fanii- j boldness of Peter and John, and had
lies of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto \ perceived that they were unlearned
and ignorant men, they marvelled;
and they took knowledge of them,
that they had been with Jesus. 14
And seeing the man that was healed
standing with them, they could say
nothing against it. 15 But when
you first God, having raised up his
^Servant, sent him to bless you, in
turning away every one of you from
your iniquities.
'Or, Author 'Or, of whom « Or, on the ground of
*Dt. xviii. 15.
8 Or, as he raised up me
• Dt. xviii, 19. ^ Gr. covenanted.
•Gen. xii. 3; xxii. IS; xxvi. 4; xxviii. 14.
*0t, child See Mt. 12. 18; Is. 42. 1; 52. 13; 63. 11.
J» Some ancient authorities read ike chief priests.
" Or, in whom " Or, this name " Ps. cxviii. 22.
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Threatened and let go. Believers had All Things common THE ACTS 4. 16 — 5.2
they had commanded them to go
, aside out of the council, they con-
ferred among themselves, 16 saying,
What shall we do to these men? for
that indeed a notable ^miracle hath
been wrought through them, is
manifest to all that dwell in Jeru-
salem; and we cannot deny it. .17
But that it spread no further among
the people, let us threaten them,
that they speak henceforth to no
man in this name. 18 And they
called them, and charged them not
to speak at all nor teach in the name
of elesus. 19 But Peter and John
answered and said unto them.
Whether it is right in the sight of
God to hearken unto you rather
than unto God, judge ye: 20 for we
cannot but speak the things which
we saw and heard. 21 And they,
when they had further threatened
them, let them go, finding nothing
how they might punish them, be-
cause of the people; for all men
glorified God for that which was
done. 22 For the man was more
than forty years old, on whom this
^miracle of healing was wrought.
X 23 And being let gO; they came to
their own company, and reported ail
that the chief priests and the elders
had said unto them. 24 And they,
when they heard it, lifted up their
voice- to God with one accord, and
said, O ^Lord, ^thou that didst make
the heaven and the earth and the
sea, and all that in them is : 25 '^who
by the Holy Spirit, hy the mouth of
our father David thy servant, didst
say,
^Why did the ^Gentiles rage,
And the peoples ^imagine vain
things.'^
26 The kings of the earth set them-
selves in array,
c And the rulers were gathered
together.
Against the Lord, and against
his Anointed:
27 for of a truth in this city against
> Gr. sign. 2 Gr. Master.
' Or, thou art he that did make
* The Greek text in this clause is somewhat uncertain.
* Ps. ii. 1,2. 6 Gr. riations.
■ » Or, meditate » Gr. Christ.
I thy holy ^Servant Jesus, whom
thou didst anoint, both Herod and
Pontius Pilate, with the ^Gentiles
and the peoples of Israel, were
gathered together, 28 to do what-
soever thy hand and thy counsel
foreordained to come to pass. 29
And now. Lord, look upon their
threatenings : and grant unto thy
i^servants to speak thy word with
all boldness, 30 while thou stretch-
es t forth thy hand to heal; and that
signs and wonders may be done
through the name of thy holy ^Serv-
ant Jesus. 31 And when they had
prayed, the place was shaken where-
in they were gathered together; and
they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit, and they spake the word of
God with boldness.
32 And the multitude of them
that believed were of one heart and
soul : and not one of them said that
I aught of the things which he pos-
sessed was his own; but they had
I all things common. 33 And with
I great power gave the apostles their
! witness of the resurrection of the
I Lord Jesus 11 : and great grace was
I upon them all. 34 For neither was
I there among them any that lacked :
I for as many as were possessors of
j lands or houses sold them, and
I brought the prices of the things that
j were sold, 35 and laid them at the
\ apostles' feet : and distribution was
made unto each, according as any
one had need.
36 And Joseph, who by the apos-
tles was surnamed Barnabas (which
is, being interpreted, Son of ^^ex-
hortation), a Levite, a man of Cy-
prus by race, 37 having a field, sold
it, and brought the money and laid
it at the apostles' feet.
5 But a certain man named
Ananias, with Sapphira, his
wife, sold a possession, 2 and kept
back "part of the price, his wife also
being privy to it, and brought a
certain part, and laid it at the apos-
9 Or, Child See marginal note on oh. 3. 13.
I' Gr. bondservants.
" Some ancient authorities add Christ.
1= Or, consolation See Lk. 2. 25; ch. 9. 31; 15. 31; 2 Cor.
1. 3-7, in the Gr.
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THE ACTS 5.3 5.30 Ananias and Sapphlra. Believers Multiplied. Apostles imprisoned
ties' feet. 3 But Peter said, Ananias,
why hath Satan filled thy heart to
^lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep
back part of the price of the land?
4 While it remained, did it not re-
main thine own? and after it was
sold, was it not in thy power? How
is it that thou hast conceived this
thing in thy heart? thou hast not
lied unto men, but unto God. 5 And
Ananias hearing these words fell
down and gave up the ghost: and
great fear came, upon all that heard
it. 6 And the ^young men arose and
wrapped him round, and they car-
ried him out and buried him.
7 And it was about the space of
three hours after, when his wife, not
knowing what was done, came in.
8 And Peter answered unto her. Tell
me whether ye sold the land for so
much. And she said, Yea, for so
much. 9 But Peter said unto her.
How is it that ye have agreed to-
gether to try the Spirit of the Lord?
behold, the feet of them that have
buried thy husband are at the door,
and they shall carry thee out. 10
And she fell down immediately at
his feet, and gave up the ghost: and
the young men came in and found
her dead, and they carried her out
and buried her by her husband.
11 And great fear came upon the
whole church, and upon all that
heard these things.
12 And by the hands of the apos-
tles were many signs and wonders
wrought among the people: and
they were all with one accord in
Solomon's ^porch. 13 But of the
rest durst no man join himself to
them: howbeit the people mag-
nified them; 14 %nd believers were
the more added to the Lord, multi-
tudes both of men and women: 15
insomuch that they even carried out
the sick into the streets, and laid
them on beds and ^couches, that,
as Peter came by, at the least his
shadow might overshadow some one
of them. 16 And there also came
1 Or, deceive 2 Gr. younger. 3 Or, portico
* Or, and there were the more added to them, believing on
the Lord
together the multitude from the
cities round about Jerusalem, bring-
ing sick folk, and them that were
vexed with unclean spirits: and they
were healed every one.
17 But the high priest rose up,
and all they that were with him
(which is the sect of the Sadducees),
and they were filled with jealousy,
18 and laid hands on the apostles,
and put them in public ward. 19
But an angel of the Lord by night
opened the prison doors, and brought
them out, and said, 20 Go ye, and
stand and speak in the temple to the
people all the words of this Life.
21 And when they heard this, they
entered into the temple about day-
break, and taught. But the high
priest came, and they that were with
him, and called the council together,
and all the senate of the children of
Israel, and sent to the prison-house
to have them brought. 22 But the
officers that came found them not
in the prison; and they returned,
and told, 23 saying, The prison-house
we found shut in all safety, and th(^
keepers standing at the doors: but
when we had opened, we found no
man within. 24 Now when the
captain of the temple and the chief
priests heard these words, they wen
much perplexed concerning them
whereunto this would grow. 25 And
there came one and told them. Be-
hold, the men whom ye put in the
prison are in the temple standing
and teaching the people. 26 Then
went the captain with the officers,
and brought them, but without
violence; for they feared the people,
lest they should be stoned. 27 And
when they had brought them, they
set them before the council. And
the high priest asked them, 28 say-
ing. We strictly charged you not to
teach in this name: and behold, ye
have filled Jerusalem with your
teaching, and intend to bring this
man's blood upon us. 29 But Peter
and the apostles answered and said,
We must obev God rather than men.
/6rr»:i30 The God of our fathers raised up
136 •
Are divinely liberated and preach. The Seven chosen THE ACTS 5.31 6.13
Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him
on a tree. 31 Him did God exalt
iwith his right hand to he a Prince
and a Saviour, to give repentance to
Israel, and remission of sins. 32 And
we are witnesses^ of these ^things;
%nd so is the Holy Spirit, whom God
hath given to them that obey him.
33 But they, when they heard this,
were cut to the heart, and were
minded to slay them. 34 But there
stood up one in the council, a
Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor
of the law, had in honor of all the
people, and commanded to put the
men forth a little while. 35 And he
said unto them. Ye men of Israel,
take heed to yourselves as touching
these men, what ye are about to do.
36 For before these days rose up
Theudas, giving himself out to be
somebody; to whom a number of
men, about four hundred, joined
themselves: who was slain; and all,
as many as obeyed him, were dis-
persed, and came to nought. 37
After this man rose up Judas of
Galilee in the days of the enrolment,
and drew away some of the people
after him: he also perished; and all,
as many as obeyed him, were scat-
tered abroad. 38 And now I say
unto you. Refrain from these men,
and let them alone: for if this coun-
sel or this work be of men, it will be
overthrown: 39 but if it is of God,
ye will not be able to overthrow
them; lest haply ye be found even
to be fighting against God. 40 And
to him they agreed: and when they
had called the apostles unto them,
they beat them and charged them
not to speak in the name of Jesus,
and let them go. 41 They therefore
departed from the presence of the
council, rejoicing that they were
counted worthy to suffer dishonor
for the Name. 42 And every day,
in the temple and at home, they
ceased not to teach and to ^preach
Jesus as the Christ.
1 Or, at 2 Some ancient authorities add in him.
' Gr. sayings.
* Some ancient authorities read and God hath given the
Holy Spirit to them that obey him.
s Gr. bring good tidings of. See ch. 13. 32; 14. 15.
137
6 Now in these days, when the
number of the disciples was
multiplying, there arose a murmur-
ing of the ^Grecian Jews against the
Hebrews, because their widows were
neglected in the daily ministration.
2 And the twelve called the multi-
tude of the disciples unto them, and
said. It is not ^fit that we sh^yald for-
sake the word of God, and %erve
tables. 3 ^Look ye out therefore,
brethren, from among you seven
men of good report, full of the Spirit
and of wisdom, whom we may ap-
point over this business. 4 But we
will continue stedfastly in prayer,
and in the ministry of the word. 5
And the saying pleased the whole
multitude: and they chose Stephen,
a man full of faith and of the Holy
Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus,
and Nicanor, and Timon, and Par-
menas, and Nicolaus a prosleyte of
Antioch; 6 whom they set before
the apostles: and when they had
prayed, they laid their hands upon
them.
7 And the word of God increased;
and the number of the disciples
multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly;
and a great company of the priests
were obedient to the faith.
8 And Stephen, full of grace and
power, wrought great wonders and
signs among the people. 9 But there
arose certain of them that were of
the synagogue called the synagogue
of the i^Libertines, and of the Cyre-
nians, and of the Alexandrians, and
of them of Cilicia and Asia, dis-
puting with Stephen. 10 And they
were not able to withstand the wis-
dom and the Spirit by which he
spake. 11 Then they suborned men,
who said. We have heard him speak
blasphemous words against Moses,
and against God. 12 And they
stirred up the people, and the elders,
and the scribes, and came upon him,
and seized him, and brought him
into the council, 13 and set up false
« Gr. Hellenists. '' Gr. pleasing.
8 Or, minister to tables
9 Some ancient authorities read But, brethren, look ye
out from among you.
^ Or, Freedmen
THE ACTS 6.14—7.26
witnesses, who said, This man ceas- '
eth not to speak words against this
holy place, and the law: 14 for we
have heard him say, that this Jesus
of Nazareth shall destroy this place,
and shall change the customs which
Moses delivered unto us. 15 And
all that sat in the council, fastening
their eyes on him, saw his face as it
had been the face of an angel.
7 And the high priest said.
Are these things so.^^ 2 And
he said.
Brethren and fathers, hearken:
The God of glory appeared unto our
father Abraham, when he was in
Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in
Haran, 3 and said unto him. Get
thee out of thy land, and from thy
kindred, and come into the land
which I shall show thee. 4 Then
came he out of the land of the
Chaldseans, and dwelt in Haran:
and from thence, when his father
was dead, God removed him into
this land, wherein ye noAv dwell:
5 and he gave him none inheritance
in it, no, not so much as to set his
foot on: and he promised that he
would give it to him in possession,
and to his seed after him, when as
yet he had no child. 6 And God
spake on this wise, that his seed
should sojourn in a strange land,
and that the}" should bring them
into bondage, and treat them ill.
Stephen makes his Defence
came a famine over all Egypt and
Canaan, and great affliction: and
our fathers found no sustenance.
12 But when Jacob heard that there
was grain in Egypt, he sent fortli
our fathers the first time. 13 And
at the second time Joseph was made
known to his brethren ; and Joseph's
race became manifest unto Pharaoh.
14 And Joseph sent, and called to
him Jacob his father, and all his
kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15 And Jacob went down into Egypt;
and he died, himself and our fathers;
16 and they were carried over unto
Shechem, and laid in the tomb that
Abraham bought for a price in
silver of the sons of ^Hamor in
Shechem. 17 But as the time of the
promise drew nigh which God vouch-
safed unto Abraham, the people
grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18
till there arose another king over
Egypt, who knew not Joseph. 19
The same dealt craftily with our
race, and ill-treated our fathers,
that ^they should cast out their
babes to the end they might not
^live. 20 At which season Moses
was born, and was Exceeding fair;
and he was nourished three months
in his father's house: 21 and when
he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter
took him up, and nourished him for
her own son. 22 And Moses was
instructed in all the wisdom of the
four hundred years. 7 And the ; Egyptians; and he was mighty in
nation to which they shall be in
bondage will I judge, said God: and
after that shall they come forth, and
serve me in this place. 8 And he
gave him the covenant of circum-
cision: and so Abraham begat Isaac,
and circumcised him the eighth day;
and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob
the twelve patriarchs. 9 And the
patriarchs, moved with jealousy
against Joseph, sold him into Egypt:
and God was with him, 10 and deliv-
Lis words and works. 23 But when
he was well-nigh forty years old, it
came into his heart to visit his
brethren the children of Israel. 24
And seeing one of them suffer wrong,
he defended him, and avenged him
that was oppressed, smiting the
Egyptian: 25 and he supposed that
his brethren understood that God
by his hand was giving them Mo-
liverance; but they understood not.
26 And the day following he ap-
ered him out of all his afflictions, j peared unto them as they strove
and gave him favor and wisdom | and would have set them at one
before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and again, saying. Sirs, ye are brethren
he made him governor over Ei?ypt ! ^Gr.Emmor. ^Or.he * Gt. he preserved aH.
and all his house. 11 Now there I tS.a'.t'^'^ Comp. 2 Cor. lo. 4.
138
Stephen's Defence continued
why do ye wrong one to another?
27 But he that did his neighbor
wrong thrust him away, saying,
\Vho made thee a ruler and a judge
over us? 28 Wouldest thou kill me,
as thou killedst the Egyptian yester-
chiy? 29 And Moses fled at this
saying, and became a sojourner in
the land of Midian, where he begat
two sons. 30 And when forty years
were fulfilled, an angel appeared to
liim in the wilderness of mount
Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 And when Moses saw it, he won-
dered at the sight: and as he drew
near to behold, there came a voice
of the Lord, 32 I am the God of thy
fathers, the God of Abraham, and
of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses
trembled, and durst not behold.
33 And the Lord said unto him,
Loose the shoes from thy feet: for
tlie place whereon thou standest is
holy ground. 34 I have surely seen
the affliction of my people that is in
Egypt, and have heard their groan-
ing, and I am come down to deliver
tliem: and now come, I will send
thee into Egypt. 35 This Moses
whom they refused, saying. Who
made thee a ruler and a judge? him
hath God sent to be both a ruler and
a ^deliverer with the hand of the
angel that appeared to him in the
Inish. 36 This man led them forth,
having wrought wonders and signs
in Egypt, and in the Red sea, and
in the wilderness forty years. 37
This is that Moses, v/ho said unto
the children of Israel, ^A prophet
shall God raise up unto you from
among your brethren, ^like unto me.
38 This is he that was in the ^church
in the wilderness with the angel that
spake to him in the mount Sinai,
and with our fathers: who received
living oracles to give unto us: 39
to whom our fathers would not be
obedient, but thrust him from them,
and turned back in their hearts unto
Egypt, 40 saying unto Aaron, Make
us gods that shall go before us: for
THE ACTS 7.27—7.52
as for this Moses, who led us forth
out of the land of Egypt, we know
not what is become of him. 41 And
they made a calf in those days, and
brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and
rejoiced in the works of their hands..
42 But God turned, and gave them
up to serve the host of heaven; as
it is written in the book of the
prophets,
^Did ye offer unto me slain
beasts and sacrifices
Forty years in the wilderness,
O house of Israel?
43 And ye took up the tabernacle
of Moloch,
And the star of the god Rephan,
The figures which ye made to
worship them:
And I will carry you away be-
yond Babylon.
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle
of the testimony in the wilderness,
even as he appointed who spake unto
Moses, that he should make it
according to the figure that he had
seen. 45 Which also our fathers,
in their turn, brought in with
^Joshua when they entered on the
possession of the ^nations, that God
thrust out before the face of our
fathers, unto the days of David;
46 who found favor in the sight of
God, and asked to find a habitation
for the God of Jacob. 47 But
Solomon built him a house. 48 How-
beit the Most High dwelleth not
in houses made with hands; as saith
the prophet,
49 ^The heaven is my throne.
And the earth the footstool of
my feet :
W^hat manner of house will ye
build me? saith the Lord:
Or what is the place of my rest?
50 Did not my hand make all these
things?
51 Ye stiff necked and uncircum-
cised in heart and ears, ye do always
resist the Holy Spirit: as your
fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of
the prophets did not your fathers
1 Gr. redeemer .
* Or, as he raised up me
2 Dt. xviii. 15.
< Or, congregation
5 Amos V. 25 ff. 8 Gr. Jesus, Comp. Heb. 4. 8.
? Or, Gentiles Comp. ch. 4. 25. s is. Ixvi. 1 f.
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THE ACTS 7.53 — 8.20 Stephen is stoned. . Simon the Sorcerer
persecute? and they killed them that
showed before of the comhig of the
Righteous One; of whom ye have
now become betrayers and mur-
derers; 53 ye who received the law
.^as it was ordained by angels, and
kept it not.
54 Now when they heard these
things, they were cut to the heart,
and they gnashed on him with their
teeth. 55 But he, being full of the
Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly
into heaven, and saw the glory of
God, and Jesus standing on the right
hand of God, 56 and said, Behold, I
see the heavens opened, and the
Son of man standing on the right
hand of God. 57 But they cried out
with a loud voice, and stopped their
ears, and rushed upon him with one
accord; 58 and they cast him out of
the city, and stoned him: and the
witnesses laid down their garments
at the feet of a young man named
Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen,
calling upon the Lord, and saying,
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60
And he kneeled down, and cried
with a loud voice. Lord, lay not this
sin to their charge. And when he
Shad said this, he fell asleep. 1
And Saul was consenting unto
his death.
And there arose on that day a
great persecution against the church
which was in Jerusalem; and they
were all scattered abroad through-
out the regions of Judaea and Sa-
maria, except the apostles. 2 And
devout men buried Stephen, and
made great lamentation over him.
3 But Saul laid waste the church,
entering into every house, and drag-
ging men and women committed
them to prison.
4 They therefore that were scat-
tered abroad went about ^preaching
the word. 5 And Philip went down
to the city of Samaria, and pro-
claimed unto them the Christ. 6
And the multitudes gave heed with
one accord unto the things that ..
' Or, For many of those that had unclean spirits that crted
' Or, as the ordinance of angels Gr. unto ordinances of with a loud voice came forth
angels. I < Or. nation. * Gr. powers.
> Comp. marg. note on ch. 5. 42. ' « Some ancient authorities omit Hdy.
140
were spoken by Philip, when they
heard, and saw the signs which he
did. 7 ^For from many of those that
had unclean spirits, they came out,
crying with a loud voice: and many
that were palsied, and that were
lame, were healed. 8 And there was
much joy in that city.
9 But there was a certain man,
Simon by name, who beforetime in
the city used sorcery, and amazed
the ^people of Samaria, giving out
that himself was some great one:
10 to whom they all gave heed, from
the least to the greatest, saying,
This man is that power of God which
is called Great. 11 And they gave
heed to him, because that of long
time he had amazed them with his
sorceries. 12 But when they be-
lieved Philip ^preaching good tidings
concerning the kingdom of God and
the name of Jesus Christ, they were
baptized, both men and women.
13 And Simon also himself believed:
and being baptized, he continued
with Philip; and beholding signs
and great ^miracles wrought, he was
amazed.
14 Now when the apostles that
were at Jerusalem heard that Sa-
maria had received the word of God,
they sent unto them Peter and John:
15 who, when they were come down,
prayed for them, that they might
receive the Holy Spirit: 16 for as
yet it was fallen upon none of them:
only they had been baptized mto
the name of the Lord Jesus. 17
Then laid they their hands on them,
and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 Now when Simon saw that
through the lajang on of the apos-
tles' hands the ^Holy Spirit was
given, he offered them money, 19
saying, Give me also this power,
that on whomsoever I lay my hands,
he may receive the Holy Spirit.
20 But Peter said unto him. Thy
silver perish with thee, because thou
hast thought to obtain the gift of
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
God with money. 21 Thou hast
neither part nor lot in this flatter:
for thy heart is not right before God.
22 Repent therefore of this thy
wickedness, and pray the Lord, if
perhaps the thought of thy heart
shall be forgiven thee. 23 For I see
that thou ^art in the gall of bitter-
ness and in the bond of iniquity.
24 And Simon answered and said.
Pray ye for me to the Lord, that
none of the things which ye have
spoken come upon me.
25 They therefore, when they had
testified and spoken the word of the
Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and
^preached the gospel to many vil-
lages of the Samaritans.
26 But an angel of the Lord spake
unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go
^toward the south unto the way that
goeth down from Jerusalem unto
Gaza: the same is desert. 27 And
he arose and went: and behold, a
man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great
authority under Candace, queen of
the Ethiopians, who was over all
her treasure, who had come to Jeru-
salem to worship; 28 and he was
returning and sitting in his chariot,
and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
29 And the Spirit said unto Philip,
Go near, and join thyself to this
chariot. 30 And Philip ran to him,
and heard him reading Isaiah the
prophet, and said, Understandest
thou what thou readest.^^ 31 And
he said. How can I, except some one
shall guide me.^^ And he besought
Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 Now the passage of the scripture
which he was reading was this,
^He was led as a sheep to the
slaughter ;
And as a lamb before his shearer
is dumb.
So he openeth not his mouth:
33 In his humiliation his judgment
was taken away:
His generation who shall declare .^
1 Gr. word.
2 Or, wilt become gall (or, a gall root) of bitterness and a
bond of iniquity Comp. Dt. 29. 18; Heb. 12. 15.
3 Gr. brought good tidings. Comp. ch. 5. 42.
* Or, at noon Comp. ch. 22. 6.
6 Is. liii. 7 f.
THE ACTS 8.21—9.7
For his life is taken from the
earth.
34 And the eunuch answered Philip,
and said, I pray thee, of whom
speaketh the prophet this.^ of him-
self, or of some other.? 35 And
Philip opened his mouth, and begin-
ning from this scripture, ^preached
unto him Jesus. 36 And as they went
on the way, they came unto a certain
water; and the eunuch saith, Be-
hold, here is water; what doth
hinder me to be baptized.?^ 38 And
he commanded the chariot to stand
still: and they both went down into
the water, both Philip and the
eunuch; and he baptized him. 39
And when they came up out of the
water, the Spirit of the Lord caught
away Philip; and the eunuch saw
him no more, for he went on his
way rejoicing. 40 But Philip was
found at Azotus: and passing
through he ^preached the gospel to
all the cities, till he came to Cae-
sar ea.
9 But Saul, yet breathing
threatening and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord,
went unto the high priest, 2 and
asked of him letters to Damascus
unto the synagogues, that if he
found any that were of the Way,
whether men or women, he might
bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 And as he journeyed, it came to
pass that he drew nigh unto Damas-
cus: and suddenly there shone
round about him a light out of
heaven: 4 and he fell upon the
earth, and heard a voice saying unto
him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest
thou me? 5 And he said. Who art
thou. Lord.? And he said, I am
Jesus whom thou persecutest: 6 but
rise, and enter into the city, and it
shall be told thee what thou must
do. 7 And the men that journeyed
with him stood speechless, hearing
the ^voice, but beholding no man.
6 See marg. note on ch. 5. 42.
^ Some ancient authorities insert, wholly or in part, ver.
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou
mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of Cod.
8 Or, sound
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THE ACTS 9.8 9.35 The conversion of Saul. He preaches at Damascus
8 And Saul arose from the earth; j this name? and he had come hither
and when his eyes were opened, he \ for this intent, that he might bring
saw nothing; and they led him by
the hand, and brought him into
Damascus. 9 And he was three days
without sight, and did neither eat
nor drink.
10 Now there was a certain dis-
ciple at Damascus, named Ananias;
and the Lord said unto him in a
vision, Ananias. And he said. Be-
hold, I am here. Lord. 11 And the
Lord said unto him. Arise, and go
to the street which is called Straight,
and inquire in the house of Judas
for one named Saul, a man of Tar-
sus: for behold, he prayeth; 12 and
he hath seen a man named Ananias
coming in, and laying his hands on
him, that he might receive his sight.
13 But Ananias answered, Lord, I
have heard from many of this man,
how much evil he did to thy saints
at Jerusalem: 14 and here he hath
authority from the chief priests to
bind all that call upon thy name.
15 But the Lord said unto him, Go
thy way: for he is a ^chosen vessel
unto me, to bear my name before
the Gentiles and kings, and the
children of Israel: 16 for I will show
him how many things he must
suffer for my name's sake. 17 And
Ananias departed, and entered into
the house; and laying his hands on
him said. Brother Saul, the Lord,
even Jesus, who appeared unto thee
in the way which thou camest, hath
sent me, that thou may est receive
thy sight, and be filled with the Holy
Spirit. 18 And straightway there
fell from his eyes as it were scales,
and he received his sight; and he
arose and was baptized; 19 and he
took food and was strengthened.
And he was certain days with the
disciples that were at Damascus.
20 And straightway in the syna-
gogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he
is the Son of God. 21 And all that
heard him were amazed, and said.
Is not this he that in Jerusalem
made havoc of them that called on
1 Gr. vessel of election.
them bound before the chief priests.
22 But Saul increased the more in
strength, and confounded the Jews
that dwelt at Damascus, proving
that this is the Christ.
23 And when many days were ful-
filled, the Jews took counsel to-
gether to kill him : 24 but their plot
became known to Saul. And they
watched the gates also day and
night that they might kill him: 25
but his disciples took him by night,
and let him down through the wall,
lowering him in a basket.
26 And when he was come to
Jerusalem, he assayed to join him-
self to the disciples: and they were
all afraid of him, not believing that
he was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas
took him, and brought him to the
apostles, and declared unto them
how he had seen the Lord in the ^
way, and that he had spoken to him, |
and how at Damascus he had
preached boldly in the name of
Jesus. 28 And he was with them
going in and going out at Jerusalem,
29 preaching boldly in the name of
the Lord: and he spake and dis-
puted against the ^Grecian Jews;
but they were seeking to kill him.
30 And when the brethren knew it,
they brought him down to Caesarea,
and sent him forth to Tarsus.
31 So the church throughout all
Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had
peace, being edified; and, walking
% the fear of the Lord and "in the
comfort of the Holy Spirit, was mul-
tiplied.
32 And it came to pass, as Peter
went throughout all parts, he came
down also to the saints that dwelt
at Lydda. 33 And there he found a
certain man named ^Eneas, who
had kept his bed eight years; for he
was palsied. 34 And Peter said unto
him, /Eneas, Jesus Christ healeth
thee: arise, and make thy bed. Andi
straightway he arose. 35 And all
» Gr. Hellenists.
* Or. by
3 Gr. builded up.
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Peter raises Dorcas. Cornelius the Centurion. Peter's Vision THE ACTS 9.36 — 10.22
that dwelt at Lydda and in Sharon
saw him, and they turned to the
Lord.
36 Now there was at Joppa a
certain disciple named Tabitha,
which by interpretation is called
^Dorcas: this woman was full of
good works and almsdeeds which
she did. 37 And it came to pass in
those days, that she fell sick, and
died: and when the}^ had washed
her, they laid her in an upper cham-
ber. 38 And as Lydda was nigh unto
Joppa, the disciples, hearing that
Peter was there, sent two men unto
him, entreating him. Delay not to
come on unto us. 39 And Peter
arose and went with them. And
when he was come, they brought
him into the upper chamber : and all
the widows stood by him weeping,
and showing the coats and garments
which Dorcas made, while she was
with them. 40 But Peter put them
all forth, and kneeled down, and
prayed; and turning to the body, he
said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened
her eyes; and when she saw Peter,
she sat up. 41 And he gave her his
hand, and raised her up; and calling
the saints and widows, he pre-
sented her alive. 42 And it became
known throughout all Joppa: and
many believed on the Lord. 43 And
it came to pass, that he abode many
days in Joppa with one Simon a
tanner.
i f\ Now there was a certain
1 vJ man in Csesarea, Cornelius
by name, a centurion of the ^band
called the Italian band, 2 a devout
man, and one that feared God with
all his house, who gave much alms
to the people, and prayed to God
always. 3 He saw in a vision openly,
as it were about the ninth hour of
the day, an angel of God coming in
unto him, and saying to him, Cor-
nelius. ^ 4 And he, fastening his eyes
upon him, and being affrighted, said.
What is it, Lord.^ And he said unto
him, Thy prayers and thine alms are
gone up for a memorial before God.
That is, Gase^^e.
2 Or, cohort
5 And now send men to Joppa, and
fetch one Simon, who is surnamed
Peter: 6 he lodgeth with one Simon
a tanner, whose house is by the sea
side. 7 And when the angel that
spake unto him was departed, he
called two of his household-servants,
and a devout soldier of them that
waited on him continually; 8 and
having rehearsed all things unto
them, he sent them to Joppa.
9 Now on the morrow, as they
were on their journey, and drew
nigh unto the city, Peter went up
upon the housetop to pray, about
the sixth hour: 10 and he became
hungry, and desired to eat: but
while they made ready, he fell into
a trance; 11 and he beholdeth the
heaven opened, and a certain vessel
descending, as it were a great sheet,
let down by four corners upon the
earth: 12 wherein were all manner
of fourfooted beasts and creeping
things of the earth and birds of the
heaven. 13 And there came a voice
to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for
I have never eaten anything that is
common and unclean. 15 And a
voice came unto him again the
second time, What God hath
cleansed, make not thou common.
16 And this was done thrice: and
straightway the vessel was received
up into heaven.
17 Now while Peter was much
perplexed in himself what the vision
which he had seen m^'ght mean,
behold, the men that were sent by
Cornelius, having made inquiry for
Simon's house, stood before the gate,
18 and called and asked whether
Simon, who was surnamed Peter,
were lodging there. 19 And while
Peter thought on the vision, the
Spirit said unto him. Behold, three
men seek thee. 20 But arise, and
get thee down, and go with them,
nothing doubting: for I have sent
them. 21 And Peter went down to
the men, and said. Behold, I am he
whom ye seek: what is the cause
wherefore ye are come? 22 And
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XHE ACTS 10.23 10.48 Messengers arrive from Cornellus. Peter returns and preaches
they said, Cornelius a centurion, a
righteous man and one that feareth
God, and well reported of by all the
nation of the Jews, was warned of
God by a holy angel to send for thee
into his house, and to hear words
from thee. 23 So he called them in
and lodged them.
And on the morrow he arose and
went forth with them, and certain
of the brethren from Joppa accom-
panied him. 24 And on the morrow
^they entered into Csesarea. And
Cornelius was waiting for them,
having called together his kinsmen
and his near friends. 25 And when
it came to pass that Peter entered,
Cornelius met him, and fell down at
his feet, and ^worshipped him. 26
But Peter raised him up, saying,
Stand up; I myself also am a man.
27 And as he talked with him, he
went in, and findeth many come to-
gether: 28 and he said unto them.
Ye yourselves know %ow it is an
unlawful thing for a man that is a
Jew to join himself or come imto one
of another nation; and yet unto me
hath God showed that I should not
call any man common or unclean:
29 wherefore also I came without
gainsaying, when I was sent for.
I ask therefore with what intent ye
sent for me. 30 And Cornelius said.
Four da^^s ago, until this hour, I was
keeping the ninth hour of prayer
in m}^ house; and behold, a man
stood before me in bright apparel,
31 and saith, Cornelius, thy prayer
is heard, and thine alms are had in
remembrance in the sight of God.
32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call
unto thee Simon, who is surnamed
Peter; he lodgeth in the house of
Simon a tanner, by the sea side.
33 Forthwith therefore I sent to
thee; and thou hast well done that
thou art come. Now therefore we
are all here present in the sight of
God, to hear all things that have
been commanded thee of the Lord.
34 And Peter opened his mouth,
and said.
Of a truth I perceive that God is
no respecter of persons: 35 but in
every nation he that feareth him,
and worketh righteousness, is ac-
ceptable to him. 36 ^The word whicli
he sent unto the children of Israel,
preaching ^good tidings of peace by
Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) — 37
that saying ye yourselves know,
which was published throughout all
Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after
the baptism which John preached;
38 even Jesus of Nazareth, how God
anointed him with the Holy Spirit
and with power: who went about
doing good, and healing all that
were oppressed of the devil; for
God was with him. 39 And we are
witnesses of all things which he did
both in the country of the Jews, and
in Jerusalem; whom also they slew,
hanging him on a tree. 40 Him God
raised up the third day, and gave
him to be made manifest, 41 not to
all the people, but unto witnesses
that were chosen before of God, even
to us, who ate and drank with him
after he rose from the dead. 42 And
he charged us to preach unto the
people, and to testify that this is he
who is ordained of God to be the
Judge of the living and the dead.
43 To him bear all the prophets
witness, that through his name every
one that believeth on him shall re-
ceive remission of sins.
44 While Peter yet spake these
words, the Holy Spirit fell on all
them that heard the word. 45 And
they of the circumcision that be-
lieved were amazed, as many as
came with Peter, because that on the
Gentiles also was poured out the
gift of the Holy Spirit. 46 For they
heard them speak with tongues, and
magnify God. Then answered Peter,
47 Can any man forbid the watei\
that these should not be baptize<l.
who have received the Holy Spirit
': as well as we.^ 48 And he com-
^ Some ancient authorities read he.
2 The Greek word denotes an act of reverence, whether i
paid to a creature or to the Creator. * Manv ancient authorities read He scfti the word unio.
8 Or, how unlawful it is for a man &'c. ' 6 Or, the gospel
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Peter justifies his Conduct. Disciples called " Christians " in Antioch THE ACTS 1 1 . 1 — 1 1 . 23
manded them to be baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ. Then prayed
they him to tarry certain days.
II Now the apostles and the
1 brethren that were in Judsea
heard that the Gentiles also had
received the word of God. 2* And
when Peter was come up to Jeru-
salem, they that were of the cir-
cumcision contended with him, 3
saying, Thou wentest in to men
uncircumcised, and didst eat with
them. 4 But Peter began, and ex-
pounded the matter unto them in
order, saying, 5 I was in the city of
Joppa praying: and in a trance I
saw a vision, a certain vessel de-
scending, as it were a great sheet let
down from heaven by four corners;
and it came even unto me: 6 upon
which when I had fastened mine
eyes, I considered, and saw the four-
footed beasts of the earth and wild
beasts and creeping things and birds
of the heaven. 7 And I heard also a
voice saying unto me. Rise, Peter;
kill and eat. 8 But I said. Not so.
Lord: for nothing common or un-
clean hath ever entered into my
mouth. 9 But a voice answered the
second time out of heaven. What
God hath cleansed, make not thou
common. 10 And this was done
thrice: and all were drawn up again
into heaven. 11 And behold, forth-
with three men stood before the
house in which we were, having been
sent from Csesarea unto me. 12 And
the Spirit bade me go with them,
making no distinction. And these
six brethren also accompanied me;
and we entered into the man's house:
13 and he told us how he had seen
the angel standing in his house,
and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch
Simon, whose surname is Peter; 14
who shall speak unto thee words,
whereby thou shall be saved, thou
and all thy house. 15 And as I be-
gan to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on
them, even as on us at the begin-
ning. 16 And I remembered the
word of the Lord, how he said, John
indeed baptized with water; but ye
shall be baptized ^in the Holy Spirit.
17 If then God gave unto them the
like gift as he did also unto us, when
we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ,
who was I, that I could withstand
God.f^ 18 And when they heard
these things, they held their peace,
and glorified God, spying. Then to
the Gentiles also hath God granted
repentance unto life.
19 They therefore that were scat-
tered abroad upon the tribulation
that arose about Stephen travelled
as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and
Antioch, speaking the word to none
save only to Jews. 20 But there
were some of them, men of Cyprus
and Cyrene, who, when they were
come to Antioch, spake unto the
^Greeks also, ^preaching the Lord
Jesus. 21 And the hand of the Lord
was with them : and a great number
that believed turned unto the Lord.
22 And the report concerning them
came to the ears of the church which
was in Jerusalem: and they sent
forth Barnabas as far as Antioch:
23 who, when he was come, and had
seen the grace of God, was glad; and
he exhorted them all, ^that with
purpose of heart they would cleave
unto the Lord : 24 for he was a good
man, and full of the Holy Spirit and
of faith : and much people was added
unto the Lord. 25 And he went
forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul; 26
and when he had found him, he
brought him unto Antioch. And it
came to pass, that even for a whole
year they were gathered together
^with the church, and taught much
people; and that the disciples were
called Christians first in Antioch.
27 Now in these days there came
down prophets from Jerusalem unto
Antioch. 28 And there stood up one
of them named Agabus, and signified
by the Spirit that there should be a
firreat famine over all *^the world:
1 Or, with
2 Many ancient authorities read Grecian Jews. See
ch. 6. 1.
3 See marginal note on ch. 5. 42.
4 Some ancient anthorities read that they would cleave
unto the purpose of their heart in the Lord.
6 Gr. in. e Gr. the inhabited earth.
145
The acts 11.29—12.23
which came to pass in the days of
Claudius. 29 And the disciples,
every man according to his ability,
determined to send ^relief unto the
brethren that dwelt in Judaea: 30
which also they did, sending it to the
elders by the hand of Barnabas and
Saul.
1 Q Now about that time Her-
1 jU od the king put forth his
hands to afflict certain of the church.
2 And he killed James the brother of
John with the sword. 3 And when
he saw that it pleased the Jews, he
proceeded to seize Peter also. And
those were the days of unleavened
bread. 4 And when he had taken
him, he put him in prison, and de-
livered him to four quaternions of
soldiers to guard him; intending
after the Passover to bring him forth
to the people. 5 Peter therefore was
kept in the prison: but prayer was
made earnestly of the church unto
God for him. 6 And when Herod
was about to bring him forth, the
same night Peter was sleeping be-
tween two soldiers, bound with two
chains: and guards before the door
kept the prison. 7 And behold, an
angel of the Lord stood by him, and
a light shined in the cell: and he
smote Peter on the side, and awoke
him, saying, Rise up quickly. And
his chains fell off from his hands.
8 And the angel said unto him. Gird
thyself, and bind on thy sandals.
And he did so. And he saith unto
him, Cast thy garment about thee,
and follow me. 9 And he went out,
and followed; and he knew not that
it was true which was done ^by the
angel, but thought he saw a vision.
10 And when they were past the
first and the second guard, they
came unto the iron gate that leadeth
into the city; which opened to them
of its own accord: and they went
out, and passed^ on through one
street; and straightway the angel
departed from him. 11 And when
Peter was come to himself, he said.
Now I know of a truth, that the
1 Gr. for ministry. Comp. ch. 6. 1. 2 Gr. through.
Herod Agrippa I. kills James and imprisons Peter
Lord hath sent forth his angel and
delivered me out of the hand of
Herod, and from all the expectation
of the people of the Jews. 12 And
when he had considered the thing,
he came to the house of Mary the
mother of John whose surname was
Mark; where many were gathered
together and were praying. 13 And
when he knocked at the door of the
gate, a maid came to answer, named
Rhoda. 14 And when she knew
Peter's voice, she opened not the
gate for joy, but ran in, and told
that Peter stood before the gate.
15 And they said unto her, Thou art
mad. But she confidently affirmed
that it was even so. And they said,
It is his angel. 16 But Peter con-
tinued knocking: and when they
had opened, they saw him, and were
amazed. 17 But he, beckoning unto
them with the hand to hold their
peace, declared unto them how the
Lord had brought him forth out of
the prison. And he said. Tell these
things unto James, and to the breth-
ren. And he departed, and went to
another place. 18 Now as soon as it
was day, there was no small stir
among the soldiers, what was be-
come of Peter. 19 And when Herod
had sought for him, and found him
not, he examined the guards, and
commanded that they should be
^put to death. And he went down
from Judaea to Csesarea, and tarried
there.
20 Now he was highly displeased
with them of Tyre and Sidon: and
they came with one accord to him,
and, having made Blastus the king's
chamberlain their friend, they asked
for peace, because their country was
fed from the king's country. 21 And
upon a set day Herod arrayed him-
self in royal apparel, and sat on the
^throne, and made an oration unto
them. 22 And the people shouted,
saying. The voice of a god, and not
of a man. 23 And immediately an
angel of the Lord smote him, be-
' Gr. led away to death.
4 Or, judgment-seat See Mt. 27. 19,
i4n
In Cyprus Elymas made blind and Sergius Paulus converted THE ACTS 12.24 13.23
eause he gave not God the glory:
and he was eaten of worms, and
gave up the ghost.
24 But the word of God grew and
multipHed.
25 And Barnabas and Saul re-
turned ifrom Jerusalem, when they
had fulfilled their ministration, tak-
ing with them John whose surname
was Mark.
I Q Now there were at An-
1 O tioch, in the church that was
there, prophets and teachers, Bar-
nabas, and Symeon that was called
Niger, and Lucius of Gyrene, and
Manaen the foster-brother of Herod
the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 And as
they ministered to the Lord, and
fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Sepa-
rate me Barnabas and Saul for the
work whereunto I have called them.
3 Then, when they had fasted and
prayed and laid their hands on
them, they sent them aw^ay.
4 So they, being sent forth by the
1 Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia;
I and from thence they sailed to
Cyprus. 5 And when they were at
SaLamis, they proclaimed the word
I of God in the synagogues of the
i Jews: and they had also John as
their attendant. 6 And when they
! had gone through the whole island
unto Paphos, they found a certain
-sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew,
whose name was Bar-Jesus; 7 who
was with the proconsul, Sergius
Paulus, a man of understanding.
The same called unto him Barnabas
and Saul, and sought to hear the
word of God. 8 But Elymas the
^sorcerer (for so is his name by inter-
pretation) withstood them, seeking
to turn aside the proconsul from the
faith. 9 But Saul, who is also called
Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit,
fastened his eyes on him, 10 and
said, O full of all guile and all vil-
lany, thou son of the devil, thou
enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou
not cease to pervert the right ways
of the Lord? 11 And now, behold,
' Many ancient authorities read to Jerusalem,
2Gr. Magus: as in Mt. 2. 1, 7, 16.
the hand of the Lord is upon thee,
and thou shalt be blind, not seeing
the sun ^'for a season. And imme-
diately there fell on him a mist and
a darkness ; and he went about seek-
ing some to lead him by the hand.
12 Then the proconsul, when he saw^
what was done, believed, being
astonished at the teaching of the
Lord.
13 Now Paul and his company set
sail from Paphos, and came to Perga
in Pamphylia: and John departed
from them and returned to Jeru-
salem. 14 But they, passing through
from Perga, came to Antioch of
Pisidia; and they went into the
synagogue on the sabbath day, and
sat down. 15 And after the reading
of the law and the prophets the rulers
of the synagogue sent unto them,
saying, Brethren, if ye have any
word of exhortation for the people,
say on. 16 And Paul stood up, and
beckoning with the hand said.
Men of Israel, and ye that fear
God, hearken: 17 The God of this
people Israel chose our fathers, and
exalted the people when they so-
journed in the land of Egypt, and
with a high arm led he them forth
out of it. 18 And for about the
time of forty years %s a nursing-
father bare he them in the wilder-
ness. 19 And when he had destroyed
seven nations in the land of Canaan,
he gave them their land for an in-
heritance, for about four hundred
and fifty years: 20 and after these
things he gave thein judges until
Samuel the prophet. 21 And after-
ward they asked for a king: and
God gave unto them Saul the son of
Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin,
for the space of forty years. 22 And
when he had removed him, he raised
up David to be their king; to whom
also he bare witness and said, ^I have
found David the son of Jesse, a man
after my heart, who shall do all my
^will. 23 Of this man's seed hath
> Or, until
* Many ancient authorities read suffered he their man-
ners in the wilderness. See Dt. 9. 7.
» 1 S. xiii. 14; Ps. Ixxxix. 20. s Gr. wills.
147
THE ACTS 13.24—13.50
God according to promise brought
unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus; 24
when John had first preached ^be-
fore his coming the baptism of re-
pentance to all the people of Israel.
25 And as John was fulfilling his
course, he said. What suppose ye
that I am? I am not he. But be-
hold, there cometh one after me the
shoes of whose feet I am not worthy
to unloose. 26 Brethren, children
of the stock of Abraham, and those
among you that fear God, to us is the
word of this salvation sent forth.
27 For they that dwell in Jerusalem,
and their rulers, because they knew
him not, nor the voices of the
prophets which are read every, sab-
bath, fulfilled them by condemning
him. 28 And though they found no
cause of death in him, yet asked
they of Pilate that he should be
slain. 29 And when they had ful-
filled all things that were written of
him, they took him down from the
tree, and laid him in a tomb. 30
But God raised him from the dead:
31 and he was seen for many days
of them that came up with him from
Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now
his witnesses unto the people. 32
And we bring you good tidings of the
promise made unto the fathers, 33
that God hath fulfilled the same unto
our children, in that he raised up
Jesus; as also it is written in the
second psalm, ^Thou art my Son,
this day have I begotten thee. 34
And as concerning that he raised
him up from the dead, now no more
to return to corruption, he hath
spoken on this wise, ^I will give you
the holy and sure blessings of David.
35 Because he saith also in another
psalm, ^Thou wilt not give thy Holy
One^ to see corruption. 36 For
David, after he had ^in his own gen-
eration served the counsel of God,
fell asleep, and was laid unto his
fathers, and saw corruption : 37 but
he whom God raised up saw no cor-
' Gr. before the face of his entering in.
2 Ps. ii. 7. 3 Is. iv. 3. 4 Ps. xvi. 10.
8 Or, served his own generation by the counsel of God, fell
asleep Or, sen>ed his own generation, fell asleep by the coun-
sel of God
Paul's Address at Antioch of Pisidia
ruption. 38 Be it known unto you
therefore, brethren, that through
this man is proclaimed unto you ;
remission of sins: 39 and by him
every one that belie veth is justified
from all things, from which ye could
not be justified by the law of Moses.
40 Beware therefore, lest that come
upon you which is spoken in the
prophets :
41 ^Behold, ye despisers, and won-
der, and ^perish;
For I work a work in your days,
A work which ye shall in no wise
believe, if one declare it unto
you.
42 And as they went out, they
besought that these words might be
spoken to them the next sabbath.
43 Now when the synagogue broke
up, many of the Jews and of the de-
vout proselytes followed Paul and
Barnabas; who, speaking to them,
urged them to continue in the grace
of God.
44 And the next sabbath almost
the whole city was gathered together
to hear the word of ^God. 45 But
when the Jews saw the multitudes,
they were filled with jealousy, and
contradicted the things which were
spoken by Paul, and ^blasphemed.
46 And Paul and Barnabas spake
out boldly, and said. It was neces-
sary that the word of God should
first be spoken to you. Seeing ye
thrust it from you, and judge your-
selves unworthy of eternal life, lo,
we turn to the Gentiles. 47 For so
hath the Lord commanded us, saying,
1^1 have set thee for a light of the
Gentiles,
That thou shouldest be for sal-
vation unto the uttermost part
of the earth.
48 And as the Gentiles heard this,
they were glad, and glorified the
word of ^God: and as many as were
ordained to eternal life believed.
49 And the w^ord of the Lord was
spread abroad throughout all the
region. 50 But the Jews urged on
6 Hab. i. 5. ? Or, vanish away Jas. 4, 14.
8 Manv ancient authorities read the Lord. » Or, raikJ
'" Is. xlix. 6.
148
At Lystra the Multitudes would do Sacrifice to Barnabas and Paul THE ACTS 13.51 14.25
the devout women of honorable
estate, and the chief men of the city,
and stirred up a persecution against
Paul and Barnabas, and cast them
out of their borders. 51 But they
shook off the dust of their feet
against them, and came unto Icon-
ium. 52 And the disciples were
filled with joy and with the Holy
Spirit.
UAnd it came to pass in
Iconium that they entered
together into the synagogue of the
Jews, and so spake that a great
multitude both of Jews and of
Greeks believed. 2 But the Jews
that were disobedient stirred up the
souls of the Gentiles, and made them
evil affected against the brethren.
3 Long time therefore they tarried
there speaking boldly in the Lord,
who bare witness unto the word of
his grace, granting signs and won-
ders to be done by their hands. 4
But the multitude of the city was
divided; and part held with the
Jews, and part with the apostles.
5 And when there was made an
onset both of the Gentiles and of the
Jews with their rulers, to treat them
shamefully and to stone them, 6 they
became aware of it, and fled unto
the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and
Derbe, and the region round about:
7 and there they ^preached the
gospel.
8 And at Lystra there sat a certain
man, impotent in his feet, a cripple
from his mother's womb, who never
had walked. 9 The same heard
Paul speaking: who, fastening his
eyes upon him, and seeing that he
had faith to be made whole, 10 said
with a loud voice. Stand upright on
thy feet. And he leaped up and
walked. 11 And when the multi-
tude saw what Paul had done, they
lifted up their voice, saying in the
speech of Lycaonia, The gods are
come down to us in the likeness of
men. 12 And they called Barnabas,
^Jupiter; and Paul, ^Mercury, be-
1 See marginal note on ch. 5. 42.
2 Gr. Zeus. ^ Gr, Hermes.
cause he was the chief speaker. 13
And the priest of Jupiter whose
temple was before the city, brought
oxen and garlands unto the gates,
and would have done sacrifice with
the multitudes. 14 But when the
apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard
of it, they rent their garments, and
sprang forth among the multitude,
crying out 15 and saying, Sirs, why
do ye these things .^^ We also are
men of like ^passions with you, and
bring you good tidings, that ye
should turn from these vain things
unto a living God, who made the
heaven and the earth and the sea,
and all that in them is: 16 who in
the generations gone by suffered
all the ^nations to walk in their own
ways. 17 And yet he left not him-
self without v/itness, in that he did
good and gave you from heaven
rains and fruitful seasons, filling
your hearts with food and gladness.
18 And with these sayings scarce
restrained they the multitudes from
doing sacrifice unto them.
19 But there came Jews thither
from Antioch and Iconium: and
having persuaded the multitudes,
they stoned Paul, and dragged him
out of the city, supposing that he
was dead. 20 But as the disciples
stood round about him, he rose up,
and entered into the city: and on
the morrow he went forth with
Barnabas to Derbe. 21 And when
they had ^preached the gospel to
that city, and had made many dis-
ciples, they returned to Lystra, and
to Iconium, and to Antioch, 22 con-
firming the souls of the disciples,
exhorting them to continue in the
faith, and that through many tribu-
lations we must enter into the king-
dom of God. 23 And when they had
appointed for them elders in every
church, and had prayed with fast-
ing, they commended them to the
Lord, on whom they had believed.
24 And they passed through Pisidia,
and came to Pamphylia. 25 And
4 Or, nature s Or, Gentiles See ch. 4. 25.
6 Gr. brought the good tidings. Comp. ch. 5. 42.
149
THE ACTS 14.26 — 15,22 Deputation to Jerusalem and conference. James gives Judgment
when they had spoken the word in
Perga, they went down to Attalia;
26 and thence they sailed to Antioch,
from whence they had been com-
mitted to the grace of God for the
work which they had fulfilled. 27
And when they wer-^ come, and had
gathered the church together, they
rehearsed all things that God had
done with them, and that he had
opened 9 door of faith unto the
Gentiles. 28 And they tarried no
little time with the disciples.
"I ^ And certain men came
1 ^ down from Judsea and taught
the brethren, saying, Except ye be
circumcised after the custom of
Moses, ye cannot be saved. 2 And
when Paul and Barnabas had no
small dissension and questioning
with them, the hrethfen appointed
that Paul and Barnabas, and certain
other of them, should go up to Jeru-
salem unto the apostles and elders
about this question. 3 They there-
fore, being brought on their way by
the church, passed through both
Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring
the conversion of the Gentiles: and
they caused great joy unto all the
brethren. 4 And when they were
come to Jerusalem, they were re-
ceived of the church and the apostles
and the elders, and they rehearsed
all things that God had done with
them. 5 But there rose up certain
of the sect of the Pharisees who be-
lieved, saying. It is needful to cir-
cumcise them, and to charge them
to keep the law of Moses.
6 And the apostles and the elders
were gathered together to consider
of this matter. 7 And when there
had been much questioning, Peter
rose up, and said unto them.
Brethren, ye know that a ^good
while ago God made choice among
you, that by my mouth the Gentiles
should hear the word of the ^gospel,
and believe. 8 And, God, who
knoweth the heart, bare them wit
ness, giving them the Holy Spirit, namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and
even as he did unto us; 9 and he
Or. from early days.
2 Or, good tidings
made no distinction between us and
them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
10 Now therefore why make ye trial
of God, that ye should put a yoke
upon the neck of the disciples which
neither our fathers nor we were able
to bear.? 11 But we believe that we
shall be saved through the grace of
the Lord Jesus, in like manner as
they.
12 And all the multitude kept
silence; and they hearkened unto
Barnabas and Paul rehearsing what
signs and wonders God had wrought
among the Gentiles through them.
13 And after they had held their
peace, James answered, saying.
Brethren, hearken unto me: 14
Symeon hath rehearsed how first
God visited the ^Gentiles, to take
out of them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words
of the prophets; as it is wTitten,
16 '^After these things I will return,
And I will build again the taber-
nacle of David, which is fallen :
And I will build again the ruins
thereof,
And I will set it up:
17 That the residue of men may
seek after the Lord,
And all the ^Gentiles, upon whom
my name s called,
18 Saith the Lord, ^vho maketh
these things known from of old.
19 Wherefore my judgment is, that
we trouble not them that from
among the Gentiles turn to God; 20
but that we ^write unto them, that
they abstain from the pollutions of
idols, and from fornication, and
from what is strangled, and from
blood. 21 For Moses from genera-
tions of old hath in every city them
that preach him, being read in the
svnagogues every sabbath.
"^22 Then it seemed good to the
apostles and the elders, with the
whole church, to choose men out of
their company, and send them to
Antioch with Paul and Barnabas;
3 See marginal note on ch. 4. 25. « Am. ix. 11. 12.
8 Or, w/if) doeth these things which were knoum tfr.
« Or, enjoin them
150
Deputation and Letter to Antioch. Paul and Barnabas disagree THE ACTS 15.23 16.10
Silas, chief men among the brethren :
23 and they wrote thus by them,
^The apostles and the elders, breth-
ren, unto the brethren who are of the
Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and
Cilicia, greeting: 24 Forasmuch as
we have heard that certain ^who
went out from us have troubled you
with words, subverting your souls;
to whom we gave no commandment;
25 it seemed good unto us, having
come to one accord, to choose out
men and send them unto you with
our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26
men that have hazarded their lives
for the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ. 27 We have sent therefore
Judas and Silas, who themselves also
shall tell you the same things by
word of mouth. 28 For it seemed
good to the Holy Spirit, and to us,
to lay upon you no greater burden
than these necessary things : 29 that
ye abstain from things sacrificed to
idols, and from blood, and from
things strangled, and from forni-
cation; from which if ye keep your-
selves, it shall be well with you.
Fare ye well.
30 So they, when they were dis-
missed, came down to Antioch; and
having gathered the multitude to-
gether, they delivered the epistle.
31 And when they had read it, they
rejoiced for the ^consolation. 32
And Judas and Silas, being them-
selves also prophets, '^exhorted the
brethren with many words, and con-
firmed them. 33 And after they had
spent some time there, they were
dismissed in peace from the brethren
unto those that had sent them forth. ^
35 But Paul and Barnabas tarried
in Antioch, teaching and '^preaching
tlie word of the Lord, with many
others also.
36 And after some days Paul said
unto Barnabas, Let us return now
,and visit the brethren in every city
wherein we proclaimed the word of
* Or, The apostles and the elder brethren
- Some ancient authorities omit who went out.
' Or, exhortation '^ Or, comforted
* Some ancient authorities insert, with variations, ver.
34 But it seemed good unto Silas to abide there.
* Comp. marginal note on ch. o. 42.
151
the Lord, and see how they fare.
37 And Barnabas was minded to
take with them John also, who was
called Mark. 38 But Paul thought
not good to take with them him who
withdrew from them from Pamphy-
lia, and went not with them to the
work. 39 And there arose a sharp
contention, so that they parted
asunder one from the other, and
Barnabas took Mark with him, and
sailed away unto Cyprus: 40 but
Paul chose Silas, and went forth,
being commended by the brethren
to the grace of the Lord. 41 And he
went through Syria and Cilicia, con-
firming the churches.
1/ZJ And he came also to Derbe
vJ and to Lystra: and behold,
a certain disciple was there, named
Timothy, the son of a Jewess that
believed; but his father was a
Greek. 2 The same was well re-
ported of by the brethren that were
at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Him
would Paul have to go forth with
him; and he took and circumcised
him because of the Jews that were
in those parts : for they all knew that
his father was a Greek. 4 And as
they went on their way through the
cities, they delivered them the de-
crees to keep which had been or-
dained of the apostles and elders
that were at Jerusalem. 5 So the
churches were strengthened ^in the
faith, and increased in number daily.
6 And they went through ^the
region of Phrygia and Galatia, hav-
ing been forbidden of the Holy
Spirit to speak the word in Asia;
7 and when they were come over
against Mysia, they assayed to go
into Bithynia; and the Spirit of
Jesus suffered them not; 8 and pass-
ing by Mysia, they came down to
Troas. 9 And a vision appeared to
Paul in the night : There was a man
of Macedonia standing, beseeching
him, and saying, Come over into
Macedonia, and help us. 10 And
when he had seen the vision, straight-
way we sought to go forth into Mace-
7 Or, in faith « Or, Phrygia and the region of Galatia,
THE ACTS 16.11-16.36 tydia.
donia, concluding that God had
called us to ^preach the gospel unto
them.
11 Setting sail therefore from
Troas, we made a straight course to
Samothrace, and the day following
to Neapolis; 12 and from thence to
Philippi, which is a city of Mace-
donia, the first of the district, a
Roman colony: and we were in this
city tarrying certain days. 13 And
on the sabbath day we went' forth
without the gate by a river side,
where we supposed there was a
place of prayer; and we sat down,
and spake unto the women that were
come together. 14 And a certain
woman named Lydia, a seller of
purple, of the city of Thyatira, one
that worshipped God, heard us:
whose heart the Lord opened to give
heed unto the things which were
spoken by Paul. 15 And when she
was baptized, and her household,
she 'besought us, saying. If ye have
judged me to be faithful to the Lord,
come into my house, and abide there.
And she constrained us.
16 And it came to pass, as we
were going to the place of prayer,
that a certain maid havings ^a spirit
of divination met us, who brought
her masters much gain by sooth-
saying. 17 The same following after
Paul and us cried out, saying. These
men are ^servants of the Most High
God, who proclaim unto you ^the
way of salvation. 18 And this she
^-d for many days. But Paul, being
sore troubled, turned and said to the
spirit, I charge thee in the name of
Jesus Christ to come out of her. And
it came out that very hour.
19 But when her masters saw that
the hope of their gain was <^gone,
they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and
dragged them into the marketplace
before the rulers, 20 and when they
had brought them unto the ^magis-
trates, they said. These men, being
Jews, do exceedingly trouble our
1 Gr. bring the good tidings. See ch. 5. 42.
2 Many authorities read where was wont to be b'c.
' Gr. a spirit, a Python. * Gr. bondservants.
^ Or, a way ® Gr. come out.
7 Gr. prcelors: comp. ver. 22, 35, 36, 38.
Paul and Silas beaten and imprisoned
city, 21 and set forth customs whicli
it is not lawful for us to receive, or t<>
observe, being Romans. 22 And
the multitude rose up together
against them: and the ^magistrates
rent their garments off them, and
commanded to beat them with rods.
23 And when they had laid many
stripes upon them, they cast them
into prison, charging the jailor to
keep them safely: 24 who, having
received such a charge, cast them
into the inner prison, and made their
feet fast in the stocks. 25 But
about midnight Paul and Silas were
praying and singing hymns unto
God, and the prisoners were listen-
ing to them; 26 and suddenly there
was a great earthquake, so that the
foundations of the prison-house were
shaken: and immediately all thr
doors were opened; and every one's
bands were loosed. 27 And the
jailor, being roused out of sleep and
seeing the prison doors open, drew
his sword and was about to kill him-
self, supposing that the prisoners
had escaped. 28 But Paul cried
with a loud voice, saying. Do thy-
self no harm:, for we are all here.
29 And he called for lights and sprang
in, and, trembling for fear, fell down
before Paul and Silas, 30 and brought
them out and said. Sirs, what must
I do to be saved .f^ 31 And they said,
Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou
shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
32 And they spake the word of ^the
Lord unto him, with all that were
in his house. 33 And he took them
the same hour of the night, and
washed their stripes; and was bap-
tized, he and all his, immediately.
34 And he brought them up into his
house, and set ^food before them,
and rejoiced greatly, with all his
house, leaving believed in God.
35 But when it was day, the
^magistrates sent the ^^serjeants,
saying. Let those men go. 36 And
the jailor reported the words to
Paul, saying. The ^magistrates have
8 Some ancient authorities read God.
10 Or, having believed Cod
9 Gr. a table.
11 Gr. liciors.
152
Paul and Silas at Thessalonica.
sent to let you go: now therefore
come forth, and go in peace. 37
But Paul said unto them, They have
beaten us publicly, uncondemned,
men that are Romans, and have
cast us into prison ; and do they now
cast us out privily? nay verily; but
let them come themselves and bring
us out. 38 And the ^Serjeants re-
ported these words unto the ^mag-
istrates: and they feared when they
heard that they were Romans; 39
and they came and besought them;
and when they had brought them
out, they asked them to go away
from the city. 40 And they went
out of the prison, and entered into
the house of Lydia: and when they
had seen the brethren, they ^com-
forted them, and departed.
1/*y Now when they had passed
I through Amphipolis and
Apollonia, they came to Thessa-
lonica, where was a synagogue of
the Jews : 2 and Paul, as his custom
was, went in unto them, and for
three Sabbath days reasoned with
them from the scriptures, 3 opening
and alleging that it behooved the
Christ to suffer, and to rise again
from the dead; and that this Jesus,
whom, said he, I proclaim unto you,
is the Christ. 4 And some of them
were persuaded, and consorted with
Paul and Silas; and of the devout
Greeks a great multitude, and of the
chief women not a few. 5 But the
Jews, being moved with jealousy,
took unto them certain vile fellows
of the rabble, and gathering a
crowd, set the city on an uproar; and
assaulting the house of Jason, they
sought to bring them forth to the
people. 6 And when they found
them not, they dragged Jason and
certain brethren before the rulers of
the city, crying, These that have
turned ^the world upside down are
come hither also; 7 whom Jason
hath received: and these all act con-
trary to the decrees of Caesar, saying
that there is another king, one Jesus.
' Gr. lictors.
^ Or. exhorted
5 Gr. the inhabited earth.
2 Gr. prcetors. See ver. 20.
4 Or, weeks
Paul at Athens THE ACTS 16.37—17.20
8 And they troubled the multitude
and the rulers of the city, when they
heard these things. 9 And when
they had taken security from Jason
and the rest, they let them go.
10 And the brethren immediately
sent away Paul and Silas by night
unto Bercea: who when they were
come thither went into the syna-
gogue of the Jews. 11 Now these
were more noble than those in
Thessalonica, in that they received
the word with all readiness of mind,
examining the scriptures daily,
whether these things were so. 12
Many of them therefore believed;
also of the Greek women of honorable
estate, and of men, not a few. 13
But when the Jews of Thessalonica
had knowledge that the word of God
was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea
also, they came thither likewise,
stirring up and troubling the mul-
titudes. 14 And then immediately
the brethren sent forth Paul to go as
far as to the sea: and Silas and
Timothy abode there still. 15 But
they that conducted Paul brought
him as far as Athens: and receiving
a commandment unto Silas and
Timothy that they should come to
him with all speed, they departed.
16 Now while Paul waited for
them at Athens, his spirit was pro-
voked within him as he beheld the
city full of idols. 17 So he reasoned
in the synagogue with the Jews and
the devout persons, and in the mar-
ketplace every day with them that
met him. 18 And certain also of
the Epicurean and Stoic philoso-
phers encountered him. And some
said, What would this babbler say.^
others. He seemeth to be a settev
forth of ^strange ^gods: because he
^preached Jesus and the resurrection.
19 And they took hold of him, and
brought him ^unto ^^the Areopagus,
saying. May we know what this new
teaching is, which is spoken by theer
20 For thou bringest certain Strang-:
things to our ears: we would knc ,v
s Or, foreign divinities ^ Gr. demons.
8 See marginal note on ch. 5. 42.
» Or, before lo Or, ihc jili of }' .rs
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THE ACTS 17.21—18.11
Paul's Speech. lu Effect. Paul at Corinth
therefore what these things mean.
21 (Now all the Athenians and the
strangers sojourning there ^spent
their time in nothing else, but either
to tell or to hear some new thing.)
22 And Paul stood in the midst of
the Areopagus, and said,
Ye men of Athens, in all things I
perceive that ye are ^very religious.
23 For as I passed along, and ob-
served the objects of your worship, I
found also an altar with this in-
scription, To AN Unknown God.
What therefore ye worship in ignor-
ance, this I set forth unto you. 24
The God that made the world and
all things therein, he, being Lord of
heaven and earth, dwelleth not in
^temples made with hands; 25
neither is he served by men's hands,
as though he needed anything, seeing
he himself giveth to all life, and
breath, and all things; 26 and he
made of one every nation of men to
dwell on all the face of the earth,
having determined their appointed
seasons, and the bounds of their
habitation ; 27 that they should seek
God, if haply they might feel after
him and find him, though he is not
far from each one of us: 28 for in
him we live, and move, and have our
being; as certain even of your own
poets have said,
For we are also his offspring.
29 Being then the offspring of God,
we ought not to think that ^the God-
head is like unto gold, or silver, or
stone, graven by art and device of
man. 30 The times of ignorance
therefore God overlooked; but now
he ^commandeth men that thej^
should all everywhere repent: 31
inasmuch as he hath appointed a
day in which he will judge ^the world
in righteousness ^by ^the man whom
he hath ordained; whereof he hath
given assurance unto all men, in
that he hath raised him from the
dead.
32 Now when they heard of the
^ Or, had leisure for nothing else
- Or, somewhat superstitious
•■' Or, sanctuaries ■• Or, that which is divine
* Some ancient authorities read declareth to men.
^Gt. th« inhabited earth: '' Gr. in. « Or, a man
18
resurrection of the dead, some
mocked; but others said. We will
hear thee concerning this yet again.
33 Thus Paul went out from among
them. 34 But certain men clave
unto him, and believed: among
whom also was Dionysius the Are-
opagite, and a woman named Dama-
ris, and others with them.
After these things he de-
parted from Athens, and
came to Corinth. 2 And he found
a certain Jew named Aquila, a man
of Pontus by race, lately come from
Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because
Claudius had commanded all the
Jews to depart from Rome: and he
came unto them; 3 and because he
was of the same trade, he abode with
them, and they wrought; for by
their trade they were tentmakers.
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue
every sabbath, and persuaded Je^A
and Greeks.
5 But when Silas and Timothy
came down from Macedonia, Paul
was constrained by the word, tes-
tifying to the Jews that Jesus was
the Christ. 6 And when they op-
posed themselves and i*^blasphemed,
he shook out his raiment and said
unto them. Your blood he upon your
own heads ; I am clean : from hence-
forth I will go unto the Gentiles.
7 And he departed thence, and went
into the house of a certain man
named Titus Justus, one that wor-
shipped God, whose house joined
hard to the synagogue. 8 And Cris-
pus, the ruler of the synagogue, ^^be-
lieved in the Lord with all his house;
and many of the Corinthians hear-
ing believed, and were baptized.
9 And the Lord said unto Paul in
the night b}- a vision, Be not afraid,
but speak and hold not thy peace:
10 for I am with thee, and no man
shall set on thee to harm thee: for
I have much people in this city. 11
And he dwelt there a year and six
months, teaching the word of God
among them.
^Gr. sought to persuade
» Gr. believed the Lord.
10 Or .railed
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Paul is brought before Galllo. Sails for Syria. ApoIIos THE ACTS 18.12 19.10
12 But when Gallic was pro-
consul of Achaia, the Jews with one
accord rose up against Paul and
brought him before the judgment-
seat, 13 saying, This man per-
suadeth men to worship God con-
trary to the law. 14 But when Paul
was about to open his mouth, Gallio
said unto the Jews, If indeed it were
a matter of wrong or of wicked
villany, O ye Jews, reason would
that I should bear with you: 15 but
if they are questions about words and
names and your own law, look to it
yourselves; I am not minded to be
a judge of these matters. 16 And
he drove them from the judgment-
seat. 17 And they all laid hold on
Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue,
and beat him before the judgment-
seat. And Gallio cared for none of
these things.
18 And Paul, having tarried after
this yet many days, took his leave
of the brethren, and sailed thence
for Syria, and with him Priscilla and
Aquila: having shorn his head in
Cenchrese; for he had a vow. 19
And they came to Ephesus, and he
left them there: but he himself
entered into the synagogue, and
reasoned with the Jews. 20 And
when they asked him to abide a
longer time, he consented not; 21
but taking his leave of them, and
saying, I will return again unto you
if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.
22 And w^hen he had landed at
Csesarea, he went up and saluted
the church, and went down to
Antioch. 23 And having spent
some time there, he departed, and
went through the region of Galatia,
nd Phrygia in order, establishing
1 the disciples.
24 Now a certain Jew named
Apollos, an Alexandrian by race,
%n eloquent man, came to Ephesus;
and he was mighty in the scriptures.
25 This man had been ^instructed in
the way of the Lord; and being
fervent in spirit, he spake and
taught accurately the things con-
1 Or, a learned man 2 Gr. taught by word of mouth.
cerning Jesus, knowing only the
baptism of John: 26 and he began
to speak boldly in the synagogue.
But when Priscilla and Aquila heard
him, they took him unto them, and
expounded unto him the way of God
more accurately. 27 And when he
was minded to pass over into Achaia,
the brethren encouraged him, and
wrote to the disciples to receive
him: and when he was come, he
helped them much that had be-
lieved through grace; 28 for he
powerfully confuted the Jews, "^and
that publicly, showing by the scrip-
tures that Jesus was the Christ.
1 Q And it came to pass, that,
1 ^ while Apollos was at Corinth,
Paul having passed through the
upper country came to Ephesus,
and found certain disciples: 2 and
he said unto them. Did ye receive
the Holy Spirit when ye believed .^^
And they said unto him. Nay, we
did not so much as hear whether ^the
Holy Spirit was given. 3 And*he
said. Into what then were ye bap-
tized.^ And they said. Into John's
baptism. 4 And Paul said, John
baptized with the baptism of re-
pentance, saying unto the people
that they should believe on him that
should come after him, that is, on
Jesus. 5 And when they heard this,
they were baptized into the name of
the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul
had laid h's hands upon them, the
Holy Spirit came on them; and they
spake with tongues, and prophesied.
7 And they were in all about twelve
men.
8 And he entered into the syna-
gogue, and spake boldly for the
space of three months, reasoning and
persuading as to the things con-
cerning the kingdom of God. 9 But
when some were hardened and dis-
obedient, speaking evil of the Way
before the multitude, he departed
from them, and separated the dis-
ciples, reasoning daily in the school
of Tvrannus. 10 And this continued
' Or, helped much through grace them that had believed
* Or, showing publicly b Qr, there is a Holy Spirit
155
THE ACTS 19.11—19.35 PauI in the ScHooI of Tyrannus, Demetrius and the Silversmiths
for the space of two years; so that Demetrius, a silversmith, who made
all they that dwelt in Asia heard the silver shrines of ^Diana, brought no
word of the Lord, both Jews and little business unto the craftsmen;
Greeks. 11 And God wrought special 25 whom he gathered together, with
^miracles by the hands of Paul: the workmen of like occupation, and
12 insomuch that unto the sick were
carried away from his body hand-
kerchiefs or aprons, and the dis-
eases departed from them, and the
evil spirits went out. 13 But certain
also of the strolling Jews, exorcists,
took upon them to name over them
that had the evil spirits the name of
the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you
by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of one
Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did
this. 15 And the evil spirit an-
swered and said unto them, Jesus
I %now, and Paul I know; but who
are ye.^ 16 And the man in whom
the evil spirit was leaped on them,
and mastered both of them, and pre-
vailed against them, so that they
fled out of that house naked and
wdtmded. 17 And this became
known to all, both Jews and Greeks,
that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell
upon them all, and the name of the
Lord Jesus was magnified. 18 Many
also of them that had believed came,
confessing, and declaring their deeds.
19 And not a few of them that
practised magical arts brought their
books together and burned them in
the sight of all; and they counted
the price of them, and found it fifty
thousand pieces of silver. 20 So
mightily grew the word of the Lord
and prevailed.
21 Now after these things were
ended, Paul purposed in the spirit,
when he had passed through Mace-
donia and Achaia, to go to Jeru-
salem, saying, After I have been
there, I must also see Rome. 22 And
having sent into Macedonia two of
them that ministered unto him,
Timothy and Erastus, he himself
stayed in Asia for a while
23 And about that time there
arose no small stir concerning the
Way. 24 For a certain man named
^Gr. powers. ^ Or, recognize
said. Sirs, ye know that by this
business we have our wealth. 26
And ye see and hear, that not alone
at Ephesus, but almost throughout
all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded
and turned away much people, say-
ing that they are no gods, that are
made with hands: 27 and not only
is there danger that this our trade
come into disrepute; but also that
the temple of the great goddess
^Diana be made of no account, and
that she should even be deposed
from her magnificence whom all
Asia and ^the world worshippeth.
28 And when they heard this they
were filled with wrath, and cried
out, sajang, Great is ^Diana of the
Ephesians. 29 And the city was
filled with the confusion: and they
rushed with one accord into the
theatre, having seized Gains and
Aristarchus, men of Macedonia,
Paul's companions in travel. 30
And when Paul was minded to enter
in unto the people, the disciples
suffered him not. 31 And certain
also of the ^Asiarchs, being his
friends, sent unto him and besought
him not to adventure himself into
the theatre. 32 Some therefore
cried one thing, and some anotlier:
for the assembly was in confusion;
and the more part knew not where-
fore they were come together. 33
^And they brought Alexander out of
the multitude, the Jews putting him
forward. And Alexander beckoned
with the hand, and would have made
a defence unto the people. 34 But
when they perceived that he was a
Jew, all with one voice about the
space of two hours cried out. Great
is ^Diana of the Ephesians. 35 And
when the townclerk had quieted
the multitude, he saith, Ye men of
» Gr. Artemis. *Gt. the inhabited earth.
5 That is, officers having charge of festivals &c. in the
Roman province of Asia.
*Or, And some of the multitude instructed Alexander
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Paul leaves Ephesus for Greece. At Troas. At Miletus THE ACTS 19.36 — 20.19
Ephesus, what man is there who
knoweth not that the city of the
Ephesians is temple-keeper of the
great ^Diana, and of the image
which fell down from ^Jupiter?
36 Seeing then that these things
cannot be gainsaid, ye ought to be
quiet, and to do nothing rash.
37 For ye have brought hither these
men, who are neither robbers of
temples nor blasphemers of our
goddess. 38 If therefore Deme-
trius, and the craftsmen that are
with him, have a matter against any
man, ^the courts are open, and there
are proconsuls : let them accuse one
another. 39 But if ye seek any-
thing about other matters, it shall
be settled in the regular assembly.
40 For indeed we are in danger to
be Accused concerning this day's
riot, there being no cause for it : and
as touching it we shall not be able
to give account of this concourse.
41 And when he had thus spoken,
he dismissed the assembly.
Q/^ And after the uproar
^vJ ceased, Paul having sent
for the disciples and exhorted them,
took leave of them, and departed
to go into Macedonia. 2 And when
he had gone through those parts,
and had given them much exhorta-
tion, he came into Greece. 3 And
when he had spent three months
there, and a plot was laid against
him by the Jews as he was about to
set sail for Syria, he determined to
return through Macedonia. 4 And
there accompanied him ^as far as
Asia, Sopater of Beroea, the son of
Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians,
Aristarchus and Secundus; and
Gains of Derbe, and Timothy; and
of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
6 But these %ad gone before, and
were waiting for us at Troas. 6 And
we sailed away from Philippi after
the days of unleavened bread, and
came unto them to Troas in five
days; where we tarried seven days.
1 Gr, Artemis. 2 Or, heaven ^Ot, court days are kept
_ * Or, accused of riot concerning this day
5 Many ancient authorities omit as far as Asia.
8 Many ancient authorities read came, and were waiting.
7 And upon the first day of the
week, when we were gathered to-
gether to break bread, Paul dis-
coursed with them, intending to
depart on the morrow; and pro-
longed his speech until midnight.
8 And there were many lights in the
upper chamber where we were gath-
ered together. 9 And there sat in
the window a certain young man
named Eutychus, borne down with
deep sleep; and as Paul discoursed
yet longer, being borne down by his
sleep he fell down from the third
story, and was taken up dead. 10
And Paul went down, and fell on
him, and embracing him said. Make
ye no ado; for his life is in him.
11 And when he was gone up, and
had broken the bread, and eaten,
and had talked with them a long
while, even till break of day, so he
departed. 12 And they brought the
lad alive, and were not a little com-
forted.
13 But we, going before to the
ship, set sail for Assos, there in-
tending to take in Paul: for so had
he appointed, intending himself to
go ^by land. 14 And when he met
us at Assos, we took him in, and
came to Mitylene. 15 And sailing
from thence, we came the following
day over against Chios; and the
next day we touched at Samos; and
^the day after we came to Miletus.
16 For Paul had determined to sail
past Ephesus, that he might not
have to spend time in Asia; for he
was hastening, if it were possible
for him, to be at Jerusalem the day
of Pentecost.
17 And from Miletus he sent to
Ephesus, and called to him the
^elders of the church. 18 And when
they were come to him, he said unto
them.
Ye yourselves know, from the
first day that I set foot in Asia,
after what manner I was with you
all the time, 19 serving the Lord
with all lowliness of mind, and with
7 Or, on foot
8 Many ancient authorities insert having tarried at
Trogyllium. » Or, presbyters
38
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THE ACTS 20.20—21.9
Paul continues his voyage and touches at Tyre
tears, and with trials which befell
me by the plots of the Jews; 20 how
I shrank not from declaring unto
you anything that was profitable,
and teaching you publicly, and from
house to house, 21 testifying both
to Jews and to Greeks repentance
toward God, and faith toward our
Lord Jesus ^Christ. 22 And now,
behold, I go bound in the spirit unto
Jerusalem, not knowing the things
that shall befall me there: 23 save
that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto
me in every city, saying that bonds
and afflictions abide me. 24 But I
hold not my life of any account as
dear unto myself, ^so that I may
accomplish my course, and the
ministry which I received from the
Lord Jesus, to testify the ^gospel of
the grace of God. 25 And now, be-
hold, I know that ye all, among
whom I went about preaching the
kingdom, shall see my face no more.
26 Wherefore I testify unto you this
day, that I am pure from the blood
of all men. 27 For I shrank not
from declaring unto you the whole
counsel of God. 28 Take heed unto
yourselves, and to all the flock, in
which the Holy Spirit hath made
you "^bishops, to feed the church of
^he Lord which he ^purchased
with his own blood. 29 I know that
after my departing grievous wolves
shall enter in among you, not spar-
ing the flock; 30 and from among
your own selves shall men arise,
speaking perverse things, to draw
away the disciples after them. 31
Wherefore watch ye, remembering
that by the space of three years I
ceased not to admonish every one
night and day with tears. 32 And
now I commend you to "God, and
to the word of his grace, which is
able to build you up, and to give
you the inheritance among all them
that are sanctified. 33 I coveted
no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
1 Many ancient authorities omit Christ. ■
sQr, in comparison of accomplishing my course
'Or, good tidings * Or, overseers
^Some ancient authorities, including the two oldest
manuscripts, read God. « Gr. acquired.
' Some ancient authorities read the Lord.
34 Ye yourselves know that the>
hands ministered unto my necessi
ties, and to them that were with m
35 In all things I gave you an e>
ample, that so laboring ye ought 1
help the weak, and to remember tL
words of the Lord Jesus, that li
himself said. It is more blessed 1
give than to receive.
36 And when he had thus spoken,
he kneeled down and prayed with
them all. 37 And they all wept sore,
and fell on Paul's neck and kissed
him, 38 sorrowing most of all for
the word which he had spoken, that
they should behold his face no more.
And the}^ brought him on his way
unto the ship.
O "I And when it came to pass
itai 1 that we were parted from
them and had set sail, we came with
a straight course unto Cos, and the
next day imto Rhodes, and from
thence unto Patara: 2 and having
found a ship crossing over unto
Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set
sail. 3 And when we had come in
sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the
left hand, we sailed unto Syria, and
landed at Tyre; for there the ship
was to unlade her burden. 4 And
having found the disciples, we tar-
ried there seven daj^s : and these said
to Paul through the Spirit, that he
should not set foot in Jerusalem.
5 And when it came to pass that we
had accomplished the days, we de-
parted and went on our journey;
and they all, with wives and chil-
dren, brought us on our way till we
were out of the city: and kneeling
down on the beach, we prayed, and
bade each other farewell; 6 and we
went on board the ship, but they
returned home again.
7 And when we had finished the
voyage from Tyre, we arrived at
Ptolemais; and we saluted the breth-
ren, and abode with them one day.
8 And on the morrow we departed,
and came unto Csesarea: and enter-
ing into the house of Philip the
evangelist, who was one of the seven,
we abode with him. 9 Now this
158
His Reception at Jerusalem. Mobbed in the Temple
man had four virgin daughters, who
prophesied. 10 And as we tarried
there some days, there came down
from Judsea a certain prophet,
named Agabus. 11 And coming to
us, and taking Paul's girdle, he
bound his own feet and hands, and
said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit,
So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind
the man that owneth this girdle,
and shall deliver him into the hands
of the Gentiles. 12 And when we
heard these things, both we and they
of that place besought him not to go
up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul
answered. What do ye, weeping and
breaking my heart .^ for I am ready
not to be bound only, but also to
die at Jerusalem for the name of the
Lord Jesus. 14 And when he would
not be persuaded, we ceased, saying.
The will of the Lord be done.
15 And after these days we ^took
up our baggage and went up to
Jerusalem. 16 And there went with
us also certain of the disciples from
Csesarea, ^bringing with them one
Mnason of Cyprus, an early dis-
ciple, with whom we should lodge.
17 And when we were come to
Jerusalem, the brethren received
us gladly. 18 And the day following
Paul went in with us unto James;
and all the elders were present. 19
jAnd when he had saluted them, he
i rehearsed one by one the things
which God had wrought among the
Gentiles through his ministry. 20
And they, when they heard it,
, glorified God; and they said unto
' him, Thou seest, brother, how many
•^thousands there are among the
Jews of them that have believed;
and they are all zealous for the law:
21 and they have been informed con-
cerning thee, that thou teachest all
ithe Jews who are among the Gen-
tiles to forsake Moses, telling them
not to circumcise their children,
, neither to walk after the customs.
122 What is it therefore.? they will
certainly hear that thou art come.
' Or, made ready
■Or, hringins us to owe Mnason b'c.
3 Gr. myriads.
THE ACTS 2L10— 21.33
23 Do therefore this that we say
to thee: We have four men that
have a vow on them; 24 these take,
and purify thyself with them, and
be at charges for them, that they
may shave their heads: and all shall
know that there is no truth in the
things whereof they have been in-
formed concerning thee; but that
thou thyself also walkest orderly,
keeping the law. 25 But as touch-
ing the Gentiles that have believed,
we ^ wrote, giving judgment that
they should keep themselves from
things sacrificed to idols, and from
blood, and from what is • strangled,
and from fornication. 26 Then
Paul ^took the men, and the next
day purifying himself with them
went into the temple, declaring the
fulfilment of the days of purifica-
tion, until the offering was offered
for every one of them.
27 And when the seven days were
almost completed, the Jews from
Asia, when they saw him in the
temple, stirred up all the multitude
and laid hands on him, 28 crying out.
Men of Israel, help : This is the man
that teacheth all men everywhere
against the people, and the law, and
this place; and moreover he brought
Greeks also into the temple, and
hath defiled this holy place. 29 For
they had before seen with him in the
city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom
they supposed that Paul had brought
into the temple. 30 And all the
city was moved, and the people ran
together; and they laid hold on
Paul, and dragged him out of the
temple: and straightway the doors
were shut. 31 And as they were
seeking to kill him, tidings came
up to the ^chief captain of the 'band,
that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
32 And forthwith he took soldiers
and centurions, and ran down upon
them: and they, when they saw the
^chief captain and the soldiers, left
off beating Paul. 33 Then the
^'chief captain came near, and laid
< Or, enjoined Many ancient authorities read sent.
*0r, took the men the next day. and purifying himself b'c.
•Or, military tribune Gr. chiliarch. '' Or, cohort
159
THE ACTS 21.34 — 22.20 Rescued by the chief Captain. Addresses the People,
hold on him, and commanded him
to be bound with two chains; and
inquired who he was, and what he
had done. 34 And some shouted
one thing, some another, among the
crowd : and when he could not know
the certainty for the uproar, he com-
manded him to be brought into the
castle. 35 And when he came upon
the stairs, so it was that he was
borne of the soldiers for the vio-
lence of the crowd; 36 for the mul-
titude of the people followed after,
crying out. Away with him.
37 And as Paul was about to be
brought into the castle, he saith
unto the ^chief captain, May I say
something unto thee.? And he said,
Dost thou know Greek .f^ 38 Art
thou not then the Egyptian, who
before these days stirred up to sedi-
tion and led out into the wilderness
the four thousand men of the
Assassins? 39 But Paul said, I am
a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen
of no mean city: and I beseech thee,
give me leave to speak unto the
people. 40 And when he had given
him leave, Paul, standing on the
stairs, beckoned with the hand unto
the people; and when there was made
a great silence, he spake unto them
in the Hebrew language, saying,
QO Brethren and fathers,
^^ hear ye the defence which I
now make unto you.
2 And when theyheard that he spake
unto them in the Hebrew language,
they were the more quiet : and he saith,
3 I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of
Cilicia, but brought up in this city,
at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed
according to the strict manner of
the law of our fathers, being zealous
for God, even as ye all are this day:
4 and I persecuted this Way unto
the death, binding and delivering
into prisons both men and women.
5 As also the high priest doth bear
me witness, and all the estate of the
elders: from whom also I received
letters unto the brethren, and jour-
neyed to Damascus to bring them
also that were there unto Jerusalem
in bonds to be punished. 6 And it
came to pass, that, as I made my
journey, and drew nigh unto Damas-
cus, about noon, suddenly there shone
from heaven a great light round
about me. 7 And I fell unto the
ground, and heard a voice saying
unto me, Saul, Saul, why perse-
cutest thou me.f^ 8 And I answered.
Who art thou, Lord? And he said
unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth,
whom thou persecutest. 9 And they
that were with me beheld indeed the
light, but they heard not the voice
of him that spake to me. 10 And I
said. What shall I do. Lord? And
the Lord said unto me. Arise, and go
into Damascus; and there it shall
be told thee of all things which are
appointed for thee to do. 11 And
when I could not see for the glory
of that light, being led by the hand
of them that were with me I came
into Damascus. 12 And one Ana-
nias, a devout man according to the
law, well reported of by all the Jews
that dwelt there, 13 came unto me,
and standing by me said unto me,
Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And
in that very hour I ^looked up on
him. 14 And he said. The God of
our fathers hath appointed thee to
know his will, and to see the Right-
eous One, and to hear a voice from
his mouth. 15 For thou shalt be a
witness for him unto all men of
what thou hast seen and heard. 16
And now why tarriest thou? arise,
and be baptized, and wash away
thy sins, calling on his name. 17
And it came to pass, that, when I
had returned to Jerusalem, and while
I prayed in the temple, I fell into a
trance, 18 and saw him saying unto
me, Make haste, and get thee
quickly out of Jerusalem; because
they will not receive of thee testi-
mony concerning me. 19 And I
said. Lord, they themselves know
that I imprisoned and beat in every
synagogue them that believed on
thee: 20 and when the blood of
1 Or, military tribune Gr. chili arch.
2 Or, received my sight and looked upon him.
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till they clamor for his Death. Paul before the San hedrin THE ACTS 22.21 — 23.15
Stephen thy witness was shed, I
also was standing by, and consent-
ing, and keeping the garments of
them that slew him. 21 And he
said unto me. Depart : for I will send
thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.
22 And they gave him audience
unto this word; and they lifted up
their voice, and said. Away with
such a fellow from the earth: for it
is not fit that he should live. 23 And
as they cried out, and threw off
their garments, and cast dust into
the air, 24 the ^chief captain com-
manded him to be brought into the
castle, bidding that he should be
examined by scourging, that he
might know for what cause they so
shouted against him. 25 And when
they had tied him up ^with the
thongs, Paul said unto the cen-
turion that stood by, Is it lawful
for you to scourge a man that is a
Roman, and uncondemned.^^ 26 And
when the centurion heard it, he
went to the ^chief captain and told
him, saying. What art thou about
to do.^ for this man is a Roman. 27
And the ^chief captain came and
said unto him. Tell me, art thou a
Roman .f^ And he said. Yea. 28
And the ^chief captain answered.
With a great sum obtained I this
citizenship. And Paul said. But I
am a Roman born. 29 They then
that were about to examine him
straightway departed from him : and
the ^chief captain also was afraid
when he knew that he was a Roman,
and because he had bound him.
30 But on the morrow, desiring
to know the certainty wherefore
he was accused of the Jews, he
loosed him, and commanded the
chief priests and all the council to
come together, and brought Paul
down and set him before them.
QO And Paul, looking sted-
-^O fastly on the council, said.
Brethren, I have lived before God
in all good conscience until this day.
2 And the high priest Ananias com-
manded them that stood by him to
1 Or, military tribune Gr, chiliarch.
smite him on the mouth. 3 Then
said Paul unto him, God shall smite
thee, thou whited wall: and sittest
thou to judge me according to the
law, and commandest me to be
smitten contrary to the law.f^ 4 And
they that stood by said, Revilest
thou God's high priest .^^ 5 And Paul
said, I knew not, brethren, that he
was high priest: for it is written,
^Thou shall not speak evil of a ruler
of thy people. 6 But when Paul
perceived that the one part were
Sadducees and the other Pharisees,
he cried out in the council, Brethren,
I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees:
touching the hope and resurrection
of the dead I am called in question.
7 And when he had so said, there
arose a dissension between the Phar-
isees and Sadducees; and the as-
sembly was divided. 8 For the
Sadducees say that there is no resur-
rection, neither angel, nor spirit;
but the Pharisees confess both. 9
And there arose a great clamor: and
some of the scribes of the Pharisees'
part stood up, and strove, saying,
We find no evil in this man: and
what if a spirit hath spoken to him,
or an angel .^ 10 And when there
arose a great dissension, the ^chief
captain, fearing lest Paul should be
torn in pieces by them, commanded
the soldiers to go down and take
him by force from among them, and
bring him into the castle.
11 And the night following the
Lord stood by him, and said. Be of
good cheer : for as thou hast testified
concerning me at Jerusalem, so
must thou bear witness also at Rome.
12 And when it was day, the Jews
banded together, and bound them-
selves under a curse, saying that
they would neither eat nor drink till
they had killed Paul. 13 And they
were more than forty that made this
conspiracy. 14 And they came to
the chief priests and the elders, and
said. We have bound ourselves under
a great curse, to taste nothing until
we have kiUed Paul. 15 Now there-
2 Or, for 3 Ex. xxii. 28.
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THE ACTS 23.16—24.5
fore do ye with the council signify-
to the ^chief captain that he bring
him down unto you, as though ye
would judge of his case more ex-
actly : and we, before he comes near,
are ready to slay him. 16 But
Paul's sister's son heard of their
lying in wait, ^and he came and
entered into the castle and told
Paul. 17 And Paul called unto him
one of the centurions, and said.
Bring this young man unto the
^chief captain; for he hath some-
thing to tell him. 18 So he took
him, and brought him to the ^chief
captain, and saith, Paul the prisoner
called me unto him, and asked me
to bring this young man unto thee,
who hath something to say to thee.
19 And the ^chief captain took him
by the hand, and going aside asked
him privately, What is it that thou
hast to tell me? 20 And he said.
The Jews have agreed to ask thee
to bring down Paul to-morrow unto
the council, as though thou would-
est inquire somewhat more exactly
concerning him. 21 Do not thou
therefore yield unto them: for there
lie in wait for him of them more
than forty men, who have bound
themselves under a curse, neither
to eat nor to drink till they have
slain him: and now are they ready,
looking for the promise from thee.
22 So the ^chief captain let the
young man go, charging him, Tell
no man that thou hast signified
these things to me. 23 And he
called unto him two of the centu-
rions, and said. Make ready two
hundred soldiers to go as far as
Csesarea, and horsemen threescore
Paul is sent to Caesarea.
Paul kept in Ward
27 This man was seized by the Jews,
and was about to be slain of them
when I came upon them with th(
soldiers and rescued him, having
learned that he was a Roman. 28
And desiring to know the cause
wherefore they accused him, ^X
brought him down unto their coun-
cil: 29 whom I found to be accused
about questions of their law, but to
have nothing laid to his charge
worthy of death or of bonds. 30 And
when it was shown to me that there
would be a plot Against the man, I
sent him to thee forthwith, charging
his accusers also to speak against
him before thee^
31 So the soldiers, as it was com-
manded them, took Paul and brought
him by' night to Antipatris. 32 But
on the morrow they left the horse-
men to go with him, and returned to
the castle: 33 and they, when they
came to Caesarea and delivered the
letter to the governor, presented
Paul also before him. 34 x\nd when
he had read it, he asked of what
province he was ; and when he under-
stood that he was of Cilicia, 35 I
will hear thee fully, said he, when
thine accusers also are come: and
he commanded him to be kept in
Herod's ^palace.
O yd And after five days the
^^^ high priest Ananias came
down with certain elders, and with
an orator, one Tertullus; and they
informed the governor against Paul.
2 And when he was called, Tertullus
began to accuse him, saying.
Seeing that by thee we enjoy
much peace, and that bj^ thy provi-
dence evils are corrected for this
and ten, and spearmen two hundred, | nation, 3 we accept it in all ways and
at the third hour of the night : 24 in all places, most excellent Felix,
and he bade them provide beasts
that they might set Paul thereon,
and bring him safe unto Felix the
governor. 25 And he wrote a letter
after this form:
26 Claudius Lysias unto the most
excellent governor Felix, greeting.
1 Or, military tribune Gr. chiliarch.
- Or, having come in upon them, and he entered ir'c.
with all thankfulness. 4 But, that
I be not further tedious unto thee,
I entreat thee to hear us of thy
clemency a few words. 5 For we
have found this man a pestilent
8 Some ancient authorities omit 7 brought him down unto
their council.
* Many ancient authorities read against the man on their
Part, I sent him to thee, charging &fc.
* Many ancient authorities add Farexvell.
« Gr. PrcEtorium.
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is arraigned, accused by Tertullus, and makes his Defence THE ACTS 24.6 25.5
fellow, and a mover of insurrections
among all the Jews throughout ^the
world, and a ringleader of the sect
of the Nazarenes: 6 who moreover
assayed to profane the temple: on
whom also we laid hold: ^8 from
whom thou wilt be able, by examin-
ing him thyself, to take knowledge
of all these things whereof we ac-
cuse him. 9 And the Jews also
joined in the charge, affirming that
these things were so.
10 And when the governor had
beckoned unto him to speak, Paul
answered,
Forasmuch as I know that thou
last been of many years a judge
Lto this nation, I cheerfully make
ly defence: 11 seeing that thoti
LUst take know^ledge that it is not
lore than twelve days since I went
ip to worship at Jerusalem: 12 and
leither in the temple did they find
le disputing with any man or stir-
ring up a crowd, nor in the syna-
)gues, nor in the city. 13 Neither
m they prove to thee the things
^hereof they now accuse me. 14
'But this I confess unto thee, that
after the Way which they call a
sect, so serve I the God of our
fathers, believing all things which
are according to the law, and which
are written in the prophets; 15 hav-
ing hope toward God, which these
also themselves ^look for, that there
shall be a resurrection both of the
just and unjust. 16 ^Herein I also
exercise myself to have a conscience
void of offence toward God and men
always. 17 Now after some years I
came to bring alms to my nation,
and offerings: 18 ^amidst which they
found me purified in the temple,
with no crowd, nor yet with tumult :
but there were certain Jews from Asia
— 19 who ought to have been here
before thee, and to make accusation,
if they had aught against me. 20
1 Gr. the inhabited earth.
2 Some ancient authorities insert and we would have
judged him according to our law. 7 But the chief captain
Lysias came, and with great violence took him away out
of our hands, 8 commanding his accusers to come before thee.
3 Or, accept 4 Or, On this account
6 Or, in presenting which
Or else let these men themselves
say what wrong-doing they found
when I stood before the council, 21
except it be for this one voice, that
I cried standing among them, Touch-
ing the resurrection of the dead I am
called in question before you this day.
22 But Felix, having more exact
knowledge concerning the Way, de-
ferred them, saying, When Lysias
the ^chief captain shall come down,
I will determine your matter. 23
And he gave order to the centurion
that he should be kept in charge, and
should have indulgence; and not
to forbid any of his friends to min-
ister unto him.
24 But after certain days, Felix
came with Drusilla, ^his wife, who
was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and
heard him concerning the faith in
Christ Jesus. 25 And as he reasoned
of righteousness, and self-control,
and the judgment to come, Felix
was terrified, and answered. Go thy
way for this time; and when I have
a convenient season, I will call thee
unto me. 26 He hoped withal that
money would be given him of Paul:
wherefore also he sent for him the
oftener, and communed with him.
27 But when two years were ful-
filled, Felix w^as succeeded by Por-
cius Festus; and desiring to gain
favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul
in bonds.
Q ^ Festus therefore, ^having
jmdx) come into the province, after
three days went up to Jerusalem
from Caesareao 2 And the chief
priests and the principal men of the
Jews informed him against Paul;
and they besought him, 3 asking a
favor against him, that he would
send for him to Jerusalem; laying a
plot to kill him on the way. 4 How-
beit Festus answered, that Paul was
kept in charge at Csesarea, and that
he himself was about to depart
thither shortly. 5 Let them there-
fore, saith he, that are of power
among you go down with me, and if
« Or, military tribune Gr. chiliarch.
^ Gr. his own wife.
8 Or, having entered upon his province
163
THE ACTS 25.6—25.27 ,
there is anything amiss in the man,
let them accuse him.
6 And when he had tarried among
them not more than eight or ten
days, he went down unto Csesarea;
and on the morrow he sat on the
judgment-seat, and commanded
Paul to be brought. 7 And when he
was come, the Jews that had come
down from Jerusalem stood round
about him, bringing against him
many and grievous charges which
they could not prove; 8 while Paul
said in his defence, Neither against
the law of the Jews, nor against the
temple, nor against Caesar, have I
sinned at all. 9 But Festus, desiring
to gain favor with the Jews, answered
Paul and said. Wilt thou go up to
Jerusalem, and there be judged of
these things before me? 10 But
Paul said, I am standing before
Caesar's judgment-seat, where I
ought to be judged: to the Jews have
I done no wrong, as thou also very
well knowest. 11 If then I am a
wrong-doer, and have committed
anything worthy of death, I refuse
not to die; but if none of those things
is true whereof these accuse me, no
man can ^give me up unto them. I
appeal unto Csesar. 12 Then Festus,
when he had conferred with the
council, answered, Thou hast ap-
pealed unto Csesar: unto Caesar
shalt thou go.
13 Now when certain days were
passed, Agrippa the king and Ber-
nice arrived at Caesarea, ^and saluted
Festus. 14 And as they tarried
there many days, Festus laid Paul's
case before the king, saying. There
is a certain man left a prisoner by
Felix; 15 about whom, when I was
at Jerusalem, the chief priests and
the elders of the Jews informed me,
asking for sentence against him. 16
To whom I answered, that it is not
the custom of the Romans to ^give
up any man, before that the accused
have the accusers face to face, and
have had opportunity to make his
defence concerning the matter laid
Festus gives Paul a Hearing, who appeals to Caesar
j against him. 17 When therefore
they were come together here, 1 1
made no delay, but on the next day \
sat on the judgment-seat, and com-
manded the man to be brought.
18 Concerning whom, when the
accusers stood up, they brought no
charge of such evil things as I sup-
posed; 19 but had certain questions
against him of their own ^religion,
and of one Jesus, who was dead,
whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20 And I, being perplexed how to
inquire concerning these things,
asked whether he would go to Jeru-
salem and there be judged of these
matters. 21 But when Paul had
appealed to be kept for the decision
of ^the emperor, I commanded him
to be kept till I should send him to
Caesar. 22 And Agrippa said unto
Festus, I also ^could wish to hear
the man myself. To-morrow, saith
he, thou shalt hear him.
23 So on the morrow, when
Agrippa was come, and Bernice,
with great pomp, and they were
entered into the place of hearing
with the ^chief captains and the
principal men of the city, at the
command of Festus Paul was brought
in. 24 And Festus saith. King
Agrippa, and all men who are here
present with us, ye behold this man,
about whom all the multitude of the
Jews made suit to me, both at Jeru-
salem and here, crying that he
ought not to live any longer. 25
But I found that he had committed
nothing worthy of death: and as he
himself appealed to ^the emperor I
determined to send him. 26 Of
whom I have no certain thing to
write unto mj^ lord. Wherefore I
have brought him forth before you,
and specially before thee, king Agrip-
pa, that, after examination had, I
may have somewhat to write. 27
For it seemeth to me unreason-
able, in sending a prisoner, not
withal to signify the charges against
him.
1 Gr. grant me by favor.
2 Or, having saluted
'Or, superstition
BQr, was wishing
«0r, military tribunes
* Gr. the Augustus.
Gr. chiliarchs.
164
Paul makes lis defence before Agrippa. Festus calls hiin mad THE ACTS 26. 1 26.25
i^f} And Agrippa said unto
^\J Paul, Thou art permitted to
speak for thyself. Then Paul
stretched forth his hand, and made
his defence:
2 I think myself happy, king
Agrippa, that I am to make my
defence before thee this day touch-
ing all the things whereof I am
accused by the Jews : . 3 ^especially
because thou art expert in all cus-
toms and questions which are among
' the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee
to hear me patiently. 4 My man-
ner of life then from my youth up,
which was from the beginning among
mine own nation and at Jerusalem,
know all the Jews; 5 having knowl-
edge of me from the first, if they be
willing to testify, that after the
straitest sect of our religion I lived
1 a Pharisee. 6 And now I stand here
to be judged for the hope of the
promise made of God unto our
[ fathers; 7 unto which promise our
twelve tribes, earnestly serving God
night and day, hope to attain. And
concerning this hope I am accused
by the Jews, O king! 8 Why is it
judged incredible with you, if God
doth raise the dead.^^ 9 I verily
thought with myself that I ought to
do many things contrary to the
name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 And
this I also did in Jerusalem: and I
both shut up many of the saints in
prisons, having received authority
from the chief priests, and when
they were put to death I gave my
vote against them. 11 And punish-
ing them oftentimes in all the syna-
gogues, I strove to make them
blaspheme; and being exceedingly
mad against them, I persecuted
them even unto foreign cities. 12
"Whereupon as I journeyed to Da-
mascus with the authority and com-
mission of the chief priests, 13 at
midday, O king, I saw on the way a
light from heaven, above the bright-
ness of the sun, shining round about
m.e and them that journeyed with
(Jr, because thou art especially expert
Or, On whuh errand
me. 14 And when we were all
fallen to the earth, I heard a voice
saying unto me in the Hebrew lan-
guage, Saul, Saul, why persecutest
thou me.^ it is hard for thee to kick
against ^the goad. 15 And I said,
Who art thou, Lord.^ And the Lord
said, I am Jesus whom thou per-
secutest. 16 But arise, and stand
upon thy feet: for to this end have
I appeared unto thee, to appoint
thee a minister and a witness both
of the things ''wherein thou hast
seen me, and of the things wherein
I will appear unto thee; 17 deliver-
ing thee from the people, and from
the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
18 to open their eyes, ^that they
may turn from darkness to light
and from the power of Satan unto
God, that they may receive remis-
sion of sins and an inheritance
among them that are sanctified by
faith in me. 19 Wherefore, O king
Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto
the heavenly vision : 20 but declared
both to them of Damascus first, and
at Jerusalem, and throughout all
the country of Judsea, and also to
the Gentiles, that they should re-
pent and turn to God, doing works
worthy of ^repentance. 21 For this
cause the Jews seized me in the tem-
ple, and assayed to kill me. 22
Having therefore obtained the help
that is from God, I stand unto this
day testifying both to small and
great, sa^ang nothing but what the
prophets and Moses did say should
come; 23 ^how that the Christ
^must suffer, and ^how that he first
by the resurrection of the dead
should proclaim light both to the
people and to the Gentiles.
24 And as he thus made his de-
fence, Festus saith with a loud
voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy
much learning ^is turning thee mad.
25 But Paul saith, I am not mad,
most excellent Festus; but speak
forth words of truth and soberness.
3 Gr. goads.
4 Many ancient authorities read which thou hast seen.
5 Or, to turn them «0r, their repentance
'Or, if Or, whether ^Qr, is subject to suffering
9 Gr. turneth thee t@ madness.
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THE ACTS 26.26—27.20
Paul sails for Italy.
The Voyage Dangerous
26 For tlie king knoweth of these
things, unto whom also I speak
freely : for I am persuaded that none
of these things is hidden from him;
for this hath not been done in a
corner. 27 King Agrippa, believ-
est thou the prophets? I know that
thou behevest. 28 And Agrippa
said unto Paul, ^With but httle
persuasion thou wouldest fain make
me a Christian. 29 And Paul said,
I would to God, that 2 whether with
httle or withi much, not thou only,
but also all that hear me this day,
might become such as I am, except
these bonds.
30 And the king rose up, and the
governor, and Bernice, and they
that sat with them: 31 and when
they had withdrawn, they spake one
to another, saying, This man doeth
nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
32 And Agrippa said unto Festus,
This man might have been set at
liberty, if he had not appealed unto
Caesar.
O/^ And when it was deter-
^ I mined that we should sail
for Italy, they delivered Paul and
certain other prisoners to a cen-
turion named Julius, of the Augus-
tan %and. 2 And embarking in a
ship of Adramyttium, which was
about to sail unto the places on the
coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristar-
chus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,
being with us. 3 And the next day
w^e touched at Sidon: and Juhus
treated Paul kindly, and gave him
leave to go unto his friends and
^refresh himself. 4 And putting to
sea from thence, we sailed under
the lee of Cyprus, because the winds
were contrary. 5 And when we had
sailed across the sea which is off
Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to
Myra, a city of Lycia. 6 And there
the centurion found a ship of Alex-
andria sailing for Italy; and he put
us therein. 7 And when we had
sailed slowly many days, and were
come with difficulty over against
I Cnidus, the wind not ^further suffer-
ing us, we sailed under the lee of
Crete, over against Salmone; 8 and
with difficulty coasting along it we
came unto a certain place called
Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was
the city of Lasea.
9 And when much time was spent,
and the voyage was now dangerous,
because the Fast was now already
gone by, Paul admonished them, 10
and said unto them. Sirs, I perceive
that the voyage will be with injury
and much loss, not only of the lading
and the ship, but also of our lives.
11 But the centurion gave more heed
to the master and to the owner of
the ship, than to those things which
were spoken by Paul. 12 And be-
cause the haven was not com mo-:
dious to winter in, the more partj
advised to put to sea from thence,]
if by any means they could reach |
Phoenix, and winter there; which is\
a haven of Crete, looking ^north-j
east and south-east. 13 And whenj
the south wind blew softly, suppos-'
ing that they had obtained their
purpose, they weighed anchor and
sailed along Crete, close in shore, i
14 But after no long time there beat
down from it a tempestuous wind,
which is called Euraquilo: 15 and
when the ship was caught, and could
not face the wind, we gave way to\
it, and were driven. 16 And run-
ning under the lee of a small island
called "Cauda, we were able, with
difficulty, to secure the boat: 17
and when they had hoisted it up, «
they used helps, under-girding the •
ship; and, fearing lest they should !
be cast upon the Syrtis, they low-
ered the gear, and so w^ere driven.
18 And as we labored exceedingly
with the storm, the next day they
began to throw the freight over-
board; 19 and the third day they
cast out w^ith their own hands the
^tackling of the ship. 20 And whea
1 Or, In a little time thou &»c.
= Or, both in Utile and in great, i.e., in all respects
3 Or, cohort
*Gr. receive attention.
* Or, suffering us to get there
6 Gr. down the south-west wind and down the north-west
I wi7id. 7 Many ancient authorities read Cl^Hda.
^ Or, furniture
166
The Shipwreck.
They reach Land at Melita
neither sun nor stars shone upon
us for many days, and no small
tempest lay on us, all hope that we
should be saved was now taken
away. 21 And when they had been
long without food, then Paul stood
forth in the midst of them, and said,
Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto
me, and not have set sail from Crete,
and have gotten this injury and loss.
22 And now I exhort you to be of
good cheer; for there shall be no
loss of life among you, but only of
the ship. 23 For there stood by me
this night an angel of the God whose
I am, whom also I serve, 24 saying,
Fear not, Paul; thou must stand
before Caesar: and lo, God hath
granted thee all them that sail with
thee. 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of
good cheer: for I believe God, that
it shall be even so as it hath been
spoken unto me. 26 But we must
be cast upon a certain island.
27 But when the fourteenth night
was come, as we were driven to and
fro in the sea of Adria, about mid-
night the sailors surmised that they
were drawing near to some country:
28 and they sounded, and found
twenty fathoms; and after a little
space, they sounded again, and found
fifteen fathoms. 29 And fearing
lest haply we should be cast ashore
on rocky ground, they let go four
anchors from the stern, and ^wished
for the day. 30 And as the sailors
were seeking to flee out of the ship,
and had lowered the boat into the
sea, under color as though they
would lay out anchors from the
foreship, 31 Paul said to the cen-
turion and to the soldiers. Except
these abide in the ship, ye cannot be
saved. 32 Then the soldiers cut
away the ropes of the boat, and let
her fall off. 33 And while the day
was coming on, Paul besought them
all to take some food, saying, This
day is the fourteenth day that ye
wait and continue fasting, having
taken nothing. 34 Wherefore I
beseech you to take some food: for
> Or, prayed
THE ACTS 27.21—28.3
this is for your safety: for there
shall not a hair perish from the head
of any of you. 35 And when he had
said this, and had taken bread, he
gave thanks to God in the presence
of all; and he brake it, and began to
eat. 36 Then were they all of good
cheer, and themselves also took
food. 37 And we were in all in the
ship two hundred threescore and
sixteen souls. 38 And when they
had eaten enough, they lightened
the ship, throwing out the wheat
into the sea. 39 And when it was
day, they knew not the land: but
they perceived a certain bay with a
beach, and they took counsel whether
they could ^drive the ship upon it.
40 And casting off the anchors, they
left them in the sea, at the same
time loosing the bands of the rud-
ders; and hoisting up the foresail to
the wind, they made for the beach.
41 But lighting upon a place where
two seas met, they ran the vessel
aground; and the foreship struck and
remained unmoveable, but the stern
began to break up by the violence
of the waves, 42 And the soldiers'
counsel was to kill the prisoners,
lest any of them should swim out,
and escape. 43 But the centurion,
desiring to save Paul, stayed them
from their purpose; and commanded
that they who could swim should
cast themselves overboard, and get
first to the land; 44 and the rest,
some on planks, and some on other
things from the ship. And so it
came to pass, that they all escaped
safe to the land.
OO And when we were es-
-^O caped, then we knew that
the island was called ^Melita. 2 And
the barbarians showed us no common
kindness : for they kindled a fire, and
received us all, because of the pres-
ent rain, and because of the cold.
3 But when Paul had gathered a
bundle of sticks and laid them on the
fire, a viper came out ^by reason of
the heat, and fastened on his hand.
2 Some ancient authorities read bring the ship safe to
shore. ' Some ancient authorities read Melitene.
* Or, from the heat
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THE ACTS 28.4—28.26
Paul addresses the Leading Jews. He Preaches
4 And when the barbarians saw the
venomous creature hanging from his
hand, they said one to another, No
doubt this man is a murderer, whom,
though he hath escaped from the sea,
yet Justice hath not suffered to live.
5 Howbeit he shook off the creature
into the fire, and took no harm. 6
But they expected that he would
have swollen, or fallen down dead
suddenly: but when they were long
in expectation and beheld nothing
amiss come to him, they changed
their minds, and said that he was a
god.
7 Now in the neighborhood of
that place were lands belonging to
the chief man of the island, named
Publius; who received us, and enter-
tained us three days courteously.
8 And it was so, that the father of
Publius lay sick of fever and dysen-
tery: unto whom Paul entered in,
and prayed, and laying his hands on
him healed him. 9 And when this
was done, the rest also that had dis-
eases in the island came, and were
cured: 10 who also honored us with
many honors; and when we sailed,
they put on board such things as
we needed.
11 And after three months we
set^ sail in a ship of Alexandria
which had wintered in the island,
whose sign was ^The Twin Brothers.
12 And touching at Sj^acuse, we
tarried there three days. 13 And
from thence we ^made a circuit, and
arrived at Rhegium: and after one
day a south wind sprang up, and on
the second day we came to Puteoli;
14 where we found brethren, and
were entreated to tarry with them
seven days : and so we came to Rome.
15 And from thence the brethren,
when they heard of us, came to meet
us as far as The Market of Appius
and The Three Taverns ; whom when
Paul saw, he thanked God, and took
courage.
16 And when we entered into
Rome, ^Paul was suffered to abide
1 Gr. Dioscuri. 2 Some ancient authorities read cast loose.
3 Some ancient authorities insert the centurion delivered
the prisoners to the Chief of the camp: but b'c.
by himself with the soldier that
guarded him.
17 And it came to pass, that after
three days he called together ^those
that were the chief of the Jews: and
when they were come together, he
said unto them, I, brethren, though
I had done nothing against the peo-
ple, or the customs of our fathers,
yet was delivered prisoner from Jeru-
salem into the hands of the Romans :
18 who, when they had examined
me, desired to set me at liberty,
because there was no cause of death
in me. 19 But when the Jews spake
against it, I was constrained to
appeal unto Caesar; not that I had
aught whereof to accuse my nation.
20 For this cause therefore did I
^entreat you to see and to speak with
me: for because of the hope of Israel
I am bound with this chain. 21 And
they said imto him. We neither re-
ceived letters from Judaea concern-
ing thee, nor did any of the brethren
come hither and report or speak any
harm of thee. 22 But we desire to
hear of thee what thou thinkest:
for as concerning this sect, it is
known to us that everywhere it is
spoken against.
23 And when they had appointed
him a day, they came to him into
his lodging in great number; to
whom he expounded the matter,
testifying the kingdom of God, and
persuading them concerning Jesus,
both from the law of Moses and
from the prophets, from morning till
evening. 24 And some believed the
things which were spoken, and some
disbelieved. 25 And when they
agreed not among themselves, they
departed after that Paul had spoken
one word. Well spake the Holy
Spirit through Isaiah the prophet
unto your fathers, 26 saying,
^Go thou unto this people, and say,
By hearing ye shall hear, and
shall in no wise understand;
And seeing ye shall see, and shall
in no wise perceive:
* Or, those that were of the Jews first
6 Or, call for you, to see and to speak with you
6 Is. vi. 9. 10.
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in Rome Two Years
27 For this people's heart is waxed
gross,
And their ears are dull of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed;
Lest haply they should perceive
with their eyes.
And hear with their ears.
And understand with their heart,
And should turn again,
And I should heal them.
28 Be it known therefore unto you,
that this salvation of God is sent
THE ACTS 28.27—28.31
unto the Gentiles: they will also
hear.i
30 And he abode two whole years
in his own hired dwelling, and re-
ceived all that went in unto him,
31 preaching the kingdom of God,
and teaching the things concerning
the Lord Jesus Christ with all bold-
ness, none forbidding him.
1 Some ancient authorities insert ver. 29 And when he
had said these words, the Jews departed, having much disput-
ing among themselves.
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE
ROMANS
Salutation. Personal Explanations. The Gospel. The Qentiles need of Righteousness
IPaul, a ^servant of Jesus
Christ, called to he an apostle,
separated unto the ^gospel of God,
2 which he promised afore through
his prophets in the holy scriptures,
3 concerning his Son, who was born
of the seed of David according to
the flesh, 4 who was ^declared to be
the Son of God ^with power, accord-
ing to the spirit of holiness, by the
resurrection ^from the dead; even
Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through
whom we received grace and apostle-
ship, unto obedience ^of faith among
all the ^nations, for his name's sake;
6 among whom are ye also, called
to be Jesus Christ's : 7 to all that are
in Rome, beloved of God, called
to be saints : Grace to you and peace
from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
8 First, I thank my God through
Jesus Christ for you all, ^that your
faith is proclaimed throughout the
in my prayers 10 making request,
if by any means now at length I may
be prospered ^by the will of God to
come unto. you. 11 For I long to see
you, that I may impart unto you
some spiritual gift, to the end ye may
be established; 12 that is, that I
with you may be comforted Hn you,
each of us by the other's faith, both
yours and mine. 13 And I would
not have you ignorant, brethren,
that oftentimes I purposed to come
unto you (and was hindered hither-
to), that I might have some fruit
i^in you also, even as ^^in the rest of
the Gentiles. 14 I am debtor both
to Greeks and to Barbarians, both
to the wise and to the foolish. 15 So,
as much as in me is, I am ready to
iipreach the gospel to you also that
are in Rome.
16 For I am not ashamed of the
^gospel: for it is the power of God
unto salvation to every one that
believeth; to the Jew first, and also
whole world. 9 For God is my wit- to the Greek. 17 For therein is
ness, whom I serve in my spirit in revealed a righteousness of God from
the 2gospel of his Son, how unceas- faith unto faith: as it is written,
ingly I make mention of you, always i2]3ut the righteous shall live i%y
faith.
1 Gr. bondservant.
2 Gr. good tidings: and
on Mt. 4. 23.
3 Gr. determined. < Or, in
« Or, to the faith ' Or, Gentiles
elsewhere. See marginal note
6 Or, of the dead
8 Or, because
9 Gr. in.
11 Gr. bring good tidings.
i2Hab. ii. 4.
10 Or, among
Comp. ch. 10. 15 f.
.13 Gr. from.
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ROMANS 1.18 — 2.12 The Jews' Need of the same. Their Greater Advantages
18 For ithe wrath of God is
revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of
men, who ^hinder the truth in un-
righteousness; 19 because that which
is known of God is manifest in them;
for God manifested it unto them.
20^ For the invisible things of him
since the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being perceived through
the things that are made, even his
everlasting power and divinity; ^that
they may be without excuse: 21 be-
cause that, knowing God, they
glorified him not as God, neither
gave thanks; but became vain in
their reasonings, and their senseless
heart was darkened. 22 Professing
themselves to be wise, they became
fools, 23 and changed the glory of
the incorruptible God for the like-
ness of an image of corruptible man,
•and of birds, and four-footed beasts,
and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God gave them up
in the lusts of their hearts unto un-
cleanness, that their bodies should
be dishonored among themselves:
25 for that they exchanged the
truth of God for a lie, and wor-
shipped and served the creature
rather than the Creator, who is
blessed ^for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them
up unto ^vile passions: for their
women changed the natural use into
that which is against nature : 27 and
likewise also the men, leaving the
natural use of the woman, burned
in their lust one toward another,
men with men working unseemli-
ness, and receiving in themselves
that recompense of their error which
was due.
28 And even as they ^refused to
have God in their knowledge, God
gave them up unto a reprobate
mind, to do those things which are
not fitting; 29 being filled with all
unrighteousness, wickedness, covet-
ousness, maliciousness; full of envy,
1 Or, a wrath
2 Or, hold the truth Comp. 1 Cor. 7. 30 (Gr.).
3 Or, so that they are * Gr. unto the ages.
6 Gr. passions of dishonor. 6 Gr. did not approir.
murder, strife, deceit, malignity;
whisperers, 30 backbiters, ^hateful
to God, insolent, haughty, boastful,
inventors of evil things, disobedient
to parents, 31 without understand-
ing, covenant-breakers, without nat-
ural affection, unmerciful: 32 who,
knowing the ordinance of God, that
they that practise such things are
worthy of death, not only do the
same, but also consent with them
that practise them.
2 Wherefore thou art without
excuse, O man, whosoever thouj
art that judgest: for wherein thouj
judgest ^another, thou condemnesti
thyself; for thou that judgest dosti
practise the same things. 2 ^And!
we know that the judgment of God I
is according to truth against themj
that practise such things. 3 Andj
reckonest thou this, O man, whoj
judgest them that practise such;
things, and doest the same, that!
thou shalt escape the judgment of|
God.f^ 4 Or despisest thou the riches
of his goodness and forbearance and;
longsuffering, not knowing that the
goodness of God leadeth thee to re-
pentance.^ 5 but after thy hardness
and impenitent heart treasurest up
for thyself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the right-
eous judgment of God; 6 who will
render to every man according to his
works : 7 to them that by impatience
in well-doing seek for glory and honor
and incorruption, eternal life: 8 but
unto them that are factious, and
obey not the truth, but obey un-
righteousness, shall be wrath and
indignation, 9 tribulation and an-
guish, upon every soul of man that
worketh evil, of the Jew first, and
also of the Greek; 10 but glory and
honor and peace to every man that
worketh good, to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek: 11 for there is no
respect of persons with God. 12
For as many as ^^ave sinned without
the law shall also perish without the
law: and as many as ^^have sinned
7 Or, haters of God s Gr. the other.
» Many ancient authorities read For.
•0 Or, stedfastttcss '^ Gr. sinned.
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ot no Avail. Jew and Gentile alike under Sin, as the Scriptures testify. ROMANS 2.13 3.1 1
the uncircumcision which is by
nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee,
who with the letter and circumcision
art a transgressor of the law? 28
For he is not a Jew who is one out-
wardly; neither is that circumcision
which is outward in the flesh : 29 but
he is a Jew who is one inwardly ; and
circumcision is that of the heart, in
the spirit not in the letter; whose
praise is not of men, but of God.
3 What advantage then hath
the Jew? or what is the profit
of circumcision? 2 Much every
way: first of all, that they were
intrusted with the oracles of God.
3 For what if some were without
faith? shall their want of faith make
of none effect the faithfulness of
God? 4 "God forbid: yea, let God
be found true, but every man a liar;
as it is written,
i^That thou mightest be justified
in thy words.
And mightest prevail when thou
comest into judgment.
5 But if our unrighteousness com-
mendeth the righteousness of God,
what shall we say? Is God unright-
eous who visiteth with wrath? (I
speak after the manner of men.)
6 i^God forbid : for then how shall
God judge the world? 7 ^^But if
the truth of God through my lie
abounded unto his glory, why am
I also still judged as a sinner? 8 and
why not (as we are slanderously
reported, and as some aflSrm that
we say), Let us do evil, that good
may come? whose condemnation
is just.
9 What then? are we better than
they? No, in no wise: for we before
laid to the charge both of Jews and
Greeks, that they are all under sin;
10 as it is written,
i^There is none righteous, no, not
one;
II There is none that understand-
eth,
There is none that seeketh after
God;
i under the law shall be judged by the
[I Ijiw; 13 for not the hearers of the
!: liw are ^just before God, but the
■ doers of the law shall be ^justified;
, 14 (for when Gentiles that have not
|| the law do by nature the things of
I the law, these, not having the law,
are the law unto themselves; 15 in
that they show the work of the law
written in their hearts, their con-
science bearing witness therewith,
and ^their ^thoughts one with an-
I other accusing or else excusing them) ;
' 16 in the day when God ^shall judge
; the secrets of men, according to my
' ^gospel, by Jesus Christ.
17 But if thou bearest the name
of a Jew, and restest upon the law,
and gloriest in God, 18 and knowest
^his will, and ^approvest the things
that are excellent, being instructed
out of the law, 19 and art confident
: that thou thyself art a guide of the
blind, a light of them that are in
darkness, 20 a ^corrector of the
foolish, a teacher of babes, having
in the law the form of knowledge and
of the truth; 21 thou therefore that
teachest another, teachest thou not
thyself? thou that preachest a man
should not steal, dost thou steal?
22 thou that sayest a man should
not commit adultery, dost thou
commit adultery? thou that abhor-
rest idols, dost thou rob temples?
23 thou who gloriest in the law,
through thy transgression of the
law dishonorest thou God? 24 For
the name of God is blasphemed
among the Gentiles because of you,
i^even as it is written. 25 For cir-
cumcision indeed profiteth, if thou
be a doer of the law: but if thou be
a transgressor of the law, thy cir-
cumcision is become uncircumcision.
26 If therefore the uncircumcision
keep the ordinances of the law, shall
not his uncircumcision be reckoned
for circumcision? 27 and shall not
1 Or, righteous
2 Or, accounted righteous: and so elsewhere.
' Or, their thoughts accusi^ig or else excusing them one
with another
* Or, reasonings 2 Cor. 10. 5. 5 Or, judgelh
«See marginal note on ch. 1. 1. ' Or, tlie Will
" Or, dost distinguish the things that differ
9 Or, an instructor "^ Is. lii. 5.
" Gr. Be it not so: and so elsewhere.
13 Many ancient authorities read For.
•4 Ps. xiv. 1 ff . ; liii. 1 ff .
12 Ps. li. 4.
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ROMANS 3.12 4. 10 The Divine Method of Rescue; exemplified in David and Abraham
12 They have all turned aside, they i self be ^^just, and the ^^justifier of him
are together become unprofit-
able;
There is none that doeth good,
no, not so much as one:
13 ^Their throat is an open sepul-
chre;
With their tongues they have
used deceit:
^The poison of asps is under
their lips :
14 ^Whose mouth is full of cursing
and bitterness:
15 ^Their feet are swift to shed
blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in
their ways;
17 And the way of peace have they
not known:
18 ^There is no fear of God before
their eyes.
19 Now we know that what things
soever the law saith, it speaketh to
them that are under the law; that
every mouth may be stopped, and
all the world may be brought under
the judgment of God: 20 because
^by ^the works of the law shall no
flesh be ^justified in his sight; for
^through the law cometh the knowl-
edge of sin.
21 But now apart from the law
a righteousness of God hath been
manifested, being witnessed by the
law and the prophets; 22 even the
righteousness of God through faith
^^'in Jesus Christ unto all ^^them that
believe; for there is no distinction;
23 for all i%ave sinned, and fall short
of the glory of God; 24 being justified
freely by his grace through the re-
demption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 whom God set forth ^Ho he a
that i;hath faith ^^in Jesus. 27 Where
then is the glorying.? It is excluded.
By what manner of law? of works?
Nay: but by a law of faith. 28 i^We
reckon therefore that a man is
justified by faith apart from ^the
works of the law. 29 Or is God the
God of Jews only? is he not i''e God
of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles
also : 30 if so be that God is one, and
he shall justify the circumcision
I'by faith, and the uncircumcision
i^through faith.
31 Do we then make ^^the law of
none effect ^^through faith? God
forbid: nay, we establish ^^the law.
4 What then shall we say
2^hat Abraham, ^iQur fore-
father, hath found according to the
flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justi-
fied i^by works, he hath whereof to
glory; but not toward God. 3 For
what saith the scripture? '^^Xwd
Abraham believed God, and it was
reckoned unto him for righteous-
ness. 4 Now to him that worketh,
the reward is not reckoned as of
grace, but as of debt. 5 But to him
that worketh not, but believeth on
him that justifieth the ungodly, his
faith is reckoned for righteousness.
.6 Even as David also pronounceth
blessing upon the man, unto whom
God reckoneth righteousness apart
from works, 7 saying,
^^Blessed are they whose iniqui-
ties are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man to whom the
Lord will not reckon sin.
9 Is this blessing then pronounced
upon the circumcision, or upon the
propitiation, through faith, in his | uncircumcision also? for we say, To
Abraham his faith was reckoned
for righteousness. 10 How then was
it reckoned? when he was in cir-
cumcision, or in uncircumcision?
blood, to show his righteousness
because of the passing over of the
sins done aforetime, in the forbear-
ance of God; 26 for the showing, I
say, of his righteousness at this Not in circumcision, but in uncir-
present season: that he might hini-j « see ch. 2. 13. marg. ^^or. is of faith.
I 16 Many ancient authorities read For we reckon.
1 Ps. V. 9. 2 Ps. cxl. 3. 3 Ps. X. 7. " Gr. out of. Gal. 3. 8.
4 Is. lix. 7 f. 5 Ps. xxxvi. 1. • Gr. out of. « Or, through the faith Gal. 2. 16. '• Or. law
^ Or, works of law s Or, accounted righteous \ 20 Some ancient authorities read of Abraham, our ffirt-
» Or, through law "> Or, of father according to the flesh?
•1 Some ancient authorities add and upon all ' 21 Qr, our forefather according to the flesh hath found-
«Gr. sinned. '3 Or, to be propitiatory ' "-Gen. xv. 6. ■^'' Ps. xxxii. 1 f.
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The Blessedness of the Justified. Adam and Christ contrasted ROMANS 4.11 — 5.12
iiumcision: 11 and he received the
sign of circumcision, a seal of the
righteousness of the faith which he
had while he was in uncircumcision :
that he might be the father of all
them that believe, though they be in
uncircumcision, that righteousness
might be reckoned unto them; 12
and the father of circumcision to
them who not only are of the cir-
cumcision, but who also walk in the
steps of that faith of our father
Abraham which he had in uncir-
cumcision. 13 For not ^through
the law was the promise to Abra-
ham or to his seed that he should be
heir of the world, but through the
righteousness of faith. 14 For if
they that are of the law are heirs,
faith is made void, and the promise
is made of none effect: 15 for the
law worketh wrath; but where
there is no law, neither is there
transgression. 16 For this cause it is
of faith, that it may be according to
grace; to the end that the promise
may be sure to all the seed; not to
that only which is of the law, but to
that also which is of the faith of
Abraham, who is the father of us all
17 (as it is written, ^A father of
many nations have I made thee)
before him whom he believed, even
God, who giveth life to the dead,
and calleth the things that are not,
as though they were. 18 Who in
hope believed against hope, to the
end that he might become a father
of many nations, according to that
which had been spoken, ^So shall
thy seed be. 19 And without being
weakened in faith he considered his
own body ^now as good as dead (he
being about a hundred years old),
and the deadness of SaraJfi's ^womb;
20 yet, looking unto the promise of
God, he wavered not through unbe-
lief, but waxed strong through faith,
giving glory to God, 21 and being
fully assured that what he had
promised, he was able also to per-
form. 22 Wherefore also it was
reckoned unto him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written for his
sake alone, that it was reckoned
unto him; 24 but for our sake also,
unto whom it shall be reckoned, who
believe on him that raised Jesus our
Lord from the dead, 25 who was
delivered up for our trespasses, and
was raised for our justification.
5 Being therefore justified ^by
faith, Ve have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ;
2 through whom also we have had
our access ^by faith into this grace
wherein we stand; and ^we %ejoice
in hope of the glory of God. 3 And
not only so, but ^^we also Rejoice in
our tribulations : knowing that tribu-
lation worketh stedf astness ; 4 and
stedfastness, appro vedness ; and
appro vedness, hope: 5 and hope
putteth not to shame; because the
love of God hath been ^^shed abroad
in our hearts through the Holy
Spirit which was given unto us.
6 For while we were yet weak, in
due season Christ died for the un-
godly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous
man will one die: for peradventure
for the good man some one would
even dare to die. 8 But God com-
mendeth his own love toward us, in
that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us. 9 Much more
then, being now justified ^%y his
blood, shall we be saved from the
wrath of God through him. 10 For
if, while we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God through the death
of his Son, much more, being recon-
ciled, shall we be saved i%y his life;
11 and not only so, ^^but we also
rejoice in God through our Lord
Jesus Christ, through whom we
have now received the reconcili-
ation.
12 Therefore, as through one man
sin entered into the world, and
death through sin; and so death
passed unto all men, for that all
1 Or, through law 2 Gen. xvii. 5.
s Gen. XV. 5. * Many ancient authoritiss •mit now.
6 Or, uomb: yta, '^l.
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6 Gr. out of.
7 Many ancient authorities read let us have.
8 Some ancient authorities omit by faith.
9 Or, let us rejoice "> Gr. glory. Vet. 11; Heb. ;j. f..
'1 Or, let tis also rejoice 12 Gr. poured out.
13 Gr. in. 1* ftr. but alS6 glarying. C«mp. v«r. 2,
ROMANS 5. 13 6.19 The Believer Dead to Sin but alive unto God
sinned; — 13 for until the law sin | Christ was raised from the dead
was in the world; but sin is not im- through the glory of the Father, so
we also might walk in newness of
puted when there is no law. 14
Nevertheless death reigned from
Adam until Moses, even over them
that had not sinned after the like-
ness of Adam's transgression, who
is a figure of him that was to come.
15 But not as the trespass, so also
is the free gift. For if Jby the tres-
pass of the one the many died, much
more did the grace of God, and the
gift by the grace of the one man,
Jesus Christ, abound unto the many.
16 And not as through one that
sinned, so is the gift: for the judg-
ment came of one unto condemna-
tion, but the free gift came of many
trespasses unto i justification. 17
For if, by the trespass of the one,
death reigned through the one;
much more shall they that receive
the abundance of grace and ^of the
gift of righteousness reign in life
through the one, everi Jesus Christ.
18 So then as through one trespass
the judgment came unto all men to
condemnation; even so through one
act of righteousness the free gift
came unto all men to justification
of life. 19 For as through the one
man's disobedience the many were
made sinners, even so through the
obedience of the one shall the many
be made righteous. 20 And ^the
law came in besides, that the tres-
pass might abound; but where sin
abounded, grace did abound more
exceedingly: 21 that, as sin reigned
in death, even so might grace reign
through righteousness unto eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
6 What shall we say then?
Shall we continue in sin, that
grace may abound.'^ 2 God forbid.
We who died to sin, how shall we
any longer live therein.^ 3 Or are
ye ignorant that all we who were
baptized into Christ Jesus were
baptized into his death .^^ 4 We were
buried therefore with him through
baptism into death: that like as
1 Gr. an act of righteousness. Rev. 15. 4; 19. S.
- Some ancient authorities omit of the gift.
3 Or, law
life. 5 For if we have become ^united
with him in the likeness of his death,
we shall be also in the likeness of his
resurrection; 6 knowing this, that
our old man was crucified with him,
that the body of sin might be done
awaj^ that so we should no longer
be in bondage to sin; 7 for he that
hath died is ^justified from sin. 8
But if we died with Christ, we be-
lieve that we shall also live with
him; 9 knowing that Christ being
raised from the dead dieth no more:
death no more hath dominion over
him. 10 For ^the death that he died,
he died unto sin ^once: but ^the life
that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
1 1 Even so reckon ye also yourselves
to be dead unto sin, but alive unto
God in Christ Jesus.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in
your mortal body, that ye should
obey the lusts thereof: 13 neither
present your members unto sin a.v
^instruments of unrighteousness; but
present yourselves unto God, as
alive from the dead, and your
members as ^instruments of right-
eousness unto God. 14 For sin
shall not have dominion over you:
for ye are not under law, but under
grace.
15 What then.f^ shall we sin, be-
cause we are not under law, but
under grace .^ God forbid. 16 Know
ye not, that to whom ye present
yourselves as ^servants unto obedi-
ence, his ^servants ye are whom ye
obey; whether of sin unto death, or
of obedience unto righteousness?
17 But thanks be to God, i«that,
whereas ye were ^servants of sin,
ye became obedient from the heai
to that iiform of teaching whereunt<
ye were delivered; 18 andbein^
made free from sin, ye became ^ser-
vants of righteousness. 19 I speal
* Or, united with the likeness . . . with the likeness
8 Or. released Comp. Ecclus. 26. 29 (Gr.); ch. 7. 1.
« Or, in that ^ Gr. once for all. Heb. 7. 27.
8 Or, weapons Comp. 2 Cor. 10. 4. 9 Gr. bondservants.
"1 Or, that ye were . . . but ye became
" Or, paitern
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ROMANS 6.20—7.24
after the manner of men because of
the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye
presented your members as servants
to uncleanness and to iniquity unto
iniquity, even so now present your
members as servants to righteous-
ness unto sanctification. 20 For
when ye were ^servants of sin, ye
were free in regard of righteousness.
21 What fruit then had ye at that
time in the things whereof ye are
now ashamed? for the end of those
things is death. 22 But now being
made free from sin and become ser-
vants to God, ye have your fruit
unto sanctification, and the end
eternal Hfe. 23 For the wages of
sin is death; but the free gift of God
is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
7 Or are ye ignorant, brethren
(for I speak to men who know
2the law), that the law hath domin-
ion over a man for so long time as he
liveth.f^ 2 For the woman that hath
a husband is bound by law to the
husband while he liveth; but if the
husband die, she is discharged from
the law of the husband. 3 So then
if, while the husband liveth, she be
joined to another man, she shall be
called an adulteress: but if the hus-
band die, she is free from the law, so
that she is no adulteress, though
she be joined to another man. 4
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also
were made dead to the law through
the body of Christ; that ye should
be joined to another, even to him who
was raised from the dead, that we
might bring forth fruit unto God.
5 For when we were in the flesh, the
^sinful passions, which were through
the law, wrought in our members to
bring forth fruit unto death. 6 But
now we have been discharged from
the law, having died to that where-
in we were held; so that we serve in
newness of the spirit, and not in
oldness of the letter.
7 What shall we say then.f^ Is the
law sin.? God forbid. Howbeit, I
had not known sin, except through
1 Gr. Bondservants. " Or, law 3 Qr. passions of sins.
2the law: for I had not known
^coveting, except the law had said,
^Thou shalt not ^covet: 8 but sin,
finding occasion, wrought in me
through the commandment all man-
ner of ^coveting: for apart from ^the
law sin is dead. 9 And I was alive
apart from ^the law once: but when
the commandment came, sin re-
vived, and I died; 10 and the com-
mandment, which was unto life, this
I found to be unto death: 11 for sin,
finding occasion, through the com-
mandment beguiled me, and through
it slew me. 12 So that the law is
holy, and the commandment holy,
and righteous, and good. 13 Did
then that which is good become
death unto me? God forbid. But
sin, that it might be shown to be sin,
by working death to me through
that which is good; — that through
the commandment sin might be-
come exceeding sinful. 14 For we
know that the law is spiritual: but
I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For
tha% which I ^do I know not: fo;*
not what I would, that do I practise;
but what I hate, that I do. 16 But
if what I would not, that I do, I
consent unto the law that it is good.
17 So now it is no more I that ®do
it, but sin which dwelleth in me.
18 For I know that in me, that is, in
my flesh, dwelleth no good thing:
for to will is present with me, but
to ^do that which is good" is not.
19 For the good which I would I do
not : but the evil which I would not,
that I practise. 20 But if what I
would not, that I do, it is no more
I that ^do it, but sin which dwelleth
in me. 21 I find then ^the law, that,
to me who would do good, evil is
present. 22 For I delight ^in the ,
law of God after the inward man:
23 but I see a different law in my
members, warring against the law
of my mind, and bringing me into
captivity ^under the law of sin which
is in my members. 24 Wretched
* Or. lust
5 Ex. XX. 17; Dt. v. 21. e Gr. work.
7 Or, in regard of the law Comp. ver. 12, 14.
8 Gr. with. 9 Gr. in. Many ancient authorities read to.
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ROMANS 7.25—8.27
There is now no Condemnation. Tfie Spirit of Adoption
man that I am! who shall deliver
me out of ^the body of this
death? 25 ^I thank God through
Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I
of myself with the mind, indeed,
serve the law of God; but with the
flesh the law of sin.
8 There is therefore now no
condemnation to them that are
in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me
free from the law of sin and of death.
3 For what the law could not do,
% that it was weak through the
flesh, God, sending his own Son in
the likeness of ^sinful flesh ^and for
sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4
that the ^ordinance of the law might
be fulfilled in us, who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For
they that are after the flesh mind
the things of the flesh; but they that
are after the Spirit the things of the
Spirit. 6 For the mind of the flesh
is death; but the mind of the Spirit
is life and peace : 7 because the mind
of the flesh is enmity against God;
for it is not subject to the law of
God, neither indeed can it be : 8 and
they that are in the flesh cannot
please God. 9 But ye are not in the
flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that
the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But
if any man hath not the Spirit of
Christ, he is none of his. 10 And if
Christ is in you, the body is dead
because of sin; but the spirit is life
because of righteousness. 11 But
if the Spirit of him that raised up
Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you,
he that raised up Christ Jesus from
the dead shall give life also to your
mortal bodies ^through his Spirit
that dwelleth in you.
12 So then, brethren, we are
debtors, not to the flesh, to live
after the flesh: 13 for if ye live
after. the flesh, > ye must die; but if
by the Spirit ye put to death the
1 Or, this body of death
2 Many ancient authorities read But thanks be to God.
Comp. ch. 6. 17.
» Or, wherein * Gr. flesh of tin.
5 Or, and as an offering for sin Lev. 7. 37 &c. Heb.
10. 6. &c.
« Or, requirement
7 Many ancient authorities read because of.
^deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the
Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
15 For ye received not the spirit of
bondage again unto fear; but ye
received the spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit himself beareth witness
with our spirit, that we are children
of God: 17 and if children, then
heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs
with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with him, that we may be also
glorified with him.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings
of this present time are not worthy
to be compared with the glory which
shall be revealed to us-ward. 19
For the earnest expectation of the
creation waiteth for the revealing
of the sons of God. 20 For the
creation was subjected to vanity,
not of its own wijl, but by reason of
him who subjected it, ^in hope 21
that the creation itself also shall be
delivered from the bondage of cor-
ruption into the liberty of the glory
of the children of God. 22 For we
know that the whole creation groan-
eth and travaileth in pain i^ogether
until now. 23 And not only so, but
ourselves also, who have the first-
fruits of the Spirit, even we our-
selves groan within ourselves, wait-
ing for our adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our body. 24 For
i^in hope were we saved: but hope
that is seen is not hope: ^^for who
i^hopeth for that which he seeth.f^
25 But if we hope for that which we
see not, then do we with impatience
wait for it.
26 And in like manner the Spirit
also helpeth our infirmity: for we
know not how to pray as we ought;
but the Spirit himself maketh inter-
cession for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered; 27 and he that
searcheth the hearts knoweth what
is the mind of the Spirit, i^ecause
8 Gr. doings. » Or, in hope; because the creation &€.
w Or, with us " Or, by
12 Many ancient authorities read for what a man seeth
why doth he yet hope for?
" Some ancient authorities read awaiteth.
" Or, stedfastness » Or, that
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Who shall separate us from Christ's Love ?
ROMANS 8.28—9.17
he maketh intercession for the saints
according to the will of God. 28 And
we know that to them that love
God ^all things work together for
good, even to them that are called
according to his purpose. 29 For
whom he foreknew, he also fore-
ordained to he conformed to the
image of his Son, that he might be
the firstborn among many brethren :
30 and whom he foreordained, them
he also called: and whom he called,
them he also justified : and whom he
justified, them he also glorified.
31 What then shall we say to
these things? If God is for us, who
is against us? 32 He that spared
not his own Son, but delivered him
up for us all, how shall he not also
with him freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay anything to the
charge of God's elect? ^Jt is God
that justifieth; 34 who is he that
condemneth? ^It is Christ Jesus
that died, yea rather, that was
raised from the dead, who is at the
right hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us. 35 Who shall
separate us from the love '*of Christ?
shall tribulation, or anguish, or
persecution, or famine, or naked-
ness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as
it is written,
^For thy sake we are killed all
the day long;
We were accounted as sheep for
the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are
more than conquerors through him
that loved us. 38 For I am per-
suaded, that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor
things present, nor things to come,
nor powers, 39 nor height, nor
depth, nor any other ^creature, shall
be able to separate us from the love
of God, which is in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
9 1 say the truth in Christ, I
lie not, my conscience bearing
witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
/Some ancient authorities read God worketh all things
wtth them for good. 2 Or, Shall God that justifieth?
' Or, Shall Christ Jesus that died, . . .us?
* Some ancient authorities read of God.
6 Ps. xliv. 22. 6 Or, creation
2 that I have great sorrow and un-
ceasing pain in my heart. 3 For
I could ^wish that I myself were
anathema from Christ for my breth-
ren's sake, my kinsmen according
to the flesh: 4 who are Israelites;
whose is the adoption, and the glory,
and the covenants, and the giving
of the law, and the service of God,
and the promises; 5 whose are the
fathers, and of whom is Christ as
concerning the ^flesh, who is over
all, God blessed ^for ever. Amen.
6 But it is not as though the word
of God hath come to nought. For
they are not all Israel, that are of
Israel: 7 neither, because they are
Abraham's seed, are they all chil-
dren: but, i^In Isaac shall thy seed
be called. 8 That is, it is not the
children of the flesh that are chil-
dren of God; but the children of the
promise are reckoned for a seed.
9 For this is a word of promise,
i^According to this season will I
come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 And not only so; but Rebecca
also having conceived by one, even
by our father Isaac — 11 for the
children being not yet born, neither
having done anything good or bad,
that the purpose of God according
to election might stand, not of works,
but of him that calleth, 12 it was
said unto her, ^^The elder shall serve
the younger. 13 Even as it is
written, ^^Jacob I loved, but Esau
I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is
there unrighteousness with God?
God forbid. 15 For he saith to
Moses, 1^1 will have mercy on whom
I have mercy, and I will have com-
passion on whom I have compassion.
16 So then it is not of him that
willeth, nor of him that runneth,
but of God that hath mercy. 17 For
the scripture saith unto Pharaoh,
i^For this very purpose did I raise
thee up, that I might show in thee
my power, and that my name might
' Or, pray
8 Or, flesh; he who is over all, God, be blessed for ever.
9 Gr. unto the ages. ^ Gen. xxi. 12. " Gen. xviii. 10.
12 Gen. XXV. 23. " Mai. i. 2 f. " Ex. xxxiii. 19.
15 Ex. ix. 16.
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ROMANS 9.18—10.12
The Law's Righteousness and that of Faith contrasted
be published abroad in all the earth.
18 So then he hath mercy on whom
he will, and whom he will he hard-
eneth.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me,
Why doth he still find fault? For
who withstandeth his will? 20 Nay
but, O man, who art thou that re-
pliest against God? Shall the thing
formed say to him that formed it,
Why didst thou make me thus?
21 Or hath not the potter a right
over the clay, from the same lump
to make one part a vessel unto
honor, and another unto dishonor?
22 What if God, ^willing to show his
wrath, and to make his power
known, endured with much long-
suffering vessels of wrath fitted unto
destruction: 23 ^and that he might
make known the riches of his glory
upon vessels of mercy, which he
afore prepared unto glory, 24 even
us, whom he also called, not from
the Jews only, but also from the
Gentiles? 25 As he saith also in
Hosea,
3l will call that my people,
which was not my people;
And her beloved, that was not
beloved.
26 ^And it shall be, that in the place
where it was said unto them.
Ye are not my people.
There shall they be called sons
of the living God.
27 And Isaiah crieth concerning
Israel, ^If the number of the children
of Israel be as the sand of the sea,
it is the remnant that shall be saved :
28 for the Lord will execute his
word upon the earth, finishing it and
cutting it short. 29 And, as Isaiah
hath said before,
^Except the Lord of Sabaoth
had left us a seed.
We had become as Sodom, and
had been made like unto Go-
morrah.
30 What shall we say then? That
the Gentiles, who followed not after
1 Or, although willing
2 Some ancient authorities omit and.
» Hos. ii. 23. 4 Hos. i. 10.
6 Is. X. 22 f. » Is. i. 9.
righteousness, attained to right-
eousness, even the righteousness
which is of faith: 31 but Israel, fol-
lowing after a law of righteousness,
did not arrive at that law. 32 Where-
fore? ^Because they sought it not
by faith, but as it were by works.
They stumbled at the stone of
stumbling; 33 even as it is WTitten,
^Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of
stumbling and a rock of offence:
And he that believeth on ^him
shall not be put to shame.
1f\ Brethren, my heart's ^^de-
Vy sire and my supplication to
God is for them, that they may be
saved. 2 For I bear them witness
that they have a zeal for God, but
not according to knowledge. 3 For
being ignorant of God's righteous-
ness, and seeking to establish their
own, they did not subject them-
selves to the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law
unto righteousness to every one that
believeth. 5 For Moses writeth that
i^the man that doeth the righteous-
ness which is of the law shall live
thereby. 6 But the righteousness
which is of faith saith thus, ^^gay
not in thy heart. Who shall ascend
into heaven? (that is, to bring
Christ down:) 7 or. Who shall de-
scend into the abyss? (that is, to
bring Christ up from the dead.)
8 But what saith it? i^xhe word is
nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy
heart: that is, the word of faith,
which we preach: 9 ^^because if thou
shalt i^confess with thy mouth Jesus
as Lord, and shalt believe in th}^
heart that God raised him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved: 10
for with the heart man believeth
unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto sal-
vation. 11 For the scripture saith,
i^Whosoever believeth on him shall
not be put to shame. 12 For there
is no distinction between Jew and
7 Or, Became, doing it not by faith, hid as it were hy works,
they stumbled • Is. xxviii. 16.
» Or, it w Gr. good pleasure. " Lev. xviii. 5.
» Dt. XXX. 12 £. 13 Dt. XXX. 14. »« Or. that
« Some ancient authorities read confess the word itfith thy
mouth, that Jesus is Lord. '« Is. xxvi.i. 16.
178
Israel responsible for their own Rejection
Greek: for the same Lord is Lord|
of all, and is rich unto all that call
upon him: 13 for, ^Whosoever shall
call upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved. 14 How then shall they
call on him in whom they have not
believed? and how shall they believe
in him whom they have not heard?
and how shall they hear without a
preacher? 15 and how shall they
preach, except they be sent? even
as it is written, ^How beautiful are
the feet of them that bring ^glad
tidings of good things!
16 But they did not all hearken
to the ^glad tidings. For Isaiah
saith, ^Lord, who hath believed our
report? 17 So belief cometh of hear-
ing, and hearing by the word of
Christ. 18 But I say, Did they not
hear? Yea, verily,
^Their sound went out into all
the earth.
And their words unto the ends
of ^the world.
19 But I say. Did Israel not know?
First Moses saith,
^I will provoke you to jealousy
with that which is no nation.
With a nation void of under-
standing will I anger you.
20 And Isaiah is very bold, and
saith,
^I was found of them that
sought me not;
I became manifest unto them
that asked not of me.
21 But as to Israel he saith, i^All
the day long did I spread out my
hands unto a disobedient and gain-
saying people.
I-t I say then. Did God cast
1 off his people? God forbid.
For I also am an Israelite, of the
seed of Abraham, of the tribe of
Benjamin. 2 God did not cast off
his people which he foreknew. Or
know ye not what the scripture
i^saith i^of Elijah? how he pleadeth
with God against Israel: 3 Lord,
they have killed thy prophets, they
1 Joel ii. 32. 2 Is. lii. 7. 3 Or, a gospel
* Or, gospel 6 Is. liii. 1. « Ps. xix. 4.
7 Gr. the inhabited earth. » Dt. xxxii. 21.
9 Is. Ixv. 1. w Is. Ixv. 2. " 1 K. xix. 10.
12 Or, in Comp. Mk. 12. 26.
ROMANS 10.13—11.17
have digged down thine altars; and
I am left alone, and they seek my
life. 4 But what ^^saith the answer
of God unto him? I have left for
myself seven thousand men, who
have not bowed the knee to Baal.
5 Even so then at this present time
also there is a remnant according
to the election of grace. 6 But if it
is by grace, it is no more of works:
otherwise grace is no more grace.
7 What then? That which Israel
seeketh for, that he obtained not;
but the election obtained it, and
the rest were hardened: 8 according
as it is written, ^^God gave them a
spirit of stupor, eyes that they should
not see, and ears that they should
not hear, unto this very day. 9 And
David saith,
i^Let their table be made a snare,
and a trap.
And a stumblingblock, and a
recompense unto them:
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that
they may not see,
And bow thou down their back
always.
11 I say then. Did they stumble
that they might fall? God forbid:
but by their I'^fall salvation is come
unto the Gentiles, to provoke them
to jealousy. 12 Now if their fall is
the riches of the world, and their
loss the riches of the Gentiles; how
much more their fulness? 13 But I
speak to you that are Gentiles.
Inasmuch then as I am an apostle
of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
14 if by any means I may provoke
to jealousy them that are my flesh,
and may save some of them. 15 For
if the casting away of them is the
reconciling of the world, what shall
the receiving of them be, but life
from the dead? 16 And if the first-
fruit is holy, so is the lump: and if
the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 But if some of the branches were
broken off, and thou, being a wild
olive, wast grafted in among them,
and didst become partaker with them
13 1 K. xix. 18.
15 Ps. Ixix. 22 !
» Is. xxix. 10; Dt. xxix. 4.
i« Or, trespass Comp. ch.. 5. 16 R.
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ROMANS 11.18 — 12.8 Divers Exhortations: to Self-dedicaUon;
lof the root of the fatness of the now have obtained mercy by their
oHve tree; 18 glory not over the disobedience, 31 even so have these
branches: but if thou gloriest, it
is not thou that bearest the root,
but the root thee. 19 Thou wilt say
then. Branches were broken off,
that I might be grafted in. 20 Well;
by their unbelief they were broken
off, and thou standest by thy faith.
Be not high-minded, but fear: 21
for if God spared not the natural
branches, neither will he spare thee.
22 Behold then the goodness and
severity of God: toward them that
fell, severity; but toward thee,
God's goodness, if thou continue in
his goodness: otherwise thou also
shall be cut off. 23 And thej^ also,
if they continue not in their unbe-
lief, shall be grafted in: for God is
able to graft them in again. 24 For
if thou wast cut out of that which is
by nature a wild olive tree, and wast
grafted contrary to nature into a
good olive tree; how much more
shall these, which are the natural
branches, be grafted into their own
olive tree.^
25 For I would not, brethren, have
you ignorant of this mystery, lest
ye be wise in your own conceits,
that a hardening in part hath be-
fallen Israel, until the fulness of the
Gentiles be come in; 26 and so all
Israel shall be saved: even as it is
written,
^There shall come out of - Zion
the Deliverer;
He shall turn away ^ungodliness
from Jacob :
27 ^And this is ^my covenant unto
them.
When I shall take away their
sins.
28 As touching the ^gospel, they are
enemies for your sake: but as touch-
ing the election, they are beloved
for the fathers' sake. 29 For the
gifts and the calling of God are not
repented of. 30 For as ye in time
past were disobedient to God, but
1 Many ancient authorities read of the root and of the
fatness.
- Is. lix. 20 f . 3 Gr. ungodlinesses.
* Is. xxvii. 9. s Gr. the covenant from me.
B Sm oh. 10. 15, 16, and marginal n«t« ©n «h. 1. 1.
also now been disobedient, that by
the mercy shown to you they also
may now obtain mercy. 32 For
God hath shut up all unto dis-
obedience, that he might have mercy
upon all.
33 O the depth ^of the riches
both of the wisdom and the knowl-
edge of God! how unsearchable are
his judgments, and his ways past
tracing out ! 34 For who hath known
the mind of the Lord.^ or who hatli
been his counsellor? 35 or who hatli
first given to him, and it shall b('
recompensed unto him again? 3(3
For of him, and through him, and
unto him, are all things. To him he
the glory '^for ever. Amen.
i O I beseech you therefore,
1 ^d brethren, by the mercies of
God, to present your bodies a living
sacrifice, holy, ^^acceptable to God,
which is your ^^spiritual ^'^service.
2 And be not fashioned according to
this i^world: but be ye transformed
by the renewing of j^our mind, that
ye may prove what is ^^the good and
i^accep table and perfect will of God.
3 For I sa3% through the grace
that was given me, to every man
that is among you, not to think of
himself more highly than he ought
to think; but so to think as to think
soberly, according as God hath
dealt to each man a measure of
faith. 4 For even as we have many
members in one body, and all the
members have not the same office:
5 so we, who are many, are one body
in Christ, and severally members
one of another. 6 And having gifts
differing according to the grace that
was given to us, whether prophecy,
let us prophesy according to the pro-
portion of our faith; 7 or ministry.
let us give ourselves to our ministry;
or he that teacheth, to his teaching;
8 or he that exhorteth, to his ex-
7 Or, of the riches and the wisdom fe^c.
8 Or, both of wisdom &€. » Gr. unto the ages.
10 Gr. well-pleasing. ii Gr. belonging to the reason.
12 Or, worship " Or, age
" Or, the will of God, even the thing which is goad and ac-
ceptable and perfect
1^0
against Self-conceJt; to Mutual Love; to Obedience to Rulers ROMANS 12.9 — 14.2
horting: lie that giveth, let him do it
with UiberaHty; he that ruleth, with
dihgence; he that showeth mercy,
with cheerfulness.
9 Let love be without hypocrisy.
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to
that which is good. 10 In love of
the brethren be tenderly affectioned
one to another; in honor preferring
one another; 11 in diligence not
slothful; fervent in spirit; serving
2the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope;
patient in tribulation; continuing
stedfastly in prayer; 13 communi-
cating to the necessities of the
saints, ^given to hospitality. 14
Bless them that persecute you; bless,
and curse not. 15 Rejoice with them
that rejoice; weep with them that
weep. 16 Be of the same mind one
tov/ard another. Set not your mind
on high things, but ^condescend to
^things that are lowly. Be not wise
in your own conceits. 17 Render to
no man evil for evil. Take thought
for things honorable in the sight of
all men. 18 If it be possible, as
much as in you lieth, be at peace
with all men. 19 Avenge not your-
selves, beloved, but give place unto
^the wrath of God: for it is written,
^Vengeance belongeth unto me; I
will recompense, saith the Lord.
20 But ^if thine enemy hunger, feed
him; if he thirst, gvve him to drink:
for in so doing thou shalt heap coals
of fire upon his head. 21 Be not
overcome of evil, but overcome evil
with good.
1 Q Let every soul be in sub-
1 O jection to the higher powers :
for there is no power but of God;
and the powers that be are ordained
of God. 2 Therefore'he that resisteth
the power, withstandeth the ordi-
nance of God: and they that with-
stand shall receive to themselves
judgment. 3 For rulers are not a
terror to the good work, but to the
evil. And wouldest thou have no
fear of the power .^ do that which is
1 Gr. singleness.
2 Some ancient authorities read the opportunity.
' Gr. pursuing. * Gr. be carried away with.
5 Or, them 6 Or, wrath
7 Dt. xxxii. .35. 8 (Prov. xxv. 21 f.)
good, and thou shalt have praise
from the same: 4 for ^he is a min-
ister of God to thee for good. But if
thou do that which is evil, be afraid;
for ^he beareth not the sword in
vain: for %e is a minister of God,
an avenger for wrath to him that
doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must
needs be in subjection, not only be-
cause of the wrath, but also for
conscience' sake. 6 For for this
cause ye pay tribute also; for they
are ministers of God's service, at-
tending continually upon this very
thing. 7 Render to all their dues:
tribute to whom tribute is due;
custom to whom custom; fear to
whom fear; honor to whom honor.
8 Owe no man anything, save to
love one another: for he that
loveth i%is neighbor hath fulfilled
the law. 9 For this, i^Thou shalt
not commit adultery. Thou shalt
not kill. Thou shalt not steal, Thou
shalt not covet, and if there be any
other commandment, it is summed
up in this word, namely. Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself. 10
Love worketh no ill to his neigh-
bor: love therefore is the fulfilment
of the law.
11 And this, knowing the season,
that already it is time for you to
awake out of sleep: for now is
i^salvation nearer to us than when
we first believed. 12 The night is
far spent, and the day is at hand:
let us therefore cast off the works
of darkness, and let us put on the
armor of light. 13 Let us walk be-
comingly, as in the day; not in rev-
elling and drunkenness, not in cham-
bering and wantonness, not in strife
and jealousy. 14 But put ye on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not
provision for the flesh, to fulfil the
lusts thereof.
UBut him that is weak in
faith receive ye, yet not ^^for
decision of scruples. 2 One man
hath faith to eat all things: but he
9 Or, it
10 Gr. the other. Comp. 1 Cor. C. 1; 10. 24; Gal. 6. 4.
>i Ex. XX. 13ff.; Dt. v. 17 ff.
1* Or, our salvation nearer than when b'c.
1* Or, to doubtful disputations
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Self-denial on behalf of Others
ROMANS 14.3—15.8 salvation is at Hand.
that is weak eateth herbs. 3 Let not thy meat him for whom Christ died,
him that eateth set at nought him 16 Let not then your good be evil
that eateth not; and let not him spoken of: 17 for the kingdom of
that eateth not judge him that : God is not eating and drinking, but
eateth : for God hath received him. righteousness and p^ace and joy in i
4 Who art thou that judgest the ; the Holy Spirit. 18 For he that i
^servant of another.^ to his own lord herein serveth Christ is well-pleasing i
he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall to God, and approved of men. 19 ,
be made to stand; for the Lord hath I So then ^let us follow after things
power to make him stand. 5 One which make for peace, and things
man esteemeth one day above an-
other: another esteemeth every day
alike. Let each man be fully as-
sured in his own mind. 6 He that
regardeth the day, regardeth it unto
the Lord: and he that eateth,
eateth unto the Lord, for he giveth
God thanks; and he that eateth not,
unto the Lord he eateth not, and
giveth God thanks. 7 For none
of us liveth to himself, and none
dieth to himself. 8 For whether we
live, we live unto the Lord; or wheth-
er we die, we die unto the Lord :
whether we live therefore, or die,
we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end
Christ died and lived again, that
he might be Lord of both the dead
and the living. 10 But thou, why
whereby we may edify one another.
20 Overthrow not for meat's sake
the work of God. All things indeed
are clean; howbeit it is evil for that
man who eateth with offence. 21
It is good not to eat flesh, nor to
drink wine, nor to do anything where-
by thy brother stumbleth^. 22 The
faith which thou hast, have thou to
thyself before God. Happy is he
that judgeth not himself in that
which he ^pproveth. 23 But he
that doubteth is condemned if he
eat, because he eateth not of faith;
and whatsoever is not of faith is
sin^
1^ Now we that are strong
^ ought to bear the infirmities
of the weak, and not to please our-
dost thou judge thy brother.'^ or thou selves. 2 Let each one of us please
again, why dost thou set at nought his neighbor for that which is good,
thy brother.^ for we shall all stand i unto edifying. 3 For Christ also
before the judgment-seat of God. | pleased not himself; but, as it is
11 For it is written, written, ^The reproaches of them
^As I live, saith the Lord, to me that reproached thee fell upon me.
every knee shall bow, ;4 For whatsoever things were writ-
And every tongue shall ^confess ten aforetime were written for our
to God. learning, that through ^patience and
12 So then each one of us shall give , through comfort of the scriptures
account of himself to God. j we might have hope. 5 Now the
13 Let us not therefore judge one ' God of patience and of comfort
another any more: but judge ye this j grant you to be of the same mind one
rather, that no man put a stumbling- with another according to Christ
block in his brother's way, or an j Jesus : 6 that with one accord ye
occasion of falling. 14 I know, and may with one mouth glorify i°tihe
am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, | God and Father of our Lord Jesus
that nothing is unclean of itself: save ; Christ. 7 Wherefore receive ye one
that to him who accounteth any- j another, even as Christ also received
thing to be unclean, to him it is | ^H^ou, to the glory of God. 8 For I
unclean. 15 For if because of meat
thy brother is grieved, thou walkest
no longer in love. Destroy not with
^ Gr. household-servant.
8 Or, give praise
s Is. xlv. 23.
* Many ancient authorities read ur. follow.
* Many ancient authorities add or is offended, or is weak.
« Or, puUeth to the test
"> Many authorities, some ancient, insert here ch. 16.
25-27.
8 Ps. Ixix. 9. » Or, stedfastness
10 Or, God and the Father So 2 Cor. 1. 3; 11. 31; Eph. 1.
3; 1 Pet. 1. 3. " Some ancient authorities read tis.
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Mutual Helpfulness enjoined. Paul asks their Prayers
ROMANS 15.9—15.31
say that Christ hath been made a
iiiinister of the circumcision for the
truth of God, that he might con-
firm the promises given unto the
fathers, 9 and that the Gentiles
might glorify God for his mercy; as
it is written,
^Therefore will I ^give praise unto
thee among the ^Gentiles,
And sing unto thy name.
10 And again he saith,
^Rejoice, ye ^Gen tiles, with his
people.
11 And again,
^Praise the Lord, all ye ^Gen tiles;
And let all the peoples praise
him.
12 And again, Isaiah saith,
^There shall be the root of Jesse,
And he that ariseth to rule over
the ^Gentiles;
On him shall the ^Gentiles hope.
13 Now the God of hope fill you
with all joy and peace in believing,
that ye may abound in hope, in the
power of the Holy Spirit.
14 And I myself also am per-
suaded of you, my brethren, that ye
yourselves are full of goodness,
filled with all knowledge, able also
to admonish one another. 15 But I
write the more boldly unto you in
some measure, as putting you again
in remembrance, because of the
grace that was given me of God, 16
that I should be a minister of Christ
Jesus unto the ^Gentiles, ^minister-
ing the » gospel of God, that the
offering up of the Gentiles might be
made acceptable, being sanctified
by the Holy Spirit. 17 I have there-
fore my glorying in Christ Jesus in
things pertaining to God. 18 For
I will not dare to speak of any
^things save those which Christ
wrought through me, for the obedi-
ence of the ^Gen tiles, by word and
deed, 19 in the power of signs and
wonders, in the power of ^°the Holy
1 Ps. xviii. 49 (or 2 S. xxii. 50). 2 Or, confess
3 Gr. nations. Comp. Mt. 4. 15. * Dt. xxxii. 43.
5 Ps. cxvii. 1. 6 Is. xi. 10.
' Gr. ministering in sacrifice.
8 See marginal note on ch. 1. 1.
' Gr. of those things which Christ wrotcght not through me.
'" Many ancient authorities read the Spirit of God. One
reads the Spirit.
Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and
round about even unto Illyricum,
I have iifully preached the ^ gospel
of Christ; 20 yea, ^^making it my
aim so to ^^preach the gospel, not
where Christ was already named,
that I might not build upon another
man's foundation; 21 but, as it is
written,
i^They shall see, to whom no
tidings of him came.
And they who have not heard
shall understand.
22 Wherefore also I was hindered
these many times from coming to
you : 23 but now, having no more any
place in these regions, and having
these many years a longing to come
unto you, 24 whensoever I go unto
Spain (for I hope to see you in my
journey, and to be brought on my
way thitherward by you, if first in
some measure I shall have been
satisfied with your company) — 25
but now, / say, I go unto Jerusalem,
ministering unto the saints. 26
For it hath been the good pleasure
of Macedonia and Achaia to make a
certain contribution for the poor
among the saints that are at Jeru-
salem. 27 Yea, it hath been their
good pleasure; and their debtors
they are. For if the Gentiles have
been made partakers of their spirit-
ual things, they owe it to them also
to minister unto them in carnal
things. 28 When therefore I have
accomplished this, and have sealed
to them this fruit, I will go on by you
unto Spain. 29 And I know that,
when I come unto you, I shall come
in the fulness of the blessing of
Christ.
30 Now I beseech you, brethren,
by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
the love of the Spirit, that ye strive
together with me in your prayers to
God for me; 31 that I may be de-
livered from them that are disobe-
dient in Judsea, and that my minis-
tration which I have for Jerusalem
may be acceptable to the saints;
" Gr. fulfilled. Comp. Col. 1. 25.
12 Gr. beijig ambitious. 2 Cor. 5. 9; 1 Thess. 4. 11.
« See marginal note on ch. 1. 15. " Is. Hi. 15.
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ROMANS 15.32 16.27 commends Phoebe. Dissension and Apostasy warned against
32 that I may come unto you in joy
through the will of God, and to-
gether with you find rest. 33 Now
the God of peace be with you all.
Amen.
1r> I commend unto you
vJ Phoebe our sister, who is a
^servant of the church that is at
Cenchrese: 2 that ye receive her
in the Lord, worthily of the saints,
and that ye assist her in whatsoever
matter she may have need of you:
for she herself also hath been a helper
of many, and of mine own self.
3 Salute Prisca and Aquila my
fellow- workers in Christ Jesus, 4 who
for my life laid down their own necks;
unto whom not only I give thanks,
but also all the churches of the
Gentiles: 5 and salute the church
that is in their house. Salute
Epsenetus my beloved, who is the
firstfruits of Asia unto Christ. 6
Salute Mary, who bestowed much
labor on you. 7 Salute Andronicus
and 2junias, my kinsmen, and my
fellow-prisoners, who are of note
among the apostles, who also have
been in Christ before me. 8 Salute
Ampliatus uvy beloved in the Lord.
9 Salute Urbanus our fellow-worker
in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
10 Salute Apelles the approved in
Christ. Salute them that are of the
household of Aristobulus. 11 Salute
Herodion my kinsman. Salute them
of the household of Narcissus, that
are in the Lord. 12 Salute Try-
phsena and Tryphosa, who labor in
the Lord. Salute Persis the be-
loved, who labored much in the Lord.
13 Salute Rufus the chosen in the
Lord, and his mother and mine.
14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Her-
mes, Patrobas, Hernias, and the
brethren that are with them. 15
Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus
and his sister, and Olympas, and all
the saints that are with them. 16
Or, deaconess
2 Or, Junia
Salute one another with a holy kiss.
All the churches of Christ salute
you.
17 Now I beseech you, brethren,'
mark them that are causing the
divisions and occasions of stumbling,
contrary to the ^doctrine which ye
learned: and turn away from them.
18 For they that are such serve not
our Lord Christ, but their own belly;
and by their smooth and fair speech
they beguile the hearts of the inno-
cent. 19 For your obedience is come
abroad unto all men. I rejoice
therefore over you: but I would
have you wise unto that which is
good, and simple unto that which is
evil. 20 And the God of peace shall
bruise Satan under your feet shortly
The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you.
j 21 Timothy my fellow- worker
I saluteth you ; and Lucius and Jason
^and Sosipater, my kinsmen. 22 I
: Tertius, ^who write the epistle,
salute 3^ou in the Lord. 23 Gains
my host, and of the whole church,
saluteth you. Erastus the treasurer
of the cit}^ saluteth you, and Quart us
the brother.^
25 ^Now to him that is able to
establish you according to my ^gos-
pel and the preaching of Jesus
Christ, according to the revelation
of the mystery which hath been
kept in silence through times eternal,
26 but now is manifested, and %y
the scriptures of the prophets, ac-
cording to the commandment of the
eternal God, is made known unto
all the ^nations unto obedience ^M
faith: 27 to the only wise God,
through Jesus Christ, ^^to whom be
the glory ^^for ever. Amen.
' Or, teaching
* Or, who write the epistle in the Lord, salute you
5 Some ancient authorities insert here ver. 24 The gra
of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen, and on.
the like words in ver. 20.
6 Some ancient authorities omit ver. 25-27. Comp. the
end of ch. 14. ^ See marginal note on ch. 1. 1.
8 Gr. through. » Or, Gentiles "> Or, to the fatth
" Some ancient authorities omit to whom.
" Gr. unto the ages.
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THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE
CORINTHIANS
Salutation. Thanksgiving. Exhortation to Unity.
Christ the Power of God
IPauI, called to be an apostle
of Jesus Christ through the
will of God, and Sosthenes ^gur
brother, 2 unto the church of God
which is at Corinth, even them that
are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called
to be saints, with all that call upon
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
in every place, their Lord and ours:
3 Grace to you and peace from God
our Father, and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
4 I thank ^my God always con-
cerning you, for the grace of God
which was given you in Christ Jesus;
5 that in everything ye were en-
riched in him, in all ^utterance and
all knowledge; 6 even as the testi-
mony of Christ was confirmed in
you: 7 so that ye come behind in
no gift; waiting for the revelation of
our Lord Jesus Christ; 8 who shall
also confirm you unto the end, that
ye be unreprovable in the day of our
Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faith-
ful, through whom ye were called
into the fellowship of his Son Jesus
Christ our Lord.
10 Now I beseech you, brethren,
through the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that ye all speak the same
thing, and that there be no ^divisions
among you; but that ye be perfected
together in the same mind and in
the same judgment. 11 For it hath
been signified unto me concerning
you, my brethren, by them that are
13 ^Is Christ divided? was Paul
crucified for you? or were ye bap-
tized into the name of Paul? 14 ^I
thank God that I baptized none of
you, save Crispus and Gains; 15 lest
any man should say that ye were
baptized into my name. 16 And I
baptized also the household of Steph-
anas: besides, I know not whether
I baptized any other. 17 For Christ
sent me not to baptize, but to
^preach the gospel : not in wisdom of
words, lest the cross of Christ should
be made void.
18 For the word of the cross is to
them that ^perish foolishness; but
unto us who ^are saved it is the power
of God. 19 For it is written,
1^1 will destroy the wisdom of
the wise,
And the discernment of the dis-
cerning will I bring to nought.
20 Where is the wise? where is the
scribe? where is the disputer of this
i^world? hath not God made foolish
the wisdom of the world? 21 For
seeing that in the wisdom of God
the world through its wisdom knew
not God, it was God's good pleas-
ure through the foolishness of the
i2preaching to save them that be-
lieve. 22 Seeing that Jews ask for
signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom :
23 but we preach i^Christ crucified,
unto Jews a stumblingblock, and
unto Gentiles foolishness; 24 but
unto i^them that are called, both
Jews and Greeks, Christ the power
of the household of Chloe, that there | of God, and the wisdom of God.
are contentions among you. 12 Now 1 25 Because the foolishness of God
this I mean, that each one of you !
saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos;
and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
* Gr. the brother.
* Some ancient authorities omit my.
3 Gr. word. * Gr. schisms.
B Or, Christ is divided! _ Was Paul crucified for you?
6 Some ancient authorities read I give thanks that.
7 Gr. bring good tidings. Comp. Mt. 11. 5.
8 Or, are perishing ' Or, are being saved
1" Is. xxix. 14. 11 Or, age
'2 Gr. thing preached. i^ Or, a Messiah
1* Gr. the called themselves.
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I. CORINTHIANS 1.26 3.4 God's choice the world's Foolishness. True and False Wisdom
is wiser than men; and the weakness
of God is stronger than men.
26 For ^behold your calHng, breth-
ren, that not many wise after the
flesh, not many mighty, not many
noble, are called: 27 but God chose
the fooKsh things of the world, that
he might put to shame them that are
wise; and God chose the weak things
of the world, that he might put to
shame the things that are strong; 28
and the base things of the world, and
the things that are despised, did God
choose, yea ^and the things that are
not, that he might bring to nought
the things that are: 29 that no
flesh should glory before God. 30
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus,
who was made unto us wisdom
from God, ^and righteousness and
sanctification, and redemption: 31
that, according as it is written, -^He
that glorieth, let him glory in the
Lord.
2 And I, brethren, when I
came unto you, came not with
excellency of ^speech or of wisdom,
proclaiming to you the ^testimony
of God. 2 For I determined not to
know anything among you, save
Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3 And I was with you in weakness,
and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my ^speech and my ^preaching
were not in persuasive words of
wisdom, but in demonstration of
the Spirit and of power: 5 that
your faith should not ^stand in the
wisdom of men, but in the power
of God.
6 We speak wisdom, however,
among them that are fullgrown:
yet a wisdom not of this ^world,
nor of the rulers of this ^ world, who
are coming to nought: 7 but we
speak God's wisdom in a mystery,
even the wisdom that hath been
hidden, which God foreordained be-
fore the ^worlds unto our glory:
1 Or. ye behold
2 Many ancient authorities omit and.
3 Or, both righteousness and sanctification and redemption
« Jer. ix. 23 f . '" Or. word
8 Many ancient authorities read myslerv.
' Gr. thing preached. '^ Gr. be.
9 Or, age: and so in ver. 7, 8; but not in vcr. 12.
8 which none of the rulers of this
^world hath known: for had they
known it, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory: 9 but
as it is written,
I'^Things which eye saw not, and
ear heard not,
And which entered not into the
heart of man.
Whatsoever things God prepared
for them that love him.
10^ i^But unto us God revealed
Hnem through the Spirit: for the
Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the
deep things of God. 11 For who
among men knoweth the things of a
man, save the spirit of the man,
which is in hinLf^ even so the things
of God none knoweth, save the Spirit
of God. 12 But we received, not
the spirit of the ^^world, but the
spirit which is from God; that we
might know the things that were
freely given to us of God. 13 Which
things also we speak, not in words
which man's wisdom teacheth, but
which the Spirit teacheth; ^^com-
bining spiritual things with spiritual
words. 14 Now the ^^natural man
receiveth not the things of the Spirit
of God: for they are foolishness unto
him; and he cannot know them, be-
cause they are spiritually ^^judged.
15 But he that is spiritual ^^judgeth
all things, and he himself is ^^ judged
of no man. 16 For who hath known
the mind of the Lord, that he should
instruct him.f^ But we have the
mind of Christ.
3 And I, brethren, could not
speak unto you as unto spir-
itual, but as unto carnal, as unto
babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with
milk, not with meat; for ye were not
yet able to bear it: nay, not even
now are ye able; 3 for ye are yet
carnal: for whereas there is amon^
you jealousy and strife, are ye not
carnal, and do ye not walk after the
manner of men.f^ 4 For when one
10 Ts. Ixiv. 4: Ixv. 17.
11 Some ancient authorities read For.
i: Or, it " See ver. 6.
'* Or, interpreting spiritual things to spiritual men
IS Or, unspirilual Gr. psychical.
i» Or, examined '■ Or, examineth
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ApostlQS are Mere Laborers. The Lord the Sole Judge I. CORINTHIANS 3.5-
10
saith, I am of Paul; and another, I
am of Apollos; are ye not men? 5
What then is Apollos? and what is
Paul? Ministers through whom ye
believed; and each as the Lord gave
to him. 6 I planted, Apollos wa-
tered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth
anything, neither he that watereth;
but God that giveth the increase.
8 Now he that planteth and he that
watereth are one: but each shall
receive his own reward according to
his own labor. 9 For we are God's
fellow- workers : ye are God's ^hus-
bandry, God's building.
10 According to the grace of God
which was given unto me, as a wise
masterbuilder I laid a foundation;
and another buildeth thereon. But
let each man take heed how he
buildeth thereon. 11 For other
foundation can no man lay than
that which is laid, which is Jesus
Christ. 12 But if any man buildeth
on the foundation gold, silver, costly
stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 each
man's work shall be made manifest:
for the day shall declare it, because
it is revealed in fire; ^and the fire
itself shall prove each man's work
of what sort it is. 14 If any man's
work shall abide which he built
thereon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned,
he shall suffer loss: but he himself
shall be saved; yet so as through fire.
16 Know ye not that ye are a
^temple of God, and that the Spirit
of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any
man destroy eth the ^temple of God,
him shall God destroy; for the
^temple of God is holy, %nd such
are ye.
18 Let no man deceive himself.
If any man thinketh that he is wise
among you in this ^world, let him
become a fool, that he may become
wise. 19 For the wisdom of this
world is foolishness with God. For
it is written, ^He that taketh the
1 Gr. tilled land.
' Or, and each man's work, of what sort it is, the fire shall
prove it. 3 Or. sanctuary
* Or, which temple ye are ^ Or, age « Job v. 13.
wise in their craftiness: 20 and again,
^The Lord knoweth the reasonings
of the wise, that they are vain.
21 Wherefore let no one glory in
men. For all things are yours; 22
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas,
or the world, or life, or death, or
things present, or things to come; .
all are yours; 23 and ye are Christ's;
and Christ is God's.
4 Let a man so account of us,
as of ministers of Christ, and
stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Here, moreover, it is required in
stewards, that a man be found faith-
ful. 3 But with me it is a very small
thing that I should be ^judged of
you, or of man's ^judgment: yea,
I i^'judge not mine own self. 4 For
I know nothing against myself; yet
am I not hereby justified: but he
that iijudgeth me is the Lord. 5
Wherefore judge nothing before the Vl
time, until the Lord come, who w^ill I
botli_bring^ to light the hddden thh]^s /
of darkness, and make manifest the
counsels of the hearts ; and then shall \
each man have his praise from God. 1
6 Now these things, brethren, I
have in a figure transferred to my-
self and Apollos for your sakes; that
in us ye might learn not to go be-
yond the things which are written;
that no one of you be puffed up for
the one against the other. 7 For
who maketh thee to differ? and what
hast thou that thou didst not re-
ceive? but if thou didst receive it,
why dost thou glory as if thou hadst
not received it? 8 Already are ye
filled, already ye are become rich,
ye have come to reign without us :
yea and I would that ye did reign,
that we also might reign with you.
9 For, I think, God hath set forth
us the apostles last of all, as men
doomed to death: for we are made
a spectacle unto the world, ^^both to
angels and men. 10 We are fools for
Christ's sake, but ye are wise in
Christ; we are weak, but ye are
strong; ye have glory, but we have
7 Ps. xciv. 11. 8 Or, examined
9 Gr. day. See ch. 3. 13. "> Or, examine
" Or, examineth 12 Or, and to angels, and to men.
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I. CORINTHIANS 4. 1 1 6.5 Have no Fellowship with Men of Scandalous Lives
dishonor. 11 Even unto this present
hour we both hunger, and thirst,
and are naked, and are buffeted,
and have no certain dwelling-place;
12 and we toil, working with our
own hands: being reviled, we bless;
being persecuted, we endure; 13
being defamed, we entreat: we are
made as the ^filth of the world, the
off scouring of ^11 things, even until
now.
14 I write not these things to
shame you, but to admonisn you
as my beloved children. 15 For
though ye have ten thousand tutors
in Christ, yet have ye not many
fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat
you through the ^gospel. 16 I be-
seech you therefore, be ye imitators
of me. 17 For this cause have I sent
unto you Timothy, who is my be-
loved and faithful child in the Lord,
who shall put you in remembrance
of my ways which are in Christ, even
as I teach everywhere in every
church. 18 Now some are puffed
up, as though I were not coming to
you. 19 But I will come to you
shortly, if the Lord will; and I will
know, not the word of them that are
puffed up, but the power. 20 For
the kingdom of God is not in word,
but in power. 21 What will ye.^
shall I come unto you with a rod, or
in love and a spirit of gentleness?
5 It is actually reported that
there is fornication among you,
and such fornication as is not even
among the Gentiles, that one of you
hath his father's wife. 2 And \ve
are puffed up, and ^did not rather
mourn, that he that had done this
deed might be taken away from
among you. 3 For I verily, being
absent in body but present in spirit,
have already as though I were pres-
ent judged him that hath so wrought
this thing, 4 in the name of our Lord
Jesus, ye being gathered together,
and my spirit, with the power of our
' Or, refuse
2 Gr. good tidings. See marginal note on Mt. 4. 23.
' Or, are ye puffed up?
* Or, did ye not rather mourn, . . . you?
Lord Jesus, 5 to deliver such a one
unto Satan for the destruction of
the flesh, that the spirit may be
saved in the day of the Lord ^Jesus. !
6 Your glorying is not good. Know
ye not that a little leaven leaveneth
the whole lump.? 7 Purge out the
old leaven, that ye may be a new
lump, even as ye are unleavened.
For our passover also hath been
sacrificed, even Christ: 8 wherefore
let us %eep the feast, not with old
leaven, neither with the leaven of
malice and wickedness, but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth.
9 I wrote unto you in my epistle
to have no company with fornicators;
10 ^not at all meaning with the
fornicators of this world, or with the
covetous and extortioners, or with
idolaters; for then must ye needs
go out of the world: 11 but ^as it is,
I wrote unto you not to keep com-
pany, if any man that is named a
brother be a fornicator, or covetous,
or an idolater, or a reviler, or a
drunkard, or an extortioner; with
such a one no, not to eat. 12 For
what have I to do with judging
them that are without? Do not ye
judge them that are within? 13
But them that are without God
judgeth. Put away the wicked man
from among yourselves.
6 Dare any of you, having a
matter against ^his neighbor,
go to law before the unrighteous, and
not before the saints? 2 Or know
ye not that the saints shall judge
the world? and if the world is judged
by you, are ye unworthy ^^^ judge
the smallest matters? 3 Know ye
not that we shall judge angels? how
much more, things that pertain to
this life? 4 If then ye have ^^to
judge things pertaining to this life
i^do ye set them to judge who are oi
no account in the church? 5 I say
6 Some ancient authorities omit Jesus.
6 Gr. keep festival.
7 Or, not altogether with the fornicators b'c.
8 Or, now I write » Gr. the other. See Rom. 13. 8.
w Gr. of the smallest tribunals.
" Gr. tribunals pertaining to.
" Or, set them . . . church
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Litigation unbecoming. *' Glorify God in your Body " I, CORINTHIANS 6.6 7. 14
this to move you to shame. What,
cannot there be found among you
one wise man who shall be able to
decide between his brethren, 6 but
brother goeth to law with brother,
and that before unbelievers? 7 Nay,
already it is altogether ^sl defect in
you, that ye have lawsuits one with
another. Why not rather take
wrong .f^ why not rather be de-
frauded.^ 8 Nay, but ye yourselves
do wrong, and defraud, and that
your brethren. 9 Or know ye not
that the unrighteous shall not in-
herit the kingdom of God.^^ Be not
deceived: neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effemi-
nate, nor abusers of themselves
with men, 10 nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor re-
vilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit
the kingdom of God. 11 And such
were some of you: but ye ^were
washed, but ye were sanctified, but
ye were justified in the name of the
Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit
of our God.
12 All things are lawful for me;
but not all things are expedient.
I All things are lawful for me; but I
will not be brought under the power
of any. 13 Meats for the belly, and
the belly for meats: but God shall
bring to nought both it and them.
But the body is not for fornication,
but for the Lord; and the Lord for
the body: 14 and God both raised
the Lord, and will raise up us through
his power. 15 Know ye not that your
bodies are members of Christ .^^ shall
I then take away the members of
Christ, and make them members of
a harlot.^ God forbid. 16 Or know
ye not that he that is joined to a
harlot is one body.^^ for, ^The twain,
saith he, shall become one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the
Lord is o^e spirit. 18 Flee for-
nication. Every sin that a man
doeth is without the body; but he
that committeth fornication sinneth
against his own body. 19 Or know
i
Or, Is it so, that there cannot b'c.
Or, a loss to you
Gr. washed yourselves. « Gen. ii. 24.
39
ye not that vnur body is r sfpmplp nf
the Hol;^:__Spirit which is in you,
which^^ye^have from God.^ and ye
are notyour own; 20 tor ye were|
bought with a price: glorify God
therefore in your body.
7 Now concerning the things
whereof ye wrote: It is good
for a man not to touch a woman.
2 But, because of fornications, let
each man have his own wife, and
let each woman have her own hus-
band. 3 Let the husband render
unto the wife her due: and like-
wise also the wife unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not power over her
own body, but the husband: and
likewise also the husband hath not
power over his own body, but the
wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the
other, except it be by consent for a
season, that ye may give yourselves
unto prayer, and may be together
again, that Satan tempt you not
because of your incontinency. 6
But this I say by way of concession,
not of commandment. 7 ^Yet I
would that all men were even as I
myself. Howbeit each man hath his
own gift from God, one after this
manner, and another after that.
8 But I say to the unmarried and
to widows. It is good for them if
they abide even as I. 9 But if Ihey
have not continency , let them marry :
for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 But unto the married I give
charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That
the wife depart not from her hus-
band 11 (but should she depart, let
her remain unmarried, or else be
reconciled to her husband); and
that the husband leave not his wife.
12 But to the rest say I, not the Lord :
If any brother hath an unbelieving
wife, and she is content to dwell
with him, let him not leave her. 13
And the woman that hath an un-
believing husband, and he is con-
tent to dwell with her, let her not
leave her husband. 14 For the un-
5 Or, sanctuary
« Many ancient authorities read For,
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I.CORINTHIANS 7.15—7.39
Concerning Wedlock; Marriage; Virgins
believing husband is sanctified in
the wife, and the imbeHeving wife is
sanctified in the brother: else were
your children unclean; but now are
they holy. 15 Yet if the unbe-
lieving departeth, let him depart:
the brother or the sister is not under
bondage in such cases : but God hath
called ^us in peace. 16 For how
know^st thou, O wife, whether thou
shalt save thy husband.'^ or how
knowest thou, O husband, whether
thou shalt save thy wife.^ 17 Only,
as the Lord hath distributed to each
man, as God hath called each, so
let him walk. And so ordain I in
all the churches. 18 Was any man
called being circumcised.'^ let him
not become uncircumcised. Hath
any been called in uncircumcision .^^
let him not be circumcised. 19 Cir-
cumcision is nothing, and uncir-
cumcision is nothing; but the keep-
ing of the commandments of God.
20 Let each man abide in that calling
wherein he was called. 21 Wast thou
called being a bondservant .^^ care
not for it: ^nay, even if thou canst
become free, use it rather. 22 For
he that was called in the Lord being
a bondservant, is the Lord's freed-
man: likewise he that was called
being free, is Christ's bondservant.
23 Ye were bought with a price;
become not bondservants of men.
24 Brethren, let each man, wherein he
was called, therein abide with God.
25 Now concerning virgins I have
no commandment of the Lord: but
I give my judgment, as one that
hath obtained mercy of the Lord to
be trustworthy. 26 I think there-
fore that this is good by reason of
the distress that is upon us, namely,
that it is good for a man ^to be as
he is. 27 Art thou bound unto a
wife.? seek not to be loosed. Art
thou loosed from a wife.^^ seek not a
wife. 28 But shouldest thou marry,
thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin
marry, she hath not sinned. Yet
such shall have tribulation in the
1 Many ancient authorities read you.
2 Or, hut if * Or. so to be.
flesh: and I would spare you. 29
But this I say, brethren, the time
4is shortened, that henceforth both
those that have wives may be as
though they had none; 30 and those
that weep, as though they wept not;
and those that rejoice, as though
they rejoiced not; and those that
buy, as though they possessed not;
31 and those that use the w^orld, as
not using it to the full: for the
fashion of this world passeth away.
32 But I w^ould have you to be free
from cares. He that is unmarried
is careful for the things of the Lord,
how he may please the Lord : 33 but
he that is married is careful for the
things of the world, how he may
please his ^wife, 34 and is divided.
So also the woman that is unmarried
and the \irgin is careful for the
things of the Lord, that she may be
holy both in body and in spirit: but
she that is married is careful for the
things of the world, how she may
please her husband. 35 And this I
say .for your own profit; not that I
may cast a ^snare upon you, but for
that which is seemly, and that ye
may attend upon the Lord without
distraction. 36 But if any man
thinketh that he behaveth himself
unseeml}^ toward his ^virgin daugh-
ter, if she be past the flow-er of her
age, and if need so requireth, let him
do what he will; he sinneth not;- let
them marry. 37 But he that
standeth stedfast in his heart, hav-
ing no necessity, but hath power as
touching his own will, and hath
determined this in his own heart, to
keep his own ^virgin davghter, shall
do well. ^ 38 So then both he that
giveth his own ^virgin davghter in
marriage doeth well; and he that
giveth her not in marriage shall do
better. 39 A wife is bound for so
long time as her husband' liveth ; but
if the husband be Mead, she is free
to be married to whom she will; only
* Or, is shortened henceforth, that hath those b'c.
8 Some ancient authorities read wife. And there is a dif-
ference also between the wife and the virgin. She that is un-
married is careful b'c. • Or, constraint Gr. noose
7 Or, virgin (omitting daughter)
8 Gr. fallen asleep. See Acts 7. 60.
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Concerning Things sacrificed to Idols. Apostolic Liberty I.CORINTHIANS 7.40 — 9.15
in the Lord. 40 But she is happier
if she abide as she is, after my
judgment: and I think that I also
liave the Spirit of God.
8 Now concerning things sac-
rificed to idols: We know that
we all have knowledge. Knowledge
puffeth up, but love ^edifieth. 2 If
any man thinketh that he knoweth
anything, he knoweth not yet as he
ought to know; 3 but if any man
loveth God, the same is known by
him. 4 Concerning therefore the
eating of things sacrificed to idols,
we know that no idol is anything in
the world, and that there is no God
but one. 5 For though there be that
are called gods, whether in heaven
or on earth; as there are gods many,
and lords many; 6 yet to us there is
one God, the Father, of whom are
all things, and we unto him; and
one Lord, Jesus Christ, through
whom are all things, and we through
him. 7 Howbeit theie is not in all
men that knowledge: but some,
being used until now to the idol, eat
as of a thing sacrificed to an idol;
and their conscience being weak is
defiled. 8 But food will not ^com-
mend us to God: neither, if we eat
not, %re we the worse; nor, if we
eat, ^are we the better. 9 But take
heed lest by any means this ^liberty
of yours become a stumblingblock
to the weak. 10 For if a man see
thee who hast knowledge sitting at
meat in an idol's temple, will not
his conscience, if he is weak, <^be
emboldened to eat things sacrificed
to idols .^ 11 For ^through thy knowl-
edge he that is weak perisheth, the
brother for whose sake Christ died.
12 And thus, sinning against the
brethren, and wounding their con-
science when it is weak, ye sin
against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if
meat causeth my brother to stumble,
I will eat no flesh for evermore, that
I cause not my brother to stumble.
' Gr. buildeth up.
3 Gr, do we lack.
* Or, power
' Gr. in.
2 Gr. present.
* Gr. do we abomid.
« Gr. be builded up.
9
Am I not free.^ am I not an
apostle .f^ have I not seen Jesus
our Lord.f^ are not ye my work in the
Lord.f^ 2 If to others I am not an
apostle, yet at least I am to you;
for the seal of mine apostleship are
ye in the Lord. 3 My defence to
them that examine me is this. 4
Have we no right to eat and to
drink .f^ 5 Have we no right to lead
about a wife that is a believer, even
as the rest of the apostles, and the
brethren of the Lord, and Cephas.'^
6 Or I only and Barnabas, have we
not a right to forbear working .^^ 7
What soldier ever serveth at his
own charges? who planteth a vine-
yard, and eateth not the fruit there-
of .^^ or who feedeth a flock, and eateth
not of the milk of the flock .^^ 8 Do I
speak these things after the manner
of men.f^ or saith not the law also the
same.f^ 9 For it is written in the law
of Moses, ^Thou shalt not muzzle the
ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Is it for the oxen that God careth,
10 or saith he it ^^assuredly for our
sake.f^ Yea, for our sake it was
written: because he that ploweth
ought to plow in hope, and he that
thresheth, to thresh in hope of par-
taking. 11 If we sowed unto you
spiritual things, is it a great matter
if we shall reap your carnal things .^^
12 If others partake of this right
over you, do not we yet more.?^
Nevertheless we did not use this
right; but we bear all things, that
we may cause no hindrance to the
iigospel of Christ. 13 Know ye not
that they that minister about sacred
things^ eat of the things of the temple,
and they that wait upon the altar
have their portion with the altar?
14 Even so did the Lord ordain that
they that proclaim the ^^gospel
should live of the i^gospel. 15 But
I have used none of these things:
and I write not these things that it
may be so done in my case; for it
were good for me rather to die, than
that any man should make my
* Gr. sister.
"> Or, altogether
9 Dt. XXV. 4.
" See marginal note on ch. 4. 15.
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I. CORINTHIANS 9.16 10.18 Admonition from Israel's History. "Flee from Idolatry '
glorying void. 16 For if I ^p reach
the gospel, I have nothing to glory
of; for necessity is laid upon me; for
woe is unto me, if I ^preach not the
gospel. 17 For if I do this of mine
own will, I have a reward : but if not
of mine own will, I have a steward-
ship intrusted to me. 18 What then
is my reward.^ That, when I ^p reach
the gospel, I may make the ^gospel
without charge, so as not to use to
the full my right in the ^gospel.
19 For though I was free from all
men, I brought myself under bond-
age to all, that I might gain the
more. 20 And to the Jews I be-
came as a Jew, that I might gain
Jews; to them that are under the
law, as under the law, not being my-
self under the law, that I might gain
them that are under the law; 21
to them that are without law, as
without law, not being without law
to God, but under law to Christ, that
I might gain them that are without
law. 22 To the weak I became weak,
that I might gain the weak: I am
become all things to all men, that I
in the cloud and in the sea; 3 and
did all eat the same spiritual food:
4 and did all drink the same spiritual
drink: for they drank of a spiritual
rock that followed them: and the
rock was ^Christ. 5 Howbeit with
most of them God was not well
pleased: for they were overthrown
in the wilderness. 6 Now ^thesc
things were our examples, to the
intent we should not lust after evil
things, as they also lusted. 7 Neither
be ye idolaters, as were some of
them; as it is written, i°The people
sat down to eat and drink, and rose
up to play. 8 Neither let us com-
mit fornication, as some of them
committed, and fell in one day three
and twenty thousand. 9 Neither
let us make trial of the ^^Lord, as^
some of them made trial, and per-
ished by the serpents. 10 Neither
murmur ye, as some of them mur-
mured, and perished by the destroyer.
11 Now these things happened unto
them i^by way of example; and they
were written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the ages are
may by all means save some. 23 i come. 12 Wherefore let him that
And I do all things for the ^gospel's
sake, that I may be a joint partaker
thereof. 24 Know ye not that they
that run in a ^race run all, but one
receiveth the prize .^^ Even so run;
that ye may attain. 25 And every
man that striveth in the games ex-
erciseth self-control in all things.
Now they do it to receive a cor-
ruptible crown; but we an in-
corruptible. 26 I therefore so run,
as not uncertainly; so ^fight I, as not
beating the air: 27 but I %uffet
my body, and bring it into bondage :
lest by any means, after that I
%ave preached to others, I myself
should be rejected.
1f\ For I would not, breth-
yf ren, have you ignorant, that
our fathers were all under the cloud,
and all passed through the sea;
2 and were all baptized ^unto Moses
1 See marginal note on ch. 1. 17.
2 See marginal note on ch. 4. 15. ^ Gr. race-course.
* Gr. box. « Gr. bruise. Lk. 18. 5.
1 Or, have been a herald ' Gr. into.
thinketh he standeth take heed lest
he fall. 13 There hath no temp-
tation taken you but such as man
can bear: but God is faithful, who
will not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with
the temptation make also the way
of escape, that ye may be able to
endure it.
14 Wherefore, my beloved, flee
from idolatry. 15 I speak as to wise
men; judge ye what I say. 16 The
cup of blessing which we bless, is
it not a i^communion of the blood
of Christ.? The i^bread which we
break, is it not a i^communion of the
body of Christ.? 17 ^^seeing that we,
who are many, are one ^^bread, one
body: for we all partake ^^of the one
i^bread. 18 Behold Israel after the
8 Or, the Christ Comp. Heb. 11. 26.
0 Or, in these things they became figures of us
1" Ex. xxxii. 6.
" Some ancient authorities read Christ.
12 Gr. by way of figure. •' Or, participation in
" Or, loaf
'5 Or, seeing that there is one bread, we, who are many, are
one body '* Gr. from.
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Christian Liberty not to be misused. Women to be veiled L CORINTHIANS 10.19 — 11.19
flesh: have not they that eat the
sacrifices communion with the altar?
19 What say I then? that a thing
sacrificed to idols is anything, or
that an idol is anything? 20 But
/ say, that the things which the
Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to
demons, and not to God: and I
would not that ye should have com-
munion with demons. 21 Ye can-
not drink the cup of the Lord, and
the cup of demons: ye cannot par-
take of the table of the Lord, and of
tlie table of demons. 22 Or do we
provoke the Lord to jealousy? are
we stronger than he?
23 All things are lawful; but not
all things are expedient. All things
are lawful; but not all things ^edify.
24 Let no man seek his own, but
each %is neighbor's good, 25 What-
soever is sold in the shambles, eat,
asking no question for conscience'
sake; 26 for the earth is the Lord's,
and the fulness thereof. 27 If one
of them that believe not biddeth you
to a feast, and ye are disposed to go;
whatsoever is set before you, eat,
asking no question for conscience'
jsake. 28 But if any man say unto
you. This hath been offered in sac-
rifice, eat not, for his sake that
showed it, and for conscience' sake:
29 conscience, I say, not thine own,
but the other's; for why is my
liberty judged by another con-
science? 30 ^If I partake with
thankfulness, why am I evil spoken
of for that for which I give thanks?
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or
drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all
to the glory of God. 32 Give no
occasion of stumbling, either to
Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church
iof God: 33 even as I also please all
men in all things, not seeking mine
own profit, but the profit of the many,
11 that they may be saved. 1
1 Be ye imitators of me, even
as I also am of Christ.
2 Now I praise you that ye re-
' Gr. build up. 2 Gr. the other's. See Rom. 13. 8.
3 Or, // / by grace partake
member me in all things, and hold
fast the traditions, even as I de-
livered them to you. 3 But I would
have you know, that the head of
every man is Christ; and the head
of the woman is the man; and the
head of Christ is God. 4 Every man
praying or prophesying, having his
head covered, dishonoreth his head.
5 But every woman praying or
prophesying with her head unveiled
dishonoreth her head; for it is one
and the same thing as if she were
shaven. 6 For if a woman is not
veiled, let her also be shorn: but if
it is a shame to a woman to be shorn
or shaven, let her be veiled. 7 For
a man indeed ought not to have his
head veiled, forasmuch as he is the
image and glory of God: but the
woman is the glory of the man.
8 For the man is not of the woman;
but the woman of the man: 9 for
neither was the man created for the
woman ; but the woman for the man :
10 for this cause ought the woman
to have a sign of authority on her
head, because of the angels. 11
Nevertheless, neither is the woman
without the man, nor the man with-
out the woman, in the Lord. 12 For
as the woman is of the man, so is the
man also by the woman; but all
things are of God. 13 Judge ye
^in yourselves: is it seemly that a
woman pray unto God unveiled?
14 Doth not even nature itself teach
you, that, if a man have longhair,
it is a dishonor to him? 15 But if a
woman have long hair, it is a glory
to her: for her hair is given her for a
covering. 16 But if any man seem-
eth to be contentious, we have no
such custom, neither the churches
of God.
17 But in giving you this charge,
I praise you not, that ye come to-
gether not for the better but for the
worse. 18 For first of all, when ye
come together ^in the church, I hear
that ^divisions exist among you; and
I partly believe it. 19 For there
4 Or, among
6 Gr. schisms.
5 Or, in congregation
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I.CORINTHIANS 11.20 12.15 concerning spiritual Gifts. Gifts Diverse, Spirit the Same
must be ailso ^factions among you,
that they that are approved may
be made manifest among 3^ou. 20
When therefore ye assemble your-
selves together, it is not possible to
eat the Lord's supper: 21 for in
your eating each one taketh before
other his own supper; and one is
hungry, and another is drunken.
22 What, have ye not houses to eat
and to drink in? or despise ye the
^church of God, and put them to
shame that %ave not? What shall I
say to you? ^shall I praise you? In
this I praise you not. 23 For I re-
ceived of the Lord that which also
I delivered unto you, that the Lord
Jesus in the night in which he was
betrayed took bread; 24 and when
he had given thanks, he brake it,
and said. This is my body, which
^is for you: this do in remembrance
of me. 25 In like manner also the
cup, after supper, saying. This cup
is the new covenant in my blood:
this do, as often as ye drink it, in
remembrance of me. 26 For as
often as ye eat this bread, and drink
the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's
death till he come. 27 Wherefore
whosoever shall eat the bread or
drink the cup of the Lordjruan un-
worthy manner, shall be guilty of
the body and the blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man prove himself,
and so let him eat of the bread, and
drink of the cup. 29 For he that
eateth and drinketh, eateth and
drinketh judgment unto himself, if
he Miscern not the body. 30 For
this cause many among you are
weak and sickly, and not a few
sleep. 31 But if we ^discerned our-
selves, we should not be judged.
32 But 9 when we are judged, we are
chastened of the Lord, that we may
not be condemned with the world.
33 Wherefore, my brethren, when
ye come together to eat, wait one
for another. 34 If any man is
hungry, let him eat at home; that
your coming together be not unto
judgment. And the rest will I set
in order whensoever I come.
12
1 Gr. heresies. 2 Qr, congregation
3 Or, have nothing
* Or, shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
5 Or, delivered up
* Many ancient authorities read is broken for you.
7 Gr. discriminate. s Gr. discriminated.
9 Or, when we are judged of the Lord, we are chastened. w Gr. powers.
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Now concerning spiritual
gifts, brethren, I would not
have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that
when ye were Gentiles ye were led
away unto those dumb idols, how-
soever ye might be led. 3 Where-
fore I make known unto you, that
no man speaking in the Spirit of
God saith, Jesus is anathema; and
no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but
in the Holy Spirit.
4 Now there are diversities of
gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And
there are diversities of ministrations,
and the same Lord. 6 And there are
diversities of workings, but the
same God, who worketh all things
in all. 7 But to each one is given
the manifestation of the Spirit to
profit withal. 8 For to one is given
through the Spirit the word of
wisdom; and to another the word of
knowledge, according to the same
Spirit: 9 to another faith, in the
same Spirit; and to another gifts of
healings, in the one Spirit; 10 and
to another workings of ^^miracles;
and to another prophecy; and to
another discernings of spirits: to
another divers kinds of tongues; and
to another the interpretation of
tongues: 11 but all these worketh
the one and the same Spirit, divid-
ing to each one severally even as
he will.
12 For as the body is one, and
hath many members, and all the
members of the body, being many,
are one body; so also is Christ.
13 For in one Spirit were we all
baptized into one body, whether
Jews or Greeks, whether bond or
free; and were all made to drink of
one Spirit. 14 For the body is not
one member, but many. 15 If the
foot shall say. Because I am not the
hand, I am not of the body; it is
Body one, Members many. "The Greatest of these is Love" I. CORINTHIANS 12. 16 — 14.3
not therefore not of the body. 16
And if the ear shall say, Because I
am not the eye, I am not of the body;
it is not therefore not of the body.
17 If the whole body were an eye,
where were the hearing? If the
whole were hearing, where were the
smelling? 18 But now hath God
set the members each one of them
in the body, even as it pleased him.
19 And if they were all one member,
where were the body? 20 But now
they are many members, but one
body. 21 And the eye cannot say
to the hand, I have no need of thee:
or again the head to the feet, I have
no need of you. 22 Nay, much
rather, those members of the body
which seem to be more feeble are
necessary : 23 and those parts of the
body, which we think to be less
honorable, upon these we ^bestow
more abundant honor; and our un-
comely parts have more abundant
comeliness; 24 whereas our comely
parts have no need: but God tem-
pered the body together, giving
more abundant honor to that part
which lacked; 25 that tjaere should
be no schism in the body; but that
the members should have the same
care one for another. 26 And
whether one member suffereth, all
the members suffer with it; or one
member is ^honored, all the members
rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the
body of Christ, and ^severally mem-
bers thereof. 28 And God hath set
some in the church, first apostles,
secondly prophets, thirdly teachers,
then ^miracles, then gifts of heal-
ings, helps, ^governments, divers
kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apos-
tles? are all prophets? are all
teachers? are all workers of ^mira-
cles? 30 have all gifts of healings?
do all speak with tongues? do all
interpret? 31 But desire earnestly
the greater gifts. And moreover
a most excellent way show I unto
you.
1 Or, put on
2 Or, glorified
3 Or, members each in his part
4 Gr. powers.
5 Or, wise counsels
"1 O If I speak with the tongues
1 0 of men and of angels, but
have not love, I am become sound-
ing brass, or a clanging cymbal. ^
2 And if I have the gift of prophecy,!
and know all mysteries and all
knowledge; and if I have all faith,
so as to remove mountains, but have
not love, I am nothing. 3 And if I
bestow all my goods to feed the poor,
and if I give my body ^to be burned,
but have not love, it profiteth me
nothing. 4 Love suffereth long,
and is kind; love envieth not; love
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 doth not behave itself unseemly,
seeketh not its own, is not provoked,
taketh not account of evil; 6 re-
joiceth not in unrighteousness, but
rejoiceth with the truth; 7 ^bear-
eth all things, belie veth all things,
hopeth all things, endureth all
things. 8 Love never faileth: but
whether there he prophecies, they
shall be done away; whether there
he tongues, they shall cease; wheth-
er there he knowledge, it shall be
done away. 9 For we know in part,
and we prophesy in part; 10 but
when that which is perfect is come,
that which is in part shall be done
away. 11 When I was a child, lyl
spake as a child, 1 felt as a cHild, l\\
thought as a chtld: now~thBlr^am l|i
bectmier--^-TnBii7"^have put away
chUdishrthirigs] VZ I'oFnow we see
in a~mirrdr7 ^darkly; but then face
to face: now I know in part; but
then shall I know fully even as also
1 was fully known. 13 But now
abideth faith, hope, love, these
three; and the ^greatest of these is
love.
U Follow after love; yet de-
sire earnestly spiritual gifts,
but rather that ye may prophesy.
2 For he that speaketh in a tongue
speaketh not unto men, but unto
God; for no man ^^understandeth ;
but in the spirit he speaketh mys-
teries. 3 But he that prophesieth
6 Many ancient authorities read that I may glory.
^ Or, covereth Comp. 1 Pet. 4. 8.
8 Gr. in a riddle.
9 Gr. greater. Comp. Mt. 18. 1, 4; 23. 11.
10 Gr. heareth.
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I. CORINTHIANS 14.4 — 14.31 Prophesying is better than Speaking with Tongues
speaketh unto men edification, and
^exhortation, and consolation. 4 He
that speaketh in a tongue ^edifieth
himself; but he that prophesieth
^edifieth the church. 5 Now I would
have you all speak with tongues, but
rather that ye should prophesy: and
greater is he that prophesieth than
he that speaketh with tongues, ex-
cept he interpret, that the church
may receive edifying. 6 But now,
brethren, if I come unto you speak-
ing with tongues, what shall I
profit you, unless I speak to you
either by way of revelation, or of
knowledge, or of prophesying, or of
teaching.? 7 Even things without
life, giving a voice, whether pipe or
harp, if they give not a distinction
in the sounds, how shall it be known
what is piped or harped .^^ 8 For if
the trumpet give an uncertain voice,
who shall prepare himself for war.^^
9 So also ye, unless ye utter by the
tongue speech easy to be under-
stood, how shall it be known what is
spoken? for ye will be speaking into
the air. 10 There are, it may be,
so many kinds of voices in the
world, and ^no kind is without sig-
nification. 11 If then I know not
the meaning of the voice, I shall be
to him that speaketh a barbarian,
and he that speaketh will be a bar-
barian ^unto me. 12 So also ye,
since ye are zealous of -spiritual
gifts, seek that ye may abound unto
the edifying of the church. 13
Wherefore let him that speaketh in
a tongue pray that he may interpret.
14 For if I pray in a tongue, my
spirit prayeth, but my understand-
ing is unfruitful. 15 What is it
then.f^ I will pray with the spirit,
and I will pray with the under-
standing also: I will sing with the
spirit, and I will sing with the under-
standing also. 16 Else if thou bless
with the spirit, how shall he that
filleth the place of ^the unlearned
say the Amen at thy giving of thanks,
' Or, comfort - Gr. buildeth up.
' Or, nothing is without voice < Or, in my case
5 Gr. spirits.
6 Or, him that is without gifts: and so in ver. 23, 24.
seeing he knoweth not what thou
say est .'^ 17 For thou verily givest
thanks well, but the other is not
^edified. 18 I thank God, I speak
with tongues more than you all:
19 howbeit in the church I had
rather speak five words with my
understanding, that I might in-
struct others also, than ten thousand
words in a tongue.
20 Brethren, be not children in
mind: yet in malice be ye babes,
but in mind be ^men. 21 In the law
it is written, ^By men of strange
tongues and by the lips of strangers
will I speak unto this people; and
not even thus will they hear me,
saith the Lord. 22 Wherefore
tongues are for a sign, not to them
that believe, but to the unbelieving:
but prophesying is for a sign, not to
the unbelieving, but to them that
believe. 23 If therefore the whole
church be assembled together and
all speak with tongues, and there
come in men unlearned or unbe-
lieving, will they not say that ye are
mad.f^ 24 But if all prophesy, and
there come in one unbelieving or
unlearned, he is Reproved by all,
he is judged by all; 25 the secrets
of his heart are made manifest; and
so he will fall down on his face and
worship God, declaring that God is
i^among you indeed.
26 W^hat is it then, brethren .^^
When ye come together, each one
hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath
a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an
interpretation. Let all things be
done unto edifying. 27 If any man
speaketh in a tongue, let it be by
two, or at the most three, and that
in turn; and let one interpret: 28
but if there be no interpreter, let
him keep silence in the church; and
let him speak to himself, and to
God. 29 And let the prophets speak
by two or three, and let the others
i^discern. 30 But if a revelation be
made to another sitting by, let the
first keep silence. 31 For ye all can
7 Gr. builded up.
» Is. xxviii. 11. £.
» Or, in
8 Gr. of full age. Comp. ch. 2. 6.
'0 Or, convicted
'- Gr. discriminate.
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Let the Women keep silence." Summary of the Gospel I. CORINTHIANS 14.32 15.24
prophesy one by one, that all may
learn, and all may be ^exhorted;
32 and the spirits of the prophets
are subject to the prophets; 33 for
God is not a God of confusion, but
of peace.
As in all the churches of the
saints, 34 let the women keep
silence in the churches: for it is not
permitted unto them to speak; but
let them be in subjection, as also
2saith the law. 35 And if they would
learn anything, let them ask their
own husbands at home: for it is
shameful for a woman to speak in
the church. 36 What.^ was it from
you that the word of God went forth .f^
or came it unto you alone. ^^
37 If any man thinketh himself
to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him
take knowledge of the things which
I write unto you, that they are the
commandment of the Lord. 38
^But if any man is ignorant, let him
be ignorant.
39 Wherefore, my brethren, desire
earnestly to prophesy, and forbid
not to speak with tongues. 40 But
let all things be done decently and
in order.
1r Now I make known unto
O you, brethren, the ^ gospel
which I ^preached unto you, which
also ye received, wherein also ye
stand, 2 by which also ye are saved,
if ye hold fast ^the word which I
preached unto you, except ye be-
lieved ^in vain. 3 For I delivered
unto you first of all that which also
I received : that Christ died for
our sins according to the scriptures;
4 and that he was buried; and that
he hath been raised on the third day
according to the scriptures; 5 and
that he appeared to Cephas; then
to the twelve; 6 then he appeared
to above five hundred brethren at
once, of whom the greater part re-
main until now, but some are fallen
J; * Or, comforted 2 Gen. in. 16?
I ^ Many ancient authorities read But if any man knoweth
• not, he is not known. Comp. ch. 8. 3.
! ♦ See marginal note on ch. 4. 15.
i » See marginal note on ch. 1. 17.
I • Gr. vdth what word. ^ Or, without cause
asleep; 7 then he appeared to
^ James; then to all the apostles;
8 and last of all, as to the child un-
timely born, he appeared to me also.
9 For I am the least of the apostles,
that am not meet to be called an
apostle, because I persecuted the
church of God. 10 But by the
grace of God I am what I am: and
his grace which was bestowed upon
me was not found Vain; but I
labored more- abundantly than they
all: yet not I, but the grace of God
which was with me. 11 Whether
then it he I or they, so we preach,
and so ye believed.
12 Now if Christ is preached that
he hath been raised from the dead,
how say some among you that there
is no resurrection of the dead.^^ 13
But if there is no resurrection of the
dead, neither hath Christ been
raised: 14 and if Christ hath not
been raised, then is our preaching
Vain, loyour faith also is Vain. 15
Yea, and we are found false wit-
nesses of God; because we witnessed
of God that he raised up ^^Christ:
whom he raised not up, if so be that
the dead are not raised. 16 For if
the dead are not raised, neither hath
Christ been raised: 17 and if Christ
hath not been raised, your faith is
vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18
Then they also that are fallen asleep
in Christ have perished. 19 ^^jf
we have only hoped in Christ in
this life, we are of all men most
pitiable.
20 But now hath Christ been
raised from the dead, the first-
fruits of them that are asleep. 21
For since by man came death, by
man came also the resurrection of
the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die,
so also in "Christ shall all be made
alive. 23 But each in his own
order: Christ the firstfruits; then
they that are Christ's, at his incom-
ing. 24 Then cometh the end, when
he shall deliver up the kingdom to
8 Or, Jacob » Or, void
'" Some ancient authorities read our. " Gr. the Christ.
12 Or, // in this life only we have hoped in Christ ifc.
'3 Gr. presence.
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I. CORINTHIANS 15.25 15.54 Baptisms for the Dead. The Resurrection vindicated
^God, even the Father; when he
shall have abolished all rule and all
authority and power. 25 For he
must reign, till he hath put all his
enemies under his feet. 26 The last
enemy that shall be abolished is
death. 27 For, He put all things in
subjection under his feet. ^g^t
when he saith, ^All things are put in
subjection, it is evident that he is
excepted who did subject all things
unto him. 28 And when all things
have been subjected unto him, then
shall the Son also himself be sub-
jected to him that did subject all
things unto him, that God may be
all in all.
29 Else what shall they do that
are baptized for the dead.^^ If the
dead are not raised at all, why then
are they baptized for them.^ 30 why
do we also stand in jeopardy every
hour.^ 311 protest by ^that glorying
in you, brethren, which I have in
Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 If after the manner of men I
fought with beasts at Ephesus,
^what doth it profit me? If the
dead are not raised, let us eat and
drink, for to-morrow we die. 33 Be
not deceived: Evil companionships
corrupt good morals. 34 Awake to
soberness righteously, and sin not;
for some have no knowledge of
God: I speak this to move you to
shame.
35 But some one will say. How
are the dead raised .^^ and with what
manner of body do they come.^
36 Thou foolish one, that which
thou thyself sowest is not quickened
except it die: 37 and that which
thou sowest, thou sowest not the
body that shall be, but a bare grain,
it may chance of wheat, or of some
other kind; 38 but God giveth it a
body even as it pleased him, and to
each seed a body of its own. 39 All
flesh is not the same flesh : but there
1 Gr. the God and Father.
2 Or, But when he shall have said. All thinRs are put in
subjection (evidently excepting him that did subject all things
unto him), when, I say, all things b'c.
' Ps. viii. 6. * Or, your glorying
5 Or, what doth it profit me, if the dead are not raised? Lcl
us eat b'c.
is one flesh of men, and another
flesh of beasts, and another flesh of
birds, and another of fishes. 40
There are also celestial bodies, and
bodies terrestrial: but the glory of
the celestial is one, and the glory
of the terrestrial is another. 41
There is one glory of the sun, and
another glory of the moon, and an-
other glory of the stars; for one
star differeth from another star in
glory. 42 So also is the resurrection
of the dead. It is sown in corrup-
tion; it is raised in incorruption :
43 it is sown in dishonor; it is
raised in glory: it is sown in weak-
ness; it is raised in power: 44 it is
sown a ^natural body; it is raise3~a
spirituai'body: IfTliere is a ^natural
bodyr^tircre is also a"~spirrEtral-^oc?2/.
45 So als6~Tt4s-~widtt€nr'^^The~first
man Adam became a living soul. \
The last Adam became a life-giving ;
spirit. 46 How^beit that is not first '
which is spiritunt, but that which is I
enfltirrafj fhen—ihat whirhis gpr. j
itual. 47 The first nian is ofthe i
earth^^rthy: the s^coiid~mam^s of
heavenT 48 As is tlie earOiy,^uch
are~~tiTey also that are earthy: and
as is the heavenly, such are they also
that are heavenly. 49 And as we
have borne the image of thenar Lhy,
Hve shall alsQ_bgar^he -image^^ the
heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that
flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God; neither doth cor-
ruption inherit incorruption. 51
Behold, I tell you a mystery: ^We
all shall not sleep, but we shall all
be changed, 52 in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last
trump : for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incor-
ruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortalit3\ 54 But when
^^his corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal shall
» Gr. psychical. ' Gen. ii. 7.
« Manv ancient authorities read let us also bear.
9 Or, We shall not all b'c.
"• Many ancient authorities omit this corruptible shall
' 'mve put on incorruption, and.
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O Death, where is thy Victory? " Collection for Jerusalem I. CORINTHIANS 15.55 — 16.24
have put on immortality, then shall
come to pass the saying that is
written, ^Death is swallowed up ^in
victory. 55 ^O death, where is thy
victory? O death, where is thy
sting? 56 The sting of death is sin;
and the power of sin is the law: 57
but thanks be to God, who giveth
us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ. 58 Wherefore, my
beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,
unmovable, always abounding in
the work of the Lord, forasmuch as
ye know that your labor is not
*vain in the Lord.
1 f\ Now concerning the col-
1 vJ lection for the saints, as I
gave order to the churches of
i Galatia, so also do ye. 2 Upon the
I first day of the week let each one of
j you lay by him in store, as he may
prosper, that no collections be made
when I come. 3 And when I arrive,
^whomsoever ye shall approve, them
will I send with letters to carry your
bounty unto Jerusalem: 4 and if it
be meet for me to go also, they shall
go with me. 5 But I will come unto
you, when I shall have passed
through Macedonia; for I pass
through Macedonia; 6 but with you
it may be that I shall abide, or even
winter, that ye may set me forward
on my journey whithersoever I go.
7 For I do not wish to see you now
by the way; for I hope to tarry a
while with you, if the Lord permit.
8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until
Pentecost; 9 for a great door and
effectual is opened unto me, and
there are many adversaries.
10 Now if Timothy come, see
1 Is. XXV. 8. 2 Or, victoriously
3 Hos. xiii. 14. * Or, void
5 Or, whomsoever ye shall approve by letters, them will I
send b'c.
that he be with you without fear;
for he worketh the work of the Lord,
as I also do: 11 let no man there-
fore despise him. But set him for-
ward on his journey in peace, that
he may come unto me: for I expect
him with the brethren. 12 But as
touching Apollos the brother, I be-
sought him much to come unto you
with the brethren: and it was not
at all ^his will to come now; but he
will come when he shall have oppor-
tunity.
13 Watch ye, stand fast in the
faith, quit you like men, be strong.
14 Let all that ye do be done in love.
15 Now I beseech you, brethren
(ye know the house of Stephanas,
that it is the firstfruits of Achaia,
and that they have set themselves
to minister unto the saints), 16 that
ye also be in subjection unto such,
and to every one that helpeth in the
work and laboreth. 17 And I re-
joice at the ^coming of Stephanas and
Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that
which was lacking on your part they
supplied. 18 For they refreshed my
spirit and yours: acknowledge ye
therefore them that are such.
19 The churches of Asia salute
you. Aquila and Prisca salute you
much in the Lord, with the church
that is in their house. 20 All the
brethren salute you. Salute one
another with a holy kiss.
21 The salutation of me Paul with
mine own hand. 22 If any man
loveth not the Lord, let him be
anathema. ^Marana tha. 23 The-
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be
with you. 24 My love be with you
all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
6 Or, God's will that he should come now Comp. Rom.
2. 18 marg.
7 Gr. presence 2 Cor. 10. 10.
8 That is, O (or Our) Lord, come!
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/
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE
CORINTHIANS
Salutation.
' The God of All Comfort.
IPaul, an apostle of Christ
Jesus through the will of God,
and Timothy ^our brother, unto the
church of God which is at Corinth,
with all the saints that are in the
whole of Achaia: 2 Grace to you
and peace from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be ^the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of mercies and God of all comfort;
4 who comforteth us in all our
affliction, that we may be able to
comfort them that are in an}^ afflic-
tion, through the comfort where-
with we ourselves are comforted of
God. 5 For as the sufferings of
Christ abound unto us, even so our
comfort also aboundeth through
Christ. 6 But whether we are
afflicted, it is for your comfort and
salvation; or whether we are com-
forted, it is for your comfort, which
worketh in the patient enduring of
the same sufferings which we also
suffer: 7 and our hope for you is
stedfast; knowing that, as ye are
partakers of the sufferings, so also
are ye of the comfort. 8 For we
would not have you ignorant, breth-
ren, concerning our affliction which
befell us in Asia, that we were
weighed down exceedingly, beyond
our power, insomuch that we de-
spaired even of life: 9 ^yea, we our-
selves have had the ^sentence of
death within ourselves, that we
should not trust in ourselves, but in
God who raiseth the dead: 10 who
delivered us out of so great a death,
and will deliver: on whom we have
1 Gr. the brother.
2 Or, God and the Father See Rom. 15. 6 marg.
' Or, but we ourselves
* Gr. answer.
Paul's Conscious Sincerity. Not Fickle
^set our hope that he will also still
deliver us; 11 ye also helping to-
gether on our behalf by your sup-
plication ; that, for the gift bestowed
upon us by means of many, thanks
may be given by many persons on
our behalf.
12 For our glorying is this, the
testimony of our conscience, that
in holiness and sincerity of God, not
in fleshly wisdom but in the grace
of God, we behaved ourselves in the
world, and more abundantly to
you- ward. 13 For we write no other
things unto you, than what ye read
or even acknowledge, and I hope ye
will acknowledge unto the end: 14
as also ye did acknowledge us in
part, that we are your glorying, even
as ye also are ours, in the day of
our Lord Jesus.
15 And in this confidence I was
minded to come first unto you, that
ye might have a second ^benefit:
16 and by you to pass into Mace-
donia, and again from Macedonia
to come unto you, and of you to be
set forward on my journey unto
Judgea. 17 When I therefore was
thus minded, did I show fickleness .^^
or the things that I purpose, do I
purpose according to the flesh, that
with me there should be the yea
yea and the nay nay.^ 18 But as
God is faithful, our word toward you
is not yea and nay. 19 For the Son
of God, Jesus Christ, who was
preached among you ^by us, even
^by me and Silvanus and Timothy,
was not yea and nay, but in him is
yea. 20 For how many soever be
the promises of God, in him is the
5 Some ancient authorities read set our hope; and still
will he deliver us.
« Or, grace Some ancient authorities read joy.
' Gr. through.
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His Visit deferred on their Account. Forgiveness of Offender H. CORINTHIANS 1.21 3.7
yea: wherefore also through him
IS the Amen, unto the glory of God
through us. 21 Now he that estab-
lisheth us with you ^in Christ, and
anointed us, is God; 22 ^who also
sealed us, and gave us the earnest
of the Spirit in our hearts.
23 But I call God for a witness up-
on my soul, that to spare you I for-
bare to come unto Corinth. 24 Not
that we have lordship over your faith,
but are helpers of your joy: for
2 in ^faith ye stand fast. 1 ^But
I determined this for myself,
that I would not come again to
you with sorrow. 2 For if I make
you sorry, who then is he that mak-
eth me glad but he that is made
sorry by me? 3 And I wrote this
very thing, lest, when I came, I
should have sorrow from them of
whom I ought to rejoice; having
confidence in you all, that my joy is
the joy of you all. 4 For out of much
affliction and anguish of heart I
wrote unto you with many tears;
not that ye should be made sorry,
but that ye might know the love
which I have more abundantly unto
you.
5 But if any hath caused sorrow,
he hath caused sorrow, not to me,
but in part (that I press not too
heavily) to you all. 6 Sufficient
to such . a one is this punishment
which was inflicted by Hhe many;
7 so that contrariwise ye should
^rather forgive him and comfort
him, lest by any means such a one
should be swallowed up with his
overmuch sorrow. 8 Wherefore I
beseech you to confirm your love
toward him. 9 For to this end also
did I write, that I might know the
proof of you, ^whether ye are obedi-
ent in all things. 10 But to whom
ye forgive anything, I forgive also:
for what I also have forgiven, if I
have forgiven anything, for your
sakes have I forgiven it in the ^pres-
ence of Christ ; 1 1 that no advantage
' Gr. into. 2 Or, seeing that he both sealed us
' Or, your faith * Some ancient authorities read For.
* Gr. the more. « Some ancient authorities omit rather.
'' Some ancient authorities read whereby. » Or, person
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may be gained over us by Satan:
for we are not ignorant of his
devices.
12 Now when I came to Troas
for the ^gospel of Christ, and when
a door was opened unto me in the
Lord, 13 I had no relief for my
spirit, because I found not Titus my
brother: but taking my leave of
them, I went forth into Macedonia.
14 But thanks be unto God, who
always leadeth us in triumph in
Christ, and maketh manifest through
us the savor of his knowledge in
every place. 15 For we are a sweet
savor of Christ unto God, in them
that i^are saved, and in them that
^iperish; 16 to the one a savor from
death unto death; to the other a
savor from life unto life. And who is
sufficient for these things.^ 17 For
we are not as the many, ^^corrupting
the word of God : but as of sincerity,
but as of God, in the sight of God,
speak we in Christ.
3 Are we beginning again to
commend ourselves.? or need
we, as do some, epistles of com-
mendation to you or from you.^^ 2
Ye are our epistle, written in our
hearts, known and read of all men;
3 being made manifest that ye are
an epistle of Christ, ministered by
us, written not with ink, but with
the Spirit of the living God; not
in tables of stone, but in tables
that are hearts of flesh. 4 And such
confidence have we through Christ
to God- ward: 5 not that we are
sufficient of ourselves, to account
anything as from ourselves; but
our sufficiency is from God; 6 who
also made us sufficient as ministers
of a new covenant; not of the letter,
but of the spirit: for the letter
killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
7 But if the ministration of death,
13 written, and engraven on stones,
came ^^with glory, so that the chil-
dren of Israel could not look sted-
fastly upon the face of Moses for the
9 Gr. good tidings: see marginal note on Mt. 4. 23.
10 Or, are being saved ii Or, are perishing
12 Or, making merchandise of the word of Cod Comp. 2
Pet. 2. 3. 13 Gr. in letters. " Gr. in.
II. CORINTHIANS 3.8— 4.1G
"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty
glory of his face; which glory ^was
passing ' away: 8 how shall not
rather the ministration of the spirit
be with glory? 9 ^For if the minis-
tration of condemnation hath glory,
much rather doth the ministration
of righteousness exceed in glory.
10 For verily that which hath been
made glorious hath not been made
glorious in this respect, by reason
of the glory that surpasseth. 11 For
if that which ^passeth away was
'^with glory, much more that which
remaineth is in glory.
12 Having therefore such a hope,
we use great boldness of speech,
13 and are not as Moses, who put a
veil upon his face, that the children
of Israel should not look stedfastly
^on the end of that which ^w^as
passing away: 14 but their ^minds
were hardened: for until this very
day at the reading of the old cove-
nant the same veil ^remaineth, it not
being revealed to them that it is done
away in Christ. 15 But unto this
day, whensoever Moses is read, a
veil lieth upon their heart. 16 But
whensoever ^it shall turn to the
Lord, the veil is taken aw^ay. 17
Now the Lord is the Spirit: and
where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty. 18 But we all, with
unveiled face ^beholding as in a
mirror the glory of the Lord, are
transformed into the same image
from glory to glory, even as from
the Lord the Spirit.
4 Therefore seeing we have
this ministry, even as we ob-
tained mercy, we faint not: 2 but
we have renounced the hidden things
of shame, not walking in craftiness,
nor handling the word of God de-
ceitfully; but by the manifestation
of the truth commending ourselves
to every man's conscience in the
sight of God. 3 And even if our
1 Or, was bein^ done away Comp. 1 Cor. 13. 8, 10.
2 Many ancient authorities read For if the ministration
of condemnation is glory.
3 Or, is being done away See ver. 7 marg.
* Gr. through. s Qr, unto
6 Gr. thoughts. Ch. 4. 4; 11. 3.
^ Or, remaineth unlifted; which veil is done away
8 Or, a man shall turn
• Or, reflecting as a mirror
^^gospel is veiled, it is veiled in then
that ^iperish: 4 in whom the god o:
C
this i^world hath blinded the ^mindf
of the unbelieving, i^that the ^''lighl
of the i^gospel of the glory of Christ
who is the image of God, should nol
dawn upon them. 5 For we preacl
not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as
Lord, and ourselves as your ^^serv
ants i^for Jesus' sake. 6 Seeing i1
is God, that said, ^^Light shall shine
out of darkness, w^ho shined in oui
hearts, to give the ^^ight of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in
earthen vessels, that the exceeding
greatness of the power may be of
God, and not from ourselves; 8 we
are pressed on every side, yet not
straitened; perplexed, yet not unto
despair; 9 pursued, yet not ^^for-
saken; smitten down, yet not de-
stroyed; 10 always bearing about
in the body the ^^dying of Jesus,
that the life also of Jesus may be
manifested in our body. 11 For we
who live are alwaj^s delivered unto
death for Jesus' sake, that the life
also of Jesus may be manifested in
our mortal flesh. 12 So then death
w^orketh in us, but life in you. 13
But having the same spirit of faith,
according to that which is written,
2°! believed, and therefore did I
speak; we also believe, and there-
fore also we speak; 14 knowing that
he that raised up -Hhe Lord Jesus
shall raise up us also with Jesus, and
shall present us with you. 15 For
all things are for your sakes, that
the grace, being multiplied through
22the many, may cause the thanks-
giving to abound unto the glory
of God.
16 Wherefore we faint not; but
though our outward man is decay-
ing, yet our inward man is renewed
10 See marginal note on ch. 2. 12.
11 Or, are Perishing " Or, age
^^ Or, that they should not see the light . . . image of Cod
" Gr. illumination.
» Gr. bondservants. Comp. 1 Cor. 9. 19.
" Some ancient authorities read through Jesu'^.
" Gen. i. 3. " Or, left behind
•» Gr. putting to death. » Ps. cxvi. 10.
2' Some ancient authorities omit the Lord.
22 Gr. the more.
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.♦•Absent from the Body, at Home with the Lord
iay by day, 17 For our light
affliction, which is for the moment,
worketh for us more and more ex-
ceedingly an eternal weight of glor^
18 while we^look not at the thmgs
which are seen, but at the things which
are not seen : for the things which are
seen are temporal; but the things
which are not seen are eternal.
5 For we know that if the
earthly house of our ^tab-
ernacle be dissolved, we have a
building from God, a house not made
with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
2 For verily in this we groan, long-
ing to be clothed upon with our
habitation which is from heaven:
3 if so be that being clothed" we
shall not be found naked. 4 For
indeed we that are in this ^taber-
nacle do groan, ^being burdened;
not for that we would be unclothed,
but that we would be clothed upon,,
that what is mortal may be swal-
lowed up of life. 5 Now he that
wrought us for this very thing is
God, who gave unto us the earnest i in Christ reconciling the world unto
II. CORINTHIANS 4.17—6.4
occasion of glorying on our behalf,
that ye may have wherewith to
answer them that glory in appear-
ance, and not in heart. 13 For
whether we ^are beside ourselves, it
is unto God; or whether we are of
sober mind, it is unto you. 14 For
the love of Christ constraineth us;
because we thus judge, that one
died for all, therefore all died; 15
and he died for all, that they that
live should no longer live unto them-
selves, but unto him who for their
sakes died and rose again. 16
Wherefore we henceforth know no
man after the flesh: even though
we have known Christ after the
flesh, yet now we know him so no
more. 17 Wherefore if any man is
in Christ, '^he is a new creature: the
old things are passed away; behold,
they are become new. 18 But all
things are of God, who reconciled
■^s to himself through Christ, and
gave unto us the ministry of recon-
ciliation; 19 to wit, that God was
of the Spirit. 6 Being therefore
always of good courage, and know-
ing that, whilst we are at home in
the body, we are absent from the
Lord 7 (for we walk by faith, not by
I ^sight) ; 8 we are of good courage,
I I say, and are willing rather to be
absent from the body, and to be at
home with the Lord. 9 Wherefore
also we ^make it our aim, whether
at home or absent, to be well-
pleasing unto him. 10 For we must
all be made manifest before the
judgment-seat of Christ; that each
one may receive the things done
^in the body, according to what he
hath done, whether it he good or bad.
11 Knowing therefore the fear of
the Lord, we persuade men, but we
are made manifest unto God; and
I hope that we are made manifest
also in your consciences. 12 We are
not again commending ourselves
unto you, but sjpeak as giving you
1 Or, hodily frame Comp. Wisd. 9. 15.
2 Or, being burdened, in that we would not be unclothed,
but would be clothed upon ' Gr, appearance.
* Gr. are ambitious. See Rotn. 15. 20 ftiarg.
* Gr. through.
himself, not reckoning unto them
their trespasses, and having ^com-
mitted unto us the word of recon-
ciliation.
20 We are ambassadors therefore
on behalf of Christ, as though God
were entreating by us: we beseech
you on behalf of Christ, be ye recon-
ciled to God. 21 Him who knew no
sin he made to be sin on our behalf;
that we might become the right-
6eousness of God in him. 1 And
working together with him we
entreat also that ye receive not
the grace of God in vain 2 (for he
saith,
^At an acceptable time I heark-
ened unto thee.
And in a day of salvation did I
succor thee:
behold, now is the acceptable time;
behold, now is the day of salva-
tion) : 3 givmg no occasion of stum-
bling in anything, that our minis-
tration be not blamed; 4 but in
" Or, were
* Or, placed in m
7 Or, there is a new creation
9 Is. xlix. S.
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II . CORINTHIANS 6.5 7. 1 1 Break with Heathenism. Comiftg of Titus brought Comfort
everything commending ourselves
as ministers of God, in much ^pa-
tience, in afflictions, in necessities,
in distresses, 5 in stripes, in im-
prisonments, in tumults, in labors,
in watchings, in fastings; 6 in
pureness, in knowledge, in long-
suffering, in kindness, in the Holy
Spirit, in love unfeigned, 7 in the
word of truth, in the power of God;
2by the armor of righteousness on
the right hand and on the left, 8 by
glory and dishonor, by evil report
and good report; as deceivers, and
yet true; 9 as unknown, and yet well
known; as dying, and behold, we
live; as chastened, and not killed;
10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;
as poor, yet making many rich; as
having nothing, and yet possessing
all things.
11 Our mouth is open unto you,
O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.
12 Ye are not straitened in us, but
ye are straitened in your own
affections. 13 Now for a recompense
in like kind (I speak as unto viy
children), be ye also enlarged.
14 Be not unequally yoked with
unbelievers: for what fellowship
have righteousness and iniquity.^ or
what comnmnion hath light with
darkness. f^ 15 And what concord
hath Christ wdth '^Belial .^^ or what
portion hath a believer with an
unbeliever.^ 16 And what agree-
ment hath a ^temple of God with
idols .^ for we are a ^temple of the
living God; even as God said, ^I
will dwell in them, and walk in them;
and I will be their God, and they
shall be my people. 17 Wherefore
^Come ye out from among them,
and be ye separate,
saith the Lord,
And touch no unclean thing;
And I will receive you,
18 ^And will be to you a Father,
And ye shall be to me sons and
daughters,
1 Or. stedfastness = Or. through.
^ Or. Beliar. * Or. sanctuary
5 T.ev. xxvi. 12; Ex. xxix. 45; Ezek. xxx^'ii. 27; Jer.
x^vi. 1.
«Km. 11.
^Hos. i. 10; Isa. xliii. 6.
7 saith the Lord Almighty. 1 Hav-
ing therefore these promises,
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all defilement of flesh and
spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear
of God.
2 ^Open your hearts to us: we
wronged no man, we corrupted no
man, we took advantage of no man.
3 I say it not to condemn you: for
I have said before, that ye are in
our hearts to die together and live
together. 4 Great is my boldness of
speech toward you, great is my
glorying on your behalf: I am filled
with comfort, I overflow with joy
in all our affliction.
5 For even when we were come
into Macedonia our flesh had no
relief, but we were afflicted on every
side; without were fightings, within
were fears. 6 Nevertheless he that
comforteth the lowdy, eveji God,
comforted us by the ^coming of
Titus; 7 and not by his ^coming
only, but also by the comfort where-
w^ith he was comforted in you, while
he told us your longing, your mourn-
ing, your zeal for me; so that I re-
joiced yet more. 8 For though I
made you sorry with my epistle, I
do not regret it: though I did regret
it (1 for I see that that epistle made
you sorry, though but for a season), 9
I now rejoice, not that ye were made
sorry, but that ye were made sorry
unto repentance; for ye were made
sorry after a godly sort, that ye
might suffer loss by us in nothing.
10 For godly sorrow worketh re-
pentance ^^unto salvation, a re-
pentance which bringeth no regret:
but the sorrow of the w orld worketh
death. 11 For behold, this selfsame
thing, that ye were made sorry after
a godly sort, what earnest care it
wrought in you, yea what clearing
of yourselves, yea what indignation,
yea what fear, yea what longing,
yea what zeal, yea what avenging!
In everything ye approved your-
8 Gr. Make room for us.
9 Gr. presence. Comp. 2 Thess. 2. 0.
10 Some ancient authorities omit for.
" Or, unto a salvation which bringeth no regret
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Zeal of Macedonia in ministering to Saints to be emulated II . CORINTHIANS 7. 12 8.22
selves to be pure in the matter. 12
So although I wrote unto you, /
wrote not for his cause that did the
wrong, nor for his cause that suf-
fered the wrong, but that your
earnest care for us might be made
manifest unto you in the sight of
God. 13 Therefore we have been
comforted: and in our comfort we
joyed the more exceedingly for the
joy of Titus, because his spirit hath
been refreshed by you all. 14 For
if in anything I have gloried to him
on your behalf, I was not put to
shame; but as we spake all things
to you in truth, so our glorying also
which I made before Titus was
found to be truth. 15 And his
affection is more abundantly to-
ward you, while he remembereth the
obedience of you all, how with fear
and trembling ye received him. 16
I rejoice that in everything I am of
good courage concerning you.
8 Moreover, brethren, we make
known to you the grace of God
which hath been given in the
churches of Macedonia; 2 how that
in much proof of affliction the
abundance of their joy and their
deep poverty abounded unto the
riches of their ^liberality. 3 For
according to their power, I bear
witness, yea and beyond their power,
they gave of their own accord, 4
beseeching us with much entreaty
in regard of this grace and the
fellowship in the ministering to the
saints: 5 and this, not as we had
hoped, but first they gave their own
selves to the Lord, and to us through
the will of God. 6 Insomuch that
we exhorted Titus, that as he had
made a beginning before, so he
would also complete in you this
grace also. 7 But as ye abound in
everything, in faith, and utterance,
and knowledge, and in all earnest-
ness, and in ^your love to us, see
that ye abound in this grace also.
8 I speak not by way of command-
1 Gr. singleness. See Rom. 12. 8.
2 Some ancient authorities read our love to you.
ment, but as proving through the
earnestness of others the sincerity
also of your love. 9 For ye know the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,
though he was rich, yet for your
sakes he became poor, that ye
through his poverty might become
rich. 10 And herein I give my
judgment: for this is expedient for
you, who were the first to make a
beginning a year ago, not only to do,
but also to will. 11 But now com-
plete the doing also; that as there
was the readiness to will, so there
may he the completion also out of
your ability. 12 For if the readiness
is there, it is acceptable according
as a man hath, not according as he
hath not. 13 For / say not this that
others may be eased and ye dis-
tressed; 14 but by equality: your
abundance being a supply at this
present time for their want, that
their abundance also may become
a supply for your want; that there
may be equality: 15 as it is written,
^He that gathered much had nothing
over; and he that gathered little had
no lack.
16 But thanks be to God, who
putteth the same earnest care for
you into the heart of Titus. 17
For he accepted indeed our exhor-
tation; but being himself very
earnest, he went forth unto you of
his own accord. 18 And we have
sent together with him the brother
whose praise in the ^gospel is spread
through all the churches; 19 and
not only so, but who was also ap-
pointed by the churches to travel
with us in the matter of this grace,
which is ministered by us to the
glory of the Lord, and to show our
readiness : 20 avoiding this, that any
man should blame us in the matter
of this bounty which is ministered
by us: 21 for we take thought for
things honorable, not only in the
sight of the Lord, but also in the
sight of men. 22 And we have sent
with them our brother, whom we
have many times proved earnest in
3 Ex. xvi. 18.
* See marginal note on ch. 2. 12.
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II. CORINTHIANS 8.23—10.7
Paul's Self-vindication
many things, but now much more
earnest, by reason of the great con-
fidence which he hath in you. 23
Whether any inquire about Titus,
he is my partner and my fellow-
worker to you- ward; or our breth-
ren, they are the ^messengers of the
churches, they are the glory of Christ.
24 ^Show ye therefore unto them in
the face of the churches the proof of
your love, and of our glorying on
your behalf.
9 For as touching the minis-
tering to the saints, it is super-
fluous for me to write to you : 2 for
I know your readiness, of which
I glory on your behalf to them of
Macedonia, that Achaia hath been
prepared for a year past; and ^your
zeal hath stirred up ^very many of
them. 3 But I have sent the breth-
ren, that our glorying on your be-
half may not be made void in this
respect; that, even as I said, ye may
be prepared: 4 lest by any means,
if there come with me any of Mace-
donia and find you unprepared, we
(that we say not, ye) should be put
to shame in this confidence. 5 I
thought it necessary therefore to
entreat the brethren, that they
would go before unto you, and make
up beforehand your aforepromised
^bounty, that the same might be
ready as a matter of bounty, and
not of <^extortion.
6 But this / say. He that soweth
sparingly shall reap also sparingly;
and he that soweth ^bountifully shall
reap also ^ bountifully. 7 Let each
man do according as he hath pur-
posed in his heart: not ^grudgingly,
or of necessity: for God loveth a
cheerful giver. 8 And God is able
to make all grace abound unto you;
His righteousness abideth for
ever.
10 And he that supplieth seed to
the sower and bread for food, shall
supply and multiply your seed for
sowing, and increase the fruits of
your righteousness: 11 ye being
enriched in everything unto all
loliberality, which worketh through
us thanksgiving to God. 12 For the
ministration of this service not only
filleth up the measure of the wants
of the saints, but aboundeth also
through many thanksgivings unto
God; 13 seeing that through the
proving of you by this ministration
they glorify God for the obedience
of your confession unto the ^^gospel
of Christ, and for the ^^liberality of
your contribution unto them and
unto all; 14 while they themselves
also, with supplication on your be-
half, long after you b}^ reason of the
exceeding grace of God in you. 15
Thanks be to God for his unspeak-
able gift.
10
Now I Paul myself en-
treat you by the meekness
and gentleness of Christ, I who in
your presence am lowly among you,
but being absent am of good cour-
age toward you: 2 yea, I beseech
you, that I may not when present
show courage with the confidence
wherewith I count to be bold against
some, who count of us as if we
walked according to the flesh. 3
For though we walk in the flesh, we
do not war according to the flesh
4 (for the w^eapons of our warfare
are not of the flesh, but mighty be-
fore God to the casting down of
strongholds); 5 casting down ^^ im-
aginations, and every high thing that
that ye, having always all sufficiency [ is exalted against the knowledge of
in everything, may abound unto ! God, and bringing every thought
into captivity to the obedience of
Christ; 6 and being in readiness to
avenge all disobedience, when your
obedience shall be made full. 7 ^^Ye
w Gr. singleness. Comp. ch. 8. 2.
" Gr. good tidings. See marginal note on ch. 2. 12.
« Or, reasonings Rom. 2. lo.
- 1-^ Or, Do yc look . . . face?
every good work: 9 as it is written,
^He hath scattered abroad, he
hath given to the poor;
1 Gr. apostles. 2 Or, Show ye therefore in the face . . .
on your behalf unto them.
3 Or, emulation of you * Gr. the more part.
5 Gr. blessing. * Or, co^etousness
^ Gr. with blessings. Comp. ver. 5.
8 Gr. of sorrow. » Ps. cxii. 9.
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His Fear for their Loyalty. His Apostolic Labors II. CORINTHIANS 10.8 — 11.13
look at the things that are before
your face. If any man trusteth in
himself that he is Christ's, let him
consider this again with himself,
that, even as he is Christ's, so also
are we. 8 For though I should glory
somewhat abundantly concerning
our authority (which the Lord gave
for building you up, and not for
casting you down), I shall not be
put to shame: 9 that I may not
seem as if I would terrify you by
my letters. 10 For, His letters, they
say, are weighty and strong; but
his bodily presence is weak, and his
speech of no account. 11 Let such
a one reckon this, that, what we are
in word by letters when we are
absent, such are we also in deed when
we are present. 12 For we are not
bold Ho number or compare our-
selves with certain of them that
commend themselves: but they
themselves, measuring themselves
by themselves, and comparing them-
selves with themselves, are without
understanding. 13 But we will not
glory beyond our measure, bu ac-
cording to the measure of the ^prov-
ince which God apportioned to us
as a measure, to reach even unto
you. 14 For we stretch not our-
selves overmuch, as though we
reached not unto you : for we ^came
even as far as unto you in the ^gos-
pel of Christ: 15 not glorying be-
yond our measure, that is, in other
men's labors; but having hope that,
as your faith groweth, we shall be
magnified in you according to our
^province unto further abundance,
16 so as to ^preach the gospel even
unto the parts beyond you, and not
to glory in another's ^province in
regard of things ready to our hand.
17 ^But he that glorieth, let him
glory in the Lord. 18 For not he
that commendeth himself is ap-
proved, but whom the Lord com-
mendeth.
11
ness:
me.
with
Would that ye could bear
with me in a little foolish-
^but indeed ye do bear with
2 For I am jealous over you
^a godly jealousy: for I es-
poused you to one husband, that I
might present you as a pure virgin
to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest by any
means, as the serpent beguiled Eve
in his craftiness, your ^minds should
be cprrupted from the simplicity
and the purity that is toward Christ.
4 For if he that cometh preacheth
another Jesus, whom we did not
preach, or if ye receive a different
spirit, which ye did not receive, or a
different ^^^gospel, which ye did not
accept, ye do well to bear with him.
5 For I reckon that I am not a whit
behind "the very chief est apostles.
6 But though I he rude in speech,
yet am I not in knowledge; ^^nay,
every way have we made this
1 Gr. to judge ourselves among, or to judge ourselves with.
2 Or, limit Gr. measuring-rod.
» Or, were the first to come
* Gr. good tidings. See marginal note on ch. 2, 12.
•Gr. bring good tidings. Comp. Mt. 11. 5.
• Jer. ix. 24.
m
manifest unto you in all things.
7 Or did I commit a sin in abasing
myself that ye might be exalted,
because I ^^preached to you the
gospel of God for nought.? 8 I
robbed other churches, taking wages
of them that I might minister unto
you; 9 and when I was present with
you and was in want, I was not a
burden on any man; for the breth-
ren, when they came from Mace-
donia, supplied the measure of my
want; and in everything I kept my-
self from being burdensome unto
you, and so will I keep myself, 10
As the truth of Christ is in me, no
man shall stop me of this glorying
in the regions of Achaia. 11 Where-
fore .^^ because I love you not.? God
knoweth. 12 But what I do, that I
will do, that I may cut off ^^occasion
from them that desire an occasion;
that wherein they glory, they may
be found even as we. 13 For such
men are false apostles, deceitful
workers, fashioning themselves into
7 Or, nay indeed hear with me » Gr. a jealousy of God,
» Gr. thoughts. See ch. 3. 14.
10 Gr. sood tidings. Comp. ch. 2. 12.
" Or, those preeminent apostles
12 Or, nay, in everything we have made it manifest among
all men to you-ward
13 Gr. brought good tidings. See ch. 10. 16.
i< Gr. the occasion of them.
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II. CORINTHIANS 11.14—12.9
apostles of Christ. 14 And no mar-
vel; for even Satan fashioneth him-
self into an angel of light. 15 It is
no great thing therefore if his min-
isters also fashion themselves as
ministers of righteousness; whose
end shall be according to their
works.
16 I say again, Let no man think
me foolish; but if ye do, yet as
foolish receive me, that I also may
glory a little. 17 That which I speak,
I speak not after the Lord, but as in
foolishness, in this confidence of
glorying. 18 Seeing that many glory
after the flesh, I will glory also. 19
For ye bear with the foolish gladly,
being wise yourselves. 20 For ye
bear with a man, if he bringeth you
into bondage, if he devoureth you,
if he taketh you captive, if he ex-
alteth himself, if he smiteth you on
the face. 21 I speak by way of dis-
paragement, as though we had been
weak. Yet whereinsoever any is
bold (I speak in foolishness), I am
bold also. 22 Are they Hebrews.'^
so am I. Are they Israelites.^ so
am I. Are they the seed of Abra-
ham.^^ so am I. 23 Are they ministers
of Christ .f^ (I speak as one beside
himself) I more; in labors more
abundantly, in prisons more abun-
dantly, in stripes above measure, in
deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five
times received I forty stripes save
one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with
rods, once was I stoned, thrice I
suffered shipwreck, a night and a
day have I been in the deep; 26
in journey ings often, in perils of
rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils
from my ^countrymen, in perils
from the Gentiles, in perils in the
city, in perils in the wilderness,
in perils in the sea, in perils among
false brethren; 27 in labor and
travail, in watchings often, in hun-
ger and thirst, in fastings often, in
cold and nakedness. 28 ^Besides
those things that are without, there
is that which presseth upon me
Paul's Visions and Revelations
daily, anxiety for all the churches.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak.?
who is caused to stumble, and I
burn not.? 30 If I must needs glory,
I will glory of the things that con-
cern my weakness. 31 ^The God
and Father of the Lord Jesus, he
who is blessed ^for evermore know-
eth that I lie not. 32 In Damascus
the ^governor under Aretas the king
guarded the city of the Damascenes
in order to take me : 33 and through
a window was I let down in a basket
by the wall, and escaped his hands.
1 O ^I must needs glory, though
L Ad it is not expedient; but I
will come to visions and revelations
of the Lord. 2 I know a man in
Christ, fourteen years ago (whether
in the body, I know not; or w^hether
out of the body, I know not; God
knoweth), such a one caught up
even to the third heaven. 3 And I
know such a man (whether in the
body, or apart from the body, I
know not; God knoweth), 4 how
that he was caught lip into Paradise,
and heard unspeakable words, which
it is not lawful for a man to utter.
5 On behalf of such a one will I
glory: but on mine own behalf I
will not glory, save in my weaknesses.
6 For if I should desire to glory, I
shall not be foolish; for I shall
speak the truth: but I forbear, lest
any man should account of me above
that which he seeth me to he, or
heareth from me. 7 And by reason
of the exceeding greatness of the
^revelations, that I should not be
exalted overmuch, there was given
to me a Hhorn in the flesh, a mes-
senger of Satan to buffet me, that I
should not be exalted overmuch.
8 Concerning this thing I besought
the Lord thrice, that it might de-
part from me. 9 And he hath said
unto me. My grace is sufl^cient for
thee: for my power is made perfect
in weakness. Most gladly therefore
' Gr. race. Comp. Acts 7. 19.
2 Or, Besides the things which I omit
things that come out of course
sOr, God and the Father See Rom. 15. 6.
* Gr. unto the ages. ^ Gr. eihnarch.
« Some ancient authorities read Now to glory is not expe-
\ dient, but I will come &*c.
Or, Besides the '' Some ancient authorities read revelations — wherefore,
' that &*c. 8 Or, stake
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His Apostolic Credentials. His Aim to edify II . CORINTHIANS 12. 10 — 13.1 1
will I rather glory in my weaknesses,
that the power of Christ may ^rest
upon me. 10 Wherefore I take
pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries,
in necessities, in persecutions, in
distresses, for Christ's sake: for
when I am weak, then am I
strong.
Ill am become foolish: ye com-
pelled me; for I ought to have been
commended of you: for in nothing
was I behind Hhe very chief est
apostles, though I am nothing. 12
Truly the signs of an apostle were
wrought among you in all ^patience,
by signs and wonders and ^mighty
works. 13 For what is there wherein
ye were made inferior to the rest of
the churches, except it be that I my-
self was not a burden to you.^^ for-
give me this wrong.
14 Behold, this is the third time
I am ready to come to you; and I
will not be a burden to you: for I
seek not yours, but you: for the
children ought not to lay up for the
parents, but the parents for the
children. 15 And I will most
gladly spend and be ^spent for your
souls. If I love you more abun-
dantly, am I loved the less.^ 16 But
t be it so, I did not myself burden
> you; but, being crafty, I caught you
iwith guile. 17 Did I take advan-
itage of you by any one of them
jwhom I have sent unto you.^^ 18 I
exhorted Titus, and I sent the
brother with him. Did Titus take
any advantage of you? walked we
not % the same spirit.^ walked we
not in the same steps .^
19 ^Ye think all this time that
we are excusing ourselves unto you.
In the sight of God speak we in
Christ. But all things, beloved,
are for your edifying. 20 For I fear,
lest by any means, when I come, I
should find you not such as I would,
and should myself be found of you
such as ye would not; lest by any
means there should be strife, jealousy,
' Or, cover me Gr. spread a tabernacle over me. See
Rev. 7. 15. 2 Or, those preeminent apostles
' Or, stedfastness * Gr. powers. s Qr, spent out.
7 Or, Think ye . . . youl
^ Or, by the same Spirit
wraths, factions, backbitings, whis-
perings, swellings, ^tumults; 21 lest
again when I come my God should
humble me before you, and I should
rnourn for many of them that have
sinned heretofore, and repented not
of the uncleanness and fornication
and lasciviousness which they com-
mitted.
-I Q This is the third time I
1 O am coming^ to you. At the
mouth of two witnesses or three
shall every word be established.
2 I have said ^beforehand, and I do
say ^beforehand, ^^as when I was
present the second time, so now,
being absent, to them that have
sinned heretofore, and to all the
rest, that, if I come again, I will not
spare; 3 seeing that ye seek a proof
of Christ that speaketh in me; who
to you-ward is not weak, but is
powerful in you: 4 for he was cru-
cified through weakness, yet he
liveth through the power of God.
For we also are weak ^^in him, but
we shall live with him through the
power of God toward you. 5 Try
your own selves,- whether ye are in
the faith; prove your own selves.
Or know ye not as to your own
selves, that Jesus Christ is in you.?
unless indeed ye be reprobate. 6
But I hope that ye shall know that
we are not reprobate. 7 Now we
pray to God that ye do no evil; not
that we may appear approved, but
that ye may do that which is honor-
able, i^though we be as reprobate.
8 For we can do nothing against the
truth, but for the truth. 9 For we
rejoice, when we are weak, and ye
are strong: this we also pray for,
even your perfecting. 10 For this
cause I write these things while
absent, that I may not when present
deal sharply, according to the au-
thority which the Lord gave me for
building up, and not for casting
down.
11 Finally, brethren, i^farewell.
8 Or, disorders » Or, plainly Comp. 1 Thess. 3. 4.
10 Or, as if I were present the second time, even though I
am now absent " Many ancient authorities read with.
12 Gr. and that. "Or, rejoice: be perfected
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II. CORINTHIANS 13.12—13.14
Be perfected; be comforted; be
of the same mind; live in peace: and
the God of love and peace shall be
with you. 12 Salute one another
with a holy kiss.
Admonitions. Salutation. Benediction |
13 All the saints salute you. |
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus i
Christ, and the love of God, and •
the communion of the Holy Spirit, }
be with you all.
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE
GALATIANS
Salutation. The Galatians' Apostasy surprising. The Gospel I preach came from Qod
IPaul, an apostle (not from
men, neither through ^man,
but through Jesus Christ, and God
the Father, who raised him from the
dead), 2 and all the brethren that
are with me, unto the churches of
Galatia: 3 Grace to you and peace
2from God the Father, and our Lord
Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself
for our sins, that he might deliver
us out of this present evil ^ world,
according to the will of ^our God
and Father: 5 to whom be the glory
^for ever and ever. Amen.
6 I marvel that ye are so quickly
removing from him that called you
in the grace of Christ unto a different
^gospel; 7 ^which is not another
gospel: only there are some that
trouble you, and would pervert the
^gospel of Christ. 8 But though we,
or an angel from heaven, should
^preach ^unto you any gospel ^^other
than that which we ^preached unto
you, let him be anathema. 9 As we
have said before, so say I now again.
If any man ^preacheth unto you any
gospel i^other than that which ye
received, let him be anathema. 10
For am I now seeking the favor of
men, or of God.^^ or am I striving to
please men.^^ if I were still pleasing
^ Or, a man
2 Some ancient authorities read from God our Father,
and the Lord Jesus Christ. a Or, age
* Or, God and our Father s Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
6 Gr. good tidings. See marginal note on Mt. 4. 23.
7 Or, which is nothing else save that there ^c.
8 See marginal note on Mt. 11. 5.
9 Some ancient authorities omit unto von.
"> Or, contrary to that
men, I should not be a ^^servant of
Christ.
11 For I make known to you,
brethren, as touching the ^gospel
which was ^preached by me, that it
is not after man. 12 For neither did
I receive it from ^man, nor was I
taught it, but it came to me through
revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For
ye have heard of my manner of life
in time past in the Jews' religion,
how that beyond measure I per-
secuted the church of God, and made
havoc of it: 14 and I advanced in
the Jews' religion beyond many of
mine own age ^^among my countrj^-
men, being more exceedingly zealous
for the traditions of my fathers.
15 But when it was the good pleasure
of God, who separated me, even
from my mother's womb, and called
me through his grace, 16 to reveal
his Son in me, that I might ^preach
him among the Gentiles; straight-
way I conferred not with flesh and
blood: 17 neither went I up to
Jerusalem to them that were apostles
before me: but I went away into
Arabia; and again I returned unto
Damascus.
18 Then after three years I went
up to Jerusalem to "visit Cephas,
and tarried with him fifteen days.
19 But other of the apostles saw
I none, ^^save ^^James the Lord's
brother. 20 Now touching the things
" Gr. bondservant.
'2 Gr. in my race. Comp. 2 Cor. 11. 26.
>* Or, become acquainted with " Or, but onlv
» Or, Jacob
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Endorsed by "the Three" and maintained against Peter GALATIANS 1.21 — 2.21
which I write unto you, behold,
before God, I lie not. 21 Then I
came into the regions of Syria
and Cilicia. 22 And I was still
unknown by face unto the churches
of Judsea which were in Christ:
23 but they only heard say. He
that once persecuted us now
ipreacheth the faith of which he
once made havoc; 24 and they
glorified God in me.
2 Then after the space of four-
teen years I went up again to
Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking
Titus also with me. 2 And I went
up by revelation; and I laid before
them the ^gospel which I preach
among the Gentiles but privately
before them who ^were of repute,
lest by any means I should be run-
ning, or had run, in vain. 3 But
not even Titus who was with me,
being a Greek, was compelled to be
circumcised: 4 '^and that because of
the false brethren privily brought
in, who came in privily to spy out
our liberty which we have in Christ
Jesus, that they might bring us into
bondage: 5 to whom we gave place
in the way of subjection, no, not
for an hour; that the truth of the
2gospel might continue with you.
6 But from those who ^were re-
puted to be somewhat (^whatsoever
they were, it maketh no matter to
me: God accepteth not man's per-
son)— they, I say, who were of
repute imparted nothing to me: 7
but contrariwise, when they saw
that I had been intrusted with the
^gospel of the uncircumcision, even
as Peter with the "^gospel of the cir-
cumcision 8 (for he that wrought
for Peter unto the apostleship of the
circumcision wrought for me also
unto the Gentiles) ; 9 and when they
perceived the grace that was given
unto me, •^James and Cephas and
John, they who ^were reputed to be
pillars, gave to me and Barnabas
the right hands of fellowship, that
1 See marginal note on Mt. 11. 5.
' See marginal note on ch. 1. 6.
* Or, are * Or, but it was because of
c Or, what they once were « Or, Jacob
we should go unto the Gentiles, and
they unto the circumcision; 10 only
they would that we should remember
the poor; which very thing I was
also zealous to do.
11 But when Cephas came to
Antioch, I resisted him to the face,
because he stood condemned. 12
For before that certain came from
James, he ate with the Gentiles;
but when they came, he drew back
and separated himself, fearing them
that were of the circumcision. 13
And the rest of the Jews dissembled
likewise with him; insomuch that
even Barnabas was carried away
with their dissimulation. 14 But
when I saw that they walked not
uprightly according to the truth of
the ^gospel, I said unto Cephas before
them all. If thou, being a Jew, livest
as do the Gentiles, and not as do
the Jews, how compellest thou the
Gentiles to live as do the Jews.^ 15
We being Jews by nature, and not
sinners of the Gentiles, 16 yet know-
ing that a man is not ^justified by
the works of the law but through
faith in Jesus Christ, even we be-
lieved on Christ Jesus, that we
might be justified by faith in Christ,
and not by the works of the law:
because by the works of the law shall
no flesh be justified. 17 But if,
while we sought to be justified in
Christ, we ourselves also were found
sinners, is Christ a minister of sin?
God forbid. 18 For if I build up
again those things which I destroyed,
I prove myself a transgressor. 19
For I through the law died unto the
law, that I might live unto God.
20 I have been crucified with Christ;
and it is no longer I that live, but
Christ liveth in me: and that life
which I now live in the flesh I live
in faith, the faith which is in the Son
of God, who loved me, and gave
himself up for me. 21 I do not make
void the grace of God: for if right-
eousness is through the law, then
Christ died for nought.
"> Or, accounted righteous: and so elsewhere Comp.
Rom. 2. 13.
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GALATIANS 3. 1 4. 1 FoIIy of relapsing to the Law. The Law preparatory to the Qospel
3 0 foolish Galatians, who did
bewitch you, before whose eyes
Jesus Christ was openly set forth
crucified? 2 This only would I
learn from you, Received ye the
Spirit by the works of the law, or by
the ^hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so
foolish? having begun in the Spirit,
^are ye now perfected in the flesh?
4 Did ye suffer so many things in
vain? if it be indeed in vain. 5 He
therefore that supplieth to you the
Spirit, and worketh ^miracles %mong
been confirmed, no one maketh it
void, or addeth thereto. 16 Now to
Abraham were the promises spoken,
and to his seed. He saith not. And
to seeds, as of many; but as of one,
^^And to thy seed, which is Christ.
17 Now this I say: A covenant con-
firmed beforehand by God, the law,
which came four hundred and thirty
years after, doth not disannul, so as
to make the promise of none effect.
18 For if the inheritance is of the
law, it is no more of promise: but
you, doeth he it by the works of the i God hath granted it to Abraham by
law, or by the ^hearing of faith?
6 Even as Abraham Relieved God,
and it was reckoned unto him for
righteousness. 7 ^Know therefore
that they that are of faith, the same
are sons of Abraham. 8 And the
scripture, foreseeing that God ^ would
justify the ^Gentiles by faith,
preached the gospel beforehand unto
Abraham, saying, ^In thee shall all
the nations be blessed. 9 So then
they that are of faith are blessed
with the faithful Abraham. 10 For
as many as are of the works of the
law are under a curse: for it is
written, ^^Cursed is every one who
continueth not in all things that are
written in the book of the law, to
do them. 11 Now that no man is
justified ^%y the law before God, is
evident: for, ^^Xhe righteous shall
live by faith; 12 and the law is not
of faith; but, ^^He that doeth them
shall live in them. 13 Christ re-
deemed us from the curse of the law,
having become a curse for us; for
it is written, ^^Cursed is every one
that hangeth on a tree: 14 that
upon the Gentiles might come the
blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus;
that we might receive the promise
of the Spirit through faith.
15 Brethren, I speak after the
manner of men : Though it be but a
man's covenant, yet when it hath
* Or, message
2 Or, do ye now make an end in the flesh?
3 Gr. powers. « Or, in * Gen. xv. 6.
• Or, Ye Perceive ^ Gr. justifieth.
8 Gr. nations. » Gen. xii. .3. ><» Dt. xxvii. 26.
" Gr. in. w Hab. ii. 4. " Lev. xviii. 5.
M Dt. xxi. 23.
promise. 19 What then is the law?
It was added because of trans-
gressions, till the seed should come
to whom the promise hath been
made; and it was ordained through
angels by the hand of a mediator.
20 Now a mediator is not a mediator
of one; but God is one. 21 Is the
law then against the promises of
God? God forbid: for if there had
been a law given which could make
alive, verily righteousness would
have been of the law. 22 But the
scripture shut up all things under
sin, that the promise by faith in
Jesus Christ might be given to them
that believe.
23 But before faith came, we were
kept in ward under the law, shut up
unto the faith which should after-
wards be revealed. 24 So that the
law is become our tutor to bring ns
unto Christ, that we might be justi-
fied by faith. 25 But now that faith
is come, we are no longer under a
tutor. 26 For ye are all sons of God,
through faith, in Christ Jesus. 27
For as many of you as were baptized
into Christ did put on Christ. 28
There can be neither Jew nor Greek,
there can be neither bond nor free,
there can be no male and female;
for ye all are one man in Christ
Jesus. 29 And if ye are Christ's,
then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs
according to promise.
4 But ^ I ^ say that so long as
the heir is a child, he differeth
nothing from a bondservant though
M Gen. xiii. 15; xvii. 8.
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The Two Covenants typified of Old. Christ sets Free
GALATIANS 4.2—5.1
he is lord of all; 2 but is under
guardians and stewards until the
day appointed of the father. 3 So
we also, when we were children, were
held in bondage under the ^rudi-
ments of the world: 4 but when the
fulness of the time came, God sent
forth his Son, born of a woman, born
under the law, 5 that he might re-
deem them that were under the
law, that we might receive the
adoption of sons. 6 And because
ye are sons, God sent forth the
Spirit of his Son into our hearts,
crying, Abba, Father. 7 So that
thou art no longer a bondservant,
but a son; and if a son, then an
heir through God.
8 Howbeit at that time, not know-
ing God, ye were in bondage. to them
that by nature are no gods: 9 but
now that ye have come to know God,
or rather to be known by God, how
turn ye back again to the weak and
beggarly ^rudiments, whereunto ye
desire to be in bondage over again .^^
10 Ye observe days, and months,
and seasons, and years. 11 I am
afraid of you, lest by any means I
have bestowed labor upon you in
vain.
12 I beseech you, brethren, be-
come as I am^ for I also am become
as ye are. Ye did me no wrong:
13 but ye know that because of an
infirmity of the flesh I ^preached
the gospel unto you the ^first time:
14 and that which was a temptation
to you in my flesh ye despised not,
nor ^rejected; but ye received me
as an angel of God, even as Christ
Jesus. 15 Where then is that
gratulation ^of yourselves.? for I bear
you witness, that, if possible, ye
would have plucked out your eyes
and given them to me. 16 So then
am I become your enemy, ^by telling
you the truth.? 17 They zealously
seek you in no good way; nay, they
desire to shut you out, that ye may
seek them. 18 But it is good to be
J Or, elements 2 Pet. 3. 10, 12.
2 Or, elements See ver. 3.
' See marginal note on ch. 1.8.
* Gr. former. s Gr. spat out.
• Or, of yours 7 Or, by dealing truly with you
213
zealously sought in a good matter
at all times, and not only when I am
present with you. 19 My little
children, of whom I am' again in
travail until Christ be formed in you
— 20 but I could wish to be present
with you now, and to change my
tone; for I am perplexed about you.
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be
under the law, do ye not hear the
law.? 22 For it is written, Hhat
Abraham had two sons, one by the
handmaid, and one by the free-
woman. . 23 ^Howbeit the son by
the handmaid is born after the flesh;
but the son by the free woman is
horn through promise. 24 Which
things contain an allegory: for these
women are two covenants; one from
mount Sinai, bearing children unto
bondage, which is Hagar. 25 ^''Now
this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia
and answereth to the Jerusalem
that now is: for she is in bondage
with her children. 26 But the Jeru-
salem that is above is free, which is
our mother. 27 For it is written,
iiRejoice, thou barren that bear-
est not;
Break forth and cry, thou' that
travailest not:
For mope are the children of the
desolate than of her that hath
the husband.
28 Now i^we, brethren, as Isaac was,
are children of promise. 29 But as
then he that was born after the flesh
persecuted him that was horn after
the Spirit, so also it is now. 30 How-
beit what saith the scripture.? ^^Cast
out the handmaid and her son: for
the son of the handmaid shall not
inherit with the son of the free-
woman. 31 Wherefore, brethren,
we are not children of a handmaid,
but of the free woman.
5 For freedom did Christ set
us free: stand fast therefore,
and be not entangled again in a yoke
of bondage.
8 Gen. xvi. 15. » Gen. xxi. 2.
10 Many ancient authorities read For Sinai is a mountatn
in Arabia. " Is. liv. 1.
12 Many ancient authorities read ye,
13 Gen. xxi. 10, 12.
GALATIANS 5.2—6.10
The Spirit and the Flesh contrary the one to the other
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you,
that, if ye receive circumcision,
Christ will profit you nothing. 3
Yea, I testify again to every man
that receiveth circumcision, that he
is a debtor to do the whole law. 4
Ye are ^ severed from Christ, ye
who would be justified by the law;
ye are fallen away from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit by faith
wait for the hope of righteousness.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither cir-
cumcision availeth anything, nor
uncircumcision; but faith- ^working
through love. 7 Ye were running
well; who hindered you that ye
should not obey the truth? 8 This
persuasion came not of him that
calleth you. 9 A little leaven leav-
eneth the whole lump. 10 I have
confidence to you- ward in the Lord,
that ye will be none otherwise
minded: but he that troublftth you
shall bear his judgment, whosoever
he be. 11 But I, brethren, if I still
preach circumcision, why am I still
persecuted.? then hath the stum-
bling-block of the cross been done
away. 12 I would that they that
unsettle you would even ^go beyond
circumcision.
13 For ye, brethren, 'were called
for freedom; only use not your
freedom for an occasion to the flesh,
but through love be servants one to
another. 14 For the whole law is
fulfilled in one word, even in this:
^Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself. 15 But if ye bite and devour
one another, take heed that ye be
not consumed one of another.
16 But I say. Walk by the Spirit,
and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the
flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth
against the Spirit, and the Spirit
against the flesh; for these are
contrary the one to the other; that
ye may not do the things that ye
would. 18 But if ye are led by the
Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are
manifest, which are these: fornica-
1 Gr. brought to nought. Comp. Rom. 7. 2, 6 (in the Gr.).
- Or, wrought * Gr. mutilate themselves.
* Lev. xix. 18.
tion, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20
idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife,
jealousies, wraths, factions, divi-
sions, ^parties, 21 envyings, drunk-
enness, revellings, and such like;
of which I 6f ore warn you, even as I
did ^forewarn you, that they who
practise such things shall not in-
herit the kingdom of God. 22 But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness, good-
ness, faithfulness, 23 meekness, self-
control; against such there is no
law. 24 And they that are of Christ
Jesus have crucified the flesh with
the passions and the-lusts thereof.
25 If we live by the Spirit, by the
Spirit let us also walk. 26 Let us
not become vainglorious, "^provoking
one another, envying one another.
6 Brethren, even if a man be
overtaken ^in any trespass, ye
who are spiritual, restore such a one
in a spirit of gentleness; looking to
thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and
so fulfil the law of Christ. 3 For if
a man thinketh himself to be some-
thing when he is nothing, he de-
ceiveth himself. 4 But let each man
prove his own work, and then shall
he have his glorying in regard of
himself alone, and not of ^his neigh-
bor. 5 For each man shall bear his
own i^burden.
6 But let him that is taught in
the word communicate unto him
that teacheth in all good things.
7 Be not deceived; God is not
mocked: for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap. 8
For he that soweth unto his own
flesh shall of the flesh reap corrup-
tion; but he that soweth unto the
Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal
life. 9 And let us not be weary in
well-doing: for in due season we
shall reap, if we faint not. 10 So
then, "as we have opportunity, let
us work that which is good toward
all men, and especially toward them
5 Gr. heresies. « Or, tell you plainly
7 Or, challenging « Or, by
» Gr. the other. See Rom. 13. 8.
10 Or, load " Or, while
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Exhortation to Forbearance. Benediction
that are of the household of the
faith.
11 See with how large letters I
1 write unto you with mine own
hand. 12 As many as desire to make
a fair show in the flesh, they com-
pel you to be circumcised ; only that
they may not be persecuted ^for
the cross of Christ. 13 For not even
they who ^ receive circumcision do
themselves keep the law; but they
desire to have you circumcised, that
they may glory in your flesh. 14
But far be it from me to glory, save
1 Or, have written ' Or, by reason of
» Some ancient authorities read have been circumcised.
GALATIANS 6.11—6.18
in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
through 4 which the world hath
been crucified unto me, and I unto
the world. 15 For neither is cir-
cumcision anything, nor uncircum-
cision, but a new ^creature. 16 And
as many as shall walk by this rule,
peace he upon them, and mercy, and
upon the Israel of God.
17 Henceforth let no man trouble
me; for I bear branded on my body
the marks of Jesus.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with your spirit, brethren.
Amen.
* Or, whom
* Or, creation
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THU
EPHESIANS
Salutation. The Blessings of Redemption, which the Apostle prays that his Readers have more fully
IPaul, an apostle of Christ
Jesus through the will of God,
to the saints that are %t Ephesus,
and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace to you and peace from God
our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
3 Blessed he ^the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath
blessed us with every spiritual bless-
ing in the heavenly ^places in Christ :
4 even as he chose us in him before
the foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and without blemish
before ^him in love: 5 having fore-
ordained us unto adoption as sons
through Jesus Christ unto himself,
according to the good pleasure of
his will, 6 to the praise of the glory
of his grace, "^which he freely be-
stowed on us in the Beloved: 7 in
whom we have our redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness
of our trespasses, according to the
1 Some very ancient authorities omit at Ephesus.
2 Or, God and the Father See Rom. 15. 6 marg.
' Or, him: having in love foreordained us
* Or, wherewith he endued us
riches of his grace, ^8 which he made
to abound toward us in all wisdom
and prudence, 9 making known unto
us the mystery of his will, according
to his good pleasure which he pur-
posed in him 10 unto a dispensation
of the fulness of the <^times, to sum
up all things in Christ, the things
■^in the heavens, and the things upon
the earth; in him, / say, 11 in whom
also we were made a heritage, having
been foreordained according to the
purpose of him who worketh all
things after the counsel of his will;
12 to the end that we should be unto
the praise of his glory, we who %ad
before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom
ye also, having heard the word of
the truth, the ^gospel of your sal-
vation,— in whom, having also be-
lieved, ye were sealed with the Holy
Spirit of promise, 14 which is an
earnest of our inheritance, unto the
redemption of God's own possession,
unto the praise of his glory.
15 For this cause I also, having
5 Or, wherewith he abounded
6 Gr. seasons. "> Gr. ut)on. » Qr, have
9 Gr. good tidings. See marginal note on Mt. 4. 23.
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EPHESIANS 1.16—2.22
Aforetime Aliens, now Fellow-citizens with the Saints
heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus
which is lamong you, and ^the love
which ye show toward all the saints,
16 cease not to give thanks for you,
making mention of you in my
prayers; 17 that the God of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
glory, may give unto you a spirit of
wisdom and revelation in the knowl-
edge of him; 18 having the eyes of
your heart enlightened, that ye may
know what is the hope of his calling,
what the riches of the glory of his
inheritance in the saints, 19 and
what the exceeding greatness of his
power to US-ward who believe, ac-
cording to that working of the
strength of his might 20 which he
wrought in Christ, when he raised
him from the dead, and made him
to sit at his right hand in the
heavenly places , 21 far above all
rule, and authority, and power, and
dominion, and every name that is
named, not only in this ^world, but
also in that which is to come: 22
and he put all things in subjection
under his feet, and gave him to be
head over all things to the church,
23 which is his body, the fulness of
him that filleth all in all.
2 And you did he make alive,
when ye were dead through
your trespasses and sins, 2 wherein
ye once walked according to the
"^course of this world, according to
the prince of the ^powers of the air,
of the spirit that now worketh in
the sons of disobedience; 3 among
whom we also all once lived in the
lusts of our flesh, doing the desires
of the flesh and of the «mind, and
were by nature children of wrath,
even as the rest: — 4 but God, being
rich in mercy, for his great love
wherewith he loved us, 5 even when
we were dead through our tres-
passes, made us alive together ^with
Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
6 and raised us up with him, and
made us to sit with him in the
1 Or, in 2 Many ancient authorities omit the love.
' Or, age * Gr. age.
5 Gr. power. « Gr. thoughls.
' Some ancient authorities read in Christ.
heavenly places, in Christ Jesus:
7 that in the ages to come he might
show the exceeding riches of his
grace in kindness toward us in
Christ Jesus : 8 for by grace have ye
been saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves, it is the gift of
God; 9 not of works, that no man
should glory. 10 For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
for good works, which God afore
prepared that we should walk in
them.
11 Wherefore remember, that once
ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are
called Uncircumcision by that which
is called Circumcision, in the flesh,
made by hands; 12 that ye were at
that time separate from Christ,
alienated from the commonwealth
of Israel, and strangers from the
covenants of the promise, having
no hope and without God in the
world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus
ye that once were far off are made
nigh in the blood of Christ. 14 For
he is our peace, who made both one,
and brake down the middle wall of
partition, 15 having abolished in
his flesh the enmity, even the la^^
of commandments contained in ordi-
nances; that he might create in
himself of the two one new man, so
making peace; 16 and might rec-
oncile them both in one body unto
God through the cross, having slain
the enmity thereby: 17 and he came
and ^preached peace to you that
were far off, and peace to them that
were nigh: 18 for through him we
both have our access in one Spirit
unto the Father. 19 So then ye are
no more strangers and sojourners,
but ye are fellow-citizens with the
saints, and of the household of God,
20 being built upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets, Christ
Jesus himself being the chief corner
stone; 21 in whom ^each several
building, fitly framed together, grow-
eth into a holy ^^temple in the I>ord;
22 in whom ve also are builded
* Gr. brought good tidings of peace. Comp. Mt. 11. 5.
» Gr. every building. "> Or, sanctuary
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' The Love of Christ which passeth Knowledge '
together ^for a habitation of God in
the Spirit.
3 For this cause I Paul, the
prisoner of Christ Jesus in
behalf of you Gentiles, — 2 if so be
that ye have heard of the ^ dis-
pensation of that grace of God
which was given me to you- ward;
S how that by revelation was made
known unto me the mystery, as I
wrote before in few words, 4 where-
by, when ye read, ye can perceive
my understanding in the mystery of
Christ; 5 which in other generations
was not made known unto the sons
of men, as it hath now been revealed
unto his holy apostles and proph-
ets in the Spirit; 6 to wit, that the
Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-
members of the body, and fellow-
partakers of the promise in Christ
Jesus through the ^gospel, 7 whereof
I was made a minister, according
to the gift of that grace of God
which was given me according to the
working of his power. 8 Unto me,
who am less than the least of all
saints, was this grace given, to
^preach unto the Gentiles the un-
searchable riches of Christ; 9 and
to ^make all men see what is the
dispensation of the mystery which
for ages hath been hid in God who
created all things; 10 to the intent
that now unto the principalities and
the powers in the heavenly places
might be made known through the
church the manifold wisdom of God,
II according to the ^eternal purpose
which he purposed in Christ Jesus
our Lord: 12 in whom we have
boldness and access in confidence
through ^our faith in him. 13 Where-
fore I ask that ^ye may not faint at
my tribulations for you, which ^are
your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees
unto the Father, 15 from whom
every ^^family in heaven and on
earth is named, 16 that he would
' Gr. into. 2 Or, stewardship
3 Gr. good tidings. See Mt. 4. 23 marg.
* Gr. bring good tidings of the &"€. Comp. ch. 2. 17.
* Some ancient authorities read bring to light what is.
* Gr. purpose of the ages. 7 Or, the faith of him
» Or, / 9 Or, is 10 Gr. fatherhood.
EPHESIANS 3.1—4.12
grant you, according to the riches
of his glory, that ye may be strength-
ened with power through his Spirit
in the inward man; 17 that Christ
may dwell in your hearts through
faith; to the end that ye, being
rooted and grounded in love, 18
may be strong to apprehend with
all the saints what is the breadth
and length and height and depth,
19 and to know the love of Christ
which passeth knowledge, that ye
may be filled unto all the fulness
of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to
do exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think, according to
the power that worketh in us, 21
unto him be the glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus unto ^^all gen-
erations for ever and ever. Amen.
4 1 therefore, the prisoner in
the Lord, beseech you to walk
worthily of the calling wherewith
ye were called, 2 with all lowliness
and meekness, with longsuffering,
forbearing one another in love; 3
giving diligence to keep the unity of
the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body, and one Spirit,
even as also ye were called in one
hope of your calling; 5 one Lord,
one faith, one baptism, 6 one God
and Father of all, who is over all,
and through all, and in all. 7 But
unto each one of us was the grace
given according to the measure of the
gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith,
i^When he ascended on high, he
led captivity captive.
And gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now this. He ascended, what is
it but that he also descended i%to
the low^er parts of the earth .^^ 10 He
that descended is the same also that
ascended far above all the heavens,
that he might fill all things.) 11
And he gave some to be apostles;
and some, prophets; and some, evan-
gelists; and some, pastors and
teachers; 12 for the perfecting of the
" Gr. all the generations of the age of the ages.
12 Ps. Ixviii. 18.
" Some. ancient authorities insert first.
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EPHESIANS 4.13-5.13
saints, unto the work of ministering,
unto the building up of the body of
Christ: 13 till we all attain unto the
unity of the faith, and of the knowl-
edge of the Son of God, unto a full-
grown man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fulness of Christ:
14 that we may be no longer children,
tossed to and fro and carried about
with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight of men, in craftiness, after
the wiles of error; 15 but ^speaking
truth in love, may grow up in all
things into him, who is the head,
even Christ; 16 from whom all the
body fitly framed and knit together
^through that which every joint
supplieth, according to the working
in due measure of each several part,
maketh the increase of the body
unto the building up of itself in love.
17 This I say therefore, and
testify in the Lord, that ye no longer
walk as the Gentiles also walk, in
the vanity of their mind, 18 being
darkened in their understanding,
alienated from the life of God, be-
cause of the ignorance that is in
them, because of the hardening of
their heart; 19 who being past feel-
ing gave themselves up to lascivious-
ness, ^to work all uncleanness with
^greediness. 20 But ye did not so
learn Christ; 21 if so be that ye
heard him, and were taught in him,
even as truth is in Jesus: 22 that ye
put away, as concerning your former
manner of life, the old man, that
waxeth corrupt after the lusts of
deceit; 23 and that ye be renewed
in the spirit of your mind, 24 and
put on the new man, ^hat after God
hath been created in righteousness
and holiness of truth.
25 Wherefore, putting away false-
hood, ^speak ye truth each one with
his neighbor: for we are members
one of another. 26 ^Be ye angry,
and sin not: let not the sun go down
upon your ^wrath: 27 neither give
place to the devil. 28 Let him that
» Or, dealing truly 2 Gr. through every joint of the supply.
' Or, to make a trade of
* Or, covetousness Comp. ch. 5. 3; Col. 3. 5.
6 Or, that is after God, created &*c.
6 Zech. viii. 16. ^ pg. jv, 4. 8 Gr. provocation.
'The Stature of the Fulness of Christ." Sundry Admonlt.ons
stole steal no more: but rather let
him labor, working with his hands
the thing that is good, that he may
have whereof to give to him that
hath need. 29 Let no corrupt speech
proceed out of your mouth, but such
as is good for ^edifying as the need
may be, that it may give grace to
them that hear. 30 And grieve not
the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye
were sealed unto the day of redemp-
tion. 31 Let all bitterness, and
wrath, and anger, and clamor, and
railing, be put away from you, with
all malice: 32 and be ye kind one
to another, tenderhearted, forgiving
each other, even as God also in Christ
forgave ^"you.
5 Be ye therefore imitators of
God, as beloved children; 2 and
walk in love, even as Christ also
loved you, and gave himself up for
"us, an offering and a sacrifice to God
for an odor of a sweet smell.
3 But fornication, and all un-
cleanness, or covetousness, let it
not even be named among you, as
becometh saints; 4 nor filthiness,
nor foolish talking, or jesting, which
are not befitting: but rather giving
of thanks. 5 For this ye know of a
surety, that no fornicator, nor un-
clean person, nor covetous man, who
is an idolater, hath any inheritance
in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 Let no man deceive you with
empt}^ words: for because of these
things Cometh the wrath of God
upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Be
not ye therefore partakers with
them; 8 for ye were once darkness,
but are now light in the Lord: walk
as children of light 9 (for the fruit
of the light is in all goodness and
righteousness and truth), 10 proving
what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;
11 and have no fellowship with the
unfruitful . works of darkness, but
rather even ^^reprove them; 12 for
the things which are done by them
in secret it is a shame even to speak
of. 13 But all things when they arc
• Gr. the building up of the need.
'" Many ancient authorities read us.
'I Some ancient authorities read you. ^ Or, convict
218
" Redeeming the Time,"
^reproved are made manifest by the
light: for everything that is made
manifest is hght. 14 Wherefore he
saith, ^Awake, thou that sleepest,
and arise from the dead, and Christ
shall shine upon thee.
15 Look therefore carefully how
ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
16 ^redeeming the time, because the
days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye
not foolish, but understand what the
will of the Lord is. 18 And be not
drunken with wine, wherein is riot,
but be filled Hvith the Spirit; 19
speaking ^one to another in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs, sing-
ing and making melody with your
heart to the Lord; 20 giving thanks
always for all things in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ to ^God, even
the Father; 21 subjecting your-
selves one to another in the fear of
Christ.
22 Wives, he in subjection unto
your own husbands, as unto the
Lord. 23 For the husband is the
head of the -wife, as Christ also is
the head of the church, being him-
self the saviour of the body. 24 But
as the church is subject to Christ,
^so let the wives also he to their
husbands in everything. 25 Hus-
bands, love your wives, even as
Christ also loved the church, and
gave himself up for it; 26 that he
might sanctify it, having cleansed
it by the ^washing of water with the
word, 27 that he might present the
church to himself a glorious church,
not having spot or wrinkle or any
such thing; but that it should be
holy and without blemish. 28 Even
so ought husbands also to love their
own wives as their own bodies. He
that loveth his own wife loveth him-
self: 29 for no man ever hated his
own flesh; but nourisheth and cher-
isheth it, even as Christ also the
church; 30 because we are members
of his body. 31 ^For this cause shall
a man leave his father and mother,
1 Or, convicted 2 (?). Comp. 1 Tim. iii. 16.
' Gr. buying up the opportunity. * Or, in spirit
5 Or, to yourselves ^ Gr. the God and Father.
7 Or, so are the wives also 8 Gr. laver.
»G9n.ii.,24.
Domestic Duties EPHESIANS 5.14—6.13
and shall cleave to his wife; and
the two shall become one flesh. 32
This mystery is great: but I speak
in regard of Christ and of the church.
33 Nevertheless do ye also severally
love each one his own wife even as
himself; and let the wife see that she
fear her husband.
6 Children, obey your parents
in the Lord: for this is right.
2 i^Honor thy father and mother
(which is the first commandment
with promise), 3 that it may be
well with thee, and thou ^^mayest
live long on the ^^earth. 4 And, ye
fathers, provoke not your children
to wrath: but nurture them in the
chastening and admonition of the
Lord.
5 ^^Servants, be obedient unto
them that according to the flesh
are your ^^masters, with fear and
trembling, in singleness of your
heart, as unto Christ; 6 not in the
way of eyeservice, as menpleasers;
but as i^servants of Christ, doing
the will of God from the i%eart;
7 with good will doing service, as
unto the Lord, and not unto men:
8 knowing that whatsoever good
thing each one doeth, the same shall
he receive again from the Lord,
whether he he bond or free. 9 And,
ye i^masters, do the same things
unto them, and forbear threatening:
knowing that he who is both their
Master and yours is in heaven, and
there is no respect of persons with
him.
10 i^Finally, ^^be strong in the
Lord, and in the strength of his
might. 11 Put on the whole armor
of God, that ye may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For our wrestling is not against
i^flesh and blood, but against the
principalities, against the powers,
against the world-rulers of this
darkness, against the spiritual hosts
of wickedness in the heavenly places,
13 Wherefore take up the whole
10 Ex. XX. 12; Dt. v. 16.
12 Or, land
14 Gr. lords.
16 Or. Henceforth
18 Gr, blood and flesh.
11 Or, Shalt
13 Gr. Bondservants.
15 Gr. soul.
" Gr. be made powerful
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EPHESIANS 6.14—6.23
Put on the Armor of Qod." Tychicus sent. Benediction
armor of God, that ye ma^^ be able
to withstand in the evil day, and,
having done all, to stand. 14 Stand
therefore, having girded your loins
with truth, and having put on the
breastplate of righteousness, 15 and
having shod your feet with the
preparation of the ^gospel of peace;
16 withal taking up the shield of
faith, wherewith ye shall be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the evil
one. 17 And take the helmet of
salvation, and the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 with all prayer and supplication
praying at all seasons in the Spirit,
and watching thereunto in all per-
severance and supplication for all
the saints, 19 and on my behalf,
that utterance may be given unto
me ^in opening my mouth, to make
1 Gr. good tidings. See Mt. 4. 23 marg.
2 Or, in opening my mouth with boldness, to make
known
known with boldness the mystery
of the ^gospel, 20 for which I am an
ambassador in "^chains; that in it I
may speak boldly, as I ought to
speak.
21 But that ye also may know my
affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the be-
loved brother and faithful minis-
ter in the Lord, shall make known
to you all things: 22 whom I have
sent unto you for this very purpose,
that ye may know our state, and
that he may comfort your hearts.
23 Peace be to the brethren, and
love with faith, from God the Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace
be with all them that love our Lord
Jesus Christ ^with a love incor-
ruptible.
' Gr. a chain.
* Or, in incorruption See Rom. 2. 7.
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE
PHILIPPIANS
Salutation. Thanksgiving and Supplication on the Readers' Behalf
IPaul and Timothy, ^servants
of Christ Jesus, to all the saints
in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi,
with the ^bishops and deacons: 2
Grace to you and peace from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
3 I thank my God upon all my
remembrance of you, 4 always in
every supplication of mine on be-
half of you all making my supplica-
tion with joy, 5 for your fellowship
in furtherance of the ^gospel from
the first day until now; 6 being
confident of this very thing, that he
who began a good work in you will
perfect it until the day of Jesus
Christ: 7 even as it is right for me
to be thus minded on behalf of you
1 Gr. bondservants.
2 Or, overseers
3 Gr. good tidings: and so elsewhere; see marginal note
on Mt. 4. 23.
all, because ^I have you in my heart,
inasmuch as, both in my bonds and
in the defence and confirmation of
the ^gospel, ye all are partakers with
me of grace. 8 For God is my
witness, how I long after you all in
the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
9 And this I pray, that your love
may abound yet more and more in
knowledge and all discernment; 10
so that ye may ^approve the things
that are excellent; that ye may be
sincere and void of offence unto the
day of Christ; 11 being filled with
the ^fruits of righteousness, which
are through Jesus Christ, unto the
glory and praise of God.
12 Now I would have you know,
brethren, that the things which hap-
pened unto me have fallen out
* Or, ye have me in your heart
B Or, distinguish the (hinss that differ
« Gr. fruit.
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Sundry Exhortations: to Lowliness of Mind— the Mind of Christ PHILIPPIANS 1.13 — 2.12
rather unto the progress of the ^gos-
pel; 13 so that my bonds became
manifest in Christ ^throughout the
whole praetorian guard, and to all
the rest; 14 and that most of the
brethren in the Lord, ^being con-
fident through my bonds, are more
abundantly bold to speak the word
of God without fear. 15 Some in-
deed preach Christ even of envy and
strife; and some also of good will:
16 ^the one do it of love, knowing
that I am set for the defence of the
^gospel; 17 ^but the other proclaim
Christ of faction, not sincerely,
thinking to raise up affliction for
me in my bonds. 18 What then?
only that in every way, whether in
pretence or in truth, Christ is pro-
claimed; and therein I rejoice, yea,
and will rejoice. 19 For I know that
this shall turn out to my salvation,
through your supplication and the
supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
20 according to my earnest expecta-
tion and hope, that in nothing shall I
be put to shame, but that with all
boldness, as always, so now also
Christ shall be magnified in my body,
whether by life, or by death. 21 For
to me to live is Christ, and to die is
gain. 22 ^But if to live in the flesh,
— if ^this shall bring fruit from my
work, then ^what I shall choose I
know not. 23 But I am in a strait
betwixt the two, having the desire
to depart and be with Christ; for
it is very far better: 24 yet to abide
in the flesh is more needful for your
sake. 25 And having this confidence,
I know that I shall abide, yea, and
abide with you all, for your progress
and joy % the faith; 26 that your
glorying may abound in Christ
Jesus in me through my presence
with you again. 27 Only ^^let your
manner of life be worthy of the ^^gos-
1 Gr. good tidings : and so elsewhere; see marginal note
on Mt. 4. 23.
2 Gr. in the whole PrcBtorium. ' Gr. trusting in my bonds.
* Or, they that are moved by love do it, knowing &"€.
5 Or, but they that are factious proclaim Christ, not b'c.
« Or, But if to live in the flesh be my lot, this is the fruit
of my work: and what I shall choose I know not
7 Gr. this is for me fruit of work.
8 Or, what shall I choose? » Or, of faith
10 Gr. behave as citizens worthily. Comp. ch. 3. 20.
" Gt. good tidings. See marginal note on ch. 1. 5.
pel of Christ: that, whether I come 1
and see you or be absent, I may
hear of your state, that ye stand
fast in one spirit, with one soul
striving i2for the faith of the "gos-
pel; 28 and in nothing affrighted
by the adversaries: which is for
them an evident token of perdition,
but of your salvation, and that from
God; 29 because to you it hath
been granted in the behalf of Christ,
not only to believe on him, but also
to suffer in his behalf: 30 having
the same conflict which ye saw in me,
and now hear to be in me.
2 If there is therefore any
exhortation in Christ, if any
^^consolation of love, if any fellow-
ship of the Spirit, if any tender
mercies and compassions, 2 make
full my joy, that ye be of the same
mind, having the same love, being
of one accord, ^^of one mind; 3 doing
nothing through faction or through
vainglory, but in lowliness of mind
each counting other better than
himself; 4 not looking each of you
to his own things, but each of you
also to the things of others. 5 Have
this mind in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus: 6 who, existing in the
form of God, counted not the being
on an equality with God a thing to
be grasped, 7 but emptied himself,
taking the form of a ^^servant, ^^being
made in the likeness of men; 8 and
being found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, becoming obedient
^?;en unto death, yea, the death of
the cross. 9 Wherefore also God
highly exalted him, and gave unto
him the name which is above every
name; 10 that in the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, of things in
heaven and things on earth and
^Hhings under the earth, 1 1 and that
every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father.
12 So then, my beloved, even as
ye have always obeyed, not ^^as in
12 Gr. with. 13 Or, persuasion
1* Some ancient authorities read of the same mind.
15 Gr. bondservant. '« Gr. becoming in.
" Or, things of the world below
1* Some ancient authorities omit as.
40
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my presence only, but now much
more in my absence, work out your
own salvation with fear and trem-
bling; 13 for it is God who worketh
in you both to will and to work, for
his good pleasure. 14 Do all things
without murmurings and question-
ings : 15 that ye may become blame-
less and harmless, children of God
without blemish in the midst of a
crooked and perverse generation,
among whom ye are seen as ^lights
in the world, 16 holding forth the
word of life; that I may have whereof
to glory in the day of Christ, that
I did not run in vain neither labor
in vain. 17 Yea, and if I am ^offered
upon the sacrifice and service of
your faith, I joy, and rejoice with
you all: 18 and in the same manner
do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.
19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus
to send Timothy shortly unto you,
that I also may be of good comfort,
when I know your state. 20 For I
have no man likeminded, who will
care ^truly for your state. 21 For
they all seek their own, not the
things of Jesus Christ. 22 But ye
know the proof of him, that, as a
child serveth a father, so he served
with me in furtherance of the
^gospel. 23 Him therefore I hope
to send forthwith, so soon as I shall
see how it will go with me: 24 but
I trust in the Lord that I myself
also shall come shortly. 25 But I
counted it necessary to send to you
Epaphroditus, my brother and fel-
low-worker and fellow-soldier, and
your ^messenger and minister to my
need; 26 since he longed ^after you
all, and was sore troubled, because
ye had heard that he was sick: 27
for indeed he was sick nigh unto
death: but God had mercy on him;
and not on him only, but on me also,
that I might not have sorrow upon
sorrow. 28 I have sent him there-
fore the more diligently, that, when
ye see him again, ye may rejoice,
iQr. luminaries. Wisd. 13. 2; comp. Rev. 21. 11.
2 Gr. poured out as a drink-offering. ^ Gr. genuinely.
* Gr. good tidings. See marginal note on ch. 1. 5.
B Gr. apostle.
6 Many ancient authorities read to see you all.
1
All Things Lost for Christ
and that I may be the less sorrowful
29 Receive him therefore in the
Lord with all joy; and hold such in
honor: 30 because for the work ol
^Christ he came nigh unto death,
hazarding his life to supply that
which was lacking in your service
toward me.
3 Finally, my brethren, re-
joice in the Lord. To write
the same things to you, to me in-
deed is not irksome, but for you it
is safe. 2 Beware of the dogs, be-
ware of the evil workers, beware of
the concision: 3 for we are the cir-
cumcision, who worship by the Spirit
of God, and glory in Christ Jesus,
and have no confidence in the flesh:
4 though I myself might have con-
fidence even in the flesh: if any
other man ^thinketh to have con-
fidence in the flesh, I yet more:
5 circumcised the eighth day, of the
stock of Israel, of the tribe of Ben-
jamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as
touching the law, a Pharisee; 6
as touching zeal, persecuting the
church; as touching the righteous-
ness which is in the law, found
blameless. 7 Howbeit what things
were ^gain to me, these have I
counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea
verily, and I count all things to be
loss for the excellency of the knowl-
edge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for
whom I suffered the loss of all things,
and do count them but refuse, that I
may gain Christ, 9 and be found
in him, ^^not having a righteousness
of mine own, even that which is of
the law, but that which is through
faith in Christ, the righteousness
which is from God ^^by faith: 10
that I may know him, and the power
of his resurrection, and the fellow-^
ship of his sufferings, becoming
conformed unto his death; 11 if by
any means I may attain unto the
resurrection from the dead. 12 Not
that I have already obtained, or am
^ Many ancient authorities read the Lord.
8 Or, seemeth » Gr. gains.
10 Or, not having as itjy righteousness that which is of the
law " Gr. upon.
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PHILIPPIANS 3.13—4.17
already made perfect: but I press
on, if so be that I may Uay hold on
that for which also I was laid hold
on by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren,
I count not myself ^yet to have laid
hold: but one thing / do, forgetting
the things which are behind, and
stretching forward to the things
which are before, 14 I press on to-
ward the goal unto the prize of the
4iigh calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as are
^perfect, be thus minded: and if in
anything ye are otherwise minded,
this also shall God reveal unto you :
16 only, whereunto we have at-
tained, by that same rule let us
walk.
17 Brethren, be ye imitators to-
gether of me, and mark them that
so walk even as ye have us for an
ensample. 18 For many walk, of
whom I told you often, and now
tell you even weeping, that they are
the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 whose end is perdition, whose
god is the belly, and whose glory is
in their shame, who mind earthly
things. 20 For our ^citizenship is
in heaven; whence also we wait for
a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 who shall fashion anew the body
of our humiliation, that it may he
conformed to the body of his glory,
according to the working whereby
he is able even to subject all things
unto himself.
4 Wherefore, my brethren be-
loved and longed for, my joy
and crown, so stand fast in the Lord,
my beloved.
2 1 exhort Euodia, and I exhort
Syntyche, to be of the same mind in
the Lord. 3 Yea, I beseech thee
also, true yokefellow, help these
women, for they labored with me
in the ^gospel, with Clement also,
and the rest of my fellow- workers,
whose names are in the book of life.
4 Rejoice in the Lord always:
1 Or, lay hold, seeing that also I was laid hold on
2 Many ancient authorities omit yet.
3 Or, upward
* Or, full-grown 1 Cor. 2. G.
5 Or, commonwealth
8 Gr. good tidings. See ch. 1.5.
again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let
your ^forbearance be known unto
all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 In
nothing be anxious; but in every-
thing by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests
be made known unto God. 7 And
the peace of God, which passeth all
understanding, shall guard your
hearts and your thoughts in Christ
Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things
are honorable, whatsoever things
are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, what-
soever things are ^of good report;
if there be any virtue, and if
there be any praise, ^^think on
these things. 9 The things which
ye both learned and received and
heard and saw in me, these things
do: and the God of peace shall be
with you.
10 But I i^rejoice in the Lord
greatly, that now at length ye have
revived your thought for me ; ^^ where-
in ye did indeed take thought, but
ye lacked opportunity. 11 Not that
I speak in respect of want: for I
have learned, in whatsoever state
I am, therein to be content. 12 I
know how to be abased, and I know
also how to abound: in everything
and in all things have I learned the
secret both to be filled and to be
hungry, both to abound and to be
in want. 13 I can do all things in
him that strengtheneth me. 14
Howbeit ye did well .that ye had
fellowship with my affliction. 15
And ye yourselves also know, ye
Philippians, that in the beginning
of the ^gospel, when I departed from
Macedonia, no church had fellow-
ship with me in the matter of giving
and receiving but ye only; 16 for
leven in Thessalonica ye sent once
and again unto my need. 17 Not
7 Or, gentleness Comp. 2 Cor. 10. 1.
8 Gr. reverend.
9 Or, gracious
"> Gr. take account of. '
" Gr. rejoiced.
12 Or, seeing that
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that I seek for the gift; but I seek
for the fruit that increaseth to your
account. 18 But I have all things,
and abound: I am filled, having
received from Epaphroditus the
things that came from you, an odor
of a sweet smell, a sacrifice accept-
able, well-pleasing to God. 19 And
my God shall supply every need of
yours according to his riches in
glory in Christ Jesus. 20 Now unto
Parting Salutations. Benediction |
^our God and Father he the glory \
2for ever and ever. Amen. |
i
21 Salute every saint in Christ \
Jesus. The brethren that are with
me salute you. 22 All the saints
salute you, especially they that are
of Csesar's household.
23 The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ be with your spirit.
1 Or, Cod and our Father 2 Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE
COLOSSIANS
Salutation. Thanksgiving for their Attainments and Prayer for their Progress
IPaul, an apostle of Christ
Jesus through the will of God,
and Timothy ^our brother, 2 ^to the
saints and faithful brethren in Christ
that are at Colossse: Grace to 'you
and peace from God our Father.
3 We give thanks to God the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
praying always for you, 4 having
heard of your faith in Christ Jesus,
and of the love which ye have to-
ward all the saints, 5 because of the
hope which is laid up for you in the
heavens, whereof ye heard before
in the word of the truth of the
^gospel, 6 which is come unto you;
even as it is also in all the world
bearing fruit and increasing, as it
doth in you also, since the day ye
heard and knew the grace of God
in truth; 7 even as ye learned of
Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant,
who is a faithful minister of Christ
on ^our behalf, 8 who also declared
unto us your love in the Spirit.
9 For this cause we also, since
the day we heard it, do not cease
to pray and make request for you,
that ye may be filled with the knowl-
1 Gr. the brother.
2 Or, to those that are at Colossa, holy and faithful breth-
ren in Christ
3 Gr. good tidings: and so elsewhere; see marginal note
on Mt. 4. 23.
< Many ancient autHoritic: read your.
edge of his will in all spiritual wisdom
and understanding, 10 to walk
worthily of the Lord ^unto all
pleasing, bearing fruit in every
good work, and increasing ^m the
knowledge of God; 11 ^strengthened
^with all power, according to the
might of his glory, unto all patience
and longsuffering with joy; 12 giv-
ing thanks unto the Father, who
made ^^us meet to be partakers of
the inheritance of the saints in
light; 13 who delivered us out of
the power of darkness, and trans-
lated us into the kingdom of the
Son of his love; 14 in whom we
have our redemption, the forgive-
ness of our sins: 15 who is the image
of the invisible God, the firstborn
of all creation; 16 for in him were
all things created, in the heavens
and upon the earth, things visible
and things invisible, whether thrones
or dominions or principalities or
powers; all things have been created
through him, and unto him; 17 and
he is before all things, and in him
all things ^^consist. 18 And he is
the head of the body, the church:
who is the beginning, the firstborn
5 Or, unto all pleasing, in every good work, bearing fruit
and increasing b'c.
t Or, by ^ Gr. made pcnverful.
8 Or, in • Or, stedfastness
10 Some ancient authorities read you.
' " That is, hdd together.
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Exhortation to Stedfastness. Warning Against Errors GOLOSSIANS 1.19 2.14
from the dead; Hhat in all things he jas many as have not seen my face
might have the preeminence. 19 in the flesh; 2 that their hearts may
2For it was the good pleasure of the | be comforted, they being knit to-
Father that in him should all the
fulness dwell; 20 and through him
to reconcile all things ^unto him-
self, having made peace through the
blood of his cross; through him, I
my, whether things upon the earth,
or things in the heavens. 21 And
you, being in time past alienated and
enemies in your mind in your evil
works, 22 yet now %ath he recon-
ciled in the body of his flesh through
death, to present you holy and with-
out blemish and unreprovable before
him: 23 if so be that ye continue
in the faith, grounded and stedfast,
and not moved away from the hope
of the ^gospel which ye heard, which
was preached in all creation under
heaven; whereof I Paul was made a
minister.
24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings
for your sake, and fill up on my part
that which is lacking of the afflictions
of Christ in my flesh for his body's
sake, which is the church; 25 where-
of I was made a minister, according
to the ^dispensation of God which
was given *me to you- ward, to fulfil
the word of God, 26 even the mystery
which hath been hid ^for ages and
generations: but now hath it been
manifested to his saints, 27 to whom
God was pleased to make known
what is the riches of the glory of this
mystery among the Gentiles, which
is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
28 whom we proclaim, admonishing
every man and teaching every man
in all wisdom, that we may present
every man perfect in Christ; 29
whereunto I labor also, striving
according to his working, which
worketh in me ^mightily.
2 For I would have you know
how greatly I strive for you,
and for them at Laodicea, and for
1 Or, that among all he might have &'c.
2 Or, For the whole fulness of God was pleased to dwell
in him s Or, into him * Or, him
8 Some ancient authorities read ye have been reconciled.
^ Gr. good tidings : and so elsewhere ; see marginal note
on Mt. 4. 23. ^ Or, stewardship See 1 Cor. 9. 17.
» Or, from all ages b'c. Gr. from the ages and from the
gentrations. ^ Or, in power
gether in love, and unto all riches
of the i^ull assurance of understand-
ing, that they may know the mystery
of God, ^^even Christ, 3 in whom
are all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge hidden. 4 This I say,
that no one may delude you with
persuasiveness of speech. 5 For
though I am absent in the flesh,
yet am I with you in the spirit,
joying and beholding your order,
and the stedfastness of your faith
in Christ.
6 As therefore ye received Christ
Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7
rooted and builded up in him, and
established 1% your faith, even as ye
were taught, abounding 1% thanks-
giving.
8 i^Take heed lest there shall be
any one that maketh spoil of you
through his philosophy and vain
deceit, after the tradition of men,
after the ^^udiments of the world,
and not after Christ: 9 for in him
dwelleth all the fulness of the God-
head bodily, 10 and in him ye are
made full, who is the head of all
principality and powder: 11 in whom
ye were also circumcised with a cir-
cumcision not made with hands, in
the putting off of the body of the
flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
12 having been buried with him in
baptism, wherein ye were also raised
with him through faith in the work-
ing of God, who raised him from the
dead. 13 And you, being dead
through your trespasses and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, you,
I say, did he make alive together
with him, having forgiven us all our
trespasses; 14 having blotted out
i*5the bond written in ordinances that
was against us, which was contrary
to us: and he hath taken it out of
10 Or, fulness
'1 The ancient authorities vary much in the text of this
passage. ^- Or, by
1^ Some ancient authorities insert in it,
1* Or, See whether i5 Or, elements See Gal. 4. 3 marg.
16 Or, the bond that was against us by its ordinances
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the way, nailing it to the cross; 15
^having despoiled the principalities
and the powers, he made a show
of them openly, triumphing over
them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you
in meat, or in drink, or in respect
of a feast day or a new moon or a
sabbath day : 17 which are a shadow
of the things to come; but the body
is Christ's. 18 Let no man rob
you of your prize ^by a voluntary
humility and Hvorshipping of the
angels, ^dwelling in the things which
he hath ^seen, vainly puffed up by
his fleshly mind,. 19 and not holding
fast the Head, from whom all the
body, being supplied and knit to-
gether through the joints and bands,
increaseth with the increase of God.
20 If ye died with Christ from the
^rudiments of the world, whj^ as
though living in the world, do ye
subject yourselves to ordinances, 21
Handle not, nor taste, nor touch 22
(all which things are to perish with
the using), after the precepts and
doctrines of men.'^ 23 Which things
have indeed a show of wisdom in
will-worship, and humility, and sever-
ity to the body; but are not of any
Value against the indulgence of the
flesh.
3 If then ye were raised to-
gether with Christ, seek the
things that are above, where Christ
is, seated on the right hand of God.
2 Set your mind on the things that
are above, not on the things that
are upon the earth. 3 For ye died,
and your life is hid with Christ in
God. 4 When Christ, who is ^our
life, shall be manifested, then shall
ye also with him be manifested in
glory.
5 Put to death therefore your
members which are upon the earth:
1 Or, having put off from himself the principalities &»t.
2 Or, of his own mere will, by humility b'c.
3 The Greek word denotes an act of reverence, whether
paid to a creature, or to the Creator.
♦ Or, taking his stand upon
5 Many authorities, some ancient, insert not.
" Or, elements See Gal. 4. 3 marg.
' Or, honor
8 Many ancient authorities read your.
fornication, uncleanness, passion,
evil desire, and covetousness, which
is idolatry; 6 for which things' sake
Cometh the wrath of God ^upon the
sons of disobedience: 7 ^^wherein ye
also once walked, when ye lived in
these things; 8 but now do ye also
put them all away: anger, wrath,
malice, railing, shameful speaking
out of your mouth: 9 lie not one to
another; seeing that ye have put
off the old man with his doings, 10
and have put on the new man, that
is being renewed unto knowledge
after the image of him that created
him: 11 where there cannot be
Greek and Jew, circumcision and
uncircumcision, barbarian, Scyth-
ian, bondman, freeman; but Christ
is all, and in all.
12 Put on therefore, as God's
elect, holy and beloved, a heart
of compassion, kindness, lowliness,
meekness, longsuffering; 13 for-
bearing one another, and forgiving
each other, if any man have a com-
plaint against any; even as ^^the
Lord forgave you, so also do ye: 14
and above all these things put on
love, which is the bond of perfect-
ness. 15 And let the peace of Christ
i^rule in your hearts, to the which
also ye were called in one body;
and be ye thankful. 16 Let the
word of i^Christ dwell in you ^''richly;
in all wisdom teaching and admon-
ishing i^one another with psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing
with grace in your hearts unto God. *
17 And whatsoever ye do, in word
or in deed, do all in the name of the
Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God
the Father through him.
18 Wives, be in subjection to your
husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and
be not bitter against them. 20
Children, obey your parents in all
things, for this is w^ell-pleasing in
9 Some ancient authorities omit upon the sons of disobe-
dience. See Eph. 5. 6.
"> Or, amongst whom
" Many ancient authorities read Christ.
« Gr. arbitrate.
»3 Some ancient authorities read the Lord: others, God.
" Or, richly in all widsom; teaching d?c.
•5 Or, yourselves
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Servants and Masters. Sundry Admonitions. Benediction GOLOSSIANS 3.21 — 4.18
the Lord. 21 Fathers, provoke not
your children, that they be not dis-
couraged. 22 ^Servants, obey in
all things them that are your ^mas-
ters according to the flesh; not with
eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in
singleness of heart, fearing the Lord :
23 whatsoever ye do, work heartily,
as unto the Lord, and not unto men;
24 knowing that from the Lord ye
shall receive the recompense of the
inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
25 For he that doeth wrong shall
"^receive again for the wrong that
he hath done: and there is no re-
4spect of persons. 1 ^Masters,
render unto your ^servants
that which is just and ^equal; know-
ing that ye also have a Master in
heaven.
2 Continue stedfastly in prayer,
watching therein with thanksgiving;
3 withal praying for us also, that
God may open unto us a door for
the word, to speak the mystery of
Christ, for which I am also in bonds ;
4 that I may make it manifest, as I
ought to speak. 5 Walk in wisdom
toward them that are without,
^redeeming the time. 6 Let your
speech be always with grace, sea-
soned with salt, that ye may know
how ye ought to answer each one.
7 All my affairs shall Tychicus
make known unto you, the beloved
brother and faithful minister and
fellow-servant in the Lord: 8 whom
I have sent unto you for this very
purpose, that ye may know our
1 Gr. Bondservants.
' Gr. from the soul.
5 Gr. equality.
2 Gr. lords.
* Gr. receive again the wrong.
6 Gr. buying up the opportunity.
state, and that he may comfort your
hearts; 9 together with Onesimus,
the faithful and beloved brother,
who is one of you. They shall make
known unto you all things that are
done here.
10 Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner
saluteth you, and Mark, the cousin
of Barnabas (touching whom ye-
received commandments ; if he come
unto you, receive him), 11 and Jesus
that is called Justus, who are of the
circumcision: these only are my
fellow-workers unto the kingdom of
God, men that have been a comfort
unto me. 12 Epaphras, who is one
of you, a ^servant of Christ Jesus,
saluteth you, always striving for you
in his prayers, that ye may stand
perfect and fully assured in all the
will of God. 13 For I bear him wit-
ness, that he hath much labor for
you, and for them in Laodicea, and
for them in Hierapolis. 14 Luke, the
beloved physician, and Demas salute
you. 15 Salute the brethren that
are in Laodicea, and ^Nymphas, and
the church that is in ^their house.
16 And when ^^this epistle hath been
read among you, cause that it be
read also in the church of the Lao-
diceans; and that ye also read the
epistle from Laodicea. 17 And say
to Archippus, Take heed to the
ministry which thou hast received
in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
18 The salutation of me Paul
with mine own hand. Remember
my bonds. Grace be with you.
7 Gr. bondservant.
8 The Greek may represent Nympha.
9 Some ancient authorities read her. w Gr. the.
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THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE
THESSALONIANS
Salutation. Thanksgiving for their Reception of the Qospel. Reminder of his Labors among them
IPaul, and Silvanus, and Tim-
othy, unto the church of the
Thessalonians in God the Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace
to you and peace.
2 We give thanks to God always
for. you all, making mention of you
in our prayers; 3 remembering
without ceasing your work of faith
and labor of love and ^patience of
hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, be-
fore ^our God and Father; 4 know-
ing, brethren beloved of God, your
election, 5 %ow that our '^gospel
came not unto you in word only,
but also in power, and in the Holy
Spirit, and in much ^assurance; even
as ye know what manner of men
we showed ourselves toward you
for your sake. 6 And ye became
imitators of us, and of the Lord,
having received the word in much
affliction, with joy of the Holy
Spirit; 7 so that ye became an en-
sample to all that believe in Mace-
donia and in Achaia. 8 For from
you hath sounded forth the word of
the Lord, not only in Macedonia and
Achaia, but in every place your
faith to God-ward is gone forth; so
that we need not to speak anything.
9 For they themselves report con-
cerning us what manner of entering
in we had unto you; and how ye
turned unto God from idols, to serve
a living and true God, 10 and to
wait for his Son from heaven, whom
he raised from the dead, eveii Jesus,
who delivereth us from the wrath
to come.
1 Or, stedfastness 2 Or, God and our Father
' Or, because our gospel b'c.
* Gr. good tidings: and so elsewhere; see marginal note
on Mt. 4. 23; 5 Qr, fulness
2 For yourselves, brethren,
know our entering in unto you,
that it hath not been found vain:
2 but having suffered before and
been shamefully treated, as ye know,
at Philippi, we waxed bold in our
God to speak unto you the ^gospel
of God in much conflict. 3 For our
exhortation is not of error, nor of
uncleanness, nor in guile: 4 but even
as we have been approved of God
to be intrusted with the ^gospel, so
we speak; not as pleasing men, but
God who proveth our hearts. 5
For neither at any time were we
found using words of flattery, as ye
know, nor a cloak of covetousness,
God is witness; 6 nor seeking glory
of men, neither from you nor from
others, when we might have ^claimed
authority as apostles of Christ. 7
But we were ^gentle in the midst of
you, as when a nurse cherisheth her
own children: 8 even so, being
affectionately desirous of you, we
were well pleased to impart unto
you, not the ^gospel of God onl3% *
but also our own souls, because ye
were become very dear to us. 9 For
ye remember, brethren, our labor
and travail: working night and day,
that we might not burden any of
you, we preached unto you the
^gospel of God. 10 Ye are witnesses,
and God also, how holily and right-
eously and unblamably we behaved
ourselves toward you that believe:
11 as ye know how we dealt with each
one of you, as a father with his own
children, exhorting you, and en-
couraging you, and testifying, 12 to
the end that ye should walk worthily
« Or, been burdensome ver. 9; comp. 1 Cor. 9. 4 ff.
' Most of the ancient authorities read babes. Comp.
1 Cor. 14. 20.
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Thanksgiving for their Fidelity under Persecution I. THESSALONIANS 2.13 4.6
of God, who ^calleth you into his
own kingdom and glory.
13 And for this cause we also
thank God without ceasing, that,
when ye received from us ^the word
of the message, even the word of God,
ye accepted it not as the word of
men, but, as it is in truth, the word
of God, which also worketh in you
that believe. 14 For ye, brethren,
became imitators of the churches of
God which are in Judaea in Christ
Jesus: for ye also suffered the same
things of your own countrymen,
even as they did of the Jews ; 15 who
both killed the Lord Jesus and the
prophets, and drove out us, and
please not God, and are contrary to
all men; 16 forbidding us to speak
to the Gentiles that they may be
saved; to fill up their sins always:
but the wrath is come upon them
to the uttermost.
17 But we, brethren, being be-
reaved of you for % short season,
in presence not in heart, endeavored
the more exceedingly* to see your
face with great desire: 18 because
we would fain have come unto you,
I Paul once and again; and Satan
hindered us. 19 For what is our
hope, or joy, or crown of glorying.?
Are not even ye, before our Lord
Jesus at his ^coming.? 20 For ye are
our glory and our joy.
Q Wherefore when we could
O no longer forbear, we thought
it good to be left behind at Athens
alone; 2 and sent Timothy, our
brother and ^God's minister in the
^gospel of Christ, to establish you,
and to comfort you concerning your
faith; 3 that no man be moved by
these afilictions ; for yourselves know
that hereunto we are appointed.
4 For verily, when we were with you,
we told you ^beforehand that we are
to suffer affliction; even as it came
to pass, and ye know. 5 For this
cause I also, when I could no longer
' Some ancient authorities read called.
2 Gr. the word of hearing. Gal. 3. 2, 5.
' Gr. a season of an hour.
* Gr. presence. Comp. 2 Cor. 10. 10.
6 Some ancient authorities read fellow-worker with God.
• Gr. good tidings: see ch. 1. 5. ^ Or, plainly
forbear, sent that I might know your
faith, lest by any means the tempter
had tempted you, and our labor
should be in vain. 6 But when
Timothy came even now unto us
from you, and brought us glad
tidings of your faith and love, and
that ye have good remembrance of
us always, longing to see us, even as
we also to see you; 7 for this cause,
brethren, we were comforted over
you in all our distress and affliction
through your faith: 8 for now we
live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
9 For what thanksgiving can we
render again unto God for you, for
all the joy wherewith we joy for
your sakes before our God; 10 night
and day praying exceedingly that
we may see your face, and ma^^ per-
fect that which is lacking in vour
faith.?
11 Now may ^our God and Father
himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct
our way unto you: 12 and the Lord
make you to increase and abound
in love one toward another, and
toward all men, even as we also do
toward you; 13 to the end he may
establish your hearts unblamable
in holiness before ^our God and
Father, at the ''coming of our Lord
Jesus with all his saints. i<^
4 Finally then, brethren, we
beseech and exhort you in the
Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of
us how ye ought to walk and to
please God, even as ye do walk, —
that ye abound more and more. 2
For ye know what ^^charge we gave
you through the Lord Jesus. 3 For
this is the will of God, even your
sanctification, that ye abstain from
fornication; 4 that each one of you
know how to possess himself of his
own vessel in sanctification and
honor, 5 not in the passion of lust,
even as the Gentiles who know not
God; 6 that no man ^^transgress,
and wrong his brother in the matter:
8 Or, God himself and our Father
» Or, God and our Father
10 Many ancient authorities add .4 men.
" Gr. charges. 12 Or, overreach
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I. THESSALONIANS 4.7 5.22 Exhortation to Mutual Love. Divers Exhortations
because the Lord is an avenger in all
these things, as also we ^forewarned
you and testified. 7 For God called
us not for uncleanness, but in
sanctification. 8 Therefore he that
rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but
God, who giveth his Holy Spirit
unto you.
9 But concerning love of the
brethren ye have no need that one
write unto you: for ye yourselves
are taught of God to love one an-
other; 10 for indeed ye do it toward
all the brethren that are in all Mace-
donia. But we exhort you, brethren,
that ye abound more and more; 11
and that ye ^study to be quiet, and
to "do your own business, and to
work with your hands, even as we
charged you; 12 that ye may walk
becomingly toward them that are
without, and may have need of
nothing.
13 But we would not have you
ignorant, brethren, concerning them
that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not,
even as the rest, who have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died
and rose again, even so them also
that are fallen asleep ^in Jesus will
God bring with him. 15 For this
we say unto you by the word of the
Lord, that we that are alive, that
are left unto the ^coming of the
Lord, shall in no wise precede them
that are fallen asleep. 16 For
the Lord himself shall descend
from heaven, with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with
the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first; 17 then
we that are alive, that are left,
shall together with them be caught
up in the clouds, to meet the Lord
in the air : and so shall we ever be
with the Lord. 18 Wherefore ^com-
fort one another with these words.
5 But concerning the times
and the seasons, brethren, ye
have no need that aught be written
unto you. 2 For yourselves know
1 Or, told you plainly
- Gr. be ambitious. See Rom. 15. 20 marg.
3 Gr. through. Or, will God through Jesus
4 Gr. presence. 6 Or, exhort ch. 5. 11.
perfectly that the day of the Lord
so cometli as a thief in the night.
3 When they are saying. Peace and
safety, then sudden destruction Com-
eth upon them, as travail upon a
woman with child; and they shall
in no wise escape. 4 But ye, breth-
ren, are not in darkness, that that
day should overtake you ^as a thief:
5 for ye are all sons of light, and sons
of the day: we are not of the night,
nor of darkness; 6 so then let us not
sleep, as do the rest, but let us
watch and be sober. 7 For they that
sleep sleep in the night; and they
that are drunken are drunken in the
night. 8 But let us, since we are of
the day, be sober, putting on the
breastplate of faith and love; and
for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God appointed us not unto
wrath, but unto the obtaining of
salvation through our Lord Jesus
Christ, 10 who died for us, that,
whether we ^wake or sleep, we
should live together with him. 11
Wherefore ^exhort one another, and
build each other up, even as also
ye do.
12 But we beseech you, brethren,
to know them that labor among you,
and are over you in the Lord, and
admonish you; 13 and to esteem
them exceeding highly in love for
their work's sake. Be at peace
among yourselves. 14 And we ex-
hort you, brethren, admonish the dis-
orderly, encourage the fainthearted,
support the weak, be longsuffering
toward all. 15 See that none ren-
der unto any one evil for evil;
but always follow after that which
is good, one toward another, and
toward all. 16 Rejoice always;
17 pray without ceasing; 18 in
everything give thanks: for this is
the will of God in Christ Jesus to
you- ward. 19 Quench not the Spirit;
20 despise not prophesyings ; 21
9prove all things; hold fast that
which is good; 22 abstain from every
form of evil.
6 Some ancient authorities read as thia'es.
' Or, ■watch ^ Or. comfort ch. 4. IS.
» Many ancient authorities insert but.
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Salutation and Benediction
23 And the God of peace himself
sanctify you wholly; and may your
spirit and soul and body be pre-
served entire, without blame at the
^coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you,
who will also do it.
1 Gr. presence.
I. THESSALONIANS 5.23—5.28
25 Brethren, pray for us^.
26 Salute all the brethren with a
holy kiss. 27 I adjure you by the
Lord that this epistle be read unto
all the brethren.
28 The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you.
2 Some ancient authorities add also.
* Many ancient authorities insert holy.
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE
THESSALONIANS
Salutation. Thanksgiving for their Faith and Fidelity. The Lord's Coming
IPaul, and Silvanus, and
Timothy, unto the church of
the Thessalonians in God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ; 2 Grace
to you and peace from God the
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We are bound to give thanks to
God always for you, brethren, even
as it is meet, for that your faith
groweth exceedingly, and the love
of each one of you all toward one
another aboundeth; 4 so that we
ourselves glory in you in the churches
of God for your ^patience and faith
in all your persecutions and in the
afflictions which ye endure; 5 which
is a manifest token of the righteous
judgment of God; to the end that
ye may be counted worthy of the
kingdom of God, for which ye also
suffer : 6 if so be that it is a righteous
thing with God to recompense afflic-
tion to them that afflict you, 7 and
to you that are afflicted rest with
us, at the revelation of the Lord
Jesus from heaven with the angels
of his power in flaming fire, 8 ren-
dering vengeance to them that know
not God, and to them that obey not
the 2gospel of our Lord Jesus : 9 who
shall suffer punishment, even eternal
1 Or, sledfastness'
2 Gr. good tidings: and so elsewhere. See marginal note
on Mt. 4. 23.
destruction from the face of the Lord
and from the glory of his might, 10
when he shall come to be glorified
in his saints, and to be marvelled at
in all them that believed (because
our testimony unto you was be-
lieved) in that day. 11 To which
end we also pray always for you,
that our God may count you worthy
of your calling, and fulfil every ^de-
sire of goodness and every work of
faith, with power; 12 that the name
of our Lord Jesus may be glorified
in you, and ye in him, according to
the grace of our God and the Lord
Jesus Christ. •
2 Now we beseech you, breth-
ren, ^touching the ^coming of
our L6rd Jesus Christ, and our
gathering together unto him; 2 to
the end that ye be not quickly
shaken from your mind, nor yet be
troubled, either by spirit, or by word,
or by epistle as from us, as that the
day of the Lord is just at hand; 3
let no man beguile you in any wise:
for it will not he, except the falling
away come first, and the man of ^sin
be revealed, the son of perdition,
4 he that opposeth and exalteth
3 Gr. good pleasure of goodness. Comp. Rom. 10. 1.
4 Gr. in behalf of.
* Gr. presence.
6 Many ancient authorities read lawlessness. -
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II. THESSALONIANS 2.5 3.16 Renewed Thanksgiving and Prayer. Divers Exhortations
himself against all that is called God
or ^that is worshipped; so that he
sitteth in the ^temple of God, setting
himself forth as God. 5 Remember
ye not, that, when I was yet with
you, I told you these things.^ 6 And
now ye know that which restraineth,
to the end that he may be revealed
in his own season. 7 For the mystery
of lawlessness doth already work:
^only there is one that restraineth
now, until he be taken out of the
way. 8 And then shall be revealed
the lawless one, whom the Lord
^Jesus shall ^slay with the breath
of his mouth, and bring to nought
by the manifestation of his ^coming;
9 even he, whose ^coming is according
to the working of Satan with all
^power and signs and lying wonders,
10 and with all deceit of unright-
eousness for them that ^perish; be-
cause they received not the love of
the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God sendeth
them a working of error, that they
should believe a lie: 12 that they all
might be judged who believed not
the truth, but had pleasure in un-
righteousness.
13 But we are bound to give thanks
to God always for you, brethren be-
loved of the Lord, for that God
chose you ^rom the beginning unto
salvation in sanctification of the
Spirit and ^°belief of the truth: 14
whereunto he called you through
our iigospel, to the obtaining of the
^lory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15
So then, brethren, stand fast, and
hold the traditions which ye were
taught, whether by word, or by
epistle of ours.
16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ
himself, and God our Father who
loved us and gave us eternal comfort
and good hope through grace, 17
> Gr. an object of worship. Acts 17. 23.
- Or, sanctuary
3 Or, only until he that now restraineth he taken b°c.
* Some ancient authorities omit Jesus.
* Some ancient authorities read consurve.
* Gr. presence.
'' Gr. power and signs and wonders of falsehood.
8 Or, are perishing
* Many ancient authorities read as firstfruits.
i« Or, faith
" Gr. good tidings: see eh. 1. 8.
comfort your hearts and establish
them in every good work and word.
3 Finally, brethren, pray for \
us, that the word of the Lord i
may run and be glorified, even as :j
also it is with you; 2 and that we >'
may be delivered from unreasonable »|
and evil men; for all have not faith, i
3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall S
establish you, and guard you from |
i^the evil one. 4 And we have con- i
fidence in the Lord touching you, i
that ye both do and will do the things i
which we command. 5 And the Lord i
direct your hearts into the love of ^
God, and into the impatience of Christ.
6 Now we command you, brethren,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that ye withdraw yourselves from
every brother that walketh disor-
derly, and not after the tradition
which ^Hhey received of us. 7 For
yourselves know how ye ought to
imitate us: for we behaved not our-
selves disorderly among you; 8
neither did we eat bread for nought
at any man's hand, but in labor and
travail, working night and day, that
we might not burden any of you:
9 not because we have not the right,
but to make ourselves an ensample
unto you, that ye should imitate us.
10 For even when we were with you,
this we commanded you. If any will
not work, neither let him eat. 11
For we hear of some that walk
among you disorderly, that work
not at all, but are busybodies. 12
Now them that are such we com-
mand and exhort in the Lord Jesus
Christ, that with quietness they
work, and eat their own bread.
13 But ye, brethren, be not weary
in well-doing. 14 And if any man
obeyeth not our word by this epistle,
note that man, that ye have no
company with him, to the end that
he may be ashamed. 15 And yet
count him not as an enemy, but
admonish him as a brother.
16 Now the Lord of peace himself
12 Or, evil " Or, stedfastness
" Some ancient authorities read ye.
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Benediction
give you peace at all times in all
ways. The Lord be with you all.
17 The salutation of me Paul
II. THESSALONIANS 3.17—3.18
with mine own hand, which is the
token in every epistle : so I write.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you all.
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL TO
TIMOTHY
Salutation. Charge respecting Misuse of the Law. Personal Thanksgiving. The Charge reSnforced
IPaul, an apostle of Christ
Jesus according to the com-
mandment of God our Saviour, and
Christ Jesus our hope; 2 unto
Timothy, my true child in faith:
Grace, mercy, peace, from God the
Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 As I exhorted thee to tarry at
Ephesus, when I was going into
Macedonia, that thou mightest
charge certain men not to teach a
different doctrine, 4 neither to give
heed to fables and endless gene-
alogies, which minister question-
ings, rather than a ^dispensation of
God which is in faith; so do I now.
5 But the end of the charge is love
out of a pure heart and a good con-
science and faith unfeigned: 6 from
which things some having ^swerved
have turned aside unto vain talk-
ing; 7 desiring to be teachers of the
law, though they understand neither
what they say, nor whereof they
confidently affirm. 8 But we know | ever,
that the law is good, if a man use it i 18
^gospel of the glory of the blessed God,
which was committed to my trust.
12 I thank him that "^enabled me,
even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that
he counted me faithful, appointing
me to his service; 13 though I was
before a blasphemer, and a perse-
cutor, and injurious: howbeit I
obtained mercy, because I did it
ignorantly in unbelief; 14 and the
grace of our Lord abounded ex-
ceedingly with faith and love which
is in Christ Jesus. 15 Faithful is the
saying, and worthy of all accepta-
tion, that Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners; of whom
I am chief: 16 howbeit for this cause
I obtained mercy, that in me as
chief might Jesus Christ show forth
all his longsuffering, for an en-
sample of them that should there-
after believe on him unto eternal
life. 17 Now, unto the King eternal,
^immortal, invisible, the only God,
be honor and glory I'^or ever and
Amen.
This charge I commit unto
lawfully, 9 as knowing this, that law j thee, my child Tiniothy, according
is not made for a righteous man, but ' '
for the lawless and unruly, for the
ungodly and sinners, for the unholy
and profane, for ^murderers of fa-
thers and ^murderers of mothers, for
manslayers, 10 for fornicators, for
abusers of themselves with men,
for menstealers, for liars, for false
swearers, and if there be any
other thing contrary to the ^sound
^doctrine; 11 according to the
1 Or, stewardship See 1 Cor. 9. 17.
2Gr. missed the mark. ch. 6. 21; 2 Tim. 2. 18.
' Or, smiters * Gr. healthful. * Or, teaching
to the prophecies which led the way
to thee, that by them thou mayest
war the good warfare; 19 holding
faith and a good conscience; which
some having thrust from them made
shipwreck concerning the faith: 20
of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexan-
der; whom I delivered unto Satan,
that they might be taught not to
blaspheme.
* Gr. good tidings. See Mt. 4. 23 marg.
^ Some ancient authorities read enableth.
8 Gr. of the ages. Comp. Heb. 1. 2; Rev. 15. 3.
9 Gr. incorruptible.
10 Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
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I. TIMOTHY 2.1 — 4.2 Prayer for Rulers. Modest Apparel. Church Officials. Apostasy foretold
2 1 exhort theretore, first of
all, ^that supplications, prayers,
intercessions, thanksgivings, be made
for all men; 2 for kings and all that
are in high place; that we may lead
a tranquil and quiet life in all godli-
ness and gravity. 3 This is good and
acceptable in the sight of God our
Saviour; 4 who would have all men
to be saved, and come to the knowl-
edge of the truth. 5 For there is one
God, one mediator also between God
and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,
6 who gave himself a ransom for all;
the testimony to be borne in its own
times; 7 whereunto I was appointed
a ^preacher and an apostle (I speak
the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the
Gentiles in faith and truth.
8 I desire therefore that the men
pray in every place, lifting up holy
hands, without wrath and dis-
puting. 9 In like manner, that
women adorn themselves in modest
apparel, with shamefastness and
sobriety; not with braided hair, and
gold or pearls or costly raiment;
10 but (which becometh women
professing godliness) through good
works. 11 l^et a woman learn in
quietness with all subjection. 12
But I permit not a woman to teach,
nor to have dominion over a man,
but to be in quietness. 13 For Adam
was first formed, then Eve; 14 and
Adam was not beguiled, but the
woman being beguiled hath fallen
into transgression: 15 but she shall
be saved through ''her child-bearing,
if they continue in faith and love
and sanctification with sobriety.
3 Faithful is the saying. If
a man seeketh the office of a
^bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 The ^bishop therefore must be
without reproach, the husband of
one wife, temperate, sober-minded,
orderly, given to hospitality, apt to
teach; 3 ^no brawler, no striker;
but gentle, not contentious, no lover
of money; 4 one that ruleth well his
1 Gr. to make supplications &*c. 2 Gr. herald.
3 Or, doubting * Or, the childbearing Comp. Gal. 4. 4.
6 Some connect the words Faithful is the saying with the
preceding paragraph.
0 Or, overseer '' Or, not quarrelsome over wine
own house, having his children in
subjection with all gravity; 5 (but
if a man knoweth not how to rule
his own house, how shall he take
care of the church of God.'^) 6 not a
novice, lest being puffed up he fall
into the ^condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have good
testimony from them that are with-
out; lest he fall into reproach and
the snare of the devil. 8 Deacons in
like manner must be grave, not
double-tongued, not given to much
wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 holding the mystery of the faith
in a pure conscience. 10 And let
these also first be proved; then let
them serve as deacons, if they be
blameless. 11 Women in like man-
ner must be grave, not slanderers,
temperate, faithful in all things.
12 Let deacons be husbands of one
wife, ruling their children and their
own houses well. 13 For they that
have served well as deacons gain to
themselves a good standing, and
great boldness in the faith which is
in Christ Jesus.
14 These things wTite I unto thee,
hoping to come unto thee shortly;
15 but if I IsiTYy long, that thou may-
est know %ow men ought to behave
themselves in the house of God,
which is the church of the living God,
the pillar and ^^ground of the truth.
16 And without controversy great
is the mystery of godliness;
i^He who was manifested in the
flesh,
Justified in the spirit,
Seen of angels.
Preached among the ^^nations.
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory.
4 But the Spirit saith ex-
pressly, that in later times some
shall fall away from the faith, giving
heed to seducing spirits and doc-
trines of demons, 2 through the
hypocrisy of men that speak lies,
i%randed in their own conscience as
8 Gr. judgment.
» Or, hoav thou oughtest to behave thyself ^ Or, stay
" The word God, in place of He who, rests on no sufficient
ancient evidence. Some ancient authorities read which.
»2 Or, Gentiles " Or, scared
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Pastoral Directions to Timothy: -respecting Himself, Widows and Elders I.TIMOTHY 4.3 5.19
with a hot iron; 3 forbidding to
marry, and commanding to abstain
from meats, which God created to
be received with thanksgiving by
them that beHeve and know the
truth. 4 For every creature of God
is good, and nothing is to be re-
jected, if it be received with thanks-
giving: 5 for it is sanctified through
the word of God and prayer.
6 If thou put the brethren in
mind of these things, thou shalt be
a good minister of Christ Jesus,
nourished in the words of the faith,
and of the good doctrine which thou
hast followed U7itil now : 7 but refuse
profane and old wives' fables. And
exercise thyself unto godliness: 8
for bodily exercise is profitable ^for
a little; but godliness is profitable
for all things, having promise of the
life which now is, and of that which
is to come. 9 Faithful is the saying,
and worthy of all acceptation. 10
For to this end we labor and strive,
because we have our hope set on the
living God, who is the Saviour of all
men, specially of them that believe.
ILI These things command and
teach. 12 Let no man despise thy
youth; but be thou an ensample to
them that believe, in word, in man-
ner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
13 Till I come, give heed to reading,
to exhortation, to teaching. 14 Neg-
lect not the gift that is in thee,
which was given thee by prophecy,
with the la^ang on of the hands of
the presbytery. 15 Be diligent in
these things; give thyself wholly to
them; that thy progress may be
manifest unto all. 16 Take heed to
thyself, and to thy teaching. Con-
tinue in thesre things; for in doing
this thou shalt save both thyself
and them that hear thee.
5 Rebuke not an elder, but
exhort him as a father; the
younger men as brethren: 2 the
elder women as mothers ; the younger
as sisters, in all purity. 3 Honor
widows that are widows indeed.
4 But if any widow hath children or
Or, for Utile
grandchildren, let them learn first
to show piety towards their own
family, and to requite their parents :
for this is acceptable in the sight of-
God. 5 Now she that is a widow
indeed, and desolate, hath her hope
set on God, and continueth in sup-
plications and prayers night and day.
6 But she that giveth herself to
pleasure is dead while she liveth.
7 These things also command, that
they may be without reproach. 8
But if any provideth not for his own,
and specially his own household, he
hath denied the faith, and is worse
than an unbeliever. 9 Let none be
enrolled as a widow under three-
score years old, having been the wife
of one man, 10 well reported of for
good works; if she hath brought up
children, if she hath used hos-
pitality to strangers, if she hath
washed the saints' feet, if she hath
relieved the afflicted, if she hath
diligently followed every good work.
11 But younger widows refuse: for
when they have waxed wanton
against Christ, they desire to marry;
12 having condemnation, because
they have rejected their first ^pledge.
13 And withal they learn also to he
idle, going about from house to
house; and not only idle, but tat-
tlers also and busybodies, speaking
things which they ought not. 14 I
desire therefore that the younger
^widows marry, bear children, rule
the household, give no occasion to
the adversary for reviling: 15 for
already some are turned aside after
Satan. 16 If any w^oman that be-
lieveth hath widows, let her relieve
them, and let not the church be
burdened; that it may relieve them
that are widow^s indeed.
17 Let the elders that rule well be
counted worthy of double honor,
especially those who labor in the
word and in teaching. 18 For the
scripture saith, ^Thou shalt not
muzzle the ox when he treadeth
out the corn. And, The laborer is
worthy of his hire. 19 Against an
Gr. failh.
3 Or, women
* Dt. XXV. 4.
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I. XIMOXHY 5.20- 6.19 Respecting servants ; against Disputatiousness and Covetousness
elder receive not an accusation, ex-
cept at the mouth of two or three
witnesses. 20 Them that sin re-
prove in the sight of all, that the
rest also may be in fear. 21 I charge
thee in the sight of God, and Christ
Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou
observe these things without ^prej-
udice, doing nothing by partiality.
22 Lay hands hastily on no man,
neither be partaker of other men's
sins: keep thyself pure. 23 Be no
longer a drinker of water, but use a
little wine for thy stomach's sake
and thine often infirmities. 24
Some men's sins are evident, going
before unto judgment; and some
men also they follow after. 25
In like manner also ^there are
good works that are evident;
and such as are otherwise cannot
be hid.
6 Let as many as are ^servants
under the yoke count their own
masters worthy of all honor, that
the name of God and the doctrine
be not blasphemed. 2 And they
that have believing masters, let
them not despise them, because they
are brethren; but let them serve
them the rather, because they that
^partake of the benefit are believing
and beloved. These .things teach
and exhort.
3 If any man teacheth a different
doctrine, and consenteth not to
'^sound words, even the words of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and to the
doctrine which is according to god-
liness; 4 he is puffed up, knowing
nothing, but ^doting about ques-
tionings and disputes of words,
whereof cometh envy, strife, railings,
evil surmisings, 5 wranglings of men
corrupted in mind and bereft of the
truth, supposing that godliness is a
way of gain. 6 But godliness with
contentment is great gain: 7 for we
brought nothing into the world, for
neither can we carry anything out;
' Or, preference
2 Gr. the works thai are good are evident.
' Gr. bondservants.
* Or. lay hold of
» Gr. healthful.
6 Gr. sick.
8 but having food and covering ^we
shall be therewith content. 9 But
they that are minded to be rich fall
into a temptation and a snare and
many foolish and hurtful lusts, such
as drown men in destruction and per-
dition. 10 For the love of money is
a root of all %inds of evil: which
some reaching after have been led
astray from the faith, and have
pierced themselves through with
many sorrows.
11 But thou, O man of God, flee
these things; and follow after right-
eousness, godliness, faith, love, ^pa-
tience, meekness. 12 Fight the good
fight of the faith, lay hold on the
life eternal, whereunto thou wast
called, and didst confess the good
confession in the sight of many
witnesses. 13 I charge thee in the
sight of God, who i°giveth life to all
things, and of Christ Jesus, who be-
fore Pontius Pilate witnessed the
good confession; 14 that thou keep
the commandment, without spot,
without reproach, until the appear-
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15
which in ^^its own times he shall
show, who is the blessed and
only Potentate, the King of i%ings,
and Lord of ^^lords; 16 who
only hath immortality, dwelling
in light unapproachable; whom
no man hath seen, nor can see:
to whom he honor and power eternal.
Amen.
17 Charge them that are rich in
this present ^Hvorld, that they be
not highminded, nor have their hope
set on the uncertainty of riches, but
on God, who giveth us richly all
things to enjoy; 18 that they do
good, that they be rich in good
works, that they be ready to
distribute, ^Hvilling to communi-
cate; 19 laying up in store for them-
selves a good foundation against
" Or, in these we shall have enough
8 Gr. evils.
' Or, stedfastness
"» Or, preserveth all things alive
•' Or, his
12 Gr. them that reign as kings.
'' Gr. them that rule as lords.
'* Or, age
" Or, ready to sympathize
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Final Admonitions.
Benediction
the time to come, that they may
lay hold on the hfe which is life
indeed.
20 O Timothy, guard ^that which
is committed unto thee, turning away
from the profane babbhngs and
1 Gr. the deposit.
I.TIMOTHY 6.20—6.21
oppositions of the knowledge which
is falsely so called: 21 which some
professing have ^erred concerning
the faith.
Grace be with you.
2 Gr. missed the mark.
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL TO
TIMOTHY
Salutation. Timothy charged to stir up the Gift in him, and guard his Trust
IPaul, an apostle of Christ
Jesus through the will of God,
according to the promise of the life
which is in Christ Jesus, 2 to
Timothy, my beloved child: Grace,
mercy, peace, from God the Father
and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I thank God, whom I serve from
my forefathers in a pure conscience,
how unceasing is my remembrance
of thee in my supplications, night
and day 4 longing to see thee, remem-
bering thy tears, that I may be
filled with ^joy; 5 having been re-
minded of the unfeigned faith that is
in thee; which dwelt first in thy
grandmother Lois, and thy mother
Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in
thee also. 6 For which cause I put
thee in remembrance that thou
%stir up the gift of God, which is in
thee through the laying on of my
hands. 7 For God gave us not a
si)irit of fearfulness; but of power
and love and "^discipline. 8 Be not
ashamed therefore of the testimony
of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner:
but suffer hardship with the ^gospel
according to the power of God; 9 who
saved us, and called us with a holy
calling, not according to our works,
1)11 1 according to his own purpose
and grace, which was . given us in
( hrist Jesus before times eternal.
' Or, joy in being reminded
2 Gr. stir into flame. ^ Gr. sobering.
* Gr. good tidings: and so elsewhere. See marginal note
on Mt. 4. 23. * Or, long ages ago
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10 but hath now been manifested bj^
the appearing of our Saviour Christ
Jesus, who abolished death, and
brought life and ^immortality to
light through the ^gospel, 11 where-
unto I was appointed a ^preacher,
and an apostle, and a teacher. 12
For which cause I suffer also these
things: yet I am not ashamed; for
I know him whom I have believed,
and I am persuaded that he is able
to guard ^that which I have com-,
mitted unto him against that day.
13 Hold the pattern of ^sound words
which thou hast heard from me, in
faith and love which is in Christ
Jesus. 14 ^°That good thing which
was committed unto thee guard
through the Holy Spirit which
dwelleth in us.
15 This thou knowest, that all
that are in Asia turned away from
me; of whom are Phygelus and Her-
mogenes. 16 The Lord grant mercy
unto the house of Onesiphorus: for
he oft refreshed me, and was not
ashamed of my chain; 17 but, when
he was in Rome, he sought me dili-
gently, and found me 18 (the Lord
grant unto him to find mercy of the
Lord in that day) ; and in how many
things he ministered at Ephesus,
thou knowest very well.
2 Thou therefore, my child,
be strengthened in the grace
that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the
« Gr. incorruption. See Rom. 2. 7. ^ Gr. herald.
» Or, that which he hath committed unto me Gr. my deposit
9 Gr. healthful. "> Gr. The good deposit.
II, TIMOTHY 2.3 3.7 Reward awaits onJy the Faithful. Grievous Times impending
things which thou hast heard from
me among many witnesses, the same
commit thou to faithful men, who
shall be able to teach others also.
3 ^Suff er hardship with me, as a good
soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier
on service entangleth himself in the
affairs of this life; that he may
please him who enrolled him as a
soldier. 5 And if also a man con-
tend in the games, he is not crowned,
except he have contended lawfully.
6 The husbandman that laboreth
must be the first to partake of the
fruits. 7 Consider what I say; for
the Lord shall give thee under-
standing in all things. 8 Remember
Jesus Christ, risen from the dead,
of the seed of David, according to
my ^gospel: 9 wherein I suffer
hardship unto bonds, as a male-
factor; but the word of God is not
bound. 10 Therefore I endure all
things for the elect's sake, that they
also may obtain the salvation which
is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 Faithful is the ^saying: For if
we died with him, we shall also live
with him: 12 if we endure, we shall
also reign with him: if we shall deny
him, he also will deny us: 13 if we
are faithless, he abideth faithful; for
he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put them in
remembrance, charging them in the
sight of ^the Lord, that they strive
not about words, to no profit, to the
subverting of them that hear. 15
Give diligence to present thyself
approved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, ^hand-
ling aright the word of truth. 16
But shun profane babblings: for
they will proceed further in ungod-
liness, 17 and their word will ^eat as
doth a gangrene: of whom is Hy-
menseus and Philetus; 18 men who
concerning the truth have ^erred,
saying that ^the resurrection is past
1 Or, Take thy part in suffering hardship, as b'c.
^ See marginal note on ch. 1. 8.
3 Or, saying;^ for if b'c.
* Many ancient authorities read God.
s Or, holding a straight course in the word of truth Or
rightly dividing the word of truth
8 Or, spread ^ Gr. missed the mark. 1 Tim. 1. G.
8 Some ancient authorities read a resurrection.
already, and overthrow the faith of <♦
some. 19 Howbeit the firm founda- J
tion of God standeth, having this 5
seal, ^The Lord knoweth them that
are his: and, ^^Let every one that
nameth the name of the Lord de-
part from unrighteousness. 20 Now
in a great house there are not only
vessels of gold and of silver, but also
of wood and of earth; and some unto
honor, and some unto dishonor. 21
If a man therefore purge himself
from these, he shall be a vessel unto
honor, sanctified, meet for the mas-
ter's use, prepared unto every good
work. 22 But flee youthful lusts,
and follow after righteousness, faith,
love, peace, with them that call on
the Lord out of a pure heart. 23
But foolish and ignorant question-
ings refuse, knowing that they gen-
der strifes. 24 And the Lord's
i^servant must not strive, but be
gentle towards all, apt to teach, for-
bearing, 25 in meekness ^^correcting
them that oppose themselves; if
peradventure God may give them
repentance unto the knowledge of
the truth, 26 and they may ^^recover
themselves out of the snare of the
devil, having been ^^taken captive
i%y him unto his will.
3 But know this, that in the
last days grievous times shall
come. 2 For men shall be lovers
of self, lovers of money, boastful,
haughty, railers, disobedient to par-
ents, unthankful, unholy, 3 without
natural affection, implacable, slan-
derers, without self-control, fierce, no
lovers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong,
puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather
than lovers of God ; 5 holding a form
of godliness, but having denied the
power thereof: from these also turn
away. 6 For of these are the^^ that
creep into houses, and take captive
silly women laden with sins, led
away by divers lusts, 7 ever learn-
ing, and never able to come to the
9 Num. xvi. 5? lo Is. xxvi. 13?
" Gr. bondservant. " Or, instructing
" Gr. return to soberness. " Gr. taken alive.
15 Or, by him, unto the will of God Ccmp. 2 Cor. 10. 5.
Gr. by him, unto the will of him. In the Greek the two
I pronouns are different.
23S
Inspired Scripture profitable. Cliarge. Matters Personal. Benediction II. TIMOTHY 3.8 — 4.22
knowledge of the truth. 8 And even
as Jannes and Jambres withstood
Moses, so do these also withstand the
truth; men corrupted in mind, rep-
robate concerning the faith. 9 But
they shall proceed no further: for
their folly shall be evident unto all
men, as theirs also came to be. 10
But thou didst follow my teaching,
conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffer-
ing, love, ^patience, 11 persecutions,
sufferings; what things befell me at
Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra;
what persecutions I endured: and
out of them all the Lord delivered
me. 12 Yea, and all that would
live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution. 13 But evil men and
impostors shall wax worse and worse,
deceiving and being deceived. 14
But abide thou in the things which
thou hast learned and hast been
assured of, knowing of ^whom thou
hast learned them; 15 and that from
a babe thou hast known the sacred
writings which are able to make thee
wise unto salvation through faith
which is in Christ Jesus. 16 ^Every
scripture inspired of God is also
profitable for teaching, for reproof,
for correction, for ^instruction which
is in righteousness: 17 that the man
of God may be complete, furnished
completely unto every good work.
4^1 charge thee in the sight of
God, and of Christ Jesus, who
shall judge the living and the dead,
and by his appearing and his king-
dom: 2 preach the word; be urgent
in season, out of season; ^reprove,
rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering
and teaching. 3 For the time will
come when they will not endure the
i^sound ^doctrine; but, having itching
ears, will heap to themselves teach-
ers after their own lusts; 4 and will
turn away their ears from the truth,
and turn aside unto fables. 5 But
be thou sober in all things, suffer
liardship, do the work of an evangel-
' Or, stedfastness 2 Gr. what persons.
'■' Or, Every scripture is inspired of God, and profitable
■' Or, discipline
■' Or, I testify, in the sight . . . dead, both of his appear-
I'ni? b'c. " Or, bring to the proof
• Gr. healthful. ^ Or, teaching
ist, fulfil thy ministry. 6 For I am
already being ^offered, and the time
of my departure is come. 7 I have
fought the good fight, I have fin-
ished the course, I have kept the
faith: 8 henceforth there is laid up
for me the crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge,
shall give to me at that day; and
not to me only, but also to all them
that have loved his appearing.
9 Give diligence to come shortly
unto me: 10 for Demas forsook me,
having loved this present ^°world,
and went to Thessalonica; Crescens
to ^^Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
11 Only Luke is with me. Take
Mark, and bring him with thee; for
he is useful to me for ministering.
12 But Tychicus I sent to Ephesus.
13 The cloak that I left at Troas
with Carpus, bring when thou com-
est, and the books, especially the
parchments. 14 Alexander the cop-
persmith i2(lid me much evil: the
Lord will render to him according
to his works: 15 of whom do thou
also beware; for he greatly with-
stood our words. 16 At my first
defence no one took my part, but
all forsook me: may it not be laid
to their account. 17 But the Lord
stood by me, and ^strengthened me;
that through me the "message might
be fully proclaimed, and that all the
Gentiles might hear: and I was de-
livered out of the mouth of the lion.
18 The Lord will deliver me from
every evil work, and will save me unto
his heavenly kingdom: to whom be
the glory ^^for ever and ever. Amen.
19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and
the house of Onesiphorus. 20 Eras-
tus remained at Corinth: but Tror
phimus I left at Miletus sick. 21
Give diligence to come before winter.
Eubulus saluteth thee, and Pudens,
and Linus, and Claudia, and all the
brethren.
22 The Lord be with thy spirit.
Grace be with you.
9 Gr. poured out as a drink-offering. "> Or, age
" Or, Gaul 12 Gr. showed.
" Or, gave me power 1* Or, proclamation
•5 Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO
TITUS
Salutation. Qualifications of an Elder. Disorderly Teachers to be reproved
IPaul, a ^servant of God, and
an apostle of Jesus Christ,
according to the faith of God's elect,
and the knowledge of the truth which
is according to godliness, 2 in hope
of eternal life, which God, who can-
not lie, promised ^before times eter-
nal; 3 but in %is own seasons mani-
fested his word in the "^message,
wherewith I was intrusted according
to the commandment of God our
Saviour; 4 to Titus, my true child
after a common faith: Grace and
peace from God the Father and
Christ Jesus our Saviour.
5 For this cause left I thee in
Crete, that thou shouldest set in
order the things that were wanting,
and appoint elders in every city, as
I gave thee charge; 6 if any man is
blameless, the husband of one wife,
having children that believe, who
are not accused of riot or unruly.
7 For the %ishop must be blameless,
as God's steward; not self-willed,
not soon angry, ^no brawler, no
striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
8 but given to hospitality, a lover of
good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-
controlled; 9 holding to the faithful
word which is according to the
teaching, that he may be able both
to exhort in the ^sound doctrine,
and to convict the gainsay ers.
10 For there are many unruly
men, vain talkers and deceivers,
specially they of the circumcision,
II whose mouths must be stopped;
men who overthrow whole houses,
teaching things which they ought
not, for filthy lucre's sake. 12 One
* Gr. bondservant.
' Or, its
' Or, overseer
» Gr. healthful.
2 Or, long ages ago
* Or, proclamation
6 Or, not quarrelsome over wine
8 Or, teaching
of themselves, a prophet of their
own, said,
Cretans are always liars, evil
beasts, idle ^gluttons.
13 This testimony is true. For
which cause reprove them sharply,
that they may be ^^sound in the
faith, 14 not giving heed to Jewish
fables, and commandments of men
who turn away from the truth. 15
To the pure all things are pure: but
to them that are defiled and unbe-
lieving nothing is pure; but both
their mind and their conscience are
defiled. 16 They profess that they
know God; but by their works they
deny him, being abominable, and
disobedient, and unto every good
work reprobate.
2 But speak thou the things
which befit the ^sound ^doc-
trine: 2 that aged men be temper-
ate, grave, sober-minded, ^^sound
in faith, in love, in impatience: 3
that aged women likewise be reverent
in demeanor, not slanderers nor en-
slaved to much wine, teachers of
that which is good; 4 that the^^ may
train the young women to love their
husbands, to love their children, 5
to be sober-minded, chaste, w^orkers
at home, kind, being in subjection
to their own husbands, that the w^ord
of God be not blasphemed: 6 the
younger men likewise exhort to be
sober-minded: 7 in all things show-
ing thyself an ensample of good
works; in thy doctrine showing un-
corruptness, gravity, 8 sound speech,
that cannot be condemned; that he
that is of the contrary part may be
ashamed, having no evil thing to
say of us. 9 Exhort ^^servants to be
» Gr. bellies.
" Or, stedfastness
10 Gr. healthy.
" Gr. bondservants.
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Sundry further Injunctions. Directions respecting Individuals. Benediction TITUS 2.10 — 3.15
in subjection to their own masters,
and to be well-pleasing to them in
all things; not gainsaying; 10 not
purloining, but showing all good
fidelity; that they may adorn the
doctrine of God our Saviour in all
things. 11 For the grace of God
ihath appeared bringing salvation
to all men, 12 instructing us, to the
intent that, denying ungodliness
and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly and righteously and godly
in this present ^ world; 13 looking
for the blessed hope and appearing
of the glory ^of the great God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 who
gave himself for us, that he might
redeem us from all iniquity, and
purify unto himself a people for his
own possession, zealous' of good
works.
15 These things speak and exhort
and reprove with all Authority.
Let no man despise thee.
3 Put them in mind to be in
subjection to rulers, to authori-
ties, to be obedient, to be ready unto
every good work, 2 to speak evil of
no man, not to be contentious, to be
gentle, showing all meekness to-
ward all men. 3 For we also once
were foolish, disobedient, deceived,
serving divers lusts and pleasures,
living in malice and envy, hateful,
hating one another. 4 But when the
kindness of God our Saviour, and
liis love toward man, appeared, 5
not by works done in righteousness,
1 Or, hath appeared to all men, bringing salvation
2 Or, age 3 Qr, of our great God and Saviour
4 Gr. commandment.
which we did ourselves, but accord-
ing to his mercy he saved us, through
the ^washing of regeneration ^and
renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 which
he poured out upon us richly,
through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
7 that, being justified by his grace,
we might be made ^heirs according
to the hope of eternal life. 8 Faith-
ful is the saying, and concerning
these things I desire that thou affirm
confidently, to the end that they who
have believed God may be careful
to ^maintain good works. These
things are good and profitable unto
men: 9 but shun foolish question-
ings, and genealogies, and strifes,
and fightings about the law; for
they are unprofitable and vain.
10 A factious man after a first and
second admonition ^refuse; 11 know-
ing that such a one is perverted,
and sinneth, being self-condemned.
12 When I shall send Artemas
unto thee, or Tychicus, give dili-
gence to come unto me to Nicopo-
lis: for there I have determined to
winter. 13 Set forward Zenas the
lawyer and Apollos on their journey
diligently, that nothing be wanting
unto them. 14 And let our people
also learn to ^maintain good works
for necessary ^^uses, that they be not
unfruitful.
15 All that are with me salute
thee. Salute them that love us in
faith.
Grace be with you all.
6 Or, laver ® Or, and through, renewing
"i Or, heirs, according to hope, of eternal life
8 Or, profess honest occupations
9 Or, avoid ^° Or, wants
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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO
PHILEMON
Salutation. Thanksgiving for Philemon's Love and Fellowship. onesimus no longer a Servant
1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ
Jesus, and Timothy ^our brother,
to Philemon our beloved and fellow-
worker, 2 and to Apphia ^our sister,
and to Archippus our fellow-soldier,
and to the church in thy house: 3
Grace to you and peace from God
our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
4 I thank my God always, making
mention of thee in my prayers,
5 hearing of ^thy love, and of the
faith which thou hast toward the
Lord Jesus, and toward all the
saints; 6 that the fellowship of thy
faith may become effectual, in the
knowledge of every good thing which
is in ^you, unto Christ. 7 For I had
much joy and comfort in thy love,
because the hearts of the saints
have been refreshed through thee,
brother.
8 Wherefore, though I have all
boldness in . Christ to enjoin thee
that which is befitting, 9 yet for
love's sake I rather beseech, being
such a one as Paul ^the aged, and
now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:
10 I beseech thee for my child, whom
I have begotten in my bonds, ^Ones-
imus, 11 who once was unprofitable
to thee, but now is profitable to thee
and to me: 12 whom I have sent
back to thee in his own person, that
is, my very heart: 13 whom I would
fain have kept with me, that in thy
1 Gr. the brother. 2 Qr. the sister.
3 Or, thy love and faith
* Many ancient authorities read us.
5 Or, an ambassador, and now b'c.
6 The Greek word means Helpful. Comp. ver. 20 marg.
behalf he might minister unto me
in the bonds of the ^gospel: 14 but
without thy mind I would do
nothing; that thy goodness should
not be as of necessity, but of free
will. 15 For perhaps he was there-
fore parted from thee for a season,
that thou shouldest have him for
ever; 16 no longer as a ^servant, but
more than a ^servant, a brother be-
loved, specially to me, but how
much rather to thee, both in the
flesh and in the Lord. 17 If then
thou countest me a partner, receive
him as myself. 18 But if he hath
wronged thee at all, or oweth thee
aught, put that to mine account;
19 I Paul write it with mine own
hand, I will repay it: that I say not
unto thee that thou owest to me
even thine own self besides. 20 Yea,
brother, let me have ^joy of thee
in the Lord: refresh my heart in
Christ.
21 Having confidence in thine
obedience I write unto thee, know-
ing that thou wilt do even be} ond
what I say. 22 But withal prepare
me also a lodging: for I hope that
through your prayers I shall be
granted unto you.
23 Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner
in Christ Jesus, saluteth thee; 24
and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas,
Luke, my fellow- workers.
25 The grace of ^°our Lord Jesus
Christ be with your spirit. 'i^Amen.
^ Gr. good tidings. See marginal note on Mt. 4. 23.
8 Gr. bondservant.
9 Or, help Comp. ver. 10 marg.
•0 Some ancient authorities read the.
11 Many ancient authorities omit Amen.
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THE EPISTLE TO THE
HEBREWS
God's Final Word spoken through his Son, who is superior to the Angels and more to be heeded
IGod, having of old time
spoken unto the fathers in the
prophets by divers portions arid in
divers manners, 2 hath at the end
of these days spoken unto us in ^his
Son, whom he appointed heir of all
things, through whom also he made
the ^worlds; 3 who being the efful-
gence of his glory, and ^the very
image of his substance, arid up-
holding all things by the word of his
power, when he had made purifica-
tion of sins, sat down on the right
hand of the Majesty on high; 4
having become by so much better
than the angels, as he hath inherited
a more excellent name than they.
5 For unto which of the angels said
he at any time,
^Thou art my Son,
This day have I begotten thee?
and again,
^I will be to him a Father,
And he shall be to me a Son?
6 ^And when he again ^bringeth in
the firstborn into ^the world he
saith, ^And let all the angels of God
worship him. 7 And of the angels
he saith,
i^Who maketh his angels winds,
And his ministers a flame of fire:
8 but of the Son he saith,
11 i2Xhy throne, O God, is for ever
and ever;
And the sceptre of uprightness
I is the sceptre of ^^thy kingdom.
! 9 Thou hast loved righteousness,
and hated iniquity;
Therefore God, thy God, hath
anointed thee
1 Gr. a Son. 2 Gr. ages. Comp. 1 Tim. 1. 17.
2 Or, the impress of his substance * Ps. ii. 7.
5 2 S. vii. 14. 6 Or, And again, when he bringeth in
"> Or, shall have brought in » Gr. the inhabited earth.
» Dt. xxxii. 43 Sept.; comp. Ps. xcvii. 7. 'o Ps. civ. 4.
" Ps. xlv. 6 f . '2 Or, Thy throne is God for b'c.
" The two oldest Greek manuscripts read his.
With the oil of gladness above
thy fellows.
10 And,
i^Thou, Lord, in the beginning
didst lay the foundation of
the earth,
And the heavens are the w^ork?
of thy hands:
11 They shall perish; but thou con-
tinuest :
And they all shall wax old as
doth a garment;
12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll
them up.
As a garment, and they shall be
changed :
But thou art the same.
And thy years shall not fail.
13 But of which of the angels hath
he said at any time,
i^Sit thou on my right hand.
Till I make thine enemies the
footstool of thy feet?
14 Are they not all ministering
spirits, sent forth to do service for
the sake of them that shall inherit
salvation?
2 Therefore w^e ought to give
the more earnest heed to the
things that were heard, lest haply
we drift away from them, 2 For if
the word spoken through angels
proved stedfast, and every trans-
gression and disobedience received
a just recompense of reward; 3 how
shall we escape, if we neglect so
great a salvation? which having at
the first been spoken through the
Lord, was confirmed unto us by
them that heard; 4 God also bear-
ing witness with them, both by
signs and wonders, and by manifold
powers, and by ^^gifts of the Holy
Spirit, according to his own will.
" Ps. cii. 25 ff.
15 Ps. ex. 1.
'6 Gr. distributions.
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HEBREWS 2.5—3.10
His Subordination the better fits him to succor. His Superiority
5 For not unto angels did he sub-
ject ^the world to come, whereof we
speak. 6 But one hath somewhere
testified, saying,
2 What is man, that thou art
mindful of him?
Or the son of man, that thou
visitest him.?
7 Thou madest him ^a little lower
than the angels;
Thou crownedst him with glory
and honor,
^And didst set him over the works
of thy hands:
8 Thou didst put all things in sub-
jection under his feet.
For in that he subjected all things
unto him, he left nothing that is
not subject to him. But now we see
not yet all things subjected to him.
9 But we behold him who hath been
made ^a little lower than the angels,
even Jesus, because of the suffering
of death crowned with glory and
honor, that by the grace of God he
should taste of death for every man.
10 For it became him, for whom
are all things, and through whom are
all things, ^in bringing many sons
unto glory, to make the ^author of
their salvation perfect through suf-
ferings. 11 For both he that sancti-
fieth and they that are sanctified
are all of one: for which cause he is
not ashamed to call them brethren,
12 saying,
^I will declare thy name unto my
brethren.
In the midst of the ^congregation
will I sing thy praise.
13 And again, I will put my trust
in him. And again, ^Behold, I and
the children whom God hath given
me. 14 Since then the children are
sharers in ^^flesh and blood, he also
himself in like manner partook of
the same; that through death he
i^might bring to nought him that
^%ad the power of death, that is,
1 Gr. the inhabited earth. - Ps. viii. 4 ff.
3 Or, for a little while lower
* Many authorities omit And didst . . . hands.
6 Or, having brought « Or, captain
7 Ps. xxii. 22. 8 Or, church
» Is. viii. 17 f. 1" Gr. blood and flesh Eph. 6. 12.
" Or, may '^ Or, hath
the devil; 15 and ^^might deliver all
them who through fear of death
were all their lifetime subject to
bondage. 16 ^^For verily not to
angels doth he give help, but he
giveth help to the seed of Abraham.
17 Wherefore it behooved him in all
things to be made like unto his
brethren, that he might become a
merciful and faithful high priest in
things pertaining to God, to make
propitiation for the sins of the
people. 18 ^^For ^^in that he himself
hath suffered being tempted, he is
able to succor them that are
tempted.
3 Wherefore, holy brethren,
partakers of a heavenly calling,
consider the Apostle and High Priest
of our confession, even Jesus; 2 who
was faithful to him that ^^appointed
him, as also was Moses in all ^^his
house. 3 For he hath been counted
worthy of more glory than Moses,
by so much as he that ^^uilt the
house hath more honor than the
house. 4 For every house is
^^uilded by some one; but he that
i%uilt all things is God. 5 And
Moses indeed was faithful in all
i^his house as a servant, for a testi-
mony of those things which were
afterward to be spoken; 6 but
Christ as a son, over ^^his house;
whose house are we, if we hold fast
our boldness and the glorying of our
hope firm unto the end. 7 W'here-
fore, even as the Holy Spirit saith,
i^To-day if ye shall hear his voice,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in
the provocation.
Like as in the day of the trial
in the wilderness,
9 2oW^here your fathers tried me by
proving me,
And saw my works forty years.
10 Wherefore I was displeased with
this generation,
'3 Gr. For verilv not of angels doth he take hold, but he
taketh hold of &'c. Comp. Is. 41. 9; Ecclus. 4. 11; ch. 8. 9
(in the Gr.).
" Or. For having been himself tempted in that vhrrriv hr
hath suffered
's Or, wherein ^6 Gr. made.
" That is, God's house. See Num. 12. 7.
18 Or, established " Ps. xcv. 7 ff.
20 Or, Wherewith
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Only Believers enter into his Promised Rest. High Priest made perfect HEBREWS 3. 11 — 4. 16
And said, They do always err in
their heart:
But they did not know my ways;
11 ^As I sware in my wrath,
^They shall not enter into my
rest.
12 Take heed, brethren, lest haply
there shall be in any one of you an
evil heart of unbelief, in falling
away from the living God: 13 but
exhort one another day by day, so
long as it is called To-day; lest any
one of you be hardened by the de-
ceitfulness of sin: 14 for we are be-
come partakers ^of Christ, if we hold
fast the beginning of our confidence
firm unto the end: 15 while it is
said,
^To-day if ye shall hear his voice.
Harden not your hearts, as in
the provocation.
16 For who, when they heard, did
provoke.^ nay, did not all they that
came out of Egypt by Moses .^ 17
And with whom was he displeased
forty years? was it not with them
that sinned, whose bodies fell in the
wilderness? 18 And to whom sware
he that they should not enter into
his rest, but to them that were dis-
obedient? 19 And we see that they
were not able to enter in because of
unbelief.
4 Let us fear therefore, lest
haply, a promise being left of
entering into his rest, any one of
you should seem to have come short
of it. 2 For indeed we have had
^good tidings preached unto us, even
as also they : but the word of hearing
did not profit them, because ^it was
not united by faith with them that
heard. 3 ^For we who have believed
do enter into that rest; even as he
hath said,
^ ^As I sware in my wrath,
^They shall not enter into my rest :
although the works were finished
from the foundation of the world.
1 Or, So 2 Gr. // they shall enter.
3 Or, with Comp. ch. 1. 9; ver. 6.
* Ps. xcv. 7 f.
* Gr. limbs. ^ Or, a gospel
' Many ancient authorities read they were.
8 Some ancient authorities read We therefore.
»Ps. xcv. 11.
4 For he hath said somewhere of the
seventh day on this wise, ^^And God
rested on the seventh day from all
his works; 5 and in this place again,
2 9 They shall not enter into my
rest.
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that
some should enter thereinto, and
they to whom ^Hhe good tidings
were before preached failed to enter
in because of disobedience, 7 he
again defineth a certain day. To-day,
saying in David so long a time after-
ward (even as hath been said before) ,
''To-day if ye shall hear his voice,
Harden not your hearts.
8 For if i^Joshua had given them
rest, he would not have spoken after-
ward of another day. 9 There re-
maineth therefore a sabbath rest for
the people of God. 10 For he that
is entered into his rest hath himself
also rested from his works, as God
did from his. 11 Let us therefore
give diligence to enter into that rest,
that no man fall ^^after the same
example of disobedience. 12 For
the word of God is living, and active,
and sharper than any two-edged
sword, and piercing even to the
dividing of soul and spirit, of both
joints and marrow, and quick to
discern the thoughts and intents of
the heart. 13 And there is no crea-
ture that is not manifest in his sight :
but all things are naked and laid
open before the eyes of him with
whom we have to do.
14 Having then a great high
priest, who hath passed .through the
heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let
us hold fast our confession. 15 For
we have not a high priest that cannot
be touched with the feeling of our
infirmities; but one that hath been
in all points tempted like as we are,
yet without sin. 16 Let us there-
fore draw near with boldness unto
the throne of grace, that we may
receive mercy, and may find grace
to help us in time of need.
10 Gen. ii. 2.
11 Or, the gospel was
12 Gr. Jesus. Comp. Acts 7. 45.
13 Or, into Gr. in.
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HEBREWS 5.1—6.14
5 For every ■ high priest, being
taken from among men, is ap-
pointed for men in things pertaining
to God, that he may offer both gifts
and sacrifices for sins: 2 who can
bear gently with the ignorant and
erring, for that he himself also is
compassed with infirmity; 3 and
by reason thereof is bound, as for
the people, so also for himself, to
offer for sins. 4 And no man taketh
the honor unto himself, but when
he is called of God, even as was
Aaron. 5 So Christ also glorified
not himself to be made a high priest,
but he that spake unto him,
^Thou art my Son,
This day have I begotten thee:
6 as he saith also in another place,
^Thou art a priest for ever
After the order of Melchizedek.
7 Who in the days of his flesh,
having offered up prayers and sup-
plications with strong crj^ing and
tears unto him that was able to save
him 3from death, and having been
heard for his godly fear, 8 though he
was a Son, yet learned obedience by
the things which he suffered; 9 and
having been made perfect, he be-
came unto all them that obey him
the %uthor of eternal salvation;
10 named of God a high priest after
the order of Melchizedek.
11 Of ^whom we have many
things to say, and hard of inter-
pretation, seeing ye are become dull
of hearing. 12 For when by reason
of the time ye ought to be teachers,
ye have need again ^that some one
teach you the rudiments of the ^first
principles of the oracles of God; and
are become such as have need of
milk, and not of solid food. 13 For
every one that partaketh of milk is
^without experience of the word of
righteousness; for he is a babe.
14 But solid food is for ^fullgrown
men, even those who by reason of
use have their senses exercised to
discern good and evil.
3 Or, out of
Press on unto Perfection." God's Immutable Oath
6
W^herefore leaving ^''the doc-
trine of the first principles of
Christ, let us press on unto ^^per-
fection; not laying again a founda-
tion of repentance from dead works,
and of faith toward God, 2 ^^of the
teaching of ^''baptisms, and of laying
on of hands, and of resurrection of
the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3 And this will we do, if God permit.
4 For as touching those who were
once enlightened ^%nd tasted of the
heavenly gift, and were made par-
takers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and
i^tasted the good word of God, and
the powers of the age to come, 6 and
then fell away, it is impossible to
renew them again unto repentance;
^^seeing they crucify to themselves
the Son of God afresh, and put him
to an open shame. 7 For the land
which hath drunk the rain that
cometh oft upon it, and bringeth
forth herbs meet for them for whose
sake it is also tilled, receiveth bless-
ing from God: 8 but if it beareth
thorns and thistles, it is rejected and
nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be
burned.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded
better things of you, and things
that i^accompany salvation, though
we thus speak: 10 for God is not un-
righteous to forget your work and
the love which ye showed toward
his name, in that ye ministered unto
the saints, and still do minister.
11 And we desire that each one of
you may show the same diligence
unto the i^fulness of hope even to
the end: 12 that ye be not slug-
gish, but imitators of them who
through faith and patience inherit
the promises.
13 For when God made promise to
Abraham, since he could swear by
none greater, he sware by himself,
14 saying, ^^Surely blessing I will
1 Ps. ii. 7. 2 Ps. ex. 4.
* Gr. cause. " Or, which
8 Or, that one teach you which are the rudiments
' Gr. beginning. 8 Or, inexperienced in
» Or, perfect
10 Gr. the word of the beginning of Christ.
11 Or, full growth
12 Some ancient authorities read, even the teaching of.
13 Or, washings
" Or, having both tasted of . . . and being made . .
and having tasted b'c.
I 1* Or, tasted the word of God that it is good
16 Or, the while " Or, belong to
I ^» Or, full assur a tue '9 Gen. xxii. !(> f.
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Jesus a High Priest after Melchizedek's Order
HEBREWS 6.15—7.23
bless thee, and multiplying I will
multiply thee. 15 And thus, having
patiently endured, he obtained the
promise. 16 For men swear by the
greater: and in every dispute of
theirs the oath is final for confirma-
tion. 17 Wherein God, being minded
to show more abundantly unto the
heirs of the promise the immutabil-
ity of his counsel, ^interposed with
an oath; 18 that by two immu-
table things, in which it is impos-
sible for God to lie, we may have a
strong encouragement, who have
fled for refuge to lay hold of the
hope set before us: 19 which we
have as an anchor of the soul, a
hope both sure and stedfast and
entering into that which is within
the veil; 20 whither as a fore-
runner Jesus entered for us, having
become a high priest for ever after
the order of Melchizedek.
7 For this Melchizedek, king
of Salem, priest of God Most
High, who met Abraham returning
from the slaughter of the kings and
blessed him, 2 to whom also Abra-
ham divided a tenth part of all
(being first, by interpretation. King
of righteousness, and then also
King of Salem, which is. King of
peace; 3 without father, without
mother, without genealogy, having
neither beginning of days nor end of
life, but made like unto the Son of
God), abideth a priest continually.
4 Now consider how great this
man was, unto whom Abraham, the
patriarch, gave a tenth out of the
chief spoils. 5 x\nd they indeed of
the sons of Levi that receive the
priest's office have commandment
to take tithes of the people accord-
ing to the law, that is, of their
brethren, though these have come
out of the loins of Abraham: 6 but
he whose genealogy is not counted
from them hath taken tithes of
Abraham, and hath blessed him
that hath the promises. 7 But with-
out any dispute the less is blessed
of the better. 8 And here men that
* Gr. mediated.
die receive tithes; but there one, of
whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
9 And, so to say, through Abraham
even Levi, who receiveth tithes,
hath paid tithes; 10 for he was yet
in the loins of his father, when
Melchizedek met him.
11 Now if there was perfection
through the Levitical priesthood
(for under it hath the people re-
ceived the law), what further need
tvas there that another priest should
arise after the order of Melchizedek,
and not be reckoned after the order
of Aaron.? 12 For the priesthood
being changed, there is made of
necessity a change also of the law.
13 For he of whom these things are
said ^belongeth to another tribe,
from which no man hath given
attendance at the altar. 14 For it
is evident that our Lord hath sprung
out of Judah; as to which tribe
Moses spake nothing concerning
priests. 15 And what we say is j^et
more abundantly evident, if after
the likeness of Melchizedek there
ariseth another priest, 16 who hath
been made, not after the law of a
carnal commandment, but after the
power of an Endless life: 17 for it
is witnessed of him,
^Thou art a priest for ever
After the order of Melchizedek.
18 For there is a disannulling of a
foregoing commandment because of
its weakness and unprofitableness
19 (for the law made nothing per-
fect) , and a bringing in thereupon of
a better hope, through which we
draw nigh unto God. 20 And inas-
much as it is not without the taking
of an oath 21 (for they indeed have
been made priests without an oath;
but he with an oath %y him that
saith ^of him,
^The Lord sware and will not
repent himself,
Thou art a priest for ever);
22 by so much also hath Jesus be-
come the surety of a better cove-
nant. 23 And thev indeed have
2 Gr. hath partaken of. See ch. 2. 14.
3 Gr. indissoluble. ■• Ps. ex. 4.
5 Or, through
* Or, unto
7 Ps. ex. 4.
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HEBREWS 7.24 9.2 ordinances of the Former Covenant unable to perfect the Worshipper,
been made priests many in number,
because that by death they are
hindered from continuing: 24 but he,
because he abideth for ever, ^hath
his priesthood ^unchangeable. 25
Wherefore also he is able to save
^to the uttermost them that draw
near unto God through him, seeing
he ever liveth to make intercession
for them.
26 For such a high priest became
us, holy, guileless, undefiled, sep-
arated from sinners, and made
higher than the heavens; 27 who
needeth not daily, like those high
priests, to offer up sacrifices, first
for his own sins, and then for the
sins of the people: for this he did
once for all, when he offered up
himself. 28 For the law appointeth
men high priests, having infirmity;
but the word of the oath, which was
after the law, appointeth a Son,
perfected for evermore.
8^Now ^in the things which
we are saying the chief point
is this: We have such a high priest,
who sat down on the right hand of
the throne of the Majesty in the
heavens, 2 a minister of ^the sanc-
tuary, and of the true tabernacle,
which the Lord pitched, not man.
3 For every high priest is appointed
to offer both gifts and sacrifices:
wherefore it is necessary that this
high priest also have somewhat to
offer. 4 Now if he were on earth,
he would not be a priest at all,
seeing there are those who offer the
gifts according to the law; 5 who
serve that which is a copy and
shadow of the heavenly things, even
as Moses is warned of God when he
is about to ^make the tabernacle:
for, ^See, saith he, that thou make
all things according to the pattern
that was showed thee in the mount.
6 But now hath he obtained a min-
istry the more excellent, by so much
as he is also the mediator of a better
covenant, which hath been enacted
' Or, hath a priesthood that doth not pass to another
2 Or, inviolable . 3 Gr. completely.
* Or, Now to sum up what we are saying: We have b'c.
6 Gr. upon. « Or, holy things
'' Or, complete s Ex. xxv. 40.
upon better promises. 7 For if that
first covenant had been faultless,
then would no place have been
sought for a second. 8 For Ending
fault with them, he saith,
i^Behold, the days come, saith
the Lord,
That ^^I will make a new cove-
nant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah;
9 Not according to the covenant
that I made wdth their fathers
In the day that I took them by
the hand to lead them forth
out of the land of Egypt;
For they continued not in my
covenant.
And I regarded them not, saith
the Lord.
10 For this is the covenant that
^^I will make with the house of
Israel
After those days, saith the Lord;
I will put my laws into their
mind,
And on their heart also will I
write them:
And I will be to them a God,
And they shall be to me a people :
11 And they shall not teach every
man his fellow-citizen.
And every man his brother, say-
ing. Know the Lord:
For all shall know me,
From the least to the greatest
of them.
12 For I will be merciful to their
iniquities,
And their sins will I remember
no more.
13 In that he saith, A new covenant,
he hath made the first old. But
that which is becoming old and
waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing
away.
9 Now even the first covenant
had ordinances of divine ser-
vice, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary
of this world. 2 For there was a
tabernacle prepared, the first, where-
in ^^were the candlestick, and the
! 9 Some ancient authorities read finding fault with it, ht
\ saith unto them &'c.
10 Jer. xxxi. 31 ff. i» Gr. accomplish.
'2 Gr. / will covenant.
' 13 Or, are
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but Christ has obtained Eternal Redemption, having put away Sin
HEBREWS 9.3—9.26
table, and ^the showbread; which is
called the Holy place. 3 And after
the second veil, the tabernacle which
is called the Holy of holies ; 4 having
a golden ^altar of incense, and the
f ark of the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein ^was a
golden pot holding the manna, and
Aaron's rod that budded, and the
tables of the covenant; 5 and above
it cherubim of glory overshadowing
^the mercy -seat; of which things
we cannot now speak severally.
6 Now these things having been
thus prepared, the priests go in
continually into the first tabernacle,
accomplishing the services; 7 but
into the second the high priest alone,
once in the year, not without blood,
which he offereth for himself, and
for the ^errors of the people: 8 the
Holy Spirit this signifying, that the
way into the holy place hath not
yet been made manifest, while the
first tabernacle is yet standing; 9
which is a figure for the time present;
according to which are offered both
gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as
touching the conscience, make the
worshipper perfect, 10 being only
(with meats and drinks and divers
washings) carnal ordinances, im-
posed until a time of reformation.
11 But Christ having come a high
priest of ^the good things to come,
through the greater and more per-
fect tabernacle, not made with
hands, that is to say, not of this
creation, 12 nor yet through the
blood of goats and calves, but
through his own blood, entered in
once for all into the holy place,
having obtained eternal redemption.
13 For if the blood of goats and bulls,
and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling
them that have been defiled, sanctify
unto the cleanness of the flesh: 14
how much more shall the blood
of Christ, who through ^the eternal
Spirit offered himself without blem-
1 Gr. the selling forlh of Ihe loaves.
2 Or, censer 2 Chr. 26. 19; Ezek. 8. 11. 3 Qr, is
* Gr. Ihe propitialory. * Gr. ignorances. Ecclus. 23. 2 f .
« Some ancient authorities read the good things that are
come.
7 Or, his eternal spirit
249
ish unto God, cleanse ^your con-
science from dead works to serve the
living God.^ 15 And for this cause
he is the mediator of a new ^cove-
nant, that a death having taken
place for the redemption of the
transgressions that were under the
first ^covenant, they that have been
called may receive the promise of
the eternal inheritance. 16 For
where a ^testament is, there must of
necessity ^'^be the death of him that
made it. 17 For a ^testament is of
force ^^ where there hath been death :
i2for it doth never avail while he that
made it liveth. 18 Wherefore even
the first covenant hath not been ded-
icated without blood. 19 For when
every commandment had been spok-
en by Moses unto all the people
according to the law, he took the
blood of the calves and the goats,
with water and scarlet wool and
hyssop, and sprinkled both the book
itself and all the people, 20 saying,
i^This is the blood of the ^covenant
which God commanded to you-
ward. 21 Moreover the tabernacle
and all the vessels of the ministry
he sprinkled in like manner with the
blood. 22 And according to the
law, I may almost say, all things are
cleansed with blood, and apart from
shedding of blood there is no remis-
sion.
23 It was necessary therefore
that the copies of the things in the
heavens should be cleansed with
these; but the heavenly things
themselves with better sacrifices
than these. 24 For Christ entered
not into a holy place made with
hands, like in pattern to the true;
but into heaven itself, now to appear
before the face of God for us: 25
nor yet that he should offer himself
often, as the high priest entereth
into the holy place year by year
with blood not his own ; 26 else must
he often have suffered since the
8 Many ancient authorities read our.
9 The Greek word here used signifies both covenant and
ieslament.
10 Gr. be brought. " Gr. ever the dead.
^"^ Or, for doth it ever . . . liveth?
13 Ex. xxiv. 8.
HEBREWS 9.27—10.27
foundation of the world: but now
once at the ^end of the ages hath
he been manifested to put away sin
2by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And
inasmuch as it is Appointed unto
men once to die, and after this
cometh judgment; 28 so Christ also,
having been once offered to bear the
sins of many, shall appear a second
time, apart from sin, to them that
wait for him, unto salvation.
-I r\ For the law having a
1 v/ shadow of the good things
to come, not the very image of the
things, ^can never with the same
sacrifices year by year, which they
offer continually, make perfect them
that draw nigh. 2 Else would they
not have ceased to be offered? be-
cause the worshippers, having been
once cleansed, would have had no
more consciousness of sins. 3 But
in those sacrifices there is a remem-
brance made of sins year by year.
4 For it is impossible that the blood
of bulls and goats should take away
sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh
into the world, he saith,
^Sacrifice and offering thou would-
est not.
But a body didst thou prepare
for me;
6 In whole burnt offerings and
sacrifices for sin thou hadst no
pleasure :
7 Then said I, Lo, I am come
(In the roll of the book it is
written of me)
To do thy will, O God.
8 Saying above, Sacrifices and offer-
ings and whole burnt offerings and
sacrifices for sin thou wouldest not,
neither hadst pleasure therein (the
which are offered according to the
law), 9 then hath he said, Lo, I am
come to do thy will. He taketh
away the first, that he may estab-
lish the second. 10 ^By which will
we have been sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ
once for all. 11 And every Spriest
1 Or, consummation 2 Or, by his sacrifice
3 Gr, laid up for. Col. 1. o; 2 Tim. 4. 8.
* Many ancient authorities read they can.
5 Ps. xl. 6 ff. 8 Or. In
' Some ancient authorities read hinh priest.
Let us draw near with a True Heart
indeed standeth day by day minis-
tering and offering oftentimes the
same sacrifices, the which can never
take away sins: 12 but he, when
he had offered one sacrifice for^sins
for ever, sat down on the right hand
of God; 13 henceforth expecting
till his enemies be made the foot-
stool of his feet. 14 For by one
offering he hath perfected for ever
them that are sanctified. 15 And
the Holy Spirit also beareth witness
to us; for after he hath said,
16 ^This is the covenant that ^^I
will make with them
After those days, saith the Lord:
' I will put my laws on their heart.
And upon their mind also will I
write them;
then saith he,
17 And their sins and their iniq-
uities will I remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these is,
there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brethren,
boldness to enter into the holy
place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by
the way which he dedicated for us,
a new and living way, through the
veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 and
having a great priest over the house
of God; 22 let us draw near with a
true heart in ^^fulness of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil
i^conscience : and having our body
washed with pure water, 23 let us
hold fast the confession of our hope
that it waver not; for he is faith-
ful that promised: 24 and let us
consider one another to provoke
unto love and good works; 25 not
forsaking our own assembling to-
gether, as the custom of some is, but
exhorting one another; and so much
the more, as ye see the day drawing
nigh.
26 For if we sin wilfully after
that we have received the knowledge
of the truth, there remaineth no
more a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a
certain fearful expectation of judg-
8 Or, sins, for ever sat down b'c.
» Jar. xxxi. 33 f.
10 Gr. / will coveimnt. " Or. full assurame
12 Or, conscience, and our body washed with pure walci
let us hold fast
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Recall former Constancy. Faith defined and its Triumphs set forth HEBREWS 10.28 11.11
ment, and a ^fierceness of fire which
shall devour the adversaries. 28 A
man that hath set at nought Moses'
law flieth without compassion on
the word of two or three witnesses:
29 of how much sorer punishment,
think ye, shall he be judged worthy,
who hath trodden under foot the
Son of God, and hath counted the
blood of the covenant wherewith he
was sanctified ^an unholy thing, and
hath done despite unto the Spirit
of grace? 30 For we know him that
said, ^Vengeance belongeth unto
me, I will recompense. And again,
'^The Lord shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into
the hands of the living God.
32 But call to remembrance the
former days, in which, after ye were
enlightened, ye endured a great
conflict of sufferings; 33 partly,
being made a gazingstock both by
reproaches and afflictions ; and part-
ly, becoming partakers with them
that were so used. 34 For ye both
had compassion on them that were
in bonds, and took joyfully the
spoiling of your possessions, know-
ing that ^ye have for yourselves a
better possession and an abiding
one. 35 Cast not away therefore
your boldness, which hath great
recompense of reward. 36 For ye
have need of "^patience, that, having
done the will of God, ye may re-
ceive the promise.
37 ^For 3^et a very little while.
He that cometh shall come, and
shall not tarry.
38 But ^my righteous one shall live
by faith:
And if he shrink back, my soul
hath no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not ^of them that
shrink back unto perdition; but of
them that have faith unto the
i^saving of the soul.
1 Or, jealousy 2 Q^. a common thing.
» Dt. xxxii. 35. < Dt. xxxii. 36.
6 Many ancient authorities read ye have your own selves
for a belter possession b'c. Comp. Lk. 9. 25; 21. 19.
« Or, stedfastness
7 Hab. ii. 3 f.
8 Some ancient authorities read the righteous one.
• Gr. of shrinking back . . . but of faith.
w Or, gaining
Ii Now faith is ^^assurance
1 of things *hoped for, a ^^con-
viction of things not seen. 2 For
therein the elders had witness borne
to them. 3 By faith we understand
that the ^^worlds have been framed
by the word of God, so that what is
seen hath not been made out of
things which appear. 4 By faith
Abel offered unto God a more ex-
cellent sacrifice than Cain, through
which he had witness borne to him
that he was righteous, ^^God bearing
witness ^^in respect of his gifts: and
through it he being dead yet speak-
eth. 5 By faith Enoch was trans-
lated that he should not see death;
and he was not found, because God
translated him: ^^or he hath had
witness borne to him that before his
translation he had been well-pleas-
ing unto God: 6 and without faith
it is impossible to be well-pleasing
unto him; for he that cometh to
God must believe that he is, and
that he is a rewarder of them that
seek after him. 7 By faith Noah,
being warned of God concerning
things not seen as yet, moved with
godly fear, prepared an ark to the
saving of his house; through which
he condemned the world, and be-
came heir of the righteousness which
is according to faith. 8 By faith
Abraham, when he was called,
obeyed to go out unto a place which
he was to receive for an inheritance;
and he "went out, not knowing whith-
er he went. 9 By faith he became
a sojourner in the land of promise,
as in a land not his own, indwelling
in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the
heirs with him of the same promise:
10 for he looked for the city which
hath the foundations, whose ^^uilder
and maker is God. 11 By faith even
Sarah herself received power to con-
ceive seed when she was past age,
since she counted him faithful who
11 Or, the giving substance to " Or, test
13 Gr. ages. Comp. 1 Tim. 1. 17 marg.
1* The Greek text in this clause is some what uncertain.
" Or, over his gifts.
i« Or, for before his translation he hath had witness borne
to him that he b'c.
" Or, having taken up his abode in tents
i^Or, architect
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HEBREWS 11.12—11.39
Past Triumphs should be Present Incitements
had promised: 12 wherefore also
there sprang of one, and him as good
as dead, so many as the stars of
heaven in multitude, and as the
sand, which is by the sea-shore,
innumerable.
13 These all died % faith, not
having received the promises, but
having seen them and greeted them
from afar, and having confessed
that they were strangers and pil-
grims on the earth. 14 For they
that say such things make it mani-
fest that they are seeking after a
country of their own. 15 And if
indeed they had been mindful of
that country from which they went
out, they would have had oppor-
tunity to return. 16 But now they
desire a better country^ that is, a
heavenly: wherefore God is not
ashamed of them, to be called their
God; for he hath prepared for
them a city.
17 By faith Abraham, being tried,
^offered up Isaac: yea, he that had
gladly received the promises was
offering up his only begotten son;
18 even he ^to whom it was said,
€n Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19 accounting that God is able to
raise up, even from the dead; from
whence he did also in a figure re-
ceive him back. 20 By faith Isaac
blessed Jacob and Esau, even con-
cerning things to come. 21 By faith
Jacob, when he was dying, blessed
each of the sons of Joseph; and wor-
shipped, leaning upon the top of his
staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when
his end was nigh, made mention of
the departure of the children of
Israel; and gave commandment
concerning his bones. 23 By faith
Moses, when he was born, was hid
three months by his parents, be-
cause they saw he was a goodly
child; and they were not afraid of
the king's commandment. 24 By
faith Moses, when he was grown up,
refused to be called the son of
Pharaoh's daughter; 25 choosing
1 Gr. according to.
s Or, of
' Gr. hath offered up.
« Gen. xxi. 12.
rather to share ill treatment with
the people of God, than to enjoy
the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 accounting the reproach of Christ
greater riches than the treasures of
Egypt: for he looked unto the
recompense of reward. 27 By faith
he forsook Egypt, not fearing the
wrath of the king: for he endured,
as seeing him who is invisible. 28
By faith he ^kept the passover, and
the sprinkling of the blood, that the
destroyer of the firstborn should
not touch them. 29 By faith they
passed through the Red sea as by
dry land: which the Egyptians
assaying to do were swallowed up.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell
down, after they had been compassed
about for seven days. 31 By faith
Rahab the harlot perished not with
them that were disobedient, having
received the spies with peace.
32 And what shall I more say?
for the time will fail me if I tell of
Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah;
of David and Samuel and the proph-
ets: 33 who through faith subdued
kingdoms, wrought righteousness, ob-
tained promises, stopped the mouths
of lions, 34 quenched the power of
fire, escaped the edge of the sword,
from weakness were made strong,
waxed mighty in war, turned to
flight armies of aliens. 35 Women
received their dead by a resurrec-
tion: and others were ^tortured, not
accepting ^their deliverance; that
they might obtain a better resur-
rection: 36 and others had trial of
mockings and scourgings, yea, more-
over of bonds and imprisonment:
37 they were stoned, they were
sawn asunder, they were tempted,
they were slain with the sword : they
went about in sheepskins, in goat-
skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-
treated 38 (of whom the world was
not worth}^), wandering in deserts
and mountains and caves, and the
holes of the earth. 39 And these all.
having had witness borne to them
5 Or. the Christ Comp. 1 Cor. 10. 4.
6 Or, instituted Gr. hath made.
7 Or, beaten to death * Gr. the redemption.
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Heavenly Father's Chastening Fruitful. Warning from Esau's Case HEBREWS 1 1 .40 — 12.23
through their faith, received not
the promise, 40 God having ^pro-
vided some better thing concerning
us, that apart from us they should
not be made perfect.
't Q Therefore let us also, see-
1 Jm^ ing we are compassed about
with so great a cloud of witnesses,
lay aside every ^weight, and the
sin which ^doth so easily beset us,
and let us run with ^patience the
race that is set before us, 2 looking
unto Jesus the ^author and per-
fect er of our faith, who for the joy
that was set before him endured
the cross, despising shame, and hath
sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God. 3 For consider him
that hath endured such gainsaying
of sinners against himself, that ye
wax not weary, fainting in your
souls. 4 Ye have not yet resisted
unto blood, striving against sin:
5 and ye have forgotten the exhorta-
tion which reasoneth with you as
with sons,
^My son, regard not lightly the
chastening of the Lord,
Nor faint when thou art reproved
of him;
6 For whom the Lord loveth he
chasteneth,
And scourgeth every son whom
he receiveth.
7 ^It is for chastening that ye en-
dure; God dealeth with you as with
sons; for what son is there whom
his father chasteneth not.^^ 8 But
if ye are without chastening, whereof
all have been made partakers, then
are ye bastards, and not sons. 9
Furthermore, we had the fathers of
our flesh to chasten us, and we gave
them reverence: shall we not much
rather be in subjection unto the
Father of ^spirits, and live.^^ 10 For
they indeed for a few days chastened
us as seemed good to them; but he
for our profit, that we may be
partakers of his holiness. 11 All
* Or, foreseen 2 Qr, encumbrance
3 Or, doth closely cling to us Or, is admired of many
< Or, stedfastness 5 Or, captain
8 Many ancient authorities read themselves. Comp.
Num. 16. 38. 7 Prov. iii. 11 f.
* Or, Endure unto chastening 9 Or, our spirits
chastening seemeth for the present
to be not joyous but grievous; yet
afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit
unto them that have been exercised
thereby, even the fruit of righteous-
ness. 12 Wherefore ^*^lift up the
hands that hang down, and the
palsied knees; 13 and make straight
paths for your feet, that that which
is lame be not ^^turned out of the
way, but rather be healed.
14 Follow after peace with all
men, and the sanctification without
which no man shall see the Lord:
15 looking carefully ^^lest there he
any man that ^^falleth short of the
grace of God; lest any root of bitter-
ness springing up trouble you, and
thereby the many be defiled; 16
Idlest there he any fornicator, or pro-
fane person, as Esau, who for one
mess of meat sold his own birth-
right. 17 For ye know that even
when he afterward desired to in-
herit the blessing, he was ^^rejected;
for he found no place for a change of
mind in his father, though he sought
it diligently with tears.
18 For ye are not come unto ^^a
mount that might be touched, and
that burned with fire, and unto
blackness, and darkness, and tem-
pest, 19 and the sound of a trumpet,
and the voice of words; which voice
they that heard entreated that no
word more should be spoken unto
them; 20 for they could not endure
that which was enjoined, ^^If even
a beast touch the mountain, it shall
be stoned; 21 and so fearful was the
appearance, that Moses said, ^''I ex-
ceedingly fear and quake : 22 but ye
are come unto mount Zion, and
unto the city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem, ^^nd to ^^innu-
merable hosts of angels, 23 to the
general assembly and church of the
firstborn who are enrolled in heaven,
10 Gr. make straight. " Or, put out of joint
12 Or, whether i^ Or, falleih back from
» Or, rejected {for he found no place of repentance), b'c.
Or, rejected; for ... of repentance bfc. Comp. ch. 6. 6;
2 Esdr. 9. 11; Wisd. 12. 10.
15 Or, a palpable and kindled fire
16 Ex. xix. 12 f. " Dt. ix. 19.
18 Or, and to innumerable hosts, the general assembly of
angels, and the church b'c. i» Gr. myriads of angels.
4i
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HEBREWS 12.24 13.21 The christian's Privileges. Prayers and other Matters Personal
and to God the Judge of all, and to
the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 and to Jesus the mediator of a
new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling that speaketh better ^than
that of Abel. 25 See that ye refuse
not him that speaketh. For if they
escaped not when they refused him
that warned them on earth, much
more shall not we escape who turn
away from him ^that warneth from
heaven: 26 whose voice then shook
the earth : but now he hath promised,
saying, ^Yet once more will I make
to tremble not the earth only, but
also the heaven. 27 And this word.
Yet once more, signifieth the remov-
ing of those things that are shaken,
as of things that have been made,
that those things which are not
shaken may remain. 28 Wherefore,
receiving a kingdom that cannot be
shaken, let us have ''grace, whereby
we may offer service well-pleasing
to God with ^reverence and awe:
29 for our God is a consuming fire.
"1 Q Let love of the brethren
1 0 continue. 2 Forget not to
show love unto strangers: for there-
by some have entertained angels
unawares. 3 Remember them that
are in bonds, as bound with them;
them that are ill-treated, as being
yourselves also in the body. 4 Let
marriage be had in honor among
all, and let the bed be undefiled: for
fornicators and adulterers God will
judge. 5 ^Be ye free from the love
of money; content with such things
as ye have: for himself hath said,
^I will in no wise fail thee, neither
will I in any wise forsake thee. 6 So
that with good courage we say,
^The Lord is my helper; I will
not fear :
What shall man do unto me.^
7 Remember them that had the
rule over you, men that spake unto
you the word of God; and con-
sidering the issue of their ^life,
I Or, than Abel « Or, that is from. heaven
8 Hag. ii. 6. * Or, thankfulness Comp. 1 Cor. 10. 30.
8 Or, godly fear Comp. ch. 5. 7.
" Gr. Let your turn of mind be free.
' Dt. xxxi. 6; Josh. i. 5. » Ps. cxviii. 6.
' Gr. manner of life.
imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ
is the same yesterday and to-day,
yea and ^^or ever. 9 Be not carried
away by divers and strange teach-
ings: for it is good that the heart be
established by grace; not by meats,
wherein they that ^^occupied them-
selves were not profited. 10 We
have an altar, whereof they have no
right to eat that serve the taber-
nacle. 11 For the bodies of those
beasts whose blood is brought into
the holy place ^^by the high priest
as an offering for sin, are burned
without the camp. 12 Wherefore
Jesus also, that he might sanctify
the people through his own blood,
suffered without the gate. 13 Let
us therefore go forth unto him with-
out the camp, bearing his reproach.
14 For we have not here an abiding
city, but we seek after the city which
is to come. 15 Through him ^Hhen
let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to
God continually, that is, the fruit of
lips which make confession to his
name. 16 But to do good and to
communicate forget not: for witli
such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17 Obey them that have the rule
over you, and submit to them: for
they watch in behalf of your souls,
as they that shall give account;
that they may do this with joy, and
not with i^grief: for this were un-
profitable for you.
18 Pray for us: for we are per-
suaded that we have a good con-
science, desiring to live honorably
in all things. 19 And I exhort yon
the more exceedingly to do this,
that I may be restored to you the
sooner.
20 Now the God of peace, who
brought again from the dead the
great shepherd of the sheep ^^with
the blood of an eternal covenant,
even our Lord Jesus, 21 make you
perfect in every good ^^thing to do
his will, working in ^^us that which
is well-pleasing in his sight, tlu-ough
1" Gr. unto the ages.
" Gr. walked. 12 Gr. through.
" Some ancient authorities omit then. '* Gr. groaning.
15 Or, by Gr. in. '« Many ancient authorities read ivork.
" Many ancient authorities read you.
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Salutation.
Benediction
Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory
ifor ever and ever. Amen.
22 But I exhort you, brethren,
bear with the word of exhortation:
for I have written unto you in
few words. 23 Know ye that our
1 Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
HEBREWS 13.22—13.25
brother Timothy hath been set at
hberty; with whom, if he come
shortly, I will see you.
24 Salute all them that have the
rule over you, and all the saints.
^They of Italy salute you.
25 Grace be with you all. Amen.
2 Or, The brethren from b-c.
THE EPISTLE OF
JAMES
Address and Greeting. Pray in Faith. Rejoice in Lowliness. Temptation not from God
1
1 James, a ^servant of God
and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
to the twelve tribes which are of the
Dispersion, ^greeting.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren,
when ye fall into manifold ^tempta-
tions; 3 knowing that the proving
of your faith worketh ^patience.
4 And let ^patience have its perfect
work, that ye may be perfect and
entire, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacketh
wisdom, let him ask of God, who
giveth to all liberally and up-
braideth not; and it shall be given
him. 6 But let him ask in faith,
nothing doubting : for he that doubt-
eth is like the surge of the sea driven
by ,the wind and tossed. 7 For let
not that man think ^that he shall
receive anything of the Lord; 8 a
doubleminded man, unstable in all
his ways.
9 But let the brother of low de-
gree glory in his high estate: 10 and
the rich, in that he is made low:
because as the flower of the grass he
shall pass away. 11 For the sun
ariseth with the scorching wind, and
withereth the grass; and the flower
thereof falleth, and the grace of the
fashion of it perisheth: so also shall
the rich man fade away in his goings.
1 Or, Jacob - Gr. bondservant.
3 Gr. wisheth joy. * Or, trials
* Or, stedfastness
^ Or, that a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways,
shall receive anything of the Lord
12 Blessed is the man that en-
dureth temptation; for when he
hath been approved, he shall re-
ceive the crown of life, which the Lord
promised to them that love him.
13 Let no man say when he is
tempted, I am tempted ^of God;
for God ^cannot be tempted with
^evil, and he himself tempteth no
man: 14 each man is ^^^tempted,
when he is drawn away by his own
lust, and enticed. 15 Then the lust,
when it hath conceived, beareth
sin: and the sin, when it is full-
grown, bringeth forth death. 16
Be not deceived, my beloved breth-
ren. 17 Every good ^^gift and every
perfect gift is from above, coming
down from the Father of lights, with
whom can be no variaxion, neither
shadow that is cast by turning. 18
Of his own will he brought us forth
by the word of truth, that we should
be a Idnd of firstf ruits of his creatures.
19 ^^Ye know this, my beloved
brethren. But let every man be
swift to hear, slow to speak, slow
to wrath: 20 for the wrath of man
worketh not the righteousness of
God. 21 Wherefore putting away
all filthiness and overflowing of
i^wickedness, receive with meekness
the i^implanted word, which is able
to save your souls. 22 But be ye
7 Gr. frojn. ^ Or, is untried in evil
9 Gr. evil things.
10 Or, tempted by his own lust, being drawn away by it,
and enticed. " Or, giving
12 Or, Know ye i^ Or, malice i* Or, ivitorn
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JAMES 1.23—2.25
Be Doers of the Word. Against over-regard for Wealth
doers of the word, and not hearers
only, deluding your own selves.
23 For if any one is a hearer of the
word and not a doer, he is like unto
a man beholding %is natural face
in a mirror : 24 for he beholdeth him-
self, and goeth away, and straight-
way forgetteth what manner of man
he was. 25 But he that looketh
into the perfect law, the law of
liberty, and so continueth, being
not a hearer that forgetteth but a
doer that worketh, this man shall
be blessed in his doing. 26 If any
man ^thinketh himself to be religious,
while he bridleth not his tongue but
deceiveth his heart, this man's re-
ligion is vain. 27 Pure religion and
undefiled before our God and Father
is this, to visit the fatherless and
widows in their affliction, and to
keep oneself unspotted from the
world.
2 My brethren, %old not the
faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Lord of glory, with respect of
persons. 2 For if there come into
your Synagogue a man with a gold
ring, in fine clothing, and there
come in also a poor man in vile
clothing; 3 and ye have regard to
him that weareth the fine clothing,
and say. Sit thou here in a good
place; and ye say to the poor man.
Stand thou there, or sit under my
footstool; 4 ^do ye not make dis-
tinctions ^among yourselves, and
become judges with evil thoughts.^
5 Hearken, my beloved brethren;
did not God choose them that are
poor as to the world to he rich in
faith, and heirs of the kingdom
which he promised to them that
love him.^ 6 But ye have dishonored
the poor man. Do not the rich
oppress you, and themselves drag
you before the judgment-seats.^ 7
Do not they blaspheme the honor-
able name ^by which ye are called.^
8 Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law,
1 Gr. the face of his birth. 2 Qr, seetneth to ))e
3 Or, do ye, in accepting persons, hold the faith . . .
glory?
* Or, assembly Comp. Heb. 10. 25 (Gr.).
» Or, are ye not divided « Or, in your oivn mind
'' Gr. which was called upon you? See Acts 15. 17.
according to the scripture, ^Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,
ye do well: 9 but if ye have respect
of persons, ye commit sin, being
convicted by the law as trans-
gressors. 10 For whosoever shall
keep the whole law, and yet stumble
in one point, he is become guilty of
all. 11 For he that said, ^Do not
commit adultery, said also. Do not
kill. Now if thou dost not commit
adultery, but killest, thou art be-
come a transgressor of the law. 12
So speak ye, and so do, as men that
are to be judged by a law of liberty.
13 For judgment is without mercy
to him that hath showed no mercy:
mercy glorieth against judgment.
14 What doth it profit, my
brethren, if a man say he hath
faith, but have not works .'^ can that
faith save him.^ 15 If a brother or
sister be naked and in lack of daily
food, 16 and one of j^ou say unto
them. Go in peace, be ye warmed
and filled; and yet ye give them not
the things needful to the body;
what doth it profit.^ 17 Even so
faith, if it have not works, is deac
in itself. 18 ^^Yea, a man will say
Thou hast faith, and I have works;
show me thy faith apart from th
works, and I by my works will sho^
thee my faith. 19 Thou believes!
that i^God is one; thou doest well
the demons also iDelieve, and shud-J
der. 20 But wilt thou know, O vaii
man, that faith apart from works is
barren.'^ 21 Was not Abraham oui
father justified by w^orks, in that h<
offered up Isaac his son upon tht
altar.? 22 /^Xhou seest that faitl
WTOUght with his works, and b^
works was faith made perfect; 21
and the scripture was fulfilled whicl
saith, ^^And Abraham believed God,
and it was reckoned unto him foFJ
righteousness; i%nd he was calh
the friend of God. 24 Ye see that
by works a man is justified, and not
only by faith. 25 And in like man-
8 Lev. xix. 18. » Ex. xx. 13 f. Dt. v. 17 f.j
>o Or, But some one will say
11 Some ancient authorities read there is one God.
12 Or, Seest thou . . . perfect?
13 Gen. XV. 6. " Is. xli. 8; 2 Chr. xx. 7.
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The Tongue to be bridled. The Wisdom that is from Above
ner was not also Rahab the harlot
justified by works, in that she re-
ceived the messengers, and sent them
out another way? 26 For as the
body apart from the spirit- is dead,
even so faith apart from works is dead.
3 Be not many of you teachers,
my brethren, knowing that we
shall receive ^heavier judgment.
2 For in many things we all stumble.
If any stumbleth not in word, the
same is a perfect man, able to bridle
the whole body also. 3 Now if we
put the horses' bridles into their
mouths that they may obey us, we
turn about their whole body also.
4 Behold, the ships also, though
they are so great and are driven by
rough winds, are yet turned about
by a very small rudder, whither the
impulse of the steersman willeth.
5 So the tongue also is a little mem-
ber, and boasteth great things.
Behold, ^how much wood is kindled
by how small a fire! 6 And the
tongue is ^a fire: '^the world of in-
iquity among our members is the
tongue, which defileth the whole
body, and setteth on fire the wheel
of ^nature, and is set on fire by %ell.
7 For every ^kind of beasts and birds,
of creeping things and things in the
sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed
%y ^mankind: 8 but the tongue can
no man tame; it is a restless evil,
it is full of deadly poison. 9 There-
with bless we the Lord and Father;
and therewith curse we men, who
are made after the likeness of God:
10 out of the same mouth cometh
forth blessing and cursing. My
brethren, these things ought not so
to be. 11 Doth the fountain send
forth from the same opening sweet
water and bitter ? 12 can a fig tree, my
brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs.^^
neither can salt water yield sweet.
13 Who is wise and understanding
among you.^ let him show by his
I Gr. greater. 2 Or, how great a forest
' Or, a fire, that world of iniquity: the tongue is among our
members that which b°c.
* Or, that world of iniquity, the tongue, is among our mem-
bers that which b'c.
« Or, birth 6 Gr. Gehenna. i Gr. nature.
« Or, unto » Gr. the human nature.
JAMES 2.26—4.9
good life his works in meekness of
wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter
jealousy and faction in your heart,
glory not and lie not against the
truth. 15 This wisdom is not a
wisdom that cometh down from
above, but is earthly, i^'sensual, ^Mev-
ilish. 16 For where jealousy and
faction are, there is confusion and
every vile deed. 17 But the wisdom
that is from above is first pure, then
peaceable, gentle, easy to be en-
treated, full of mercy and good
fruits, without ^^yariance, without
hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of
righteousness is sown in peace ^^for
them that make peace.
4 Whence come wars and
whence come fightings among
you.f^ come they not hence, even of
your pleasures that war in your
members.? 2 Ye lust, and have not:
ye kill, and ^^covet, and cannot
obtain: ye fight and war; ye have
not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask,
and receive not, because ye ask
amiss, that ye may spend it in your
pleasures. 4 Ye ^^adulteresses, know
ye not that the friendship of the
world is enmity with God.^^ Whoso-
ever therefore would be a friend of
the world maketh himself an enemy
(^ God. 5 Or think ye that the
Sripture ^'^speaketh in vain.? ^^Doth
the spirit which ^%e made to dwell
in us long unto envying.? 6 But he
giveth i^more grace. Wherefore the
scripture saith, ^oQod resisteth the
proud, but giveth grace to the hum-
ble. 7 Be subject therefore unto
God; but resist the devil, and he
will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to
God, and he w^ll draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and
purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep:
let your laughter be turned to
10 Or, natural Or, animal " Or, demoniacal.
12 Or, doubtfulness Or, partiality
13 Or, by " Gr- are jealous.
15 That is, who break your marriage vow to God.
16 Or, saith in vain
17 Or, The Spirit which he made to dwell in us he yearneth
for ei'en unto jealous envy. Comp. Jer. 3. 14; Hos. 2. 19 f.
Or, That Spirit which he made to dwell in us yearneth for us
even unto jealous envy.
18 Some ancient authorities read dwelleth in us.
19 Gr. a greater grace. » Prov. iii. 34.
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JAMES 4. 10 5.20 The Rich warned. Avoid Oaths. " Shall save a Soul from Death
mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight
of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.
11 Speak not one against another,
brethren. He that speaketh against
a brother, or judgeth his brother,
speaketh. against the law, and judg-
eth the law: but if thou judgest the
law, thou art not a doer of the law,
but a judge. 12 One only is "the law-
giver and judge, even he who is able to
save and to destroy: but who art
thou that judgest thy neighbor.?
13 Come now, ye that say. To-
day or to-morrow we will go into
this city, and spend a year there,
and trade, and get gain: 14 whereas
ye know not what shall be on the
morrow. What is your life.^^ For
ye are a vapor that appeareth for
a little time, and then vanisheth
away. 15 ^For that ye ought to say,
If the Lord will, we shall both live,
and do this or that. 16 But now ye
glory in your vauntings: all such
glorying is evil. 17 To him there-
fore that knoweth to do good, and
doeth it not, to him it is sin.,
5 Come now, ye rich, weep
and howl for your miseries that
are coming upon you. 2 Your
riches are corrupted, and your gar-
ments are moth-eaten. 3 Your goM
and your silver are rusted; and theS
rust shall be for a testimony ^against
you, and shall eat your flesh as fire.
Ye have laid up your treasure in the
last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the
laborers who mowed your fields,
which is of you kept back by fraud,
crieth out: and the cries of them
that reaped have entered into the
ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 5 Ye
have lived delicately on the earth,
and taken yoiu* pleasure; ye have
nourished your hearts in a day of
slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned,
ye have killed the righteous one\
he doth not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren,
until the ^coming of the Lord. Be-
hold, the husbandman waiteth for
the precious fruit of the earth, being
1 Gr. Instead of your saying. - Or, unto » Gr. presence.
patient over it, until ''it receive the i
early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also
patient; establish your hearts: for j
the ^coming of the Lord is at hand, j
9 Murmur not, brethren, one against
another, that ye be not judged:
behold, the judge standeth before
the doors. 10 Take, brethren, for
an example of suffering and of
patience, the prophets who spake
in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold,
we call them blessed that endured:
ye have heard of the patience of
Job, and have seen the end of the
Lord, how that the Lord is full of
pity, and merciful.
12 But above all things, my
brethren, swear not, neither by the
heaven, nor by the earth, nor by
any other oath: but ^let your yea
be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye
fall not under judgment.
13 Is any among you suffering.?
let him pray. Is any cheerful.? let
him sing praise. 14 Is any among
you sick.? let him call for the elders
of the church; and let them pray
over him, ^anointing him with oil in
the name of the Lord: 15 and the
prayer of faith shall save him that is
sick, and the Lord shall raise him
up; and if he have committed sins,
it shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess
therefore your sins one to another,
and pray one for another, that ye
may be healed. The supplication
of a righteous man availeth much
in its working. 17 Elijah was a man
of like ^passions with us, and he
prayed ^fervently that it might not
rain; and it rained not on the earth
for three years and six months. 18
And he prayed again; and the
heaven gave rain, and the earth
brought forth her fruit.
19 My brethren, if any among you
err from the truth, and one convert
him; 20 ^^let him know, that he who
converteth a sinner from the error of
his way shall save a soul from death,
and shall cover a multitude of sins.
* Or, he 5 Or, endurance
6 Or, let yours be the yea, yea, and the nay, nay Comp.
Mt. 5. 37. ' Or, having anointed
* Or, nature » Gr. with prayer.
lo Some ancient authorities read kno^v ye.
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THE FIRST EPISTLE OF
PETER
Address and Salutation. The " Inheritance incorruptible and that fadeth not away "
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus
Christ, to the elect who are
sojourners of the Dispersion in
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia,
and Bithynia, 2 according to the
foreknowledge of God the Father,
in sanctification of the. Spirit, unto
obedience and sprinkling of the
blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you
and peace be multiplied.
3 Blessed be ^the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
according to his great mercy begat
us again unto a living hope by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead, 4 unto an inheritance in-
corruptible, and undefiled, and that
fadeth not away, reserved in heaven
for you, 5 who by the power of God
are guarded through faith unto a
salv^ation ready to be revealed in the
last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly
rejoice, though now for a little while,
if need be, ye have been put to grief
in manifold ^trials, 7 that the proof
of your faith, being more precious
than gold that perisheth though it
is proved by fire, may be found unto
praise and glory and honor at the
revelation of Jesus Christ: 8 whom
not having seen ye love; on whom,
though now ye see him not, yet
believing, ye rejoice greatly with
joy unspeakable and ^fulLof glory:
9 receiving the end of your faith,
even the salvation of your souls.
10 Concerning which salvation the
prophets sought and searched dili-
gently, who prophesied of the grace
that should come unto you: 11
searching what time or what manner
of time the Spirit of Christ which
1 Or, God and the Father See Rom. 15. 6. marg.
2 Or, temptations ^ Gr. glorified.
was in them did point unto, wheii it
testified beforehand the sufferings
^of Christ, and the glories that should
follow them. 12 To whom it was
revealed, that not unto themselves,
but unto you, did they minister
these things, which now have been
announced unto you through them
that ^preached the gospel unto you
<^by the Holy Spirit sent forth from
heaven; which things angels desire
to look into.
13 Wherefore girding up the loins
of your mind, be sober and set your
hope perfectly on the grace that ^is
to be brought unto you at the revela-
tion of Jesus Christ; 14 as children
of obedience, not fashioning your-
selves according to your former lusts
in the time of your ignorance: 15 but
^like as he who called you is holy,
be ye yourselves also holy in all
manner of living; 16 because it is
written, ^Ye shall be holy; for I am
holy. 17 And if ye call on him as
Father, who without respect of
persons, judgeth according to each
man's work, pass the time of your
sojourning in fear: 18 knowing that
ye were redeemed, not with cor-
ruptible things, with silver or gold,
from your vain manner of life handed
down from your fathers; 19 but
with precious blood, as of a lamb
without blemish and without spot,
even the blood of Christ : 20 who was
foreknown indeed before the founda-
tion of the world, but was mani-
fested at the end of the times for
your sake, 21 who through him are
believers in God, that raised him
from the dead, and gave him glory;
* Gr. unto.
5 Gr. brought good tidings. Comp. Mt. 11. 5.
6 Gr. in. ? Gr. is being brought,
8 Or, like the Holy One who called you
9 Lev. xi. 44 £.; xix. 2; xx. 7.
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I. PETER 1.22—2.21
Ye are an Elect Race, a Royal Priesthood, a Holy Nation
SO that your faith and hope might
be in God. 22 Seeing ye have
purified your souls in your obedi-
ence to the truth unto unfeigned
love of the brethren, love one an-
other ifrom the heart fervently: 23
having been begotten again, not of
corruptible seed, but of incorrupt-
ible, through the word of ^God,
which liveth and abideth. 24 For,
^All flesh is as grass,
And all the glory thereof as the
flower of grass.
The grass withereth, and the
flower f alleth :
25 But the ^word of the Lord
abideth for ever.
And this is the ^word of good tidings
which was ^preached unto you.
2 Putting away therefore all
^wickedness, and all guile, and
hypocrisies, and envies, and all
evil speakings, 2 as newborn babes,
long for the ^spiritual milk which is
without guile, that ye may grow
thereby unto salvation ; 3 if ye have
tasted that the Lord is gracious:
4 unto whom coming, a living stone,
rejected indeed of men, but with
God elect, ^precious, 5 ye also, as
living stones, are built up a ^spiritual
house, to be a holy priesthood, to
offer up s-piritual sacrifices, accept-
able to God through Jesus Christ.
6 Because it is contained in ^^scrip-
ture,
"Behold, I lay in Zion a chief
corner stone, elect, ^precious:
And he that believeth on i%im
shall not be put to shame.
7 i^For you therefore that believe
is the ^^preciousness : but for such
as disbelieve,
i^The stone which the builders re-
jected.
The same was made the head of
the corner;
8 and,
1 Many ancient authorities read jrom a clean heart.
Comp. 1 Tim. 1. 5.
2 Or, God who liveth Comp. Dan. 6. 26.
3 Is. xl. 6 ff. * Gr. saying. 5 See ver. 12.
6 Or, malice 1 Cor. 14. 20.
^ Gr. belonging to the reason. Comp. Rom. 12. 1.
8 Or, honorable.
9 Or, a spiritual house for a holy priesthood
10 Or, a scripture " Is. xxviii. 16. 12 Or, it
13 Or, In your sight " Or, honor is Ps. cxviii. 22.
^^A stone of stumbling, and a
rock of offence;
i^for they ^^stumble at the word,
being disobedient: whereunto also
they were appointed. 9 But ye are
an elect race, a royal priesthood, a
holy nation, a people for God's own
possession, that ye may show forth
the excellencies of him who called
you out of darkness into his marvel-
lous light: 10 who in time past were
no people, but now are the people
of God : who had not obtained mercy,
but now have obtained mercy.
11 Beloved, I beseech you as so-
journers and pilgrims, to abstain
from fleshly lusts, which war against
the soul; 12 having your behavior
seemly among the Gentiles; that,
wherein they speak against you as
evil-doers, they may by your good
works, which they behold, glorify
God in the day of visitation.
13 Be subject to every ^ ^ordinance
of man for the Lord's sake: whether
to the king, as supreme; 14 or unto
governors, as sent -°by him for venge-
ance on evil-doers and for praise to
them that do well. 15 For so is the]
will of God, that by well-doing yej
should put to silence the ignorance of]
foolish men : 16 as free, and not ^Hisingj
your freedom for a cloak of wicked-
ness, but as bondservants of God,
17 Honor all men. Love the brother-1
hood. Fear God. Honor the king,
18 22Servants, he in subjection t<
your masters with all fear; not onb
to the good and gentle, but also t(
the fro ward. 19 For this is ^Sac-
ceptable, if for conscience 24towar<
God a man endureth griefs, suffering
wrongfully. 20 For what glory \i
it, if, when ye sin, and are buffetec
jor it, ye shall take it patiently.'^ bul
if, when ye do well, and suffer /c
it, ye shall take it patiently, thi
is 23acceptable with God. 21 Foi
hereunto were ye called: because
Christ also suffered for you, leaving
16 Is. viii. 14. 1' Gr. who.
18 Or, stumble, being disobedient to the word ,
19 Gr. creation. » Gr. through. 21 Gr. havtng^
22 Gr. Household-servants. 23 Gr. grace. ^ Gr. q
260
Directions: to Servants; to Wives; to Husbands; to All
I. PETER 2.22—3.21
you an example, that ye should ing for revihng; but contrariwise
follow his steps: 22 who did no sin, blessing; for hereunto were ye called,
neither was guile found in his mouth ijtha^ ye should inherit a blessing.
23 who, when he was reviled, reviled
not again; when he suffered, threat-
ened not; but committed %imself
to him that judgeth righteously:
24 who his own self ^bare our sins
in his body upon the tree, that we,
having died unto sins, might live unto
righteousness; by whose ^stripes ye
were healed. 25 For ye were going
astray like sheep; but are now re-
turned unto the Shepherd and ^Bishop
of your souls.
3 In like manner, ye wives,
he in subjection to your own
husbands; that, even if any obey
not the word, they may without the
word be gained by the behavior of
their wives; 2 beholding your chaste
%ehavior coupled with fear. 3 Whose
adorning let it not be the outward
adorning of braiding the hair, and
of wearing jewels of gold, or of put-
ting on apparel; 4 but let it he the
hidden man of the heart, in the incor-
ruptible apparel of a meek and quiet
spirit, which is in the sight of God
of great price. 5 For after this
manner aforetime the holy women
also, who hoped in God, adorned
themselves, being in subjection to
their own husbands: 6 as Sarah
obeyed Abraham, calling him lord:
whose children ye now are, if ye^do
well, and are not ^put in fear by
any terror.
7 Ye husbands, in like manner,
dwell with your wives according to
knowledge, giving honor ^unto the
woman, as unto the weaker vessel,
as being also joint-heirs of the grace
of life; to the end that your prayers
be not hindered.
8 Finally, he ye all likeminded,
^compassionate, loving as brethren,
tenderhearted, humbleminded : 9
not rendering evil for evil, or revil-
1 Or, his cause
- Or, carried up .
1 Mace. 4. 53 (Gr.).
^ Or, Overseer
^ Or, husbands (as Sarah
well, and not being afraid
* Gr. unto the female vessel, as weaker.
9 Gr. sympathetic.
to the tree Comp. Col. 2. 14;
3 Gr. bruise.
Or, manner of life ver. 16.
. . ye fire become), doing
^ Or, afraid with
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10 For,
^^He that would love life.
And see good days,
Let him refrain his tongue from
evil.
And his lips that they speak no
guile :
11 And let him turn away from evil,
and do good;
Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon
the righteous.
And his ears unto their suppli-
cation :
But the face of the Lord is upon
them that do evil.
13 And who is he that will harm
you, if ye be zealous of that which
is good.? 14 But even if ye should
suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed
are ye: and fear not their fear,
neither be troubled; 15 but sanctify
in your hearts Christ as Lord: heing
ready always to give answer to
every man that asketh you a reason
concerning the hope that is in you,
yet with meekness and fear: 16
having a good conscience; that,
wherein ye are spoken against, they
may be put to shame who revile
your good manner of life in Christ.
17 For it is better, if the will of God
should so will, that ye suffer for
well-doing than for evil-doing. 18
Because Christ also ^^suffered for
sins once, the righteous for the un-
righteous, that he might bring us to
God ; being put to death in the flesh,
but made alive in the spirit; 19 in
which also he went and preached
unto the spirits in prison, 20 that
aforetime were disobedient, when
the longsuffering of God waited in
the days of Noah, while the ark
was a preparing, ^^wherein few, that
is, eight souls, were saved through
water: 21 which also ^^after a true
likeness doth now save you, even
10 Ps. xxxiv. 12 fT.
11 Many ancient authorities read died.
12 Or, into which few, that is, eight souls, were brought
safely through water
13 Or, in the antitype
I. PETER 3.22— 5.5
No longer live to the Lusts of Men but to the Will of God
baptism, not the putting, away of
the filth of the flesh, but the ^inter-
rogation of a good conscience to-
ward God, through the resurrection
of Jesus Christ; 22 who is on the
right hand of God, having gone into
heaven; angels and authorities and
powers being made subject unto
him.
4 Forasmuch then as Christ
suffered in the flesh, arm ye
yourselves also with the same ^mind;
for he that hath suffered in the flesh
hath ceased ^from sin; 2 that ^ye
no longer should live the rest of your
time in the flesh to the lusts of men,
but to the will of God. 3 For the
time past may suffice to have
wrought the desire of the Gentiles,
and to have walked in lasciviousness,
lusts, winebibbings, revellings, ca-
rousings, and abominable idolatries:
4 wherein they think it strange that
ye run not with them into the same
^excess of riot, speaking evil of yow.
5 who shall give account to him that
is ready to judge the living and the
dead. 6 For unto this end ^was the
gospel preached even to the dead,
that they might be judged indeed
according to men in the flesh, but
live according to God in the spirit.
7 But the end of all things is at
hand: be ye therefore of sound
mind, and be sober unto Sprayer:
8 above all things being fervent in
your love among yourselves; for
love covereth a multitude of sins:
9 using hospitality one to another
without murmuring: 10 according
as each hath received a gift, min-
istering it among yourselves, as good
stewards of the manifold grace of
God; 11 if any man speaketh,
speaking as it were oracles of God;
if any man minis tereth, ministering
as of the strength which God sup-
plieth: that in all things God may
be glorified through Jesus Christ,
whose is the glory and the dominion
^for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Or, inquiry Or, appeal 2 Qr, thought
3 Some ancient authorities read unk) sins.
* Or, he no longer . . . his lime * Or, fiood
8 Or, were the good tidings preached '' Gr. prayers.
8 Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
26:
12 Beloved, think it not strange
concerning the fiery trial among
you, which cometh upon you to
prove you, as though a strange
thing happened unto you: 13 but
insomuch as ye are partakers of
Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at
the revelation of his glory also ye
may rejoice with exceeding joy.
14 If ye are reproached ^or the name
of Christ, blessed are ye; because
the Spirit of glory and the Spirit
of God resteth upon you. 15 For
let none of you suffer as a murderer,
or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a
meddler in other men's matters:
16 but if a man suffer as a Christian,
let him not be ashamed; but let him
glorify God in this name. 17 For
the time is come for judgment to
begin at the house of God: and if
it begin first at us, what shall be the
end of them that obey not the
logospel of God.? 18 And if the
righteous is scarcely saved, where
shall the ungodly and sinner appear .^^
19 Wherefore let them also that
suffer according to the will of God
commit their souls in well-doing unto
a faithful Creator.
5 The elders therefore among
you I exhort, who am a fellow-
elder, and a witness of the sufferings
of Christ, who am also a partaker
of the glory that shall be revealed:
2 Tend the flock of God which is
among you, "exercising the over-
sight, not of constraint, but willingly,
i^according to the will of God; nor
yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready
mind; 3 neither as lording it over
the charge allotted to you, but mak-
ing yourselves ensamples to the
flock. 4 And when the chief Shep-
herd shall be manifested, ye shall
receive the crown of glory that
fadeth not away. 5 ^^Likewise, ye
younger, be subject unto the elder.
Yea, all of you gird yourselves with
humility, to serve one another: for
9 Gr. in. 'o Gr. good tidings. See Mt. 4. 23 marg.
n Some ancient authorities omit exercising the oversight.
12 Some ancient authorities omit according to the will of
God.
13 Or, Likewise . . . elder; yea. all of you one to an-
other. Cird yourselves with humility
->
Divers Exhortations. Salutations. Bendiction
God reslsteth the proud, but giveth
grace to the humble. 6 Humble your-
selves therefore under the mighty
hand of God, that he may exalt
you in due time; 7 casting all your
anxiety upon him, because he careth
for you. 8 Be sober, be watchful:
your adversary the devil, as a roar-
ing lion, walketh about, seeking
whom he may devour: 9 whom with-
stand stedfast in ^your faith, know-
ing that the same sufferings are
^accomplished in your brethren who
are in the world. 10 And the God
of all grace, who called you unto his
eternal glory in Christ, after that
1 Or, the
2 Gr. being accomplished
' Gr. brotherhood.
I. PETER 5.6—5.14
ye have suffered a httle while, shall
himself '^perfect, establish, strengthen^
you. 11 To him he the dominion
^or ever and ever. Amen.
12 By Silvanus, ^our faithful
brother, as I account him, I have
written unto you briefly, exhorting,
and testifying that this is the true
grace of God: stand ye fast therein.
13 ^She that is in Babylon, elect
together with you, saluteth you; and
so doth Mark my son. 14 Salute one
another with a kiss of love..
Peace be unto you all that are
in Christ.
4 Or, restore s Many ancient authorities add settU.
6 Gr. unto the ages of the ages. ^ Gr. the.
8 That is. The church, or, The sister.
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF
PETER
Address and Salutation. ** Be not idle nor unfruitful." "We were Eyewitnesses of Mi Majesty '
1
^Simon Peter, a ^servant and
apostle of Jesus Christ, to
them that have obtained ^a like
precious faith with us in the right-
eousness of ^our God and the Saviour
Jesus Christ: 2 Grace to you and
peace be multiplied in the knowledge
of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3
seeing that his divine power hath
granted unto us all things that per-
tain unto life and godliness, through
the knowledge of him that called us
%y his own glory and virtue; 4
whereby he hath granted unto us his
precious and exceeding great prom-
ises; that through these ye may
become partakers of ^the divine
nature, having escaped from the
corruption that is in the world by
lust. 5 Yea, and for this very cause
adding on your part all diligence,
in your faith supply virtue; and in
your virtue knowledge; 6 and in your
1 Many ancient authorities read Syweow. See Acts 15. 14.
2 Gr. bondservant. ' Gr. an equally precious.
' * Or, our God and Saviour Comp. ver. 11; 2. 20; 3. 18;
Tit. 2. 13.
6 Some ancient authorities read through glory and virtue.
6 Or, a
m
knowledge self-control ; and
your self-control ^patience ; and in your
^patience godliness ; 7 and in
your godliness ^brotherly kindness;
and in your brotherly kindness love.
8 For if these things are yours and
abound, they make you to be not
idle nor unfruitful unto the knowl-
edge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For
he that lacketh these things is blind,
Seeing only what is near, having
forgotten the cleansing from his
old sins. 10 Wherefore, brethren,
give the more diligence to make your
calling and election sure: for if ye
do these things, ye shall never
stumble: 11 for thus shall be richly
supplied unto you the entrance into
the eternal kingdom of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 Wherefore I shall be ready
always to put you in remembrance
of these things, though ye know
them, and are established in the
truth which is with you. 13 And
7 Or, stedfastness
9 Or, closing his eyes
8 Gr. love of the brethren.
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11. PETER 1.14—2.16
False Teachers and Bondservants warned against
I think it right, as long as I am in
this tabernacle, to stir you up by
putting you in remembrance; 14
knowing that the putting off of my
tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as
our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto
me. 15 Yea, I will give dihgence
that at every time ye may be able
after my ^decease to call these things
to remembrance. 16 For we did not
follow cunningly devised fables, when
we made known unto you the power
and ^coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of
his majesty. 17 For he ^received
from God the Father honor and
glory, when there was borne such a
voice to him by the Majestic Glory,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I
am well pleased: 18 and this voice
we ourselves heard borne out of
heaven, when we were with him in
the holy mount. 19 And we have
the word of prophecy made more
sure; whereunto ye do well that ye
take heed, as unto a lamp shining
in a ^dark place, until the day dawn,
and the day-star arise in your hearts :
20 knowing this first, that no proph-
ecy of scripture is of ^private inter-
pretation. 21 For no prophecy ever
^came by the will of man: but men
spake from God, being moved by
the Holy Spirit.
2 But there arose false proph-
ets also among the people, as
among you also there shall be false
teachers, who shall privily bring in
destructive heresies, denying even
the Master that bought them, bring-
ing upon themselves swift destruc-
tion. 2 And many shall follow their
lascivious doings; by reason of whom
the way of the truth shall be evil
spoken of. 3 And in covetousness
shall they with feigned words make
merchandise of you: whose sen-
tence now from of old lingereth not,
and their destruction slumbereth
not. 4 For if God spared not angels
when they sinned, but cast ^them
1 Or, departure
3 Gr. having received.
6 Or, special
7 Or, sects of perdition
2 Gr. presence.
< Gr. squalid.
fi Gr. was brought.
8 Or, cast them into dungeons
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down to ^hell, and committed them
to ^opits of darkness, to be reserved
unto judgment; 5 and spared not
the ancient world, but preserved
Noah with seven others, ^^a preacher
of righteousness, when he brought
a flood upon the world of the un-
godly; 6 and turning the cities o:'^
Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes
condemned them with an overthrow,
having made them an example unto
those that should live ungodly; 7 and
delivered righteous Lot, sore dis-
tressed by the lascivious life of the
wicked 8 (for that righteous man
dwelling among them, in seeing and
hearing, ^-vexed his righteous soul
from day to day with their lawless
deeds) : 9 the Lord knoweth how to
deliver the godly out of temptation,
and to keep the unrighteous under
punishment unto the day of judg-
ment; 10 but chiefly them that walk
after the flesh in the lust of defile-
ment, and despise dominion. Dar-
ing, self-willed, they tremble not to
rail at ^^dignities: 11 whereas angels,
though greater in might and power,
bring not a railing judgment against
them before the Lord. 12 But these,
as creatures without reason, born
^^mere animals ^^to be taken and
destroyed, railing in matters whereof
they are ignorant, shall in their
^^destroying surely be destroyed,
13 suffering wrong as the hire of
wrong-doing; men that count it
pleasure to revel in the daytime,
spots and blemishes, revelling in
their ^^deceivings while they feast
with you; 14 having eyes full of
^^adultery, and that cannot cease
from sin; enticing unstedfast souls;
having a heart exercised in covetous-
ness; children of cursing; 15 forsak-
ing the right way, they went astray,
having followed the way of Balaam
the son of ^^Beor, who loved the hire
of wrong-doing; 16 but he was re-
9 Gr. Tartarus.
w Some ancient authorities read chains Comp. Wisd,
17. 17. 11 Gr. a herald. 12 Gr. tormented.
13 Gr. glories. 1* Gr. natural, is Or, to take and to destroy
16 Or, corrjiption Comp. 1 Tim. 6. 9.
" Some ancient authorities read love-feasts. Comp.
Jude 12. 18 Gr. an adulteress.
i» Manv ancient authorities read Bosor.
J
Mockers and their Destiny. "The Day of the Lord will come as a Thief" H. PETER 2.17 — 3.16
buked for his own transgression:
a dumb ass spake with man's voice
and stayed the madness of the
prophet. 17 These are springs with-
out water, and mists driven by a
storm; for whom the blackness of
darkness hath been reserved. 18
For, uttering great swelling words
of vanity, they entice in the lusts of
the flesh, by lasciviousness, those
who are just escaping from them
that live in error; 19 promising
them liberty, while they themselves
are bondservants of corruption; for
of Hvhom a man is overcome, of the
same is he also brought into bondage.
20 For if, after they have escaped
the defilements of the world through
the knowledge of ^the Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled therein and overcome,
the last state is become worse with
them than the first. 21 For it were
better for them not to have known
the way of righteousness, than,
after knowing it, to turn back from
the holy commandment delivered
unto them. 22 It has happened unto
them according to the true proverb,
^The dog turning to his own vomit
again, and the sow that had w^ashed
to wallowing in the mire.
3 This is now, beloved, the
second epistle that I write unto
you; and in both of them I stir up
your sincere mind by putting you in
remembrance; 2 that ye should
remember the words which were
spoken before by the holy prophets,
and the commandment of the Lord
and Saviour through your apostles:
3 knowing this first, that ^in the
last days mockers shall come with
mockery, walking after their own
lusts, 4 and saying, Where is the
promise of his ^coming .^ for, from the
day that the fathers fell asleep, all
things continue as they were from
the beginning of the creation. 5 For
this they wilfully forget, that there
were heavens from of old, and an
1 Or, what
2 Many ancient authorities read our.
3 Prov. XX vi. 11.
4 Gr. in the last of the days. ^ Gr. presence.
earth compacted out of water and
^amidst water, by the word of God;
6 by which means the world that
then was, being overflowed with
water, perished: 7 but the heavens
that now are, and the earth, by the
same word have been ^stored up for
fire, being reserved against the day
of judgment and destruction of un-
godly men.
8 But forget not this one thing,
beloved, that one day is with the
Lord as a thousand years, and a
thousand years as one day. 9 The
Lord is not slack concerning his
promise, as some count slackness;
but is longsuffering to you- ward, not
wishing that any should perish, but
that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come
as a thief; in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise,
and the ^elements shall be dissolved
w^ith fervent heat, and the earth
and the works that are therein shall
be ^burned up. 11 Seeing that these
things are thus all to be dissolved,
what manner of persons ought ye
to be in all holy living and godliness,
12 looking for and ^^earnestly desir-
ing the ^coming of the day of God,
by reason of which the heavens being
on fire shall be dissolved, and the
^elements shall melt with fervent
heat.^ 13 But, according to his
promise, we look for new heavens
and a new earth, wherein dwelleth
righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing
that ye look for these things, give
diligence that ye may be found in
peace, without spot and blameless
in his sight. 15 And account that
the longsuffering of our Lord is
salvation ; even as our beloved
brother Paul also, according to the
wisdom given to him, wrote unto
you; 16 as also in all his epistles,
speaking in them of these things;
wherein are some things hard to be
understood, which the ignorant and
' Or, stored with fire
« Or, through
8 Or, heavenly bodies
9 The most ancient manuscripts read discovered.
10 Or, hastening
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II. PETER 3.17— 3.18
unstedfast wrest, as they do also the
other scriptures, unto their own
destruction. 17 Ye therefore, be-
loved, knowing these things before-
hand, beware lest, being carried
away with the error of the wicked,
Exhortation to Stedfastness. Doxology
ye fall from your own stedfastness.
18 But grow in the grace and knowl-
edge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. To him he the glory both now
and ^for ever. Amen.
^ Gr. unto the day of eternity. Ecclus. 18, 10.
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF
JOHN
Introduction. "Walk in the Light . . , even as He walked." The Contrasted Darkness
IThat which was from the
beginning, that which we have
heard, that which we have seen
with our eyes, that which we beheld,
and our hands handled, concerning
the ^Word of life 2 (and the life was
manifested, and we have seen, and
bear witness, and declare unto you
the life, the eternal life^ which was
with the Father, and was manifested
unto us) ; 3 that which we have seen
and heard declare we unto you also,
that ye also may have fellowship
with us: yea, and our fellowship is
with the Father, and with his Son
Jesus Christ: 4 and these things
we write, that ^our joy may be made
full.
5 And this is the message which
we have heard from him and an-
nounce unto you, that God is light,
and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship
with him and walk in the darkness,
we lie, and do not the truth: 7 but
if we walk in the light, as he is in
the light, we have fellowship one
with another, and the blood of
Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all
sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin,
we deceive ourselves, and the truth
is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and righteous to for-
give us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness. 10 If we
say that we have not sinned, we
1 Or, word Comp. Acts 5. 20.
2 Many ancient authorities read your.
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make him a liar, and his word is
not in us.
2 My little children, these
things write I unto you that
ye may not sin. And if any man
sin, we have an ^Advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 and he is the propitiation for our
sins; and not for ours only, but also
for the whole world. 3 And hereby
we know that we know him, if we
keep his commandments. 4 He that
saith, I know him, and keepeth not
his commandments, is a liar, and the
truth is not in him; 5 but whoso
keepeth his word, in him verily hath
the love of God been perfected.
Hereby we know that we are in him :
6 he that saith he abideth in him
ought himself also to walk even as
he walked.
7 Beloved, no new commandment
write I unto you, but an old com-
mandment which ye had from the
begining: the old commandment
is the word which ye heard. 8 Again,
a new commandment write I unto
you, which thing is true in him and
in you; because the darkhess is
passing away, and the true light
already shineth. 9 He that saith
he is in the light and hateth his
brother, is in the darkness even until
now. 10 He that loveth his brother
abideth in the light, and there is no
occasion of stumbling in him. 11
But he that hateth his brother is in
the darkness, and walketh in the
3 Or, Comforter Jn. 14. 16. Qr, Helper Gr. Paraclete.
'Love not the World." "Abide in the Son, and in the Father'
I. JOHN 2.12—3.7
darkness, and knoweth not whither
he goeth, because the darkness hath
bhnded his eyes.
12 I write unto you, my httle
children, because your sins are for-
given you for his name's sake. 13 I
write unto you, fathers, because ye
know him who is from the beginning.
I write unto you, young men, be-
cause ye have overcome the evil one.
^I have written unto you, little
children, because ye know the
Father. 14 ^I have written unto
jou, fathers, because ye know him
who is from the beginning. ^I have
written unto you, young men, be-
cause ye are strong, and the word of
God abideth in you, and ye have
overcome the evil one. 15 Love not
the world, neither the things that
are in the world. If any man love
the world, the love of the Father
is not in him. 16 For all that is in
the world, the lust of the flesh and
the lust of the eyes and the vain-
glory of life, is not of the Father,
but is of the world. 17 And the
world passeth away, and the lust
thereof: but he that doeth the will
of God abideth for ever.
18 Little children, it is the last
hour : and as ye heard that antichrist
Cometh, even now have there arisen
many antichrists; whereby we know
that it is the last hour. 19 They
went out from us, but they were not
of us; for if they had been of us, they
would have continued with us: but
they went out, that they might be
made manifest ^that they all are not
of us. 20 And ye have an anointing
from the Holy One, ^and ye know
all things. 21 I have not written
unto you because ye know not the
truth, but because ye know it, and
^because no lie is of the truth. 22
Who is the liar but he that denieth
that Jesus is the Christ .^^ This is
the antichrist, even he that denieth
the Father and the Son. 23 Who-
soever denieth the Son, the same I
■ Or, / wrote - Or, thai not all are of us
3 Some very ancient authorities read and yc all know.
4 Or, that
hath not the Father: he that con-
fesseth the Son hath the Father also.
24 As for you, let that abide in you
which ye heard from the beginning.
If that which ye heard from the
beginning abide in you, ye also shall
abide in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise which he
promised ^us, even the life eternal.
26 These things have I written unto
you concerning them that would
lead you astray. 27 And as for you,
the anointing which ye received of
him abideth in you, and ye need
not that any one teach you; but
as his anointing teacheth you con-
cerning all things, ^and is true, and
is no lie, and even as it taught you,
^ye abide in him. 28 And now,
my little children, abide in him;
that, if he shall be manifested, we
may have boldness, and not be
ashamed before him at his ^com-
ing, 29 If ye know that he is right-
eous, loye know that every one also
that doeth righteousness is begot-
ten of him.
3 Behold what manner of love
the Father hath bestowed upon
u^, that we should be called children
of God; and such we are. For this
cause the world knoweth us not,
because it knew him not. 2 Beloved,
now are we children of God, and it
is not yet made manifest what we
shall be. We know that, if ^^he
shall be manifested, we shall be like
him; for we shall see him even as he
is. 3 And every one that hath this
hope set on him purifieth himself,
even as he is pure. 4 Every one that
doeth sin doeth also lawlessness;
and sin is lawlessness. 5 And ye
know that he was manifested to
^^take away sins; and in him is no
sin. 6 Whosoever abideth in him
sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath
not seen him, neither ^ ^knoweth him.
7 My little children, let no man lead
you astray : he that doeth righteous-
'" Some ancient authorities read you.
6 Or, so it is true and is no lie; and even as b'c.
7 Or, abide ye ^ Gr. from him. » Gr. presence.
w Or, know yc " Or, it i- Or, bear sins
i' Or, hath known
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I. JOHN 3.8—4.13
Righteousness and Brotherly Lcve. **Qod is Love "
ness is righteous, even as he is right-
eous: 8 he that doeth sin is of the
devil; for the devil sinneth from the
beginning. To this end was the Son
of God manifested, that he might
destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is begotten of God
doeth no sin, because his seed abid-
eth in him: and he cannot sin, be-
cause he is begotten of God. 10 In
this the children of God are manifest,
and the children of the devil: who-
soever doeth not righteousness is -not
of God, neither he that loveth not
his brother. 11 For this is the mes-
sage which ye heard from the begin-
ning, that we should love one
another: 12 not as Cain was of the
evil one, and slew his brother. And
wherefore slew he him.^ Because
his works were evil, and his brother's
righteous.
13 Marvel not, brethren, if the
world hateth you. 14 We know
that we have passed out of death
into life, because we love the breth-
ren. He that loveth not abideth
in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his
brother is a murderer: and ye know
that no murderer hath eternal life
abiding in him. 16 Hereby know
we love, because he laid down his
life for us : and we ought to lay down
our lives for the brethren. 17 But
whoso hath the world's goods, and
beholdeth his brother in need, and
shutceth up his compassion from
him, how doth the love of God abide
in him.^ 18 My little children, let
us not love in word, neither with
the tongue; but in deed and truth.
1 9 Hereby shall we know that we are
of the truth, and shall Assure our
heart ^before him: 20 because if our
heart condemn us, God is greater
than our heart, and knoweth all
things. 21 Beloved, if our heart
condemn us not, we have boldness
toward God; 22 and whatsoever we
ask we receive of him, because we
keep his commandments and do the
things that are pleasing in his sight.
1 Gr. persuade. Comp. Mt. 28. 14.
2 Or, before him, whereinsoever our heart condemn us;
because God b'c.
23 And this is his commandment,
that we should Relieve in the name
of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one
another, even as he gave us com-
mandment. 24 And he that keep-
eth his commandments abideth in
him, and he in him. And hereby
we know that he abideth in us, by
the Spirit which he gave us.
4 Beloved, believe not every
spirit, but prove the spirits,
whether they are of God; because
many false prophets are gone out
into the world. 2 Hereby know ye
the Spirit of God: every spirit that
confesseth that Jesus Christ is come
in the flesh is of God: 3 and every
spirit that ^confesseth not Jesus is
not of God : and this is the spirit
of the antichrist, whereof ye have
heard that it cometh; and now it is
in the world already. 4 Ye are of
God, my little children, and have
overcome them: because greater is
he that is in you than he that is in
the world. 5 They are of the world:
therefore speak they as of the world,
and the world heareth them. 6 We
are of God: he that knoweth God
heareth us; he who is not of Go(
heareth us not. By this we kno^
the spirit of truth, and the spirit
error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another:
for love is of God; and every one thai
loveth is begotten of God, and know-
eth God. 8 He that loveth not
knoweth not God; for God is love^
9 Herein was the love of God mani-i
fested nn us, that God hath sent his
only begotten Son into the work
that we might live through liimJ
10 Herein is love, not that we love<
God, but that he loved us, and sent
his Son to he the propitiation for oui
sins. 11 Beloved, if God so love(
us, we also ought to love one another,
12 No man hath beheld God at an;
time: if we love one another, Go<
abideth in us, and his love is per-
fected in us: 13 hereby we know thai
3 Gr. believe the name.
* Some ancient authorities read anmdleth Jesus.
'Or, in our care
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"He that abideth in Love abideth in Qod
we abide in him and he in us, because
he hath given us of his Spirit. 14
And we have beheld and bear wit-
ness that the Father hath sent the
Son to he the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that
Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth
in him, and he in God. 16 And we
know and have believed the love
which God hath ^in us. God is
love; and he that abideth in love
abideth in God, and God abideth
in him. 17 Herein is love made per-
fect with us, that we may have bold-
ness in the day of judgment; because
as he is, even so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love: but per-
fect love casteth out fear, because
fear hath punishment; and he that
feareth is not made perfect in love. 19
We love, because he first loved us. 20
If a man say, I love God, and hateth
his brother, he is a liar: for he that
loveth not his brother whom he hath
seen, ^cannot love God whom he hath
not seen. 21 And this commandment
have we from him, that he who
loveth God love his brother also.
5 Whosoever believeth that Je-
sus is the Christ is begotten of
God : and whosoever loveth him that
begat loveth him also that is begot-
ten of him. 2 Hereby we know that
we love the children of God, when
we love God and do his command-
ments. 3 For this is the love of God,
that we keep his commandments:
and his commandments are not
grievous. 4 For whatsoever is be-
gotten of God overcometh the world :
and this is the victory that hath over-
come the world, even our faith. 5
And who is he that overcometh the
world, but he that believeth that
Jesus is the Son of God.^ 6 This is
he that came by water and blood,
even Jesus Christ; not ^with the
water only, but ^with the water and
^with the blood. 7 And it is the Spirit
that beareth witness, because the
Spirit is the truth. 8 For there are
three who bear witness, the Spirit,
I. JOHN 4.14—5.21
and the water, and the blood: and
the three agree in one. 9 If we
receive the witness of men, the wit-
ness of God is greater : for the witness
of God is this, that he hath borne
witness concerning his Son. 10 He
that believeth on the Son of God
hath the witness in him: he that
believeth not God hath made him a
liar; because he hath not believed in
the witness that God hath borne
concerning his Son. 11 And the
witness is this, that God gave unto
us eternal life, and this life is in his
Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath
the life; he that hath not the Son of
God hath not the life.
13 These things have I written
unto you, that ye may know that
ye have eternal life, even unto you
that believe on the name of the Son
of God. 14 And this is the boldness
which we have toward him, that, if
we ask anything according to his
will, he heareth us: 15 and if we
know that he heareth us whatsoever
we ask, we know that we have the
petitions which we have asked of him.
16 If any man see his brother sinning
a sin not unto death, 4ie shall ask,
and God will give him life for them
that sin not unto death. There is
% sin unto death: not concerning
this do I say that he should make
request. 17 All unrighteousness is
sin: and there is % sin not unto
death.
18 We know that whosoever is
begotten of God sinneth not; but
he that was begotten of God keep-
eth %imself , and the evil one touch-
eth him not. 19 We know that we
are of God, and the whole world lieth
in the evil one. 20 And we know
that the Son of God is come, and
hath given us an understanding, that
we know him that is true, and we
are in him that is true, even in his
Son Jesus Christ. This is the true
God, and eternal life. 21 My little
children, guard yourselves from idols.
1 Or, in our case
2 Many ancient authorities read how can he love God \
whom he hath not seen? ' Gr. in.
269
3 Or, he shall ask ayid shall give him life, even to them ar'c.
* Or, sin
5 Some ancient authorities read him.
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF
JOHN
Salutation.
" Walk after His Commandments." Farewell
1 The elder unto the elect ^lady
and her children, whom I love in
truth; and not I only, but also all
they that know the truth; 2 for the
truth's sake which abideth in us,
and it shall be with us for ever: 3
Grace, mercy, peace shall be with
us, from God the Father, and from
Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father,
in truth and love.
4 I rejoice greatly that I have
found certain of thy children walking
in truth, even as we received com-
mandment from the Father. 5 And
now I beseech thee, ^lady, not as
though I wrote to thee a new com-
mandment, but that which we had
from the beginning, that we love
one another. 6 And this is love,
that we should walk after his com-
mandments. This is the command-
ment, even as ye heard from the
beginning, that ye should walk in it.
7 For many deceivers are gone forth
into the world, even they that confess
1 Or, Cyria
not that Jesus Christ cometh in the
flesh. This is the deceiver and the
antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves,
that ye ^lose not the things which
^we have wrought, but that ye re-
ceive a full reward. 9 Whosoever
^goeth onward and abideth not in
the teaching of Christ, hath not God:
he that abideth in the teaching,
the same hath both the Father and
the Son. 10 If any one cometh
unto you, and bringeth not this
teaching, receive him not into your
house, and give him no greeting: 11
for he that giveth him greeting par-
taketh in his evil works.
12 Having many things to write
unto you, I would not write them
with paper and ink: but I hope to
come unto you, and to speak face to
face, that your joy may be made
full. 13 The children of thine elect
sister salute thee.
- Or, destroy
3 Many ancient authorities read ye.
« Or. taketh the lead Comp. 3 Jn. 9.
THE THIRD EPISTLE OF
JOHN
Address to Qaius. Prayer for his Prosperity
1 The elder unto Gains the be-
loved, whom I love in truth.
2 Beloved, I pray that in all things
thou mayest prosper and be in
health, even as thy soul prospereth.
3 For I ^rejoiced greatly, when
brethren came and bare witness unto
thy truth, even as thou walkest in
truth. 4 Greater joy have I none
than 2this, to hear of my children
walking in the truth.
5 Beloved, thou doest a faithful
work in w^iatsoever thou doest
toward them that are brethren and
Or, rejoice greatly, when brethren come and bear witness I 2 Or, these things, that I may hear
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He that doeth good is of God." " Peace be unto Thee '
strangers withal; 6 who bare witness
to thy love before the church : whom
thou wilt do well to set forward on
their journey worthily of God: 7
because that for the sake of the
Name they went forth, taking noth-
ing of the Gentiles. 8 We there-
fore ought to welcome such, that
we may be fellow-workers ^for the
truth.
9 I wrote somewhat unto the
church: but Diotrephes, who loveth
to have the preeminence among
them, receiveth us not. 10 There-
fore, if I come, I will bring to re-
membrance his works which he doeth,
prating against us with wicked
words: and not content therewith,
neither doth he himself receive the
1 Or, with
III. JOHN 1.6—1.13
brethren, and them that would he
forbiddeth and casteth them out
of the church. 11 Beloved, imitate
not that which is evil, but that
which is good. He that doeth good
is of God: he that doeth evil hath
not seen God. 12 Demetrius hath
the witness of all meriy and of the
truth itself: yea, we also bear wit-
ness; and thou knowest that our
witness is true.
13 I had many things to write
unto thee, but I am unwilling to
write them to thee with ink and pen:
14 but I hope shortly to see thee,
and we shall speak face to face.
Peace be unto thee. The friends
salute thee. Salute the friends by
name.
THE EPISTLE OF
JUDE
General Salutation. " Contend earnestly for the faith." The Warnings of History to the Ungodly
1 iJude, a ^servant of Jesus Christ,
and brother of ^ James, ^to them that
are called, beloved in God the Father,
and kept for Jesus Christ: 2 Mercy
unto you and peace and love be
multiplied.
3 Beloved, while I was giving all
diligence to write unto you of our
common salvation, I was constrained
to write unto you exhorting you to
contend earnestly for the faith which
was once for all delivered unto the
saints. 4 For there are certain men
crept in privily, even they who were
of old ^written of beforehand unto
this condemnation, ungodly men,
turning the grace of our God into
lasciviousness, and denying ^our only
Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
5 Now I desire to put you in re-
membrance, though ye know all
1 Gr. Judas. 2 Gr. bondservant. 3 Qr, Jacob
* Or, to them that are beloved in God the Father, and kept
for Jesus Christ, being called ^ Or, set forth
8 Or, the only Master, and our Lord Jesus Christ
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things once for all, that ^the Lord,
having saved a people out of the
land of Egypt, ^afterward destroyed
them that believed not. 6 And
angels that kept not their own prin-
cipality, but left their proper habi-
tation, he hath kept in everlasting
bonds under darkness unto the judg-
ment of the great day. 7 Even as
Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities
about them, having in like manner
with these given themselves over to
fornication and gone after strange
flesh, are set forth ^as an example,
suffering the punishment of eternal
fire. 8 Yet in like manner these
also in their dreamings defile the
flesh, and set at nought dominion,
and rail at indignities. 9 But Mich-
ael the archangel, when contending
with the devil he disputed about the
body of Moses, durst not bring
7 Many very ancient authorities read Jesus.
8 Gr. the second time.
9 Or, 05 an example of eternal fire, suffering punishment
10 Gr. glories.
JUDE
against him a railing judgment, but
said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10 But
these rail at whatsoever things they
know not : and what they understand
naturally, like the creatures without
reason, in these things are they ^de-
stroyed. 11 Woe unto them! for
they went in the way of Cain, and
^ran riotously in the error of Balaam
for hire, and perished in the gain-
saying of Korah. 12 These are they
who are %idden rocks in your love-
feasts when they feast with you,
shepherds that without fear feed
themselves; clouds without water,
carried along by winds; autumn trees
without fruit, twice dead, plucked
up by the roots; 13 wild waves of the
sea, foaming out their own ^shame;
wandering stars, for whom the black-
ness of darkness hath been reserved
for ever. 14 And to these also
Enoch, the seventh from Adam,
prophesied, saying. Behold, the Lord
came with Hen thousands of his holy
ones, 15 to execute judgment upon
all, and to convict all the ungodly
of all their works of ungodliness
which they have ungodly wrought,
and of all the hard things which
ungodly sinners have spoken against
him. 16 These are murmurers, com-
plainers, walking after their lusts
(and their mouth speaketh great
1 Or, corrupted Comp. 2 Pet. 2. 12 marg.
2 Or, cast themselves away through
3 Or, spots * Gr. shames.
* Gr. his holy myriads.
"Keep yourselves in the Love of God." Benediction
swelling words), showing respect o.
persons for the sake of advantage.
17 But ye, beloved, remember ye
the words which have been spoken
before by the apostles of our Lord
Jesus Christ; 18 that the^^ said to
you. In the last time there shall be
mockers, walking after '^their own
ungodly lusts. 19 These are they
who make separations, ^sensual, hav-
ing not the Spirit. 20 But ye, be-
loved, building up yourselves on
your most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in
the love of God, looking for the
mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ
unto eternal life. 22 ^And on some
have mercy, ^who are in doubt; 23
and some save, snatching them out
of the fire; and on some have mercy
with fear; hating even the garment
spotted by the flesh.
24 Now unto him that is able to
guard you from stumbling, and to
set you before the presence of his
glory without blemish in exceeding
joy, 25 to the only God our Saviour,
through Jesus Christ our Lord, be
glory, majesty, dominion and power,
before all time, and now, and ^^or
evermore. Amen.
6 Gr. their own lusts of ungodlinesses.
7 Or, natural Or, animal
8 The Gr. text in this passage (Ayid . . . fire) is some-
what uncertain. Some ancient authorities read And some
refute while they dispute with you. Comp. 1 Tim. 5. 20;
Tit. 1. 9. * Or, while they dispute with you
"> Gr. unto all the ages.
THE REVELATION OF JOHN
The
IS Christ : Blesseth he that readeth, heareth, keepeth
1'The Revelation of Jesus ChrisF,i
which God igave him to show
unto his ^servants, even the things
which must shortly come to pass:
and he sent and signified Ht by
his angel unto his servant John;
2 who bare witness of the word
of God, and of the testimony of
^ Or, gave unto him, to show unto his servants the
things b'c. 2 Gr. bondservants.
3 Or, them
Jesus Christ, even of all the things
that he saw. 3 Blessed is he that-
readeth, and they that hear the words
of the prophecy, and keep the things
that are written therein: for the
time is at hand.
4 John to the seven churches that
are in Asia : Grace to you and peace,
from him who is and who was and
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To the Seven Churches; to the Church in Ephesus; and Smyrna REVELATION 1.5 — 2.8
Vho is to come; and from the seven
Spirits that are before his throne;
5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the
faithful witness, the firstborn of the
dead, and the ruler of the kings of
the earth. Unto him that loveth
us, and ^loosed us from our sins %y
his blood; 6 and he made us to he a
kingdom, to he priests unto 4iis God
and Father; to him he the glory and
the dominion ^for ever and ever.
Amen. 7 Behold, he cometh with
the clouds; and every eye shall see
him, and they that pierced him; and
all the tribes of the earth shall
mourn over him. Even so. Amen.
8 I am the Alpha and the Omega,
saith the Lord God, ^who is and who
was and ^who is to come, the Al-
mighty.
9 I John, your brother and par-
taker with you in the tribulation and
kingdom and ^patience which are
in Jesus, was in the isle that is called
Patmos, for the word of God and the
testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the
Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard
behind me a great voice, as of a
trumpet 11 saying. What thou seest,
write in a book and send it to the
seven churches: unto Ephesus, and
unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum,
and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis,
and unto Philadelphia, and unto
Laodicea. 12 And I turned to see
the voice that spake with me. And
having turned I saw seven golden
^candlesticks; 13 and in the midst of
the candlesticks one like unto a son
of man, clothed with a garment
down to the foot, and girt about at
' the breasts with a golden girdle. 14
! And his head and his hair were white
as white wool, white as snow; and his
I eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 and
: his feet like unto burnished brass, as
' if it had been refined in a furnace;
and his voice as the voice of many
waters. 16 And he had in his right
1 Or, who cometh
2 Many authorities, some ancient, read washed. Heb.
9. 14; comp. ch. 7. 14.
1 ' Gr. in. i Or, God and his Father
*_Gr. unto the ages of the ages. Many ancient authorities
I omit of the ages.
I « Or, he who ^ Or, stedfastness « Gr. lampstands.
hand seven stars: and out of his
mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged
sword: and his countenance was as
the sun shineth in his strength. 17
And when I saw him, I fell at his
feet as one dead. And he laid his
right hand upon me, saying. Fear
not; I am the first and the last, 18
and the Living one; and I ^was dead,
and behold, I am alive ^^for ever-
more, and I have the keys of death
and of Hades. 19 Write therefore
the things which thou sawest, and
the things which are, and the things
which shall come to pass hereafter;
20 the mystery of the seven stars
which thou sawest ^^in my right
hand, and the seven golden ^candle-
sticks. The seven stars are the
angels of the seven churches: and
the seven ^candlesticks are seven
churches.
2 To the angel of the church in
Ephesus write:
These things saith he that holdeth
the seven stars in his right hand, he
that walketh in the midst of the
seven golden ^candlesticks : 2 I know
thy works, and thy toil and ^pa-
tience, and that thou canst not bear
evil men, and didst try them that
call themselves apostles, and they
are not, and didst find them false;
3 and thou hast ^patience and didst
bear for my name's sake, and hast
not grown weary. 4 But I have this
against thee, that thou didst leave
thy first love. 5 Remember there-
fore whence thou art fallen, and
repent and do the first works; or else
I come to thee, and will move thy
^^candlestick out of its place, except
thou repent. 6 But this thou hast,
that thou hatest the works of the
Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7
He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith to the churches.
To him that overcometh, to him will
I give to eat of the tree of lite, which
is in the ^^Paradise of God.
8 And to the angel of the church in
Smyrna write:
9 Gr. became. i" Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
" Gr. upon. *2 Qr. lampstand.
« Or, garden: as in Gen. 2. 8.
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REVELATION 2.9—3.2
These things saith the first and
the last, who ^was dead, and Hved
again: 9 I know thy tribulation, and
thy povert^^ (but thou art rich), and
the ^blasphemy of them that say
they are Jews, and they are not, but
are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear
not the things which thou, art about
to suffer: behold, the devil is about
to cast some of you into prison, that
ye may be tried; ^and ye shall have
To the Church in Pergamum, Thyatira and Sardis
These things saith the Son of God,
who hath his eyes like a flame of
fire, and his feet are like unto bur-
nished brass: 19 I know thy works,
and thy love and faith and ministry
and ^patience, and that thy last
works are more than the first. 20
But I have this against thee, that
thou sufferest ^the woman Jezebel,
who calleth herself a prophetess;
and she teacheth and seduceth my
tribulation ten days. Be thou faith- ^servants to commit fornication, and
ful unto death, and I will give thee
the crown of life.^ 11 He that hath
an ear, let him "Hear what the Spirit
saith to the churches. He that over-
cometh shall not be hurt of the sec-
ond death.
12 And to the angel of the church
in Pergamum write:
These things saith he that hath
the sharp two-edged sword : 13 I know
where thou dwellest, even where
Satan's throne is; and thou boldest
fast my name, and didst not deny
m}^ faith, even in the days ^of Anti-
pas my witness, my faithful one, who
was killed among you, where Satan
dwelleth. 14 But I have a few
things against thee, because thou
hast there some that hold the teach-
ings of Balaam, who taught Balak
to cast a stumblingblock before the
children of Israel, to eat things sac-
rificed to idols, and to commit for-
nication. 15 So hast thou also some
that hold the teaching of the Nicola-
itans in like manner. 16 Repent
therefore; or else I come to thee
quickly, and I will make war against
them with the sword of my mouth.
17 He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith to the churches.
To him that overcometh, to him will
I give of the hidden manna, and^
will give him a white stone, and upon
the stone a new name written,
which no one knoweth but he that
receiveth it."
18 And to the angel of the church
in Thyatira write:
1 Gr. became. 2 Or, reviling
3 Some ancient authorities read and may have.
* Gr. a tribulation of ten days.
B The Greek text here is somewhat uncertain.
to eat things sacrificed to idols. 21
And I gave her time that she should
repent; and she willeth not to repent
of her fornication. 22 Behold, I cast
her into a bed, and them that com-
mit adultery with her into great
tribulation, except they repent of
^her works. 23 And I \vill kill her
children with ^^death; and all the
churches shall know that I am he
that searcheth the reins and hearts:
and I wil]_give unto each one of j^u
according to y6ur"_ works . 24 But
to you T'say , to' tTie rest that are in
Thyatira, as many as have not this
teaching, who know not the deep
things of Satan, as they are wont to
sajs I cast upon you none other
burden. 25 Nevertheless that which
ye have, hold fast till I come. 26
And he that overcometh, and he that
keepeth my works unto the end, to
him will I give authority over the
^^nations : 27 and he shall rule them
with a rod of ^^iron, as the vessels of
the potter are broken to shivers; as
I also have received of my Father:
28 and I will give him the morning
star^. 29 He that hath an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit saith to
the churches.
3 And to the angel of the church
in Sardis write:
These things saith he that hath
the seven Spirits of God, and the
seven stars: I know thy works, that
thou hast a name that thou livest,
and thou art dead. 2 Be thou
* Or, stedfastness
7 Many authorities, some ancient, read thy wife.
8 Gr. bondservants.
» Many ancient authorities read their.
^^ Or, pestilence Sept., Ex. 5. 3. &c. " Or. G^n/tt#5
>2 Or, iron; as vessels of the potter, are they broken
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To the Church in Philadelphia and Laodicea
REVELATION 3.3—4.2
watcliiul, and establish the things
that remain, which were ready to
die: for I have ^found no works of
thine perfected before tny God. 3
Remember therefore how thou hast
received and didst hear; and keep it,
and repent. If therefore thou shalt
not watch, I will come as a thief, and
thou shalt not know what hour I
will come upon thee. 4 But thou
hast a few names in Sardis that did
not defile their garments: and they
shall walk with me in white; for
they are worthy. 5 He^ that over-
cometh shall thus be_array£d._iii
white garments ; and^l wilHn no wise
blot liis name out of the 1)oolt of life,
and I will confess his name before
my Father, and before his angels .
6 He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith to the churches.
7 And to the angel of the church
in Philadelphia write:
These things saith he that is holy,
he that is true, he that hath the key
of David, he that openeth and none
shall shut, and that shutteth arid
none openeth: 8 I know thy
works (behold, I have ^set before
thee a door opened, which none can
shut), that thou hast a little power,
and didst keep my word, and didst
not deny my name. 9 Behold, I
give of the synagogue of Satan, of
them that say they are Jews, and
they are not, but do lie; behold, I will
make them to come and ^worship
before thy feet, and to know that
I have loved thee. 10 Because
thou didst keep the word of my
''patience, I also will keep thee from
the hour of ^trial, that hour which is
to come upon the whole ^ world, to
^try them that dwell upon the earth.
II I come quickly: hold fast that
which thou hast, that no one take
thy crown. 12 He that overcometh,
I will make him a pillar in the ^tem-
ple of my God, and he shall go out
thence no more: and I will write
' Many ancient authorities read not found thy works.
- Gr. given.
\ '^ The Greek word* denotes an act of reverence, whether
: paid to a creature, or to the Creator. ■* Or, stedf ashless
^ » Or. temptation 8 Qr. inhabited earth.
I ' Or, tempt s Or, sanctuary
upon him the name of my God, and
the name of the city of my God, the
new Jerusalem, which cometh down
out of heaven from my God, and
mine own new name. 13 He that
hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith to the churches.
14 And to the angel of the church
in Laodicea write:
These things saith the Amen, the
faithful and true witness, the begin-
ning of the creation of God: 15 I
know thy works, that thou art
neither cold nor hot: I would thou
wert cold or hot. 16 So because
thou art lukewarm, and neither hot
nor cold, I will spew thee out of my
mouth. 17 Because thou say est, I
am rich, and have gotten riches, and
have need of nothing; and knowest
not that thou art the wretched one
and miserable and poor and blind and
naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of
me gold refined by fire, that thou
may est become rich; and white
garments, that thou may est clothe
thyself, and that the shame of thy
nakedness be not made manifest;
and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes,
that thou may est see. 19 As many
as I love, I reprove and chasten: be
zealous therefore, and repent. 20
Behold, I stand at the door and
knock : if any man hear my voice and
open the door, I will come in to him,
and will sup with him, and he with ^
me. 21 He that overcometh, I will
give to him to sit down with me in
my throne, as I also overcame, and
sat down with my Father in his
throne. 22 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit saith
to the churches.
4 After these things I saw, and
behold, a door opened in heaven,
and the first voice that I heard, a
voice as of a trumpet speaking with
me, one saying, Come up hither, and
I will show thee the things which
must ^come to pass hereafter. 2
Straightway I was in the Spirit: and
behold, there was a throne set in
9 Or, come to pass. After those things straightway b'c.
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REVELATION 4.3^ — 5.12 The Throne in Heaven. The Book sealed with Seven Seals
heaven, and one sitting upon the
throne; 3 and he that sat was to look
upon hke a jasper stone and a sar-
dius: and there was a rainbow round
about the throne, Hke an emer-
ald to look upon. 4 And round
about the throne were four and twen-
ty thrones: and upon the thrones /
saw four and twenty elders sitting,
arrayed in white garments; and on
their heads crowns of gold. 5 And
out of the throne proceed lightnings
and voices and thunders. And there
were seven lamps of fire burning be-
before the throne, which are the
seven Spirits of God; 6 and before
the throne, as it were a ^sea of glass
like unto crystal; and in the midst
^of the throne, and round about the
throne, four living creatures full of
eyes before and behind. 7 And the
first creature was like a lion, and
the second creature like a calf, and the
third creature had a face as of a man,
and the fourth creature was like a
flying eagle. 8 And the four living
creatures, having each one of them
six wings, are full of eyes round about
and within: and they have no rest
day and night, saying.
Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord
God, the Almighty, who was
and who is and ^who is to come.
9 And when the living creatures
shall give glory and honor and
thanks to him that sitteth on the
throne, to him that liveth^'for ever
and ever, 10 the four and twenty
elders shall fall down before him
that sitteth on the throne, and shall
worship him that liveth ^for ever
and ever, and shall cast their crowns
before the throne, saying,
11 Worthy art thou, our Lord
and our God, to receive the
glory and the honor and the
power: for thou didst create
all things, and because of thy
will they were, and were
created.
5 And I saw ^in the right hand
of him that sat on the throne
a book written within and on the
back, close sealed with seven seals.
1 2 And I saw a strong angel pro-
claiming with a great voice. Who is
worthy to open the book, and to
loose the seals thereof.'^ 3 And no
one in heaven, or on the earth, or
under the earth, was able to open
the book, or to look thereon. 4
And I wept much, because no one
was found worthy to open the book,
or to look thereon: 5 and one of the
elders saith unto me. Weep not; be-
hold, the Lion that is of the tribe of
Judah, the Root of David, hath
overcome to open the book and the
seven seals thereof. 6 And I saw
^in the midst of the throne and of
the four living creatures, and in the
midst of the elders, a Lamb standing,
as though it had been slain, having
seven horns, and seven eyes, which
are the ^seven Spirits of God, sent
forth into all the earth. 7 And he
came, and he ^taketh it out of thc^
right hand of him that sat on the
throne. 8 And when he had taken
the book, the four living creatures
and the four and twenty elders
fell down before the Lamb, having
each one a harp, and golden bowls
full of incense, which are the prayers
of the saints. 9 And they sing a
new song, saying.
Worthy art thou to take the
book, and to open the seals
thereof: for thou wast slain, '
and didst purchase unto God
with thy blood men of every
tribe, and tongue, and people,
and nation, 10 and madest ]
them to be unto our God a
kingdom and priests; and they
reign upon the earth.
11 And I saw, and I heard a voice
of many angels round about the
throne and the living creatures and
the elders; and the number of them
was ten thousand times ten thou-
sand, and thousands of thousands;
12 saying with a great voice.
Worth V is the Lamb that hath
^ Or, glassy sea -Or, before See ch. 7. 17; comp. 5. 6. ^ Or, between Ike throne with the four livins creatures, and ^
' Or, who Cometh * Gr, unto the ages of the ages. the elders ' Some ancient authorities omit seven. s
« Gr. on. I 8 Gr. hath taken. A
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The Opening of the Seals
been slain to receive the power,
and riches, and wisdom, and
might, and honor, and glory,
and blessing.
13 And every created thing which
is in the heaven, and on the earth,
and under the earth, and on the
sea, and all things that are in them,
heard I saying,
Unto him that sitteth on the
throne, and unto the Lamb, be
the blessing, and the honor, and
the glory, and the dominion, ^for
ever and ever.
14 And the four living creatures
said. Amen. And the elders fell
down and ^ worshipped.
6 And I saw when the Lamb
opened one of the seven seals,
and I heard one of the four living
creatures saying as with a voice of
thunder, Come^. 2 And I saw, and
behold, a white horse, and he that
sat thereon had a bow; and there
was given unto him a crown: and he
came forth conquering, and to con-
quer.
3 And when he opened the second
seal, I heard the second living crea-
ture saying, Come^. 4 And another
horse came forth, a red horse: and to
him that sat thereon it was given to
take "^peace from the earth, and that
they should sla}^ one another: and
there was given unto him a great
sword.
5 And when he opened the third
seal, I heard the third living creature
saying, Come^. And I saw, and
behold, a black horse; and he that
sat thereon had a balance in his
hand. 6 And I heard as it were a
voice in the midst of the four living
creatures saying, ^A measure of
wheat for a ^shilling, and three
measures of barley for a ^shilling;
and the oil and the wine hurt thou
not.
1 Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
2 See marginal note on ch. 3. 9.
^ Some ancient authorities add and see.
* Some ancient authorities read the peace of the earth.
* Or, A choenix {i.e. about a quart) of wheat for a shilling
— implying great scarcity. Comp. Ezek. 4. 16 f.; 5. 16.
' See marginal note on Mt. 18. 28.
REVELATION 5.13—6.17
7 And when he opened the fourth
seal, I heard the voice of the fourth
living creature saying, Come^ 8
And I saw, and behold, a pale horse:
and he that sat upon him, his name
was Death; and Hades followed
with him. And there was given
unto them authority over the fourth
part of the earth, to kill with sword,
and with famine, and with Meath,
and by the wild beasts of the earth.
9 And when he opened the fifth
seal, I saw underneath the altar
the souls of them that had been
slain for the word of God, and for the
testimony which they held: 10 and
they cried with a great voice, saying.
How long, O Master, the holy and
true, dost thou not judge and avenge
our blood on them that dwell on the
earth.? 11 And there was given
them to each one a white robe; and
it was said unto them, that they
should rest yet for a little time, until
their fellow-servants also and their
brethren, who should be killed even
as they were, should ^have fulfilled
their course.
12 And I saw wh«n he opened the
sixth seal, and there was a great earth-
quake; and the sun became black
as sackcloth of hair, and the whole
moon became as blood; 13 and the
stars of the heaven fell unto the earth,
as a ^g tree casteth her unripe figs
when she is shaken of a great wind.
14 And the heaven was removed as a
scroll when it is rolled up; and every
mountain and island were moved
out of their places. 15 And the
kings of the earth, and the princes,
and the ^chief captains, and the
rich, and the strong, and every
bondman and freeman, hid them-
selves in the caves and in the rocks
of the mountains; 16 and they say
to the mountains and to the rocks.
Fall on us, and hide us from the face
of him that sitteth on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17
for the great day of their wrath is
come; and who is able to stand.?
^ Or, pestilence Comp. ch. 2. 23 marg.
8 Some ancient authorities read be fulfilled in number.
2 Esdr. 4. 36. 9 Or, military tribunes Gr. chiliarchs.
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REVELATION 7. 1 8.4 servants of God sealed. The Countless Multitude before the Throne
7 After this I saw four angels
standing at the four corners of
the earth, holding the four winds of
the earth, that no wind should blow
on the earth, or on the sea, or upon
any tree. 2 And I saw another
angel ascend from the sunrising,
having the seal of the living God:
and he cried with a great voice to
the four angels to whom it was given
to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 say-
ing. Hurt not the earth, neither the
sea, nor the trees, till we shall have
sealed the ^servants of our God on
their foreheads. 4 And I heard the
number of them that were sealed,
a hundred and forty and four thou-
sand, sealed out of every tribe of the
children of Israel:
5 Of the tribe of Judah toere sealed
twelve thousand;
Of the tribe of Reuben twelve
thousand ;
Of the tribe of Gad twelve thou-
sand;
6 Of the tribe of Asher twelve thou-
sand;
Of the tribe of Naphtali twelve
thousand \'^
Of the tribe of Manasseh twelve
thousand ;
7 Of the tribe of Simeon twelve
thousand;
Of the tribe of Levi twelve thou-
sand;
Of the tribe of Issachar twelve
thousand ;
8 Of the tribe of Zebulun twelve
thousand;
Of the tribe of Joseph twelve
thousand;
Of the tribe of Benjamin were
sealed twelve thousand.
9 After these things I saw, and
behold, a great multitude, which
no man could number, out of every
nation and of all tribes and peoples
and tongues, standing before the
throne and before the Lamb, arrayed
in white robes, and palms in their
hands; 10 and they cry with a great
voice, saying.
Salvation unto our God who
Gr. bondservants.
sitteth on the throne, and unto
the Lamb.
11 And all the angels were standing
round about the throne, and about
the elders and the four living crea-
tures ; and they fell before the throne
on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 saying.
Amen : ^Blessing, and glory, and
wisdom, and thanksgiving, and
honor, and power, and might, he
unto our God ^for ever and ever.
Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered,
saying unto me. These that are
arrayed in the white robes, who are
they, and whence came they? 14
And I ^say unto him. My lord, thou
knowest. And he said to me. These
are they that come out of the great
tribulation, and they washed their
robes, and made thenv white in the
blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore
are they before the throne of God;
and they serve him day and night in
his ^temple: and he that sitteth on
the throne shall spread his tabernacle
over them. 16 They shall hunger
no more, neither thirst any more;
neither shall the sun strike upon
them, nor any heat: 17 for the Lamb
that is in the midst ^of the throne
shall be their shepherd, and shall
guide them unto fountains of waters
of life: and God shall wipe away
every tear from their eyes.
8 And when he opened the
seventh seal, there followed a
silence in heaven about the space of
half an hour. 2 And I saw the
seven angels that stand before God;
and there were given unto them
seven trumpets.
3 And another angel came and
stood ^over the altar, having a
golden censer; and there was given
unto him much incense, that he
should %dd it unto the prayers of
all the saints upon the golden altar
which was before the throne. 4
And the smoke of the incense, Hvith
2 Gr. The blessing, and the glory &•€.
1 Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
* Gr. have said. ' Or, sanctuary
« Or, before See ch. 4. 6; comp. 5. 6.
7 Or, at
8 Or. give.
• Or. for
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The Seventh Seal. The Angel with the Qolden Censer
REVELATION 8.5—9.14
the prayers of the saints, went up
before God out of the angel's hand.
5 And the angel ^taketh the censer;
and he filled it with the fire of the
altar, and cast it ^upon the earth:
and there followed thunders, and
voices, and lightnings, and an earth-
quake.
6 And the seven angels that had
the seven trumpets prepared them-
selves to sound.
7 And the first sounded, and there
followed hail and fire, mingled with
blood, and they were cast ^upon the
earth : and the third part of the earth
was burnt up, and the third part of
the trees was burnt up, and all green
grass was burnt up.
8 And the second angel sounded,
and as it were a great mountain
burning with fire was cast into the
sea: and the third part of the sea
became blood; 9 and there died
the third part of the creatures which
were in the sea, even they that had
life; and the third part of the ships
was destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded,
and there fell from heaven a great
star, burning as a torch, and it fell
upon the third part of the rivers,
and upon the fountains of the
waters; 11 and the name of the star
is called Wormwood: and the third
part of the waters became worm-
wood; and many men died of the
waters, because they were made
bitter.
12 And the fourth angel sounded,
and the third part of the sun was
smitten, and the third part of the
moon, and the third part of the
stars; that the third part of them
should be darkened, and the day
should not shine for the third part
of it, and the night in like manner.
13 And I saw, and I heard ^an
eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying
with a great voice. Woe, woe, woe,
for them that dwell on the earth, by
reason of the other voices of the
trumpet of the three angels, who are
yet to sound.
Gr. hath taken.
Or, into
9 And the fifth angel sounded,
and I saw a star from heaven
fallen unto the earth: and there was
given to him the key of the pit of
the abyss. 2 And he opened the pit
of the abyss; and there went up a
smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of
a great furnace; and the sun and the
air were darkened by reason of the
smoke of the pit. 3 And out of the
smoke came forth locusts upon the
earth; and power was given them,
as the scorpions of the earth have
power. 4 And it was said unto them
that they should not hurt the grass
of the earth, neither any green thing,
neither any tree, but only such men
as have not the seal of God on their
foreheads. 5 And it was given them
that they should not kill them, but
that they should be tormented five
months: and their torment was as
the torment of a scorpion, when it
striketh a man. 6 And in those days
men shall seek death, and shall in
no wise find it; and they shall desire
to die, and death fleeth from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were
like unto horses prepared for war;
and upon their heads as it were
crowns like unto gold, and their
faces were as men's faces. 8 And
they had hair as the hair of women,
and their teeth were as the teeth of
lions. 9 And they had breastplates,
as it were breastplates of iron; and
the sound of their wings was as the
sound of chariots, of many horses
rushing to war. 10 And they have
tails like unto scorpions, and stings;
and in their tails is their power to
hurt men five months. 11 They
have over them as king the angel of
the abyss: his name in Hebrew is
Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue
he hath the name ^Apollyon.
12 The first Woe is past: behold,
there come yet two Woes hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded,
and I heard ^a voice from the horns
of the golden altar which is before
God, 14 one saying to the sixth angel
that had the trumpet. Loose the
8 Gr. one eagle. ' < Qjx, likenesses, 6 That is, Dcsiroycr.
279
6 Gr. one voice.
REVELATION 9.15 11.3 The Angel with the Little Book. The Book eaten up
four angels that are bound at the I the seven thunders uttered, and
great river Euphrates. 15 And the ! write them not. 5 And the angel
four angels were loosed, that had
been prepared for the hour and day
and month and year, that they
should kill the third part of men.
16 And the number of the armies of
the horsemen was twice ten thou-
sand times ten thousand: I heard
the number of them. 17 And thus
I saw the horses in the vision, and
them that sat on them, having
breastplates as of fire and of hya-
cinth and of brimstone: and the
heads of the horses are as the heads
of lions; and out of their mouths
proceedeth fire and smoke and brim-
stone. 18 By these three plagues
was the third part of men killed, by
the fire and the smoke and the brim-
stone, which proceeded out of their
mouths. 19 For the power of the
horses is in their mouth, and in their
tails : for their tails are like unto ser-
pents, and have heads; and with
them they hurt. 20 And the rest
of mankind, who were not killed
with these plagues, repented not of
the works of their hands, that they
should not hvorship demons, and the
idols of gold, and of silver, and of
brass, and of stone, and of wood;
which can neither see, nor hear, nor
walk: 21 and the}^ repented not of
their murders, nor of their sorceries,
nor of their fornication, nor of their
thefts.
1r\ And I saw another strong
yJ angel coming down out of
heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and
the rainbow was upon his head, and
his face was as the sun, and his feet as
pillars of fire; 2 and he had in his
hand a little book open : and he set
his right foot upon the sea, and his
left upon the earth; 3 and he cried
with a great voice, as a lion roareth:
and when he cried, the seven thun-
ders uttered their voices. 4 And
when the seven thunders uttered
their voices, I was about to WTite:
and I heard a voice from heaven
saying. Seal up the things which
1 See marginal note on ch. 3. 9. '
280
that I saw standing upon the sea
and upon the earth lifted up his
right hand to heaven, 6 and sware
by him that liveth ^for ever and ever,
who created the heaven and the
things that are therein, and the earth
and the things that are therein, ^and
the sea and the things that are there-
in, that there shall be ^delay no
longer : 7 but in the days of the voice
of the seventh angel, when he is about
to sound, then is finished the mystery
of God, according to the good tidings
which he declared to his ^servants
the prophets. 8 And the voice
which I heard from heaven, I heard
it again speaking with me, and say-
ing, Go, take the book which is
open in the hand of the angel that
standeth upon the sea and upon the
earth. 9 And I went unto the angel,
saying unto him that he should give
me the little book. And he saith
unto me. Take it, and eat it up;
and it shall make thy belly bitter,
but in thy mouth it shall be sweet
as honey. 10 And I took the little
book out of the angel's hand, and ate
it up; and it was in my mouth sweet
as honey: and when I had eaten it,
my bell}^ was made bitter. 11 And
they say unto me. Thou must proph-
esy again ^over many peoples and
nations and tongues and kings.
11 And there was given me a
1 reed like unto, a rod: ^and
one said. Rise, and measure the
temple of God, and the altar, and
them that worship therein. 2 And
the court which is without the ^tem-
ple ^leave without, and measure it
not; for it hath been given unto the
donations : and the holy city shall they
tread under foot forty and two
months. 3 And I will give unto my
two witnesses, and they shall proph-
esy a thousand two hundred and
threescore days, clothed in sack-
2 Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
s Some ancient authorities omit and the sea and the
things that are therein. * Or, time
6 Gr. bondservants. « Or, concerning Comp. Jn. 12. 16.
7 Gr. saying. ^ Or, sanctuary
» Gr. cast without. ^^ Or, Gentiles
The Seventh Angel Sounds. The Woman, the Dragon, and the Child REVELATION 11.4 12.5
cloth. 4 These are the two ohve
trees and the two ^candlesticks, stand-
ing before the Lord of the earth.
5 And if any man desireth to hurt
them, fire proceedeth out of their
mouth and devoureth their enemies;
and if any man shall desire to hurt
them, in this manner must he be
killed. 6 These have the power to
shut the heaven, that it rain not
during the days of their prophecy:
and they have power over the waters
to turn them into blood, and to
smite the earth with every plague,
as often as they shall desire. 7 And
when they shall have finished their
testimony, the beast that cometh
up out of the abyss shall mal£e war
with them, and oyercome them, and
kill them. 8 And their ^dead bodies
lie in the street of the great city,
which spiritually is called Sodom and
Egypt, wdiere also their Lord was
crucified. 9 And from among the
peoples and tribes and tongues and
nations do men look upon their
^dead bodies three days and a half,
and suffer not their dead bodies to
be laid in a tomb. 10 And they that
dwell on the earth rejoice over them,
and make merry; and they shall
send gifts one to another; because
these two prophets tormented them
that dwell on the earth. 11 And
after the three days and a half the
breath of life from God entered into
them, and they stood upon their feet;
and^ great fear fell upon them that
beheld them. 12 And they heard a
great voice from heaven saying unto
them, Come up hither. And they
went up into heaven in the cloud;
and their enemies beheld them. 13
And in that hour there was a great
earthquake, and the tenth part of
the city fell; and there were killed
in the earthquake ^seven thousand
persons : and the rest were affrighted,
and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second Woe is past: behold,
the third Woe cometh quickly.
15 And the seventh angel sounded;
and there followed great voices in
heaven, and they said,
The kingdom of the world is
become the kingdom of our Lord,
and of his Christ: and he shall
reign ^for ever and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders,
who sit before God on their thrones,
fell upon their faces and worshipped
God, 17 saying,
We give thee thanks, O Lord
God, the Almighty, who art
and who wast; because thou
hast taken thy great power, and
didst reign. 18 And the na-
tions were wroth, and thy wrath
came, and the time of the dead
to be judged, and the time to give
their reward to thy ^servants
the prophets, and to the saints,
and to them that fear thy name,
the small and the great; and to
destroy them that destroy the
earth.
19 And there was opened the
^temple of God that is in heaven;
and there was seen in his ^temple
the ark of his covenant; and there
followed lightnings, and voices, and
thunders, and an earthquake, and
great hail.
-i Q And a great sign was seen
1 i^ in heaven: a woman arrayed
with the sun, and the moon under
her feet, and upon her head a crown
of twelve stars; 2 and she was with
child; and she crieth out, travailing
in birth, and in pain to be delivered.
3 And there was seen another sign
in heaven: and behold, a great red
dragon, having seven heads and ten
horns, and upon his heads seven
diadems. 4 And his tail draweth the
third part of the stars of heaven, and
did cast them to the earth: and the
dragon standeth before the woman
that is about to be delivered, that
when she is delivered he may devour
her child. 5 And she was delivered
of a son, a man child, who is to rule
all the ^nations with a rod of iron:
Gr. lampstands. 2 Gr. carcase.
Gr. names of men, seven thousand. Comp. ch. 3. 4.
< Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
6 Or, sanctuary
'" Gr. bondservants.
' Or, Gentiles
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REVELATION 12.6 13.8 war in Heaven; renewed on Earth. The Beast coming out of Sea
and her child was caught up unto
God and unto his throne. 6 And the
woman fled into the wilderness,
where she hath a place prepared of
God, that there they may nourish
her a thousand two hundred and
threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven :
Michael and his angels going forth
to war with the dragon; and the
dragon warred and his angels; 8 and
they prevailed not, neither was their
place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast
down, the old serpent, he that is
called the Devil and Satan, the
deceiver of the whole ^ world; he was
cast down to the earth, and his
angels were cast down with him.
10 And I heard a great voice in
heaven saying,
^Now is come the salvation,
and the power, and the kingdom
of our God, and the authority
of his Christ: for the accuser
of our brethren is cast down,
who accuseth them before our
God day and night. 11 And
they overcame him because of
the blood of the Lamb, and
because of the word of their tes-
timony ; and they loved not their
life even unto death. 12 There-
fore rejoice, O heavens, and ye
that Mwell in them. Woe for
the earth and for the sea: be-
cause the devil is gone down
unto you, having great wrath,
knowing that he hath but a
short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that
he was cast down to the earth, he
persecuted the woman that brought
forth the man child. 14 And there
were given to the woman the two
wings of the great eagle, that she
might fly into the wilderness unto
her place, where she is nourished
for a time, and times, and half a
time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his
' Gr. inhabited earth.
2 Or, Now is the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom,
become our God's, and the authority is become his Christ's
3 Gr. tabernacle.
mouth after the woman water as a
river, that he might cause her to be
carried away by the stream. 16 And
the earth helped the woman, and
the earth opened her mouth and
swallowed up the river which the
dragon cast out of his mouth. 17
And the dragon waxed wroth with
the woman, and went away to make
war with the rest of her seed, that
keep the commandments of God,
and hold the testimony of Jesus:
1 O 1 and ^he stood upon the
1 O sand of the sea.
And I saw^ a beast coming up out
of the sea, having ten horns and
seven heads, and on his horns ten
diadems, and upon his heads names
of blasphemy. 2 And the beast
which I saw was like unto a leopard,
and his feet were as the feet of a bear,
and his mouth as the mouth of a
lion: and the dragon gave him his
power, and his throne, and great
authority. 3 And / saw one of his
''^eads as though it had been ^smit-
ten unto death; and his deathstroke
was healed: and the whole earth
wondered after the beast; 4 and
they ® worshipped the dragon, be-
cause he gave his authority unto the
beast; and they •'worshipped the
beast, saying. Who is like unto the
beast .^ and who is able to war with
him.? 5 and there was given to him a
mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies; and there was given
to him authority ^to continue fdrty
and two months. 6 And he opened
his mouth for blasphemies against
God, to blaspheme his name, and
his tabernacle, eve^i them that ^dwell
in the heaven. 7 ^And it was given
unto him to make war with the
saints, and to overcome them: and
there was given to him authority
over every tribe and people and
tongue and nation. 8 And all that
dwell on the earth shall ^worship
him, every one whose name hath not
* Some ancient authorities read / stood &"€. connecting
the clause with what follows.
6 Gr. slain. • See marginal note on ch. 3. 9.
7 Or, /() do his works during See Dan. 11. 28.
8 Some ancient authorities omit .4 nd it was given . . .
overcome them.
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The Beast coming out of the Earth. The Heavenly Proclamations REVELATION 13.9 14.10
been Hvritten from the foundation of
the world in the book of hfe of the
Lamb that hath been slain. 9 If
any man hath an ear, let him hear.
10 ^If any man ^is for captivity,
into captivity he goeth: if any man
shall kill with the sword, with the
sword must he be killed. Here is the
''patience and the faith of the saints.
1 1 And I saw another beast com-
ing up out of the earth; and he had
two horns like unto a lamb, and he
spake as a dragon. 12 And he exer-
ciseth all the authority of the first
beast in his sight. And he maketh
the earth and them that dwell
therein to ^worship the first beast,
whose death-stroke was healed.
13 And he doeth great signs, that
he should even make fire to come
down out of heaven upon the earth
in the sight of men. 14 And he
deceiveth them that dwell on the
earth by reason of the signs which
it was given him to do in the sight
of the beast; saying to them that
dwell on the earth, that they should
make an image to the beast who
hath the stroke of the sword and
lived. 15 And it was given unto
him to give breath to it, even to the
image of the beast, ^that the image
of the beast should both speak, and
cause that as many as should not
^worship the image of the beast
should be killed. 16 And he causeth
all, the small and the great, and the
ricl^and the poor, and the free and
the bond, that there be given them a
mark on their right hand, or upon
their forehead; 17 and that no man
should be able to buy or to sell, save
he that hath the mark, even the name
of the beast or the number of his
name. 18 Here is wisdom. He that
hath understanding, let him count
the number of the beast; for it is the
number of a man : and his number is
jSix hundred and sixty and six.
1 Or, written in the book . . . slain from the foundation
of the world
2 The Greek text in this verse is somewhat uncertain.
3 Or, leadeth into captivity « Or, stedfastness
5 See marginal note on ch. 3. 9.'
. 6 Some ancient authorities read that even the image of the
beast should speak; and he shall cause &'c.
' Some ancient authorities read Six hundred and sixteen.
UAnd I saw, and behold,
the Lamb standing oh the
mount Zion, and with him a hundred
and forty and four thousand, having
his name, and the name of his
Father, written on their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven,
as the voice of many waters, and as
the voice of a great thunder: and the
voice which I heard was as the voice
of harpers harping with their harps:
3 and they sing as it were a new song
before the throne, and before the
four living creatures and the elders:
and no man could learn the song
save the hundred and forty and
four thousand, even they that had
been purchased out of the earth.
4 These are they that were not de-
filed with women; for they are
virgins. These are they that follow
the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.
These were purchased from among
men, to be the first fruits unto God
and unto the Lamb. 5 And in their
mouth was found no lie: they are
without blemish.
6 And I saw another angel flying
in mid heaven, having ^eternal good
tidings to proclaim unto them that
^dweil on the earth, and unto every
nation and tribe and tongue and
people; 7 and he saith with a great
voice. Fear God, and give him glory;
for the hour of his judgment is
come: and ^worship him that made
the heaven and the earth and sea
and fountains of waters.
8 And another, a second angel,
followed, saying. Fallen, fallen is
Babylon the great, that hath made
all the nations to drink of the wine
of the wrath of her fornication.
9 And another angel, a third, fol-
lowed them, saying with a great
voice. If any man ^worshippeth the
beast and his image, and receiveth
a mark on his forehead, or upon his
hand, 10 he also shall drink of the
wine of the wrath of God, which is
loprepared unmixed in the cup of his
anger; and he shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone in the pres-
8 Or, an eternal gospel 9 Gr. sit. w Gr. mingled.
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REVELATION 14.11 16.2 "Blessed are the Dead." The Winepress of God's Wrath
ence of the holy angels, and in the
presence of the Lamb: 11 and the
smoke of their torment goeth up
If or ever and ever; and they have no
rest day and night, they that ^worship
the beast and his image, and whoso
receiveth the mark of his name. 12
Here is the ^patience of the saints,
they that keep the commandments
of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from
heaven saying, Write, Blessed are
the dead who die ^in the Lord from
henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit,
that they may rest from their
labors; for their works follow with
them.
14 And I saw, and behold, a
white cloud; and on the cloud /
saw one sitting like unto a son of
man, having on his head a golden
crown, and in his hand a sharp
sickle. 15 And another angel came
out from the ^temple, crying with a
great voice to him that sat on the
cloud. Send forth thy sickle, and
reap: for the hour to reap is come;
for the harvest of the earth is ^ripe.
16 And he that sat on the cloud cast
his sickle upon the earth; and the
earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out
from the ^temple which is in heaven,
he also having a shafp sickle. 18
And another angel came out from
the altar, he that hath power over
fire; and he called with a great voice
to him that had the sharp sickle,
saying. Send forth thy sharp sickle,
and gather the clusters of the vine
of the earth; for her grapes are fully
ripe. 19 And the angel cast his
sickle into the earth, and gathered
the ^vintage of the earth, and cast
it into the winepress, the great wine-
press, of the wrath of God. 20 And
the winepress was trodden without
the city, and there came out blood
from the winepress, even unto the
bridles of the horses, as far as a
thousand and- six hundred furlongs.
^ Gr. unto ages of ages.
- See marginal note on ch. 3. 9. 3 Qr, 'stedfastness
* Or, in the Lord. From henceforth, yea, saith the Spirit
5 Or, sanctuary 6 Gr. become dry. ? Gr. vine.
1^ And I saw -another sign
O in heavcM, great and marvel-
lous, seven angels having seven
plagues, which are the last, for
in them is finished the wrath of
God.
2 And I saw as it were a ^sca of
glass mingled with fire; and them
that come off victorious from the
beast, and from his image, and from
the number of his name, standing
^by the ^sea of glass, having harps
of God. 3 And they sing the song
of Moses the ^^servant of God, and
the song of the Lamb, saying,
Great and marvellous are thy
works, O Lord God, the Al-
mighty; righteous and true are
thy ways, thou King of the
^^ages. 4 Who shall not fear,
O Lord, and glorify thy name.?
for thou only art holy; for all the
nations shall come and ^worship
before thee; for thy righteous
acts have been made manifest.
5 And after these things I saw,
and the ^temple of the tabernacle of
the testimony in heaven was opened:
6 and there came out from the ^tem-
ple the seven angels that had the seven
plagues, arrayed^^^'ith precious slon^,
pure and bright, and girt about their
breasts with golden girdles. 7 And
one of the four living creatures gave
unto the seven angels seven golden
bowls full of the wrath of God, who
liveth ^^f or ever and ever. 8 And the
^temple was filled with smoke §-om
the glory of God, and from his power;
and none was able to enter into the
^temple, till the seven plagues of the
seven angels should be finished.
If? And I heard a great voice
vJ out of the ^temple, saying to
the seven angels. Go ye, and pour
out the seven bowls of the wrath of
God into the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured
out his bowl into the earth; and ^^it
became a noisome and grievous sore
upon the men that had the mark of
8 Or, glassy sea • 9 Or, upon "> Gr. bondser int.
11 Many ancient authorities read natiotis. Jer. 10. 7.
'2 Many ancient authorities read in linen, ch. 19 S.
13 Gr. unto the ages of the ages. " Or, tliere sme
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Seven Angels with Seven Plagues, and their Comm:ss"on
he beast, and that ^worshipped his
mage.
3 And the second poured out his
)Owl into the sea; and ^it became
)lood as of a dead man; and every
living soul died, even the things that
wrere in the sea.
4 And the third poured out his
bowl into the rivers and the foun-
tains of the waters; %nd ^it became
blood. 5 And I heard the angel of
the waters saying. Righteous art
thou, who art and who wast, thou
Holy One, because thou didst thus
judge: 6 for they poured out the
blood of saints and prophets, and
blood hast thou given them to drink :
they are worthy. 7 And I heard the
altar saying. Yea, O Lord God, the
Almighty, true and righteous are
thy judgments.
8 And the fourth poured out his
bowl upon the sun; and it was given
unto ^it to scorch men with fire. 9
And men were scorched with great
heat : and they blasphemed the name
of God who hath the power over
these plagues; and they repented
not to give him glory.-
10 And the fifth poured out his
bowl upon the throne of the beast;
and his kingdom was darkened; and
they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 and they blasphemed the God of
heaven because of their pains and
their sores; and they repented not
of their works.
12 And the sixth poured out his
l)()wl upon the great river, the river
Euphrates; and the water thereof
was dried up, that the way might be
made ready for the kings that come
from the sunrising. 13 And I saw
coming out of the mouth of the drag-
on, and out of the mouth of the beast,
and out of the mouth of the false
prophet, three unclean spirits, as it
were frogs: 14 for they are spirits of
demons, working signs; which go
forth ^unto the kings of the whole
' See marginal note on ch. 3. 9. 2 Or, there came
' Gr. soul of life.
* Some ancient authorities read and they became.
s Or, judge. Because they . . . prophets, thou hast givett
them blood also to drink
' Or, him i Or, upon
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REVELATION 16.3—17.4
^world, to gather them together unto
the war of the great day of God, the
Almighty. 15 (Behold, I come as a
thief. Blessed is he that watcheth,
and keepeth his garments, lest he
walk naked, and they see his shame.)
16 And they gathered them together
into the place which is called in
Hebrew ^Har-Magedon.
17 And the seventh poured out
his bowl upon the air; and there
came forth a great voice out of the
^^temple, from the throne, saying,
It is done: 18 and there were light-
nings, and voices, and thunders; and
there was a great earthquake, such
as was not since ^^there were men
upon the earth, so great an earth-
quake, so mighty. 19 And the
great city was divided into three
parts, and the cities of the ^^nations
fell: and Babylon the great was
remembered in the sight of God, to
give unto her the cup of the wine of
the fierceness of his wrath. 20 And
every island fled awa}^ and the
mountains were not found. 21 And
great hail, every stone about the
weight of a talent, cometh down out
of heaven upon men: and men blas-
phemed God because of the plague
of the hail; for the plague thereof is
exceeding great.
I^y And there came one of
I the seven angels that had the
seven bowls, and spake with me,
saying. Come hither, I will show
thee the judgment of the great har-
lot that sitteth upon many waters;
2 with whom the kings of the earth
committed fornication, and the}'
that dwell in the earth were made
drunken with the wine of her forni-
cation. 3 And he carried me away
in the Spirit into a wilderness: and
I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-
colored beast, ^^full of names of blas-
phemy, having seven heads and ten
horns. 4 And the woman was
arrayed in purple and scarlet, and
i^decked with gold and precious stone
8 Gr. inhabited earth. « Or, Ar-Magedon.
1" Or, sanctuary
11 Some ancient authorities read there was a man.
12 Or, Gentiles
13 Or, names full of blasphemy '* Gr. gtlded.
REVELATION 17.5 18.8 The "Mystery" of the Scarlet Woman and Beast interpreted
and pearls, having in her hand a
golden cup full of abominations,
^even the unclean things of her for-
nication, 5 and upon her forehead a
name written, 2]\Iystery, Baby-
lon THE Great, the Mother of
THE Harlots and of the Abomina-
tions OF THE Earth. 6 And I saw
the woman drunken with the blood
of the saints, and w^ith the blood of
the ^martyrs of Jesus. And when I
saw her, I wondered with a great
wonder. 7 And the angel said unto
me. Wherefore didst thou wonder .^^
I will tell thee the mystery of the
woman, and of the beast that carri-
eth her, which hath the seven heads
and the ten horns. 8 The beast
that thou sawest was, and is not;
and is about to come up out of the
abyss, ''and to go into perdition.
And they that dwell on the earth
shall wonder, they whose name hath
not been written ^in the book of life
from the foundation of the world,
when they behold the beast, how
that he was, and is not, and ^shall
come. 9 Here is the ^mind that
hath wisdom. The seven heads
are seven mountains, on which the
woman sitteth: 10 and ^they are
seven kings; the five are fallen, the
one is, the other is not yet come; and
when he cometh, he must continue
a little while. 11 And the beast
that was, and is not, is himself also
an eighth, and is of the seven; and
he goeth into perdition. 12 And
the ten horns that thou sawest are
ten kings, who have received no
kingdom as yet; but they receive
authority as kings, with the beast,
for one hour. 13 These have one
mind, and they give their power and
authority unto the beast. 14 These
shall war against the Lamb, and the
Lamb shall overcome them, for he
is Lord of lords, and King of kings;
and they olso shall overcome that
are with him, called and chosen and
1 Or, and of the tmclean things
- Or, a mysltry, Babyloii the Great
•■' Or, witnesses See ch. 2. 13.
* Some ancient authorities read and he goeth.
* Gr. on. " Or. shall be (nescnt.
' Or, meaning ^ Or, there arc
faithful. 15 And he saith unto im
The waters which thou sawest, wher
the harlot sitteth, are peoples, ai
multitudes, and nations, and tongue
16 And the ten horns which th:
sawest, and the beast, these sh,*i
hate the harlot, and shall make li.
desolate and naked, and shall v:
her flesh, and shall burn her utter
with fire. 17 For God did put u
their hearts to do his mind, and h\\
come to one mind, ^and to give thei
kingdom unto the beast, until tli<
words of God should be accom
plished. 18 And the v/oman whon
tliou sawest is the great city, whicl
^reigneth over the kings of the earth
1Q x\fter these things I sa?
O another angel coming dowi
out of heaven, having great author
ity; and the earth w^as lightened witl
his glory. 2 And he cried ^vith i
mighty voice, saying. Fallen, fallei
is Babylon the great, and is become
habitation of demons, and a ^'^hold o:
everj^ unclean spirit, and a ^^hok
of every unclean and hateful bird
3 For ^^by ^^the wine of the wrath o:
her fornication all the nations an
fallen; and the kings of the eartl
committed fornication with her, anc
the merchants of the earth waxec
rich by the power of her ^^wantonness
4 And I heard another voice fron|
heaven, saying, Come forth, m;^
people, out of her, that ye have nc
fellowship with her sins, and thai
ye receive not of her plagues: 5 foi
her sins ^^have reached even untc
heaven, and God hath remembered
her iniquities. 6 Render unto her
even as she rendered, and double
tmto her the double according to her
works: in the cup which she min-
gled, mingle unto her double. 7
How much soever she glorified her-
self, and waxed ^^ wanton, so much
give her of torment and mourning:
for she saith in her heart, I sit a
queen, and am no widow, and shall
in no wise see mourning. 8 There-
9 dr. hath a kingdom. w Or, prison
" Some authorities read of the wine . . . have drun'
'- Some ancient authorities omit the wine of.
" Or, lu.Kury " Or, clave together '* Or, luxu;
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The Fall and Desolation of Babylon. The Fourfold Hallelujah REVELATION 18.9 — 19.4
the great city? 19 And they cast
dust on their heads, and cried, weep-
ing and mourning, sa^dng. Woe, woe,
the great city, wherein all that had
their ships in the sea were made
rich by reason of her costliness ! for
in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven,
and ye saints, and ye apostles, and
ye prophets; for God hath judged
your judgment on her,
21 And ^a strong angel took up a
stone as it were a great millstone
and cast it into the sea, saying, Tlius
with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the
great city, be cast down, and shall
be found no more at all. 22 And the
voice of harpers and minstrels :and
flute-players and trumpeters shall
be heard no more at all in thee; and'
no craftsman, ^^^of whatsoever craft,
shall be found any more at all in
thee; and the voice of a mill shall be
heard no more at all in thee; 23 and
the light of a lamp shall shine no
more at all in thee; and the voice of
the bridegroom and of the bride
shall be heard no more at all in thee :
for thy merchants were the princes
of the earth; for with tliy sorcery
were all the nations deceived. 24
And in her was found the blood erf
prophets and of saints, and of all
that have been slain upon the earth.
1Q After these things I heard
Kj as it were a great voice of
a great multitude in heaven, saying.
Hallelujah ; Salvation, and glory,
and power, belong to our God:
2 for true and righteous are his
judgments; for he hath judged
the great harlot, her that cor-
rupted the earth with her for-
nication, and he hath avenged
the blood of his ^ ^servants at her
hand.
3 And a second time they ^^say,
Hallelujah. And her smoke goeth
up i^for ever and ever. 4 And the
four and twenty elders and the four
living creatures fell down and wor-
'ore in one day shall her plagues
come, death, and mourning, and
famine; and she shall be utterly
l)urned with fire; for strong is Hhe
Lord God who judged her. 9 And
the kings of the earth, who committed
fornication and lived ^wantonly with
licr, shall weep and wail over her,
w hen they look upon the smoke of
her burning, 10 standing afar off
for the fear of her torment, saying.
Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon,
the strong city! for in one hour is
thy judgment come. 11 And the
merchants of the earth weep and
mourn over her, for no man buyeth
their ^merchandise any more; 12
^merchandise of gold, and silver, and
precious stone, and pearls, and fine
linen, and purple, and silk, and scar-
let; and all thyine wood, and every
vessel of ivory, and every vessel
made of most precious wood, and of
brass, and iron, and marble; 13 and
cinnamon, and ^spice, and incense,
and ointment, and frankincense,
and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and
wheat, and cattle, and sheep; and
TYierchandise of horses and chariots
and ^slaves; and ^souls of men.
14 And the fruits which thy soul
lusted after are gone from thee, and
all things that were dainty and sump-
tuous are perished from thee, and
men shall find them no more at all.
15 The merchants of these things,
who were made rich by her, shall
stand afar off for the fear of her tor-
ment, weeping and mourning; 16
saying. Woe, woe, the great city, she
that was arrayed in fine linen and
purple and scarlet, and ^decked with
gold and precious stone and pearl!
17 for in one hour so great riches is
made desolate. And every ship-
master, and every one that saileth
any whither, and mariners, and as
many as ^gain their living by sea,
stood afar off, 18 and cried out as
they looked upon the smoke of her
burning, saying, What ciiy is like
1 Some ancient authorities omit the Lord.
2 Or, luxuriously ' Gr. cargo. * Gr. amotnum.
5 Gr. bodies. Gen. 36. 6 (Sept.).
' Or, lives 7 Gr. gilded. » (jr.-work the sea.
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9 Gr. one.
1" Some ancient authorities omit of whatsoever craft.
11 Gr. bondservants. '- Gr. have said.
13 Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
REVELATION 19.5—20.4
The "Word of God" appears. Satan bound
shipped God that sitteth on the
throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.
5 And a voice came forth from the
throne, saying.
Give praise to our God, all ye
his ^servants, ye that fear him,
the small and the great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice of
a great multitude, and as the voice
of many waters, and as the voice of
mighty thunders, saying.
Hallelujah: for the Lord our
God, the Almighty, reigneth.
7 Let us rejoice and be exceed-
ing glad, and let us give the
.glory unto him: for the mar-
f riage of the Lamb is come, and
his wife hath made herself
ready. 8 And it was given
I unto her that she should array
herself in fine linen, bright and
pure: for the fine linen is the
righteous acts of the saints.
9 And he saith unto me. Write,
Blessed are they that are bidden to
the marriage supper of the Lamb.
And he saith unto me. These are true
words of God. 10 And I fell down
before his feet to ^worship him. And
he saith unto me. See thou do it not:
I am a fellow-servant with thee and
with thy brethren that hold the tes-
timony of Jesus: ^worship God: for
the testimony of Jesus is the spirit
of prophecy.
11 And I saw the heaven opened;
and behold, a white horse, and he
that sat thereon ^called Faithful and
True; and in righteousness he doth
judge and make war. 12 And his
eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his
head are many diadems ; and he hath
a name written which no one know-
eth but he himself. 13 And he is
arrayed in a garment ^sprinkled with
blood : and his name is called The
Word of God. 14 And the armies
which are in heaven followed him
upon white horses, clothed in fine
linen, white and pure. 15 And out
of his mouth proceedeth a sharp
1 Gr. bondservants.
2 See marginal note on ch. 3. 9.
3 Some ancient authorities omit called.
* Some ancient authorities read dipped in.
sword, that with it he should smite
the nations: and he shall rule them
with a rod of iron: and he treadeth
the ^winepress of the fierceness of
the wrath of God, the Almighty. 1^
And he hath on his garment and m
his thigh a name written. King ot
Kings, and Lord of Lords. j
17 And I saw *^an angel standing
in the sun; and he cried with a loud
voice, saying to all the birds that
fly in mid heaven. Come and be
gathered together unto the great
supper of God; 18 that ye may eat
the flesh of kings, and the flesh d
^captains, and the flesh of mighty
men, and the flesh of horses and of
them that sit thereon, and the flesh
of all men, both free and bond, and
small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the
kings of the earth, and their armies,
gathered together to make war
against him that sat upon the horse,
and against his army. 20 And the
beast w^as taken, and w^th him the
false prophet that wrought the signs
in his sight, wherewith he deceived
them that had received the mark of
the beast and them that ^worshipped
his image: they two were cast alive
into the lake of fire that burneth
with brimstone: 21 and the rest were
killed with the sword of him that
sat upon the horse, even the sword
which came forth out of his mouth:
and all the birds were filled with
their flesh.
Q/^ And I saw an angel coming
^^ down out of heaven, having
the key of the abyss and a great
chain ^in his hand. 2 And he laid
hold on the dragon, the old serpent,
which is the Devil and Satan, and
bound him for a thousand years, 3
and cast him into the abyss, and
shut it, and sealed it over him, that
he should deceive the nations no
more, until the thousand years
should be finished : after this he must
be loosed for a little time.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat
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* Gr. winepress of the wine of the fierceness. • Gr
' Or, military tribunes Gr. chiliarchs. » Gr
one.
Gr. mam;'
The Millennial Reign. Satan loosed. FinalJudgment REVELATION 20.5 — 21.9
upon them, and judgment was given
unto them: and I saw the souls of
them that had been beheaded for the
testimony of Jesus, and for the word
of God, and such as ^worshipped not
the beast, neither his image, and
received not the mark upon their
forehead and upon their hand; and
they Kved, and reigned with Christ
a thousand years. 5 The rest of the
dead Kved not until the thousand
years should be finished. This is
the first resurrection. 6 Blessed
and holy is he that hath part in the
first resurrection: over these the
second death hath no ^power; but
they shall be priests of God and of
Christ, and shall reign with him ^a
thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years
are finished, Satan shall be loosed
out of his prison, 8 and shall come
forth to deceive the nations which
are in the four corners of the earth,
Gog and Magog, to gather them
together to the war: the number of
whom is as the sand of the sea. 9
And they went up over the breadth
of the earth, and compassed the
camp of the saints about, and the
beloved city: and fire came down
^out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them
was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where are also the beast
and the false prophet; and they
shall be tormented day and night
^or ever and ever.
1 1 iVnd I saw a great white throne,
and him that sat upon it, from whose
face the earth and the heaven fled
away; and there was found no place
for them. 12 And I saw the dead,
the great and the small, standing
before the throne; and books were
opened: and another book was
opened, which is the book of life : and
the dead were judged out of the
things which were written in the
books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead that
were in it; and death and Hades gave
up the dead that were in them : and
they were judged every man accord-
ing to their works. 14 And death
and Hades were cast into the lake
of fire. This is the second death,
even the lake of fire. 15 And if any
was not found written in the book of
life, he was. cast into the lake of fire.
Q 1 And I saw a new heaven
^ 1 and a new earth : for the first
heaven and the first earth are passed
away; and the sea is no more. 2 And
I saw ^the holy city, new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from
God, made ready as a bride adorned
for her husband. 3 And I heard a
great voice out of the throne 'saying.
Behold, the tabernacle of God is
with men, and he shall ^dwell with
them, and they shall be his peoples,
and God himself shall be with them,
^and be their God : 4 and he shall wipe
away every tear from their eyes; and
death shall be no more; neither shall
there be mourning, nor crying, nor
pain, any more: the first things are
passed away. 5 And he that sitteth
on the throne said, Behold, I make
all things new. And he saith, ^Write :
for these words are faithful and true.
6 And he said unto me. They are
come to pass. I am the Alpha and
the Omega, the beginning and the
end. I will give unto him that is
athirst of the fountain of the water
of life freely. 7 He that overcometh
shall inherit these things; and I will
be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving,
and abominable, and murderers,
and fornicators, and sorcerers, and
idolators, and all liars, their part
shall be in the lake that burneth
with fire and brimstone; which is
the second death.
9 And there came one of the seven
angels who had the seven bowls, who
were laden with the seven last
plagues ; and he spake with me, say-
ing. Come hither, I will show thee
1 See marginal note on eh. 3. 9. 2 Qr, authority ' ^ Or, the holy city Jerusalem coming down new out of
* Some ancient authorities read the. heaven. ' Gr. tabernacle.
* Some ancient authorities insert from God. « Some ancient authorities omit, and be their God.
' Gr. unto the ages of the ages. \ 9 Or, Write, These words are faithful and true.
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REVELATION 21 .10 — 22. 7 The Holy city. The River of Life. "Blessed is he that keepeth the
the bride, the wife of the Lamb. I it were transparent glass. 22 And
10 And he carried me away in the 1 1 saw no ^temple therein: for the
Spirit to a mountain great and high, I Lord God the Almighty, and the
and showed me the holy city Jeru- Lamb, are the ^temple thereof. 23
salem, coming down out of heaven I And the city hath no need of the
from God, 11 having the glory of sun, neither of the moon, to shine
God : her ^light was like unto a stone
most precious, as it were a jasper
stone, clear as crystal: 12 having a
wall great and high; having twelve
Agates, and at the Agates twelve
angels; and names written thereon,
which are the names of the twelve
tribes of the children of Israel: 13
on the east were three Agates; and
on the north three Agates; and on
the south three Agates; and on the
west three Agates. 14 And the wall
of the city had twelve foundations,
and on them twelve names of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15
And he that spake with me had for
a measure a golden reed to measure
the city, and the Agates thereof, and
the wall thereof. 16 And the cit}^
lieth foursquare, and the length
thereof is as great as the breadth:
and he measured the city with the
reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the
length and the breadth and the
height thereof are equal. 17 And
he measured the wall thereof, a
hundred and forty and four cubits,
according to the measure of a man,
that is, of an angel. 18 And the
building of the wall thereof was jas-
per: and the city was pure gold, like
unto pure glass. 19 The founda-
tions of the wall of the city were
adorned with all manner of precious
stones. The first foundation was
jasper; the second, ^sapphire; the
third, chalcedony; the fourth, em-
erald; 20 the fifth, sardonyx; the
sixth, sardius; the seventh, chryso-
lite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth,
topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the
eleventh, ^jacinth; the twelfth, ame-
thyst. 21 And the twelve gates were
twelve pearls; each one of the sev-
eral 2gates was of one pearl : and the
street of the city was pure gold, ^as
1 Gr. luminary.
* Or, sapphire
2 Gr. portals. 3 Or, lapis lazuli
5 Or, transparent as glass
upon it: for the glory of God did
lighten it, ^and the lamp thereof-i^
theiDamb. 24 And the nations shall
walk Amidst the light thereof: and
the kings of the earth bring their
glory into it. 25 And the Agates
thereof shall in no wise be shut by
day (for there shall be no night
there) : 26 and they "shafr bring the
glory and the honor of the nations
into it: 27 and there shall in no wise
enter into it anything ^unclean,
or he that ^^maketh an abomination
and a lie: but onlj^ they that are
written in the Lamb's book of life.
C)C} 1 And he showed me a river
^Jmi of water of life, bright as crys-
tal, proceeding out of the throne of
God and of ^^the Lamb, 2 in the
midst of the street thereof. And on
this side of the river and on that
was ^^the tree of life, bearing twelve
^^manner of fruits, yielding its fruit
every month: and the leaves of the
tree were for the healing of the na-
tions. 3 And there shall be ^^no
curse any more: and the throne of
God and of the Lamb shall be there-
in: and his ^''servants shall serve him;
4 and they shall see his face; and his
name shall be on their foreheads^
5 And there shall be night no more;
and they need no light of lamp,
neither light of sun ; for the Lord^od
shall giTethemTight : and they shall
reign ^^or ever and ever. ^-'
6 And he said unto me. These
words are faithful and true: and the
Lord, the God of the spirits of the
prophets, sent his angel to show unto
his ^^servants the things which must
shortly come to pass. 7 And behold,
I come quickly. Blessed is he that
« Or, sanctuary ' Or, and the Lamb, the lamp thereof
8 Or, by » Gr. common. i" Or, doeth
" Or, the Lamb. In the midst of the street thereof, and on
either side of the river, was the tree of life 6'c. " Or, a tree
'" Or, crops of fruit " Or, no more anything accursed
'5 Gr. bondservants. •« Gr. unto the ages of the ages.
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keepeth the words of the prophecy
of this book.
8 And I John am he that heard
and saw these things. And when
I heard and saw, I fell down to ^wor-
ship before the feet of the angel that
showed me these things. 9 And he
saith unto me, See thou do it not: I
am a fellow-servant with thee and
with thy brethren the prophets, and
with them that keep the words of
this book: ^worship God.
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not
up the words of the prophecy of
this book; for the time is at hand.
II He that is unrighteous, let him
do unrighteousness ^still : and he that
is filthy, let him be made filthy ^still :
and he that is righteous, let him do
righteousness %till: and he that is
holy, let him be made holy ^still.
12 Behold, I come quickly; and my
^reward is with me, to render to
each man according as his work is.
13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the first and the last, the beginning
and the end. 14 Blessed are they
that wash their robes, that they may
have ^the right to come to the tree of
life, and may enter in by the Agates
into the city. 15 Without are the
See marginal note on ch. 3. 9. - Or, yet more
3 Or, wages
* Or, the authority over Comp. ch- 6. 8. * Gr. portals.
dogs, and the sorcerers, and the for-
nicators, and the murderers, and the
idolaters, and every one that loveth
and ^maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel
to testify unto you these things ^for
the churches. I am the root and
the offspring of David, the bright,
the morning star.
17 «And the Spirit and the bride
say, Come. And he that heareth,
let him say. Come. And he that
is athirst, let him come : he that will,
let him take the water of life freely.
18 I testify unto every man that
heareth the w^ords of the prophecy
of this book, If any man shall 'add
^unto them, God shall add »unto him
the plagues which are written in this
book: 19 and if any man shall take
away from the words of the book of
this prophecy, God shall take away
his part from the tree of life, and out
of the holy city, ^^ which are written
in this book.
20 He who testifieth these things
saith. Yea: I come quickly. x\men:
come. Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus ^^
be ^^with the saints. Amen.
6 Or, doeth Comp. ch. 21. 27.
7 Gr. aver. » Or, Both » Gr. upon.
1" Or, even from the things which are written
" Some ancient authorities add Christ.
^- Two ancient authorities read with all.
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