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THE OLD TESTAMENT
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
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Torahà http://bible.ort.org/books/torahd5.asp
The First Book of Moses
Commonly Called
CHAPTER 1
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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon
the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of
the waters.
Jeremiah 4:23
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the
heavens, and they had no light.
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I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills
moved lightly.
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I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens
were fled.
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I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the
cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and
WHERE DID THE CITIES COME FROM?
by his fierce anger.
4:27
For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate;
yet will I not make a full end.
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For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black;
because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent,
neither will I turn back from it.
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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light
from the darkness.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters.
1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were
under the firmament from the waters which were above the
firmament: and it was so.
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And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the
morning were the second day.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered
together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of
the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding
seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
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And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his
kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his
kind: and God saw that it was good.
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And the evening and the morning were the third day.
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And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to
divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for
seasons, and for days, and years:
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And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth: and it was so.
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And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
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And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light
upon the earth,
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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.
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And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
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And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving
creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the
open firmament of heaven.
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And God created great whales, and every living creature that
moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their
kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it
was good.
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And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill
the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
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And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his
kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his
kind: and it was so.
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And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after
their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his
kind: and God saw that it was good.
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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created
he him; male and female created he them.
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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 fowl of the air, and over every
living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,
which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which
is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
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And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to
every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I
have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
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And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was
very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
CHAPTER 2
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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them.
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And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made;
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had
made.
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in
it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
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These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when
they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth
and the heavens,
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And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every
herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused
it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
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But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole
face of the ground.
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And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living
soul.
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And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there
he put the man whom he had formed.
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And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree
that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also
in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and
evil.
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And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence
it was parted, and became into four heads.
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The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the
whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx
stone.
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And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that
compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
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And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth
toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
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And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of
Eden to dress it and to keep it.
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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of
the garden thou mayest freely eat:
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But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not
eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely
die.
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And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be
alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the
field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see
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what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living
creature, that was the name thereof.
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And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and
to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an
help meet for him.
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And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and
he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
instead thereof;
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And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a
woman, and brought her unto the man.
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And Adam 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.
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not
ashamed.
CHAPTER 3
3:
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Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which
the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath
God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of
the trees of the garden:
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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.
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And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes
shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and
that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make
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one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also
unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
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And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they
were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made
themselves aprons.
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And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden
in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from
the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
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And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where
art thou?
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And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked; and I hid myself.
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And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten
of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
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And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me,
she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
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And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I
did eat.
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And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done
this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the
field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the
days of thy life:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between
thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt
bruise his heel.
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Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and
thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy
desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the
voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded
thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy
sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
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Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt
eat the herb of the field;
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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.
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And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother
of all living.
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Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of
skins, and clothed them.
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And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us,
to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and
take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
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Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,
to till the ground from whence he was taken.
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So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of
Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to
keep the way of the tree of life.
CHAPTER 4
4:
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And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain,
and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
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And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of
sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the
fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
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And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the
fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his
offering:
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But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was
very wroth, and his countenance fell.
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And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is
thy countenance fallen?
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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest
not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and
thou shalt rule over him.
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And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when
they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother,
and slew him.
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And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he
said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
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And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s
blood crieth unto me from the ground.
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And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her
mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
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When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee
her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
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And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I
can bear.
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Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth;
and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a
vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that
findeth me shall slay me.
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And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,
vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a
mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
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And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in
the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
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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.
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And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and
Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
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And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was
Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
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4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents,
and of such as have cattle.
4:21 And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as
handle the harp and organ.
4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer
in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
4:23 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 to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold.
4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his
name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed
instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his
name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
CHAPTER 5
5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God
created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their
name Adam, in the day when they were created.
5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his
own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:
5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight
hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty
years: and he died.
5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
5:7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years,
and begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and
he died.
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And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: Cainan = Kunin the Anunnaki name
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And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen
years, and begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he
died.
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And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: Mahalaleel=Malalu the Anunnaki name
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And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty
years, and begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he
died.
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And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: Jared = Irid the Anunnaki name
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And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty
years, and begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five
years: and he died.
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And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch = Enkime the Anunnaki name
Enoch:
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And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years:
and he died.
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And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: Methuselah = Matushal the Anunnaki name
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And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
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And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
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And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and Lamach = Lu-Mach The Anunnaki name
begat Lamech.
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And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty
and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine
years: and he died.
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And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a
son:
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And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us Noah = Zisudra the son of Enki
concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground
which the LORD hath cursed.
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And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five
years, and begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven
years: and he died.
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And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham,
and Japheth.
6:
1
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of
the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
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2
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair;
and they took them wives of all which they chose.
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3
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man,
for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and man’s life time limited to 120 years
twenty years.
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There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,
when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they
bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of
old, men of renown.
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And God 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.
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And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and
it grieved him at his heart.
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And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from
the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing,
and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
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But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
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These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and
perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
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And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
6:11
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled
with violence.
6:12
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all
flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
6:13
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.
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Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the
ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
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And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of
the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits,
and the height of it thirty cubits.
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A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou
finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side
thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
6:17
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to
destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven;
and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
6:18
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come
into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives
with thee.
6:19
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.
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Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every
creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall
come unto thee, to keep them alive.
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And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt
gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did
he.
7:
1
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into
the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
7:
2
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male
and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male
and his female.
7:
3
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep
seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
7:
4
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty
days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made
will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
7:
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And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
7:
6
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was
upon the earth.
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And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives
with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
7:
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Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and
of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
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There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and
the female, as God had commanded Noah.
7:10
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood
were upon the earth.
7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the
seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains
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of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were
opened.
7:12
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
7:13
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;
7:14
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their
kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after
his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
7:15
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh,
wherein is the breath of life.
7:16
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God
had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
7:17
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters
increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
7:18
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the
earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
7:19
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the
high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
7:20
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains
were covered.
7:21
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of
cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon
the earth, and every man:
7:22
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the
dry land, died.
7:23
And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the
face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things,
and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the
earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him
in the ark.
7:24
And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty
days.
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8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the
cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass
over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were
stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after
the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of
the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the
tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the
mountains seen.
8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the
window of the ark which he had made:
8:7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the
waters were dried up from off the earth.
8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were
abated from off the face of the ground;
8:9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she
returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of
the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and
pulled her in unto him into the ark.
8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the
dove out of the ark;
8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth
was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were
abated from off the earth.
8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove;
which returned not again unto him any more.
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8:13
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first
month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from
off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and
looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
8:14
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the
month, was the earth dried.
8:15
And God spake unto Noah, saying,
8:16
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy
sons’ wives with thee.
8:17
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all
flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the
earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
8:18
And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’
wives with him:
8:19
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever
creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the
ark.
8:20
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean
beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the
altar.
8:21
And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his
heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake;
for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither
will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
8:22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat,
and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
9:
2
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast
of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth
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upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand
are they delivered.
9:
3
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the
green herb have I given you all things.
9:
4
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye
not eat.
9:
5
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of
every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of
every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
9:
6
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for
in the image of God made he man.
9:
7
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in
the earth, and multiply therein.
9:
8
And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9:
9
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your
seed after you;
9:10
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the
cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out
of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
9:11
And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh
be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there
any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
9:12
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make
between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for
perpetual generations:
9:13
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a
covenant between me and the earth.
9:14
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that
the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
9:15
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you
and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more
become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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9:16 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.
9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which
I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and
Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth
overspread.
9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered
within his tent.
9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father,
and told his two brethren without.
9:23 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.
9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son
had done unto him.
9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be
unto his brethren.
9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall
be his servant.
9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;
and Canaan shall be his servant.
9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he
died.
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CHAPTER 10
10:
1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham,
and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
10:
2
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,
and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
10:
3
And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
10:
4
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and
Dodanim.
10:
5
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every
one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
10:
6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
10:
7
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah,
and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
10:
8
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
10:
9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said,
Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and
Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
10:11
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the
city Rehoboth, and Calah,
10:12
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
10:13
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and
Naphtuhim,
10:14
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and
Caphtorim.
10:15
And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
10:16
And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
10:17
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
10:18
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and
afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
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10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest
to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah,
and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues,
in their countries, and in their nations.
10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother
of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud,
and Aram.
10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for
in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was
Joktan.
10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and
Jerah,
10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
10:28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of
Joktan.
10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a
mount of the east.
10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues,
in their lands, after their nations.
10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations,
in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth
after the flood.
CHAPTER 11
11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
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11:
2
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they
found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
11:
3
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn
them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they
for morter.
11:
4
And they said, Go to, 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.
11:
5
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which
the children of men builded.
11:
6
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all
one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be
restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
11:
7
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they
may not understand one another’s speech.
11:
8
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of
all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
11:
9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did
there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did
the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
11:10
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old,
and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11:11
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and
begat sons and daughters.
11:12
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
11:13
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three
years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:14
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
11:15
And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years,
and begat sons and daughters.
11:16
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
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11:17
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years,
and begat sons and daughters.
11:18
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
11:19
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and
begat sons and daughters.
11:20
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
11:21
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years,
and begat sons and daughters.
11:22
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
11:23
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters.
11:24
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
11:25
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen
years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:26
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and
Haran.
11:27
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram,
Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
11:28
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity,
in Ur of the Chaldees.
11:29
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.
11:30
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
11:31
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son 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.
11:32
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah
died in Haran.
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CHAPTER 12
1
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a
land that I will shew thee:
12:
2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and
make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
12:
3
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth
thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
12:
4
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot
went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he
departed out of Haran.
12:
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.
12:
6
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto
the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
12:
7
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed
will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD,
who appeared unto him.
12:
8
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of
Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on
the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called
upon the name of the LORD.
12:
9
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
12:10
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into
Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
12:11
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:
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12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee,
that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they
will save thee alive.
12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me
for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the
Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before
Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and
oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she
asses, and camels.
12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues
because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
12:18 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?
12:19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me
to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent
him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
CHAPTER 13
13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he
had, and Lot with him, into the south.
13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto
the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel
and Hai;
13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first:
and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and
tents.
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13:6 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.
13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and
the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite
dwelled then in the land.
13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee,
between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen;
for we be brethren.
13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee,
from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right;
or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that
it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed
Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the
land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east:
and they separated themselves the one from the other.
13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities
of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
13:14 And the LORD 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 eastward, and westward:
13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy
seed for ever.
13:16 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 shall thy seed also be
numbered.
13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of
it; for I will give it unto thee.
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13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of
Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the
LORD.
CHAPTER 14
14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar,
Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king
of nations;
14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha
king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of
Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the
salt sea.
14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year
they rebelled.
14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that
were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim,
and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
14:6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the
wilderness.
14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and
smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites,
that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
14:8 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 joined battle with them in the
vale of Siddim;
14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of
nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar;
four kings with five.
14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained
fled to the mountain.
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14:11
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
14:12
And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom,
and his goods, and departed.
14:13
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew;
for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol,
and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
14:14
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he
armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred
and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
14:15
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night,
and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the
left hand of Damascus.
14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his
brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
14:17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from
the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him,
at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.
14:18
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and
he was the priest of the most high God.
14:19
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high
God, possessor of heaven and earth:
14:20
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine
enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
14:21
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and
take the goods to thyself.
14:22
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand
unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and
earth,
14:23
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I
will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have
made Abram rich:
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14:24
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of
the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them
take their portion.
CHAPTER 15
15:
1
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a
vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding
great reward.
15:
2
And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go
childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of
Damascus?
15:
3
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo,
one born in my house is mine heir.
15:
4
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This
shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine
own bowels shall be thine heir.
15:
5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward
heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he
said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
15:
6
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for
righteousness.
15:
7
And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur
of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
15:
8
And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit
it?
15:
9
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a
she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a
turtledove, and a young pigeon.
15:10
And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and
laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
15:11
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove
them away.
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15:12
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;
and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
15:13
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a
stranger in a land that is not their’s, and shall serve them; and they
shall afflict them four hundred years;
15:14
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15:15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a
good old age.
15:16
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
15:17
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was
dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed
between those pieces.
15:18
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,
Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto
the great river, the river Euphrates:
15:19
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
15:20
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
15:21
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
CHAPTER 16
16:
1
Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
16:
2
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath
restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may
be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the
voice of Sarai.
16:
3
And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after
Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to
her husband Abram to be his wife.
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16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw
that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given
my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had
conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between
me and thee.
16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to
her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she
fled from her face.
16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither
wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress
Sarai.
16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress,
and submit thyself under her hands.
16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed
exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with
child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because
the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and
every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of
all his brethren.
16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou
God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that
seeth me?
16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between
Kadesh and Bered.
16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name,
which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare
Ishmael to Abram.
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CHAPTER 17
17:
1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD
appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;
walk before me, and be thou perfect.
17:
2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will
multiply thee exceedingly.
17:
3
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
17:
4
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a
father of many nations.
17:
5
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name
shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
17:
6
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of
thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
17:
7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy
seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to
be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
17:
8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land
wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an
everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
17:
9
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant
therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
17:10
This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you
and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be
circumcised.
17:11
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a
token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
17:12
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you,
every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or
bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
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17:13
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy
money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in
your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
17:14
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not
circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath
broken my covenant.
17:15
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not
call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
17:16
And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will
bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people
shall be of her.
17:17
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and
shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
17:18
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before
thee!
17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and
thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant
with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
17:20
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.
17:21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear
unto thee at this set time in the next year.
17:22
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
17:23
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his
house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among
the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their
foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
17:24
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
17:25
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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17:26
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his
son.
17:27
And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with
money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
CHAPTER 18
18:
1
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he
sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
18:
2
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by
him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent
door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
18:
3
And said, My LORD, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass
not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
18:
4
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and
rest yourselves under the tree:
18:
5
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts;
after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your
servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
18:
6
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make
ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes
upon the hearth.
18:
7
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good,
and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
18:
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.
18:
9
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said,
Behold, in the tent.
18:10
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time
of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it
in the tent door, which was behind him.
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18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
18:12
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed
old shall I have pleasure, my Lord being old also?
18:13
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh,
saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
18:14
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will
return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have
a son.
18:15
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And
he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
18:16
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and
Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
18:17
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I
do;
18:18
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation,
and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
18:19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his
household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to
do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham
that which he hath spoken of him.
18:20
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is
great, and because their sin is very grievous;
18:21
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.
18:22
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward
Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
18:23
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the
righteous with the wicked?
18:24
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also
destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are
therein?
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18:25
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked,
that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
18:26
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the
city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon
me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
18:28
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou
destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there
forty and five, I will not destroy it.
18:29
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there
shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s
sake.
18:30
And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will
speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said,
I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
18:31
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the
LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he
said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
18:32
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 ten’s sake.
18:33
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing
with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
CHAPTER 19
19:
1
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the
gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he
bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
19:
2
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, 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 ways. And they said, Nay; but
we will abide in the street all night.
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19:
3
And he pressed upon 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.
19:
4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of
Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the
people from every quarter:
19:
5
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men
which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we
may know them.
19:
6
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after
him,
19:
7
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
19:
8
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let
me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is
good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore
came they under the shadow of my roof.
19:
9
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow
came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal
worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the
man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
19:10
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to
them, and shut to the door.
19:11
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.
19:12
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in
law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in
the city, bring them out of this place:
19:13
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen
great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to
destroy it.
19:14
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married
his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the
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LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked
unto his sons in law.
19:15
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying,
Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest
thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
19:16
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon
the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the
LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and
set him without the city.
19:17
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.
19:18
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD:
19:19
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou
hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in
saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil
take me, and I die:
19:20
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh,
let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
19:21
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this
thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou
hast spoken.
19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be
come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
19:24
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
19:25
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
19:26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar
of salt.
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19:27
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he
stood before the LORD:
19:28
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the
land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country
went up as the smoke of a furnace.
19:29
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 the which Lot
dwelt.
19:30
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.
19:31
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and
there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner
of all the earth:
19:32
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,
that we may preserve seed of our father.
19:33
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn
went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay
down, nor when she arose.
19:34
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn 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.
19:35
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the
younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she
lay down, nor when she arose.
19:36
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
19:37
And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same
is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
19:38
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name
Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto
this day.
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CHAPTER 20
20:
1
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country,
and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
20:
2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and
Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
20:
3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,
Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast
taken; for she is a man’s wife.
20:
4
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt
thou slay also a righteous nation?
20:
5
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself
said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency
of my hands have I done this.
20:
6
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst
this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from
sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
20:
7
Now therefore restore the man his 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.
20:
8
Therefore 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.
20:
9
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast
thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast
brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done
deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
20:10
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou
hast done this thing?
20:11
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is
not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
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20:12
And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father,
but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
20:13
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 shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come,
say of me, He is my brother.
20:14
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him
Sarah his wife.
20:15
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it
pleaseth thee.
20:16
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a
thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the
eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was
reproved.
20:17
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his
wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
20:18
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
CHAPTER 21
21:
1
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did
unto Sarah as he had spoken.
21:
2
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the
set time of which God had spoken to him.
21:
3
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him,
whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
21:
4
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as
God had commanded him.
21:
5
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was
born unto him.
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21:
6
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear
will laugh with me.
21:
7
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah
should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his
old age.
21:
8
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great
feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
21:
9
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born
unto Abraham, mocking.
21:10
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and
her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my
son, even with Isaac.
21:11
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his
son.
21:12
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight
because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah
hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy
seed be called.
21:13
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation,
because he is thy seed.
21:14
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a
bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder,
and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered
in the wilderness of Beersheba.
21:15
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under
one of the shrubs.
21:16
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off,
as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the
child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
21:17
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.
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21:18
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make
him a great nation.
21:19
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.
21:20
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the
wilderness, and became an archer.
21:21
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a
wife out of the land of Egypt.
21:22
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the
chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with
thee in all that thou doest:
21:23
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal
falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but
according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do
unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
21:24
And Abraham said, I will swear.
21:25
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water,
which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
21:26
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neither
didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
21:27
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto
Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
21:28
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
21:29
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe
lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
21:30
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my
hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this
well.
21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they swear
both of them.
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21:32
Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up,
and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the
land of the Philistines.
21:33
And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the
name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
21:34
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
CHAPTER 22
22:
1
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I
am.
22:
2
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, 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.
22:
3
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass,
and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and
clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto
the place of which God had told him.
22:
4
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the
place afar off.
22:
5
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the
ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again
to you.
22:
6
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon
Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they
went both of them together.
22:
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?
22:
8
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a
burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
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22:
9
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and
Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound
Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
22:10
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay
his son.
22:11
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and
said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
22:12
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any
thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou
hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
22:13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind
him a ram caught in a 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.
22:14
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is
said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
22:15
And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the
second time,
22:16
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because
thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine
only son:
22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply
thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon
the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
because thou hast obeyed my voice.
22:19
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and
went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
22:20
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy
brother Nahor;
22:21
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of
Aram,
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22:22
And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
22:23
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,
Abraham’s brother.
22:24
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah,
and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
CHAPTER 23
23:
1
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these
were the years of the life of Sarah.
23:
2
And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of
Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for
her.
23:
3
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the
sons of Heth, saying,
23:
4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a
buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
23:
5
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
23:
6
Hear us, my Lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice
of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from
thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
23:
7
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the
land, even to the children of Heth.
23:
8
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I
should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me
to Ephron the son of Zohar,
23:
9
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which
is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall
give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
23:10
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth,
even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
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23:11 Nay, my Lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is
therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give
I it thee: bury thy dead.
23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the
land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will
give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my
dead there.
23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
23:15 My Lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels
of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy
dead.
23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to
Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons
of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the
merchant.
23:17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was
before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the
trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about,
were made sure
23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of
Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
23:19 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.
23:20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had
blessed Abraham in all things.
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24:
2
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled
over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
24:
3
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and
the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son
of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
24:
4
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a
wife unto my son Isaac.
24:
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?
24:
6
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my
son thither again.
24:
7
The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s
house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me,
and that swear unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land;
he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto
my son from thence.
24:
8
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou
shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither
again.
24:
9
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his
master, and swear to him concerning that matter.
24:10
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and
departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he
arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
24:11
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well
of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go
out to draw water.
24:12
And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee,
send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master
Abraham.
24:13
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the
men of the city come out to draw water:
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And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let
down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say,
Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she
that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I
know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
24:15
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the
wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her
shoulder.
24:16
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had
any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her
pitcher, and came up.
24:17
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee,
drink a little water of thy pitcher.
24:18
And she said, Drink, my Lord: and she hasted, and let down her
pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
24:19
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw
water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
24:20
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran
again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
24:21
And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the
LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
24:22
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man
took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for
her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
24:23
And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there
room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?
24:24
And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of
Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
24:25
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender
enough, and room to lodge in.
24:26
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
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24:27
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham,
who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I
being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s
brethren.
24:28
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these
things.
24:29
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban
ran out unto the man, unto the well.
24:30
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon
his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his
sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the
man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
24:31
And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore
standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for
the camels.
24:32
And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and
gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his
feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.
24:33
And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not
eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
24:34
And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.
24:35
And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become
great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold,
and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
24:36
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.
24:37
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife
to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I
dwell:
24:38
But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and
take a wife unto my son.
24:39
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not
follow me.
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24:40
And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send
his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a
wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
24:41
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to
my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from
my oath.
24:42
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my
master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
24:43
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that
when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give
me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
24:44
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy
camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath
appointed out for my master’s son.
24:45
And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah
came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down
unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I
pray thee.
24:46
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.
24:47
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 earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her
hands.
24:48
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and
blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me
in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his
son.
24:49
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.
24:50
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth
from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
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24:51
Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy
master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
24:52
And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their
words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
24:53
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother
and to her mother precious things.
24:54
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.
24:55
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.
24:56
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath
prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
24:57
And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
24:58
And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this
man? And she said, I will go.
24:59
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and
Abraham’s servant, and his men.
24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister,
be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed
possess the gate of those which hate them.
24:61
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.
24:62
And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in
the south country.
24:63
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
24:64
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she
lighted off the camel.
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24:65
For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in
the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master:
therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
24:66
And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
24:67
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.
CHAPTER 25
25:
1
Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
25:
2
And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian,
and Ishbak, and Shuah.
25:
3
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were
Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
25:
4
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and
Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
25:
5
And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
25:
6
But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had,
Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while
he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
25:
7
And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he
lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
25:
8
Then 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.
25:
9
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of
Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,
which is before Mamre;
25:10
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was
Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
25:11
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed
his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
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25:12
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom
Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
25:13
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names,
according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth;
and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
25:14
And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
25:15
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
25:16
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their
towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their
nations.
25:17
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and
thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was
gathered unto his people.
25:18
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as
thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his
brethren.
25:19
And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham
begat Isaac:
25:20
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the
daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban
the Syrian.
25:21
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was
barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife
conceived.
25:22
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be
so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
25:23
And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and
two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the
one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder
shall serve the younger.
25:24
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there
were twins in her womb.
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25:25
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they
called his name Esau.
25:26
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on
Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was
threescore years old when she bare them.
25:27
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the
field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
25:28
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but
Rebekah loved Jacob.
25:29
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was
faint:
25:30
And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red
pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
25:31
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
25:32
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit
shall this birthright do to me?
25:33
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swear unto him: and
he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
25:34
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat
and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his
birthright.
CHAPTER 26
26:
1
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was
in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of
the Philistines unto Gerar.
26:
2
And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into
Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
26:
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 countries, and I
will perform the oath which I swear unto Abraham thy father;
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26:
4
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and
will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all
the nations of the earth be blessed;
26:
5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
26:
6
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
26:
7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is
my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the
men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair
to look upon.
26:
8
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that
Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw,
and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
26:
9
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is
thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said
unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
26:10
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of
the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou
shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
26:11
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth
this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
26:12
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an
hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
26:13
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he
became very great:
26:14
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great
store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
26:15
For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days
of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled
them with earth.
26:16
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much
mightier than we.
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26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of
Gerar, and dwelt there.
26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in
the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped
them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after
the names by which his father had called them.
26:19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of
springing water.
26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying,
The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because
they strove with him.
26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he
called the name of it Sitnah.
26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that
they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said,
For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful
in the land.
26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
26:24 And the LORD 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.
26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the
LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged
a well.
26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye
hate me, and have sent me away from you?
26:28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee:
and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us
and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
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26:29
That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as
we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away
in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
26:30
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
26:31
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swear one to
another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in
peace.
26:32
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.
26:33
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba
unto this day.
26:34
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon
the Hittite:
26:35
Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
CHAPTER 27
27:
1
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were
dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said
unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
27:
2
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my
death:
27:
3
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy
bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
27:
4
And make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I
may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
27:
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.
27:
6
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard
thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
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27:
7
Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat, and
bless thee before the LORD before my death.
27:
8
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I
command thee.
27:
9
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of
the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as
he loveth:
27:10
And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he
may bless thee before his death.
27:11
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is
a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
27:12
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a
deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
27:13
And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son:
only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
27:14
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his
mother made savory meat, such as his father loved.
27:15
And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which
were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger
son:
27:16
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and
upon the smooth of his neck:
27:17
And she gave the savory meat and the bread, which she had
prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
27:18
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said,
Here am I; who art thou, my son?
27:19
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.
27:20
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so
quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God
brought it to me.
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27:21
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.
27:22
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.
27:23
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his
brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
27:24
And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
27:25
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.
27:26
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me,
my son.
27:27
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 the LORD hath blessed:
27:28
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of
the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
27:29
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be Lord over
thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed
be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
27:30
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing
Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of
Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
27:31
And he also had made savory meat, and brought it unto his father,
and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s
venison, that thy soul may bless me.
27:32
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I
am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
27:33
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where 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.
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27:34
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great
and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even
me also, O my father.
27:35
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away
thy blessing.
27:36
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?
27:37
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 corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now
unto thee, my son?
27:38
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my
father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his
voice, and wept.
27:39
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy
dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven
from above;
27:40
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and
it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou
shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
27:41
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father
blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for
my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
27:42
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and
she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him,
Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself,
purposing to kill thee.
27:43
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban
my brother to Haran;
27:44
And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;
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Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that
which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from
thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
27:46
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 which are of the daughters of the land, what good
shall my life do me?
CHAPTER 28
28:
1
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said
unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
28:
2
Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s
father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban
thy mother’s brother.
28:
3
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
28:
4
And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed
with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a
stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
28:
5
And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban,
son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and
Esau’s mother.
28:
6
When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to
Padanaram, 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
daughers of Canaan;
28:
7
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to
Padanaram;
28:
8
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his
father;
28:
9
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he
had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of
Nebajoth, to be his wife.
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28:10
And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
28:11
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night,
because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place,
and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
28:12
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.
28:13
And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD
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;
28:14
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.
28:15
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places
whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I
will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to
thee of.
28:16
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD
is in this place; and I knew it not.
28:17
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is
none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
28:18
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he
had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil
upon the top of it.
28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that
city was called Luz at the first.
28:20
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,
28:21
So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the
LORD be my God:
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And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house:
and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto
thee.
CHAPTER 29
29:
1
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the
people of the east.
29:
2
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were
three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered
the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.
29:
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 his place.
29:
4
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they
said, Of Haran are we.
29:
5
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And
they said, We know him.
29:
6
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and,
behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
29:
7
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle
should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed
them.
29:
8
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together,
and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water
the sheep.
29:
9
And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s
sheep; for she kept them.
29:10
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.
29:11
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
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29:12
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.
29:13
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.
29:14
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.
And he abode with him the space of a month.
29:15
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother,
shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall
thy wages be?
29:16
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and
the name of the younger was Rachel.
29:17
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
29:18
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for
Rachel thy younger daughter.
29:19
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I
should give her to another man: abide with me.
29:20
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto
him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
29:21
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are
fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
29:22
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a
feast.
29:23
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.
29:24
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an
handmaid.
29:25
And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and
he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I
serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
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29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the
younger before the firstborn.
29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service
which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel
his daughter to wife also.
29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be
her maid.
29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more
than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her
womb: but Rachel was barren.
29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name
Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my
affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the
LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son
also: and she called his name Simeon.
29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time
will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three
sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I
praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left
bearing.
CHAPTER 30
30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel
envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I
die.
30:2 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?
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30:
3
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall
bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
30:
4
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in
unto her.
30:
5
And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
30:
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.
30:
7
And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second
son.
30:
8
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my
sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
30:
9
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid,
and gave her Jacob to wife.
30:10
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
30:11
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
30:12
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
30:13
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed:
and she called his name Asher.
30:14
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found
mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah.
Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s
mandrakes.
30:15
And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken 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.
30:16
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out
to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I
have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that
night.
30:17
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob
the fifth son.
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30:18
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given
my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
30:19
And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
30:20
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will
my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and
she called his name Zebulun.
30:21
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
30:22
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and
opened her womb.
30:23
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away
my reproach:
30:24
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to
me another son.
30:25
And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said
unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place,
and to my country.
30:26
Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee,
and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
30:27
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine
eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath
blessed me for thy sake.
30:28
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
30:29
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and
how thy cattle was with me.
30:30
For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now
increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since
my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house
also?
30:31
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt
not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again
feed and keep thy flock.
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30:32
I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all
the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the
sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such
shall be my hire.
30:33
So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it
shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not
speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the
sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
30:34
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy
word.
30:35
And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and
spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and
every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the
sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
30:36
And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and
Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
30:37
And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and
chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white
appear which was in the rods.
30:38
And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the
gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that
they should conceive when they came to drink.
30:39
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle
ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
30:40
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks
toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and
he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto
Laban’s cattle.
30:41
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive,
that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters,
that they might conceive among the rods.
30:42
But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler
were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
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30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and
maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
CHAPTER 31
31:1 And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken
away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s
hath he gotten all this glory.
31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was
not toward him as before.
31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy
fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his
flock,
31:5 And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not
toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten
times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle
bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire;
then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given
them to me.
31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I
lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams
which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and
grisled.
31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob:
And I said, Here am I.
31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which
leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I
have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
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31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and
where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from
this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
31:14
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any
portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
31:15
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath
quite devoured also our money.
31:16
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is
ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto
thee, do.
31:17
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
31:18
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had
gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram,
for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
31:19
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the
images that were her father’s.
31:20
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he
told him not that he fled.
31:21
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the
river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
31:22
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
31:23
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven
days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said
unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or
bad.
31:25
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the
mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of
Gilead.
31:26
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast
stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as
captives taken with the sword?
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31:27
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me;
and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth,
and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
31:28
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou
hast now done foolishly in so doing.
31:29
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your
father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou
speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
31:30
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore
longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen
my gods?
31:31
And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I
said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from
me.
31:32
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him 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.
31:33
And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into
the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he
out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
31:34
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s
furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but
found them not.
31:35
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my Lord that I
cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me.
And he searched but found not the images.
31:36
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered
and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou
hast so hotly pursued after me?
31:37
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of
all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy
brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
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This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she
goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I
not eaten.
31:39
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.
31:40
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by
night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
31:41
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen
years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou
hast changed my wages ten times.
31:42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of
Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now
empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands,
and rebuked thee yesternight.
31:43
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my
daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are
my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this
day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they
have born?
31:44
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and
let it be for a witness between me and thee.
31:45
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
31:46
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took
stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
31:47
And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
31:48
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this
day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
31:49
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee,
when we are absent one from another.
31:50
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives
beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness
betwixt me and thee.
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31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar,
which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
31:52 This heap be witness, and this 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.
31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their
father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob swear by the fear of his father
Isaac.
31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his
brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in
the mount.
31:55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and
his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned
unto his place.
CHAPTER 32
32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he
called the name of that place Mahanaim.
32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the
land of Seir, the country of Edom.
32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my
Lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with
Laban, and stayed there until now:
32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and
womenservants: and I have sent to tell my Lord, that I may find
grace in thy sight.
32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy
brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred
men with him.
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32:
7
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the
people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the
camels, into two bands;
32:
8
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the
other company which is left shall escape.
32:
9
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my
father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy
country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth,
which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I
passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
32:11
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the
hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and
the mother with the children.
32:12
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.
32:13
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came
to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
32:14
Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes,
and twenty rams,
32:15
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls,
twenty she asses, and ten foals.
32:16
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove
by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me,
and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
32:17
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother
meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither
goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
32:18
Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present
sent unto my Lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
32:19
And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that
followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto
Esau, when ye find him.
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32:20
And say ye 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; peradventure he will accept of me.
32:21
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night
in the company.
32:22
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two
womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford
Jabbok.
32:23
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over
that he had.
32:24
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until
the breaking of the day.
32:25
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the
hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of
joint, as he wrestled with him.
32:26
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will
not let thee go, except thou bless me.
32:27
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
32:28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:
for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast
prevailed.
32:29
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.
32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God
face to face, and my life is preserved.
32:31
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted
upon his thigh.
32:32
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank,
which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he
touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
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CHAPTER 33
33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came,
and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto
Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah
and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground
seven times, until he came near to his brother.
33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck,
and kissed him: and they wept.
33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children;
and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children
which God hath graciously given thy servant.
33:6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they
bowed themselves.
33:7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves:
and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed
themselves.
33:8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met?
And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my Lord.
33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast
unto thyself.
33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy
sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen
thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast
pleased with me.
33:11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God
hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he
urged him, and he took it.
33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go
before thee.
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33:13
And he said unto him, My Lord knoweth that the children are
tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if
men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
33:14
Let my Lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will
lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the
children be able to endure, until I come unto my Lord unto Seir.
33:15
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that
are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the
sight of my Lord.
33:16
So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
33:17
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made
booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called
Succoth.
33:18
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land
of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent
before the city.
33:19
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at
the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an
hundred pieces of money.
33:20
And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
CHAPTER 34
34:
1
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went
out to see the daughters of the land.
34:
2
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the
country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
34:
3
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved
the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
34:
4
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this
damsel to wife.
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34:
5
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his
sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until
they were come.
34:
6
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to
commune with him.
34:
7
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it:
and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he
had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter: which
thing ought not to be done.
34:
8
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son
Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to
wife.
34:
9
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us,
and take our daughters unto you.
34:10
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell
and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
34:11
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me
find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
34:12
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.
34:13
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father
deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
34:14
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our
sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto
us:
34:15
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that
every male of you be circumcised;
34:16
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.
34:17
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we
take our daughter, and we will be gone.
34:18
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
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34:19
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had
delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honorable than all the
house of his father.
34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city,
and communed with the men of their city, saying,
34:21
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the
land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for
them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give
them our daughters.
34:22
Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to
be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are
circumcised.
34:23
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their’s
be our’s? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with
us.
34:24
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.
34:25
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 boldly, and slew all
the males.
34:26
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the
sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
34:27
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city,
because they had defiled their sister.
34:28
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that
which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
34:29
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took
they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
34:30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make
me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the
Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they
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shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall
be destroyed, I and my house.
34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
CHAPTER 35
35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there:
and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when
thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him,
Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and
change your garments:
35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar
unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was
with me in the way which I went.
35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their
hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid
them under the oak which was by Shechem.
35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that
were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of
Jacob.
35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is,
Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because
there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his
brother.
35:8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath
Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of
Padanaram, and blessed him.
35:10 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.
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35:11
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and
multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and
kings shall come out of thy loins;
35:12
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it,
and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
35:13
And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
35:14
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him,
even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and
he poured oil thereon.
35:15
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him,
Bethel.
35:16
And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to
come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
35:17
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife
said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
35:18
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died)
that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
35:19
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is
Bethlehem.
35:20
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s
grave unto this day.
35:21
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of
Edar.
35:22
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben
went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
35:23
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi,
and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
35:24
The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
35:25
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
35:26
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these
are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
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35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of
Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his
people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob
buried him.
CHAPTER 36
36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter
of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the
daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
36:3 And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
36:5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the
sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
36:6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all
the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all
his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went
into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
36:7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and
the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because
of their cattle.
36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
36:9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in
mount Seir:
36:10 These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the
wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam,
and Kenaz.
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36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to
Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
36:13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and
Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the
daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and
Jaalam, and Korah.
36:15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the
firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke
Kenaz,
36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes
that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of
Adah.
36:17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke
Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came
of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath
Esau’s wife.
36:18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush,
duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of
Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
36:19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their
dukes.
36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land;
Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
36:21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the
Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
36:22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s
sister was Timna.
36:23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and
Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this
was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the
asses of Zibeon his father.
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36:25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah.
36:26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and
Ithran, and Cheran.
36:27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
36:28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
36:29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke
Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that
came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
36:31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before
there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
36:32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city
was Dinhabah.
36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his
stead.
36:34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his
stead.
36:35 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.
36:36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
36:37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his
stead.
36:38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his
stead.
36:39 And Baalhanan 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 Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
36:40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according
to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah,
duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
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36:41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
36:43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according
to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the
father of the Edomites.
CHAPTER 37
37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in
the land of Canaan.
37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years
old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with
the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives:
and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was
the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.
37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than
all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably
unto him.
37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they
hated him yet the more.
37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have
dreamed:
37:7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood
round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or
shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet
the more for his dreams, and for his words.
37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun
and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
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37:10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father
rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast
dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to
bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
37:11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in
Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to
him, Here am I.
37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with
thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So
he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the
field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
37:16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they
feed their flocks.
37:17 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.
37:18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto
them, they conspired against him to slay him.
37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some
pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we
shall see what will become of his dreams.
37:21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and
said, Let us not kill him.
37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this
pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he
might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren,
that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that
was on him;
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37:24
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty,
there was no water in it.
37:25
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and
looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead
with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to
carry it down to Egypt.
37:26
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our
brother, and conceal his blood?
37:27
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand
be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren
were content.
37:28
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites
for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
37:29
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in
the pit; and he rent his clothes.
37:30
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I,
whither shall I go?
37:31
And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and
dipped the coat in the blood;
37:32
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 be thy
son’s coat or no.
37:33
And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath
devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
37:34
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and
mourned for his son many days.
37:35
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 into the
grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
37:36
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer
of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
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CHAPTER 38
38:1 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.
38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose
name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name
Onan.
38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name
Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was
Tamar.
38:7 And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD;
and the LORD slew him.
38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and
marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to
pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on
the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he
slew him also.
38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at
thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest
peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and
dwelt in her father’s house.
38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died;
and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to
Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up
to Timnath to shear his sheep.
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38:14
And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her
with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is
by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and
she was not given unto him to wife.
38:15
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she
had covered her face.
38:16
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee,
let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his
daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou
mayest come in unto me?
38:17
And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said,
Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
38:18
And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy
signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he
gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
38:19
And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and
put on the garments of her widowhood.
38:20
And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to
receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
38:21
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot,
that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no
harlot in this place.
38:22
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the
men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
38:23
And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I
sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
38:24
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 also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said,
Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
38:25
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,
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Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and
staff.
38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more
righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And
he knew her again no more.
38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins
were in her womb.
38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his
hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet
thread, saying, This came out first.
38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his
brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this
breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
38:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread
upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
CHAPTER 39
39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer
of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the
hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man;
and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
39:3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the
LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
39:4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he
made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into
his hand.
39:5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer
in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the
Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD
was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
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39:
6
And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought
he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly
person, and well favored.
39:
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.
39:
8
But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master
wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed
all that he hath to my hand;
39:
9
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back
any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then
can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
39:10
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.
39:11
And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the
house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the
house there within.
39:12
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he
left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
39:13
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in
her hand, and was fled forth,
39:14
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them,
saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he
came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
39:15
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and
cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
39:16
And she laid up his garment by her, until his Lord came home.
39:17
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The
Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me
to mock me:
39:18
And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left
his garment with me, and fled out.
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39:19
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.
39:20
And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a
place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in
the prison.
39:21
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave
him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
39:22
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.
39:23
The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under
his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did,
the LORD made it to prosper.
CHAPTER 40
40:
1
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of
Egypt and his baker had offended their Lord the king of Egypt.
40:
2
And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the
chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
40:
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.
40:
4
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he
served them: and they continued a season in ward.
40:
5
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in
one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream,
the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in
the prison.
40:
6
And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon
them, and, behold, they were sad.
40:
7
And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of
his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
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40:
8
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no
interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not
interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
40:
9
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In
my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
40:10
And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it
budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof
brought forth ripe grapes:
40:11
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.
40:12
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The
three branches are three days:
40:13
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore
thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his
hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
40:14
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew
kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto
Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
40:15
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.
40:16
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said
unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three
white baskets on my head:
40:17
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats
for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my
head.
40:18
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof:
The three baskets are three days:
40:19
Yet within 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.
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40:20
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 of the chief baker among his servants.
40:21
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he
gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
40:22
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
40:23
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
CHAPTER 41
41:
1
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh
dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
41:
2
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored kine
and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
41:
3
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river,
ill favored and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the
brink of the river.
41:
4
And the ill favored and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well
favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
41:
5
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears
of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
41:
6
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung
up after them.
41:
7
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And
Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
41:
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.
41:
9
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember
my faults this day:
41:10
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the
captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
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41:11
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each
man according to the interpretation of his dream.
41:12
And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to
the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us
our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
41:13
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he
restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
41:14
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily
out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his
raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
41:15
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 thou
canst understand a dream to interpret it.
41:16
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall
give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
41:17
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon
the bank of the river:
41:18
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed
and well favored; and they fed in a meadow:
41:19
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very
ill favored and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of
Egypt for badness:
41:20
And the lean and the ill favored kine did eat up the first seven fat
kine:
41:21
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.
41:22
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one
stalk, full and good:
41:23
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east
wind, sprung up after them:
41:24
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this
unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
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41:25
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God
hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
41:26
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are
seven years: the dream is one.
41:27
And the seven thin and ill favored kine that came up after them are
seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind
shall be seven years of famine.
41:28
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is
about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
41:29
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the
land of Egypt:
41:30
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;
41:31
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that
famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
41:32
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is
because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring
it to pass.
41:33
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and
set him over the land of Egypt.
41:34
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and
take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous
years.
41:35
And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and
lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in
the cities.
41:36
And that food shall be for 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.
41:37
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of
all his servants.
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41:38
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this
is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
41:39
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed
thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
41:40
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all
my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41:41
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land
of Egypt.
41:42
And Pharaoh took off his 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;
41:43
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and
they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all
the land of Egypt.
41:44
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee
shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
41:45
And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave
him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And
Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
41:46
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.
41:47
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by
handfuls.
41:48
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.
41:49
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until
he left numbering; for it was without number.
41:50
And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine
came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare
unto him.
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41:51
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God,
said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
41:52
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath
caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
41:53
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of
Egypt, were ended.
41:54
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph
had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of
Egypt there was bread.
41:55
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; what he saith to you, do.
41:56
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph
opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the
famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
41:57
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn;
because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
CHAPTER 42
42:
1
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said
unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
42:
2
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get
you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live,
and not die.
42:
3
And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
42:
4
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren;
for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
42:
5
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came:
for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
42:
6
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold
to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and
bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
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42:
7
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself
strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto
them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan
to buy food.
42:
8
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
42:
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.
42:10
And they said unto him, Nay, my Lord, but to buy food are thy
servants come.
42:11
We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no
spies.
42:12
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land
ye are come.
42:13
And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one
man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day
with our father, and one is not.
42:14
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you,
saying, Ye are spies:
42:15
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go
forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
42:16
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be
kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be
any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
42:17
And he put them all together into ward three days.
42:18
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I
fear God:
42:19
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of
your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
42:20
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be
verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
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42:21
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our
brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought
us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
42:22
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying,
Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore,
behold, also his blood is required.
42:23
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake
unto them by an interpreter.
42:24
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to
them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon,
and bound him before their eyes.
42:25
Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to
restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them
provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
42:26
And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
42:27
And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in
the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s
mouth.
42:28
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 were afraid,
saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
42:29
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan,
and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
42:30
The man, who is the Lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and
took us for spies of the country.
42:31
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
42:32
We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the
youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
42:33
And the man, the Lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I
know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with
me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
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42:34
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 traffick in the land.
42:35
And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold,
every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they
and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
42:36
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.
42:37
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.
42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is
dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the
which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow
to the grave.
CHAPTER 43
43:
1
And the famine was sore in the land.
43:
2
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they
had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again,
buy us a little food.
43:
3
And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest
unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be
with you.
43:
4
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy
thee food:
43:
5
But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man
said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with
you.
43:
6
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the
man whether ye had yet a brother?
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43:
7
And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of 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
certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
43:
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.
43:
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:
43:10
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this
second time.
43:11
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do
this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry
down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices,
and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
43:12
And take double money in your hand; and the money that was
brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your
hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
43:13
Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
43:14
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may
send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of
my children, I am bereaved.
43:15
And the men took that present, and they took double money in
their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt,
and stood before Joseph.
43:16
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of
his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for
these men shall dine with me at noon.
43:17
And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into
Joseph’s house.
43:18
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s
house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in
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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.
43:19
And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they
communed with him at the door of the house,
43:20
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy
food:
43:21
And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, 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.
43:22
And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food:
we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
43:23
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.
43:24
And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them
water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses
provender.
43:25
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for
they heard that they should eat bread there.
43:26
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which
was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to
the earth.
43:27
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well,
the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
43:28
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is
yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
43:29
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his
mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye
spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
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43:30
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother:
and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and
wept there.
43:31
And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and
said, Set on bread.
43:32
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves,
and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves:
because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for
that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
43:33
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright,
and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled
one at another.
43:34
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but
Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of their’s. And
they drank, and were merry with him.
CHAPTER 44
44:
1
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the
men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every
man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
44:
2
And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the
youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word
that Joseph had spoken.
44:
3
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they
and their asses.
44:
4
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off,
Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when
thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye
rewarded evil for good?
44:
5
Is not this it in which my Lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he
divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
44:
6
And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
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44:
7
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my Lord these words?
God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
44:
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?
44:
9
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and
we also will be my lord’s bondmen.
44:10
And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with
whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
44:11
Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground,
and opened every man his sack.
44:12
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest:
and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
44:13
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and
returned to the city.
44:14
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was
yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
44:15
And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done?
wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
44:16
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 servants, both
we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
44:17
And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose
hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get
you up in peace unto your father.
44:18
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.
44:19
My Lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a
brother?
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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.
44:21
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I
may set mine eyes upon him.
44:22
And we said unto my Lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if
he should leave his father, his father would die.
44:23
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother
come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
44:24
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father,
we told him the words of my Lord.
44:25
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
44:26
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with
us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face,
except our youngest brother be with us.
44:27
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife
bare me two sons:
44:28
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in
pieces; and I saw him not since:
44:29
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall
bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
44:30
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad
be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;
44:31
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us,
that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of
thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
44:32
For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying,
If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my
father for ever.
44:33
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad
a bondman to my Lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
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For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me?
lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
CHAPTER 45
45:
1
Then Joseph could not refrain 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.
45:
2
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh
heard.
45:
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.
45:
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.
45:
5
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye
sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
45:
6
For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there
are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
45:
7
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the
earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
45:
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 a ruler
throughout all the land of Egypt.
45:
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:
45:10
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near
unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and
thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
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And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine;
lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to
poverty.
45:12
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,
that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
45:13
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.
45:14
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and
Benjamin wept upon his neck.
45:15
Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after
that his brethren talked with him.
45:16
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying,
Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his
servants.
45:17
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye;
lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
45:18
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.
45:19
Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the
land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring
your father, and come.
45:20
Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is
your’s.
45:21
And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons,
according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them
provision for the way.
45:22
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to
Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes
of raiment.
45:23
And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the
good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread
and meat for his father by the way.
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45:24
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto
them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
45:25
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan
unto Jacob their father,
45:26
And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over
all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed
them not.
45:27
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:
45:28
And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go
and see him before I die.
CHAPTER 46
46:
1
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to
Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
46:
2
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said,
Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
46:
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:
46:
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.
46:
5
And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: 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.
46:
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:
46:
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.
46:
8
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into
Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
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46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and
Carmi.
46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,
and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and
Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of
Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
46:13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
46:14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in
Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and
his daughters were thirty and three.
46:16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri,
and Arodi, and Areli.
46:17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah,
and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
46:18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his
daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
46:19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
46:20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and
Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On
bare unto him.
46:21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel,
Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and
Ard.
46:22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the
souls were fourteen.
46:23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
46:24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
Shillem.
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46:25
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his
daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
46:26
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of
his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore
and six;
46:27
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two
souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt,
were threescore and ten.
46:28
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto
Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
46:29
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his
father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on
his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
46:30
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy
face, because thou art yet alive.
46:31
And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I
will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and
my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come
unto me;
46:32
And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle;
and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that
they have.
46:33
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall
say, What is your occupation?
46:34
That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from
our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye
may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an
abomination unto the Egyptians.
CHAPTER 47
47:
1
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my
brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have,
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are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the
land of Goshen.
47:2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented
them unto Pharaoh.
47:3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation?
And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we,
and also our fathers.
47:4 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we
come; for thy servants have no pasture for their 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.
47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy
brethren are come unto thee:
47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy
father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell:
and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make
them rulers over my cattle.
47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before
Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
47:8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
47:9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my
pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the
days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the
days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their
pilgrimage.
47:10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
47:11 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.
47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his
father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
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47:13
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very
sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted
by reason of the famine.
47:14
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land
of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they
bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
47:15
And when money failed 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 the money
faileth.
47:16
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your
cattle, if money fail.
47:17
And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them
bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle
of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all
their cattle for that year.
47:18
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year,
and said unto him, We will not hide it from my Lord, how that our
money is spent; my Lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not
ought left in the sight of my Lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
47:19
Wherefore shall 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, that
the land be not desolate.
47:20
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the
Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed
over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.
47:21
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of
the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
47:22
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a
portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which
Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
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47:23
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.
47:24
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth
part 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.
47:25
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the
sight of my Lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.
47:26
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day,
that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the
priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.
47:27
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen;
and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied
exceedingly.
47:28
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole
age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
47:29
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son
Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight,
put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and
truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
47:30
But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of
Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as
thou hast said.
47:31
And he said, Swear unto me. And he swear unto him. And Israel
bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
CHAPTER 48
48:
1
And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph,
Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons,
Manasseh and Ephraim.
48:
2
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto
thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
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48:
3
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at
Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
48:
4
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give
this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
48:
5
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born
unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt,
are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
48:
6
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and
shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
48:
7
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the
land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to
come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath;
the same is Bethlehem.
48:
8
And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
48:
9
And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God
hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee,
unto me, and I will bless them.
48:10
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.
48:11
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and,
lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
48:12
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he
bowed himself with his face to the earth.
48:13
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward
Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s
right hand, and brought them near unto him.
48:14
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s
head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s
head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
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48:15
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers
Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long
unto this day,
48:16
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let
my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham
and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the
earth.
48:17
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.
48:18
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the
firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
48:19
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he
also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his
younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become
a multitude of nations.
48:20
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless,
saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set
Ephraim before Manasseh.
48:21
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with
you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
48:22
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.
CHAPTER 49
49:
1
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves
together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last
days.
49:
2
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and
hearken unto Israel your father.
49:
3
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my
strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
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49:
4
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to
thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
49:
5
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their
habitations.
49:
6
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly,
mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man,
and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
49:
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.
49:
8
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall
be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow
down before thee.
49:
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 an old lion; who
shall rouse him up?
49:10
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from
between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the
gathering of the people be.
49:11
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice
vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood
of grapes:
49:12
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
49:13
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an
haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
49:14
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
49:15
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant;
and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
49:16
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
49:17
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth
the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
49:18
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
49:19
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
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49:20
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal
dainties.
49:21
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
49:22
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose
branches run over the wall:
49:23
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated
him:
49:24
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were
made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from
thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
49:25
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the
Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and
of the womb:
49:26
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings 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.
49:27
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the
prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
49:28
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.
49:29
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,
49:30
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 of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
49:31
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried
Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
49:32
The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from
the children of Heth.
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49:33
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he
gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was
gathered unto his people.
CHAPTER 50
50:
1
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and
kissed him.
50:
2
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his
father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
50:
3
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days
of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him
threescore and ten days.
50:
4
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto
the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your
eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
50:
5
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I
have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me.
Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I
will come again.
50:
6
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he
made thee swear.
50:
7
And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all
the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders
of the land of Egypt,
50:
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.
50:
9
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it
was a very great company.
50:10
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond
Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore
lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
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50:11
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
Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
50:12
And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
50:13
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in
the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with
the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite,
before Mamre.
50:14
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.
50:15
And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they
said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us
all the evil which we did unto him.
50:16
And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did
command before he died, saying,
50:17
So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass
of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now,
we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of
thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
50:18
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they
said, Behold, we be thy servants.
50:19
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto
good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
50:21
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones.
And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
50:22
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph
lived an hundred and ten years.
50:23
And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the
children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up
upon Joseph’s knees.
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50:24
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit
you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swear to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
50:25
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.
50:26
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they
embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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The Second Book of Moses
Commonly Called
CHAPTER 1
1:
1
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into
Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
1:
2
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
1:
3
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
1:
4
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
1:
5
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy
souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
1:
6
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
1:
7
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly,
and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled
with them.
1:
8
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not
Joseph.
1:
9
And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of
Israel are more and mightier than we:
1:10
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it
come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also
unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of
the land.
1:11
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with
their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom
and Raamses.
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1:12
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and
grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
1:13
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
1:14
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and
in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service,
wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.
1:15
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which
the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
1:16
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew
women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall
kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
1:17
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt
commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
1:18
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them,
Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children
alive?
1:19
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women
are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are
delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
1:20
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people
multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
1:21
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he
made them houses.
1:22
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.
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a
daughter of Levi.
2:
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.
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2:
3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of
bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the
child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
2:
4
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
2:
5
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the
river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when
she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
2:
6
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the
babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one
of the Hebrews’ children.
2:
7
Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to
thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child
for thee?
2:
8
And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and
called the child’s mother.
2:
9
And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and
nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women
took the child, and nursed it.
2:10
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter,
and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she
said, Because I drew him out of the water.
2:11
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that
he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he
spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
2:12
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there
was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
2:13
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the
Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong,
Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
2:14
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?
intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And
Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
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2:15
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.
2:16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and
drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
2:17
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood
up and helped them, and watered their flock.
2:18
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that
ye are come so soon to day?
2:19
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the
shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the
flock.
2:20
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.
2:21
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses
Zipporah his daughter.
2:22
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he
said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
2:23
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died:
and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they
cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
2:24
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant
with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
2:25
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect
unto them.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of
Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came
to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
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3:
2
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire
out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush
burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3:
3
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight,
why the bush is not burnt.
3:
4
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called
unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses.
And he said, Here am I.
3:
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.
3:
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.
3:
7
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people
which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their
taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
3:
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 Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
3:
9
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come
unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the
Egyptians oppress them.
3:10
Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou
mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
3:11
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?
3:12
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token
unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the
people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
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3:13
And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children
of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath
sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?
what shall I say unto them?
3:14
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus
shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto
you.
3:15
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the
children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me
unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto
all generations.
3:16
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The
LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of
Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and
seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
3:17
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt
unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites,
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land
flowing with milk and honey.
3:18
And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and
the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto
him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now
let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness,
that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
3:19
And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not
by a mighty hand.
3:20
And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my
wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will
let you go.
3:21
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.
3:22
But every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that
sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and
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raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your
daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
CHAPTER 4
4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe
me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath
not appeared unto thee.
4:2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he
said, A rod.
4:3 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.
4:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it
by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became
a rod in his hand:
4:5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the
God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath
appeared unto thee.
4:6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand
into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he
took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
4:7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his
hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and,
behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
4:8 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.
4:9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two
signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the
water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water
which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry
land.
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4:10
And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent,
neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant:
but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
4:11
And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or
who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not
I the LORD?
4:12
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee
what thou shalt say.
4:13
And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him
whom thou wilt send.
4:14
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he
said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak
well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he
seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
4:15
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I
will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you
what ye shall do.
4:16
And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be,
even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to
him instead of God.
4:17
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do
signs.
4:18
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
which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro
said to Moses, Go in peace.
4:19
And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt:
for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
4:20
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.
4:21
And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into
Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I
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have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not
let the people go.
4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is
my son, even my firstborn:
4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if
thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy
firstborn.
4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met
him, and sought to kill him.
4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her
son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art
thou to me.
4:26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because
of the circumcision.
4:27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet
Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed
him.
4:28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent
him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
4:29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of
the children of Israel:
4:30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto
Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had
visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their
affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
CHAPTER 5
5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may
hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
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5:
2
And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice
to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
5:
3
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us
go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice
unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or
with the sword.
5:
4
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses
and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your
burdens.
5:
5
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many,
and ye make them rest from their burdens.
5:
6
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the
people, and their officers, saying,
5:
7
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as
heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
5:
8
And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall
lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be
idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
5:
9
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor
therein; and let them not regard vain words.
5:10
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and
they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not
give you straw.
5:11
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your
work shall be diminished.
5:12
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of
Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
5:13
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your
daily tasks, as when there was straw.
5:14
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded,
Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both
yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
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5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto
Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
5:16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us,
Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in
thine own people.
5:17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and
do sacrifice to the LORD.
5:18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you,
yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
5:19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in
evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your
bricks of your daily task.
5:20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they
came forth from Pharaoh:
5:21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge;
because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of
Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their
hand to slay us.
5:22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore
hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast
sent me?
5:23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done
evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
CHAPTER 6
6:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will
do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with
a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
6:2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the
name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not
known to them.
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6:
4
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them
the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were
strangers.
6:
5
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom
the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my
covenant.
6:
6
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I
will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I
will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a
stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
6:
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 the LORD your God, which bringeth
you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
6:
8
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did
swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give
it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
6:
9
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they
hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel
bondage.
6:10
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6:11
Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of
Israel go out of his land.
6:12
And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children
of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear
me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
6:13
And the LORD 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.
6:14
These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben
the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these
be the families of Reuben.
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6:15
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.
6:16
And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their
generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the
life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
6:17
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
6:18
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and
Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty
and three years.
6:19
And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families
of Levi according to their generations.
6:20
And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she
bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram
were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
6:21
And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
6:22
And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
6:23
And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of
Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and
Ithamar.
6:24
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these
are the families of the Korhites.
6:25
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 of the Levites according to their families.
6:26
These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring
out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their
armies.
6:27
These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out
the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
6:28
And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto
Moses in the land of Egypt,
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6:29
That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak
thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
6:30
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised
lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
7:
1
And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a God to
Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
7:
2
Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother
shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of
his land.
7:
3
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my
wonders in the land of Egypt.
7:
4
But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand
upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the
children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
7:
5
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch
forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel
from among them.
7:
6
And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did
they.
7:
7
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and
three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
7:
8
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
7:
9
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for
you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it
before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
7:10
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as
the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before
Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
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7:11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the
magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their
enchantments.
7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents:
but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
7:13 And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them;
as the LORD had said.
7:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he
refuseth to let the people go.
7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the
water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come;
and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine
hand.
7:16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews
hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may
serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not
hear.
7:17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the
LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon
the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink;
and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
7:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod,
and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their
streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their
pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be
blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood,
and in vessels of stone.
7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he
lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the
sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters
that were in the river were turned to blood.
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7:21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the
Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was
blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and
Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as
the LORD had said.
7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his
heart to this also.
7:24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to
drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
7:25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten
the river.
CHAPTER 8
8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto
him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve
me.
8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy
borders with frogs:
8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up
and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy
bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and
into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people,
and upon all thy servants.
8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth
thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over
the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and
the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up
frogs upon the land of Egypt.
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8:
8
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the
LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my
people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto
the LORD.
8:
9
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat
for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the
frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river
only?
8:10
And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word:
that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our
God.
8:11
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and
from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the
river only.
8:12
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried
unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against
Pharaoh.
8:13
And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs
died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
8:14
And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
8:15
But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his
heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
8:16
And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy
rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice
throughout all the land of Egypt.
8:17
And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod,
and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in
beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of
Egypt.
8:18
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth
lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon
beast.
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8:19
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 the LORD had said.
8:20
And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say
unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may
serve me.
8:21
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.
8:22
And I will sever 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 the LORD in the midst of the earth.
8:23
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to
morrow shall this sign be.
8:24
And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies
into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into
all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the
swarm of flies.
8:25
And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye,
sacrifice to your God in the land.
8:26
And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we
sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and
will they not stone us?
8:27
We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to
the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
8:28
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the
LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far
away: intreat for me.
8:29
And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the
LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal
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deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the
LORD.
8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
8:31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he
removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and
from his people; there remained not one.
8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he
let the people go.
CHAPTER 9
9:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell
him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people
go, that they may serve me.
9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
9:3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the
field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the
oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
9:4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the
cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the
children’s of Israel.
9:5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the
LORD shall do this thing in the land.
9:6 And the LORD 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.
9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of
the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he
did not let the people go.
9:8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you
handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward
the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
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9
And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be
a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast,
throughout all the land of Egypt.
9:10
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.
9:11
And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the
boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the
Egyptians.
9:12
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened
not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
9:13
And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD
God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
9:14
For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and
upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know
that there is none like me in all the earth.
9:15
For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy
people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
9:16
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew
in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout
all the earth.
9:17
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not
let them go?
9:18
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 foundation
thereof even until now.
9:19
Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in
the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the
field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon
them, and they shall die.
9:20
He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of
Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
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9:21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants
and his cattle in the field.
9:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward
heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man,
and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the
land of Egypt.
9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD
sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and
the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
9:24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous,
such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it
became a nation.
9:25 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.
9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was
there no hail.
9:27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto
them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my
people are wicked.
9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty
thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no
longer.
9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I
will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall
cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know
how that the earth is the LORD’s.
9:30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear
the LORD God.
9:31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the
ear, and the flax was bolled.
9:32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not
grown up.
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9:33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad
his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and
the rain was not poured upon the earth.
9:34 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.
9:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the
children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
CHAPTER 10
10:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have
hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew
these my signs before him:
10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s
son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I
have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the
LORD.
10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him,
Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou
refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they
may serve me.
10:4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I
bring the locusts into thy coast:
10:5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able
to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is
escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat
every tree which groweth for you out of the field:
10:6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants,
and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor
thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon
the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from
Pharaoh.
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10:
7
And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be
a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD
their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
10:
8
And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he
said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they
that shall go?
10:
9
And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with
our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our
herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.
10:10
And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let
you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
10:11
Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye
did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
10:12
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the
land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the
land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail
hath left.
10:13
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the
LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that
night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
10:14
And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all
the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there
were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
10:15
For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was
darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit
of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any
green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the
land of Egypt.
10:16
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I
have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
10:17
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and
intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this
death only.
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10:18
And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
10:19
And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took
away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained
not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
10:20
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let
the children of Israel go.
10:21
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward
heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even
darkness which may be felt.
10:22
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was
a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
10:23
They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for
three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
10:24
And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD;
only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones
also go with you.
10:25
And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt
offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
10:26
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left
behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and
we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come
thither.
10:27
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let
them go.
10:28
And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to
thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face
thou shalt die.
10:29
And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again
no more.
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CHAPTER 11
11:
1
And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more
upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go
hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out
hence altogether.
11:
2
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of
his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver and
jewels of gold.
11:
3
And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians.
Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in
the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.
11:
4
And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go
out into the midst of Egypt:
11:
5
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first
born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the
firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the
firstborn of beasts.
11:
6
And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt,
such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
11:
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 the
LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
11:
8
And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow
down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people
that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from
Pharaoh in a great anger.
11:
9
And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto
you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
11:10
And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and
the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the
children of Israel go out of his land.
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CHAPTER 12
12:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt
saying,
12:
This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be
the first month of the year to you.
12:
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 the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
12:
4
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his
neighbor next unto his house take it according to the number of the
souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for
the lamb.
12:
5
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye
shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
12:
6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same
month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall
kill it in the evening.
12:
7
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side
posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall
eat it.
12:
8
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and
unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
12:
9
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire;
his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
12:10
And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that
which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
12:11
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on
your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste:
it is the LORD’s passover.
12:12
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and
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against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the
LORD.
12:13 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 the
plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land
of Egypt.
12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it
a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it
a feast by an ordinance for ever.
12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye
shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth
leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul
shall be cut off from Israel.
12:16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the
seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner
of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat,
that only may be done of you.
12:17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this
selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt:
therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an
ordinance for ever.
12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye
shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the
month at even.
12:19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for
whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut
off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or
born in the land.
12:20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat
unleavened bread.
12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them,
Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill
the passover.
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12:22
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is
in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the
blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door
of his house until the morning.
12:23
For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when
he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the
LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to
come in unto your houses to smite you.
12:24
And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy
sons for ever.
12:25
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the
LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall
keep this service.
12:26
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you,
What mean ye by this service?
12:27
That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’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.
12:28
And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had
commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
12:29
And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that
sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the
dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
12:30
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all
the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was
not a house where there was not one dead.
12:31
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up,
and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children
of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
12:32
Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone;
and bless me also.
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12:33
And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might
send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead
men.
12:34
And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their
kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their
shoulders.
12:35
And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and
they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of
gold, and raiment:
12:36
And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians,
so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they
spoiled the Egyptians.
12:37
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth,
about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
12:38
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and
herds, even very much cattle.
12:39
And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought
forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were
thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared
for themselves any victual.
12:40
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt,
was four hundred and thirty years.
12:41
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty
years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of
the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
12:42
It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them
out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be
observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
12:43
And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance
of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
12:44
But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast
circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
12:45
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
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12:46
In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of
the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone
thereof.
12:47
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
12:48
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the
passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then
let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in
the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
12:49
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger
that sojourneth among you.
12:50
Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded
Moses and Aaron, so did they.
12:51
And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the
children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
CHAPTER 13
13:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
13:
2
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb
among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
13:
3
And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye
came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength
of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no
leavened bread be eaten.
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This day came ye out in the month Abib.
13:
5
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites, which he swear unto thy fathers to give thee, a
land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service
in this month.
13:
6
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day
shall be a feast to the LORD.
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13:
7
Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no
leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen
with thee in all thy quarters.
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8
And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done
because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth
out of Egypt.
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9
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a
memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy
mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of
Egypt.
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Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to
year.
13:11
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanites, as he swear unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give
it thee,
13:12
That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the
matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast;
the males shall be the LORD’s.
13:13
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if
thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the
firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
13:14
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying,
What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the
LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
13:15
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the
LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the
firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to
the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the
firstborn of my children I redeem.
13:16
And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets
between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us
forth out of Egypt.
13:17
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God
led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines,
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although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people
repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
13:18
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness
of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of
the land of Egypt.
13:19
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly
sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and
ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
13:20
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in
Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
13:21
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to
lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them
light; to go by day and night:
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He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of
fire by night, from before the people.
CHAPTER 14
14:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
14:
2
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before
Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon:
before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
14:
3
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangeld in
the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
14:
4
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them;
and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the
Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
14:
5
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the
heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people,
and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go
from serving us?
14:
6
And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
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14:
7
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of
Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
14:
8
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and
he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel
went out with an high hand.
14:
9
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots
of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them
encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
14:10
And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their
eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they
were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the
LORD.
14:11
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 carry us forth out of Egypt?
14:12
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us
alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for
us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the
wilderness.
14:13
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see
the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for
the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again
no more for ever.
14:14
The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
14:15
And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me?
speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
14:16
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea,
and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground
through the midst of the sea.
14:17
And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they
shall follow them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon
all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
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14:18
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have
gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his
horsemen.
14:19
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel,
removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went
from before their face, and stood behind them:
14:20
And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of
Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by
night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
14:21
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
14:22
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.
14:23
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of
the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
14:24
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked
unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the
cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
14:25
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so
that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the
LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
14:26
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the
sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon
their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
14:27
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea
returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the
Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians
in the midst of the sea.
14:28
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the
horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after
them; there remained not so much as one of them.
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14:29 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.
14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the
Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the
Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the
LORD, and his servant Moses.
CHAPTER 15
15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the
LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath
triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into
the sea.
15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my
salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my
father’s God, and I will exalt him.
15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
15:4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his
chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
15:5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a
stone.
15:6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right
hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
15:7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown
them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which
consumed them as stubble.
15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered
together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were
congealed in the heart of the sea.
15:9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the
spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword,
my hand shall destroy them.
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15:10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank
as lead in the mighty waters.
15:11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee,
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
15:12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
15:13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast
redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy
habitation.
15:14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the
inhabitants of Palestina.
15:15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of
Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of
Canaan shall melt away.
15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm
they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD,
till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
15:17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine
inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee
to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have
established.
15:18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
15:19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his
horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of
the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in
the midst of the sea.
15:20 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.
15:21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath
triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into
the sea.
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15:22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into
the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness,
and found no water.
15:23 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.
15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we
drink?
15:25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree,
which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made
sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there
he proved them,
15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD
thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give
ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none
of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the
Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and
threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the
waters.
CHAPTER 16
16:1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of
the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is
between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month
after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
16:2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured
against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
16:3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had
died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat
by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye
have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole
assembly with hunger.
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16:
4
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from
heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate
every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my
law, or no.
16:
5
And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare
that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they
gather daily.
16:
6
And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even,
then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the
land of Egypt:
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7
And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for
that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are
we, that ye murmur against us?
16:
8
And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in
the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for
that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against
him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but
against the LORD.
16:
9
And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the
children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard
your murmurings.
16:10
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 the LORD appeared in the cloud.
16:11
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
16:12
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto
them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall
be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your
God.
16:13
And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered
the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
16:14
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of
the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar
frost on the ground.
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16:15
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It
is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto
them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
16:16
This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it
every man according to his eating, an omer for every man,
according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for
them which are in his tents.
16:17
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some
less.
16:18
And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much
had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they
gathered every man according to his eating.
16:19
And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
16:20
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of
them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and
Moses was wroth with them.
16:21
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his
eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
16:22
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as
much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the
congregation came and told Moses.
16:23
And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To
morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that
which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that
which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
16:24
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not
stink, neither was there any worm therein.
16:25
And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the
LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
16:26
Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the
sabbath, in it there shall be none.
16:27
And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the
seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
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16:28
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my
commandments and my laws?
16:29
See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he
giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every
man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
16:30
So the people rested on the seventh day.
16:31
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.
16:32
And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth,
Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may
see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I
brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
16:33
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of
manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your
generations.
16:34
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the
Testimony, to be kept.
16:35
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they
came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of Canaan.
16:36
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
CHAPTER 17
17:
1
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from
the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the
commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there
was no water for the people to drink.
17:
2
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us
water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide
ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
17:
3
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured
against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought
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us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with
thirst?
17:4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto
this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
17:5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and
take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou
smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
17:6 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.
17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because
of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted
the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
17:8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
17:9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight
with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the
rod of God in mine hand.
17:10 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.
17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel
prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
17:12 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.
17:13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of
the sword.
17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a
book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out
the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
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17:16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will
have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
CHAPTER 18
18:1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of
all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that
the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
18:2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife,
after he had sent her back,
18:3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for
he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
18:4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father,
said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of
Pharaoh:
18:5 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife
unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount
of God:
18:6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto
thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
18:7 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.
18:8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto
Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail
that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD
delivered them.
18:9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done
to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
18:10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you
out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh,
who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the
Egyptians.
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18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing
wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
18:12
And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and
sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to
eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.
18:13
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the
people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the
evening.
18:14
And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people,
he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why
sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from
morning unto even?
18:15
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come
unto me to enquire of God:
18:16
When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between
one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God,
and his laws.
18:17
And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest
is not good.
18:18
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is
with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to
perform it thyself alone.
18:19
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall
be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou
mayest bring the causes unto God:
18:20
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew
them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they
must do.
18:21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such
as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over
them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
fifties, and rulers of tens:
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18:22 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: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they
shall bear the burden with thee.
18:23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou
shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their
place in peace.
18:24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all
that he had said.
18:25 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.
18:26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they
brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged
themselves.
18:27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into
his own land.
CHAPTER 19
19:1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness
of Sinai.
19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the
desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel
camped before the mount.
19:3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out
of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob,
and tell the children of Israel;
19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on
eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my
covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all
people: for all the earth is mine:
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19:
6
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of
Israel.
19:
7
And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid
before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded
him.
19:
8
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD
hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the
people unto the LORD.
19:
9
And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick
cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and
believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people
unto the LORD.
19:10
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify
them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
19:11
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD
will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
19:12
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:
19:13
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or
shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the
trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
19:14
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and
sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
19:15
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come
not at your wives.
19:16
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there
were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount,
and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people
that was in the camp trembled.
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19:17
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with
God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
19:18
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD
descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the
smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
19:19
And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed
louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a
voice.
19:20
And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the
mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount;
and Moses went up.
19:21
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest
they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them
perish.
19:22
And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify
themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
19:23
And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to
mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the
mount, and sanctify it.
19:24
And the LORD said unto him, Away, 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 the LORD, lest he
break forth upon them.
19:25
So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
And God spake all these words, saying,
20:
2
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
20:
3
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of
any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth.
20:
5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I
the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of
them that hate me;
20:
6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and
keep my commandments.
20:
7
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for
the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
20:
8
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
20:
9
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:
20:10
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it
thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,
thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates:
20:11
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all
that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD
blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
20:12
Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon
the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
20:13
Thou shalt not kill.
20:14
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
20:15
Thou shalt not steal.
20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
20:17
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet
thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor
his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.
20:18
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the
noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the
people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
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20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear:
but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to
prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin
not.
20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick
darkness where God was.
20:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the
children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from
heaven.
20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make
unto you gods of gold.
20:24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice
thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep,
and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come
unto thee, and I will bless thee.
20:25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it
of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast
polluted it.
20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy
nakedness be not discovered thereon.
CHAPTER 21
21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
21:2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the
seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
21:3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were
married, then his wife shall go out with him.
21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or
daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he
shall go out by himself.
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21:
5
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife,
and my children; I will not go out free:
21:
6
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring
him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore
his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
21:
7
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go
out as the menservants do.
21:
8
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself,
then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation
he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
21:
9
And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her
after the manner of daughters.
21:10
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of
marriage, shall he not diminish.
21:11
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free
without money.
21:12
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
21:13
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.
21:14
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him
with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
21:15
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to
death.
21:16
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his
hand, he shall surely be put to death.
21:17
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to
death.
21:18
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or
with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
21:19
If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that
smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and
shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
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21:20
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die
under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
21:21
Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be
punished: for he is his money.
21:22
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart
from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished,
according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall
pay as the judges determine.
21:23
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
21:24
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
21:25
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
21:26
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid,
that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
21:27
And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s
tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
21:28
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be
surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the
ox shall be quit.
21:29
But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it
hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but
that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and
his owner also shall be put to death.
21:30
If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the
ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
21:31
Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to
this judgment shall it be done unto him.
21:32
If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give
unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be
stoned.
21:33
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;
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21:34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the
owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
21:35 And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell
the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they
shall divide.
21:36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and
his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and
the dead shall be his own.
CHAPTER 22
22:1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall
restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
22:2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there
shall no blood be shed for him.
22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for
he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be
sold for his theft.
22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or
ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
22:5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in
his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his
own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make
restitution.
22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or
the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that
kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
22:7 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, let him
pay double.
22:8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be
brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto
his neighbor’s goods.
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22:
9
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep,
for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another
challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before
the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay
double unto his neighbor.
22:10
If a man deliver unto his neighbor 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:
22:11
Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he
hath not put his hand unto his neighbor’s goods; and the owner of
it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
22:12
And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the
owner thereof.
22:13
If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall
not make good that which was torn.
22:14
And if a man borrow ought of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die,
the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
22:15
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it
be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
22:16
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her,
he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
22:17
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay
money according to the dowry of virgins.
22:18
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
22:19
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
22:20
He that sacrificeth unto any God, save unto the LORD only, he
shall be utterly destroyed.
22:21
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt.
22:22
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
22:23
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will
surely hear their cry;
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22:24
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword;
and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
22:25
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou
shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him
usury.
22:26
If thou at all take thy neighbor’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt
deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
22:27
For that is his covering only, it is his raiment 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.
22:28
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
22:29
Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy
liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
22:30
Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven
days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it
me.
22:31
And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh
that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
CHAPTER 23
23:
1
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the
wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
23:
2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou
speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
23:
3
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
23:
4
If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt
surely bring it back to him again.
23:
5
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden,
and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
23:
6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
23:
7
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous
slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
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23:
8
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and
perverteth the words of the righteous.
23:
9
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a
stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
23:10
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits
thereof:
23:11
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor
of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field
shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and
with thy oliveyard.
23:12
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt
rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy
handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
23:13
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and
make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard
out of thy mouth.
23:14
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
23:15
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat
unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time
appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from
Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
23:16
And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labors, which thou
hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the
end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the
field.
23:17
Three items in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD
God.
23:18
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread;
neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
23:19
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the
house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his
mother’s milk.
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23:20
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and
to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
23:21
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will
not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
23:22
But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak;
then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto
thine adversaries.
23:23
For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the
Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites,
the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
23:24
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do
after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite
break down their images.
23:25
And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy
bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst
of thee.
23:26
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the
number of thy days I will fulfil.
23:27
I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to
whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their
backs unto thee.
23:28
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the
Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
23:29
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land
become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
23:30
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou
be increased, and inherit the land.
23:31
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of
the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver
the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive
them out before thee.
23:32
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
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23:33
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.
CHAPTER 24
24:
1
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and
Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and
worship ye afar off.
24:
2
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not
come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
24:
3
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD,
and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice,
and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
24:
4
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in
the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars,
according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
24:
5
And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered
burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the
LORD.
24:
6
And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of
the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
24:
7
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of
the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do,
and be obedient.
24:
8
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and
said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath
made with you concerning all these words.
24:
9
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy
of the elders of Israel:
24:10
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it
were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of
heaven in his clearness.
24:11
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand:
also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
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24:12
And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount,
and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and
commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
24:13
And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up
into the mount of God.
24:14
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: if any
man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
24:15
And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the
mount.
24:16
And the glory of the LORD 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.
24:17
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on
the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
24:18
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into
the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty
nights.
CHAPTER 25
25:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
25:
2
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of
every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my
offering.
25:
3
And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and
silver, and brass,
25:
4
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
25:
5
And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
25:
6
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
25:
7
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the
breastplate.
25:
8
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
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25:
9
According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the
tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so
shall ye make it.
25:10
And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half
shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth
thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
25:11
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.
25:12
And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the
four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and
two rings in the other side of it.
25:13
And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them
with gold.
25:14
And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark,
that the ark may be born with them.
25:15
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken
from it.
25:16
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give
thee.
25:17
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.
25:18
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt
thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
25:19
And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the
other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on
the two ends thereof.
25:20
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering
the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to
another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
25:21
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.
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25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee
from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which
are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give
thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
25:23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be
the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a
half the height thereof.
25:24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown
of gold round about.
25:25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round
about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof
round about.
25:26 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.
25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to
bear the table.
25:28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them
with gold, that the table may be born with them.
25:29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and
covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold
shalt thou make them.
25:30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work
shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his
bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of
the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the
candlestick out of the other side:
25:33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in
one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch,
with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of
the candlestick.
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25:34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto
almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
25:35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a
knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two
branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed
out of the candlestick.
25:36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be
one beaten work of pure gold.
25:37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light
the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
25:38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure
gold.
25:39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was
shewed thee in the mount.
CHAPTER 26
26:1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine
twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of
cunning work shalt thou make them.
26:2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the
breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains
shall have one measure.
26:3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and
other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
26:4 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 uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the
second.
26:5 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 coupling of
the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
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26:
6
And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains
together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
26:
7
And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon
the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
26:
8
The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of
one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one
measure.
26:
9
And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains
by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of
the tabernacle.
26:10
And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that
is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the
curtain which coupleth the second.
26:11
And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into
the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
26:12
And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half
curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the
tabernacle.
26:13
And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that
which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall
hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side,
to cover it.
26:14
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed
red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.
26:15
And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood
standing up.
26:16
Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall
be the breadth of one board.
26:17
Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against
another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
26:18
And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards
on the south side southward.
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26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty
boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two
sockets under another board for his two tenons.
26:20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there
shall be twenty boards:
26:21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and
two sockets under another board.
26:22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six
boards.
26:23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle
in the two sides.
26:24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be
coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be
for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
26:25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen
sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under
another board.
26:26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of
the one side of the tabernacle,
26:27 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 two
sides westward.
26:28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end
to end.
26:29 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.
26:30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion
thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
26:31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
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26:32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid
with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of
silver.
26:33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest
bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail
shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
26:34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony
in the most holy place.
26:35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, 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.
26:36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with
needlework.
26:37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood,
and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and
thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
CHAPTER 27
27:1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and
five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height
thereof shall be three cubits.
27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof:
his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels,
and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels
thereof thou shalt make of brass.
27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon
the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners
thereof.
27:5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that
the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
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27:
6
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood,
and overlay them with brass.
27:
7
And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be
upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
27:
8
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in
the mount, so shall they make it.
27:
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
of an hundred cubits long for one side:
27:10
And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
27:11
And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of
an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty
sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
27:12
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings
of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
27:13
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be
fifty cubits.
27:14
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
27:15
And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars
three, and their sockets three.
27:16
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits,
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought
with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets
four.
27:17
All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver;
their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
27:18
The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth
fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen,
and their sockets of brass.
27:19
All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all
the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
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27:20
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee
pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn
always.
27:21
In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is
before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from
evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever
unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
CHAPTER 28
28:
1
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him,
from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in
the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and
Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
28:
2
And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for
glory and for beauty.
28:
3
And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have
filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s
garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the
priest’s office.
28:
4
And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate,
and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle:
and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his
sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
28:
5
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
linen.
28:
6
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of
scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
28:
7
It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges
thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
28:
8
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of
the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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28:9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names
of the children of Israel:
28:10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest
on the other stone, according to their birth.
28:11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a
signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the
children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
28:12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the
ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron
shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for
a memorial.
28:13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
28:14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt
thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning
work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of
blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt
thou make it.
28:16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length
thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of
stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle:
this shall be the first row.
28:18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a
diamond.
28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall
be set in gold in their inclosings.
28:21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel,
twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet;
every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve
tribes.
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28:22
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of
wreathen work of pure gold.
28:23
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and
shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
28:24
And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two
rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
28:25
And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt
fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of
the ephod before it.
28:26
And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them
upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which
is in the side of the ephod inward.
28:27
And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on
the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart
thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious
girdle of the ephod.
28:28
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 above the
curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed
from the ephod.
28:29
And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the
breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the
holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
28:30
And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the
Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in
before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the
children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
28:31
And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
28:32
And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it
shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it
were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
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28:33
And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of
blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof;
and bells of gold between them round about:
28:34
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate,
upon the hem of the robe round about.
28:35
And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be
heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and
when he cometh out, that he die not.
28:36
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like
the engravings of a signet,
HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
28:37
And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre;
upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
28:38
And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the
iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow
in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that
they may be accepted before the LORD.
28:39
And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt
make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of
needlework.
28:40
And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make
for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory
and for beauty.
28:41
And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons
with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify
them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
28:42
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness;
from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
28:43
And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they
come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come
near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not
iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed
after him.
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CHAPTER 29
29:
1
And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them,
to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock,
and two rams without blemish,
29:
2
And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil,
and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt
thou make them.
29:
3
And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the
basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
29:
4
And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.
29:
5
And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat,
and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and
gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
29:
6
And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy
crown upon the mitre.
29:
7
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head,
and anoint him.
29:
8
And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
29:
9
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put
the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a
perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
29:10
And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle
of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands
upon the head of the bullock.
29:11
And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
29:12
And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon
the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside
the bottom of the altar.
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29:13
And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the
caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is
upon them, and burn them upon the altar.
29:14
But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou
burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
29:15
Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put
their hands upon the head of the ram.
29:16
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and
sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
29:17
And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him,
and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
29:18
And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt
offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savor, an offering made by
fire unto the LORD.
29:19
And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall
put their hands upon the head of the ram.
29:20
Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon
the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of
his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the
great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar
round about.
29:21
And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the
anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments,
and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him:
and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his
sons’ garments with him.
29:22
Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat
that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two
kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it
is a ram of consecration:
29:23
And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer
out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:
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29:24
And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of
his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the
LORD.
29:25
And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon
the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor before the LORD: it
is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
29:26
And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration,
and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be
thy part.
29:27
And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the
shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is
heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for
Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
29:28
And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the
children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave
offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace
offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.
29:29
And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be
anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
29:30
And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven
days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to
minister in the holy place.
29:31
And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his
flesh in the holy place.
29:32
And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the
bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
29:33
And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was
made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not
eat thereof, because they are holy.
29:34
And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread,
remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with
fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
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29:35
And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to
all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou
consecrate them.
29:36
And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for
atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made
an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
29:37
Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and
sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth
the altar shall be holy.
29:38
Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs
of the first year day by day continually.
29:39
The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb
thou shalt offer at even:
29:40
And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth
part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine
for a drink offering.
29:41
And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto
according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the
drink offering thereof, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire
unto the LORD.
29:42
This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your
generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before
the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
29:43
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle
shall be sanctified by my glory.
29:44
And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar:
I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in
the priest’s office.
29:45
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
29:46
And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought
them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them:
I am the LORD their God.
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CHAPTER 30
30:
1
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim
wood shalt thou make it.
30:
2
A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof;
foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof:
the horns thereof shall be of the same.
30:
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 gold round about.
30:
4
And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it,
by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou
make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
30:
5
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them
with gold.
30:
6
And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the
testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where
I will meet with thee.
30:
7
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when
he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
30:
8
And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense
upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your
generations.
30:
9
Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor
meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
30:10
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a
year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the
year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations:
it is most holy unto the LORD.
30:11
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
30:12
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their
number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto
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the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague
among them, when thou numberest them.
30:13
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are
numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel
is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
30:14
Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from
twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
30:15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than
half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make
an atonement for your souls.
30:16
And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel,
and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel
before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
30:17
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
30:18
Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to
wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the
congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
30:19
For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet
thereat:
30:20
When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall
wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the
altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
30:21
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and
it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed
throughout their generations.
30:22
Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
30:23
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five
hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two
hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and
fifty shekels,
30:24
And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
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30:25
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment
compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy
anointing oil.
30:26
And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith,
and the ark of the testimony,
30:27
And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his
vessels, and the altar of incense,
30:28
And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver
and his foot.
30:29
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy:
whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
30:30
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them,
that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
30:31
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall
be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
30:32
Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any
other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be
holy unto you.
30:33
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of
it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
30:34
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices,
stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure
frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
30:35
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the
apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
30:36
And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the
testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet
with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
30:37
And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make
to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto
thee holy for the LORD.
30:38
Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be
cut off from his people.
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CHAPTER 31
31:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
31:
2
See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah:
31:
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,
31:
4
To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in
brass,
31:
5
And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to
work in all manner of workmanship.
31:
6
And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of
Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are
wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have
commanded thee;
31:
7
The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony,
and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the
tabernacle,
31:
8
And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all
his furniture, and the altar of incense,
31:
9
And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver
and his foot,
31:10
And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the
priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s
office,
31:11
And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place:
according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
31:12
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
31:13
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my
sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you
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throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the
LORD that doth sanctify you.
31:14
Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every
one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever
doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his
people.
31:15
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of
rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath
day, he shall surely be put to death.
31:16
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe
the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
31:17
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six
days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he
rested, and was refreshed.
31:18
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing
with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of
stone, written with the finger of God.
CHAPTER 32
32:
1
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out
of 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 wot not what is become of him.
32:
2
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are
in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and
bring them unto me.
32:
3
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their
ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
32:
4
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving
tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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32:
5
And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
32:
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.
32:
7
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy
people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have
corrupted themselves:
32:
8
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I
commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have
worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be
thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt.
32:
9
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and,
behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
32:10
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against
them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great
nation.
32:11
And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why
doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast
brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with
a mighty hand?
32:12
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did
he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume
them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and
repent of this evil against thy people.
32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou
swearst 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.
32:14
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto
his people.
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32:15
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two
tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on
both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they
written.
32:16
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the
writing of God, graven upon the tables.
32:17
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.
32:18
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.
32:19
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.
32:20
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire,
and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made
the children of Israel drink of it.
32:21
And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that
thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
32:22
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my Lord wax hot: thou
knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
32:23
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 wot not what is become of him.
32:24
And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it
off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came
out this calf.
32:25
And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had
made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
32:26
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the
LORD’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi
gathered themselves together unto him.
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32:27
And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put
every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to
gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and
every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.
32:28
And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and
there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
32:29
For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD,
even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may
bestow upon you a blessing this day.
32:30
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the
people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the
LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
32:31
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people
have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
32:32
Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray
thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
32:33
And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against
me, him will I blot out of my book.
32:34
Therefore 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.
32:35
And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf,
which Aaron made.
CHAPTER 33
33:
1
And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou
and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of
Egypt, unto the land which I swear unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
33:
2
And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the
Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the
Hivite, and the Jebusite:
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33:
3
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in
the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume
thee in the way.
33:
4
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and
no man did put on him his ornaments.
33:
5
For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of
Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of
thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy
ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
33:
6
And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments
by the mount Horeb.
33:
7
And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp,
afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the
congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the
LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which
was without the camp.
33:
8
And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle,
that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door,
and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
33:
9
And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the
cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle,
and the Lord talked with Moses.
33:10
And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle
door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his
tent door.
33:11
And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh
unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant
Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the
tabernacle.
33:12
And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring
up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt
send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou
hast also found grace in my sight.
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33:13
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew
me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in
thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
33:14
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee
rest.
33:15
And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not
up hence.
33:16
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have
found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so
shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that
are upon the face of the earth.
33:17
And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou
hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know
thee by name.
33:18
And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
33:19
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I
will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be
gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom
I will shew mercy.
33:20
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see
me, and live.
33:21
And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt
stand upon a rock:
33:22
And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will
put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand
while I pass by:
33:23
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts:
but my face shall not be seen.
CHAPTER 34
34:
1
And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone
like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that
were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
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34:2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto
mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the
mount.
34:3 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.
34:4 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 the
LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of
stone.
34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there,
and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The
LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and
abundant in goodness and truth,
34:7 Keeping mercy 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, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and
worshipped.
34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let
my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people;
and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine
inheritance.
34:10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will
do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any
nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work
of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
34:11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive
out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and
the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
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34:12
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:
34:13
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down
their groves:
34:14
For thou shalt worship no other God: for the LORD, whose name
is Jealous, is a jealous God:
34:15
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and
they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods,
and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
34:16
And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters
go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after
their gods.
34:17
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
34:18
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou
shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the
month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
34:19
All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy
cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
34:20
But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if
thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the
firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear
before me empty.
34:21
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in
earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
34:22
And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of
wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
34:23
Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the
LORD God, the God of Israel.
34:24
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders:
neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to
appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
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34:25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither
shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the
morning.
34:26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the
house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his
mother’s milk.
34:27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after
the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and
with Israel.
34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he
did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the
tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
34:29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai
with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came
down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his
face shone while he talked with him.
34:30 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.
34:31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the
congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
34:32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them
in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount
Sinai.
34:33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his
face.
34:34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he
took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake
unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
34:35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of
Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again,
until he went in to speak with him.
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CHAPTER 35
35:
1
And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel
together, and said unto them, These are the words which the
LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.
35:
2
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be
to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever
doeth work therein shall be put to death.
35:
3
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the
sabbath day.
35:
4
And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of
Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded,
saying,
35:
5
Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is
of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold,
and silver, and brass,
35:
6
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
35:
7
And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
35:
8
And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet
incense,
35:
9
And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the
breastplate.
35:10
And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that
the LORD hath commanded;
35:11
The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his
boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
35:12
The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of
the covering,
35:13
The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
35:14
The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps,
with the oil for the light,
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35:15
And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the
sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the
tabernacle,
35:16
The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all
his vessels, the laver and his foot,
35:17
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the
hanging for the door of the court,
35:18
The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their
cords,
35:19
The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy
garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to
minister in the priest’s office.
35:20
And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the
presence of Moses.
35:21
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every
one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’s
offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for
all his service, and for the holy garments.
35:22
And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing
hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets,
all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of
gold unto the LORD.
35:23
And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and
badgers’ skins, brought them.
35:24
Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the
LORD’s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim
wood for any work of the service, brought it.
35:25
And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their
hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of
purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
35:26
And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun
goats’ hair.
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35:27
And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the
ephod, and for the breastplate;
35:28
And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for
the sweet incense.
35:29
The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD,
every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for
all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made
by the hand of Moses.
35:30
And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath
called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe
of Judah;
35:31
And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship;
35:32
And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in
brass,
35:33
And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood,
to make any manner of cunning work.
35:34
And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and
Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
35:35
Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of
work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and
of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that
devise cunning work.
CHAPTER 36
36:
1
Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man,
in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how
to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary,
according to all that the LORD had commanded.
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36:
2
And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted
man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one
whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
36:
3
And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of
Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to
make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every
morning.
36:
4
And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary,
came every man from his work which they made;
36:
5
And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more
than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD
commanded to make.
36:
6
And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be
proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor
woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So
the people were restrained from bringing.
36:
7
For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it,
and too much.
36:
8
And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of
the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and
purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
36:
9
The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the
breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
36:10
And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other
five curtains he coupled one unto another.
36:11
And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the
selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of
another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
36:12
Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the
edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the
loops held one curtain to another.
36:13
And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one
unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
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36:14 And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle:
eleven curtains he made them.
36:15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the
breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
36:16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by
themselves.
36:17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in
the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain
which coupleth the second.
36:18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that
it might be one.
36:19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a
covering of badgers’ skins above that.
36:20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing
up.
36:21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board
one cubit and a half.
36:22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus
did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
36:23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the
south side southward:
36:24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two
sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under
another board for his two tenons.
36:25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north
corner, he made twenty boards,
36:26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and
two sockets under another board.
36:27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
36:28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the
two sides.
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36:29
And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head
thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the
corners.
36:30
And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets
of silver, under every board two sockets.
36:31
And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one
side of the tabernacle,
36:32
And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and
five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
36:33
And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the
one end to the other.
36:34
And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold
to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
36:35
And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
36:36
And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid
them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four
sockets of silver.
36:37
And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
36:38
And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their
chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of
brass.
CHAPTER 37
37:1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim 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:
37:2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a
crown of gold to it round about.
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37:3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners
of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon
the other side of it.
37:4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
37:5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear
the ark.
37:6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half
was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
37:7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made
he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
37:8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the
other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the
cherubims on the two ends thereof.
37:9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered
with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to
another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the
cherubims.
37:10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length
thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the
height thereof:
37:11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of
gold round about.
37:12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about;
and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
37:13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the
four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
37:14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to
bear the table.
37:15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with
gold, to bear the table.
37:16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes,
and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of
pure gold.
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37:17
And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he
the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and
his flowers, were of the same:
37:18
And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of
the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of
the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
37:19
Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a
knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another
branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going
out of the candlestick.
37:20
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his
knops, and his flowers:
37:21
And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two
branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same,
according to the six branches going out of it.
37:22
Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one
beaten work of pure gold.
37:23
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his
snuffdishes, of pure gold.
37:24
Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
37:25
And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was
a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two
cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
37:26
And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides
thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a
crown of gold round about.
37:27
And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by
the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for
the staves to bear it withal.
37:28
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with
gold.
37:29
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet
spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
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CHAPTER 38
38:1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits
was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was
foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
38:2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns
thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
38:3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels,
and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels
thereof made he of brass.
38:4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the
compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
38:5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be
places for the staves.
38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with
brass.
38:7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to
bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
38:8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the
lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
38:9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings
of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
38:10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the
hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
38:11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their
pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks
of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
38:12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars
ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets
of silver.
38:13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
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38:14
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
38:15
And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand,
were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets
three.
38:16
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
38:17
And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the
pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their
chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with
silver.
38:18
And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits
was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits,
answerable to the hangings of the court.
38:19
And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their
hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their
fillets of silver.
38:20
And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about,
were of brass.
38:21
This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of
testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of
Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son
to Aaron the priest.
38:22
And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
38:23
And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan,
an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue,
and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
38:24
All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the
holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine
talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary.
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38:25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was
an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore
and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
38:26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the
sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty
years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand
and five hundred and fifty men.
38:27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the
sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the
hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
38:28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he
made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted
them.
38:29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two
thousand and four hundred shekels.
38:30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it,
and all the vessels of the altar,
38:31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the
court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the
court round about.
CHAPTER 39
39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of
service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments
for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
39:2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen.
39:3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to
work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the
fine linen, with cunning work.
39:4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two
edges was it coupled together.
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39:
5
And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the
same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
39:
6
And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven,
as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
39:
7
And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should
be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
39:
8
And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the
ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
39:
9
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was
the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
39:10
And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius,
a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
39:11
And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
39:12
And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
39:13
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were
inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
39:14
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 with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
39:15
And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of
wreathen work of pure gold.
39:16
And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the
two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
39:17
And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on
the ends of the breastplate.
39:18
And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the
two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod,
before it.
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39:19
And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of
the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the
ephod inward.
39:20
And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two
sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over
against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the
ephod.
39:21
And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the
ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle
of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the
ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
39:22
And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
39:23
And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an
habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not
rend.
39:24
And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
39:25
And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the
pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the
pomegranates;
39:26
A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about
the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
39:27
And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and
for his sons,
39:28
And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and
linen breeches of fine twined linen,
39:29
And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet,
of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
39:30
And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote
upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet,
HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
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39:31
And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the
mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
39:32
Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the
congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all
that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
39:33
And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his
furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his
sockets,
39:34
And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of
badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,
39:35
The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy
seat,
39:36
The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
39:37
The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps
to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
39:38
And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense,
and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
39:39
The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his
vessels, the laver and his foot,
39:40
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the
hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the
vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the
congregation,
39:41
The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy
garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister
in the priest’s office.
39:42
According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the
children of Israel made all the work.
39:43
And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done
it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and
Moses blessed them.
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CHAPTER 40
40:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
40:
2
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle
of the tent of the congregation.
40:
3
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the
ark with the vail.
40:
4
And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that
are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the
candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
40:
5
And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of
the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
40:
6
And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of
the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
40:
7
And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation
and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
40:
8
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the
hanging at the court gate.
40:
9
And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and
all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof:
and it shall be holy.
40:10
And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his
vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
40:11
And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
40:12
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
40:13
And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him,
and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s
office.
40:14
And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
40:15
And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that
they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing
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shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their
generations.
40:16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him,
so did he.
40:17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the
first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
40:18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and
set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared
up his pillars.
40:19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the
covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
40:20 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:
40:21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of
the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
40:22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side
of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
40:23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the
LORD had commanded Moses.
40:24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over
against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
40:25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
40:26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before
the vail:
40:27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
40:28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
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40:29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle
of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt
offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
40:30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the
altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
40:31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their
feet thereat:
40:32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they
came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
40:33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the
altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished
the work.
40:34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of
the LORD filled the tabernacle.
40:35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation,
because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled
the tabernacle.
40:36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the
children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
40:37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the
day that it was taken up.
40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and
fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel,
throughout all their journeys.
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The Third Book of Moses
Commonly Called
CHAPTER 1
1:1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the
tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
1:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of
you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering
of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
1:3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male
without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
1:4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and
it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
1:5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests,
Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round
about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
1:6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
1:7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and
lay the wood in order upon the fire:
1:8 And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and
the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon
the altar:
1:9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest
shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made
by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.
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1:10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the
goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
1:11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the
LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood
round about upon the altar.
1:12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and
the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire
which is upon the altar:
1:13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the
priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt
sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the
LORD.
1:14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls,
then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
1:15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head,
and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at
the side of the altar:
1:16 And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it
beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
1:17 And he shall cleave it with 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 sacrifice, an offering made by fire,
of a sweet savor unto the LORD.
CHAPTER 2
2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his
offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put
frankincense thereon:
2:2 And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take
thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof,
with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the
memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a
sweet savor unto the LORD:
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2:
3
And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his
sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made
by fire.
2:
4
And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven,
it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or
unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
2:
5
And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of
fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
2:
6
Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat
offering.
2:
7
And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it
shall be made of fine flour with oil.
2:
8
And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things
unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall
bring it unto the altar.
2:
9
And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof,
and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a
sweet savor unto the LORD.
2:10
And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his
sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made
by fire.
2:11
No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be
made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in
any offering of the LORD made by fire.
2:12
As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the
LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savor.
2:13
And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with
salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to
be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou
shalt offer salt.
2:14
And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD,
thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of
corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
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2:15
And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a
meat offering.
2:16
And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn
thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense
thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of
the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without
blemish before the LORD.
3:
2
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it
at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons
the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
3:
3
And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering
made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards,
and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
3:
4
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
take away.
3:
5
And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt
sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.
3:
6
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD
be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
3:
7
If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the
LORD.
3:
8
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it
before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall
sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
3:
9
And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering
made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump,
it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth
the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
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3:10
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by
the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
take away.
3:11
And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the
offering made by fire unto the LORD.
3:12
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the
LORD.
3:13
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the
tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle
the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
3:14
And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by
fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the
fat that is upon the inwards,
3:15
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by
the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
take away.
3:16
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 the LORD’s.
3:17
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all
your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
4:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
4:
2
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through
ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD
concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against
any of them:
4:
3
If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the
people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a
young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
4:
4
And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the
bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.
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4:
5
And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock’s blood,
and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
4:
6
And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the
blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the
sanctuary.
4:
7
And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the
altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle
of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at
the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
4:
8
And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin
offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is
upon the inwards,
4:
9
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by
the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
take away,
4:10
As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace
offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt
offering.
4:11
And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and
with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
4:12
Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto
a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the
wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
4:13
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and
the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done
somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD
concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
4:14
When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the
congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him
before the tabernacle of the congregation.
4:15
And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the
head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be
killed before the LORD.
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4:16
And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to
the tabernacle of the congregation:
4:17
And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and
sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
4:18
And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar
which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the
congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the
altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation.
4:19
And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
4:20
And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a
sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an
atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
4:21
And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn
him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the
congregation.
4:22
When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance
against any of the commandments of the LORD his God
concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
4:23
Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he
shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
4:24
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in
the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is
a sin offering.
4:25
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his
finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and
shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.
4:26
And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the
sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement
for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
4:27
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while
he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the
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LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be
guilty;
4:28
Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he
shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish,
for his sin which he hath sinned.
4:29
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and
slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
4:30
And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and
put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour
out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
4:31
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away
from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it
upon the altar for a sweet savor unto the LORD; and the priest
shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
4:32
And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female
without blemish.
4:33
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and
slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt
offering.
4:34
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
shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:
4:35
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is
taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest
shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by
fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his
sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
CHAPTER 5
5:
1
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness,
whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he
shall bear his iniquity.
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5:
2
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an
unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of
unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall
be unclean, and guilty.
5:
3
Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it
be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when
he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
5:
4
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do
good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath,
and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be
guilty in one of these.
5:
5
And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that
he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
5:
6
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin
which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of
the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement
for him concerning his sin.
5:
7
And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his
trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young
pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering.
5:
8
And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which
is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck,
but shall not divide it asunder:
5:
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 wrung out at the
bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.
5:10
And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the
manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin
which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
5:11
But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young
pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth
part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil
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upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin
offering.
5:12
Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his
handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar,
according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin
offering.
5:13
And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin
that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and
the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.
5:14
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
5:15
If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy
things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the
LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy
estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary,
for a trespass offering.
5:16
And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the
holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the
priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram
of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
5:17
And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are
forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though
he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
5:18
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy
estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest
shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein
he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
5:19
It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the
LORD.
CHAPTER 6
6:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6:
2
If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto
his neighbor in that which was delivered him to keep, or in
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fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived
his neighbor;
6:
3
Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and
sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning
therein:
6:
4
Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall
restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he
hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or
the lost thing which he found,
6:
5
Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore
it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and
give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass
offering.
6:
6
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram
without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a
trespass offering, unto the priest:
6:
7
And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD:
and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in
trespassing therein.
6:
8
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6:
9
Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt
offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the
altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be
burning in it.
6:10
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen
breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which
the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he
shall put them beside the altar.
6:11
And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and
carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
6:12
And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put
out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay
the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat
of the peace offerings.
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6:13
The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
6:14
And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall
offer it before the LORD, before the altar.
6:15
And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering,
and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the
meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor,
even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.
6:16
And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with
unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of
the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
6:17
It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their
portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin
offering, and as the trespass offering.
6:18
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be
a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of
the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be
holy.
6:19
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6:20
This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer
unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of
an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the
morning, and half thereof at night.
6:21
In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt
bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou
offer for a sweet savor unto the LORD.
6:22
And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it:
it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
6:23
For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall
not be eaten.
6:24
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6:25
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the
sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the
sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.
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6:26
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall
it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
6:27
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 the holy place.
6:28
But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it
be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in
water.
6:29
All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
6:30
And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the
tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place,
shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
CHAPTER 7
7:
1
Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
7:
2
In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the
trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round
about upon the altar.
7:
3
And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that
covereth the inwards,
7:
4
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall
he take away:
7:
5
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made
by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
7:
6
Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in
the holy place: it is most holy.
7:
7
As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law
for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.
7:
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.
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7:9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is
dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest’s that
offereth it.
7:10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the
sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.
7:11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he
shall offer unto the LORD.
7:12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice
of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened
wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour,
fried.
7:13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread
with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
7:14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave
offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest’s that sprinkleth
the blood of the peace offerings.
7:15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving
shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any
of it until the morning.
7:16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering,
it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on
the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
7:17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall
be burnt with fire.
7:18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be
eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it
be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination,
and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
7:19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it
shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall
eat thereof.
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7:20
But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace
offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness
upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
7:21
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the
uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable
unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace
offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut
off from his people.
7:22
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
7:23
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of
fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
7:24
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that
which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye
shall in no wise eat of it.
7:25
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an
offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it
shall be cut off from his people.
7:26
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or
of beast, in any of your dwellings.
7:27
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that
soul shall be cut off from his people.
7:28
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
7:29
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the
sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his
oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
7:30
His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire,
the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be
waved for a wave offering before the LORD.
7:31
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall
be Aaron’s and his sons’.
7:32
And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave
offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
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7:33
He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace
offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
7:34
For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the
children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings,
and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a
statute for ever from among the children of Israel.
7:35
This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing
of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the
day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the
priest’s office;
7:36
Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of
Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever
throughout their generations.
7:37
This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of
the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the
consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
7:38
Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day
that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations
unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
8:
2
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the
anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a
basket of unleavened bread;
8:
3
And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
8:
4
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly
was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
8:
5
And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the
LORD commanded to be done.
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8:
6
And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with
water.
8:
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 curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto
him therewith.
8:
8
And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate
the Urim and the Thummim.
8:
9
And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even
upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
8:10
And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and
all that was therein, and sanctified them.
8:11
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed
the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify
them.
8:12
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and
anointed him, to sanctify him.
8:13
And Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and put coats upon them, and
girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the
LORD commanded Moses.
8:14
And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his
sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin
offering.
8:15
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 the blood at the bottom of the altar, and
sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
8:16
And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul
above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses
burned it upon the altar.
8:17
But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with
fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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8:18
And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his
sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
8:19
And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar
round about.
8:20
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the
pieces, and the fat.
8:21
And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt
the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet
savor, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
8:22
And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron
and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
8:23
And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, 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.
8:24
And he brought Aaron’s sons, and Moses put of the blood upon
the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands,
and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the
blood upon the altar round about.
8:25
And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon
the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and
their fat, and the right shoulder:
8:26
And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the
LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and
one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
8:27
And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and
waved them for a wave offering before the LORD.
8:28
And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the
altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet
savor: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
8:29
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering
before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses’
part; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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8:30
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was
upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his
garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with
him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his
sons’ garments with him.
8:31
And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the
bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded,
saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
8:32
And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye
burn with fire.
8:33
And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be
at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.
8:34
As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to
make an atonement for you.
8:35
Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the
LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.
8:36
So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded
by the hand of Moses.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron
and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
9:
2
And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering,
and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them
before the LORD.
9:
3
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a
kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the
first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
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9:
4
Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the
LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD
will appear unto you.
9:
5
And they brought that which Moses commanded before the
tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near
and stood before the LORD.
9:
6
And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded
that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto
you.
9:
7
And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin
offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for
thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people,
and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.
9:
8
Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin
offering, which was for himself.
9:
9
And the sons of Aaron brought 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 bottom of the altar:
9:10
But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin
offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
9:11
And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.
9:12
And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented unto
him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.
9:13
And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces
thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
9:14
And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon
the burnt offering on the altar.
9:15
And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which
was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for
sin, as the first.
9:16
And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the
manner.
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9:17
And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and
burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
9:18
He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron’s sons presented
unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
9:19
And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which
covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:
9:20
And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon
the altar:
9:21
And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave
offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
9:22
And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them,
and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt
offering, and peace offerings.
9:23
And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the
congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory
of the LORD appeared unto all the people.
9:24
And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed
upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the
people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
CHAPTER 10
10:
1
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his
censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered
strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
10:
2
And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and
they died before the LORD.
10:
3
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake,
saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before
all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
10:
4
And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the
uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your
brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.
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So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp;
as Moses had said.
10:
6
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar,
his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest
ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your
brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the
LORD hath kindled.
10:
7
And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon
you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
10:
8
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
10:
9
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee,
when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it
shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
10:10
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and
between unclean and clean;
10:11
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which
the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
10:12
And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar,
his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the
offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven
beside the altar: for it is most holy:
10:13
And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy
sons’ due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am
commanded.
10:14
And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean
place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be
thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of
peace offerings of the children of Israel.
10:15
The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the
offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering
before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by
a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.
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10:16
And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and,
behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar,
the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,
10:17
Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place,
seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before
the LORD?
10:18
Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place:
ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.
10:19
And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered
their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and
such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to
day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?
10:20
And when Moses heard that, he was content.
CHAPTER 11
11:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto
them,
11:
2
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts
which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
11:
3
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the
cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
11:
4
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of
them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the
cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
11:
5
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the
hoof; he is unclean unto you.
11:
6
And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the
hoof; he is unclean unto you.
11:
7
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet
he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
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Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch;
they are unclean to you.
11:
9
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins
and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye
eat.
11:10
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers,
of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in
the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
11:11
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of
their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
11:12
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an
abomination unto you.
11:13
And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the
fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle,
and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
11:14
And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
11:15
Every raven after his kind;
11:16
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk
after his kind,
11:17
And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
11:18
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
11:19
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the
bat.
11:20
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination
unto you.
11:21
Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth
upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon
the earth;
11:22
Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the
bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the
grasshopper after his kind.
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11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be
an abomination unto you.
11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase
of them shall be unclean until the even.
11:25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the even.
11:26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not
clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every
one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
11:27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts
that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth
their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
11:28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and
be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
11:29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things
that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the
tortoise after his kind,
11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and
the mole.
11:31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth
touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
11:32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall,
it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or
skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it
must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it
shall be cleansed.
11:33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth,
whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
11:34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh
shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such
vessel shall be unclean.
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11:35
And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall
be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be
broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you.
11:36
Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water,
shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be
unclean.
11:37
And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is
to be sown, it shall be clean.
11:38
But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their
carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
11:39
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the
carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
11:40
And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and
be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall
wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
11:41
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an
abomination; it shall not be eaten.
11:42
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all
four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that
creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an
abomination.
11:43
Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing
that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them,
that ye should be defiled thereby.
11:44
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify
yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye
defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.
11:45
For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
11:46
This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living
creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that
creepeth upon the earth:
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11:47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and
between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be
eaten.
CHAPTER 12
12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have
conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean
seven days; according to the days of the separation for her
infirmity shall she be unclean.
12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
12:4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and
thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the
sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
12:5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks,
as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her
purifying threescore and six days.
12:6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a
daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt
offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering,
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
12:7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for
her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is
the law for her that hath born a male or a female.
12:8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two
turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and
the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement
for her, and she shall be clean.
CHAPTER 13
13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
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When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or
bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of
leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto
one of his sons the priests:
13:
3
And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and
when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight
be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and
the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
13:
4
If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight 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:
13:
5
And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if
the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the
skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
13:
6
And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and,
behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not
in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab:
and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
13:
7
But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath
been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the
priest again.
13:
8
And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
13:
9
When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought
unto the priest;
13:10
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in
the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw
flesh in the rising;
13:11
It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall
pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is
unclean.
13:12
And if a 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 foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
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13:13
Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have
covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the
plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
13:14
But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
13:15
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be
unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
13:16
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall
come unto the priest;
13:17
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned
into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the
plague: he is clean.
13:18
The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is
healed,
13:19
And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot,
white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;
13:20
And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than
the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall
pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the
boil.
13:21
But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs
therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark;
then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
13:22
And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall
pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
13:23
But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a
burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
13:24
Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning,
and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot,
somewhat reddish, or white;
13:25
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the
bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin;
it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall
pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
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13:26
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 other skin, but be
somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
13:27
And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be
spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce
him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
13:28
And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin,
but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest
shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
13:29
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
13:30
Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight
deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the
priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy
upon the head or beard.
13:31
And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be
not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in
it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall
seven days:
13:32
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and,
behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and
the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
13:33
He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest
shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
13:34
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and,
behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper
than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he
shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
13:35
But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
13:36
Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be
spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is
unclean.
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13:37
But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair
grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall
pronounce him clean.
13:38
If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright
spots, even white bright spots;
13:39
Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the
skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that
groweth in the skin; he is clean.
13:40
And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he
clean.
13:41
And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head
toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
13:42
And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish
sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald
forehead.
13:43
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the
sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as
the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
13:44
He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him
utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
13:45
And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and
his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and
shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
13:46
All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled;
he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his
habitation be.
13:47
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a
woollen garment, or a linen garment;
13:48
Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen;
whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
13:49
And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the
skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is
a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
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13:50
And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath
the plague seven days:
13:51
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 a
skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting
leprosy; it is unclean.
13:52
He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in
woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for
it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
13:53
And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread
in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of
skin;
13:54
Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein
the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
13:55
And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and,
behold, if the plague have not changed his color, and the plague be
not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret
inward, whether it be bare within or without.
13:56
And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark
after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or
out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
13:57
And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the
woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt
burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
13:58
And the garment, either warp, or 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.
13:59
This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or
linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to
pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
CHAPTER 14
14:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He
shall be brought unto the priest:
14:
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;
14:
4
Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be
cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and
hyssop:
14:
5
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an
earthen vessel over running water:
14:
6
As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the
scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in
the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
14:
7
And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the
leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let
the living bird loose into the open field.
14:
8
And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off
all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and
after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of
his tent seven days.
14:
9
But 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, also he shall wash his
flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
14:10
And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish,
and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth
deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log
of oil.
14:11
And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is
to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation:
14:12
And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass
offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering
before the LORD:
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14:13
And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin
offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin
offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:
14:14
And the priest shall take some 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:
14:15
And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the
palm of his own left hand:
14:16
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left
hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before
the LORD:
14:17
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:
14:18
And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour
upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall
make an atonement for him before the LORD.
14:19
And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement
for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward
he shall kill the burnt offering:
14:20
And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering
upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and
he shall be clean.
14:21
And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one
lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for
him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering, and a log of oil;
14:22
And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to
get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt
offering.
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14:23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the
priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before
the LORD.
14:24 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
the LORD:
14:25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest
shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it
upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon
the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right
foot:
14:26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left
hand:
14:27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil
that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
14:28 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:
14:29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon
the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for
him before the LORD.
14:30 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young
pigeons, such as he can get;
14:31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest
shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the
LORD.
14:32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose
hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
14:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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14:34
When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a
possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land
of your possession;
14:35
And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest,
saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:
14:36
Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before
the priest go into it 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:
14:37
And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the
walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which
in sight are lower than the wall;
14:38
Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house,
and shut up the house seven days:
14:39
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;
14:40
Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in
which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place
without the city:
14:41
And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and
they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city
into an unclean place:
14:42
And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of
those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the
house.
14:43
And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that
he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house,
and after it is plaistered;
14:44
Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be
spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house; it is
unclean.
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14:45
And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber
thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them
forth out of the city into an unclean place.
14:46
Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut
up shall be unclean until the even.
14:47
And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that
eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
14:48
And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the
plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered:
then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague
is healed.
14:49
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood,
and scarlet, and hyssop:
14:50
And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over
running water:
14:51
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:
14:52
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:
14:53
But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open
fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
14:54
This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
14:55
And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
14:56
And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:
14:57
To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of
leprosy.
CHAPTER 15
15:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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15:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any
man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is
unclean.
15:3 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.
15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and
every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
15:5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
15:6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
until the even.
15:7 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.
15:8 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.
15:9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be
unclean.
15:10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be
unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the even.
15:11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not
rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
15:12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue,
shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
15:13 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 bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
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15:14
And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two
young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
15:15
And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement
for him before the LORD for his issue.
15:16
And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall
wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
15:17
And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of
copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the
even.
15:18
The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation,
they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the
even.
15:19
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood,
she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her
shall be unclean until the even.
15:20
And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be
unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
15:21
And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
15:22
And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
even.
15:23
And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when
he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
15:24
And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he
shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall
be unclean.
15:25
And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the
time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her
separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as
the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.
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15:26
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto
her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon
shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
15:27
And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the even.
15:28
But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself
seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
15:29
And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two
young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
15:30
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other
for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her
before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.
15:31
Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness;
that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my
tabernacle that is among them.
15:32
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed
goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
15:33
And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an
issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her
that is unclean.
CHAPTER 16
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons
of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
16:
2
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail
before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I
will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
16:
3
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock
for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
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16:
4
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen
breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and
with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments;
therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
16:
5
And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two
kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
16:
6
And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for
himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
16:
7
And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the
LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
16:
8
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the
LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
16:
9
And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’s lot fell,
and offer him for a sin offering.
16:10
But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be
presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him,
and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
16:11
And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for
himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his
house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for
himself:
16:12
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the
altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten
small, and bring it within the vail:
16:13
And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that
the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the
testimony, that he die not:
16:14
And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with
his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat
shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
16:15
Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people,
and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did
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with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat,
and before the mercy seat:
16:16
And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the
uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their
transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle
of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of
their uncleanness.
16:17
And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation
when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he
come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his
household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
16:18
And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and
make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock,
and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar
round about.
16:19
And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven
times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the
children of Israel.
16:20
And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and
the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the
live goat:
16:21
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 in all their sins, putting them upon the head
of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into
the wilderness:
16:22
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not
inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
16:23
And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and
shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went
into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
16:24
And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put
on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and
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the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for
himself, and for the people.
16:25
And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
16:26
And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes,
and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
16:27
And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin
offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the
holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall
burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
16:28
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his
flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
16:29
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls,
and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among you:
16:30
For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to
cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the
LORD.
16:31
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your
souls, by a statute for ever.
16:32
And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall
consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead,
shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even
the holy garments:
16:33
And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he
shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and
for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and
for all the people of the congregation.
16:34
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an
atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year.
And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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CHAPTER 17
17:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17:
2
Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of
Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath
commanded, saying,
17:
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 out of the camp,
17:
4
And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the
tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he
hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his
people:
17:
5
To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices,
which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them
unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings
unto the LORD.
17:
6
And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD
at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat
for a sweet savor unto the LORD.
17:
7
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after
whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever
unto them throughout their generations.
17:
8
And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the
house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that
offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
17:
9
And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut
off from among his people.
17:10
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood;
I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will
cut him off from among his people.
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17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you
upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the
blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
17:12 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.
17:13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the
strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any
beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood
thereof, and cover it with dust.
17:14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof:
therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of
no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof:
whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
17:15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which
was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a
stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
17:16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his
iniquity.
CHAPTER 18
18:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
18:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the
LORD your God.
18:3 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 ordinances.
18:4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk
therein: I am the LORD your God.
18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a
man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
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18:6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to
uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
18:7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt
thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her
nakedness.
18:8 The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy
father’s nakedness.
18:9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter
of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even
their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
18:10 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.
18:11 The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy
father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is
thy father’s near kinswoman.
18:13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for
she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.
18:14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou
shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
18:15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she
is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
18:16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is
thy brother’s nakedness.
18:17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her
daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her
daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her
near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover
her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
18:19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her
nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
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18:20
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to
defile thyself with her.
18:21
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to
Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the
LORD.
18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is
abomination.
18:23
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith:
neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it
is confusion.
18:24
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the
nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
18:25
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof
upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
18:26
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall
not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own
nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
18:27
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which
were before you, and the land is defiled;)
18:28
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued
out the nations that were before you.
18:29
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the
souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
18:30
Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any
one of these abominable customs, which were committed before
you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD
your God.
CHAPTER 19
19:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
19:
2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say
unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
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19:
3
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my
sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
19:
4
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am
the LORD your God.
19:
5
And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye
shall offer it at your own will.
19:
6
It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if
ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
19:
7
And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall
not be accepted.
19:
8
Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because
he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul
shall be cut off from among his people.
19:
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 gleanings
of thy harvest.
19:10
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather
every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and
stranger: I am the LORD your God.
19:11
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
19:12
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou
profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
19:13
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of
him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the
morning.
19:14
Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the
blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness 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.
19:16
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people:
neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the
LORD.
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19:17
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any
wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
19:18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of
thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the
LORD.
19:19
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender
with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed:
neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon
thee.
19:20
And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid,
betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom
given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death,
because she was not free.
19:21
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass
offering.
19:22
And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the
trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done:
and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
19:23
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all
manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as
uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it
shall not be eaten of.
19:24
But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise
the LORD withal.
19:25
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may
yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
19:26
Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use
enchantment, nor observe times.
19:27
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou
mar the corners of thy beard.
19:28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print
any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
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19:29
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the
land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
19:30
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the
LORD.
19:31
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after
wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the
old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
19:33
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex
him.
19:34
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one
born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight,
or in measure.
19:36
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye
have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land
of Egypt.
19:37
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments,
and do them: I am the LORD.
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
20:
2
Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of
the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that
giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death:
the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
20:
3
And I 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.
20:
4
And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the
man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
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20:
5
Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family,
and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit
whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
20:
6
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and
after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face
against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
20:
7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD
your God.
20:
8
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD
which sanctify you.
20:
9
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely
put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood
shall be upon him.
20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife,
even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the
adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
20:11
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.
20:12
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.
20:13
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of
them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to
death; their blood shall be upon them.
20:14
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.
20:15
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and
ye shall slay the beast.
20:16
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.
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20:17
And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his
mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his
nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight
of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall
bear his iniquity.
20:18
And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall
uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she
hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be
cut off from among their people.
20:19
And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister,
nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall
bear their iniquity.
20:20
And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his
uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
20:21
And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he
hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
20:22
Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and
do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue
you not out.
20:23
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast
out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I
abhorred them.
20:24
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give
it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey:
I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other
people.
20:25
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean,
and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your
souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living
thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you
as unclean.
20:26
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have
severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
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20:27
A man also or 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.
CHAPTER 21
21:
1
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons
of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the
dead among his people:
21:
2
But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and
for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his
brother.
21:
3
And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no
husband; for her may he be defiled.
21:
4
But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people,
to profane himself.
21:
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.
21:
6
They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of
their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the
bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
21:
7
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall
they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto
his God.
21:
8
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy
God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify
you, am holy.
21:
9
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing
the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
21:10
And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose
head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put
on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
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21:11
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his
father, or for his mother;
21:12
Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary
of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon
him: I am the LORD.
21:13
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
21:14
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these
shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to
wife.
21:15
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the
LORD do sanctify him.
21:16
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
21:17
Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their
generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer
the bread of his God.
21:18
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 any
thing superfluous,
21:19
Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
21:20
Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be
scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
21:21
No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall
come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath
a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
21:22
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the
holy.
21:23
Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar,
because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I
the LORD do sanctify them.
21:24
And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the
children of Israel.
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CHAPTER 22
22:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
22:
2
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves
from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane
not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am
the LORD.
22:
3
Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your
generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of
Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him,
that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
22:
4
What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running
issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And
whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man
whose seed goeth from him;
22:
5
Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be
made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness,
whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
22:
6
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even,
and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with
water.
22:
7
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward
eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
22:
8
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to
defile himself therewith; I am the LORD.
22:
9
They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it,
and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
22:10
There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the
priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
22:11
But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it,
and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
22:12
If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may
not eat of an offering of the holy things.
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22:13
But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no
child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she
shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall be no stranger eat
thereof.
22:14
And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put
the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with
the holy thing.
22:15
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they offer unto the LORD;
22:16
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their
holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
22:17
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
22:18
Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of
Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel,
or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his
vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto
the LORD for a burnt offering;
22:19
Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the
beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
22:20
But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall
not be acceptable for you.
22:21
And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the
LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or
sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish
therein.
22:22
Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or
scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an
offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
22:23
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.
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22:24
Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or
crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering
thereof in your land.
22:25
Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God
of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes
be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
22:26
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
22:27
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 an offering made by fire unto
the LORD.
22:28
And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young
both in one day.
22:29
And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD,
offer it at your own will.
22:30
On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until
the morrow: I am the LORD.
22:31
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the
LORD.
22:32
Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed
among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
22:33
That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am
the LORD.
23:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
23:
2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning
the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy
convocations, even these are my feasts.
23:
3
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of
rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the
sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
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23:
4
These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which
ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
23:
5
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s
passover.
23:
6
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of
unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat
unleavened bread.
23:
7
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no
servile work therein.
23:
8
But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven
days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no
servile work therein.
23:
9
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
23:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be
come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the
harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your
harvest unto the priest:
23:11
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for
you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
23:12
And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb
without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the
LORD.
23:13
And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour
mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a
sweet savor: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the
fourth part of an hin.
23:14
And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears,
until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your
God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all
your dwellings.
23:15
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 be complete:
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23:16
Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number
fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
23:17
Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two
tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with
leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
23:18
And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of
the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be
for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and
their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savor
unto the LORD.
23:19
Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and
two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
23:20
And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for
a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall
be holy to the LORD for the priest.
23:21
And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy
convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall
be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your
generations.
23:22
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make
clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest,
neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt
leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your
God.
23:23
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
23:24
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in
the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
23:25
Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering
made by fire unto the LORD.
23:26
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
23:27
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of
atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall
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afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the
LORD.
23:28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of
atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your
God.
23:29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same
day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
23:30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day,
the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
23:31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your
souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even,
shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
23:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
23:34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this
seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto
the LORD.
23:35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile
work therein.
23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD:
on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye
shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn
assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
23:37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be
holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the
LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink
offerings, every thing upon his day:
23:38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and
beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which
ye give unto the LORD.
23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have
gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the
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LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the
eighth day shall be a sabbath.
23:40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees,
branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows
of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven
days.
23:41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year.
It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate
it in the seventh month.
23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall
dwell in booths:
23:43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel
to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I
am the LORD your God.
23:44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the
LORD.
CHAPTER 24
24:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24:2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil
olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
24:3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the
congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the
morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever
in your generations.
24:4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the
LORD continually.
24:5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two
tenth deals shall be in one cake.
24:6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure
table before the LORD.
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24:
7
And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may
be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto
the LORD.
24:
8
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually,
being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
24:
9
And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the
holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the
LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.
24:10
And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an
Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the
Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
24:11
And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord,
and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s
name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
24:12
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be
shewed them.
24:13
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24:14
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.
24:15
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying,
Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
24:16
And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be
put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as
well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he
blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
24:17
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
24:18
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
24:19
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so
shall it be done to him;
24:20
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a
blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
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24:21
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a
man, he shall be put to death.
24:22
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one
of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
24:23
And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring
forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with
stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded
Moses.
CHAPTER 25
25:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
25:
2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye
come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a
sabbath unto the LORD.
25:
3
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune
thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
25:
4
But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a
sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune
thy vineyard.
25:
5
That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt
not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a
year of rest unto the land.
25:
6
And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for
thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for
thy stranger that sojourneth with thee.
25:
7
And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all
the increase thereof be meat.
25:
8
And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven
times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years
shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
25:
9
Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the
tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye
make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
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25:10
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty
throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a
jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession,
and ye shall return every man unto his family.
25:11
A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow,
neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes
in it of thy vine undressed.
25:12
For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the
increase thereof out of the field.
25:13
In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his
possession.
25:14
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbor, or buyest ought of thy
neighbor’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
25:15
According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of
thy neighbor, and according unto the number of years of the fruits
he shall sell unto thee:
25:16
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price
thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish
the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits
doth he sell unto thee.
25:17
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy
God:for I am the LORD your God.
25:18
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do
them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
25:19
And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and
dwell therein in safety.
25:20
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold,
we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
25:21
Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and
it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
25:22
And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the
ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
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25:23
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are
strangers and sojourners with me.
25:24
And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption
for the land.
25:25
If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his
possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he
redeem that which his brother sold.
25:26
And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to
redeem it;
25:27
Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the
overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto
his possession.
25:28
But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold
shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of
jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his
possession.
25:29
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; within a full year may
he redeem it.
25:30
And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the
house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him
that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the
jubile.
25:31
But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about
them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be
redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.
25:32
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the
cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
25:33
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold,
and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for
the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among
the children of Israel.
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25:34
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is
their perpetual possession.
25:35
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee;
then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a
sojourner; that he may live with thee.
25:36
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy
brother may live with thee.
25:37
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy
victuals for increase.
25:38
I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land
of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
25:39
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be
sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a
bondservant:
25:40
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee,
and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile.
25:41
And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with
him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession
of his fathers shall he return.
25:42
For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of
Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God.
25:44
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have,
shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye
buy bondmen and bondmaids.
25:45
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among
you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you,
which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
25:46
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after
you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen
for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not
rule one over another with rigor.
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25:47
And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother
that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger
or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:
25:48
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren
may redeem him:
25:49
Either 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 able,
he may redeem himself.
25:50
And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that
he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale
shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time
of an hired servant shall it be with him.
25:51
If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall
give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was
bought for.
25:52
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he
shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him
again the price of his redemption.
25:53
And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other
shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
25:54
And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in
the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
25:55
For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my
servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the
LORD your God.
CHAPTER 26
26:
1
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a
standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your
land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
26:
2
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the
LORD.
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26:
3
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do
them;
26:
4
Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her
increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
26:
5
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage
shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the
full, and dwell in your land safely.
26:
6
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none
shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land,
neither shall the sword go through your land.
26:
7
And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by
the sword.
26:
8
And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you
shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before
you by the sword.
26:
9
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and
multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
26:10
And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the
new.
26:11
And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor
you.
26:12
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be
my people.
26:13
I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land
of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken
the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
26:14
But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these
commandments;
26:15
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my
judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that
ye break my covenant:
26:16
I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror,
consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes,
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and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for
your enemies shall eat it.
26:17
And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before
your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall
flee when none pursueth you.
26:18
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will
punish you seven times more for your sins.
26:19
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your
heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
26:20
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not
yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their
fruits.
26:21
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.
26:22
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of
your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in
number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
26:23
And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will
walk contrary unto me;
26:24
Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet
seven times for your sins.
26:25
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of
my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities,
I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into
the hand of the enemy.
26:26
And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall
bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread
again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
26:27
And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary
unto me;
26:28
Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will
chastise you seven times for your sins.
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26:29
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your
daughters shall ye eat.
26:30
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images,
and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my
soul shall abhor you.
26:31
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto
desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odours.
26:32
And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which
dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
26:33
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a
sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities
waste.
26:34
Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate,
and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and
enjoy her sabbaths.
26:35
As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in
your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
26:36
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into
their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken
leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword;
and they shall fall when none pursueth.
26:37
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword,
when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before
your enemies.
26:38
And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your
enemies shall eat you up.
26:39
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.
26:40
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers,
with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also
they have walked contrary unto me;
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26:41
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought
them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised
hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their
iniquity:
26:42
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.
26:43
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths,
while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the
punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised
my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
26:44
And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I
will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them
utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD
their God.
26:45
But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors,
whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the
heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
26:46
These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD
made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the
hand of Moses.
CHAPTER 27
27:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27:
2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man
shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by
thy estimation.
27:
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.
27:
4
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
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27:
5
And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then
thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the
female ten shekels.
27:
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.
27:
7
And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy
estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
27:
8
But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present
himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according
to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
27:
9
And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD,
all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
27:10
He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a
good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the
exchange thereof shall be holy.
27:11
And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a
sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the
priest:
27:12
And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou
valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
27:13
But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof
unto thy estimation.
27:14
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the
LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad:
as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
27:15
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.
27:16
And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of
his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed
thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of
silver.
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27:17
If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy
estimation it shall stand.
27:18
But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall
reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain,
even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy
estimation.
27:19
And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then
he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it,
and it shall be assured to him.
27:20
And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to
another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
27:21
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the
LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the
priest’s.
27:22
And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath
bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
27:23
Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation,
even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation
in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.
27:24
In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it
was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did
belong.
27:25
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the
sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
27:26
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD’s
firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is
the LORD’s.
27:27
And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to
thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be
not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
27:28
Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the
LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of
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his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is
most holy unto the LORD.
27:29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed;
but shall surely be put to death.
27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of
the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy unto the LORD.
27:31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add
thereto the fifth part thereof.
27:32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of
whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the
LORD.
27:33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he
change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change
thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
27:34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded
Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
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The Fourth Book of Moses
Commonly Called
CHAPTER 1
1:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the
tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second
month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of
Egypt, saying,
1:
2
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number
of their names, every male by their polls;
1:
3
From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to
war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
1:
4
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head
of the house of his fathers.
1:
5
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of
the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
1:
6
Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
1:
7
Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
1:
8
Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
1:
9
Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
1:10
Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of
Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
1:11
Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
1:12
Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
1:13
Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
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1:14
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
1:15
Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
1:16
These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes
of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
1:17
And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by
their names:
1:18
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day
of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
1:19
As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the
wilderness of Sinai.
1:20
And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their
generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
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;
1:21
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben,
were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
1:22
Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them,
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;
1:23
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon,
were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
1:24
Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by
the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
1:25
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were
forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
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1:26
Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
forth to war;
1:27
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah,
were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
1:28
Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war;
1:29
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar,
were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
1:30
Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war;
1:31
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun,
were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
1:32
Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by
their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and
upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
1:33
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim,
were forty thousand and five hundred.
1:34
Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war;
1:35
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh,
were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
1:36
Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war;
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1:37
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin,
were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
1:38
Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by
the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
1:39
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were
threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
1:40
Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
forth to war;
1:41
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher,
were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
1:42
Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after
their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the
number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that
were able to go forth to war;
1:43
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali,
were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
1:44
These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron
numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one
was for the house of his fathers.
1:45
So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by
the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
1:46
Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and
three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
1:47
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered
among them.
1:48
For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
1:49
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum
of them among the children of Israel:
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1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of
testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that
belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels
thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round
about the tabernacle.
1:51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it
down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall
set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
1:52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his
own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their
hosts.
1:53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of
testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the
children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the
tabernacle of testimony.
1:54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses, so did they.
CHAPTER 2
2:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2:2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard,
with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle
of the congregation shall they pitch.
2:3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the
standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and
Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of
Judah.
2:4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were
threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
2:5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of
Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the
children of Issachar.
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2:6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and
four thousand and four hundred.
2:7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be
captain of the children of Zebulun.
2:8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and
seven thousand and four hundred.
2:9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred
thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four
hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
2:10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben
according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben
shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
2:11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty
and six thousand and five hundred.
2:12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the
captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai.
2:13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty
and nine thousand and three hundred.
2:14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be
Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
2:15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty
and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
2:16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred
thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty,
throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second
rank.
2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the
camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so
shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
2:18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim
according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim
shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
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2:19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty
thousand and five hundred.
2:20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the
children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
2:21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty
and two thousand and two hundred.
2:22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of
Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
2:23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty
and five thousand and four hundred.
2:24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred
thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their
armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
2:25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their
armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the
son of Ammishaddai.
2:26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were
threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
2:27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the
captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
2:28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty
and one thousand and five hundred.
2:29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of
Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
2:30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty
and three thousand and four hundred.
2:31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred
thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall
go hindmost with their standards.
2:32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by
the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the
camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three
thousand and five hundred and fifty.
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2:33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
2:34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so
they set forward, every one after their families, according to the
house of their fathers.
CHAPTER 3
3:1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that
the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
3:2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were
anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered
strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they
had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s
office in the sight of Aaron their father.
3:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
3:6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the
priest, that they may minister unto him.
3:7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole
congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the
service of the tabernacle.
3:8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the
service of the tabernacle.
3:9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they
are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on
their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put
to death.
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3:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
3:12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of
Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the
children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
3:13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the
firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the
LORD.
3:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,
saying,
3:15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by
their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou
number them.
3:16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD,
as he was commanded.
3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and
Kohath, and Merari.
3:18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families;
Libni, and Shimei.
3:19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar,
Hebron, and Uzziel.
3:20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These
are the families of the Levites according to the house of their
fathers.
3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the
Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
3:22 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.
3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle
westward.
3:24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be
Eliasaph the son of Lael.
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3:25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the
congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering
thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation,
3:26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the
court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and
the cords of it for all the service thereof.
3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of
the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of
the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
3:28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were
eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the
sanctuary.
3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle southward.
3:30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the
Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
3:31 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 hanging, and all the service thereof.
3:32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the
chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the
charge of the sanctuary.
3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the
Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
3:34 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.
3:35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari
was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle northward.
3:36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be
the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars
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thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all
that serveth thereto,
3:37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and
their pins, and their cords.
3:38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even
before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, 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.
3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron
numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their
families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty
and two thousand.
3:40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the
males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and
take the number of their names.
3:41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of
all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the
Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children
of Israel.
3:42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the
firstborn among the children of Israel.
3:43 And all the firstborn males by 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.
3:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
3:45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the
Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
3:46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and
threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel,
which are more than the Levites;
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3:47
Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the
shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty
gerahs:)
3:48
And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them
is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
3:49
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over
and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
3:50
Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a
thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary:
3:51
And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto
Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the
LORD commanded Moses.
CHAPTER 4
4:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
4:
2
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi,
after their families, by the house of their fathers,
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3
From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all
that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
4:
4
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of
the congregation, about the most holy things:
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5
And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his
sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark
of testimony with it:
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6
And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall
spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves
thereof.
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7
And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue,
and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and
covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
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4:
8
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the
same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves
thereof.
4:
9
And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the
light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the
oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
4:10
And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering
of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
4:11
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and
cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the
staves thereof:
4:12
And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith
they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and
cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on
a bar:
4:13
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a
purple cloth thereon:
4:14
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they
minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels,
and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread
upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it.
4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the
sanctuary, and all the vessels 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 any holy thing, lest they die. These things
are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
4:16
And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth
the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat
offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the
tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the
vessels thereof.
4:17
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying,
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4:18
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from
among the Levites:
4:19
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:
4:20
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered,
lest they die.
4:21
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
4:22
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses
of their fathers, by their families;
4:23
From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou
number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the
work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
4:24
This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and
for burdens:
4:25
And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the
tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the
badgers’ skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation,
4:26
And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the
gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round
about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and
all that is made for them: so shall they serve.
4:27
At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service
of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their
service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
4:28
This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the
tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the
hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
4:29
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their
families, by the house of their fathers;
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4:30
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt
thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do
the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
4:31
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service
in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle,
and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
4:32
And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and
their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all
their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the
charge of their burden.
4:33
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according
to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the
hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
4:34
And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered
the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house
of their fathers,
4:35
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of
the congregation:
4:36
And those that were numbered of them by their families were two
thousand seven hundred and fifty.
4:37
These were they that were numbered of the families of the
Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the
congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the
commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
4:38
And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout
their families, and by the house of their fathers,
4:39
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of
the congregation,
4:40
Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families,
by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred
and thirty.
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4:41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of
Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the
congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the
commandment of the LORD.
4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of
Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
4:43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of
the congregation,
4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were
three thousand and two hundred.
4:45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of
Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word
of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and
Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and
after the house of their fathers,
4:47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of
the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation.
4:48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and
five hundred and fourscore,
4:49 According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered
by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and
according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the
LORD commanded Moses.
CHAPTER 5
5:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
5:2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp
every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is
defiled by the dead:
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5:
3
Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye
put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I
dwell.
5:
4
And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the
camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of
Israel.
5:
5
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
5:
6
Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall
commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the
LORD, and that person be guilty;
5:
7
Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he
shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add
unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he
hath trespassed.
5:
8
But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto,
let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the
priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement
shall be made for him.
5:
9
And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
5:10
And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man
giveth the priest, it shall be his.
5:11
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
5:12
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s
wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
5:13
And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her
husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no
witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
5:14
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:
5:15
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring
her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he
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shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an
offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to
remembrance.
5:16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
5:17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the
dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and
put it into the water:
5:18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover
the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands,
which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand
the bitter water that causeth the curse:
5:19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the
woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone
aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou
free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
5:20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and
if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine
husband:
5:21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing,
and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a
curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make
thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
5:22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to
make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall
say, Amen, amen.
5:23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot
them out with the bitter water:
5:24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that
causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter
into her, and become bitter.
5:25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s
hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it
upon the altar:
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5:26
And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the
memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall
cause the woman to drink the water.
5:27
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come
to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her
husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her,
and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot:
and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
5:28
And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be
free, and shall conceive seed.
5:29
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another
instead of her husband, and is defiled;
5:30
Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous
over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the
priest shall execute upon her all this law.
5:31
Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall
bear her iniquity.
CHAPTER 6
6:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6:
2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either
man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a
Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
6:
3
He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall
drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he
drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
6:
4
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of
the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
6:
5
All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come
upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he
separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let
the locks of the hair of his head grow.
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6:
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All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall
come at no dead body.
6:
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 the
consecration of his God is upon his head.
6:
8
All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
6:
9
And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the
head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of
his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
6:10
And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young
pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation:
6:11
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other
for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he
sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
6:12
And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation,
and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but
the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was
defiled.
6:13
And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his
separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
6:14
And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the
first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of
the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram
without blemish for peace offerings,
6:15
And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with
oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their
meat offering, and their drink offerings.
6:16
And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer
his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
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And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the
LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer
also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
6:18
And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the
head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the
sacrifice of the peace offerings.
6:19
And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one
unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and
shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his
separation is shaven:
6:20
And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the
LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave
shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
6:21
This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering
unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall
get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the
law of his separation.
6:22
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6:23
Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall
bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
6:24
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
6:25
The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto
thee:
6:26
The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
6:27
And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will
bless them.
CHAPTER 7
7:
1
And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the
tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the
instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and
had anointed them, and sanctified them;
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7:
2
That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who
were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were
numbered, offered:
7:
3
And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered
wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for
each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
7:
4
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
7:
5
Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the
Levites, to every man according to his service.
7:
6
And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the
Levites.
7:
7
Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon,
according to their service:
7:
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.
7:
9
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of
the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon
their shoulders.
7:10
And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it
was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the
altar.
7:11
And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering,
each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
7:12
And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son
of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
7:13
And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine
flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:14
One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
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7:15
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
7:16
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:17
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon
the son of Amminadab.
7:18
On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,
did offer:
7:19
He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof
was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:20
One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
7:21
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
7:22
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:23
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
7:24
On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of
Zebulun, did offer:
7:25
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:26
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
7:27
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
7:28
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:29
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the
son of Helon.
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7:30
On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children
of Reuben, did offer:
7:31
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
7:32
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
7:33
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
7:34
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:35
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur
the son of Shedeur.
7:36
On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the
children of Simeon, did offer:
7:37
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:38
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
7:39
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
7:40
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:41
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
7:42
On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children
of Gad, offered:
7:43
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
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7:44
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
7:45
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
7:46
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:47
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph
the son of Deuel.
7:48
On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the
children of Ephraim, offered:
7:49
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:50
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
7:51
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
7:52
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:53
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama
the son of Ammihud.
7:54
On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of
the children of Manasseh:
7:55
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
7:56
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
7:57
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
7:58
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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7:59
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel
the son of Pedahzur.
7:60
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children
of Benjamin, offered:
7:61
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:62
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
7:63
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
7:64
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:65
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan
the son of Gideoni.
7:66
On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the
children of Dan, offered:
7:67
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:68
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
7:69
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
7:70
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:71
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer
the son of Ammishaddai.
7:72
On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children
of Asher, offered:
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7:73
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:74
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
7:75
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
7:76
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:77
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel
the son of Ocran.
7:78
On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of
Naphtali, offered:
7:79
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:80
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
7:81
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
7:82
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:83
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the
son of Enan.
7:84
This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was
anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve
silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
7:85
Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each
bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four
hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
7:86
The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten
shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the
spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.
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7:87
All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams
twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering:
and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
7:88
And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were
twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the
lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar,
after that it was anointed.
7:89
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation
to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto
him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony,
from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
8:
2
Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps,
the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
8:
3
And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the
candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
8:
4
And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft
thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto
the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the
candlestick.
8:
5
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
8:
6
Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse
them.
8:
7
And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water
of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let
them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
8:
8
Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even
fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou
take for a sin offering.
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8:
9
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the
congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the
children of Israel together:
8:10
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the
children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
8:11
And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering
of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the
LORD.
8:12
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the
bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement
for the Levites.
8:13
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons,
and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
8:14
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of
Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
8:15
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and
offer them for an offering.
8:16
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of
Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the
firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
8:17
For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and
beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt
I sanctified them for myself.
8:18
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of
Israel.
8:19
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 tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an
atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among
the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto
the sanctuary.
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8:20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD
commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of
Israel unto them.
8:21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and
Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron
made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
8:22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the
tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as
the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did
they unto them.
8:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
8:24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five
years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of
the tabernacle of the congregation:
8:25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the
service thereof, and shall serve no more:
8:26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the
congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus
shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
CHAPTER 9
9:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the
first month of the second year after they were come out of the land
of Egypt, saying,
9:2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed
season.
9:3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his
appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to
all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
9:4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should
keep the passover.
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9:
5
And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first
month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the
LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
9:
6
And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of
a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they
came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
9:
7
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a
man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering
of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
9:
8
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the
LORD will command concerning you.
9:
9
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
9:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of
your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a
journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
9:11
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it,
and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
9:12
They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of
it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
9:13
But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to
keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among
his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his
appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
9:14
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the
passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the
passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye
shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that
was born in the land.
9:15
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered
the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there
was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the
morning.
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9:16
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance
of fire by night.
9:17
And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after
that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the
cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
9:18
At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel
journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as
long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their
tents.
9:19
And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days,
then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and
journeyed not.
9:20
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle;
according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their
tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they
journeyed.
9:21
And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning,
and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they
journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was
taken up, they journeyed.
9:22
Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud
tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel
abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up,
they journeyed.
9:23
At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at
the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the
charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the
hand of Moses.
CHAPTER 10
10:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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10:
2
Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou
make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the
assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
10:
3
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall
assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
10:
4
And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which
are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto
thee.
10:
5
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts
shall go forward.
10:
6
When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on
the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for
their journeys.
10:
7
But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall
blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
10:
8
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets;
and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your
generations.
10:
9
And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth
you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be
remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved
from your enemies.
10:10
Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in
the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets
over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace
offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God:
I am the LORD your God.
10:11
And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in
the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the
tabernacle of the testimony.
10:12
And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness
of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
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10:13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment
of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
10:14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of
Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the
son of Amminadab.
10:15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was
Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
10:16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab
the son of Helon.
10:17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and
the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
10:18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to
their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
10:19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
10:20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph
the son of Deuel.
10:21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the
other did set up the tabernacle against they came.
10:22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set
forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama
the son of Ammihud.
10:23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
10:24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was
Abidan the son of Gideoni.
10:25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward,
which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts:
and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
10:26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel
the son of Ocran.
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10:27
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was
Ahira the son of Enan.
10:28
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to
their armies, when they set forward.
10:29
And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite,
Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which
the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will
do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
10:30
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own
land, and to my kindred.
10:31
And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest
how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us
instead of eyes.
10:32
And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what
goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto
thee.
10:33
And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’
journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before
them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for
them.
10:34
And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they
went out of the camp.
10:35
And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said,
Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them
that hate thee flee before thee.
10:36
And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many
thousands of Israel.
CHAPTER 11
11:
1
And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the
LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the
LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the
uttermost parts of the camp.
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11:
2
And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto
the LORD, the fire was quenched.
11:
3
And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the
LORD burnt among them.
11:
4
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the
children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh
to eat?
11:
5
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the
cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the
garlick:
11:
6
But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this
manna, before our eyes.
11:
7
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the
color of bdellium.
11:
8
And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills,
or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it:
and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
11:
9
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell
upon it.
11:10
Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families,
every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was
kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
11:11
And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted
thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight,
that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
11:12
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou
shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing
father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swearst
unto their fathers?
11:13
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they
weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
11:14
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy
for me.
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11:15
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.
11:16
And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of
the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the
people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle
of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
11:17
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of
the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they
shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not
thyself alone.
11:18
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to
morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the
LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with
us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall
eat.
11:19
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten
days, nor twenty days;
11:20
But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it
be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD
which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came
we forth out of Egypt?
11:21
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred
thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that
they may eat a whole month.
11:22
Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or
shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice
them?
11:23
And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed
short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass
unto thee or not.
11:24
And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD,
and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set
them round about the tabernacle.
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11:25
And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and
took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy
elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them,
they prophesied, and did not cease.
11:26
But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the
one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit
rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but
went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
11:27
And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and
Medad do prophesy in the camp.
11:28
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his
young men, answered and said, My Lord Moses, forbid them.
11:29
And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God
that all the LORD’s people were prophets, and that the LORD
would put his spirit upon them!
11:30
And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
11:31
And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails
from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s
journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other
side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon
the face of the earth.
11:32
And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the
next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least
gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for
themselves round about the camp.
11:33
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was
chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people,
and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
11:34
And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because
there they buried the people that lusted.
11:35
And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth;
and abode at Hazeroth.
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CHAPTER 12
12:
1
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the
Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an
Ethiopian woman.
12:
2
And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses?
hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
12:
3
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which
were upon the face of the earth.)
12:
4
And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and
unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the
congregation. And they three came out.
12:
5
And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in
the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they
both came forth.
12:
6
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among
you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision,
and will speak unto him in a dream.
12:
7
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
12:
8
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in
dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold:
wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant
Moses?
12:
9
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he
departed.
12:10
And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold,
Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon
Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
12:11
And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my Lord, I beseech thee, lay
not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein
we have sinned.
12:12
Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed
when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.
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12:13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I
beseech thee.
12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her
face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out
from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in
again.
12:15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the
people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
12:16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in
the wilderness of Paran.
CHAPTER 13
13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
13:2 Send thou men, that they may search 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 ruler among them.
13:3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from
the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of
Israel.
13:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the
son of Zaccur.
13:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
13:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
13:7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
13:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
13:10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
13:11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi
the son of Susi.
13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13:13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
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13:14
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
13:15
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
13:16
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the
land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
13:17
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto
them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the
mountain:
13:18
And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein,
whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
13:19
And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad;
and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in
strong holds;
13:20
And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be
wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the
fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
13:21
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin
unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
13:22
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where
Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now
Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
13:23
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from
thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it
between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates,
and of the figs.
13:24
The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of
grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
13:25
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
13:26
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
congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
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13:27
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.
13:28
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the
cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children
of Anak there.
13:29
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and
the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the
Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
13:30
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.
13:31
But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up
against the people; for they are stronger than we.
13:32
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had
searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through
which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the
inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of
a great stature.
13:33
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the
giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we
were in their sight.
CHAPTER 14
14:
1
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the
people wept that night.
14:
2
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against
Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God
that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died
in this wilderness!
14:
3
And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by
the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were
it not better for us to return into Egypt?
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14:
4
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us
return into Egypt.
14:
5
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly
of the congregation of the children of Israel.
14:
6
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
14:
7
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel,
saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an
exceeding good land.
14:
8
If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and
give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
14:
9
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of
the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from
them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
14:10
But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the
glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation
before all the children of Israel.
14:11
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people
provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the
signs which I have shewed among them?
14:12
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will
make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
14:13
And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it,
(for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among
them;)
14:14
And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have
heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art
seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that
thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a
pillar of fire by night.
14:15
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations
which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
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14:16
Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land
which he swear unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the
wilderness.
14:17
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great,
according as thou hast spoken, saying,
14:18
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity
and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
generation.
14:19
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto
the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people,
from Egypt even until now.
14:20
And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
14:21
But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of
the LORD.
14:22
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles,
which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me
now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
14:23
Surely they shall not see the land which I swear unto their fathers,
neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
14:24
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and
hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he
went; and his seed shall possess it.
14:25
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.)
Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way
of the Red sea.
14:26
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
14:27
How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur
against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel,
which they murmur against me.
14:28
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have
spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
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14:29
Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were
numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty
years old and upward which have murmured against me.
14:30
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I
swear to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
and Joshua the son of Nun.
14:31
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I
bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
14:32
But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
14:33
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and
bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the
wilderness.
14:34
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even
forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even
forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
14:35
I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil
congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this
wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
14:36
And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned,
and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing
up a slander upon the land,
14:37
Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land,
died by the plague before the LORD.
14:38
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which
were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
14:39
And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and
the people mourned greatly.
14:40
And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the
top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto
the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
14:41
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the
commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
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14:42
Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten
before your enemies.
14:43
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye
shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the
LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
14:44
But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the
camp.
14:45
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt
in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto
Hormah.
CHAPTER 15
15:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
15:
2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be
come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
15:
3
And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering,
or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in
your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savor unto the LORD, of the
herd or of the flock:
15:
4
Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a
meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part
of an hin of oil.
15:
5
And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou
prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
15:
6
Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals
of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
15:
7
And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of
wine, for a sweet savor unto the LORD.
15:
8
And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a
sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:
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15:
9
Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth
deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
15:10
And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.
15:11
Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb,
or a kid.
15:12
According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to
every one according to their number.
15:13
All that are born of the country shall do these things after this
manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto
the LORD.
15:14
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in
your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet
savor unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
15:15
One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also
for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in
your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the
LORD.
15:16
One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that
sojourneth with you.
15:17
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
15:18
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye
come into the land whither I bring you,
15:19
Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall
offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.
15:20
Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave
offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall
ye heave it.
15:21
Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave
offering in your generations.
15:22
And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments,
which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
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15:23
Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of
Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and
henceforward among your generations;
15:24
Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the
knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer
one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor unto the
LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to
the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
15:25
And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of
the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is
ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by
fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for
their ignorance:
15:26
And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the
people were in ignorance.
15:27
And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat
of the first year for a sin offering.
15:28
And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth
ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to
make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
15:29
Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both
for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the
stranger that sojourneth among them.
15:30
But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born
in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that
soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15:31
Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken
his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity
shall be upon him.
15:32
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found
a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
15:33
And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses
and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
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15:34
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what
should be done to him.
15:35
And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to
death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the
camp.
15:36
And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned
him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
15:37
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
15:38
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 the borders a
ribband of blue:
15:39
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and
remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and
that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after
which ye use to go a whoring:
15:40
That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy
unto your God.
15:41
I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of
Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
CHAPTER 16
16:
1
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,
and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of
Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
16:
2
And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of
Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in
the congregation, men of renown:
16:
3
And they gathered 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 the LORD is
among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the
congregation of the LORD?
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16:
4
And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
16:
5
And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even
to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and
will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath
chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
16:
6
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
16:
7
And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to
morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth
choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of
Levi.
16:
8
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
16:
9
Seemeth it but 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 the LORD, and to
stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
16:10
And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons
of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
16:11
For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered
together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur
against him?
16:12
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab:
which said, We will not come up:
16:13
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that
floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except
thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
16:14
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with
milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards:
wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
16:15
And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect
not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither
have I hurt one of them.
16:16
And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before
the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
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16:17
And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring
ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty
censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
16:18
And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid
incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation with Moses and Aaron.
16:19
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD
appeared unto all the congregation.
16:20
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
16:21
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may
consume them in a moment.
16:22
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the
spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with
all the congregation?
16:23
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
16:24
Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the
tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
16:25
And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the
elders of Israel followed him.
16:26
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you,
from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their’s,
lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
16:27
So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,
on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the
door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little
children.
16:28
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent
me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own
mind.
16:29
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited
after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.
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16:30
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth,
and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they
go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men
have provoked the LORD.
16:31
And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these
words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
16:32
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and
their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all
their goods.
16:33
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the
pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among
the congregation.
16:34
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them:
for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
16:35
And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two
hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
16:36
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
16:37
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 hallowed.
16:38
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make
them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them
before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a
sign unto the children of Israel.
16:39
And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they
that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a
covering of the altar:
16:40
To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger,
which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense
before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as
the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
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16:41
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed
the people of the LORD.
16:42
And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against
Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle
of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory
of the LORD appeared.
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And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the
congregation.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume
them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
16:46
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein
from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the
congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath
gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
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And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of
the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the
people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the
people.
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And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was
stayed.
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Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and
seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
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And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
CHAPTER 17
17:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17:
2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a
rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes
according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou
every man’s name upon his rod.
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17:
3
And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi: for one
rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
17:
4
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation
before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
17:
5
And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose,
shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of
the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
17:
6
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of
their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according
to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron
was among their rods.
17:
7
And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of
witness.
17:
8
And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the
tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house
of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed
blossoms, and yielded almonds.
17:
9
And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto
all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his
rod.
17:10
And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before
the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou
shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
17:11
And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
17:12
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we
die, we perish, we all perish.
17:13
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the
LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
CHAPTER 18
18:
1
And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy
father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary:
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and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your
priesthood.
18:
2
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father,
bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and
minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister
before the tabernacle of witness.
18:
3
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle:
only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the
altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
18:
4
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the
tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle:
and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
18:
5
And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of
the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of
Israel.
18:
6
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among
the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD,
to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
18:
7
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s
office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall
serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift:
and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
18:
8
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee
the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the
children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the
anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
18:
9
This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire:
every oblation of their’s, every meat offering of their’s, and every
sin offering of their’s, and every trespass offering of their’s which
they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy
sons.
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In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it
shall be holy unto thee.
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18:11
And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave
offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and
to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever:
every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
18:12
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the
wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the
LORD, them have I given thee.
18:13
And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring
unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine
house shall eat of it.
18:14
Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
18:15
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring
unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine:
nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the
firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
18:16
And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou
redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
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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 the LORD.
18:18
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the
right shoulder are thine.
18:19
All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of
Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and
thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of
salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
18:20
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance
in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am
thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
18:21
And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel
for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the
service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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18:22
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the
tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
18:23
But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute
for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of
Israel they have no inheritance.
18:24
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave
offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit:
therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they
shall have no inheritance.
18:25
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of
the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them
for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it
for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.
18:27
And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though
it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the
winepress.
18:28
Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all
your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall
give thereof the LORD’s heave offering to Aaron the priest.
18:29
Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the
LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out
of it.
18:30
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best
thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the
increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
18:31
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is
your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
18:32
And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from
it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the
children of Israel, lest ye die.
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CHAPTER 19
19:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
19:
2
This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD 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:
19:
3
And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her
forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
19:
4
And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and
sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the
congregation seven times:
19:
5
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh,
and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
19:
6
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and
cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
19:
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 unclean until the even.
19:
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.
19:
9
And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and
lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept
for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of
separation: it is a purification for sin.
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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 children of
Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a
statute for ever.
19:11
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven
days.
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19:12
He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh
day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day,
then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
19:13
Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and
purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that
soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation
was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is
yet upon him.
19:14
This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the
tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
19:15
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is
unclean.
19:16
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open
fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be
unclean seven days.
19:17
And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt
heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto
in a vessel:
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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 a bone, or one
slain, or one dead, or a grave:
19:19
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 himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and shall be clean at even.
19:20
But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that
soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath
defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath
not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
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And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that
sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he
that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
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And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and
the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into
the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in
Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
20:
2
And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered
themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
20:
3
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God
that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
20:
4
And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into
this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
20:
5
And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring
us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of
vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
20:
6
And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell
upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
20:
7
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
20:
8
Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and
Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes;
and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them
water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their
beasts drink.
20:
9
And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded
him.
20:10
And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before
the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we
fetch you water out of this rock?
20:11
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock
twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation
drank, and their beasts also.
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20:12
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed
me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel,
therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I
have given them.
20:13
This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove
with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
20:14
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom,
Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that
hath befallen us:
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How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in
Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
20:16
And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent
an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we
are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
20:17
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass
through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink
of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we
will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed
thy borders.
20:18
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come
out against thee with the sword.
20:19
And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high
way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for
it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.
20:20
And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out
against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
20:21
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border:
wherefore Israel turned away from him.
20:22
And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed
from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
20:23
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by
the coast of the land of Edom, saying,
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Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into
the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye
rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
20:25
Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount
Hor:
20:26
And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his
son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die
there.
20:27
And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into
mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
20:28
And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon
Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and
Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
20:29
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they
mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
CHAPTER 21
21:
1
And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south,
heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought
against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
21:
2
And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt
indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy
their cities.
21:
3
And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up
the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities:
and he called the name of the place Hormah.
21:
4
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea,
to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much
discouraged because of the way.
21:
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, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth
this light bread.
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21:
6
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit
the people; and much people of Israel died.
21:
7
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for
we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the
LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses
prayed for the people.
21:
8
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and
set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is
bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
21:
9
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld
the serpent of brass, he lived.
21:10
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
21:11
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the
wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
21:12
From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
21:13
From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of
Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of
the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and
the Amorites.
21:14
Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he
did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
21:15
And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of
Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
21:16
And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the
LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will
give them water.
21:17
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
21:18
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by
the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the
wilderness they went to Mattanah:
21:19
And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
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21:20
And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to
the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
21:21
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
saying,
21:22
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or
into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but
we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy
borders.
21:23
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but
Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel
into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
21:24
And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed
his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of
Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
21:25
And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of
the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
21:26
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 Arnon.
21:27
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon,
let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
21:28
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of
Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high
places of Arnon.
21:29
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he
hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity
unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
21:30
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and
we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto
Medeba.
21:31
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
21:32
And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages
thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
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21:33 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 the
battle at Edrei.
21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered
him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt
do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which
dwelt at Heshbon.
21:35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was
none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
CHAPTER 22
22:1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of
Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
22:2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the
Amorites.
22:3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many:
and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
22:4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this
company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up
the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the
Moabites at that time.
22:5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to
Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his
people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out
from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they
abide over against me:
22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they
are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may
smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot
that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest
is cursed.
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22:
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 of Balak.
22:
8
And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you
word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of
Moab abode with Balaam.
22:
9
And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with
thee?
22:10
And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of
Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
22:11
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the
face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be
able to overcome them, and drive them out.
22:12
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou
shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
22:13
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of
Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me
leave to go with you.
22:14
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and
said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
22:15
And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than
they.
22:16
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:
22:17
For I will promote thee unto very great honor, and I will do
whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse
me this people.
22:18
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak
would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond
the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
22:19
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may
know what the LORD will say unto me more.
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22:20
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men
come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word
which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
22:21
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went
with the princes of Moab.
22:22
And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the
LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was
riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
22:23
And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and
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.
22:24
But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall
being on this side, and a wall on that side.
22:25
And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself
unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he
smote her again.
22:26
And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow
place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the
left.
22:27
And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under
Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with
a staff.
22:28
And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto
Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me
these three times?
22:29
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I
would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
22:30
And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which
thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever
wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
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22:31
Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel
of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his
hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.
22:32
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou
smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to
withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
22:33
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless
she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved
her alive.
22:34
And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I
knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore,
if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
22:35
And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men:
but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt
speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
22:36
And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet
him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is
in the utmost coast.
22:37
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?
22:38
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now
any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in
my mouth, that shall I speak.
22:39
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.
22:40
And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the
princes that were with him.
22:41
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and
brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might
see the utmost part of the people.
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CHAPTER 23
23:
1
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and
prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
23:
2
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam
offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
23:
3
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I
will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and
whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high
place.
23:
4
And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven
altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
23:
5
And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return
unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
23:
6
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice,
he, and all the princes of Moab.
23:
7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath
brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying,
Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
23:
8
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy,
whom the LORD hath not defied?
23:
9
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold
him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned
among the nations.
23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth
part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last
end be like his!
23:11
And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took
thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them
altogether.
23:12
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that
which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
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23:13
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another
place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the
utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them
from thence.
23:14
And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah,
and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every
altar.
23:15
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I
meet the LORD yonder.
23:16
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and
said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
23:17
And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering,
and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What
hath the LORD spoken?
23:18
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear;
hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he
should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he
spoken, and shall he not make it good?
23:20
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath
blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
23:21
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen
perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the
shout of a king is among them.
23:22
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of
an unicorn.
23:23
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any
divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of
Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
23:24
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself
as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and
drink the blood of the slain.
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23:25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless
them at all.
23:26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying,
All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
23:27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee
unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou
mayest curse me them from thence.
23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh
toward Jeshimon.
23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and
prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram
on every altar.
CHAPTER 24
24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he
went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set
his face toward the wilderness.
24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his
tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon
him.
24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath
said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
24:4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision
of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
24:5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
24:6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side,
as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as
cedar trees beside the waters.
24:7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in
many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his
kingdom shall be exalted.
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24:
8
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the
strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and
shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
24:
9
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall
stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that
curseth thee.
24:10
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.
24:11
Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee
unto great honor; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from
honor.
24:12
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers
which thou sentest unto me, saying,
24:13
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go
beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad
of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
24:14
And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will
advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter
days.
24:15
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath
said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
24:16
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the
knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the
Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
24:17
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there
shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel,
and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of
Sheth.
24:18
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for
his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
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24:19
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall
destroy him that remaineth of the city.
24:20
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,
Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that
he perish for ever.
24:21
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said,
Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
24:22
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry
thee away captive.
24:23
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when
God doeth this!
24:24
And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict
Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
24:25
And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak
also went his way.
CHAPTER 25
25:
1
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit
whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
25:
2
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and
the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
25:
3
And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the
LORD was kindled against Israel.
25:
4
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people,
and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce
anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
25:
5
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his
men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
25:
6
And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto
his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the
sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were
weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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25:
7
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the
priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a
javelin in his hand;
25:
8
And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both
of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her
belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
25:
9
And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
25:10
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
25:11
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath
turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was
zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children
of Israel in my jealousy.
25:12
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
25:13
And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of
an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and
made an atonement for the children of Israel.
25:14
Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain
with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince
of a chief house among the Simeonites.
25:15
And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi,
the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief
house in Midian.
25:16
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
25:17
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
25:18
For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled
you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter
of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the
plague for Peor’s sake.
CHAPTER 26
26:
1
And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto
Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
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26:
2
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from
twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all
that are able to go to war in Israel.
26:
3
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of
Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
26:
4
Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as
the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which
went forth out of the land of Egypt.
26:
5
Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of
whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of
the Palluites:
26:
6
Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of
the Carmites.
26:
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.
26:
8
And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
26:
9
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is
that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation,
who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of
Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
26:10
And the earth opened her 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.
26:11
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
26:12
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:
26:13
Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the
Shaulites.
26:14
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand
and two hundred.
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26:15 The children 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:
26:16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
26:17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the
Arelites.
26:18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those
that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
26:19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the
land of Canaan.
26:20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the
family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of
Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
26:21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the
Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
26:22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were
numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five
hundred.
26:23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of
the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
26:24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of
the Shimronites.
26:25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were
numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three
hundred.
26:26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of
the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the
family of the Jahleelites.
26:27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that
were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and
Ephraim.
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26:29
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites:
and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the
Gileadites.
26:30
These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the
Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
26:31
And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the
family of the Shechemites:
26:32
And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the
family of the Hepherites.
26:33
And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters:
and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and
Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
26:34
These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered
of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
26:35
These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the
family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites:
of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
26:36
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the
Eranites.
26:37
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.
26:38
The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the
Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the
family of the Ahiramites:
26:39
Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the
family of the Huphamites.
26:40
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of
the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
26:41
These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that
were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six
hundred.
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26:42 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.
26:43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were
numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four
hundred.
26:44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of
the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the
family of the Beriites.
26:45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of
Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
26:46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
26:47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that
were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and
four hundred.
26:48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family
of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
26:49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the
Shillemites.
26:50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and
they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and
four hundred.
26:51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred
thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
26:52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26:53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to
the number of names.
26:54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou
shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be
given according to those that were numbered of him.
26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the
names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
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26:56
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided
between many and few.
26:57
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 Merari, the family of the Merarites.
26:58
These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the
family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of
the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat
Amram.
26:59
And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of
Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto
Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
26:60
And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
26:61
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before
the LORD.
26:62
And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three
thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were
not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no
inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
26:63
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the
priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab
by Jordan near Jericho.
26:64
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and
Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of
Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
26:65
For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the
wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the
son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
CHAPTER 27
27:
1
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the
son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the
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families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of
his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
27:
2
And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and
before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
27:
3
Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company
of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the
company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
27:
4
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his
family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a
possession among the brethren of our father.
27:
5
And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
27:
6
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27:
7
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give
them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren;
and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto
them.
27:
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.
27:
9
And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto
his brethren.
27:10
And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto
his father’s brethren.
27:11
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 of
judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
27:12
And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount
Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of
Israel.
27:13
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy
people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
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27:14
For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in
the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before
their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness
of Zin.
27:15
And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
27:16
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over
the congregation,
27:17
Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them,
and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that
the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no
shepherd.
27:18
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of
Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
27:19
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the
congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
27:20
And thou shalt put some of thine honor upon him, that all the
congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel
for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word
shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and
all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
27:22
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took
Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the
congregation:
27:23
And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the
LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
CHAPTER 28
28:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
28:
2
Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering,
and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savor
unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.
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28:
3
And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire
which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year
without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
28:
4
The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb
shalt thou offer at even;
28:
5
And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled
with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.
28:
6
It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai
for a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
28:
7
And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for
the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to
be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.
28:
8
And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of
the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a
sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.
28:
9
And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot,
and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil,
and the drink offering thereof:
28:10
This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual
burnt offering, and his drink offering.
28:11
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt
offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven
lambs of the first year without spot;
28:12
And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil,
for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering,
mingled with oil, for one ram;
28:13
And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savor, a
sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
28:14
And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a
bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part
of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month
throughout the months of the year.
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28:15
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be
offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
28:16
And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the
LORD.
28:17
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall
unleavened bread be eaten.
28:18
In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner
of servile work therein:
28:19
But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto
the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of
the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
28:20
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three
tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a
ram;
28:21
A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the
seven lambs:
28:22
And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
28:23
Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which
is for a continual burnt offering.
28:24
After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days,
the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the
LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and
his drink offering.
28:25
And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall
do no servile work.
28:26
Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat
offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an
holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
28:27
But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the
LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;
28:28
And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals
unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,
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28:29
A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
28:30
And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
28:31
Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his
meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their
drink offerings.
CHAPTER 29
29:
1
And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall
have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of
blowing the trumpets unto you.
29:
2
And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the
LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first
year without blemish:
29:
3
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
29:
4
And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
29:
5
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement
for you:
29:
6
Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and
the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink
offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savor, a sacrifice
made by fire unto the LORD.
29:
7
And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy
convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any
work therein:
29:
8
But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet
savor; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first
year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
29:
9
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
29:10
A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
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29:11
One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of
atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering
of it, and their drink offerings.
29:12
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an
holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a
feast unto the LORD seven days:
29:13
And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a
sweet savor unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams,
and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:
29:14
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth
deals to each ram of the two rams,
29:15
And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
29:16
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
29:17
And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two
rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
29:18
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
after the manner:
29:19
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink
offerings.
29:20
And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of
the first year without blemish;
29:21
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
after the manner:
29:22
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,
and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
29:23
And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs
of the first year without blemish:
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29:24
Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for
the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
after the manner:
29:25
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
29:26
And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs
of the first year without spot:
29:27
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
after the manner:
29:28
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,
and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
29:29
And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs
of the first year without blemish:
29:30
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
after the manner:
29:31
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,
his meat offering, and his drink offering.
29:32
And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen
lambs of the first year without blemish:
29:33
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
after the manner:
29:34
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,
his meat offering, and his drink offering.
29:35
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no
servile work therein:
29:36
But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a
sweet savor unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of
the first year without blemish:
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29:37 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the
ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
29:38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,
and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
29:39 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside
your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings,
and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for
your peace offerings.
29:40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the
LORD commanded Moses.
CHAPTER 30
30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the
children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath
commanded.
30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his
soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according
to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
30:3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a
bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;
30:4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath
bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all
her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound
her soul shall stand.
30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of
her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall
stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father
disallowed her.
30:6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought
out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
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30:
7
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that
he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith
she bound her soul shall stand.
30:
8
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then
he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she
uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect:
and the LORD shall forgive her.
30:
9
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith
they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
30:10
And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a
bond with an oath;
30:11
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.
30:12
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day 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 the LORD shall forgive her.
30:13
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband
may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
30:14
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 confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in
the day that he heard them.
30:15
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard
them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
30:16
These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses,
between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter,
being yet in her youth in her father’s house.
CHAPTER 31
31:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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31:
2
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt
thou be gathered unto thy people.
31:
3
And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of
yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites,
and avenge the LORD of Midian.
31:
4
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall
ye send to the war.
31:
5
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand
of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
31:
6
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them
and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the
holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
31:
7
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded
Moses; and they slew all the males.
31:
8
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that
were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba,
five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with
the sword.
31:
9
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives,
and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all
their flocks, and all their goods.
31:10
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their
goodly castles, with fire.
31:11
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of
beasts.
31:12
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto
Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the
children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are
by Jordan near Jericho.
31:13
And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the
congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
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31:14
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the
captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came
from the battle.
31:15
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
31:16
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of
Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of
Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
31:17
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every
woman that hath known man by lying with him.
31:18
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying
with him, keep alive for yourselves.
31:19
And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath
killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify
both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the
seventh day.
31:20
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all
work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.
31:21
And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the
battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD
commanded Moses;
31:22
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the
lead,
31:23
Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the
fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the
water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make
go through the water.
31:24
And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be
clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
31:25
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
31:26
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast,
thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the
congregation:
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31:27
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the
war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the
congregation:
31:28
And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went
out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of
the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
31:29
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an
heave offering of the LORD.
31:30
And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of
fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks,
of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep
the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
31:31
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded
Moses.
31:32
And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war
had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and
five thousand sheep,
31:33
And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
31:34
And threescore and one thousand asses,
31:35
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not
known man by lying with him.
31:36
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war,
was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty
thousand and five hundred sheep:
31:37
And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and
threescore and fifteen.
31:38
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the
LORD’s tribute was threescore and twelve.
31:39
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the
LORD’s tribute was threescore and one.
31:40
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s
tribute was thirty and two persons.
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31:41
And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s heave
offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
31:42
And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the
men that warred,
31:43
(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three
hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five
hundred sheep,
31:44
And thirty and six thousand beeves,
31:45
And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
31:46
And sixteen thousand persons;)
31:47
Even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one portion of
fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites,
which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the
LORD commanded Moses.
31:48
And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the
captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto
Moses:
31:49
And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of
the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not
one man of us.
31:50
We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every
man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings,
earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the
LORD.
31:51
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all
wrought jewels.
31:52
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD,
of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was
sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
31:53
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
31:54
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of
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the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the
LORD.
CHAPTER 32
32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very
great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and
the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
32:2 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,
32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and
Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
32:4 Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation
of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
32:5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this
land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not
over Jordan.
32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of
Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
32:7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel
from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
32:8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see
the land.
32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the
land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they
should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
32:10 And the LORD’s anger was kindled the same time, and he swear,
saying,
32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty
years old and upward, shall see the land which I swear unto
Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not
wholly followed me:
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Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son
of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
32:13
And the LORD’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made
them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation,
that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
32:14
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of
sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward
Israel.
32:15
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in
the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
32:16
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds
here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
32:17
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel,
until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones
shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the
land.
32:18
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have
inherited every man his inheritance.
32:19
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or
forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan
eastward.
32:20
And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go
armed before the LORD to war,
32:21
And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until
he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
32:22
And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall
return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and
this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
32:23
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD:
and be sure your sin will find you out.
32:24
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and
do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
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32:25
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto
Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my Lord commandeth.
32:26
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be
there in the cities of Gilead:
32:27
But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before
the Lord to battle, as my Lord saith.
32:28
So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the
children of Israel:
32:29
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children
of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to
battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you;
then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
32:30
But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
32:31
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered,
saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
32:32
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan,
that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be
our’s.
32:33
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the
children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of
Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the
kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in
the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
32:34
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
32:35
And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
32:36
And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
32:37
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and
Kirjathaim,
32:38
And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and
Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
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32:39
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead,
and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
32:40
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he
dwelt therein.
32:41
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns
thereof, and called them Havothjair.
32:42
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and
called it Nobah, after his own name.
CHAPTER 33
33:
1
These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth
out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses
and Aaron.
33:
2
And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by
the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys
according to their goings out.
33:
3
And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the
fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover
the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all
the Egyptians.
33:
4
For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had
smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed
judgments.
33:
5
And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in
Succoth.
33:
6
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is
in the edge of the wilderness.
33:
7
And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth,
which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
33:
8
And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the
midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey
in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
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33:
9
And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim
were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees;
and they pitched there.
33:10
And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
33:11
And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the
wilderness of Sin.
33:12
And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and
encamped in Dophkah.
33:13
And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
33:14
And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where
was no water for the people to drink.
33:15
And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness
of Sinai.
33:16
And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at
Kibrothhattaavah.
33:17
And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at
Hazeroth.
33:18
And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
33:19
And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.
33:20
And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.
33:21
And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
33:22
And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
33:23
And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
33:24
And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in
Haradah.
33:25
And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
33:26
And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
33:27
And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
33:28
And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
33:29
And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
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33:30
And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
33:31
And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.
33:32
And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at
Horhagidgad.
33:33
And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
33:34
And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
33:35
And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.
33:36
And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness
of Zin, which is Kadesh.
33:37
And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the
edge of the land of Edom.
33:38
And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the
commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year
after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in
the first day of the fifth month.
33:39
And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when
he died in mount Hor.
33:40
And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land
of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
33:41
And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
33:42
And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
33:43
And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
33:44
And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the
border of Moab.
33:45
And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.
33:46
And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in
Almondiblathaim.
33:47
And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the
mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
33:48
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in
the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
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33:49
And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto
Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
33:50
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by
Jordan near Jericho, saying,
33:51
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are
passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
33:52
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before
you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten
images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
33:53
And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell
therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
33:54
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your
families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to
the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance
shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of
your fathers ye shall inherit.
33:55
But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before
you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of
them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and
shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
33:56
Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I
thought to do unto them.
CHAPTER 34
34:
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
34:
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 with the coasts thereof:)
34:
3
Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along
by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost
coast of the salt sea eastward:
34:
4
And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of
Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be
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from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar,
and pass on to Azmon:
34:5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river
of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
34:6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for
a border: this shall be your west border.
34:7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall
point out for you mount Hor:
34:8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance
of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
34:9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it
shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.
34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to
Shepham:
34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east
side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the
side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
34:12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it
shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts
thereof round about.
34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the
land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to
give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
34:14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of
their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the
house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the
tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
34:15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on
this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
34:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
34:17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto
you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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34:18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by
inheritance.
34:19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb
the son of Jephunneh.
34:20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of
Ammihud.
34:21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
34:22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of
Jogli.
34:23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of
Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
34:24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the
son of Shiphtan.
34:25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan
the son of Parnach.
34:26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the
son of Azzan.
34:27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the
son of Shelomi.
34:28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the
son of Ammihud.
34:29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the
inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
CHAPTER 35
35:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by
Jordan near Jericho, saying,
35:2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of
the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall
give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
35:3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them
shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
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35:
4
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites,
shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits
round about.
35:
5
And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two
thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on
the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two
thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to
them the suburbs of the cities.
35:
6
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there
shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the
manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty
and two cities.
35:
7
So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and
eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
35:
8
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the
children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many;
but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give
of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he
inheriteth.
35:
9
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
35:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be
come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
35:11
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that
the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
35:12
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that
the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in
judgment.
35:13
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for
refuge.
35:14
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall
ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
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35:15
These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and
for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one
that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
35:16
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is
a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
35:17
And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die,
and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to
death.
35:18
Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he
may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be
put to death.
35:19
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he
meeteth him, he shall slay him.
35:20
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that
he die;
35:21
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote
him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger
of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
35:22
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon
him any thing without laying of wait,
35:23
Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and
cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither
sought his harm:
35:24
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the
revenger of blood according to these judgments:
35:25
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the
revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city
of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the
death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
35:26
But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the
city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
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35:27
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city
of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not
be guilty of blood:
35:28
Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the
death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the
slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
35:29
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
35:30
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by
the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against
any person to cause him to die.
35:31
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer,
which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
35:32
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of
his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the
death of the priest.
35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth
the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed
therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
35:34
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I
dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
CHAPTER 36
36:
1
And the chief fathers of the families 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 chief fathers of the children of Israel:
36:
2
And they said, The LORD commanded my Lord to give the land
for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my Lord was
commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad
our brother unto his daughters.
36:
3
And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the
children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the
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inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the
tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot
of our inheritance.
36:4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall
their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto
they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the
inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
36:5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the
word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath
said well.
36:6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the
daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they
think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they
marry.
36:7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from
tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep
himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
36:8 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 enjoy every man
the inheritance of his fathers.
36:9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe;
but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep
himself to his own inheritance.
36:10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of
Zelophehad:
36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the
daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s
brothers’ sons:
36:12 And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh
the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the
family of their father.
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36:13
These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD
commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the
plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
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The Fifth Book of Moses
Commonly Called
CHAPTER 1
1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side
Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea,
between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and
Dizahab.
1:2
1:3
(There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount
Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
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, according unto all that the LORD had given him in
commandment unto them;
1:4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in
Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in
Edrei:
1:5
1:6
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare
this law, saying,
The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have
dwelt long enough in this mount:
1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the
Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the
hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the
land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the
river Euphrates.
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1:
8
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land
which the LORD swear unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
1:
9
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear
you myself alone:
1:10
The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this
day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
1:11
(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so
many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
1:12
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden,
and your strife?
1:13
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your
tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
1:14
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken
is good for us to do.
1:15
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made
them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over
hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and
officers among your tribes.
1:16
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes
between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man
and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the
small as well as the great; 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,
bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
1:18
And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should
do.
1:19
And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great
and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain
of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we
came to Kadeshbarnea.
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1:20
And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the
Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
1:21
Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up
and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto
thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
1:22
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will
send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring
us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities
we shall come.
1:23
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one
of a tribe:
1:24
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto
the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
1:25
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 the LORD our God doth give us.
1:26
Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the
commandment of the LORD your God:
1:27
And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD
hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to
deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
1:28
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart,
saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great
and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of
the Anakims there.
1:29
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
1:30
The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for
you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
1:31
And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD
thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that
ye went, until ye came into this place.
1:32
Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
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1:33
Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to
pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye
should go, and in a cloud by day.
1:34
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and
swear, saying,
1:35
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see
that good land, which I swear to give unto your fathers.
1:36
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I
give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children,
because he hath wholly followed the LORD.
1:37
Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou
also shalt not go in thither.
1:38
But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go
in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
1:39
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and
your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good
and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and
they shall possess it.
1:40
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the
wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
1:41
Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the
LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our
God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his
weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
1:42
And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither
fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your
enemies.
1:43
So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against
the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up
into the hill.
1:44
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against
you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even
unto Hormah.
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1:45
And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would
not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
1:46
So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye
abode there.
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the
way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we
compassed mount Seir many days.
2:
2
And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
2:
3
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you
northward.
2:
4
And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the
coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir;
and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves
therefore:
2:
5
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not
so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto
Esau for a possession.
2:
6
Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall
also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
2:
7
For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy
hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these
forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast
lacked nothing.
2:
8
And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau,
which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and
from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the
wilderness of Moab.
2:
9
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither
contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for
a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a
possession.
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2:10
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many,
and tall, as the Anakims;
2:11
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the
Moabites called them Emims.
2:12
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau
succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them,
and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his
possession, which the LORD gave unto them.
2:13
Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we
went over the brook Zered.
2:14
And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we
were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until
all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among
the host, as the LORD swear unto them.
2:15
For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy
them from among the host, until they were consumed.
2:16
So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and
dead from among the people,
2:17
That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
2:18
Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
2:19
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon,
distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of
the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have
given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
2:20
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in
old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
2:21
A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD
destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt
in their stead:
2:22
As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he
destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them,
and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
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2:23
And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the
Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them,
and dwelt in their stead.)
2:24
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon:
behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of
Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in
battle.
2:25
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee
upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear
report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
2:26
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto
Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
2:27
Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I
will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
2:28
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me
water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my
feet;
2:29
(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites
which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into
the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
2:30
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the
LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate,
that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
2:31
And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon
and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit
his land.
2:32
Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at
Jahaz.
2:33
And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote
him, and his sons, and all his people.
2:34
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the
men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none
to remain:
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2:35
Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of
the cities which we took.
2:36
From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from
the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one
city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
2:37
Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor
unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the
mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
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, to battle at
Edrei.
3:
2
And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him,
and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do
unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which
dwelt at Heshbon.
3:
3
So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of
Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to
him remaining.
3:
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 kingdom of Og in Bashan.
3:
5
All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside
unwalled towns a great many.
3:
6
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of
Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of
every city.
3:
7
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to
ourselves.
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8
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the
Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of
Arnon unto mount Hermon;
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9
(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it
Shenir;)
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All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto
Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
3:11
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants;
behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of
the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and
four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
3:12
And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which
is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof,
gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
3:13
And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og,
gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with
all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
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Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the
coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own
name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
3:15
And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
3:16
And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead
even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto
the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
3:17
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth
even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under
Ashdothpisgah eastward.
3:18
And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God
hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed
before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the
war.
3:19
But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know
that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have
given you;
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Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as
unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD
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your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return
every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
3:21
And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have
seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings:
so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
3:22
Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for
you.
3:23
And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
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O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness,
and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth,
that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
3:25
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond
Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
3:26
But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not
hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no
more unto me of this matter.
3:27
Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes
westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and
behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
3:28
But charge Joshua, and encourage 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.
3:29
So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
4:
1
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the
judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and
go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers
giveth you.
4:
2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall
ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of
the LORD your God which I command you.
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4:
3
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for
all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath
destroyed them from among you.
4:
4
But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every
one of you this day.
4:
5
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the
LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land
whither ye go to possess it.
4:
6
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these
statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and
understanding people.
4:
7
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,
as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
4:
8
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments
so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
4:
9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou
forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart
from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons,
and thy sons’ sons;
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Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in
Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people
together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn
to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that
they may teach their children.
4:11
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain
burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds,
and thick darkness.
4:12
And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye
heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard
a voice.
4:13
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you
to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two
tables of stone.
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4:14
And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes
and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go
over to possess it.
4:15
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no
manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in
Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
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Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the
similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
4:17
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any
winged fowl that flieth in the air,
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The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness
of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
4:19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest
the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven,
shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the
LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole
heaven.
4:20
But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the
iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of
inheritance, as ye are this day.
4:21
Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and
swear that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in
unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance:
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But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall
go over, and possess that good land.
4:23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the
LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven
image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath
forbidden thee.
4:24
For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
4:25
When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye
shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves,
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and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do
evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye
shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over
Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but
shall utterly be destroyed.
4:27
And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall
be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall
lead you.
4:28
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and
stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
4:29
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt
find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
4:30
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon
thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God,
and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
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(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake
thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers
which he swear unto them.
4:32
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee,
since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from
the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any
such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
4:33
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of
the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
4:34
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of
another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by
war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by
great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you
in Egypt before your eyes?
4:35
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD
he is God; there is none else beside him.
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Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct
thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou
heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
4:37
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed
after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power
out of Egypt;
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To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than
thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance,
as it is this day.
4:39
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the
LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath:
there is none else.
4:40
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments,
which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and
with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy
days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for
ever.
4:41
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the
sunrising;
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That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor
unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto
one of these cities he might live:
4:43
Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the
Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in
Bashan, of the Manassites.
4:44
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
4:45
These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments,
which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came
forth out of Egypt.
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On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land
of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom
Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth
out of Egypt:
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And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan,
two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward
the sunrising;
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From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto
mount Sion, which is Hermon,
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And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of
the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
CHAPTER 5
5:
1
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the
statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye
may learn them, and keep, and do them.
5:
2
The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
5:
3
The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us,
even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
5:
4
The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the
midst of the fire,
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5
(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the
word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and
went not up into the mount;) saying,
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6
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, from the house of bondage.
5:
7
Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
5:
8
Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that
is in the waters beneath the earth:
5:
9
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I
the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of
them that hate me,
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And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep
my commandments.
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Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for
the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
5:12
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath
commanded thee.
5:13
Six days thou shalt labor, and do all thy work:
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But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it
thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,
nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine
ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;
that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
5:15
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and
that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty
hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God
commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
5:16
Honor thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath
commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may
go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee.
5:17
Thou shalt not kill.
5:18
Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
5:19
Neither shalt thou steal.
5:20
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
5:21
Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor’s wife, neither shalt thou
covet thy neighbor’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his
maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbor’s.
5:22
These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the
mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick
darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote
them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
5:23
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of
the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came
near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
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And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory
and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of
the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he
liveth.
5:25
Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume
us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we
shall die.
5:26
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?
5:27
Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and
speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto
thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
5:28
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake
unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the
words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they
have well said all that they have spoken.
5:29
O that there were such an 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!
5:30
Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
5:31
But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee
all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which
thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I
give them to possess it.
5:32
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath
commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the
left.
5:33
Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath
commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with
you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall
possess.
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CHAPTER 6
6:
1
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments,
which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye
might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
6:
2
That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his
statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and
thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy
days may be prolonged.
6:
3
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well
with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of
thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk
and honey.
6:
4
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
6:
5
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6:
6
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine
heart:
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7
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt
talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou
walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou
risest up.
6:
8
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they
shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
6:
9
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on
thy gates.
6:10
And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee
into the land which he swear unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou
buildedst not,
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And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and
wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees,
which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
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6:12
Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth
out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
6:13
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear
by his name.
6:14
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which
are round about you;
6:15
(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the
anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy
thee from off the face of the earth.
6:16
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in
Massah.
6:17
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your
God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath
commanded thee.
6:18
And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the
LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in
and possess the good land which the LORD swear unto thy
fathers.
6:19
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath
spoken.
6:20
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean
the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the
LORD our God hath commanded you?
6:21
Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in
Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty
hand:
6:22
And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon
Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
6:23
And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to
give us the land which he swear unto our fathers.
6:24
And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the
LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us
alive, as it is at this day.
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6:25
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these
commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded
us.
CHAPTER 7
7:
1
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither
thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before
thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the
Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,
seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
7:
2
And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou
shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no
covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
7:
3
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou
shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto
thy son.
7:
4
For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may
serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against
you, and destroy thee suddenly.
7:
5
But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and
break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their
graven images with fire.
7:
6
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD
thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself,
above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
7:
7
The LORD 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 people:
7:
8
But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the
oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD
brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the
house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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7:
9
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful
God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him
and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
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And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he
will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his
face.
7:11
Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes,
and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
7:12
Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments,
and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto
thee the covenant and the mercy which he swear unto thy fathers:
7:13
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will
also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy
corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the
flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he swear unto thy fathers to
give thee.
7:14
Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or
female barren among you, or among your cattle.
7:15
And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put
none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee;
but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
7:16
And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God
shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither
shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
7:17
If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how
can I dispossess them?
7:18
Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the
LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
7:19
The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the
wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby
the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God
do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
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7:20
Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them,
until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be
destroyed.
7:21
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is
among you, a mighty God and terrible.
7:22
And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by
little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the
beasts of the field increase upon thee.
7:23
But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall
destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
7:24
And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt
destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able
to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
7:25
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt
not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee,
lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORD
thy God.
7:26
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou
be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou
shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye
observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and
possess the land which the LORD swear unto your fathers.
8:
2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God
led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to
prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou
wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
8:
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
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bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
the LORD doth man live.
8:
4
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell,
these forty years.
8:
5
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth
his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
8:
6
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy
God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
8:
7
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of
brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys
and hills;
8:
8
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and
pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
8:
9
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt
not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of
whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
8:10
When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD
thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
8:11
Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his
commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I
command thee this day:
8:12
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly
houses, and dwelt therein;
8:13
And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and
thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
8:14
Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God,
which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house
of bondage;
8:15
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein
were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was
no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
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8:16
Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers
knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee,
to do thee good at thy latter end;
8:17
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine
hand hath gotten me this wealth.
8:18
But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that
giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant
which he swear unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
8:19
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and
walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify
against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
8:20
As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so
shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of
the LORD your God.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to
possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and
fenced up to heaven,
9:
2
A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou
knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before
the children of Anak!
9:
3
Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he
which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy
them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou
drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said
unto thee.
9:
4
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath
cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the
LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the
wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from
before thee.
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9:
5
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart,
dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these
nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee,
and that he may perform the word which the LORD swear unto
thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
9:
6
Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this
good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a
stiffnecked people.
9:
7
Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy
God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst
depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye
have been rebellious against the LORD.
9:
8
Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD
was angry with you to have destroyed you.
9:
9
When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone,
even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you,
then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did
eat bread nor drink water:
9:10
And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with
the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the
words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the
midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
9:11
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that
the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the
covenant.
9:12
And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from
hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt
have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the
way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten
image.
9:13
Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this
people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
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9:14
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.
9:15
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned
with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two
hands.
9:16
And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your
God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly
out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
9:17
And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and
brake them before your eyes.
9:18
And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and
forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all
your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the
LORD, to provoke him to anger.
9:19
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the
LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD
hearkened unto me at that time also.
9:20
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him:
and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
9:21
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with
fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as
small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that
descended out of the mount.
9:22
And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye
provoked the LORD to wrath.
9:23
Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying,
Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye
rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye
believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
9:24
Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I
knew you.
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9:25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as
I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would
destroy you.
9:26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD,
destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast
redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out
of Egypt with a mighty hand.
9:27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto
the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to
their sin:
9:28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the
LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised
them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay
them in the wilderness.
9:29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou
broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
CHAPTER 10
10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of
stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and
make thee an ark of wood.
10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first
tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone
like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two
tables in mine hand.
10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten
commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount
out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the
LORD gave them unto me.
10:5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the
tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD
commanded me.
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10:
6
And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the
children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was
buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his
stead.
10:
7
From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah
to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
10:
8
At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to
minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
10:
9
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the
LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God
promised him.
10:10
And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days
and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time
also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
10:11
And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the
people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swear
unto their fathers to give unto them.
10:12
And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee,
but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love
him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with
all thy soul,
10:13
To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which
I command thee this day for thy good?
10:14
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy
God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
10:15
Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he
chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this
day.
10:16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more
stiffnecked.
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10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great
God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor
taketh reward:
10:18
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and
loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
10:19
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt.
10:20
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to
him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
10:21
He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these
great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
10:22
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten
persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars
of heaven for multitude.
CHAPTER 11
11:
1
Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge,
and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
11:
2
And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which
have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the
LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched
out arm,
11:
3
And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt
unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
11:
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 overflow
them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath
destroyed them unto this day;
11:
5
And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into
this place;
11:
6
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the
son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed
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them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the
substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
11:
7
But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he
did.
11:
8
Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command
you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the
land, whither ye go to possess it;
11:
9
And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD
swear unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land
that floweth with milk and honey.
11:10
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:
11:11
But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and
valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
11:12
A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the
LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year
even unto the end of the year.
11:13
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my
commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD
your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your
soul,
11:14
That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the
first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn,
and thy wine, and thine oil.
11:15
And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest
eat and be full.
11:16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye
turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
11:17
And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut
up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her
fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the
LORD giveth you.
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11:18
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in
your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may
be as frontlets between your eyes.
11:19
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when
thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way,
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
11:20
And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and
upon thy gates:
11:21
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children,
in the land which the LORD swear unto your fathers to give them,
as the days of heaven upon the earth.
11:22
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I
command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in
all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
11:23
Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you,
and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
11:24
Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be
yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river
Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
11:25
There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD
your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all
the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
11:26
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
11:27
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God,
which I command you this day:
11:28
And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD
your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you
this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
11:29
And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought
thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou
shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon
mount Ebal.
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11:30
Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun
goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the
champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
11:31
For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which
the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell
therein.
11:32
And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I
set before you this day.
CHAPTER 12
12:
1
These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do
in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to
possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
12:
2
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which
ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and
upon the hills, and under every green tree:
12:
3
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and
burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven
images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that
place.
12:
4
Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
12:
5
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of
all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall
ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
12:
6
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices,
and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows,
and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of
your flocks:
12:
7
And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall
rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households,
wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
12:
8
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every
man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
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12:
9
For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which
the LORD your God giveth you.
12:10
But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the
LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you
rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
12:11
Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall
choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all
that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices,
your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your
choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
12:12
And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your
sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your
maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch
as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
12:13
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in
every place that thou seest:
12:14
But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes,
there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do
all that I command thee.
12:15
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the
LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean
may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
12:16
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as
water.
12:17
Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of
thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy
flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill
offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
12:18
But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place
which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy
daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite
that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD
thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
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12:19
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as
thou livest upon the earth.
12:20
When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath
promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul
longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul
lusteth after.
12:21
If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name
there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of
thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded
thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth
after.
12:22
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them:
the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
12:23
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life;
and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
12:24
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
12:25
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy
children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the
sight of the LORD.
12:26
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt
take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:
12:27
And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood,
upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy
sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God,
and thou shalt eat the flesh.
12:28
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 sight of the
LORD thy God.
12:29
When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before
thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest
them, and dwellest in their land;
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12:30
Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them,
after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou
enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve
their gods? even so will I do likewise.
12:31
Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every
abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto
their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt
in the fire to their gods.
12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not
add thereto, nor diminish from it.
CHAPTER 13
13:
1
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and
giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
13:
2
And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto
thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not
known, and let us serve them;
13:
3
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that
dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know
whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with
all your soul.
13:
4
Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep
his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and
cleave unto him.
13:
5
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death;
because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your
God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed
you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way
which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt
thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
13:
6
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter,
or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul,
entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which
thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
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13:
7
Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh
unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even
unto the other end of the earth;
13:
8
Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither
shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou
conceal him:
13:
9
But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to
put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
13:10
And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath
sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which
brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
13:11
And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such
wickedness as this is among you.
13:12
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy
God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
13:13
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you,
and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go
and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
13:14
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and,
behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is
wrought among you;
13:15
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.
13:16
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, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for
ever; it shall not be built again.
13:17
And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand:
that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew
thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as
he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
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When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to
keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do
that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
CHAPTER 14
14:
1
Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut
yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the
dead.
14:
2
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the
LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself,
above all the nations that are upon the earth.
14:
3
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
14:
4
These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the
goat,
14:
5
The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat,
and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
14:
6
And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into
two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
14:
7
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of
them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and
the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore
they are unclean unto you.
14:
8
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the
cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch
their dead carcase.
14:
9
These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and
scales shall ye eat:
14:10
And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is
unclean unto you.
14:11
Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
14:12
But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the
ossifrage, and the ospray,
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14:13
And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
14:14
And every raven after his kind,
14:15
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk
after his kind,
14:16
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
14:17
And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
14:18
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and
the bat.
14:19
And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall
not be eaten.
14:20
But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
14:21
Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it
unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou
mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the
LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
14:22
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field
bringeth forth year by year.
14:23
And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which
he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of
thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy
flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
14:24
And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to
carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy
God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God
hath blessed thee:
14:25
Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine
hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall
choose:
14:26
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth
after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for
whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the
LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
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And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him;
for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
14:28
At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine
increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
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And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with
thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which
are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that
the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand
which thou doest.
CHAPTER 15
15:
1
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
15:
2
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth
ought unto his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his
neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’s release.
15:
3
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine
with thy brother thine hand shall release;
15:
4
Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall
greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee
for an inheritance to possess it:
15:
5
Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy
God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command
thee this day.
15:
6
For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and
thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and
thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over
thee.
15:
7
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within
any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy
poor brother:
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But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely
lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
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9
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying,
The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be
evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he
cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
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Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved
when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD
thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou
puttest thine hand unto.
15:11
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command
thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to
thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
15:12
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold
unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou
shalt let him go free from thee.
15:13
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let
him go away empty:
15:14
Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy
floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy
God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
15:15
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of
Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I
command thee this thing to day.
15:16
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee;
because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with
thee;
15:17
Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the
door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy
maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
15:18
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free
from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in
serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in
all that thou doest.
15:19
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou
shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work
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with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy
sheep.
15:20
Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the
place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
15:21
And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or
have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy
God.
15:22
Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person
shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
15:23
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon
the ground as water.
CHAPTER 16
1
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the
LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God
brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
16:
2
Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy
God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall
choose to place his name there.
16:
3
Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat
unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou
camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest
remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt
all the days of thy life.
16:
4
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast
seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou
sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
16:
5
Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
16:
6
But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place
his name 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.
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16:
7
And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy
God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto
thy tents.
16:
8
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day
shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do
no work therein.
16:
9
Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the
seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to
the corn.
16:10
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God
with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt
give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God
hath blessed thee:
16:11
And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy
son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant,
and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the
fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which
the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
16:12
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and
thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
16:13
Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that
thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
16:14
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy
daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite,
the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy
gates.
16:15
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy
God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD
thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of
thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
16:16
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD
thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of
unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of
tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
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16:17
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the
LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
16:18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the
LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall
judge the people with just judgment.
16:19
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons,
neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and
pervert the words of the righteous.
16:20
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest
live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
16:21
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of
the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
16:22
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy
God hateth.
CHAPTER 17
17:
1
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or
sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavoredness: for that is an
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
17:
2
If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the
LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought
wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his
covenant,
17:
3
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either
the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not
commanded;
17:
4
And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired
diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such
abomination is wrought in Israel:
17:
5
Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have
committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that
woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
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17:
6
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is
worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness
he shall not be put to death.
17:
7
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to
death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put
the evil away from among you.
17:
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 into the place which the LORD thy God
shall choose;
17:
9
And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the
judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew
thee the sentence of judgment:
17:10
And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that
place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt
observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
17:11
According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee,
and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt
do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew
thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
17:12
And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken
unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD
thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt
put away the evil from Israel.
17:13
And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more
presumptuously.
17:14
When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God
giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt
say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about
me;
17:15
Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD
thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set
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king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is
not thy brother.
17:16
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people
to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses:
forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth
return no more that way.
17:17
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not
away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
17:18
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:
17:19
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of
his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all
the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
17:20
That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn
not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left:
to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his
children, in the midst of Israel.
18:
1
The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part
nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the
LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
18:
2
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the
LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
18:
3
And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that
offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto
the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
18:
4
The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the
first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
18:
5
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to
stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for
ever.
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18:
6
And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where
he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the
place which the LORD shall choose;
18:
7
Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his
brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
18:
8
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of
the sale of his patrimony.
18:
9
When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those
nations.
18:10
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son
or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or
an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
18:11
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a
necromancer.
18:12
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and
because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them
out from before thee.
18:13
Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
18:14
For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto
observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD
thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
18:15
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the
midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall
hearken;
18:16
According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in
Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the
voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any
more, that I die not.
18:17
And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which
they have spoken.
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18:18
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto
thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto
them all that I shall command him.
18:19
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.
18:20
But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my
name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall
speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
18:21
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which
the LORD hath not spoken?
18:22
When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing
follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD
hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously:
thou shalt not be afraid of him.
CHAPTER 19
19:
1
When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the
LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and
dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
19:
2
Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
19:
3
Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts,
that every slayer may flee thither.
19:
4
And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he
may live: Whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated
not in time past;
19:
5
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor to hew
wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the
tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his
neighbor, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
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19:
6
Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is
hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him;
whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not
in time past.
19:
7
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities
for thee.
19:
8
And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn
unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to
give unto thy fathers;
19:
9
If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I
command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk
ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee,
beside these three:
19:10
That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy
God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
19:11
But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise
up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into
one of these cities:
19:12
Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and
deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
19:13
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of
innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
19:14
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s landmark, which they of old
time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the
land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
19:15
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for
any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses,
or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
19:16
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him
that which is wrong;
19:17
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand
before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be
in those days;
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19:18
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the
witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his
brother;
19:19
Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his
brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
19:20
And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth
commit no more any such evil among you.
19:21
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye,
tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest
horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of
them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up
out of the land of Egypt.
20:
2
And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the
priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
20:
3
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day
unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not,
and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
20:
4
For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for
you against your enemies, to save you.
20:
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.
20:
6
And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet
eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in
the battle, and another man eat of it.
20:
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.
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20:
8
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall
say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go
and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as
his heart.
20:
9
And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking
unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead
the people.
20:10
When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then
proclaim peace unto it.
20:11
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto
thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall
be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
20:12
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against
thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
20:13
And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands,
thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
20:14
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in
the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and
thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy
God hath given thee.
20:15
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from
thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
20:16
But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth
give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that
breatheth:
20:17
But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the
Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the
Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
20:18
That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which
they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD
your God.
20:19
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 forcing an axe
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against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut
them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them
in the siege:
20:20
Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat,
thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build
bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be
subdued.
CHAPTER 21
21:
1
If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath
slain him:
21:
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:
21:
3
And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even
the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been
wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
21:
4
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough
valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the
heifer’s neck there in the valley:
21:
5
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the
LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in
the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy
and every stroke be tried:
21:
6
And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man,
shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
21:
7
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this
blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
21:
8
Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast
redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s
charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
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21:
9
So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among
you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the
LORD.
21:10
When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD
thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken
them captive,
21:11
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire
unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
21:12
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave
her head, and pare her nails;
21:13
And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and
shall remain in thine 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.
21:14
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 make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled
her.
21:15
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they
have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the
firstborn son be hers that was hated:
21:16
Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he
hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before
the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
21:17
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by
giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the
beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
21:18
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey
the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when
they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
21:19
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;
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21:20
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.
21:21
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die:
so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall
hear, and fear.
21:22
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to
be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
21:23
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in
any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of
God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God
giveth thee for an inheritance.
CHAPTER 22
22:
1
Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and
hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again
unto thy brother.
22:
2
And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not,
then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with
thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him
again.
22:
3
In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with
his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath
lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not
hide thyself.
22:
4
Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the
way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift
them up again.
22:
5
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man,
neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
22:
6
If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or
on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam
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sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the
dam with the young:
22:
7
But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to
thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong
thy days.
22:
8
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a
battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine
house, if any man fall from thence.
22:
9
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of
thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be
defiled.
22:10
Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
22:11
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and
linen together.
22:12
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture,
wherewith thou coverest thyself.
22:13
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
22:14
And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name
upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I
found her not a maid:
22:15
Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring
forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the
city in the gate:
22:16
And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my
daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
22:17
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I
found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my
daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the
elders of the city.
22:18
And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
22:19
And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give
them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an
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evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may
not put her away all his days.
22:20
But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found
for the damsel:
22:21
Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s
house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she
die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in
her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
22:22
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then
they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman,
and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
22:23
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man
find her in the city, and lie with her;
22:24
Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye
shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she
cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled
his neighbor’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
22:25
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force
her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die.
22:26
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:
22:27
For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and
there was none to save her.
22:28
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and
lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
22:29
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.
22:30
A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s
skirt.
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CHAPTER 23
23:
1
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut
off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
23:
2
A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even
to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of
the LORD.
23:
3
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of
the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into
the congregation of the LORD for ever:
23:
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 of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse
thee.
23:
5
Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam;
but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee,
because the LORD thy God loved thee.
23:
6
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days
for ever.
23:
7
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt
not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
23:
8
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the
congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
23:
9
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee
from every wicked thing.
23:10
If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of
uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out
of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
23:11
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself
with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp
again.
23:12
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt
go forth abroad:
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23:13
And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be,
when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and
shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
23:14
For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to
deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore
shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and
turn away from thee.
23:15
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped
from his master unto thee:
23:16
He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he
shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt
not oppress him.
23:17
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite
of the sons of Israel.
23:18
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into
the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these
are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
23:19
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money,
usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
23:20
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy
brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God
may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land
whither thou goest to possess it.
23:21
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt
not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of
thee; and it would be sin in thee.
23:22
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
23:23
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform;
even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the
LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
23:24
When thou comest into thy neighbor’s vineyard, then thou mayest
eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any
in thy vessel.
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23:25
When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then
thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not
move a sickle unto thy neighbor’s standing corn.
CHAPTER 24
24:
1
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass
that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some
uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and
give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
24:
2
And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be
another man’s wife.
24:
3
And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of
divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his
house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;
24:
4
Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again
to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination
before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which
the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
24:
5
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war,
neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at
home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
24:
6
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for
he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
24:
7
If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of
Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that
thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
24:
8
Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently,
and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you:
as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
24:
9
Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way,
after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
24:10
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into
his house to fetch his pledge.
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24:11
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall
bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
24:12
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
24:13
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun
goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee:
and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
24:14
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy,
whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy
land within thy gates:
24:15
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go
down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he
cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
24:16
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.
24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the
fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
24:18
But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and
the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command
thee to do this thing.
24:19
When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot
a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for
the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD
thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
24:20
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the
boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for
the widow.
24:21
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not
glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and
for the widow.
24:22
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of
Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
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CHAPTER 25
25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto
judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify
the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
25:2 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 fault, by a certain number.
25:3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should
exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy
brother should seem vile unto thee.
25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child,
the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her
husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife,
and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
25:6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed
in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put
out of Israel.
25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his
brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My
husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in
Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
25:8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and
if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
25:9 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
shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will
not build up his brother’s house.
25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath
his shoe loosed.
25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one
draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that
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smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the
secrets:
25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a
small.
25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just
measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were
come forth out of Egypt;
25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee,
even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and
weary; and he feared not God.
25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest
from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD
thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt
blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt
not forget it.
CHAPTER 26
26:1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the
LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it,
and dwellest therein;
26:2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which
thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee,
and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the
LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.
26:3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and
say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I
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am come unto the country which the LORD swear unto our fathers
for to give us.
26:
4
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it
down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
26:
5
And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian
ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and
sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great,
mighty, and populous:
26:
6
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon
us hard bondage:
26:
7
And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD
heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our
oppression:
26:
8
And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand,
and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with
signs, and with wonders:
26:
9
And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land,
even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
26:10
And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which
thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the
LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
26:11
And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy
God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the
Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
26:12
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine
increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given
it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that
they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
26:13
Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought
away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given
them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and
to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast
commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments,
neither have I forgotten them.
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26:14
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away
ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the
dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and
have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
26:15
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy
people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou
swearst unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
26:16
This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these
statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with
all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
26:17
Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to
walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments,
and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
26:18
And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar
people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all
his commandments;
26:19
And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in
praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be an holy
people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
CHAPTER 27
27:
1
And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people,
saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this
day.
27:
2
And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee
up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:
27:
3
And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when
thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which
the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and
honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
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27:
4
Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set
up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal,
and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
27:
5
And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an
altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
27:
6
Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones:
and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy
God:
27:
7
And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice
before the LORD thy God.
27:
8
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law
very plainly.
27:
9
And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel,
saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become
the people of the LORD thy God.
27:10
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do
his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this
day.
27:11
And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
27:12
These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when
ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and
Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
27:13
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and
Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
27:14
And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with
a loud voice,
27:15
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an
abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the
craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall
answer and say, Amen.
27:16
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all
the people shall say, Amen.
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27:17
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark. And all the
people shall say, Amen.
27:18
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And
all the people shall say, Amen.
27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger,
fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
27:20
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he
uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
27:21
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the
people shall say, Amen.
27:22
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or
the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
27:23
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people
shall say, Amen.
27:24
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly. And all the people
shall say, Amen.
27:25
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And
all the people shall say, Amen.
27:26
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do
them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
CHAPTER 28
28:
1
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the
voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his
commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD
thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
28:
2
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if
thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
28:
3
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the
field.
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28:
4
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground,
and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks
of thy sheep.
28:
5
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
28:
6
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou
be when thou goest out.
28:
7
The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be
smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way,
and flee before thee seven ways.
28:
8
The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy
storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he
shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
28:
9
The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he
hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the
LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
28:10
And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the
name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
28:11
And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of
thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy
ground, in the land which the LORD swear unto thy fathers to give
thee.
28:12
The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to
give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work
of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou
shalt not borrow.
28:13
And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou
shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou
hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I
command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
28:14
And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I
command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after
other gods to serve them.
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28:15
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of
the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and
his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses
shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
28:16
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the
field.
28:17
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
28:18
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the
increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
28:19
Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou
be when thou goest out.
28:20
The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in
all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be
destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the
wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
28:21
The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he
have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to
possess it.
28:22
The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever,
and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with
the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall
pursue thee until thou perish.
28:23
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth
that is under thee shall be iron.
28:24
The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from
heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
28:25
The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies:
thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before
them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
28:26
And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto
the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
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28:27
The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the
emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst
not be healed.
28:28
The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and
astonishment of heart:
28:29
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 spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
28:30
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou
shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt
plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
28:31
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 rescue them.
28:32
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
long; and there shall be no might in thine hand.
28:33
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou
knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed
alway:
28:34
So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou
shalt see.
28:35
The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a
sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the
top of thy head.
28:36
The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over
thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known;
and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
28:37
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword,
among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
28:38
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but
little in; for the locust shall consume it.
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Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink
of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
28:40
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou
shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his
fruit.
28:41
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy
them; for they shall go into captivity.
28:42
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
28:43
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high;
and thou shalt come down very low.
28:44
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the
head, and thou shalt be the tail.
28:45
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue
thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou
hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his
commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
28:46
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon
thy seed for ever.
28:47
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness,
and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
28:48
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall
send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in
want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck,
until he have destroyed thee.
28:49
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end
of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou
shalt not understand;
28:50
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person
of the old, nor shew favor to the young:
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And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land,
until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn,
wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep,
until he have destroyed thee.
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And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced
walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land:
and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land,
which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
28:53
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy
sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given
thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies
shall distress thee:
28:54
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his
eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his
bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall
leave:
28:55
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 straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in
all thy gates.
28:56
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not
adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for
delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the
husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her
daughter,
28:57
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet,
and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them
for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith
thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
28:58
If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are
written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful
name,
THE LORD THY GOD;
28:59
Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues
of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore
sicknesses, and of long continuance.
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Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which
thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
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Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the
book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou
be destroyed.
28:62
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of
heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of
the LORD thy God.
28:63
And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to
do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over
you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be
plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
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And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one
end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve
other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even
wood and stone.
28:65
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the
sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a
trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
28:66
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear
day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
28:67
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at
even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of
thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine
eyes which thou shalt see.
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And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the
way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again:
and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and
bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
CHAPTER 29
29:
1
These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded
Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab,
beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
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29:
2
And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen
all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto
Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
29:
3
The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and
those great miracles:
29:
4
Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to
see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
29:
5
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are
not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy
foot.
29:
6
Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong
drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
29:
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:
29:
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 Manasseh.
29:
9
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye
may prosper in all that ye do.
29:10
Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your
captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the
men of Israel,
29:11
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp,
from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
29:12
That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God,
and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this
day:
29:13
That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and
that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as
he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob.
29:14
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
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29:15
But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD
our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
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(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how
we came through the nations which ye passed by;
29:17
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and
stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
29:18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or
tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God,
to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be
among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
29:19
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that
he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I
walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
29:20
The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD
and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses
that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD
shall blot out his name from under heaven.
29:21
And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of
Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in
this book of the law:
29:22
So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up
after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall
say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses
which the LORD hath laid upon it;
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And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning,
that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like
the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim,
which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
29:24
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus
unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
29:25
Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of
the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he
brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
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For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods
whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
29:27
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring
upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
29:28
And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in
wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as
it is this day.
29:29
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things
which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that
we may do all the words of this law.
CHAPTER 30
30:
1
And it shall come to pass, 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 the
LORD thy God hath driven thee,
30:
2
And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice
according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy
children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
30:
3
That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the
nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
30:
4
If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven,
from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence
will he fetch thee:
30:
5
And the LORD 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.
30:
6
And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart
of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and
with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
30:
7
And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine
enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
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30:
8
And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all
his commandments which I command thee this day.
30:
9
And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work
of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle,
and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again
rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
30:10
If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep
his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book
of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine
heart, and with all thy soul.
30:11
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not
hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
30:12
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us
to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
30:13
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go
over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and
do it?
30:14
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy
heart, that thou mayest do it.
30:15
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and
evil;
30:16
In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to
walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes
and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the
LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to
possess it.
30:17
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt
be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
30:18
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that
ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou
passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
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30:19
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have
set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose
life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
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That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest
obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy
life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land
which the LORD swear unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob, to give them.
CHAPTER 31
31:
1
And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
31:
2
And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this
day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said
unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
31:
3
The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will
destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess
them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath
said.
31:
4
And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og,
kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he
destroyed.
31:
5
And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may
do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have
commanded you.
31:
6
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for
the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail
thee, nor forsake thee.
31:
7
And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all
Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this
people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their
fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
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31:
8
And the LORD, 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.
31:
9
And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the
sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and
unto all the elders of Israel.
31:10
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven
years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of
tabernacles,
31:11
When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the
place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all
Israel in their hearing.
31:12
Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy
stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they
may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the
words of this law:
31:13
And that their children, which have not known any thing, may
hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in
the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
31:14
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that
thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle
of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and
Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
31:15
And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud:
and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
31:16
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with
thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the
gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among
them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have
made with them.
31:17
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 befall them; so that
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they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us,
because our God is not among us?
31:18
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which
they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
31:19
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children
of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for
me against the children of Israel.
31:20
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swear
unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall
have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn
unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my
covenant.
31:21
And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are
befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness;
for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I
know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I
have brought them into the land which I swear.
31:22
Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the
children of Israel.
31:23
And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong
and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel
into the land which I swear unto them: and I will be with thee.
31:24
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,
31:25
That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the
covenant of the LORD, saying,
31:26
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a
witness against thee.
31:27
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet
alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD;
and how much more after my death?
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31:28
Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that
I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to
record against them.
31:29
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 befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the
sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of
your hands.
31:30
And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the
words of this song, until they were ended.
CHAPTER 32
32:
1
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the
words of my mouth.
32:
2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the
dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers
upon the grass:
32:
3
Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness
unto our God.
32:
4
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a
God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
32:
5
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his
children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
32:
6
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not
he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and
established thee?
32:
7
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations:
ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell
thee.
32:
8
When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when
he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people
according to the number of the children of Israel.
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32:9 For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his
inheritance.
32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness;
he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his
eye.
32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,
spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her
wings:
32:12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange God
with him.
32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat
the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the
rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
32:14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of
the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat;
and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God
which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with
abominations provoked they him to anger.
32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew
not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared
not.
32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten
God that formed thee.
32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the
provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their
end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in
whom is no faith.
32:21 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
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them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke
them to anger with a foolish nation.
32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest
hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire
the foundations of the mountains.
32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon
them.
32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat,
and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts
upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
32:25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the
young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray
hairs.
32:26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the
remembrance of them to cease from among men:
32:27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their
adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they
should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any
understanding in them.
32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would
consider their latter end!
32:30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to
flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut
them up?
32:31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves
being judges.
32:32 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:
32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
32:34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my
treasures?
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32:35
To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide
in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things
that shall come upon them make haste.
32:36
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his
servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none
shut up, or left.
32:37
And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they
trusted,
32:38
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their
drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your
protection.
32:39
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: neither is there any that can
deliver out of my hand.
32:40
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
32:41
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on
judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward
them that hate me.
32:42
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall
devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the
captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
32:43
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 be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
32:44
And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears
of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
32:45
And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
32:46
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I
testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children
to observe to do, all the words of this law.
32:47
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and
through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither
ye go over Jordan to possess it.
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32:48
And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
32:49
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which
is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the
land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a
possession:
32:50
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:
32:51
Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at
the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye
sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
32:52
Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go
thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
CHAPTER 33
33:
1
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed
the children of Israel before his death.
33:
2
And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir
unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with
ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for
them.
33:
3
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat
down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
33:
4
Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the
congregation of Jacob.
33:
5
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the
tribes of Israel were gathered together.
33:
6
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
33:
7
And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the
voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be
sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
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And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy
holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou
didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
33:
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Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him;
neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own
children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
33:10
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they
shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine
altar.
33:11
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands;
smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them
that hate him, that they rise not again.
33:12
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in
safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he
shall dwell between his shoulders.
33:13
And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the
precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that
coucheth beneath,
33:14
And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the
precious things put forth by the moon,
33:15
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the
precious things of the lasting hills,
33:16
And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and
for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing
come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of
him that was separated from his brethren.
33:17
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like
the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together
to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of
Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
33:18
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and,
Issachar, in thy tents.
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33:19
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer
sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of
the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
33:20
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth
as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
33:21
And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a
portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads
of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his
judgments with Israel.
33:22
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from
Bashan.
33:23
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full
with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the
south.
33:24
And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him
be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
33:25
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy
strength be.
33:26
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the
heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
33:27
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting
arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall
say, Destroy them.
33:28
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be
upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down
dew.
33:29
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by
the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy
excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and
thou shalt tread upon their high places.
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CHAPTER 34
34:
1
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain
of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the
LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
34:
2
And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all
the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,
34:
3
And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of
palm trees, unto Zoar.
34:
4
And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I swear 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.
34:
5
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab,
according to the word of the LORD.
34:
6
And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against
Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
34:
7
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died:
his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
34:
8
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab
thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were
ended.
34:
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 the LORD commanded Moses.
34:10
And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses,
whom the LORD knew face to face,
34:11
In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do
in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all
his land,
34:12
And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses
shewed in the sight of all Israel.
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The Book Of
CHAPTER 1
1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to
pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’
minister, saying,
1:2 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.
1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I
given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the
river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea
toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
1:5 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.
1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou
divide for an inheritance the land, which I swear unto their fathers
to give them.
1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest
observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant
commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left,
that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.
1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou
shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to
do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make
thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
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1:
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Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be
not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is
with thee whithersoever thou goest.
1:10
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
1:11
Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare
you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan,
to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth
you to possess it.
1:12
And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of
Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
1:13
Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you
rest, and hath given you this land.
1:14
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the
land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass
before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help
them;
1:15
Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given
you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your
God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your
possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’s servant gave
you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
1:16
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us
we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
1:17
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we
hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he
was with Moses.
1:18
Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and
will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him,
he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
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CHAPTER 2
2:
1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy
secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went,
and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
2:
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 country.
2:
3
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the
men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for
they be come to search out all the country.
2:
4
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus,
There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
2:
5
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it
was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not:
pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
2:
6
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid
them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the
roof.
2:
7
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords:
and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they
shut the gate.
2:
8
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the
roof;
2:
9
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you
the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the
inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
2:10
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red
sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the
two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan,
Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
2:11
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt,
neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of
you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in
earth beneath.
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2:12
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I
have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto
my father’s house, and give me a true token:
2:13
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my
brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our
lives from death.
2:14
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this
our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the
land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
2:15
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her
house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
2:16
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the
pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the
pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
2:17
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath
which thou hast made us swear.
2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of
scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and
thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and
all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
2:19
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 will
be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his
blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
2:20
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine
oath which thou hast made us to swear.
2:21
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent
them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the
window.
2:22
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.
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2:23
So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and
passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all
things that befell them:
2:24
And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into
our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do
faint because of us.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from
Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and
lodged there before they passed over.
3:
2
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through
the host;
3:
3
And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of
the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites
bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
3:
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.
3:
5
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to
morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
3:
6
And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the
covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the
ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
3:
7
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify
thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was
with Moses, so I will be with thee.
3:
8
And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the
covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of
Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
3:
9
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear
the words of the LORD your God.
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3:10
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 Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the
Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the
Jebusites.
3:11
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth
passeth over before you into Jordan.
3:12
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out
of every tribe a man.
3:13
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the
priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth,
shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be
cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall
stand upon an heap.
3:14
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to
pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant
before the people;
3:15
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet
of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the
water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
3:16
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up
upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan:
and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt
sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right
against Jericho.
3:17
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD
stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the
Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were
passed clean over Jordan.
CHAPTER 4
4:
1
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over
Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
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4:
2
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
4:
3
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst
of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm,
twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave
them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
4:
4
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the
children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
4:
5
And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD
your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of
you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the
tribes of the children of Israel:
4:
6
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask
their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these
stones?
4:
7
Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off
before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over
Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be
for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
4:
8
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took
up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake
unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children
of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where
they lodged, and laid them down there.
4:
9
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the
place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the
covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
4:10
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan,
until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua
to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded
Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
4:11
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over,
that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the
presence of the people.
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4:12
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the
tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel,
as Moses spake unto them:
4:13
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the
LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
4:14
On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel;
and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
4:15
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
4:16
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they
come up out of Jordan.
4:17
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out
of Jordan.
4:18
And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the
covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan,
and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land,
that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed
over all his banks, as they did before.
4:19
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first
month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
4:20
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did
Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
4:21
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?
4:22
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this
Jordan on dry land.
4:23
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from
before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did
to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were
gone over:
4:24
That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD,
that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
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CHAPTER 5
5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which
were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the
Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried
up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we
were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit
in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
5:2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives,
and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children
of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
5:4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people
that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war,
died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
5:5 Now 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, them they had not circumcised.
5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till
all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt,
were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD:
unto whom the LORD swear that he would not shew them the
land, which the LORD swear unto their fathers that he would give
us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
5:7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua
circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not
circumcised them by the way.
5:8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the
people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were
whole.
5:9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the
reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place
is called Gilgal unto this day.
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5:10
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the
passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains
of Jericho.
5:11
And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after
the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame
day.
5:12
And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the
old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any
more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
5:13
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?
5:14
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD 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?
5:15
And the captain of the LORD’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy
shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is
holy. And Joshua did so.
CHAPTER 6
6:
1
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel:
none went out, and none came in.
6:
2
And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand
Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
6:
3
And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round
about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
6:
4
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of
rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven
times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
6:
5
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with
the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the
people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall
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fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight
before him.
6:
6
And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them,
Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven
trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD.
6:
7
And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and
let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
6:
8
And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people,
that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns
passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the
ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
6:
9
And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the
trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on,
and blowing with the trumpets.
6:10
And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not
shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word
proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then
shall ye shout.
6:11
So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once:
and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
6:12
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the
ark of the LORD.
6:13
And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before
the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the
trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward
came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing
with the trumpets.
6:14
And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned
into the camp: so they did six days.
6:15
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about
the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same
manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city
seven times.
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6:16
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew
with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the
LORD hath given you the city.
6:17
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to
the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are
with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
6:18
And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest
ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing,
and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
6:19
But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are
consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of
the LORD.
6:20
So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets:
and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the
trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall
fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man
straight before him, and they took the city.
6:21
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and
woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge
of the sword.
6:22
But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the
country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the
woman, and all that she hath, as ye swear unto her.
6:23
And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out
Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that
she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them
without the camp of Israel.
6:24
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the
silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put
into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
6:25
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s
household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even
unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent
to spy out Jericho.
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And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man
before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he
shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest
son shall he set up the gates of it.
6:27
So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised
throughout all the country.
CHAPTER 7
7:
1
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed
thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of
Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the
anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
7:
2
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside
Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go
up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
7:
3
And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the
people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and
smite Ai; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are
but few.
7:
4
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men:
and they fled before the men of Ai.
7:
5
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for
they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and
smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people
melted, and became as water.
7:
6
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face
before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of
Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
7:
7
And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all
brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the
Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and
dwelt on the other side Jordan!
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7:
8
O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before
their enemies!
7:
9
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of
it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth:
and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
7:10
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou
thus upon thy face?
7:11
Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant
which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed
thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put
it even among their own stuff.
7:12
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their
enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they
were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye
destroy the accursed from among you.
7:13
Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to
morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an
accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand
before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from
among you.
7:14
In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your
tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall
come according to the families thereof; and the family which the
LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household
which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.
7:15
And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall
be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath
transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath
wrought folly in Israel.
7:16
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their
tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
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And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the
Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man;
and Zabdi was taken:
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And he brought 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.
7:19
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to
the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell
me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
7:20
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned
against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
7:21
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and
two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels
weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are
hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
7:22
So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold,
it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
7:23
And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them
unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out
before the LORD.
7:24
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah,
and the silver, and the garment, 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 unto the
valley of Achor.
7:25
And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall
trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and
burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
7:26
And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So
the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the
name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou
dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to
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Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people,
and his city, and his land:
8:
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: lay thee an ambush for the city behind
it.
8:
3
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and
Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent
them away by night.
8:
4
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait
against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city,
but be ye all ready:
8:
5
And I, and all the people 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,
8:
6
(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the
city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore
we will flee before them.
8:
7
Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for
the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
8:
8
And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the
city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye
do. See, I have commanded you.
8:
9
Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush,
and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but
Joshua lodged that night among the people.
8:10
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the
people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people
to Ai.
8:11
And all the people, even the people of war that were with him,
went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on
the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
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And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in
ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
8:13
And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on
the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city,
Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
8:14
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted
and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel
to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the
plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him
behind the city.
8:15
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them,
and fled by the way of the wilderness.
8:16
And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue
after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away
from the city.
8:17
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out
after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
8:18
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in
thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua
stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
8:19
And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as
soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the
city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
8:20
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.
8:21
And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the
city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned
again, and slew the men of Ai.
8:22
And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in
the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and
they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
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And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
8:24
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 chased
them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until
they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and
smote it with the edge of the sword.
8:25
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women,
were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
8:26
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the
spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
8:27
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey
unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he
commanded Joshua.
8:28
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a
desolation unto this day.
8:29
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon
as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his
carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of
the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth
unto this day.
8:30
Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount
Ebal,
8:31
As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of
Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of
whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they
offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed
peace offerings.
8:32
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.
8:33
And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood
on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites,
which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the
stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against
mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as
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Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they
should bless the people of Israel.
8:34
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and
cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
8:35
There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua
read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and
the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side
Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the
great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the
Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
9:
2
That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and
with Israel, with one accord.
9:
3
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done
unto Jericho and to Ai,
9:
4
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been
ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine
bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
9:
5
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon
them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
9:
6
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto
him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now
therefore make ye a league with us.
9:
7
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell
among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
9:
8
And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said
unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
9:
9
And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are
come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have
heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
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And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were
beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of
Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
9:11
Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake
to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to
meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore
now make ye a league with us.
9:12
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 it is mouldy:
9:13
And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold,
they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old
by reason of the very long journey.
9:14
And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the
mouth of the LORD.
9:15
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them,
to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swear unto
them.
9:16
And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a
league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors,
and that they dwelt among them.
9:17
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on
the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and
Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
9:18
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of
the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel.
And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
9:19
But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn
unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not
touch them.
9:20
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be
upon us, because of the oath which we swear unto them.
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And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be
hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as
the princes had promised them.
9:22
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?
9:23
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed
from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the house of my God.
9:24
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told
thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant
Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of
the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives
because of you, and have done this thing.
9:25
And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and
right unto thee to do unto us, do.
9:26
And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the
children of Israel, that they slew them not.
9:27
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of
water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even
unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
CHAPTER 10
10:
1
Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had
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;
10:
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.
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Wherefore Adonizedec 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,
10:
4
Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it
hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
10:
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 encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
10:
6
And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal,
saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us
quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites
that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
10:
7
So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with
him, and all the mighty men of valour.
10:
8
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have
delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand
before thee.
10:
9
Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from
Gilgal all night.
10:10
And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with
a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that
goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto
Makkedah.
10:11
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in
the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great
stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they
were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children
of Israel slew with the sword.
10:12
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD
delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said
in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou,
Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
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And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had
avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the
book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and
hasted not to go down about a whole day.
10:14
And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD
hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
10:15
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to
Gilgal.
10:16
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at
Makkedah.
10:17
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a
cave at Makkedah.
10:18
And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and
set men by it for to keep them:
10:19
And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the
hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the
LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.
10:20
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, that the rest which remained of them entered into
fenced cities.
10:21
And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in
peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
10:22
Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those
five kings unto me out of the cave.
10:23
And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out
of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of
Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
10:24
And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto
Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto
the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near,
put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near,
and put their feet upon the necks of them.
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10:25
And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong
and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your
enemies against whom ye fight.
10:26
And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged
them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the
evening.
10:27
And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that
Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and
cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great
stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.
10:28
And that day Joshua took Makkedah, 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 let none remain: and he did to the
king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
10:29
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto
Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
10:30
And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand
of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the
souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the
king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.
10:31
And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto
Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
10:32
And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which
took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword,
and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done
to Libnah.
10:33
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua
smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
10:34
And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with
him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
10:35
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, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
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And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto
Hebron; and they fought against it:
10:37
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 destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
10:38
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought
against it:
10:39
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 Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he
had done also to Libnah, and to her king.
10:40
So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and
of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none
remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD
God of Israel commanded.
10:41
And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and
all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
10:42
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time,
because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
10:43
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to
Gilgal.
CHAPTER 11
11:
1
And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those
things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of
Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
11:
2
And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of
the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the
borders of Dor on the west,
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3
And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the
Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the
mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
11:
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 multitude,
with horses and chariots very many.
11:
5
And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched
together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
11:
6
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them:
for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before
Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with
fire.
11:
7
So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them
by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
11:
8
And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote
them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto
Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and
they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
11:
9
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed
their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
11:10
And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote
the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head
of all those kingdoms.
11:11
And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the
sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe:
and he burnt Hazor with fire.
11:12
And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did
Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he
utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded.
11:13
But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned
none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
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And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel
took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with
the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left
they any to breathe.
11:15
As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses
command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all
that the LORD commanded Moses.
11:16
So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country,
and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the
mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
11:17
Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto
Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all
their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
11:18
Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
11:19
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel,
save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in
battle.
11:20
For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should
come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly,
and that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them,
as the LORD commanded Moses.
11:21
And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the
mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the
mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua
destroyed them utterly with their cities.
11:22
There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of
Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
11:23
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said
unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel
according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested
from war.
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CHAPTER 12
12:
1
Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel
smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward
the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon,
and all the plain on the east:
12:
2
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from
Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the
middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river
Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
12:
3
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto
the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to
Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
12:
4
And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of
the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
12:
5
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan,
unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half
Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
12:
6
Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of
Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a
possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe
of Manasseh.
12:
7
And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the
children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from
Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that
goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a
possession according to their divisions;
12:
8
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the
springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the
Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites:
12:
9
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel,
one;
12:10
The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
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The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12:12
The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
12:13
The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
12:14
The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
12:15
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
12:16
The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
12:17
The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
12:18
The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
12:19
The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
12:20
The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
12:21
The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
12:22
The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
12:23
The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of
Gilgal, one;
12:24
The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
CHAPTER 13
13:
1
Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said
unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth
yet very much land to be possessed.
13:
2
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the
Philistines, and all Geshuri,
13:
3
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron
northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the
Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites,
the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
13:
4
From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is
beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
13:
5
And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising,
from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
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13:
6
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto
Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from
before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the
Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
13:
7
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine
tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
13:
8
With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their
inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward,
even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
13:
9
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city
that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto
Dibon;
13:10
And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in
Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
13:11
And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites,
and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
13:12
All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and
in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did
Moses smite, and cast them out.
13:13
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor
the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell
among the Israelites until this day.
13:14
Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices
of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he
said unto them.
13:15
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben
inheritance according to their families.
13:16
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river
Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the
plain by Medeba;
13:17
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and
Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
13:18
And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
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13:19
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the
valley,
13:20
And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
13:21
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of
the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with
the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and
Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
13:22
Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of
Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
13:23
And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the
border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben
after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
13:24
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the
children of Gad according to their families.
13:25
And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the
land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
13:26
And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from
Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
13:27
And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and
Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan
and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the
other side Jordan eastward.
13:28
This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families,
the cities, and their villages.
13:29
And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and
this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of
Manasseh by their families.
13:30
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of
Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan,
threescore cities:
13:31
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of
Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son
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of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by
their families.
13:32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance
in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho,
eastward.
13:33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the
LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
CHAPTER 14
14:1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in
the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of
Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of
Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
14:2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand
of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe
on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none
inheritance among them.
14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and
Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land,
save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for
their substance.
14:5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and
they divided the land.
14:6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb
the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest
the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God
concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
14:7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent
me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him
word again as it was in mine heart.
14:8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of
the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
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14:
9
And Moses swear on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon
thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s
for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
14:10
And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these
forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto
Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and
now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
14:11
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,
both to go out, and to come in.
14:12
Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in
that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were
there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD
will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the
LORD said.
14:13
And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of
Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
14:14
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of
Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly
followed the LORD God of Israel.
14:15
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a
great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
CHAPTER 15
15:
1
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their
families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin
southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
15:
2
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the
bay that looketh southward:
15:
3
And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed
along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto
Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar,
and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
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15:
4
From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river
of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall
be your south coast.
15:
5
And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan.
And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea
at the uttermost part of Jordan:
15:
6
And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the
north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan
the son of Reuben:
15:
7
And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor,
and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going
up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the
border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out
thereof were at Enrogel:
15:
8
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto
the south side of the Jebusite; 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 end of the valley of
the giants northward:
15:
9
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the
fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of
mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is
Kirjathjearim:
15:10
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir,
and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon,
on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on
to Timnah:
15:11
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the
border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah,
and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at
the sea.
15:12
And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof.
This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to
their families.
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15:13
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the
children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to
Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is
Hebron.
15:14
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and
Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15:15
And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name
of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.
15:16
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to
him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
15:17
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he
gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
15:18
And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to
ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said
unto her, What wouldest thou?
15:19
Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south
land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper
springs, and the nether springs.
15:20
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah
according to their families.
15:21
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah
toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and
Jagur,
15:22
And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
15:23
And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
15:24
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
15:25
And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
15:26
Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
15:27
And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,
15:28
And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,
15:29
Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
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15:30
And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
15:31
And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
15:32
And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are
twenty and nine, with their villages:
15:33
And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
15:34
And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
15:35
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
15:36
And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim;
fourteen cities with their villages:
15:37
Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,
15:38
And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
15:39
Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
15:40
And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
15:41
And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen
cities with their villages:
15:42
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
15:43
And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
15:44
And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their
villages:
15:45
Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
15:46
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their
villages:
15:47
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and
her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the
border thereof:
15:48
And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
15:49
And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,
15:50
And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
15:51
And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their
villages:
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15:52
Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
15:53
And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,
15:54
And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine
cities with their villages:
15:55
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
15:56
And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
15:57
Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
15:58
Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,
15:59
And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their
villages:
15:60
Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with
their villages:
15:61
In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
15:62
And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their
villages.
15:63
As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of
Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the
children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
CHAPTER 16
16:
1
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho,
unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth
up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,
16:
2
And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the
borders of Archi to Ataroth,
16:
3
And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast
of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof
are at the sea.
16:
4
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their
inheritance.
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16:5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their
families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east
side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
16:6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the
north side; and the border went about eastward unto
Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
16:7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and
came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
16:8 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river
Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
16:9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the
inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their
villages.
16:10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the
Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve
under tribute.
CHAPTER 17
17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the
firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh,
the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had
Gilead and Bashan.
17:2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by
their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of
Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of
Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of
Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of
Joseph by their families.
17:3 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.
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17:
4
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua
the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD
commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren.
Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave
them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
17:
5
And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead
and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
17:
6
Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his
sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.
17:
7
And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that
lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand
unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.
17:
8
Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the
border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
17:
9
And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the
river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the
coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the
outgoings of it were at the sea:
17:10
Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s,
and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the
north, and in Issachar on the east.
17:11
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her
towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and
her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of
Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
17:12
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of
those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
17:13
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong,
that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive
them out.
17:14
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast
thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a
great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
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17:15
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee
up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land
of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow
for thee.
17:16
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and
all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots
of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they
who are of the valley of Jezreel.
17:17
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:
17:18
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut
it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive
out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though
they be strong.
CHAPTER 18
18:
1
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled
together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation
there. And the land was subdued before them.
18:
2
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes,
which had not yet received their inheritance.
18:
3
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack
to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers
hath given you?
18:
4
Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send
them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it
according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to
me.
18:
5
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their
coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their
coasts on the north.
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18:6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the
description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before
the LORD our God.
18:7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the
LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe
of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the
east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
18:8 And the men arose, and went away: 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, that I may here cast lots for
you before the LORD in Shiloh.
18:9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by
cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the
host at Shiloh.
18:10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and
there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according
to their divisions.
18:11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up
according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth
between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
18:12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border
went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up
through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were
at the wilderness of Bethaven.
18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of
Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to
Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether
Bethhoron.
18:14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the
sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron
southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is
Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west
quarter.
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And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the
border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of
Nephtoah:
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And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth
before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley
of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom,
to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,
18:17
And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and
went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of
Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of
Reuben,
18:18
And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward,
and went down unto Arabah:
18:19
And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward:
and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt
sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
18:20
And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round
about, according to their families.
18:21
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to
their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of
Keziz,
18:22
And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
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And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,
18:24
And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with
their villages:
18:25
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
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And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
18:27
And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
18:28
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and
Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of
the children of Benjamin according to their families.
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CHAPTER 19
19:1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance
was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
19:2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and
Moladah,
19:3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,
19:4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
19:5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,
19:6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
19:7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
19:8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to
Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
19:9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of
the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was
too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their
inheritance within the inheritance of them.
19:10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to
their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
19:11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and
reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before
Jokneam;
19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the
border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth
up to Japhia,
19:13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to
Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah;
19:14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and
the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:
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And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and
Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
19:16
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their
families, these cities with their villages.
19:17
And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar
according to their families.
19:18
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
19:19
And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,
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And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
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And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;
19:22
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and
Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan:
sixteen cities with their villages.
19:23
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar
according to their families, the cities and their villages.
19:24
And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families.
19:25
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
19:26
And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel
westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
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And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to
Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of
Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
19:28
And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great
Zidon;
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And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre;
and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the
sea from the coast to Achzib:
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Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with
their villages.
19:31
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
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19:32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the
children of Naphtali according to their families.
19:33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and
Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof
were at Jordan:
19:34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth
out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south
side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon
Jordan toward the sunrising.
19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and
Chinnereth,
19:36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
19:37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,
19:38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh;
nineteen cities with their villages.
19:39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali
according to their families, the cities and their villages.
19:40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families.
19:41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and
Irshemesh,
19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
19:43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
19:44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
19:45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,
19:46 And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
19:47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them:
therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and
took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it,
and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan
their father.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according
to their families, these cities with their villages.
19:49
When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by
their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the
son of Nun among them:
19:50
According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which
he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the
city, and dwelt therein.
19:51
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the
son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the
children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before
the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So
they made an end of dividing the country.
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
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2
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities
of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
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3
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly
may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of
blood.
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4
And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at
the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the
ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto
them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
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5
And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not
deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbor
unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
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6
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the
congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest
that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come
unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from
whence he fled.
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20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and
Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in
the mountain of Judah.
20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned
Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben,
and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan
out of the tribe of Manasseh.
20:9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and
for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth
any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand
of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
CHAPTER 21
21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar
the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of
the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
21:2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying,
The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to
dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their
inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and
their suburbs.
21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the
children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot
out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of
the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
21:5 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.
21:6 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.
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21:7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of
Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of
Zebulun, twelve cities.
21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities
with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of
Moses.
21:9 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.
21:10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the
Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was
the first lot.
21:11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which
city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs
thereof round about it.
21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her
suburbs,
21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
21:15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and
Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba
with her suburbs,
21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four
cities.
21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen
cities with their suburbs.
21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which
remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of
their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
21:22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs;
four cities.
21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon
with her suburbs,
21:24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four
cities.
21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs,
and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the
children of Kohath that remained.
21:27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites,
out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan
with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and
Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh
with her suburbs,
21:29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.
21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon
with her suburbs,
21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor
with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were
thirteen cities with their suburbs.
21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the
Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs,
and Kartah with her suburbs,
21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
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21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and
Jahazah with her suburbs,
21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four
cities.
21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to
be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in
all.
21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which
were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot
twelve cities.
21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of
Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them:
thus were all these cities.
21:43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he swear to give
unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
21:44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he
swear unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their
enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into
their hand.
21:45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had
spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
CHAPTER 22
22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half
tribe of Manasseh,
22:2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the
LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I
commanded you:
22:3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but
have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
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22:
4
And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren,
as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto
your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the
servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.
22:
5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which
Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD
your God, and to walk 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.
22:
6
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto
their tents.
22:
7
Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given
possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua
among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when
Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
22:
8
And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches 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.
22:
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
country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they
were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand
of Moses.
22:10
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the
land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and
the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great
altar to see to.
22:11
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 over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of
Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
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22:12
And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation
of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to
go up to war against them.
22:13
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,
22:14
And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout
all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of
their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
22:15
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,
22:16
Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is
this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away
this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an
altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
22:17
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not
cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the
congregation of the LORD,
22:18
But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD?
and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to
morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
22:19
Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then
pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD,
wherein the LORD’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession
among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in
building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.
22:20
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed
thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man
perished not alone in his iniquity.
22:21
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the
thousands of Israel,
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22:22
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and
Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression
against the LORD, (save us not this day,)
22:23
That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or
if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer
peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;
22:24
And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In
time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying,
What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
22:25
For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye
children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the
LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing
the LORD.
22:26
Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for
burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
22:27
But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our
generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD
before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and
with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our
children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
22:28
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us
or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again,
Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers
made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness
between us and you.
22:29
God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this
day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings,
for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD
our God that is before his tabernacle.
22:30
And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation
and heads of the thousands of Israel which 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.
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22:31
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children
of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of
Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us,
because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD:
now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the
LORD.
22:32
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of
Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the
children of Israel, and brought them word again.
22:33
And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of
Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in
battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad
dwelt.
22:34
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar
Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
CHAPTER 23
23:
1
And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest
unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed
old and stricken in age.
23:
2
And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their
heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto
them, I am old and stricken in age:
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3
And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all
these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that
hath fought for you.
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4
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain,
to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the
nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
23:
5
And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you,
and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their
land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.
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6
Be ye therefore 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;
23:
7
That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among
you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to
swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
23:
8
But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this
day.
23:
9
For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and
strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you
unto this day.
23:10
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God,
he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
23:11
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD
your God.
23:12
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of
these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make
marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
23:13
Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive
out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares
and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your
eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your
God hath given you.
23:14
And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye
know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing
hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake
concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing
hath failed thereof.
23:15
Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come
upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the
LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you
from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
23:16
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God,
which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods,
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and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD
be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the
good land which he hath given unto you.
CHAPTER 24
24:
1
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called
for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and
for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
24:
2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time,
even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and
they served other gods.
24:
3
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood,
and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his
seed, and gave him Isaac.
24:
4
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount
Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into
Egypt.
24:
5
I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to
that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
24:
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
horsemen unto the Red sea.
24:
7
And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between
you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and
covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt:
and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
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8
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on
the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them
into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed
them from before you.
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24:
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Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred
against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse
you:
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But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you
still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
24:11
And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of
Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and
the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites,
and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
24:12
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from
before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy
sword, nor with thy bow.
24:13
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labor, and cities
which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and
oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
24:14
Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in
truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the
other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this
day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers
served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we
will serve the LORD.
24:16
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should
forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
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For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers
out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did
those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way
wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we
passed:
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And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the
Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the
LORD; for he is our God.
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And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for
he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your
transgressions nor your sins.
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If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn
and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you
good.
24:21
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the
LORD.
24:22
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against
yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And
they said, We are witnesses.
24:23
Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are
among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
24:24
And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we
serve, and his voice will we obey.
24:25
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them
a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
24:26
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and
took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the
sanctuary of the LORD.
24:27
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a
witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which
he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye
deny your God.
24:28
So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
24:29
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun,
the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
24:30
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the
hill of Gaash.
24:31
And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the
days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all
the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
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24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up
out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which
Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an
hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the
children of Joseph.
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And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill
that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount
Ephraim.
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The Book of
CHAPTER 1
1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of
Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the
Canaanites first, to fight against them?
1:2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the
land into his hand.
1:3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into
my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise
will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
1:4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and
the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten
thousand men.
1:5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against
him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
1:6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him,
and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
1:7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their
thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my
table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought
him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
1:8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had
taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city
on fire.
1:9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the
Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the
valley.
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1:10
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now
the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew
Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
1:11
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the
name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
1:12
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to
him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
1:13
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it:
and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
1:14
And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to
ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb
said unto her, What wilt thou?
1:15
And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me
a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the
upper springs and the nether springs.
1:16
And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out
of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the
wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they
went and dwelt among the people.
1:17
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the
Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And
the name of the city was called Hormah.
1:18
Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with
the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
1:19
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants
of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the
valley, because they had chariots of iron.
1:20
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled
thence the three sons of Anak.
1:21
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that
inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of
Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
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1:22
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and
the LORD was with them.
1:23
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of
the city before was Luz.)
1:24
And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said
unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and
we will shew thee mercy.
1:25
And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote
the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all
his family.
1:26
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.
1:27
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and
her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor
and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the
inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would
dwell in that land.
1:28
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the
Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
1:29
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer;
but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
1:30
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the
inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and
became tributaries.
1:31
Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the
inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah,
nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
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But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of
the land: for they did not drive them out.
1:33
Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor
the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites,
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the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of
Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.
1:34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for
they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
1:35 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 tributaries.
1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim,
from the rock, and upward.
CHAPTER 2
2:1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and
said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto
the land which I swear unto your fathers; and I said, I will never
break my covenant with you.
2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye
shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice:
why have ye done this?
2:3 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.
2:4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these
words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their
voice, and wept.
2:5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed
there unto the LORD.
2:6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went
every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
2:7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all
the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the
great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being
an hundred and ten years old.
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And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the
hill Gaash.
2:10
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and
there arose another generation after them, which knew not the
LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
2:11
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and
served Baalim:
2:12
And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought
them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods
of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves
unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
2:13
And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
2:14
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered
them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them
into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not
any longer stand before their enemies.
2:15
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against
them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn
unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
2:16
Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out
of the hand of those that spoiled them.
2:17
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a
whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they
turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in,
obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
2:18
And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was
with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies
all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their
groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
2:19
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned,
and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following
other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased
not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
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2:20
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said,
Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I
commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
2:21
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the
nations which Joshua left when he died:
2:22
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the
way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or
not.
2:23
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out
hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by
them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of
Canaan;
3:
2
Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to
teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
3:
3
Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and
the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from
mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
3:
4
And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they
would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he
commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
3:
5
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites,
and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
3:
6
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their
daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
3:
7
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and
forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
3:
8
Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he
sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of
Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim
eight years.
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3:
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And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD
raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them,
even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
3:10
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel,
and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim
king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against
Chushanrishathaim.
3:11
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz
died.
3:12
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD:
and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel,
because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
3:13
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and
went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
3:14
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen
years.
3:15
But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD
raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a
man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present
unto Eglon the king of Moab.
3:16
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit
length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
3:17
And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon
was a very fat man.
3:18
And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away
the people that bare the present.
3:19
But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal,
and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep
silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
3:20
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlor,
which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message
from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
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3:21
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his
right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
3:22
And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon
the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and
the dirt came out.
3:23
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the
parlor upon him, and locked them.
3:24
When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that,
behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he
covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
3:25
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened
not the doors of the parlor; therefore they took a key, and opened
them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
3:26
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the
quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
3:27
And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in
the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down
with him from the mount, and he before them.
3:28
And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath
delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they
went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab,
and suffered not a man to pass over.
3:29
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all
lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
3:30
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the
land had rest fourscore years.
3:31
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the
Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered
Israel.
CHAPTER 4
4:
1
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD,
when Ehud was dead.
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4:2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan,
that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which
dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine
hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed
the children of Israel.
4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel
at that time.
4:5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and
Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her
for judgment.
4:6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of
Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of
Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and
take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of
the children of Zebulun?
4:7 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 thine hand.
4:8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go:
but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the
journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for the LORD
shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and
went with Barak to Kedesh.
4:10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up
with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
4:11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the
father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and
pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
4:12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone
up to mount Tabor.
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4:13
And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred
chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from
Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
4:14
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the
LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone
out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten
thousand men after him.
4:15
And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his
host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera
lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
4:16
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto
Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the
edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
4:17
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.
4:18
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my
lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her
into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
4:19
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.
4:20
Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be,
when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any
man here? that thou shalt say, No.
4:21
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer
in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his
temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and
weary. So he died.
4:22
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him,
and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou
seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead,
and the nail was in his temples.
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4:23
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the
children of Israel.
4:24
And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed
against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin
king of Canaan.
CHAPTER 5
5:
1
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day,
saying,
5:
2
Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people
willingly offered themselves.
5:
3
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto
the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
5:
4
LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out
of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped,
the clouds also dropped water.
5:
5
The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from
before the LORD God of Israel.
5:
6
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the
highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through
byways.
5:
7
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until
that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
5:
8
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield
or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
5:
9
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves
willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
5:10
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and
walk by the way.
5:11
They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of
drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the
LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his
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villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to
the gates.
5:12
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak,
and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
5:13
Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles
among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the
mighty.
5:14
Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after
thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down
governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the
writer.
5:15
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and
also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of
Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
5:16
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of
the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings
of heart.
5:17
Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships?
Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
5:18
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto
the death in the high places of the field.
5:19
The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in
Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
5:20
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against
Sisera.
5:21
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river
Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
5:22
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings,
the pransings of their mighty ones.
5:23
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the
inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the
LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
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5:24
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be,
blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
5:25
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in
a lordly dish.
5:26
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s
hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his
head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
5:27
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he
fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
5:28
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the
lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels
of his chariots?
5:29
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
5:30
Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man
a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colors, a prey of divers
colors of needlework, of divers colors of needlework on both sides,
meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
5:31
So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him
be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had
rest forty years.
CHAPTER 6
6:
1
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and
the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
6:
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And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the
Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in
the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
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And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up,
and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up
against them;
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And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of
the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for
Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
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6:
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For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came
as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were
without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
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And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites;
and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
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And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the
LORD because of the Midianites,
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That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which
said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you
up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
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And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of
the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before
you, and gave you their land;
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And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods
of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed
my voice.
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And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which
was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his
son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the
Midianites.
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And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him,
The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
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And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us,
why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which
our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from
Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into
the hands of the Midianites.
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And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might,
and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have
not I sent thee?
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And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?
behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my
father’s house.
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6:16
And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou
shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
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And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then
shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
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Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring
forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry
until thou come again.
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And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes
of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the
broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and
presented it.
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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.
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Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was
in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and
there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the
unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his
sight.
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And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD,
Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel
of the LORD face to face.
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And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou
shalt not die.
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Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it
Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,
Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven
years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath,
and cut down the grove that is by it:
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And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this
rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a
burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut
down.
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6:27
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD
had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s
household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day,
that he did it by night.
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And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold,
the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that
was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that
was built.
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And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And
when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash
hath done this thing.
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Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that
he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and
because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.
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And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for
Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to
death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for
himself, because one hath cast down his altar.
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Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal
plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
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Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the
east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the
valley of Jezreel.
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But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a
trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
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And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was
gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto
Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
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And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand,
as thou hast said,
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Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on
the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I
know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
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And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the
fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full
of water.
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And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me,
and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this
once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and
upon all the ground let there be dew.
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And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and
there was dew on all the ground.
CHAPTER 7
7:
1
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with
him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that
the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the
hill of Moreh, in the valley.
7:
2
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee
are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest
Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath
saved me.
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3
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,
Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early
from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and
two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
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4
And the LORD 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.
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5
So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said
unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue,
as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one
that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
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7:6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their
mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people
bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that
lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand:
and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
7:8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and
he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained
those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him
in the valley.
7:9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,
Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine
hand.
7:10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down
to the host:
7:11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands
be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down
with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that
were in the host.
7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the
east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and
their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for
multitude.
7:13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a
dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo,
a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came
unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent
lay along.
7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the
sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand
hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
7:15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the
interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the
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host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into
your hand the host of Midian.
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And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he
put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and
lamps within the pitchers.
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And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold,
when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so
shall ye do.
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When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow
ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The
sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
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So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the
outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they
had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and
brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
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And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the
pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in
their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the
LORD, and of Gideon.
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And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and
all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
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And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every
man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and
the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of
Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
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And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of
Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued
after the Midianites.
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And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim,
saying, come down against the Midianites, and take before them
the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of
Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto
Bethbarah and Jordan.
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7:25
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and
they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the
winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of
Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
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 the
Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
8:
2
And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of
you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the
vintage of Abiezer?
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3
God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb
and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then
their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
8:
4
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three
hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
8:
5
And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of
bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am
pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
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6
And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and
Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine
army?
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And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah
and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the
thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
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8
And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise:
and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had
answered him.
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And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come
again in peace, I will break down this tower.
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Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with
them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts
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of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty
thousand men that drew sword.
8:11 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.
8:12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and
took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and
discomfited all the host.
8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun
was up,
8:14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of
him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the
elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
8:15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and
Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of
Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread
unto thy men that are weary?
8:16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness
and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
8:17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the
city.
8:18 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.
8:19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother:
as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay
you.
8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the
youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a
youth.
8:21 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
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and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their
camels’ necks.
8:22 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 delivered
us from the hand of Midian.
8:23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall
my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
8:24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that
ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had
golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
8:25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread
a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a
thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and
collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and
beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in
Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing
became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
8:28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that
they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in
quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
8:29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for
he had many wives.
8:31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son,
whose name he called Abimelech.
8:32 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.
8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children
of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made
Baalberith their god.
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8:34
And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God,
who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on
every side:
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Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely,
Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto
Israel.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his
mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the
family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
9:
2
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether
is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are
threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over
you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
9:
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.
9:
4
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the
house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light
persons, which followed him.
9:
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: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of
Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
9:
6
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of
Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the
pillar that was in Shechem.
9:
7
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of
mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto
them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may
hearken unto you.
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9:
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.
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But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,
wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted
over the trees?
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And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
9:11
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness,
and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
9:13
And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which
cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
9:14
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over
us.
9:15
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king
over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not,
let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
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Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have
made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and
his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his
hands;
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(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and
delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
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And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have
slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and
have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the
men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
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If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with
his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also
rejoice in you:
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But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, 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.
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9:21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there,
for fear of Abimelech his brother.
9:22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
9:23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of
Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with
Abimelech:
9:24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal
might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother,
which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him
in the killing of his brethren.
9:25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the
mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them:
and it was told Abimelech.
9:26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to
Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
9:27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards,
and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of
their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
9:28 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 the men of Hamor the father of
Shechem: for why should we serve him?
9:29 And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I
remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army,
and come out.
9:30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the
son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
9:31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold,
Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and,
behold, they fortify the city against thee.
9:32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee,
and lie in wait in the field:
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9:33
And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou
shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the
people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do
to them as thou shalt find occasion.
9:34
And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by
night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
9:35
And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of
the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that
were with him, from lying in wait.
9:36
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there
come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said
unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were
men.
9:37
And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by
the middle of the land, and another company come along by the
plain of Meonenim.
9:38
Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith
thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not
this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and
fight with them.
9:39
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with
Abimelech.
9:40
And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were
overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.
9:41
And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and
his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
9:42
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into
the field; and they told Abimelech.
9:43
And he took the people, and divided them into three companies,
and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were
come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote
them.
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9:44
And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed
forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the
two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the
fields, and slew them.
9:45
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the
city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city,
and sowed it with salt.
9:46
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they
entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
9:47
And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of
Shechem were gathered together.
9:48
And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people
that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut
down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his
shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye
have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
9:49
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and
followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on
fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died
also, about a thousand men and women.
9:50
Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez,
and took it.
9:51
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 it to them,
and gat them up to the top of the tower.
9:52
And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and
went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
9:53
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s
head, and all to brake his skull.
9:54
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and
said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of
me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through,
and he died.
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9:55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they
departed every man unto his place.
9:56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did
unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
9:57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their
heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of
Jerubbaal.
CHAPTER 10
10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of
Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir
in mount Ephraim.
10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was
buried in Shamir.
10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and
two years.
10:4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had
thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in
the land of Gilead.
10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD,
and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the
gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children
of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD,
and served not him.
10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold
them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the
children of Ammon.
10:8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel:
eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side
Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
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Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also
against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of
Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
10:10
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have
sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and
also served Baalim.
10:11
And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver
you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children
of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
10:12
The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did
oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their
hand.
10:13
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will
deliver you no more.
10:14
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver
you in the time of your tribulation.
10:15
And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do
thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only,
we pray thee, this day.
10:16
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served
the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
10:17
Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and
encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled
themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
10:18
And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What
man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he
shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
CHAPTER 11
11:
1
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he
was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
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11:
2
And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and
they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit
in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
11:
3
Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of
Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out
with him.
11:
4
And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of
Ammon made war against Israel.
11:
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:
11:
6
And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we
may fight with the children of Ammon.
11:
7
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me,
and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto
me now when ye are in distress?
11:
8
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn
again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against
the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of
Gilead.
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And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home
again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD
deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
11:10
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be
witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
11:11
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people
made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his
words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
11:12
And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of
Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come
against me to fight in my land?
11:13
And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the
messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when
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they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and
unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
11:14
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children
of Ammon:
11:15
And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the
land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
11:16
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the
wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
11:17
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me,
I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not
hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of
Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
11:18
Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the
land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of
the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but
came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of
Moab.
11:19
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the
king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray
thee, through thy land into my place.
11:20
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon
gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought
against Israel.
11:21
And the LORD 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.
11:22
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon
even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
11:23
So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites
from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
11:24
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to
possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from
before us, them will we possess.
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11:25
And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor,
king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight
against them,
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While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her
towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon,
three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within
that time?
11:27
Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong
to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between
the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
11:28
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the
words of Jephthah which he sent him.
11:29
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed
over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead,
and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of
Ammon.
11:30
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou
shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
11:31
Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my
house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of
Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’s, and I will offer it up for a
burnt offering.
11:32
So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight
against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
11:33
And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith,
even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very
great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before
the children of Israel.
11:34
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his
daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and
she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
11:35
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
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art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto
the LORD, and I cannot go back.
11:36
And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth
unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded
out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance
for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
11:37
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me
alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the
mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
11:38
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she
went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the
mountains.
11:39
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 no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
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That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of
Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
CHAPTER 12
12:
1
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went
northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over
to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go
with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
12:
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 delivered
me not out of their hands.
12:
3
And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my
hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the
LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come
up unto me this day, to fight against me?
12:
4
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought
with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they
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said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites,
and among the Manassites.
12:
5
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the
Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which
were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto
him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
12:
6
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said
Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they
took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at
that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
12:
7
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the
Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
12:
8
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
12:
9
And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent
abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And
he judged Israel seven years.
12:10
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
12:11
And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged
Israel ten years.
12:12
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the
country of Zebulun.
12:13
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
12:14
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore
and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
12:15
And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried
in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
CHAPTER 13
13:
1
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD;
and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty
years.
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13:2 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.
13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said
unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou
shalt conceive, and bear a son.
13:4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong
drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
13:5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come
on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the
womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the
Philistines.
13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God
came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an
angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was,
neither told he me his name:
13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son;
and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean
thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to
the day of his death.
13:8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the
man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach
us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
13:9 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.
13:10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and
said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came
unto me the other day.
13:11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man,
and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman?
And he said, I am.
13:12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we
order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
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13:13
And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said
unto the woman let her beware.
13:14
She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let
her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I
commanded her let her observe.
13:15
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us
detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
13:16
And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain
me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt
offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not
that he was an angel of the LORD.
13:17
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name,
that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honor?
13:18
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus
after my name, seeing it is secret?
13:19
So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a
rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah
and his wife looked on.
13:20
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from
off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of
the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their
faces to the ground.
13:21
But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to
his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
13:22
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we
have seen God.
13:23
But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he
would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our
hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would
as at this time have told us such things as these.
13:24
And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the
child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
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13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the
camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
CHAPTER 14
14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath
of the daughters of the Philistines.
14:2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I
have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines:
now therefore get her for me to wife.
14:3 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.
14:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD,
that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time
the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
14:5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to
Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a
young lion roared against him.
14:6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent
him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand:
but he told not his father or his mother what he had
done.
14:7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased
Samson well.
14:8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see
the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and
honey in the carcase of the lion.
14:9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to
his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he
told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the
lion.
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14:10
So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there
a feast; for so used the young men to do.
14:11
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty
companions to be with him.
14:12
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto
you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the
feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty
change of garments:
14:13
But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets
and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth
thy riddle, that we may hear it.
14:14
And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out
of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three
days expound the riddle.
14:15
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 burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have
ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?
14:16
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 it thee?
14:17
And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted:
and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because
she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her
people.
14:18
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.
14:19
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to
Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and
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gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle.
And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
14:20 But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used
as his friend.
CHAPTER 15
15:1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat
harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will
go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer
him to go in.
15:2 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.
15:3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless
than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took
firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst
between two tails.
15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the
standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and
also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
15:6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered,
Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his
wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up,
and burnt her and her father with fire.
15:7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I
be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he
went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
15:9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread
themselves in Lehi.
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15:10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And
they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as
he hath done to us.
15:11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock
Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines
are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And
he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
15:12 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.
15:13 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 cords, and brought him up
from the rock.
15:14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him:
and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords
that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire,
and his bands loosed from off his hands.
15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and
took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
15:16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps,
with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
15:17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he
cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place
Ramathlehi.
15:18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou
hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and
now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the
uncircumcised?
15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came
water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and
he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which
is in Lehi unto this day.
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15:20
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
CHAPTER 16
16:
1
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in
unto her.
16:
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, In the morning, when
it is day, we shall kill him.
16:
3
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the
doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away
with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and
carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
16:
4
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley
of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
16:
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
afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred
pieces of silver.
16:
6
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy
great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to
afflict thee.
16:
7
And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs
that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
16:
8
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green
withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
16:
9
Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber.
And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And
he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth
the fire. So his strength was not known.
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16:10
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.
16:11
And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that
never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
16:12
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and
said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there
were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from
off his arms like a thread.
16:13
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.
16:14
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The
Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep,
and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
16:15
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when
thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times,
and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
16:16
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words,
and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
16:17
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not
come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God
from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go
from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
16:18
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 shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the
Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
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And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man,
and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and
she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
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And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke
out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and
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shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from
him.
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But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him
down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did
grind in the prison house.
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Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was
shaven.
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Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer
a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said,
Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
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And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they
said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the
destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
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And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said,
Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for
Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they
set him between the pillars.
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And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me
that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I
may lean upon them.
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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.
16:28
And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God,
remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only
this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines
for my two eyes.
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And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the
house stood, and on which it was born up, of the one with his right
hand, and of the other with his left.
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And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed
himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and
upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at
his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
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Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and
took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and
Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged
Israel twenty years.
CHAPTER 17
17:
1
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
17:
2
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver
that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest
of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his
mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
17:
3
And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to
his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto
the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a
molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
17:
4
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took
two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who
made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in
the house of Micah.
17:
5
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and
teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
17:
6
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that
which was right in his own eyes.
17:
7
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family
of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
17:
8
And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to
sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount
Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
17:
9
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto
him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I
may find a place.
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And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father
and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year,
and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young
man was unto him as one of his sons.
17:12
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his
priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good,
seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
CHAPTER 18
18:
1
In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the
tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto
that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the
tribes of Israel.
18:
2
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their
coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out
the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the
land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of
Micah, they lodged there.
18:
3
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of
the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto
him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place?
and what hast thou here?
18:
4
And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and
hath hired me, and I am his priest.
18:
5
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that
we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
18:
6
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is
your way wherein ye go.
18:
7
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people
that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the
Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the
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land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far
from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
18:
8
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their
brethren said unto them, What say ye?
18:
9
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have
seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not
slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
18:10
When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large
land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is
no want of any thing that is in the earth.
18:11
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of
Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with
weapons of war.
18:12
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah:
wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day:
behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.
18:13
And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the
house of Micah.
18:14
Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of
Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in
these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a
molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
18:15
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young
man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
18:16
And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,
which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the
gate.
18:17
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 in the entering
of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with
weapons of war.
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And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image,
the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the
priest unto them, What do ye?
18:19
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy
mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it
better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that
thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
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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.
18:21
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle
and the carriage before them.
18:22
And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the
men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered
together, and overtook the children of Dan.
18:23
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their
faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest
with such a company?
18:24
And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the
priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is
this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
18:25
And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard
among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life,
with the lives of thy household.
18:26
And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that
they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his
house.
18:27
And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest
which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at
quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword,
and burnt the city with fire.
18:28
And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and
they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that
lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
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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.
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And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the
son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were
priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the
land.
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And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all
the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
CHAPTER 19
19:
1
And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in
Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of
mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of
Bethlehemjudah.
19:
2
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away
from him unto her father’s house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there
four whole months.
19:
3
And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto
her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a
couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house: and
when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
19:
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.
19:
5
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in
the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said
unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread,
and afterward go your way.
19:
6
And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together:
for the damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray
thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
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19:
7
And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him:
therefore he lodged there again.
19:
8
And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and
the damsel’s father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And
they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
19:
9
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and
his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him,
Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all
night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine
heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way,
that thou mayest go home.
19:10
But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and
departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and
there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was
with him.
19:11
And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the
servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in
into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
19:12
And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into
the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will
pass over to Gibeah.
19:13
And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of
these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
19:14
And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down
upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to
Benjamin.
19:15
And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and
when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there
was no man that took them into his house to lodging.
19:16
And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field
at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in
Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
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And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the
street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and
whence comest thou?
19:18
And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah
toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to
Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD;
and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
19:19
Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is
bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the
young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any
thing.
19:20
And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy
wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
19:21
So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the
asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
19:22
Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of
the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and
beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man,
saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we
may know him.
19:23
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and
said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so
wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this
folly.
19:24
Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, 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 so vile a thing.
19:25
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took 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.
19:26
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.
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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, and her hands
were upon the threshold.
19:28
And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered.
Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and
gat him unto his place.
19:29
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid
hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones,
into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
19:30
And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed
done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out
of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and
speak your minds.
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was
gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with
the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
20:
2
And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel,
presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four
hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
20:
3
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel
were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us,
how was this wickedness?
20:
4
And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain,
answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin,
I and my concubine, to lodge.
20:
5
And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round
about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my
concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
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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.
20:
7
Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and
counsel.
20:
8
And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us
go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
20:
9
But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will
go up by lot against it;
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And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of
Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten
thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when
they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that
they have wrought in Israel.
20:11
So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together
as one man.
20:12
And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin,
saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
20:13
Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are
in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from
Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice
of their brethren the children of Israel.
20:14
But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of
the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of
Israel.
20:15
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of
the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the
inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen
men.
20:16
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men
lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not
miss.
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20:17
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four
hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
20:18
And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God,
and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to
the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said,
Judah shall go up first.
20:19
And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped
against Gibeah.
20:20
And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the
men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at
Gibeah.
20:21
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and
destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and
two thousand men.
20:22
And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set
their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in
array the first day.
20:23
(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD
until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up
again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And
the LORD said, Go up against him.)
20:24
And the children of Israel came near against the children of
Benjamin the second day.
20:25
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second
day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel
again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
20:26
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and
came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the
LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings before the LORD.
20:27
And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of
the covenant of God was there in those days,
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20:28
And Phinehas, 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 the LORD
said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
20:29
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
20:30
And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin
on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at
other times.
20:31
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and
were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the
people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one
goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field,
about thirty men of Israel.
20:32
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 from the city unto the highways.
20:33
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put
themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel
came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
20:34
And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all
Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was
near them.
20:35
And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of
Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five
thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
20:36
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the
men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted
unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
20:37
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.
20:38
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and
the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke
rise up out of the city.
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And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to
smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they
said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
20:40
But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar
of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the
flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
20:41
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin
were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
20:42
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the
way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them
which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
20:43
Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them,
and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the
sunrising.
20:44
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were
men of valour.
20:45
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 pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two
thousand men of them.
20:46
So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five
thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
20:47
But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the
rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
20:48
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin,
and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of
every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on
fire all the cities that they came to.
CHAPTER 21
21:
1
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall
not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
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21:
2
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even
before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
21:
3
And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in
Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
21:
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.
21:
5
And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of
Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For
they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the
LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
21:
6
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their
brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
21:
7
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have
sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to
wives?
21:
8
And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came
not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to
the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.
21:
9
For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the
inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
21:10
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the
valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the
inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the
women and the children.
21:11
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy
every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
21:12
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four
hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any
male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in
the land of Canaan.
21:13
And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of
Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto
them.
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21:14
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives
which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet
so they sufficed them not.
21:15
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the
LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
21:16
Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for
wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of
Benjamin?
21:17
And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be
escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
21:18
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the
children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a
wife to Benjamin.
21:19
Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh
yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east
side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on
the south of Lebonah.
21:20
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go
and lie in wait in the vineyards;
21:21
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance
in 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.
21:22
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us
to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favorable unto them
for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the
war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be
guilty.
21:23
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives,
according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught:
and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the
cities, and dwelt in them.
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21:24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man
to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every
man to his inheritance.
21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which
was right in his own eyes.
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The Book of
CHAPTER 1
1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there
was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah
went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his
two sons.
1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife
Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion,
Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of
Moab, and continued there.
1:3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her
two sons.
1:4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the
one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled
there about ten years.
1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman
was left of her two sons and her husband.
1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return
from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of
Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them
bread.
1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her
two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return
unto the land of Judah.
1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to
her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have
dealt with the dead, and with me.
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1:
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The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the
house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up
their voice, and wept.
1:10
And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy
people.
1:11
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with
me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be
your husbands?
1:12
Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an
husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband
also to night, and should also bear sons;
1:13
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for
them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me
much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against
me.
1:14
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed
her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
1:15
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her
people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
1:16
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from
following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where
thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy
God my God:
1:17
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD
do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
1:18
When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then
she left speaking unto her.
1:19
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to
pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was
moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
1:20
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the
Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
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1:21
I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty:
why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against
me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
1:22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law,
with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they
came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
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:
2
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the
field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find
grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
2:
3
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz,
who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
2:
4
And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the
reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The
LORD bless thee.
2:
5
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,
Whose damsel is this?
2:
6
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It
is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the
country of Moab:
2:
7
And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers
among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the
morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
2:
8
Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not
to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast
by my maidens:
2:
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
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thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of
that which the young men have drawn.
2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said
unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou
shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
2:11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed
me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death
of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy
mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people
which thou knewest not heretofore.
2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee
of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to
trust.
2:13 Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my Lord; for that
thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly
unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine
handmaidens.
2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of
the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the
reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was
sufficed, and left.
2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young
men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach
her not:
2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave
them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had
gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
2:18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law
saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her
that she had reserved after she was sufficed.
2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to
day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take
knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom
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she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought
to day is Boaz.
2:20
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the
LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the
dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us,
one of our next kinsmen.
2:21
And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt
keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
2:22
And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my
daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee
not in any other field.
2:23
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of
barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in
law.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I
not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
3:
2
And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou
wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
3:
3
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon
thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known
unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
3:
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.
3:
5
And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
3:
6
And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her
mother in law bade her.
3:
7
And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he
went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came
softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
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3:
8
And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and
turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
3:
9
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine
handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou
art a near kinsman.
3:10
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou
hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning,
inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
3:11
And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou
requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a
virtuous woman.
3:12
And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a
kinsman nearer than I.
3:13
Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will
perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the
kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee,
then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie
down until the morning.
3:14
And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before
one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a
woman came into the floor.
3:15
Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it.
And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid
it on her: and she went into the city.
3:16
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.
3:17
And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said
to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
3:18
Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the
matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have
finished the thing this day.
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CHAPTER 4
4:
1
Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and,
behold, the 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.
4:
2
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye
down here. And they sat down.
4:
3
And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the
country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother
Elimelech’s:
4:
4
And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the
inhabitants, 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 beside thee; and I
am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
4:
5
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of
Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of
the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
4:
6
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar
mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot
redeem it.
4:
7
Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning
redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man
plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor: and this was a
testimony in Israel.
4:
8
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew
off his shoe.
4:
9
And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are
witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and
all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
4:10
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
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his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this
day.
4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We
are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine
house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of
Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in
Bethlehem:
4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare
unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this
young woman.
4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in
unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which
hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may
be famous in Israel.
4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of
thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is
better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
4:16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became
nurse unto it.
4:17 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.
4:18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
4:19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
4:20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
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SAMUEL
CHAPTER 1
1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount
Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of
Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
1:2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the
name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but
Hannah had no children.
1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to
sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of
Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah
his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
1:5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah:
but the LORD had shut up her womb.
1:6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret,
because the LORD had shut up her womb.
1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of
the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not
eat.
1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to 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?
1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they
had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the
temple of the LORD.
1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and
wept sore.
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1:11
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt
indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me,
and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a
man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his
life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
1:12
And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD,
that Eli marked her mouth.
1:13
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her
voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
1:14
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away
thy wine from thee.
1:15
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
have poured out my soul before the LORD.
1:16
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the
abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
1:17
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel
grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
1:18
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the
woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no
more sad.
1:19
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the
LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and
Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
1:20
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after
Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name
Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
1:21
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the
LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
1:22
But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not
go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he
may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
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1:23
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee
good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish
his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she
weaned him.
1:24
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with
three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and
brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child
was young.
1:25
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
1:26
And she said, Oh my Lord, as thy soul liveth, my Lord, I am the
woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
1:27
For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition
which I asked of him:
1:28
Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he
shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD,
mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine
enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
2:
2
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee:
neither is there any rock like our God.
2:
3
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of
your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him
actions are weighed.
2:
4
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled
are girded with strength.
2:
5
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they
that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and
she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
2:
6
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the
grave, and bringeth up.
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2:
7
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and
lifteth up.
2:
8
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar
from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them
inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the
LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
2:
9
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in
darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
2:10
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of
heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends
of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the
horn of his anointed.
2:11
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did
minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
2:12
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
2:13
And the priest’s custom with the people was, that, when any man
offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in
seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
2:14
And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that
the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in
Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
2:15
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said
to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he
will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
2:16
And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat
presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he
would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I
will take it by force.
2:17
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the
LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
2:18
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with
a linen ephod.
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2:19
Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him
from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the
yearly sacrifice.
2:20
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give
thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD.
And they went unto their own home.
2:21
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare
three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before
the LORD.
2:22
Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all
Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
2:23
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your
evil dealings by all this people.
2:24
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the
LORD’s people to transgress.
2:25
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a
man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him?
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father,
because the LORD would slay them.
2:26
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the
LORD, and also with men.
2:27
And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father,
when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
2:28
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest,
to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before
me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings
made by fire of the children of Israel?
2:29
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I
have commanded in my habitation; and honorest thy sons above
me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of
Israel my people?
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2:30
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy
house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever:
but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor
me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
2:31
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of
thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine
house.
2:32
And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth
which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in
thine house for ever.
2:33
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar,
shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the
increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
2:34
And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two
sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of
them.
2:35
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to
that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a
sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
2:36
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house
shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of
bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’
offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And
the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no
open vision.
3:
2
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his
place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
3:
3
And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD,
where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
3:
4
That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
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3:5 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.
3:6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and
went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he
answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of
the LORD yet revealed unto him.
3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose
and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli
perceived that the LORD had called the child.
3:9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he
call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant
heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times,
Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant
heareth.
3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel,
at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken
concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the
iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile,
and he restrained them not.
3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity
of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for
ever.
3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the
house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he
answered, Here am I.
3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee?
I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also,
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if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto
thee.
3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And
he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none
of his words fall to the ground.
3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was
established to be a prophet of the LORD.
3:21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed
himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
CHAPTER 4
4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out
against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and
the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and
when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines:
and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel
said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the
Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out
of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us
out of the hand of our enemies.
4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the
ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between
the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were
there with the ark of the covenant of God.
4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the
camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang
again.
4:6 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
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Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was
come into the camp.
4:
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.
4:
8
Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty
Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the
plagues in the wilderness.
4:
9
Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be
not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit
yourselves like men, and fight.
4:10
And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled
every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for
there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
4:11
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni
and Phinehas, were slain.
4:12
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to
Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his
head.
4:13
And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a 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.
4:14
And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth
the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
4:15
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim,
that he could not see.
4:16
And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I
fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my
son?
4:17
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the
Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the
people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and
the ark of God is taken.
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4:18
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that
he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his
neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he
had judged Israel forty years.
4:19
And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be
delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was
taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she
bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
4:20
And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said
unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not,
neither did she regard it.
4:21
And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed
from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her
father in law and her husband.
4:22
And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God
is taken.
CHAPTER 5
5:
1
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from
Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
5:
2
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the
house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
5:
3
And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold,
Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the
LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
5:
4
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon
was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD;
and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut
off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
5:
5
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into
Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto
this day.
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5:6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and
he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod
and the coasts thereof.
5:7 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.
5:8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines
unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of
Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be
carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of
Israel about thither.
5:9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the
LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he
smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had
emerods in their secret parts.
5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass,
as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out,
saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us,
to slay us and our people.
5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines,
and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again
to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was
a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was
very heavy there.
5:12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the
cry of the city went up to heaven.
CHAPTER 6
6:1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines
seven months.
6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying,
What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we
shall send it to his place.
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6:
3
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it
not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye
shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not
removed from you.
6:
4
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall
return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five
golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines:
for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
6:
5
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of
your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God
of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and
from off your gods, and from off your land.
6:
6
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and
Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully
among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
6:
7
Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which
there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring
their calves home from them:
6:
8
And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put
the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a
coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
6:
9
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to
Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then
we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance
that happened to us.
6:10
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the
cart, and shut up their calves at home:
6:11
And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer
with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
6:12
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh,
and 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 Bethshemesh.
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6:13
And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the
valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced
to see it.
6:14
And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and
stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the
wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the
LORD.
6:15
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer
that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on
the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt
offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
6:16
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they
returned to Ekron the same day.
6:17
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned
for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza
one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
6:18
And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the
Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of
country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they
set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this
day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
6:19
And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked
into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty
thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented,
because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great
slaughter.
6:20
And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this
holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
6:21
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim,
saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD;
come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
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CHAPTER 7
7:
1
And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the
LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and
sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
7:
2
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the
time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel
lamented after the LORD.
7:
3
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do
return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the
strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your
hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you
out of the hand of the Philistines.
7:
4
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth,
and served the LORD only.
7:
5
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for
you unto the LORD.
7:
6
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and
poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said
there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the
children of Israel in Mizpeh.
7:
7
And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were
gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up
against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were
afraid of the Philistines.
7:
8
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the
LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the
Philistines.
7:
9
And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering
wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for
Israel; and the LORD heard him.
7:10
And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines
drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a
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great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited
them; and they were smitten before Israel.
7:11
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the
Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.
7:12
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen,
and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the
LORD helped us.
7:13
So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the
coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the
Philistines all the days of Samuel.
7:14
And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were
restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts
thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And
there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
7:15
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
7:16
And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and
Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
7:17
And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he
judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons
judges over Israel.
8:
2
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his
second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
8:
3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre,
and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
8:
4
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came
to Samuel unto Ramah,
8:
5
And 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.
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8:
6
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to
judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
8:
7
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the
people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected
thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
8:
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, wherewith
they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto
thee.
8:
9
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest
solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that
shall reign over them.
8:10
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that
asked of him a king.
8:11
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign
over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself,
for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before
his chariots.
8:12
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains
over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his
harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his
chariots.
8:13
And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be
cooks, and to be bakers.
8:14
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your
oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
8:15
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and
give to his officers, and to his servants.
8:16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and
your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his
work.
8:17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
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8:18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye
shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that
day.
8:19
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and
they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
8:20
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.
8:21
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed
them in the ears of the LORD.
8:22
And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make
them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every
man unto his city.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son
of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of
Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
9:
2
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and
a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier
person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than
any of the people.
9:
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.
9:
4
And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the
land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed
through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed
through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
9:
5
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his
servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father
leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
9:
6
And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of
God, and he is an honorable man; all that he saith cometh surely to
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pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way
that we should go.
9:
7
Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we
bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not
a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
9:
8
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here
at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the
man of God, to tell us our way.
9:
9
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he
spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a
Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
9:10
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they
went unto the city where the man of God was.
9:11
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young
maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer
here?
9:12
And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you:
make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a
sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
9:13
As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him,
before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat
until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards
they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this
time ye shall find him.
9:14
And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the
city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high
place.
9:15
Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came,
saying,
9:16
To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of
Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people
Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the
Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is
come unto me.
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9:17
And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the
man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my
people.
9:18
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray
thee, where the seer’s house is.
9:19
And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before
me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to
morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.
9:20
And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy
mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of
Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s house?
9:21
And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest
of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of
the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
9:22
And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the
parlor, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that
were bidden, which were about thirty persons.
9:23
And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave
thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
9:24
And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it,
and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left!
set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for
thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with
Samuel that day.
9:25
And when they were come down from the high place into the city,
Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
9:26
And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the
day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up,
that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out
both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
9:27
And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to
Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but
stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.
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CHAPTER 10
10:
1
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and
kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed
thee to be captain over his inheritance?
10:
2
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two
men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah;
and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek
are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and
sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
10:
3
Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to
the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to
God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three
loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
10:
4
And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which
thou shalt receive of their hands.
10:
5
After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison
of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come
thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets
coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and
a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
10:
6
And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt
prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
10:
7
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as
occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
10:
8
And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will
come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice
sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come
to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
10:
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.
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10:10
And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of
prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he
prophesied among them.
10:11
And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that,
behold, he prophesied among 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?
10:12
And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their
father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the
prophets?
10:13
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high
place.
10:14
And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went
ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they
were no where, we came to Samuel.
10:15
And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto
you.
10:16
And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were
found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he
told him not.
10:17
And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
10:18
And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of
the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and
of them that oppressed you:
10:19
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you
out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said
unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present
yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your
thousands.
10:20
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near,
the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
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10:21
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their
families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish
was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
10:22
Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should
yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid
himself among the stuff.
10:23
And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among
the people, he was higher than any of the people from his
shoulders and upward.
10:24
And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD
hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And
all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
10:25
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote
it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all
the people away, every man to his house.
10:26
And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a
band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
10:27
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And
they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.
CHAPTER 11
11:
1
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against
Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a
covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
11:
2
And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will
I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right
eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
11:
3
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’
respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel:
and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
11:
4
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in
the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and
wept.
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11:
5
And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul
said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him
the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
11:
6
And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings,
and his anger was kindled greatly.
11:
7
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent
them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of
messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and
after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the
LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
11:
8
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were
three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
11:
9
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say
unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be
hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to
the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
11:10
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.
11:11
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three
companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning
watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it
came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two
of them were not left together.
11:12
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.
11:13
And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for
to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
11:14
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and
renew the kingdom there.
11:15
And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king
before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of
peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of
Israel rejoiced greatly.
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CHAPTER 12
12:
1
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto
your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over
you.
12:
2
And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and
grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked
before you from my childhood unto this day.
12:
3
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before
his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or
whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose
hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I
will restore it you.
12:
4
And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us,
neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.
12:
5
And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his
anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my
hand. And they answered, He is witness.
12:
6
And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced
Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land
of Egypt.
12:
7
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the
LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you
and to your fathers.
12:
8
When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the
LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought
forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
12:
9
And when they forgat the LORD their God, 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.
12:10
And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because
we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and
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Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and
we will serve thee.
12:11
And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and
Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on
every side, and ye dwelled safe.
12:12
And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon
came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over
us: when the LORD your God was your king.
12:13
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom
ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
12:14
If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and
not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both
ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the
LORD your God:
12:15
But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against
the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD
be against you, as it was against your fathers.
12:16
Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will
do before your eyes.
12:17
Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he
shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your
wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD,
in asking you a king.
12:18
So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and
rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and
Samuel.
12:19
And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto
the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all
our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
12:20
And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this
wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but
serve the LORD with all your heart;
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12:21
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things,
which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
12:22
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s
sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
12:23
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the
LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good
and the right way:
12:24
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for
consider how great things he hath done for you.
12:25
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and
your king.
CHAPTER 13
13:
1
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over
Israel,
13:
2
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two
thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a
thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest
of the people he sent every man to his tent.
13:
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.
13:
4
And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the
Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the
Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to
Gilgal.
13:
5
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with
Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and
people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they
came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
13:
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 high places, and in pits.
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13:
7
And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and
Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people
followed him trembling.
13:
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.
13:
9
And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace
offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
13:10
And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering
the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet
him, that he might salute him.
13:11
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 gathered
themselves together at Michmash;
13:12
Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to
Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced
myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
13:13
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not
kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he
commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy
kingdom upon Israel for ever.
13:14
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought
him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded
him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that
which the LORD commanded thee.
13:15
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.
13:16
And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present
with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines
encamped in Michmash.
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13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to
Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
13:18 And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another
company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley
of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for
the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or
spears:
13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen
every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for
the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
13:22 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.
13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of
Michmash.
CHAPTER 14
14:1 Now it came to pass 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 the other side. But he told
not his father.
14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a
pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were
with him were about six hundred men;
14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of
Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an
ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over
unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one
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side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one
was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
14:5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against
Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come,
and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may
be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the
LORD to save by many or by few.
14:7 And his armorbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart:
turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and
we will discover ourselves unto them.
14:9 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.
14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the
LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign
unto us.
14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the
Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come
forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his
armorbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a
thing. And Jonathan said unto his armorbearer, Come up after me:
for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and
his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his
armorbearer slew after him.
14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made,
was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land,
which a yoke of oxen might plow.
14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the
people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the
earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
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14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and,
behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down
one another.
14:17 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.
14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark
of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the
noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased:
and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
14:20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled
themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s
sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great
discomfiture.
14:21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that
time, which went up with them into the camp from the country
round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that
were with Saul and Jonathan.
14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount
Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also
followed hard after them in the battle.
14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over
unto Bethaven.
14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had
adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food
until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of
the people tasted any food.
14:25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey
upon the ground.
14:26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey
dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people
feared the oath.
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14:27
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with
the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his
hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his
mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
14:28
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly
charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that
eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
14:29
Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray
you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little
of this honey.
14:30
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the
spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been
now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
14:31
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to
Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
14:32
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.
14:33
Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the
LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have
transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
14:34
And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say
unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his
sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD
in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his
ox with him that night, and slew them there.
14:35
And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar
that he built unto the LORD.
14:36
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and
spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of
them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee.
Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
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14:37
And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the
Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he
answered him not that day.
14:38
And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and
know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
14:39
For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in
Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man
among all the people that answered him.
14:40
Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan
my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul,
Do what seemeth good unto thee.
14:41
Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect
lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
14:42
And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And
Jonathan was taken.
14:43
Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And
Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the
end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
14:44
And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely
die, Jonathan.
14:45
And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath
wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD
liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he
hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan,
that he died not.
14:46
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the
Philistines went to their own place.
14:47
So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his
enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of
Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and
against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he
vexed them.
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14:48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered
Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua:
and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the
firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
14:50 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.
14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was
the son of Abiel.
14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul:
and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took
him unto him.
CHAPTER 15
15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be
king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto
the voice of the words of the LORD.
15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did
to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up
from Egypt.
15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, 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.
15:4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in
Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of
Judah.
15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from
among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye
shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up
out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
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15:
7
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to
Shur, that is over against Egypt.
15:
8
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly
destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
15:
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 utterly destroy them: but every thing that
was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
15:10
Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
15:11
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned
back from following me, and hath not performed my
commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the
LORD all night.
15:12
And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was
told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him
up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to
Gilgal.
15:13
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou
of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
15:14
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in
mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
15:15
And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for
the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice
unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
15:16
Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the
LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
15:17
And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast
thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD
anointed thee king over Israel?
15:18
And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly
destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until
they be consumed.
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15:19
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but
didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
15:20
And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the
LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have
brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the
Amalekites.
15:21
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the
things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto
the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
15:22
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt
offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat
of rams.
15:23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as
iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the
LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
15:24
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed
the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared
the people, and obeyed their voice.
15:25
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me,
that I may worship the LORD.
15:26
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou
hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected
thee from being king over Israel.
15:27
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt
of his mantle, and it rent.
15:28
And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of
Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine,
that is better than thou.
15:29
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not
a man, that he should repent.
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15:30
Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before
the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me,
that I may worship the LORD thy God.
15:31
So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
15:32
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the
Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said,
Surely the bitterness of death is past.
15:33
And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so
shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed
Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
15:34
Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to
Gibeah of Saul.
15:35
And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death:
nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented
that he had made Saul king over Israel.
CHAPTER 16
16:
1
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for
Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine
horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for
I have provided me a king among his sons.
16:
2
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And
the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to
sacrifice to the LORD.
16:
3
And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt
do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
16:
4
And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to
Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and
said, Comest thou peaceably?
16:
5
And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD:
sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he
sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
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16:
6
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on
Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.
16:
7
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or
on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the
LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward
appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
16:
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Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel.
And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
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Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath
the LORD chosen this.
16:10
Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And
Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
16:11
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said,
There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the
sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will
not sit down till he come hither.
16:12
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of
a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD
said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
16:13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of
his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from
that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
16:14
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit
from the LORD troubled him.
16:15
And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from
God troubleth thee.
16:16
Let our Lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to
seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall
come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he
shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
16:17
And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can
play well, and bring him to me.
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16:18
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a
son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a
mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and
a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
16:19
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me
David thy son, which is with the sheep.
16:20
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.
16:21
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him
greatly; and he became his armorbearer.
16:22
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before
me; for he hath found favor in my sight.
16:23
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul,
that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was
refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
CHAPTER 17
17:
1
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and
were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and
pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
17:
2
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched
by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the
Philistines.
17:
3
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel
stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley
between them.
17:
4
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines,
named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
17:
5
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed
with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand
shekels of brass.
17:
6
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass
between his shoulders.
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17:
7
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his
spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a
shield went before him.
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8
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto
them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a
Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and
let him come down to me.
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9
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your
servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be
our servants, and serve us.
17:10
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me
a man, that we may fight together.
17:11
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they
were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
17:12
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah,
whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went
among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
17:13
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the
battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were
Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third
Shammah.
17:14
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
17:15
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep
at Bethlehem.
17:16
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented
himself forty days.
17:17
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an
ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the
camp of thy brethren;
17:18
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and
look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
17:19
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of
Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
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17:20
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 trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and
shouted for the battle.
17:21
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army
against army.
17:22
And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage,
and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
17:23
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion,
the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the
Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David
heard them.
17:24
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him,
and were sore afraid.
17:25
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up?
surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man
who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will
give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
17:26
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall
be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the
reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that
he should defy the armies of the living God?
17:27
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it
be done to the man that killeth him.
17:28
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men;
and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why
camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few
sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of
thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the
battle.
17:29
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
17:30
And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same
manner: and the people answered him again after the former
manner.
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17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they
rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy
servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
17:33 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.
17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep,
and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
17:35 And 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.
17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this
uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath
defied the armies of the living God.
17:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw
of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of
the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the
LORD be with thee.
17:38 And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put an helmet of
brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armor, 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.
17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth
stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he
had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near
to the Philistine.
17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man
that bare the shield went before him.
17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained
him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
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17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest
to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy
flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a
sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in
the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel,
whom thou hast defied.
17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will
smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the
carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of
the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may
know that there is a God in Israel.
17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with
sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you
into our hands.
17:48 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.
17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and
slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone
sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a
stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no
sword in the hand of David.
17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon 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 their
champion was dead, they fled.
17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and
pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the
gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by
the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
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17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the
Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to
Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
17:55 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.
17:56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
17:57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner
took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the
Philistine in his hand.
17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And
David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the
Bethlehemite.
CHAPTER 18
18:1 And it came to pass, when 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.
18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to
his father’s house.
18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him
as his own soul.
18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and
gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his
bow, and to his girdle.
18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved
himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was
accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of
Saul’s servants.
18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from
the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities
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of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with
joy, and with instruments of musick.
18:
7
And the women answered one another as they played, and said,
Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
18:
8
And Saul was very wroth, and the 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?
18:
9
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
18:10
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God
came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and
David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a
javelin in Saul’s hand.
18:11
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the
wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
18:12
And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him,
and was departed from Saul.
18:13
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain
over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
18:14
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD
was with him.
18:15
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he
was afraid of him.
18:16
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came
in before them.
18:17
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will
I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the
LORD’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but
let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
18:18
And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my
father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
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18:19
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.
18:20
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and
the thing pleased him.
18:21
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 in the one
of the twain.
18:22
And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David
secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his
servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.
18:23
And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And
David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law,
seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
18:24
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake
David.
18:25
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not
any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be
avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall
by the hand of the Philistines.
18:26
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David
well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.
18:27
Wherefore 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 tale to the king, that he might be the
king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
18:28
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that
Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.
18:29
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became
David’s enemy continually.
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18:30
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass,
after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely
than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
CHAPTER 19
19:
1
And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that
they should kill David.
19:
2
But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan
told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now
therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and
abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
19:
3
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where
thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I
see, that I will tell thee.
19:
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;
because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works
have been to thee-ward very good:
19:
5
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the
LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and
didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood,
to slay David without a cause?
19:
6
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swear, As
the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
19:
7
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those
things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his
presence, as in times past.
19:
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
from him.
19:
9
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his
house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
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19:10
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin:
but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the
javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
19:11
Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and
to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him,
saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be
slain.
19:12
So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and
fled, and escaped.
19:13
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow
of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
19:14
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
19:15
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him
up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
19:16
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an
image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
19:17
And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and
sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered
Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
19:18
So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told
him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and
dwelt in Naioth.
19:19
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
19:20
And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the
company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as
appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers
of Saul, and they also prophesied.
19:21
And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they
prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third
time, and they prophesied also.
19:22
Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in
Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And
one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
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19:23
And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God
was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came
to Naioth in Ramah.
19:24
And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel
in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night.
Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
And David fled from 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?
20:
2
And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my
father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it
me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
20:
3
And David swear moreover, and said, Thy father certainly
knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not
Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and
death.
20:
4
Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I
will even do it for thee.
20:
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.
20:
6
If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave
of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly
sacrifice there for all the family.
20:
7
If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be
very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
20:
8
Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast
brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee:
notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for
why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
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20:
9
And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that
evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would
not I tell it thee?
20:10
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy
father answer thee roughly?
20:11
And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the
field. And they went out both of them into the field.
20:12
And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I
have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third
day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send
not unto thee, and shew it thee;
20:13
The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my
father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away,
that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he
hath been with my father.
20:14
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of
the LORD, that I die not:
20:15
But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for
ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David
every one from the face of the earth.
20:16
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let
the LORD even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
20:17
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him:
for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
20:18
Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and
thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
20:19
And when thou hast stayed three days, then 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.
20:20
And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot
at a mark.
20:21
And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I
expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of
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thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no
hurt; as the LORD liveth.
20:22
But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are
beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
20:23
And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of,
behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
20:24
So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was
come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
20:25
And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat
by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and
David’s place was empty.
20:26
Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought,
Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
20:27
And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of
the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto
Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat,
neither yesterday, nor to day?
20:28
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to
go to Bethlehem:
20:29
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice
in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to 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 cometh not unto the
king’s table.
20:30
Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto
him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know
that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and
unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
20:31
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt
not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and
fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
20:32
And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him,
Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
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20:33
And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan
knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
20:34
So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no
meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David,
because his father had done him shame.
20:35
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.
20:36
And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I
shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
20:37
And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which
Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the
arrow beyond thee?
20:38
And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And
Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
20:39
But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the
matter.
20:40
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go,
carry them to the city.
20:41
And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward
the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself
three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with
another, until David exceeded.
20:42
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have
sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be
between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever.
And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
CHAPTER 21
21:
1
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech
was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art
thou alone, and no man with thee?
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21:
2
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath
commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man
know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I
have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such
and such a place.
21:
3
Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of
bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
21:
4
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common
bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young
men have kept themselves at least from women.
21:
5
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth
women have been kept from us about these three days, since I
came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread
is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in
the vessel.
21:
6
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there
but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put
hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
21:
7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,
detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite,
the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
21:
8
And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine
hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my
weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.
21:
9
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom
thou slewest in the valley 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.
21:10
And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to
Achish the king of Gath.
21:11
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?
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21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of
Achish the king of Gath.
21:13 And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad
in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his
spittle fall down upon his beard.
21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad:
wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
21:15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play
the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my
house?
CHAPTER 22
22:1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam:
and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went
down thither to him.
22:2 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 a captain over them: and there were with him
about four hundred men.
22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the
king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come
forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt
with him all the while that David was in the hold.
22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold;
depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed,
and came into the forest of Hareth.
22:6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were
with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having
his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
22:7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now,
ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields
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and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and
captains of hundreds;
22:
8
That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that
sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse,
and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me
that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait,
as at this day?
22:
9
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants
of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to
Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
22:10
And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and
gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
22:11
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.
22:12
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered,
Here I am, my Lord.
22:13
And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou
and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a
sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise
against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
22:14
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so
faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in
law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honorable in thine house?
22:15
Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let
not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house
of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
22:16
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all
thy father’s house.
22:17
And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn,
and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with
David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to
me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to
fall upon the priests of the LORD.
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22:18
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.
And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and
slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen
ephod.
22:19
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the
sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and
asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
22:20
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named
Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
22:21
And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD’s
priests.
22:22
And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the
Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have
occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.
22:23
Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh
thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
CHAPTER 23
23:
1
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against
Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
23:
2
Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and
smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and
smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
23:
3
And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in
Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the
armies of the Philistines?
23:
4
Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD
answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver
the Philistines into thine hand.
23:
5
So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the
Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a
great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
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23:
6
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to
David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
23:
7
And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul
said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by
entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
23:
8
And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to
Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
23:
9
And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him;
and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
23:10
Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath
certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the
city for my sake.
23:11
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come
down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech
thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
23:12
Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men
into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee
up.
23:13
Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and
departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go.
And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he
forbare to go forth.
23:14
And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in
a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every
day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
23:15
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David
was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
23:16
And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood,
and strengthened his hand in God.
23:17
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.
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23:18
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode
in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
23:19
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not
David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill
of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
23:20
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of
thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into
the king’s hand.
23:21
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have
compassion on me.
23:22
Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his
haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he
dealeth very subtilly.
23:23
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he
hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the 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 throughout all the thousands of Judah.
23:24
And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his
men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of
Jeshimon.
23:25
Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David;
wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness
of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the
wilderness of Maon.
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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.
23:27
But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and
come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
23:28
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went
against the Philistines: therefore they called that place
Selahammahlekoth.
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23:29
And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at
Engedi.
CHAPTER 24
24:
1
And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the
Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the
wilderness of Engedi.
24:
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.
24:
3
And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and
Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in
the sides of the cave.
24:
4
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the
LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine
hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee.
Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.
24:
5
And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him,
because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
24:
6
And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this
thing unto my master, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch forth mine
hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
24:
7
So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them
not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went
on his way.
24:
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 stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
24:
9
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words,
saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
24:10
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had
delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me
kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth
mine hand against my Lord; for he is the LORD’s anointed.
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24:11
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my
hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not,
know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in
mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my
soul to take it.
24:12
The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me
of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
24:13
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
24:14
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou
pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
24:15
The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and
see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
24:16
And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking
these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son
David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
24:17
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast
rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
24:18
And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with
me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine
hand, thou killedst me not.
24:19
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away?
wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done
unto me this day.
24:20
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and
that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
24:21
Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut
off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out
of my father’s house.
24:22
And David swear unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and
his men gat them up unto the hold.
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CHAPTER 25
25:
1
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and
lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David
arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
25:
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.
25:
3
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife
Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a
beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his
doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
25:
4
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
25:
5
And David sent out 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:
25:
6
And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be
both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all
that thou hast.
25:
7
And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds
which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought
missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
25:
8
Ask thy young men, and they will shew 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 thine hand unto thy
servants, and to thy son David.
25:
9
And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal
according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
25:10
And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David?
and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days
that break away every man from his master.
25:11
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have
killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not
whence they be?
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25:12
So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came
and told him all those sayings.
25:13
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 stuff.
25:14
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 on them.
25:15
But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither
missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them,
when we were in the fields:
25:16
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we
were with them keeping the sheep.
25:17
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is
determined against our master, and against all his household: for he
is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
25:18
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two
bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of
parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred
cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
25:19
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come
after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
25:20
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the
covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down
against her; and she met them.
25:21
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow
hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that
pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
25:22
So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all
that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against
the wall.
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25:23
And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass,
and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
25:24
And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my Lord, upon me let this
iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine
audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
25:25
Let not my Lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal:
for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with
him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my Lord,
whom thou didst send.
25:26
Now therefore, my Lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed
blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let
thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my Lord, be as Nabal.
25:27
And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my
Lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my Lord.
25:28
I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD
will certainly make my Lord a sure house; because my Lord
fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in
thee all thy days.
25:29
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul
of my Lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy
God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out
of the middle of a sling.
25:30
And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my
Lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee,
and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
25:31
That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offense of heart unto my
Lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my Lord
hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well
with my Lord, then remember thine handmaid.
25:32
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,
which sent thee this day to meet me:
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25:33
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept
me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself
with mine own hand.
25:34
For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath
kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come
to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the
morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
25:35
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and
said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened
to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
25:36
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his
house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within
him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less
or more, until the morning light.
25:37
But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of
Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died
within him, and he became as a stone.
25:38
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote
Nabal, that he died.
25:39
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be
the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the
hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD
hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And
David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
25:40
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel,
they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee
to him to wife.
25:41
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said,
Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the
servants of my Lord.
25:42
And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five
damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the
messengers of David, and became his wife.
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25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of
them his wives.
25:44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the
son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
CHAPTER 26
26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not
David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before
Jeshimon?
26:2 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.
26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon,
by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that
Saul came after him into the wilderness.
26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come
in very deed.
26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched:
and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of
Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the
people pitched round about him.
26:6 Then answered David and said 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.
26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold,
Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the
ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about
him.
26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into
thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee,
with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him
the second time.
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26:
9
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch
forth his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?
26:10
David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall
smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into
battle, and perish.
26:11
The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the
LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is
at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
26:12
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster;
and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither
awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the
LORD was fallen upon them.
26:13
Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an
hill afar off; a great space being between them:
26:14
And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner,
saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and
said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
26:15
And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is
like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy Lord
the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king
thy Lord.
26:16
This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye
are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the
LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the
cruse of water that was at his bolster.
26:17
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.
26:18
And he said, Wherefore doth my Lord thus pursue after his
servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
26:19
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my Lord the king hear the words of
his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him
accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be
they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from
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abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other
gods.
26:20
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of
the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when
one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
26:21
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no
more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes
this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred
exceedingly.
26:22
And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one
of the young men come over and fetch it.
26:23
The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his
faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but
I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed.
26:24
And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so
let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him
deliver me out of all tribulation.
26:25
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou
shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David
went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
CHAPTER 27
27:
1
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the
hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should
speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall
despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I
escape out of his hand.
27:
2
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men
that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
27:
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.
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27:
4
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no
more again for him.
27:
5
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine
eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I
may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal
city with thee?
27:
6
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth
unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
27:
7
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines
was a full year and four months.
27:
8
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and
the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the
inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of
Egypt.
27:
9
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive,
and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the
camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
27:10
And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David
said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the
Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
27:11
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to
Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and
so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the
Philistines.
27:12
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel
utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
28:
1
And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered
their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish
said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with
me to battle, thou and thy men.
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28:
2
And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy
servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make
thee keeper of mine head for ever.
28:
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.
28:
4
And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and
pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they
pitched in Gilboa.
28:
5
And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and
his heart greatly trembled.
28:
6
And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him
not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
28:
7
Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a
familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his
servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar
spirit at Endor.
28:
8
And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went,
and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and
he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring
me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
28:
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?
28:10
And Saul swear to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth,
there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
28:11
Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he
said, Bring me up Samuel.
28:12
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.
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28:13
And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou?
And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the
earth.
28:14
And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old
man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul
perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the
ground, and bowed himself.
28:15
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.
28:16
Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the
LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
28:17
And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the
LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy
neighbor, even to David:
28:18
Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst
his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this
thing unto thee this day.
28:19
Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand
of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with
me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of
the Philistines.
28:20
Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore
afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength
in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
28:21
And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore
troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed
thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened
unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
28:22
Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of
thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and
eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
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28:23
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together
with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice.
So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
28:24
And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and
killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened
bread thereof:
28:25
And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they
did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
CHAPTER 29
29:
1
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek:
and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
29:
2
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by
thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with
Achish.
29:
3
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews
here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not
this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been
with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in
him since he fell unto me unto this day?
29:
4
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the
princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return,
that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him,
and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an
adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his
master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
29:
5
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances,
saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
29:
6
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD
liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in
with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in
thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day:
nevertheless the lords favor thee not.
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29:
7
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the
lords of the Philistines.
29:
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 with thee unto
this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my Lord
the king?
29:
9
And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good
in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the
Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
29:10
Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master’s
servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in
the morning, and have light, depart.
29:11
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to
return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up
to Jezreel.
CHAPTER 30
30:
1
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag
on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and
Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
30:
2
And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew
not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on
their way.
30:
3
So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned
with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were
taken captives.
30:
4
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice
and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
30:
5
And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
30:
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
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his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the
LORD his God.
30:
7
And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray
thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the
ephod to David.
30:
8
And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this
troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for
thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
30:
9
So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him,
and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind
stayed.
30:10
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred
abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the
brook Besor.
30:11
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to
David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink
water;
30:12
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.
30:13
And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence
art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an
Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell
sick.
30:14
We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon
the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb;
and we burned Ziklag with fire.
30:15
And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this
company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt
neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I
will bring thee down to this company.
30:16
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread
abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because
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of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the
Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
30:17
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, which rode upon camels, and fled.
30:18
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and
David rescued his two wives.
30:19
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great,
neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they
had taken to them: David recovered all.
30:20
And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave
before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
30:21
And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that
they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at
the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet
the people that were with him: and when David came near to the
people, he saluted them.
30:22
Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that
went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will
not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to
every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them
away, and depart.
30:23
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which
the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the
company that came against us into our hand.
30:24
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is
that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by
the stuff: they shall part alike.
30:25
And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and
an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
30:26
And when David came to Ziklag, 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 the LORD;
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30:27 To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south
Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
30:28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in
Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
30:29 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the
cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of
the Kenites,
30:30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in
Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,
30:31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where
David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
CHAPTER 31
31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled
from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
31:2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons;
and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua,
Saul’s sons.
31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and
he was sore wounded of the archers.
31:4 Then said Saul unto his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust
me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me
through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was
sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
31:5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise
upon his sword, and died with him.
31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his
men, that same day together.
31:7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the
valley, and they that were on the other side 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.
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31:
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.
31:
9
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into
the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of
their idols, and among the people.
31:10
And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they
fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
31:11
And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the
Philistines had done to Saul;
31:12
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of
Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and
came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
31:13
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh,
and fasted seven days.
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CHAPTER 1
1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was
returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had
abode two days in Ziklag;
1:2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out
of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his
head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the
earth, and did obeisance.
1:3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said
unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
1:4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell
me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and
many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan
his son are dead also.
1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest
thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
1:6 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance
upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo,
the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me.
And I answered, Here am I.
1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an
Amalekite.
1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me:
for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he
could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that
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was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have
brought them hither unto my Lord.
1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise
all the men that were with him:
1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and
for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the
house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art
thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch
forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?
1:15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall
upon him. And he smote him that he died.
1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy
mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’s
anointed.
1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over
Jonathan his son:
1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow:
behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the
mighty fallen!
1:20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the
daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the
uncircumcised triumph.
1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be
rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the
mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not
been anointed with oil.
1:22 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.
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1:23
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.
1:24
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet,
with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your
apparel.
1:25
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan,
thou wast slain in thine high places.
1:26
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.
1:27
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD,
saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the
LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go
up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
2:
2
So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite.
2:
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.
2:
4
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king
over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the
men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.
2:
5
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said
unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this
kindness unto your Lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
2:
6
And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also
will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
2:
7
Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant:
for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have
anointed me king over them.
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2:
8
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth
the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
2:
9
And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over
Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
2:10
Ishbosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign
over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed
David.
2:11
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of
Judah was seven years and six months.
2:12
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son
of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2:13
And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out,
and met together 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.
2:14
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play
before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
2:15
Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin,
which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the
servants of David.
2:16
And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his
sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore
that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
2:17
And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten,
and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
2:18
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and
Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
2:19
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the
right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
2:20
Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he
answered, I am.
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2:21
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 following of him.
2:22
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following
me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should
I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
2:23
Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder
end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came
out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place:
and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where
Asahel fell down and died stood still.
2:24
Joab also 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.
2:25
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after
Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
2:26
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for
ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end?
how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from
following their brethren?
2:27
And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely
then in the morning the people had gone up every one from
following his brother.
2:28
So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued
after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
2:29
And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and
passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came
to Mahanaim.
2:30
And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had
gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants
nineteen men and Asahel.
2:31
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s
men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
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2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his
father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all
night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
CHAPTER 3
3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house
of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of
Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was
Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
3:3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the
Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter
of Talmai king of Geshur;
3:4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth,
Shephatiah the son of Abital;
3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David’s wife. These were born to
David in Hebron.
3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of
Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for
the house of Saul.
3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter
of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone
in unto my father’s concubine?
3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said,
Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day
unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his
friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that
thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath
sworn to David, even so I do to him;
3:10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the
throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to
Beersheba.
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3:11
And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared
him.
3:12
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose
is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my
hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
3:13
And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I
require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou
first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my
face.
3:14
And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul’s son, saying,
Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an
hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
3:15
And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from
Phaltiel the son of Laish.
3:16
And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to
Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
3:17
And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye
sought for David in times past to be king over you:
3:18
Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By
the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of
the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
3:19
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 that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
3:20
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him.
And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
3:21
And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all
Israel unto my Lord the king, that they may make a league with
thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth.
And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
3:22
And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a
troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not
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with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone
in peace.
3:23 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 him away, and he is gone in peace.
3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?
behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him
away, and he is quite gone?
3:25 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.
3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers
after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but
David knew it not.
3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in
the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the
fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
3:28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are
guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the
son of Ner:
3:29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let
there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that
is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or
that lacketh bread.
3:30 So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain
their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
3:31 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 himself followed the bier.
3:32 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.
3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool
dieth?
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Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man
falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept
again over him.
3:35
And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it
was yet day, David swear, saying, So do God to me, and more
also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
3:36
And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as
whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
3:37
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not
of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
3:38
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a
prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
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And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the
sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the
doer of evil according to his wickedness.
CHAPTER 4
4:
1
And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his
hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
4:
2
And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name
of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons
of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth
also was reckoned to Benjamin.
4:
3
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there
until this day.)
4:
4
And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He
was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out
of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass,
as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his
name was Mephibosheth.
4:
5
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah,
went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of
Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
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4:
6
And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they
would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib:
and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
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7
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his
bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him,
and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
4:
8
And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron,
and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul
thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged
my Lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
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And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of
Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth,
who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
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When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have
brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag,
who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
4:11
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person
in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require
his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
4:12
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and
cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool
in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in
the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
CHAPTER 5
5:
1
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake,
saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
5:
2
Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that
leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee,
Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over
Israel.
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5:
3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king
David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and
they anointed David king over Israel.
5:
4
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
forty years.
5:
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.
5:
6
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except
thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in
hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
5:
7
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the
city of David.
5:
8
And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter,
and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated
of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said,
The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
5:
9
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And
David built round about from Millo and inward.
5:10
And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts
was with him.
5:11
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees,
and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
5:12
And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over
Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s
sake.
5:13
And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem,
after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and
daughters born to David.
5:14
And these be the names of those that were born unto him in
Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
5:15
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
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5:16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
5:17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king
over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David
heard of it, and went down to the hold.
5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim.
5:19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the
Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD
said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines
into thine hand.
5:20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and
said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me,
as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place
Baalperazim.
5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned
them.
5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in
the valley of Rephaim.
5:23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go
up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over
against the mulberry trees.
5:24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of
the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then
shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the
Philistines.
5:25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote
the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
CHAPTER 6
6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty
thousand.
6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him
from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God,
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whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that
dwelleth between the cherubims.
6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of
the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio,
the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at
Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the
ark.
6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on
all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on
psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
6:6 And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth
his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook
it.
6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God
smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach
upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to
this day.
6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall
the ark of the LORD come to me?
6:10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the
city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of
Obededom the Gittite.
6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the
Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his
household.
6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the
house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of
the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from
the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had
gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
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6:14
And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David
was girded with a linen ephod.
6:15
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the
LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
6:16
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal
Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David
leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her
heart.
6:17
And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in
the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David
offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
6:18
And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings
and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the
LORD of hosts.
6:19
And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole
multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a
cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all
the people departed every one to his house.
6:20
Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the
daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious
was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the
eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows
shamelessly uncovereth himself!
6:21
And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which
chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me
ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I
play before the LORD.
6:22
And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own
sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them
shall I be had in honor.
6:23
Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of
her death.
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CHAPTER 7
7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD
had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
7:2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an
house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for
the LORD is with thee.
7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came
unto Nathan, saying,
7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou
build me an house for me to dwell in?
7:6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time 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.
7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of
Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I
commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me
an house of cedar?
7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from
following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
7:9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off
all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name,
like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will
plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move
no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any
more, as beforetime,
7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my
people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies.
Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
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7:12
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of
thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
7:13
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne
of his kingdom for ever.
7:14
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:
7:15
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from
Saul, whom I put away before thee.
7:16
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever
before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
7:17
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did
Nathan speak unto David.
7:18
Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said,
Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast
brought me hitherto?
7:19
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou
hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come.
And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
7:20
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD,
knowest thy servant.
7:21
For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou
done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
7:22
Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee,
neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have
heard with our ears.
7:23
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like
Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to
make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for
thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from
Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
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For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people
unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
7:25
And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken
concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for
ever, and do as thou hast said.
7:26
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of
hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David
be established before thee.
7:27
For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy
servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy
servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
7:28
And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true,
and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
7:29
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD,
hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant
be blessed for ever.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and
subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of
the Philistines.
8:
2
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them
down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to
death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites
became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
8:
3
David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as
he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
8:
4
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all
the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
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8:
5
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king
of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand
men.
8:
6
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians
became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD
preserved David whithersoever he went.
8:
7
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of
Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8:
8
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king
David took exceeding much brass.
8:
9
When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host
of Hadadezer,
8:10
Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king 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 vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
8:11
Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver
and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
8:12
Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the
Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of
Rehob, king of Zobah.
8:13
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the
Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
8:14
And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he
garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s servants. And the
LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
8:15
And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and
justice unto all his people.
8:16
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud was recorder;
8:17
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar,
were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
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8:18
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites
and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul,
that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?
9:
2
And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was
Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto
him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.
9:
3
And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I
may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the
king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
9:
4
And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the
king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in
Lodebar.
9:
5
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir,
the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
9:
6
Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul,
was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And
David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
9:
7
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee
kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all
the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table
continually.
9:
8
And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou
shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
9:
9
Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him, I
have given unto thy master’s son all that pertained to Saul and to
all his house.
9:10
Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land
for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son
may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat
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bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty
servants.
9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my Lord the
king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for
Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the
king’s sons.
9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha.
And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto
Mephibosheth.
9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at
the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet.
CHAPTER 10
10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of
Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
10:2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of
Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to
comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And
David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their
Lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath
sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants
unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow
it?
10:4 Wherefore 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.
10:5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the
men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until
your beards be grown, and then return.
10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before
David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of
Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and
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of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand
men.
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And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the
mighty men.
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And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array
at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of
Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
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When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before
and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them
in array against the Syrians:
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And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his
brother, that he might put them in array against the children of
Ammon.
10:11
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt
help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then
I will come and help thee.
10:12
Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for
the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him
good.
10:13
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the
battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
10:14
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,
then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So
Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
10:15
And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel,
they gathered themselves together.
10:16
And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond
the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the
host of Hadarezer went before them.
10:17
And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and
passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set
themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
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10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of
seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand
horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died
there.
10:19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that
they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and
served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon
any more.
CHAPTER 11
11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when
kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with
him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and
besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off
his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from
the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very
beautiful to look upon.
11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is
not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the
Hittite?
11:4 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.
11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am
with child.
11:6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And
Joab sent Uriah to David.
11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how
Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy
feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there
followed him a mess of meat from the king.
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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.
11:10
And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto
his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy
journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
11:11
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in
tents; and my Lord Joab, and the servants of my Lord, are
encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat
and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy
soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
11:12
And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I
will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the
morrow.
11:13
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him;
and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed
with the servants of his Lord, but went not down to his house.
11:14
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to
Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
11:15
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.
11:16
And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned
Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
11:17
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there
fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the
Hittite died also.
11:18
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
11:19
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end
of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
11:20
And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee,
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight?
knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
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11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman
cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in
Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant
Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
11:22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab
had sent him for.
11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed
against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon
them even unto the entering of the gate.
11:24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and
some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the
Hittite is dead also.
11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto
Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one
as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city,
and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was
dead, she mourned for her husband.
11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to
his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the
thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
CHAPTER 12
12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him,
and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich,
and the other poor.
12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
12:3 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 meat, and drank of his
own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
12:4 And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he spared to take
of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring
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man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and
dressed it for the man that was come to him.
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5
And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said
to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing
shall surely die:
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And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing,
and because he had no pity.
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And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I
delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
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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 moreover have given unto thee
such and such things.
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Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to
do evil in his sight? thou hast killed 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.
12:10
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house;
because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah
the Hittite to be thy wife.
12:11
Thus saith the LORD, 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.
12:12
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel,
and before the sun.
12:13
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD.
And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy
sin; thou shalt not die.
12:14
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to
the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born
unto thee shall surely die.
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12:15
And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the
child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
12:16
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and
went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
12:17
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up
from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with
them.
12:18
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And
the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for
they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto
him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then
vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
12:19
But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived
that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is
the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
12:20
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed
himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the
LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when
he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
12:21
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.
12:22
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I
said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the
child may live?
12:23
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back
again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
12:24
And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her,
and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name
Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
12:25
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his
name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
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12:26
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and
took the royal city.
12:27
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against
Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
12:28
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.
12:29
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah,
and fought against it, and took it.
12:30
And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight
whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was
set on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in
great abundance.
12:31
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 the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the
cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people
returned unto Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 13
13:
1
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had
a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David
loved her.
13:
2
And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for
she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything
to her.
13:
3
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of
Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
13:
4
And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean
from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him,
I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.
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And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make
thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him,
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I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress
the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
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So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king
was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let
Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight,
that I may eat at her hand.
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7
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother
Amnon’s house, and dress him meat.
13:
8
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid
down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his
sight, and did bake the cakes.
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And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he
refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And
they went out every man from him.
13:10
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber,
that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she
had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her
brother.
13:11
And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of
her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
13:12
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.
13:13
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou
shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee,
speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
13:14
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger
than she, forced her, and lay with her.
13:15
Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith
he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her.
And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
13:16
And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me
away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he
would not hearken unto her.
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13:17
Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put
now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
13:18
And she had a garment of divers colors upon her: for with such
robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then
his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
13:19
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers
colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on
crying.
13:20
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother
been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy
brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her
brother Absalom’s house.
13:21
But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
13:22
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad:
for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
13:23
And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had
sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom
invited all the king’s sons.
13:24
And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant
hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go
with thy servant.
13:25
And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go,
lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he
would not go, but blessed him.
13:26
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?
13:27
But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king’s
sons go with him.
13:28
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now
when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto
you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded
you? be courageous, and be valiant.
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13:29
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.
13:30
And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came
to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons, and there
is not one of them left.
13:31
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth;
and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
13:32
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and
said, Let not my Lord suppose that they have slain all the young
men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the
appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day
that he forced his sister Tamar.
13:33
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.
13:34
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.
13:35
And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king’s sons come: as
thy servant said, so it is.
13:36
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking,
that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and
wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
13:37
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king
of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
13:38
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
13:39
And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he
was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
CHAPTER 14
14:
1
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was
toward Absalom.
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14:
2
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and
said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on
now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a
woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
14:
3
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab
put the words in her mouth.
14:
4
And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her
face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
14:
5
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I
am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
14:
6
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in
the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the
other, and slew him.
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And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and
they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him,
for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the
heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall
not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the
earth.
14:
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And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will
give charge concerning thee.
14:
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And the woman of Tekoah 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.
14:10
And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me,
and he shall not touch thee any more.
14:11
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy
God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to
destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the
LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
14:12
Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one
word unto my Lord the king. And he said, Say on.
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14:13
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a
thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing
as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again
his banished.
14:14
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which
cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person:
yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from
him.
14:15
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my Lord
the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy
handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the
king will perform the request of his handmaid.
14:16
For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of
the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the
inheritance of God.
14:17
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my Lord the king shall
now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my Lord the king
to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with
thee.
14:18
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from
me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman
said, Let my Lord the king now speak.
14:19
And the king said, Is not 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 ought
that my Lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade
me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
14:20
To fetch about this form of speech 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.
14:21
And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing:
go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
14:22
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and
thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I
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have found grace in thy sight, my Lord, O king, in that the king
hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to
Jerusalem.
14:24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not
see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not
the king’s face.
14:25 But 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.
14:26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that
he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled
it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the
king’s weight.
14:27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter,
whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
14:28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the
king’s face.
14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but
he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time,
he would not come.
14:30 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.
14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said
unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
14:32 And Absalom answered 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 had been good for me to have been there
still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any
iniquity in me, let him kill me.
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14:33
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.
CHAPTER 15
15:
1
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots
and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
15:
2
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate:
and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to
the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of
what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes
of Israel.
15:
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.
15:
4
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that
every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I
would do him justice!
15:
5
And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him
obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
15:
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.
15:
7
And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the
king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed
unto the LORD, in Hebron.
15:
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For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria,
saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then
I will serve the LORD.
15:
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And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to
Hebron.
15:10
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,
As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say,
Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
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15:11
And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that
were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not
any thing.
15:12
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s
counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered
sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased
continually with Absalom.
15:13
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the
men of Israel are after Absalom.
15:14
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at
Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from
Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and
bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
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And the king’s servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants
are ready to do whatsoever my Lord the king shall appoint.
15:16
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the
king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
15:17
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in
a place that was far off.
15:18
And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites,
and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which
came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
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Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also
with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a
stranger, and also an exile.
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Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee
go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou,
and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
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And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as
my Lord the king liveth, surely in what place my Lord the king
shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant
be.
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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.
15:23
And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people
passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron,
and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
15:24
And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were 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.
15:25
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the
city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me
again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
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But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let
him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
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The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer?
return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you,
Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
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See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come
word from you to certify me.
15:29
Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to
Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
15:30
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he
went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all
the people that was with him covered every man his head, and
they went up, weeping as they went up.
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And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators
with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the
counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
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And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the
mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite
came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
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Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou
shalt be a burden unto me:
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But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy
servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will
I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the
counsel of Ahithophel.
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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.
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Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz
Zadok’s son, and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and by them ye shall
send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
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So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came
into Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 16
16:
1
And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba
the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses
saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an
hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a
bottle of wine.
16:
2
And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And
Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the
bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine,
that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
16:
3
And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said
unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day
shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
16:
4
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto
Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may
find grace in thy sight, my Lord, O king.
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16:
5
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a
man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei,
the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
16:
6
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David:
and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand
and on his left.
16:
7
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou
bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
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8
The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of
Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath
delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and,
behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody
man.
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Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should
this dead dog curse my Lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee,
and take off his head.
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And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of
Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him,
Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
16:11
And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son,
which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more
now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for
the LORD hath bidden him.
16:12
It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the
LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
16:13
And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on
the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw
stones at him, and cast dust.
16:14
And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary,
and refreshed themselves there.
16:15
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to
Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
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16:16
And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was
come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the
king, God save the king.
16:17
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend?
why wentest thou not with thy friend?
16:18
And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and
this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with
him will I abide.
16:19
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.
16:20
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what
we shall do.
16:21
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s
concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel
shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands
of all that are with thee be strong.
16:22
So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and
Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all
Israel.
16:23
And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days,
was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the
counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
CHAPTER 17
17:
1
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out
twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this
night:
17:
2
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and
will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee;
and I will smite the king only:
17:
3
And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou
seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
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17:
4
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
17:
5
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us
hear likewise what he saith.
17:
6
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto
him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do
after his saying? if not; speak thou.
17:
7
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath
given is not good at this time.
17:
8
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they
be mighty men, and they be 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.
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Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it
will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first,
that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the
people that follow Absalom.
17:10
And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion,
shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty
man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
17:11
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee,
from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for
multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
17:12
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 there shall not be left so
much as one.
17:13
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring
ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be
not one small stone found there.
17:14
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai
the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the
LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to
the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
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17:15
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus
and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel;
and thus and thus have I counselled.
17:16
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this
night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest
the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
17:17
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not
be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and
they went and told king David.
17:18
Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went
both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim,
which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
17:19
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth,
and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
17:20
And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house,
they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said
unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they
had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
17:21
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up
out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David,
Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel
counselled against you.
17:22
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they
passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of
them that was not gone over Jordan.
17:23
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he
saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his
city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died,
and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
17:24
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan,
he and all the men of Israel with him.
17:25
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab:
which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite,
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that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah
Joab’s mother.
17:26
So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
17:27
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that
Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and
Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite
of Rogelim,
17:28
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and
barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and
parched pulse,
17:29
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David,
and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The
people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
CHAPTER 18
18:
1
And David numbered the people that were with him, and set
captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.
18:
2
And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of
Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah,
Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite.
And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you
myself also.
18:
3
But the people answered, 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 now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore
now it is better that thou succor us out of the city.
18:
4
And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do.
And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by
hundreds and by thousands.
18:
5
And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal
gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And
all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge
concerning Absalom.
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18:
6
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle
was in the wood of Ephraim;
18:
7
Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David,
and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand
men.
18:
8
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country:
and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword
devoured.
18:
9
And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon
a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak,
and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between
the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went
away.
18:10
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw
Absalom hanged in an oak.
18:11
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou
sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground?
and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
18:12
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand
shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand
against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and
Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man
Absalom.
18:13
Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life:
for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest
have set thyself against me.
18:14
Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three
darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom,
while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
18:15
And ten young men that bare Joab’s armor compassed about and
smote Absalom, and slew him.
18:16
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing
after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
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18:17
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood,
and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled
every one to his tent.
18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a
pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep
my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own
name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.
18:19
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear
the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his
enemies.
18:20
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but
thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no
tidings, because the king’s son is dead.
18:21
Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And
Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
18:22
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But
howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said,
Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings
ready?
18:23
But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run.
Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
18:24
And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up
to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and
looked, and behold a man running alone.
18:25
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.
18:26
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.
18:27
And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost
is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said,
He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
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18:28
And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell
down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed
be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted
up their hand against my Lord the king.
18:29
And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz
answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, and me thy servant, I
saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
18:30
And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he
turned aside, and stood still.
18:31
And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my Lord the
king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose
up against thee.
18:32
And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe?
And Cushi answered, The enemies of my Lord the king, and all
that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
18:33
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, my son Absalom! would God I had died for
thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
CHAPTER 19
19:
1
And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for
Absalom.
19:
2
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the
people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved
for his son.
19:
3
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as
people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
19:
4
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice,
O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
19:
5
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast
shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have
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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;
19:
6
In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou
hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor
servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all
we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
19:
7
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy
servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will
not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee
than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
19:
8
Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the
people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the
people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his
tent.
19:
9
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel,
saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he
delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled
out of the land for Absalom.
19:10
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now
therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
19:11
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,
Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to
bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is
come to the king, even to his house.
19:12
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then
are ye the last to bring back the king?
19:13
And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh?
God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host
before me continually in the room of Joab.
19:14
And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart
of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou,
and all thy servants.
19:15
So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to
Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
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19:16
And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim,
hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
19:17
And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba
the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his
twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the
king.
19:18
And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s
household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of
Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
19:19
And 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.
19:20
For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I
am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to
meet my Lord the king.
19:21
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei
be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?
19:22
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?
19:23
Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the
king swear unto him.
19:24
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king,
and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed
his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came
again in peace.
19:25
And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the
king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with
me, Mephibosheth?
19:26
And he answered, My Lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for
thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon,
and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
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19:27
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.
19:28
For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my Lord the
king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at
thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more
unto the king?
19:29
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy
matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
19:30
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all,
forasmuch as my Lord the king is come again in peace unto his own
house.
19:31
And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went
over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
19:32
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and
he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim;
for he was a very great man.
19:33
And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I
will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
19:34
And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I
should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
19:35
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good
and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I
hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women?
wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my Lord
the king?
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Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and
why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
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Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine
own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my
mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my
Lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
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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 shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
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And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come
over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned
unto his own place.
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Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him:
and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the
people of Israel.
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And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto
the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee
away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all
David’s men with him, over Jordan?
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And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the
king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this
matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us
any gift?
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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.
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was
Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and
said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the
son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
20:
2
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed
Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king,
from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
20:
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 fed them, but went not in unto them. So
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they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in
widowhood.
20:
4
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah
within three days, and be thou here present.
20:
5
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer
than the set time which he had appointed him.
20:
6
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do
us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and
pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
20:
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.
20:
8
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went
before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded
unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins
in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
20:
9
And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab
took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
20:10
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so
he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to
the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and
Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
20:11
And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoreth
Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
20:12
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And
when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed
Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him,
when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
20:13
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on
after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
20:14
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to
Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together,
and went also after him.
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20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they
cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all
the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
20:16 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.
20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou
Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the
words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
20:18 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.
20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou
seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou
swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
20:20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I
should swallow up or destroy.
20:21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount 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.
20:22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And
they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to
Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every
man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
20:23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
20:24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of
Ahilud was recorder:
20:25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
20:26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
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CHAPTER 21
21:
1
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year
after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD
answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew
the Gibeonites.
21:
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 Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and
Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and
Judah.)
21:
3
Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for
you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless
the inheritance of the LORD?
21:
4
And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold
of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in
Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
21:
5
And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that
devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in
any of the coasts of Israel,
21:
6
Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang
them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did
choose. And the king said, I will give them.
21:
7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of
Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between
David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
21:
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 brought up for
Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
21:
9
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they
hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven
together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first
days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
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And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for
her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water
dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of
the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
21:11
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the
concubine of Saul, had done.
21:12
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of
Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen
them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged
them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
21:13
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.
21:14
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the
country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father:
and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that
God was intreated for the land.
21:15
Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David
went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the
Philistines: and David waxed faint.
21:16
And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of
whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he
being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
21:17
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the
Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swear unto him,
saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou
quench not the light of Israel.
21:18
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with
the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph,
which was of the sons of the giant.
21:19
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where
Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of
Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s
beam.
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21:20 And there was yet a battle in 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.
21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the
brother of David slew him.
21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants.
CHAPTER 22
22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the
day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his
enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer;
22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the
horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior;
thou savest me from violence.
22:4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be
saved from mine enemies.
22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly
men made me afraid;
22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death
prevented me;
22:7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and
he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into
his ears.
22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven
moved and shook, because he was wroth.
22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his
mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was
under his feet.
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22:11
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the
wings of the wind.
22:12
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and
thick clouds of the skies.
22:13
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
22:14
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his
voice.
22:15
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and
discomfited them.
22:16
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world
were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the
breath of his nostrils.
22:17
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
22:18
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated
me: for they were too strong for me.
22:19
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was
my stay.
22:20
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me,
because he delighted in me.
22:21
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according
to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22:22
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly
departed from my God.
22:23
For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did
not depart from them.
22:24
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine
iniquity.
22:25
Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my
righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
22:26
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the
upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
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With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward
thou wilt shew thyself unsavory.
22:28
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon
the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
22:29
For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my
darkness.
22:30
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped
over a wall.
22:31
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he
is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
22:32
For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our
God?
22:33
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
22:34
He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high
places.
22:35
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by
mine arms.
22:36
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy
gentleness hath made me great.
22:37
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not
slip.
22:38
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not
again until I had consumed them.
22:39
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could
not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
22:40
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up
against me hast thou subdued under me.
22:41
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might
destroy them that hate me.
22:42
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD,
but he answered them not.
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22:43
Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp
them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
22:44
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou
hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not
shall serve me.
22:45
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear,
they shall be obedient unto me.
22:46
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close
places.
22:47
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God
of the rock of my salvation.
22:48
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people
under me.
22:49
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted
me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast
delivered me from the violent man.
22:50
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the
heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
22:51
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his
anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
CHAPTER 23
23:
1
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said,
and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of
Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
23:
2
The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my
tongue.
23:
3
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that
ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
23:
4
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,
even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of
the earth by clear shining after rain.
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23:
5
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me
an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all
my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
23:
6
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away,
because they cannot be taken with hands:
23:
7
But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the
staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the
same place.
23:
8
These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The
Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same
was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred,
whom he slew at one time.
23:
9
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the
three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that
were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were
gone away:
23:10
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and
his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great
victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
23:11
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the
Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece
of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
23:12
But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew
the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
23:13
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the
harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the
Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
23:14
And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines
was then in Bethlehem.
23:15
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of
the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
23:16
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the
Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was
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by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he
would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
23:17
And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is
not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?
therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three
mighty men.
23:18
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief
among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and
slew them, and had the name among three.
23:19
Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their
captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
23:20
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of
Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of
Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in
time of snow:
23:21
And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a
spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and
plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with
his own spear.
23:22
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name
among three mighty men.
23:23
He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the
first three. And David set him over his guard.
23:24
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son
of Dodo of Bethlehem,
23:25
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
23:26
Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
23:27
Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
23:28
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
23:29
Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out
of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
23:30
Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
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23:31
Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
23:32
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
23:33
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
23:34
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the
son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
23:35
Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
23:36
Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
23:37
Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armorbearer to Joab
the son of Zeruiah,
23:38
Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
23:39
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
CHAPTER 24
24:
1
And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he
moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
24:
2
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with
him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to
Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number
of the people.
24:
3
And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto
the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the
eyes of my Lord the king may see it: but why doth my Lord the
king delight in this thing?
24:
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.
24:
5
And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right
side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and
toward Jazer:
24:
6
Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and
they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,
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24:
7
And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the
Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of
Judah, even to Beersheba.
24:
8
So when they had gone through all the land, they came to
Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
24:
9
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the
king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men
that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred
thousand men.
24:10
And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the
people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in
that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the
iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
24:11
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD
came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
24:12
Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three
things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
24:13
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 thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there
be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what
answer I shall return to him that sent me.
24:14
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into
the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall
into the hand of man.
24:15
So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even
to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even
to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
24:16
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to
destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the
angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand.
And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah
the Jebusite.
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24:17
And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that
smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done
wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I
pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.
24:18
And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear
an altar unto the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the
Jebusite.
24:19
And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD
commanded.
24:20
And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on
toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the
king on his face upon the ground.
24:21
And Araunah said, Wherefore is my Lord the king come to his
servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to
build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from
the people.
24:22
And Araunah said unto David, Let my Lord the king take and offer
up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt
sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the
oxen for wood.
24:23
All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And
Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
24:24
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of
thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD
my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the
threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
24:25
And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the
land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
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KINGS
CHAPTER 1
1:
1
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered
him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
1:
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
let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the
king may get heat.
1:
3
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel,
and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
1:
4
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and
ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
1:
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.
1:
6
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why
hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his
mother bare him after Absalom.
1:
7
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar
the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
1:
8
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan
the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which
belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1:
9
And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of
Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's
sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
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But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and
Solomon his brother, he called not.
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Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,
saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth
reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
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Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that
thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
1:13
Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not
thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying,
Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit
upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
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Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come
in after thee, and confirm thy words.
1:15
And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the
king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto
the king.
1:16
And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the
king said, What wouldest thou?
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And she said unto him, My lord, thou swearst by the LORD thy
God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son
shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
1:18
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king,
thou knowest it not:
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And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and
hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and
Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not
called.
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And thou, my lord, O 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.
1:21
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep
with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted
offenders.
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And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet
also came in.
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And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And
when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the
king with his face to the ground.
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And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall
reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
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For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and
sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the
captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat
and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
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But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
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Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it
unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king
after him?
1:28
Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she
came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
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And the king swear, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath
redeemed my soul out of all distress,
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Even as I swear unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying,
Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit
upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
1:31
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did
reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for
ever.
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And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before
the king.
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The king also 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:
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And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there
king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save
king Solomon.
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Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon
my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed
him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said,
Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
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As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with
Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord
king David.
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So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down,
and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought
him to Gihon.
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And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and
anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people
said, God save king Solomon.
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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.
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And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as
they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of
the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an
uproar?
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And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the
priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a
valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
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And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king
David hath made Solomon king.
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And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and
the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's
mule:
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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.
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And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
1:47
And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king
David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy
name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king
bowed himself upon the bed.
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And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,
which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even
seeing it.
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And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose
up, and went every man his way.
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And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and
caught hold on the horns of the altar.
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And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king
Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar,
saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not
slay his servant with the sword.
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And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there
shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be
found in him, he shall die.
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So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar.
And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon
said unto him, Go to thine house.
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he
charged Solomon his son, saying,
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I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew
thyself a man;
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3
And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways,
to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments,
and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou
mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou
turnest thyself:
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That the LORD may continue 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.
2:
5
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to
me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto
Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he
slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war
upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were
on his feet.
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Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go
down to the grave in peace.
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7
But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let
them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when
I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
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8
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a
Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in
the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me
at Jordan, and I swear to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put
thee to death with the sword.
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9
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and
knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head
bring thou down to the grave with blood.
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So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David.
2:11
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.
2:12
Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his
kingdom was established greatly.
2:13
And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of
Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said,
Peaceably.
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He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said,
Say on.
2:15
And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that
all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the
kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his
from the LORD.
2:16
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said
unto him, Say on.
2:17
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.
2:18
And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
2:19
Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him
for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself
unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set
for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
2:20
Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say
me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I
will not say thee nay.
2:21
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah
thy brother to wife.
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And king Solomon answered 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.
2:23
Then king Solomon swear by the LORD, saying, God do so to me,
and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his
own life.
2:24
Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me,
and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made
me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this
day.
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2:25
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
2:26
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth,
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 God before David my father, and because thou hast been
afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
2:27
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD;
that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake
concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
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Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah,
though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the
tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
2:29
And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the
tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then
Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon
him.
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And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto
him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will
die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus
said Joab, and thus he answered me.
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And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him,
and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood,
which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
2:32
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell
upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them
with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, 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.
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Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon
the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed,
and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for
ever from the LORD.
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2:34
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and
slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
2:35
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.
2:36
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build
thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence
any whither.
2:37
For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the
brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely
die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
2:38
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.
2:39
And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the
servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of
Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in
Gath.
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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.
2:41
And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to
Gath, and was come again.
2:42
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I
not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee,
saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest
abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst
unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
2:43
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the
commandment that I have charged thee with?
2:44
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the
wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David
my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon
thine own head;
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And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall
be established before the LORD for ever.
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So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went
out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was
established in the hand of Solomon.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took
Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he
had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the
LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
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2
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no
house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
3:
3
And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David
his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
3:
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.
3:
5
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night:
and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
3:
6
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my
father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and
in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou
hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a
son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
3:
7
And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king
instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not
how to go out or come in.
3:
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.
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3:
9
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy
people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able
to judge this thy so great a people?
3:10
And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this
thing.
3:11
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 judgment;
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Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a
wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee
before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
3:13
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.
3:14
And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my
commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen
thy days.
3:15
And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to
Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD,
and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and
made a feast to all his servants.
3:16
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and
stood before him.
3:17
And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in
one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
3:18
And it came to pass the third day after that 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.
3:19
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
3:20
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while
thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead
child in my bosom.
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And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it
was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it
was not my son, which I did bear.
3:22
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.
3:23
Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and
thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the
dead, and my son is the living.
3:24
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword
before the king.
3:25
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to
the one, and half to the other.
3:26
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king,
for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give
her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it
be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
3:27
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in
no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
3:28
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and
they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in
him, to do judgment.
CHAPTER 4
4:
1
So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
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2
And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of
Zadok the priest,
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3
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the
son of Ahilud, the recorder.
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4
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and
Abiathar were the priests:
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4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud
the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of
Abda was over the tribute.
4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided
victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a
year made provision.
4:8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
4:9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh,
and Elonbethhanan:
4:10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the
land of Hepher:
4:11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath
the daughter of Solomon to wife:
4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo,
and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from
Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond
Jokneam:
4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of
Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also
pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great
cities with walls and brasen bars:
4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of
Solomon to wife:
4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
4:18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
4:19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country
of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he
was the only officer which was in the land.
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Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in
multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
4:21
And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the
land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought
presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
4:22
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine
flour, and threescore measures of meal,
4:23
Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred
sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
4:24
For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from
Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river:
and he had peace on all sides round about him.
4:25
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and
under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of
Solomon.
4:26
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen.
4:27
And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all
that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they
lacked nothing.
4:28
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they
unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his
charge.
4:29
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding
much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea
shore.
4:30
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of
the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
4:31
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and
Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame
was in all nations round about.
4:32
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a
thousand and five.
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And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even
unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of
beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
4:34
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from
all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
CHAPTER 5
5:
1
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he
had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father:
for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
5:
2
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
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3
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house
unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were
about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles
of his feet.
5:
4
But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so
that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
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5
And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the
LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father,
saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he
shall build an house unto my name.
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6
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of
Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto
thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt
appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can
skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
5:
7
And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon,
that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day,
which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
5:
8
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things
which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning
timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
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5:
9
My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea:
and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou
shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and
thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in
giving food for my household.
5:10
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his
desire.
5:11
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.
5:12
And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and
there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a
league together.
5:13
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was
thirty thousand men.
5:14
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a
month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and
Adoniram was over the levy.
5:15
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens,
and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
5:16
Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work,
three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that
wrought in the work.
5:17
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly
stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
5:18
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and
the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the
house.
CHAPTER 6
6:
1
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
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year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the
second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
6:2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length
thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty
cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
6:3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was
the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten
cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,
against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and
of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
6:6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was
six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without
in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that
the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made
ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither
hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it
was in building.
6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house:
and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and
out of the middle into the third.
6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with
beams and boards of cedar.
6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high:
and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
6:11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
6:12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk
in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my
commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with
thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
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And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake
my people Israel.
6:14
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
6:15
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar,
both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he
covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the
house with planks of fir.
6:16
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the
floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it
within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
6:17
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
6:18
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and
open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
6:19
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark
of the covenant of the LORD.
6:20
And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and
twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof:
and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which
was of cedar.
6:21
So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made
a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it
with gold.
6:22
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all
the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid
with gold.
6:23
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each
ten cubits high.
6:24
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.
6:25
And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of
one measure and one size.
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6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the
other cherub.
6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they
stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, 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.
6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved
figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and
without.
6:30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and
without.
6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the
lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them
carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and
overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and
upon the palm trees.
6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a
fourth part of the wall.
6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door
were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers:
and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a
row of cedar beams.
6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD
laid, in the month Zif:
6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, 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.
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CHAPTER 7
7:1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he
finished all his house.
7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof
was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the
height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with
cedar beams upon the pillars.
7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on
forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light
in three ranks.
7:5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and
light was against light in three ranks.
7:6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits,
and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before
them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
7:7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even
the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side
of the floor to the other.
7:8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch,
which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for
Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this
porch.
7:9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of
hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the
foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great
court.
7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones
of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones,
and cedars.
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7:12
And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed
stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the
house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
7:13
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
7:14
He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a
man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and
understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he
came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
7:15
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and
a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
7:16
And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops
of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the
height of the other chapiter was five cubits:
7:17
And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the
chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one
chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
7:18
And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one
network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with
pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
7:19
And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily
work in the porch, four cubits.
7:20
And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also
above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the
pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the
other chapiter.
7:21
And he set up the pillars in 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.
7:22
And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of
the pillars finished.
7:23
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the
other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a
line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
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7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing
it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were
cast in two rows, when it was cast.
7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and
three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south,
and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon
them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was
wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained
two thousand baths.
7:27 And he made 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.
7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders,
and the borders were between the ledges:
7:29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen,
and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and
beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin
work.
7:30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and
the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were
undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but
the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and
an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their
borders, foursquare, not round.
7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the
wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a
cubit and half a cubit.
7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel:
their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes,
were all molten.
7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base:
and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
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And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a
cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the
borders thereof were of the same.
7:36
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof,
he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the
proportion of every one, and additions round about.
7:37
After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one
casting, one measure, and one size.
7:38
Then made he 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.
7:39
And he put five bases 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 eastward over against the south.
7:40
And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So
Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king
Solomon for the house of the LORD:
7:41
The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on
the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two
bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
7:42
And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two
rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of
the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
7:43
And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
7:44
And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
7:45
And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these
vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the
LORD, were of bright brass.
7:46
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground
between Succoth and Zarthan.
7:47
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were
exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
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And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of
the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the
shewbread was,
7:49
And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five
on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and
the tongs of gold,
7:50
And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons,
and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the
doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of
the house, to wit, of the temple.
7:51
So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of
the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his
father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels,
did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of
the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto
king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the
covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
8:
2
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon
at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
8:
3
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
8:
4
And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of
the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the
tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
8:
5
And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were
assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing
sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
8:
6
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD
unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place,
even under the wings of the cherubims.
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8:
7
For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of
the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof
above.
8:
8
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were
seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen
without: and there they are unto this day.
8:
9
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which
Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with
the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
8:10
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy
place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
8:11
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud:
for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
8:12
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the
thick darkness.
8:13
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee
to abide in for ever.
8:14
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation
of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
8:15
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake
with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand
fulfilled it, saying,
8:16
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I
chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that
my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people
Israel.
8:17
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for
the name of the LORD God of Israel.
8:18
And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine
heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was
in thine heart.
8:19
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall
come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
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And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am
risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of
Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the
name of the LORD God of Israel.
8:21
And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of
the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them
out of the land of Egypt.
8:22
And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence
of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward
heaven:
8:23
And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in
heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and
mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
8:24
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou
promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast
fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
8:25
Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David
my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail
thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy
children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou
hast walked before me.
8:26
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified,
which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
8:27
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and
heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house
that I have builded?
8:28
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the
prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
8:29
That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day,
even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be
there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant
shall make toward this place.
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8:30
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy
people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear
thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
8:31
If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon
him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in
this house:
8:32
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants,
condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and
justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
8:33
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy,
because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee,
and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee
in this house:
8:34
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.
8:35
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 afflictest them:
8:36
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and
of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein
they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast
given to thy people for an inheritance.
8:37
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting,
mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege
them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever
sickness there be;
8:38
What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by
all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his
own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
8:39
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do,
and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou
knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the
children of men;)
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8:40
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land
which thou gavest unto our fathers.
8:41
Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel,
but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
8:42
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and
of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward
this house;
8:43
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that
the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may
know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they
may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy
name.
8:44
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever
thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the
city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built
for thy name:
8:45
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and
maintain their cause.
8:46
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 captives unto the land of the enemy, far or
near;
8:47
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were
carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in
the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have
sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
8:48
And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul,
in the land of their enemies, which led them away 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:
8:49
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy
dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
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8:50
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their
transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and
give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that
they may have compassion on them:
8:51
For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou
broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of
iron:
8:52
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant,
and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto
them in all that they call for unto thee.
8:53
For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the
earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of
Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of
Egypt, O LORD God.
8:54
And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all
this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before
the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands
spread up to heaven.
8:55
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud
voice, saying,
8:56
Blessed be the LORD, 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 the hand of Moses his
servant.
8:57
The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him
not leave us, nor forsake us:
8:58
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways,
and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his
judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
8:59
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication
before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night,
that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his
people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
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8:60
That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God,
and that there is none else.
8:61
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to
walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
8:62
And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the
LORD.
8:63
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he
offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an
hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the
children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
8:64
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was
before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings,
and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the
brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the
burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace
offerings.
8:65
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a
great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of
Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days,
even fourteen days.
8:66
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the
king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the
goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for
Israel his people.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of
the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's
desire which he was pleased to do,
9:
2
That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had
appeared unto him at Gibeon.
9:
3
And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy
supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this
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house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and
mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
9:
4
And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in
integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I
have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my
judgments:
9:
5
Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for
ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail
thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
9:
6
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children,
and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I
have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship
them:
9:
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
people:
9:
8
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall
be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the
LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
9:
9
And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their
God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and
have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and
served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this
evil.
9:10
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had
built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
9:11
(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar
trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that
then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
9:12
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon
had given him; and they pleased him not.
9:13
And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my
brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
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9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
9:15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for
to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo,
and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
9:16 For 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 present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
9:18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
9:19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his
chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon
desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of
his dominion.
9:20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,
Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children
of Israel,
9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the
children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those
did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but
they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his
captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
9:23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's
work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that
wrought in the work.
9:24 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.
9:25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and
peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and
he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he
finished the house.
9:26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is
beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
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9:27
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had
knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
9:28
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four
hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
CHAPTER 10
10:
1
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon
concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with
hard questions.
10:
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.
10:
3
And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing
hid from the king, which he told her not.
10:
4
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and
the house that he had built,
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5
And the meat 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 the LORD;
there was no more spirit in her.
10:
6
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine
own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
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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 exceedeth the fame which I heard.
10:
8
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand
continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
10:
9
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee
on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever,
therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
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And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and
of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more
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such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave
to king Solomon.
10:11
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought
in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
10:12
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the
LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for
singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this
day.
10:13
And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his
royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and
her servants.
10:14
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
10:15
Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the
spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the
governors of the country.
10:16
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six
hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
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And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of
gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the
forest of Lebanon.
10:18
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it
with the best gold.
10:19
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round
behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat,
and two lions stood beside the stays.
10:20
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.
10:21
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.
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10:22
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of
Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing
gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
10:23
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and
for wisdom.
10:24
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which
God had put in his heart.
10:25
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and
vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and
mules, a rate year by year.
10:26
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had
a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand
horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with
the king at Jerusalem.
10:27
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 vale, for
abundance.
10:28
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the
king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
10:29
And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred
shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for
all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they
bring them out by their means.
CHAPTER 11
11:
1
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the
daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites,
Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:
11:
2
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children
of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto
you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods:
Solomon clave unto these in love.
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11:
3
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred
concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
11:
4
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned
away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with
the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
11:
5
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,
and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
11:
6
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully
after the LORD, as did David his father.
11:
7
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the
abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for
Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
11:
8
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense
and sacrificed unto their gods.
11:
9
And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was
turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto
him twice,
11:10
And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not
go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD
commanded.
11:11
Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is
done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes,
which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from
thee, and will give it to thy servant.
11:12
Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's
sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
11:13
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one
tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's
sake which I have chosen.
11:14
And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the
Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
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11:15
For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the
captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had
smitten every male in Edom;
11:16
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had
cut off every male in Edom:)
11:17
That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants
with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
11:18
And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took
men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto
Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed
him victuals, and gave him land.
11:19
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.
11:20
And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom
Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in
Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.
11:21
And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers,
and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to
Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
11:22
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 let me go in any wise.
11:23
And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of
Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
11:24
And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band,
when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and
dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
11:25
And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside
the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned
over Syria.
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11:26
And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda,
Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow
woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
11:27
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king:
Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David
his father.
11:28
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon
seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler
over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
11:29
And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of
Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the
way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two
were alone in the field:
11:30
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in
twelve pieces:
11:31
And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the
LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of
the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
11:32
(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:)
11:33
Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped
Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the
Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have
not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and
to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
11:34
Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I
will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's
sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my
statutes:
11:35
But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it
unto thee, even ten tribes.
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11:36
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may
have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have
chosen me to put my name there.
11:37
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy
soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
11:38
And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee,
and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep
my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that
I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David,
and will give Israel unto thee.
11:39
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
11:40
Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose,
and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt
until the death of Solomon.
11:41
And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his
wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
11:42
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was
forty years.
11:43
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 12
12:
1
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to
Shechem to make him king.
12:
2
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was
yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king
Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
12:
3
That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the
congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
12:
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.
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12:
5
And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again
to me. And the people departed.
12:
6
And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before
Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise
that I may answer this people?
12:
7
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto
this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and
speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
12:
8
But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given
him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with
him, and which stood before him:
12:
9
And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer
this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which
thy father did put upon us lighter?
12:10
And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him,
saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto
thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it
lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger
shall be thicker than my father's loins.
12:11
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will
add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I
will chastise you with scorpions.
12:12
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,
as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
12:13
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old
men's counsel that they gave him;
12:14
And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My
father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my
father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions.
12:15
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause
was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the
LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of
Nebat.
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12:16
So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the
people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David?
neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O
Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto
their tents.
12:17
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah,
Rehoboam reigned over them.
12:18
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and
all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king
Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to
Jerusalem.
12:19
So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
12:20
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come
again, 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.
12:21
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the
house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and
fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight
against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam
the son of Solomon.
12:22
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
12:23
Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and
unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of
the people, saying,
12:24
Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your
brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for
this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the
LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the
LORD.
12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt
therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
12:26
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to
the house of David:
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12:27
If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at
Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their
lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me,
and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
12:28
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold,
and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem:
behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt.
12:29
And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
12:30
And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before
the one, even unto Dan.
12:31
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the
lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
12:32
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 offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the
calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the
high places which he had made.
12:33
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the
fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had
devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of
Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
CHAPTER 13
13:
1
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of
the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn
incense.
13:
2
And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said,
O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born
unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he
offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and
men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
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13:
3
And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the
LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes
that are upon it shall be poured out.
13:
4
And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the
man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put
forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his
hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not
pull it in again to him.
13:
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 the LORD.
13:
6
And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now
the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand
may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the
LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as
it was before.
13:
7
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and
refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
13:
8
And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half
thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor
drink water in this place:
13:
9
For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no
bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou
camest.
13:10
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came
to Bethel.
13:11
Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and
told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in
Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they
told also to their father.
13:12
And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons
had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
13:13
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him
the ass: and he rode thereon,
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13:14
And 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 he said, I am.
13:15
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
13:16
And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee:
neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
13:17
For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no
bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that
thou camest.
13:18
He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel
spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back
with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water.
But he lied unto him.
13:19
So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and
drank water.
13:20
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the
LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
13:21
And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying,
Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the
mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which
the LORD thy God commanded thee,
13:22
But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the
place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and
drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of
thy fathers.
13:23
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.
13:24
And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him:
and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the
lion also stood by the carcase.
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13:25
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way,
and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in
the city where the old prophet dwelt.
13:26
And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard
thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto
the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him
unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the
word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
13:27
And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they
saddled him.
13:28
And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and
the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase,
nor torn the ass.
13:29
And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it
upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the
city, to mourn and to bury him.
13:30
And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over
him, saying, Alas, my brother!
13:31
And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his
sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre
wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
13:32
For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against
the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places
which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
13:33
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made
again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places:
whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the
priests of the high places.
13:34
And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut
it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
CHAPTER 14
14:
1
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
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14:
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, which told
me that I should be king over this people.
14:
3
And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey,
and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
14:
4
And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and
came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes
were set by reason of his age.
14:
5
And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam
cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and
thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in,
that she shall feign herself to be another woman.
14:
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.
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Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch
as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over
my people Israel,
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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;
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But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast
gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me
to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
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Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam,
and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall,
and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the
remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till
it be all gone.
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Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him
that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD
hath spoken it.
14:12
Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy
feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
14:13
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 the LORD God of Israel in the house of
Jeroboam.
14:14
Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who
shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
14:15
For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water,
and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to
their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they
have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
14:16
And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who
did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
14:17
And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and
when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
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And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to
the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant
Ahijah the prophet.
14:19
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he
reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel.
14:20
And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years:
and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his
stead.
14:21
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam
was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose
out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his
mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
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And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked
him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above
all that their fathers had done.
14:23
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on
every high hill, and under every green tree.
14:24
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according
to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out
before the children of Israel.
14:25
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that
Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
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And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the
treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took
away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
14:27
And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and
committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which
kept the door of the king's house.
14:28
And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD,
that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard
chamber.
14:29
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?
14:30
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their
days.
14:31
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah
an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 15
15:
1
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat
reigned Abijam over Judah.
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2
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was
Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done
before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God,
as the heart of David his father.
15:
4
Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a
lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish
Jerusalem:
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5
Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD,
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.
15:
6
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days
of his life.
15:
7
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And
there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
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And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city
of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
15:
9
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa
over Judah.
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And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
15:11
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did
David his father.
15:12
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all
the idols that his fathers had made.
15:13
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being
queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed
her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
15:14
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart
was perfect with the LORD all his days.
15:15
And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and
the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the
LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.
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15:16
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their
days.
15:17
And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah,
that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of
Judah.
15:18
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's
house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king
Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of
Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
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There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and
thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and
gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he
may depart from me.
15:20
So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the
hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and
Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of
Naphtali.
15:21
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off
building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
15:22
Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none
was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the
timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built
with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
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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? Nevertheless in the time of his
old age he was diseased in his feet.
15:24
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.
15:25
And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the
second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two
years.
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And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of
his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
15:27
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 laid siege to Gibbethon.
15:28
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him,
and reigned in his stead.
15:29
And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house
of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he
had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which
he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
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Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he
made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the
LORD God of Israel to anger.
15:31
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
15:32
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their
days.
15:33
In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of
Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
15:34
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of
Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
CHAPTER 16
16:
1
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani
against Baasha, saying,
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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 people Israel to sin, to provoke me to
anger with their sins;
16:
3
Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity
of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat.
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Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that
dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
16:
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?
16:
6
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and
Elah his son reigned in his stead.
16:
7
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came
the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even
for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking
him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of
Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
16:
8
In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the
son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
16:
9
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired
against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the
house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
16:10
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.
16:11
And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on
his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one
that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his
friends.
16:12
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the
word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the
prophet.
16:13
For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which
they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking
the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
16:14
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?
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16:15
In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri
reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against
Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
16:16
And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath
conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made
Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
16:17
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and
they besieged Tirzah.
16:18
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that
he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's
house over him with fire, and died.
16:19
For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD,
in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to
make Israel to sin.
16:20
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?
16:21
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.
16:22
But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people
that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri
reigned.
16:23
In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to
reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
16:24
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver,
and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built,
after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
16:25
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse
than all that were before him.
16:26
For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in
his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God
of Israel to anger with their vanities.
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16:27
Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that
he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
16:28
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and
Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
16:29
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.
16:30
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above
all that were before him.
16:31
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk
in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife
Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went
and served Baal, and worshipped him.
16:32
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he
had built in Samaria.
16:33
And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD
God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before
him.
16:34
In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the
foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates
thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the
LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
17:
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And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said
unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I
stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to
my word.
17:
2
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
17:
3
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the
brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
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17:
4
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have
commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
17:
5
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he
went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
17:
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.
17:
7
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because
there had been no rain in the land.
17:
8
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
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Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell
there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain
thee.
17:10
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate
of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of
sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little
water in a vessel, that I may drink.
17:11
And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring
me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
17:12
And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but
an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold,
I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and
my son, that we may eat it, and die.
17:13
And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but
make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after
make for thee and for thy son.
17:14
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall
not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the
LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
17:15
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she,
and he, and her house, did eat many days.
17:16
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail,
according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
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17:17
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.
17:18
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man
of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and
to slay my son?
17:19
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her
bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him
upon his own bed.
17:20
And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast
thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by
slaying her son?
17:21
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto
the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's
soul come into him again.
17:22
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child
came into him again, and he revived.
17:23
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.
17:24
And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a
man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
CHAPTER 18
18:
1
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD
came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto
Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
18:
2
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore
famine in Samaria.
18:
3
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house.
(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
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18:
4
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD,
that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a
cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
18:
5
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains
of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to
save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
18:
6
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab
went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by
himself.
18:
7
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he
knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord
Elijah?
18:
8
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
18:
9
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy
servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
18:10
As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom,
whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He
is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they
found thee not.
18:11
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
18:12
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the
Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so
when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay
me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
18:13
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets
of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's
prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
18:14
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and
he shall slay me.
18:15
And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I
stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
18:16
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to
meet Elijah.
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18:17
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto
him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
18:18
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy
father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the
LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
18:19
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 groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
18:20
So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the
prophets together unto mount Carmel.
18:21
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye
between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if
Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
18:22
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet
of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
18:23
Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one
bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and
put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on
wood, and put no fire under:
18:24
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name
of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God.
And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
18:25
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock
for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the
name of your gods, but put no fire under.
18:26
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed
it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon,
saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that
answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
18:27
And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and
said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he
is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
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18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with
knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied
until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was
neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all
the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the
LORD that was broken down.
18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the
tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD
came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
18:32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and
he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two
measures of seed.
18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and
laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and
pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
18:34 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.
18:35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench
also with water.
18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening
sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God
of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou
art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all
these things at thy word.
18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou
art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back
again.
18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice,
and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water
that was in the trench.
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18:39
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they
said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
18:40
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.
18:41
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is
a sound of abundance of rain.
18:42
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the
top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put
his face between his knees,
18:43
And 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.
18:44
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there
ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said,
Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that
the rain stop thee not.
18:45
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black
with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode,
and went to Jezreel.
18:46
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his
loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
CHAPTER 19
19:
1
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he
had slain all the prophets with the sword.
19:
2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods
do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of
them by to morrow about this time.
19:
3
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to
Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
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19:
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 LORD, take away my
life; for I am not better than my fathers.
19:
5
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel
touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
19:
6
And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals,
and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid
him down again.
19:
7
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and
touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too
great for thee.
19:
8
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of
that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount
of God.
19:
9
And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the
word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest
thou here, Elijah?
19:10
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts:
for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down
thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I
only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
19:11
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the
LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong
wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the
LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an
earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
19:12
And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire:
and after the fire a still small voice.
19:13
And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his
mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And,
behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou
here, Elijah?
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19:14
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts:
because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown
down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I,
even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
19:15
And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the
wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to
be king over Syria:
19:16
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over
Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou
anoint to be prophet in thy room.
19:17
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of
Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of
Jehu shall Elisha slay.
19:18
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which
have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed
him.
19:19
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who
was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the
twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
19:20
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?
19:21
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew
them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and
gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went
after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and
there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots;
and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
20:
2
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and
said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,
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20:
3
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children,
even the goodliest, are mine.
20:
4
And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king,
according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
20:
5
And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh
Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou
shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy
children;
20:
6
Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time,
and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants;
and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall
put it in their hand, and take it away.
20:
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 not.
20:
8
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not
unto him, nor consent.
20:
9
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, 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.
20:10
And Benhadad 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.
20:11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not
him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
20:12
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.
20:13
And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,
saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great
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multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and
thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
20:14
And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD,
Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he
said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.
20:15
Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces,
and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he
numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven
thousand.
20:16
And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself
drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings
that helped him.
20:17
And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first;
and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men
come out of Samaria.
20:18
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive;
or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
20:19
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the
city, and the army which followed them.
20:20
And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel
pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse
with the horsemen.
20:21
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots,
and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
20:22
And the prophet came 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.
20:23
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are
gods 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.
20:24
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his
place, and put captains in their rooms:
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20:25
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.
20:26
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad
numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against
Israel.
20:27
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and
went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them
like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
20:28
And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel,
and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said,
The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys,
therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and
ye shall know that I am the LORD.
20:29
And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it
was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children
of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one
day.
20:30
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon
twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And
Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
20:31
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that
the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I 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.
20:32
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their
heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant
Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet
alive? he is my brother.
20:33
Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come
from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother
Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came
forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
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20:34 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. Then said Ahab, I will
send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with
him, and sent him away.
20:35
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his
neighbor in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the
man refused to smite him.
20:36
Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of
the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion
shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion
found him, and slew him.
20:37
Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And
the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
20:38
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and
disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
20:39
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.
20:40
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
decided it.
20:41
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king
of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
20:42
And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let
go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction,
therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his
people.
20:43
And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and
came to Samaria.
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CHAPTER 21
21:
1
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.
21:
2
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that
I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my
house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it
seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
21:
3
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should
give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
21:
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 down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat
no bread.
21:
5
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy
spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
21:
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.
21:
7
And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the
kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry:
I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
21:
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, dwelling with Naboth.
21:
9
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set
Naboth on high among the people:
21:10
And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness
against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And
then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
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21:11
And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were
the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and
as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
21:12
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
21:13
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him:
and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth,
in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God
and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and
stoned him with stones, that he died.
21:14
Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
21:15
And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned,
and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of
the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he
refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
21:16
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.
21:17
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
21:18
Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria:
behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to
possess it.
21:19
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD,
Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak
unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs
licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
21:20
And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And
he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to
work evil in the sight of the LORD.
21:21
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy
posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the
wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
21:22
And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the
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provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made
Israel to sin.
21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat
Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
21:24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that
dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
21:25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work
wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife
stirred up.
21:26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all
things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the
children of Israel.
21:27 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.
21:28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he
humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days:
but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
CHAPTER 22
22:1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and
Israel.
22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah came down to the king of Israel.
22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that
Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the
hand of the king of Syria?
22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to
Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as
thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
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22:
5
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee,
at the word of the LORD to day.
22:
6
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four
hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead
to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD
shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
22:
7
And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
besides, that we might enquire of him?
22:
8
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one
man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the
LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning
me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
22:
9
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither
Micaiah the son of Imlah.
22:10
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each
on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the
entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied
before them.
22:11
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and
he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the
Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
22:12
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the
king's hand.
22:13
And the messenger that was gone 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 that which is good.
22:14
And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith
unto me, that will I speak.
22:15
So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall
we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he
answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into
the hand of the king.
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22:16
And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee
that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the
LORD?
22:17
And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that
have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let
them return every man to his house in peace.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee
that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
22:19
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the
LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by
him on his right hand and on his left.
22:20
And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up
and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another
said on that manner.
22:21
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and
said, I will persuade him.
22:22
And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go
forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.
And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail also: go forth,
and do so.
Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the
mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil
concerning thee.
22:24
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah
on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD
from me to speak unto thee?
22:25
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou
shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
22:26
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;
22:27
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
come in peace.
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22:28
And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath
not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of
you.
22:29
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to
Ramothgilead.
22:30
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And
the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
22:31
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that
had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor
great, save only with the king of Israel.
22:32
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.
22:33
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived
that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from
pursuing him.
22:34
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of
Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the
driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host;
for I am wounded.
22:35
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 midst of the chariot.
22:36
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going
down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to
his own country.
22:37
So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the
king in Samaria.
22:38
And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs
licked up his blood; and they washed his armor; according unto the
word of the LORD which he spake.
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22:39
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory
house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22:40
So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his
stead.
22:41
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the
fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
22:42
Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
22:43
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not
aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD:
nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people
offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
22:44
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
22:45
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he
shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
22:46
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of
his father Asa, he took out of the land.
22:47
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
22:48
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but
they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
22:49
Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my
servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would
not.
22:50
And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned
in his stead.
22:51
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the
seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two
years over Israel.
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22:52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, 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, who made Israel to sin:
22:53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger
the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
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KINGS
CHAPTER 1
1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that
was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said
unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the God of Ekron whether I
shall recover of this disease.
1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up
to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them,
Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire
of Baalzebub the God of Ekron?
1:4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down
from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And
Elijah departed.
1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto
them, Why are ye now turned back?
1:6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said
unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto
him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in
Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the God of
Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which
thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came
up to meet you, and told you these words?
1:8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a
girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the
Tishbite.
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Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And
he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he
spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
1:10
And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man
of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee
and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and
consumed him and his fifty.
1:11
Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty.
And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the
king said, Come down quickly.
1:12
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.
1:13
And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And
the third captain 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.
1:14
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two
captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life
now be precious in thy sight.
1:15
And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him:
be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto
the king.
1:16
And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou
hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the God of Ekron, is
it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word?
therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art
gone up, but shalt surely die.
1:17
So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had
spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of
Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no
son.
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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?
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into
heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2:
2
And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD
hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went
down to Bethel.
2:
3
And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to
Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take
away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know
it; hold ye your peace.
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4
And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the
LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth,
and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to
Jericho.
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5
And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha,
and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away
thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know
it; hold ye your peace.
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6
And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD
hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
2:
7
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view
afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
2:
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.
2:
9
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said
unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away
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from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy
spirit be upon me.
2:10
And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see
me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it
shall not be so.
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold,
there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them
both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
2:12
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot
of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and
he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
2:13
He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went
back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
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And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the
waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he
also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and
Elisha went over.
2:15
And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho
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.
2:16
And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants
fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master:
lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and
cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said,
Ye shall not send.
2:17
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.
2:18
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he
said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
2:19
And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the
situation of this city is pleasant, as my Lord seeth: but the water is
naught, and the ground barren.
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2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they
brought it to him.
2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt
in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these
waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren
land.
2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of
Elisha which he spake.
2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up
by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and
mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou
bald head.
2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the
name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the
wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he
returned to Samaria.
CHAPTER 3
3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria
the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned
twelve years.
3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his
father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that
his father had made.
3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
3:4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto
the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred
thousand rams, with the wool.
3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab
rebelled against the king of Israel.
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6
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and
numbered all Israel.
3:
7
And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me
against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art,
my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
3:
8
And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The
way through the wilderness of Edom.
3:
9
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of
Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and
there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed
them.
3:10
And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these
three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
3:11
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD,
that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of
Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of
Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
3:12
And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the
king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to
him.
3:13
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 the
LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into
the hand of Moab.
3:14
And Elisha said, As the LORD 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.
3:15
But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the
minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
3:16
And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of
ditches.
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For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye
see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may
drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
3:18
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will
deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
3:19
And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and
shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar
every good piece of land with stones.
3:20
And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was
offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and
the country was filled with water.
3:21
And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to
fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armor,
and upward, and stood in the border.
3:22
And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the
water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as
blood:
3:23
And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they
have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
3:24
And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up
and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they
went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
3:25
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land
cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the
wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left
they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and
smote it.
3:26
And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for
him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to
break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
3:27
Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead,
and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was
great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and
returned to their own land.
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CHAPTER 4
4:
1
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 the LORD: and the
creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
4:
2
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what
hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any
thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
4:
3
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors,
even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4:
4
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and
upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou
shalt set aside that which is full.
4:
5
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her
sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
4:
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.
4:
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 children of the rest.
4:
8
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a
great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was,
that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
4:
9
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is
an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
4:10
Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set
for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and
it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
4:11
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the
chamber, and lay there.
4:12
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And
when he had called her, she stood before him.
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4:13
And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been
careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee?
wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the
host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
4:14
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi
answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
4:15
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the
door.
4:16
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou
shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my Lord, thou man of
God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
4:17
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that
Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
4:18
And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to
his father to the reapers.
4:19
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a
lad, Carry him to his mother.
4:20
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat
on her knees till noon, and then died.
4:21
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and
shut the door upon him, and went out.
4:22
And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee,
one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the
man of God, and come again.
4:23
And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither
new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
4:24
Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go
forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
4:25
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 that Shunammite:
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4:26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with
thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she
answered, It is well:
4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him
by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man
of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the
LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my Lord? did I not say, Do not
deceive me?
4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in
thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not;
and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon
the face of the child.
4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy
soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face
of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he
went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not
awaked.
4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was
dead, and laid upon his bed.
4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and
prayed unto the LORD.
4:34 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 stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the
child waxed warm.
4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up,
and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times,
and the child opened his eyes.
4:36 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.
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4:37
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the
ground, and took up her son, and went out.
4:38
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 seethe pottage for the
sons of the prophets.
4:39
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.
4:40
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
thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat
thereof.
4:41
But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he
said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no
harm in the pot.
4:42
And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of
God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears
of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that
they may eat.
4:43
And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred
men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus
saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
4:44
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof,
according to the word of the LORD.
CHAPTER 5
5:
1
Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great
man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD
had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in
valour, but he was a leper.
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5:
2
And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought
away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited
on Naaman’s wife.
5:
3
And she said unto her mistress, Would God my Lord were with
the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his
leprosy.
5:
4
And one went in, and told his Lord, saying, Thus and thus said the
maid that is of the land of Israel.
5:
5
And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto
the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents
of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of
raiment.
5:
6
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when
this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman
my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
5:
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? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a
quarrel against me.
5:
8
And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had 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.
5:
9
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at
the door of the house of Elisha.
5:10
And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in
Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and
thou shalt be clean.
5:11
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 the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and
recover the leper.
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5:12
Are not Abana and Pharpar, 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.
5:13
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My
father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest
thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to
thee, Wash, and be clean?
5:14
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan,
according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again
like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
5:15
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and
came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that
there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray
thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
5:16
But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will
receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
5:17
And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy
servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth
offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto
the LORD.
5:18
In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that 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 down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy
servant in this thing.
5:19
And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little
way.
5:20
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold,
my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his
hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run
after him, and take somewhat of him.
5:21
So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him
running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him,
and said, Is all well?
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5:22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold,
even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young
men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of
silver, and two changes of garments.
5:23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him,
and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of
garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare
them before him.
5:24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and
bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they
departed.
5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto
him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went
no whither.
5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the
man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to
receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and
vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
maidservants?
5:27 The leprosy 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.
CHAPTER 6
6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the
place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
6:2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a
beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And
he answered, Go ye.
6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.
And he answered, I will go.
6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut
down wood.
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6:
5
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and
he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
6:
6
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the
place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron
did swim.
6:
7
Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and
took it.
6:
8
Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with
his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
6:
9
And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware
that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come
down.
6:10
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told
him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor
twice.
6:11
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this
thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not
shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
6:12
And one of his servants said, None, 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.
6:13
And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch
him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
6:14
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and
they came by night, and compassed the city about.
6:15
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone
forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and
chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how
shall we do?
6:16
And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than
they that be with them.
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes,
that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young
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man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and
chariots of fire round about Elisha.
6:18
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD,
and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he
smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
6:19
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. But
he led them to Samaria.
6:20
And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that
Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.
And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they
were in the midst of Samaria.
6:21
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My
father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
6:22
And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite
those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy
bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and
drink, and go to their master.
6:23
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had
eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master.
So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
6:24
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria
gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
6:25
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged
it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and
the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
6:26
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried
a woman unto him, saying, Help, my Lord, O king.
6:27
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help
thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
6:28
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered,
This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to
day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
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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.
6:30
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman,
that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the
people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
6:31
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha
the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
6:32
But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the
king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to
him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath
sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh,
shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his
master’s feet behind him?
6:33
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came
down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD;
what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
CHAPTER 7
7:
1
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the
LORD, 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.
7:
2
Then a Lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of
God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in
heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it
with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
7:
3
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and
they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
7:
4
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city,
and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now
therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they
save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
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7:
5
And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the
Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the
camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
7:
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:
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.
7:
8
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp,
they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence
silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again,
and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and
hid it.
7:
9
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of
good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning
light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that
we may go and tell the king’s household.
7:10
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 horses tied, and
asses tied, and the tents as they were.
7:11
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house
within.
7:12
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will
now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that
we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide
themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we
shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
7:13
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 multitude of Israel that are left in it:
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behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites
that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
7:14
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the
host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
7:15
And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full
of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their
haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
7:16
And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a
measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of
barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
7:17
And the king appointed the Lord on whose hand he leaned to have
the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate,
and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king
came down to him.
7:18
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:
7:19
And that Lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if
the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?
And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not
eat thereof.
7:20
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the
gate, and he died.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to
life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn
wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a
famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
8:
2
And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God:
and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the
Philistines seven years.
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8:
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.
8:
4
And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God,
saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath
done.
8:
5
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored
a dead body to life, 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.
8:
6
And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king
appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was
hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the
land, even until now.
8:
7
And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was
sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
8:
8
And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and
go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying,
Shall I recover of this disease?
8:
9
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of
every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and
stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath
sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
8:10
And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest
certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall
surely die.
8:11
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed:
and the man of God wept.
8:12
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my Lord? And he answered,
Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of
Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men
wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip
up their women with child.
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8:13
And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do
this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me
that thou shalt be king over Syria.
8:14
So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to
him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that
thou shouldest surely recover.
8:15
And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and
dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and
Hazael reigned in his stead.
8:16
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.
8:17
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
8:18
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of
Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the
sight of the LORD.
8:19
Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s
sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his
children.
8:20
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made
a king over themselves.
8:21
So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he
rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him
about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into
their tents.
8:22
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.
Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
8:23
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?
8:24
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.
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8:25
In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
8:26
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign;
and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was
Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
8:27
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the
sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in
law of the house of Ahab.
8:28
And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael
king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
8:29
And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds
which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against
Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of
Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because
he was sick.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets,
and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in
thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
9:
2
And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of
Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up
from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
9:
3
Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus
saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open
the door, and flee, and tarry not.
9:
4
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to
Ramothgilead.
9:
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 all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
9:
6
And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his
head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I
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have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over
Israel.
9:
7
And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may
avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all
the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
9:
8
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from
Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and
left in Israel:
9:
9
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
9:10
And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there
shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
9:11
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his Lord: and one said
unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And
he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
9:12
And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus
spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee
king over Israel.
9:13
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it
under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying,
Jehu is king.
9:14
So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired
against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all
Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
9:15
But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds
which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king
of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth
nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
9:16
So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there.
And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
9:17
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied
the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And
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Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him
say, Is it peace?
9:18
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 again.
9:19
Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and
said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What
hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
9:20
And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and
cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son
of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
9:21
And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready.
And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each
in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the
portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
9:22
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it
peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the
whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so
many?
9:23
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There
is treachery, O Ahaziah.
9:24
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram
between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk
down in his chariot.
9:25
Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the
portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how
that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the
LORD laid this burden upon him;
9:26
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of
his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith
the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of
ground, according to the word of the LORD.
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9:27 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 did so at the going up to Gur,
which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried
him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah
to reign over Judah.
9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she
painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who
slew his master?
9:32 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.
9:33 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
trode her under foot.
9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see
now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter.
9:35 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.
9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the
word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the
Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of
Jezebel:
9:37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the
field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is
Jezebel.
CHAPTER 10
10:1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters,
and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to
them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,
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10:
2
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
fenced city also, and armor;
10:
3
Look even out the best and meetest of your master’s sons, and set
him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.
10:
4
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings
stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
10:
5
And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the
elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu,
saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us;
we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine
eyes.
10:
6
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be
mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of
the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to
morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons,
were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
10:
7
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took
the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in
baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
10:
8
And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have
brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in
two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
10:
9
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood,
and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired
against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
10:10
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word
of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of
Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant
Elijah.
10:11
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and
all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him
none remaining.
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10:12
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at
the shearing house in the way,
10:13
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said,
Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah;
and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children
of the queen.
10:14
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.
10:15
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 thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab
answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his
hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
10:16
And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So
they made him ride in his chariot.
10:17
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab
in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the
LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
10:18
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them,
Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
10:19
Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his
servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great
sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not
live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy
the worshippers of Baal.
10:20
And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they
proclaimed it.
10:21
And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers 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 full from
one end to another.
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10:22
And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth
vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them
forth vestments.
10:23
And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house
of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look
that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but
the worshippers of Baal only.
10:24
And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu
appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men
whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him
go, his life shall be for the life of him.
10:25
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.
10:26
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and
burned them.
10:27
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house
of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
10:28
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
10:29
Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden
calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
10:30
And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in
executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the
house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children
of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
10:31
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of
Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
10:32
In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael
smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
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10:33
From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river
Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
10:34
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?
10:35
And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria.
And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
10:36
And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty
and eight years.
CHAPTER 11
11:
1
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was
dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
11:
2
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took
Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s
sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in
the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
11:
3
And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And
Athaliah did reign over the land.
11:
4
And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over
hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to
him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them,
and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed
them the king’s son.
11:
5
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do;
A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be
keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
11:
6
And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the
gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that
it be not broken down.
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And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they
shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
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And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his
weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him
be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh
in.
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And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that
Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men
that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out
on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
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And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s
spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
11:11
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand,
round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left
corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
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And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him,
and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed
him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
11:13
And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people,
she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
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And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the
manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and
all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and
Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
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But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds,
the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without
the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the
priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
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And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which
the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.
11:17
And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king
and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between
the king also and the people.
11:18
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and
brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces
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thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
11:19
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the
guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the
king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate
of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the
kings.
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And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet:
and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.
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Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
CHAPTER 12
12:
1
In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years
reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of
Beersheba.
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2
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all
his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
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3
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed
and burnt incense in the high places.
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4
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated
things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money
of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is
set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring
into the house of the LORD,
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5
Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and
let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach
shall be found.
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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.
12:
7
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other
priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the
house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance,
but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
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12:
8
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people,
neither to repair the breaches of the house.
12:
9
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of
it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into
the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put
therein all the money that was brought into the house of the
LORD.
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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 told the money that was found in the house of
the LORD.
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And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that
did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and
they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon
the house of the LORD,
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And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed
stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all
that was laid out for the house to repair it.
12:13
Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of
silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of
silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
12:14
But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the
house of the LORD.
12:15
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they
delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt
faithfully.
12:16
The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house
of the LORD: it was the priests’.
12:17
Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and
took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
12:18
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that
Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of
Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold
that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in
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the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went
away from Jerusalem.
12:19
And 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?
12:20
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in
the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
12:21
For Jozachar 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.
CHAPTER 13
13:
1
In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of
Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
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2
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and
followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel
to sin; he departed not therefrom.
13:
3
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he
delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the
hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
13:
4
And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto
him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria
oppressed them.
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5
(And the LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from
under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in
their tents, as beforetime.
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6
Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of
Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there
remained the grove also in Samaria.)
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7
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen,
and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria
had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
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13:
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his
might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
13:
9
And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in
Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
13:10
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.
13:11
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he
departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who
made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
13:12
And 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?
13:13
And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his
throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
13:14
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And
Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his
face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the
horsemen thereof.
13:15
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto
him bow and arrows.
13:16
And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow.
And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the
king’s hands.
13:17
And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then
Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the
LORD’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for
thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed
them.
13:18
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.
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13:19
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.
13:20
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the
Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
13:21
And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold,
they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre
of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones
of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
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But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
13:23
And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on
them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither
cast he them from his presence as yet.
13:24
So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his
stead.
13:25
And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of
Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of
the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat
him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
CHAPTER 14
14:
1
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
14:
2
He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and
reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s
name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
14:
3
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not
like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his
father did.
14:
4
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people
did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
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14:
5
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his
hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
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6
But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that
which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the
LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death
for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but
every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
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7
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah
by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
14:
8
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz
son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in
the face.
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9
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,
saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was
in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there
passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the
thistle.
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Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee
up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou
meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah
with thee?
14:11
But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel
went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in
the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
14:12
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every
man to their tents.
14:13
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to
Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of
Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
14:14
And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s
house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
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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?
14:16
And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with
the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
14:17
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death
of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
14:18
And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
14:19
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled
to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
14:20
And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem
with his fathers in the city of David.
14:21
And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years
old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
14:22
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept
with his fathers.
14:23
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah
Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria,
and reigned forty and one years.
14:24
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who
made Israel to sin.
14:25
He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto
the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of
Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of
Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.
14:26
For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter:
for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for
Israel.
14:27
And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel
from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the
son of Joash.
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14:28
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 belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
14:29
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel;
and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 15
15:
1
In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began
Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
15:
2
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned
two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was
Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
15:
3
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
15:
4
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed
and burnt incense still on the high places.
15:
5
And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day
of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s
son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
15:
6
And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
15:
7
So 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.
15:
8
In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did
Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six
months.
15:
9
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his
fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
15:10
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote
him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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15:11
And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
15:12
This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu,
saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth
generation. And so it came to pass.
15:13
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth
year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in
Samaria.
15:14
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to
Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew
him, and reigned in his stead.
15:15
And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he
made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel.
15:16
Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the
coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him,
therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with
child he ripped up.
15:17
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.
15:18
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
15:19
And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem
gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with
him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
15:20
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.
15:21
And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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15:22
And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned
in his stead.
15:23
In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of
Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two
years.
15:24
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who
made Israel to sin.
15:25
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against
him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house,
with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites:
and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
15:26
And 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.
15:27
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.
15:28
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who
made Israel to sin.
15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of
Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and
Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of
Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
15:30
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.
15:31
And 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.
15:32
In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel
began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
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15:33
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.
15:34
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did
according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
15:35
Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed
and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate
of the house of the LORD.
15:36
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
15:37
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the
king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
15:38
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.
CHAPTER 16
16:
1
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son
of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
16:
2
Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the
sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
16:
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
heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of
Israel.
16:
4
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the
hills, and under every green tree.
16:
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.
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16:
6
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and
drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and
dwelt there unto this day.
16:
7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying,
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,
which rise up against me.
16:
8
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of
the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for
a present to the king of Assyria.
16:
9
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of
Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the
people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
16:10
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of
Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz
sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of
it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
16:11
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz
had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king
Ahaz came from Damascus.
16:12
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the
altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
16:13
And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured
his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings,
upon the altar.
16:14
And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD,
from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the
house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
16:15
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the
great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat
offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with
the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat
offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood
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of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the
brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
16:16
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz
commanded.
16:17
And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the
laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen
oxen that were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones.
16:18
And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and
the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD
for the king of Assyria.
16:19
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?
16:20
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.
CHAPTER 17
17:
1
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of
Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
17:
2
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not
as the kings of Israel that were before him.
17:
3
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea
became his servant, and gave him presents.
17:
4
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had
sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present 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.
17:
5
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and
went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
17:
6
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and
carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in
Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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17:
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For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the
LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of
Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had
feared other gods,
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And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast
out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel,
which they had made.
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And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not
right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places
in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced
city.
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And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and
under every green tree:
17:11
And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the
heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought
wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
17:12
For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye
shall not do this thing.
17:13
Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the
prophets, and by all the seers, 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.
17:14
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks,
like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD
their God.
17:15
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with
their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them;
and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the
heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD
had charged them, that they should not do like them.
17:16
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and
made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and
worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
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And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the
fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to
do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
17:18
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed
them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah
only.
17:19
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God,
but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
17:20
And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them,
and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them
out of his sight.
17:21
For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made
Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from
following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
17:22
For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which
he did; they departed not from them;
17:23
Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by
all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of
their own land to Assyria unto this day.
17:24
And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from
Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim,
and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of
Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
17:25
And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they
feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them,
which slew some of them.
17:26
Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations
which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know
not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions
among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not
the manner of the God of the land.
17:27
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of
the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and
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dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the
land.
17:28
Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria
came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear
the LORD.
17:29
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.
17:30
And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of
Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
17:31
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites
burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the
gods of Sepharvaim.
17:32
So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest
of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the
houses of the high places.
17:33
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the
manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
17:34
Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the
LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their
ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD
commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
17:35
With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them,
saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them,
nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
17:36
But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with
great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him
shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
17:37
And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the
commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for
evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
17:38
And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget;
neither shall ye fear other gods.
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But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out
of the hand of all your enemies.
17:40
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former
manner.
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So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images,
both their children, and their children’s children: as did their
fathers, so do they unto this day.
CHAPTER 18
18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king
of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to
reign.
18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he
reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name
also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
18:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
according to all that David his father did.
18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down
the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had
made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to
it: and he called it Nehushtan.
18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none
like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before
him.
18:6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him,
but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded
Moses.
18:7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he
went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served
him not.
18:8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof,
from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
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And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which
was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged
it.
18:10
And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of
Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria
was taken.
18:11
And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and
put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the
cities of the Medes:
18:12
Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but
transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the
LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
18:13
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king
of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took
them.
18:14
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish,
saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest
on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto
Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty
talents of gold.
18:15
And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house
of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house.
18:16
At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the
temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of
Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
18:17
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh
from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem.
And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were
come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool,
which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
18:18
And when they had called to the king, there came out to them
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
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18:19
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus
saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this
wherein thou trustest?
18:20
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and
strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou
rebellest against me?
18:21
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed,
even upon Egypt, on which 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.
18:22
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that
he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away,
and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this
altar in Jerusalem?
18:23
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my Lord the king of
Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be
able on thy part to set riders upon them.
18:24
How then wilt 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?
18:25
Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to
destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and
destroy it.
18:26
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto
Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian
language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’
language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
18:27
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 which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung,
and drink their own piss with you?
18:28
Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’
language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the
king of Assyria:
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18:29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not
be able to deliver you out of his hand:
18:30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The
LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered
into the hand of the king of Assyria.
18:31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make
an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then
eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and
drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
18:32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a
land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil
olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not
unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will
deliver us.
18:33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of
the hand of the king of Assyria?
18:34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods
of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of
mine hand?
18:35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have
delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should
deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
18:36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for
the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
18:37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the
household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the
recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the
words of Rabshakeh.
CHAPTER 19
19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his
clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the
house of the LORD.
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19:
2
And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna
the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to
Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
19:
3
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to
the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
19:
4
It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of
Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to
reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the
LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the
remnant that are left.
19:
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So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus
saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard,
with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed
me.
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Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour,
and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the
sword in his own land.
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So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring
against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from
Lachish.
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And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is
come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto
Hezekiah, saying,
19:10
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 delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
19:11
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all
lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
19:12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have
destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of
Eden which were in Thelasar?
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19:13
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king
of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
19:14
And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers,
and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD,
and spread it before the LORD.
19:15
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God
of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God,
even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made
heaven and earth.
19:16
LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes,
and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to
reproach the living God.
19:17
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations
and their lands,
19:18
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.
19:19
Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out
of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou
art the LORD God, even thou only.
19:20
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith
the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me
against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
19:21
This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The
virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to
scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
19:22
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom
hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even
against the Holy One of Israel.
19:23
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said,
With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of
the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall
cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter
into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
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19:24
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my
feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
19:25
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient
times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that
thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
19:26
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were
dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and
as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn
blasted before it be grown up.
19:27
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and
thy rage against me.
19:28
Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine
ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy
lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
19:29
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things
as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth
of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant
vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
19:30
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet
again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
19:31
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape
out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
19:32
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He
shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come
before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
19:33
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not
come into this city, saith the LORD.
19:34
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for
my servant David’s sake.
19:35
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went
out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore
and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning,
behold, they were all dead corpses.
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19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,
and dwelt at Nineveh.
19:37
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of
Nisroch his God, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote
him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia.
And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 20
20:
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In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet
Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith
the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
20:
2
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
saying,
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3
I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now 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.
20:
4
And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle
court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
20:
5
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith
the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I
have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou
shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
20:
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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.
20:
7
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on
the boil, and he recovered.
20:
8
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the
LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the
LORD the third day?
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20:
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And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the
LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go
forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
20:10
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go
down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten
degrees.
20:11
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the
shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the
dial of Ahaz.
20:12
At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of
Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard
that Hezekiah had been sick.
20:13
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the
house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the
spices, and the precious ointment, 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 Hezekiah shewed them not.
20:14
Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto
him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee?
And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from
Babylon.
20:15
And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah
answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen:
there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
20:16
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
20:17
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that
which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be
carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
20:18
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,
shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the
king of Babylon.
20:19
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD
which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and
truth be in my days?
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20:20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he
made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
20:21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned
in his stead.
CHAPTER 21
21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and
reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name
was Hephzibah.
21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the
abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the
children of Israel.
21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had
destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as
did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and
served them.
21:4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD
said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of
the house of the LORD.
21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and
used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he
wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke
him to anger.
21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the
house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son,
In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all
tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
21:8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land
which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according
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to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that
my servant Moses commanded them.
21:
9
But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more
evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the
children of Israel.
21:10
And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
21:11
Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations,
and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which
were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
21:12
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am
bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever
heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
21:13
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.
21:14
And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver
them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey
and a spoil to all their enemies;
21:15
Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have
provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of
Egypt, even unto this day.
21:16
Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had
filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith
he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of
the LORD.
21:17
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?
21:18
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.
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21:19
Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was
Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
21:20
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his
father Manasseh did.
21:21
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served
the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
21:22
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in
the way of the LORD.
21:23
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the
king in his own house.
21:24
And 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.
21:25
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
21:26
And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and
Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 22
22:
1
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was
Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
22:
2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and
walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to
the right hand or to the left.
22:
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 Meshullam, the
scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
22:
4
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which
is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the
door have gathered of the people:
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22:
5
And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that
have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it
to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to
repair the breaches of the house,
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Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and
hewn stone to repair the house.
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Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money
that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
22:
8
And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have
found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah
gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
22:
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And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king
word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that
was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them
that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the
LORD.
22:10
And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest
hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
22:11
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the
book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
22:12
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son
of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the
scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
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Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all
Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is
the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our
fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do
according unto all that which is written concerning us.
22:14
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and
Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum
the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe;
(now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed
with her.
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And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell
the man that sent you to me,
22:16
Thus saith the LORD, 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:
22:17
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto
other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works
of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this
place, and shall not be quenched.
22:18
But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD,
thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As
touching the words which thou hast heard;
22:19
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself
before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this
place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become
a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before
me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
22:20
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt
be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all
the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the
king word again.
CHAPTER 23
23:
1
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of
Judah and of Jerusalem.
23:
2
And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men
of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the
priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great:
and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant
which was found in the house of the LORD.
23:
3
And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the
LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments
and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their
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soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in
this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
23:
4
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of
the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of
the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal,
and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned
them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the
ashes of them unto Bethel.
23:
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.
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6
And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD,
without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the
brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the
powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
23:
7
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the
house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the
grove.
23:
8
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled
the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to
Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in
the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which
were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
23:
9
Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar
of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened
bread among their brethren.
23:10
And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of
Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass
through the fire to Molech.
23:11
And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to
the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the
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chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the
suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
23:12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz,
which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh
had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king
beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of
them into the brook Kidron.
23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the
right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of
Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians,
and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom
the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and
filled their places with the bones of men.
23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both
that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high
place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
23:16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were
there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the
sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it,
according to the word of the LORD which the man of God
proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
23:17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city
told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from
Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the
altar of Bethel.
23:18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let
his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of
Samaria.
23:19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of
Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to
anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts
that he had done in Bethel.
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23:20
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon
the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to
Jerusalem.
23:21
And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover
unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this
covenant.
23:22
Surely there was not holden 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;
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But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover
was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
23:24
Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and
the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied
in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he
might perform the words of the law which were written in the
book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
23:25
And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the
LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his
might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose
there any like him.
23:26
Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his
great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah,
because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him
withal.
23:27
And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I
have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I
have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be
there.
23:28
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
23:29
In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king
of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against
him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
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23:30
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.
23:31
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.
23:32
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his fathers had done.
23:33
And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a
tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
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And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the
room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and
took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
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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
Pharaohnechoh.
23:36
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 Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his fathers had done.
CHAPTER 24
24:
1
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and
Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and
rebelled against him.
24:
2
And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, 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,
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according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his
servants the prophets.
24:
3
Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah,
to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh,
according to all that he did;
24:
4
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled
Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not
pardon.
24:
5
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24:
6
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned
in his stead.
24:
7
And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for
the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the
river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
24:
8
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was
Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
24:
9
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his father had done.
24:10
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came
up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
24:11
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and
his servants did besiege it.
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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.
24:13
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the
LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all
the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the
temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
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24:14
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the
mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the
craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the
people of the land.
24:15
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother,
and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land,
those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
24:16
And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and
smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them
the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
24:17
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king
in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
24:18
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.
24:19
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that Jehoiakim had done.
24:20
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem
and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that
Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
CHAPTER 25
25:
1
And 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 host, against Jerusalem, and pitched
against it; and they built forts against it round about.
25:
2
And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
25:
3
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in
the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
25:
4
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night
by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s
garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and
the king went the way toward the plain.
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25:
5
And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook
him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from
him.
25:
6
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon
to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
25:
7
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out
the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and
carried him to Babylon.
25:
8
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is
the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came
Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of
Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
25:
9
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all
the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he
with fire.
25:10
And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the
guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
25:11
Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the
fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of
the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry
away.
25:12
But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land
to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
25:13
And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and
the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD,
did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to
Babylon.
25:14
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons,
and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they
away.
25:15
And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold,
in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
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25:16
The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made
for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was
without weight.
25:17
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter
upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and
the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round
about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with
wreathen work.
25:18
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and
Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
25:19
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of
war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which
were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which
mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people
of the land that were found in the city:
25:20
And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought
them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
25:21
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in
the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
25:22
And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
25:23
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard
that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came
to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and
Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the
Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and
their men.
25:24
And Gedaliah swear to them, and to their men, and said unto them,
Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and
serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
25:25
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten
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men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and
the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
25:26
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the
armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the
Chaldees.
25:27
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity
of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and
twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in
the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin
king of Judah out of prison;
25:28
And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of
the kings that were with him in Babylon;
25:29
And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually
before him all the days of his life.
25:30
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king,
a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
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CHRONICLES
CHAPTER 1
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Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
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Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
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3
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
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4
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1:
5
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,
and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
1:
6
And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
1:
7
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and
Dodanim.
1:
8
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
1:
9
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah,
and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
1:10
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
1:11
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and
Naphtuhim,
1:12
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and
Caphthorim.
1:13
And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
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The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
1:15
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
1:16
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
1:17
The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and
Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
1:18
And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
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1:19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg;
because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name
was Joktan.
1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and
Jerah,
1:21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
1:22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
1:23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of
Joktan.
1:24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
1:27 Abram; the same is Abraham.
1:28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
1:29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth;
then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
1:32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran,
and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And
the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
1:33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and
Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
1:34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
1:35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and
Korah.
1:36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz,
and Timna, and Amalek.
1:37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
1:38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.
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1:39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan’s
sister.
1:40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and
Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
1:41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and
Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
1:42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of
Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
1:43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before
any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor:
and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
1:44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah
reigned in his stead.
1:45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites
reigned in his stead.
1:46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which
smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the
name of his city was Avith.
1:47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his
stead.
1:48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river
reigned in his stead.
1:49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in
his stead.
1:50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the
name of his city was Pai; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the
daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
1:51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke
Aliah, duke Jetheth,
1:52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
1:53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
1:54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.
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CHAPTER 2
2:1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Issachar, and Zebulun,
2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
2:3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were
born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the
firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew
him.
2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the
sons of Judah were five.
2:5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol,
and Dara: five of them in all.
2:7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who
transgressed in the thing accursed.
2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
2:9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and
Ram, and Chelubai.
2:10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon,
prince of the children of Judah;
2:11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
2:12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
2:13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and
Shimma the third,
2:14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
2:15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
2:16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah;
Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
2:17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the
Ishmeelite.
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2:18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife,
and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
2:19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which
bare him Hur.
2:20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
2:21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father
of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and
she bare him Segub.
2:22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land
of Gilead.
2:23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them,
with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All
these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah
Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the
firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
2:26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was
the mother of Onam.
2:27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and
Jamin, and Eker.
2:28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of
Shammai; Nadab and Abishur.
2:29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him
Ahban, and Molid.
2:30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without
children.
2:31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And
the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
2:32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan:
and Jether died without children.
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2:33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons
of Jerahmeel.
2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a
servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
2:35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she
bare him Attai.
2:36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
2:37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
2:38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
2:39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
2:40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
2:41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
2:42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his
firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah
the father of Hebron.
2:43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and
Shema.
2:44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat
Shammai.
2:45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of
Bethzur.
2:46 And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez:
and Haran begat Gazez.
2:47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and
Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
2:48 Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
2:49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of
Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was
Achsa.
2:50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of
Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.
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2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
2:52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half
of the Manahethites.
2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and
the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites,
and the Eshtaulites,
2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the
house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the
Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites
that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
CHAPTER 3
3:1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in
Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the
second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
3:2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai
king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
3:3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his
wife.
3:4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned
seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and
three years.
3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab,
and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of
Ammiel:
3:6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
3:7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
3:8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
3:9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the
concubines, and Tamar their sister.
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3:10 And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
3:13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
3:14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.
3:15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second
Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
3:17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
3:18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama,
and Nedabiah.
3:19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the
sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their
sister:
3:20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,
Jushabhesed, five.
3:21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of
Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of
Shechaniah.
3:22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah;
Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
3:23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,
three.
3:24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah,
and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
CHAPTER 4
4:1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and
Shobal.
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4:2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat
Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
4:3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and
Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
4:4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.
These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of
Bethlehem.
4:5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
4:6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and
Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
4:7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
4:8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the
son of Harum.
4:9 And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother
called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou
wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine
hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil,
that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he
requested.
4:11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the
father of Eshton.
4:12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father
of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.
4:13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of
Othniel; Hathath.
4:14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of
the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
4:15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam:
and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
4:16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
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4:17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and
Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of
Eshtemoa.
4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber
the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these
are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
4:19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of
Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
4:20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and
Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
4:21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah,
and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of
them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
4:22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who
had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are
ancient things.
4:23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and
hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
4:24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and
Shaul:
4:25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
4:26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei
his son.
4:27 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.
4:28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
4:29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
4:30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
4:31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at
Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
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4:32
And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and
Ashan, five cities:
4:33
And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto
Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
4:34
And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
4:35
And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son
of Asiel,
4:36
And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and
Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
4:37
And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah,
the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
4:38
These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and
the house of their fathers increased greatly.
4:39
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of
the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
4:40
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and
quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
4:41
And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of
Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found
there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their
rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
4:42
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men,
went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah,
and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
4:43
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and
dwelt there unto this day.
CHAPTER 5
5:
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Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the
firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his
birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and
the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
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5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief
ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)
5:3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch,
and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
5:4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5:5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
5:6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away
captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
5:7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their
generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
5:8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who
dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
5:9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness
from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the
land of Gilead.
5:10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell
by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east
land of Gilead.
5:11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of
Bashan unto Salcah:
5:12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in
Bashan.
5:13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and
Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber,
seven.
5:14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah,
the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son
of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
5:15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their
fathers.
5:16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all
the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
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5:17
All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king
of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
5:18
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of
Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and
to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty
thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
5:19
And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish,
and Nodab.
5:20
And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were
delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they
cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because
they put their trust in him.
5:21
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand,
and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two
thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
5:22
For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And
they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
5:23
And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land:
they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto
mount Hermon.
5:24
And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher,
and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and
Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house
of their fathers.
5:25
And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a
whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God
destroyed before them.
5:26
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria,
and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser 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 Gozan, unto this day.
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CHAPTER 6
6:1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
6:2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
6:3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The
sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
6:4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
6:5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
6:6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
6:7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
6:8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
6:9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
6:10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s
office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
6:11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
6:12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
6:13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
6:14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
6:15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away
Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
6:16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
6:18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and
Uzziel.
6:19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families
of the Levites according to their fathers.
6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
6:21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
6:22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his
son,
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6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
6:24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
6:25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
6:26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath
his son,
6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
6:28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
6:29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his
son,
6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
6:31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the
house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of
the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of
the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office
according to their order.
6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of
the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of
Shemuel,
6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of
Toah,
6:35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son
of Amasai,
6:36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of
Zephaniah,
6:37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son
of Korah,
6:38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of
Israel.
6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph
the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
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6:40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
6:41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
6:42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
6:43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
6:44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan
the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
6:45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
6:46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
6:47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of
Levi.
6:48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of
service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering,
and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of
the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according
to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
6:50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,
Abishua his son,
6:51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
6:53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
6:54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their
coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for
theirs was the lot.
6:55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs
thereof round about it.
6:56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
6:57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,
Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir,
and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
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6:58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and
Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All
their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
6:61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that
tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half
tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
6:62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the
tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe
of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen
cities.
6:63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their
families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad,
and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
6:64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their
suburbs.
6:65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and
out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of
the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their
names.
6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of
their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
6:67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount
Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
6:69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
6:70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and
Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons
of Kohath.
6:71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half
tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and
Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
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6:72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs,
Daberath with her suburbs,
6:73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
6:74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and
Abdon with her suburbs,
6:75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
6:76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her
suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her
suburbs.
6:77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe
of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
6:78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan,
were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness
with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
6:79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
6:80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs,
and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
6:81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
CHAPTER 7
7:1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and
Shimrom, four.
7:2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai,
and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, to wit, of
Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose
number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six
hundred.
7:3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael,
and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
7:4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their
fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand
men: for they had many wives and sons.
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7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant
men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and
seven thousand.
7:6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
7:7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth,
and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of
valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two
thousand and thirty and four.
7:8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and
Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and
Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
7:9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations,
heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was
twenty thousand and two hundred.
7:10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and
Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish,
and Ahishahar.
7:11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty
men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers,
fit to go out for war and battle.
7:12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the
sons of Aher.
7:13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum,
the sons of Bilhah.
7:14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine
the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
7:15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim,
whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second
was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
7:16 And Maachah 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.
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7:17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the
son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
7:18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and
Mahalah.
7:19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi,
and Aniam.
7:20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and
Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
7:21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead,
whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because
they came down to take away their cattle.
7:22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren
came to comfort him.
7:23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son,
and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and
the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
7:25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and
Tahan his son.
7:26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
7:27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.
7:28 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns
thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the
towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and
the towns thereof:
7:29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and
her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor
and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of
Israel.
7:30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and
Serah their sister.
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7:31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of
Birzavith.
7:32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their
sister.
7:33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These
are the children of Japhlet.
7:34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
7:35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and
Shelesh, and Amal.
7:36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri,
and Imrah,
7:37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
7:38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
7:39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house,
choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the
number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war
and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
CHAPTER 8
8:1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and
Aharah the third,
8:2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
8:3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
8:4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
8:5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
8:6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers
of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
8:7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat
Uzza, and Ahihud.
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8:8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had
sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
8:9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha,
and Malcham,
8:10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of
the fathers.
8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
8:12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built
Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
8:13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the
inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
8:14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
8:15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
8:16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
8:17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
8:18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
8:19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
8:20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
8:21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
8:22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
8:23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
8:24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
8:25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
8:26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
8:27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
8:28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men.
These dwelt in Jerusalem.
8:29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was
Maachah:
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8:30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and
Nadab,
8:31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
8:32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their
brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan,
and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
8:34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat
Micah.
8:35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and
Ahaz.
8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
8:37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel
his son:
8:38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru,
and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were
the sons of Azel.
8:39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush
the second, and Eliphelet the third.
8:40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had
many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of
the sons of Benjamin.
CHAPTER 9
9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were
written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were
carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
9:2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their
cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
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9:3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the
children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and
Manasseh;
9:4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the
son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
9:5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
9:6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and
ninety.
9:7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son
of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
9:8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son
of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of
Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
9:9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and
fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of
their fathers.
9:10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
9:11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of
Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the
house of God;
9:12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of
Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the
son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
9:13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand
and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of
the service of the house of God.
9:14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of
Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
9:15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of
Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
9:16 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.
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9:17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and
Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
9:18 Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters
in the companies of the children of Levi.
9:19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of
Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites,
were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the
tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD,
were keepers of the entry.
9:20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time
past, and the LORD was with him.
9:21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
9:22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two
hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in
their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their
set office.
9:23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the
house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by
wards.
9:24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and
south.
9:25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after
seven days from time to time with them.
9:26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office,
and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge
was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained
to them.
9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that
they should bring them in and out by tale.
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9:29
Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all
the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine,
and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
9:30
And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the
spices.
9:31
And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of
Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were
made in the pans.
9:32
And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were
over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
9:33
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who
remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in
that work day and night.
9:34
These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their
generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
9:35
And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s
name was Maachah:
9:36
And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and
Ner, and Nadab.
9:37
And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
9:38
And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their
brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
9:39
And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan,
and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
9:40
And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat
Micah.
9:41
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and
Ahaz.
9:42
And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth,
and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
9:43
And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son,
Azel his son.
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9:44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru,
and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the
sons of Azel.
CHAPTER 10
10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled
from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
10:2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and
the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the
sons of Saul.
10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and
he was wounded of the archers.
10:4 Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.
But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took
a sword, and fell upon it.
10:5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise
on the sword, and died.
10:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
10:7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that
they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook
their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to
strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount
Gilboa.
10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his
armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to
carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
10:10 And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his
head in the temple of Dagon.
10:11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to
Saul,
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10:12
They arose, all the valiant men, 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.
10:13
So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the
LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not,
and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to
enquire of it;
10:14
And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned
the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
CHAPTER 11
11:
1
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying,
Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
11:
2
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he
that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God
said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be
ruler over my people Israel.
11:
3
Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and
David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD;
and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of
the LORD by Samuel.
11:
4
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where
the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
11:
5
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come
hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the
city of David.
11:
6
And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be
chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and
was chief.
11:
7
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of
David.
11:
8
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about:
and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
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11:
9
So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was
with him.
11:10
These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who
strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all
Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD
concerning Israel.
11:11
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had;
Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up
his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
11:12
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was
one of the three mighties.
11:13
He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were
gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of
barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
11:14
And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered
it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great
deliverance.
11:15
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David,
into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped
in the valley of Rephaim.
11:16
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was
then at Bethlehem.
11:17
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of
the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
11:18
And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew
water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took
it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but
poured it out to the LORD.
11:19
And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: 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 these three mightiest.
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11:20
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for
lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a
name among the three.
11:21
Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their
captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
11:22
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel,
who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also
he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
11:23
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high;
and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and
he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the
Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
11:24
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name
among the three mighties.
11:25
Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to the
first three: and David set him over his guard.
11:26
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of
Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
11:27
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
11:28
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
11:29
Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
11:30
Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the
Netophathite,
11:31
Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of
Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
11:32
Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
11:33
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
11:34
The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the
Hararite,
11:35
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
11:36
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
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11:37
Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
11:38
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
11:39
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armorbearer of
Joab the son of Zeruiah,
11:40
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
11:41
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
11:42
Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites,
and thirty with him,
11:43
Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
11:44
Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the
Aroerite,
11:45
Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
11:46
Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam,
and Ithmah the Moabite,
11:47
Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
CHAPTER 12
12:
1
Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet
kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were
among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
12:
2
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and
the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of
Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.
12:
3
The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the
Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and
Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite.
12:
4
And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and
over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and
Josabad the Gederathite,
12:
5
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah
the Haruphite,
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12:
6
Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the
Korhites,
12:
7
And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
12:
8
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the
hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the
battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like
the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the
mountains;
12:
9
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
12:10
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
12:11
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12:12
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
12:13
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
12:14
These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the
least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
12:15
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it
had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the
valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
12:16
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold
unto David.
12:17
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto
them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall
be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies,
seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look
thereon, and rebuke it.
12:18
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains,
and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of
Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for
thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them
captains of the band.
12:19
And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the
Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the
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lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He
will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
12:20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and
Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and
Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they
were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
12:22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until
it was a great host, like the host of God.
12:23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to
the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul
to him, according to the word of the LORD.
12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand
and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven
thousand and one hundred.
12:26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
12:27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were
three thousand and seven hundred;
12:28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s
house twenty and two captains.
12:29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three
thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward
of the house of Saul.
12:30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight
hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of
their fathers.
12:31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were
expressed by name, to come and make David king.
12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had
understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the
heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at
their commandment.
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12:33
Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all
instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they
were not of double heart.
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And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield
and spear thirty and seven thousand.
12:35
And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and
six hundred.
12:36
And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty
thousand.
12:37
And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of
instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
12:38
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect
heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest
also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
12:39
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking:
for their brethren had prepared for them.
12:40
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and
Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and
on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches
of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for
there was joy in Israel.
CHAPTER 13
13:
1
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds,
and with every leader.
13:
2
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good
unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad
unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel,
and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their
cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
13:
3
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not
at it in the days of Saul.
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13:4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing
was right in the eyes of all the people.
13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even
unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from
Kirjathjearim.
13:6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to
Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark
of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose
name is called on it.
13:7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of
Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might,
and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with
timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
13:9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put
forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
13:10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he
smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died
before God.
13:11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach
upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.
13:12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring
the ark of God home to me?
13:13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David,
but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
13:14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his
house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of
Obededom, and all that he had.
CHAPTER 14
14:1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of
cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
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2
And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over
Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people
Israel.
14:
3
And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more
sons and daughters.
14:
4
Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem;
Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
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5
And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
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6
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
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7
And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
14:
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.
14:
9
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim.
14:10
And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the
Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the
LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine
hand.
14:11
So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there.
Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine
hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the
name of that place Baalperazim.
14:12
And when they had left their gods there, David gave a
commandment, and they were burned with fire.
14:13
And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the
valley.
14:14
Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go
not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over
against the mulberry trees.
14:15
And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops
of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God
is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
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14:16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the
host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
14:17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD
brought the fear of him upon all nations.
CHAPTER 15
15:1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a
place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
15:2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the
Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God,
and to minister unto him for ever.
15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the
ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
15:5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred
and twenty:
15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two
hundred and twenty:
15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred
and thirty:
15:8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two
hundred:
15:9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
15:10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an
hundred and twelve.
15:11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the
Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and
Amminadab,
15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites:
sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring
up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have
prepared for it.
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For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a
breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
15:14
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the
ark of the LORD God of Israel.
15:15
And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their
shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according
to the word of the LORD.
15:16
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their
brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries
and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
15:17
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his
brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari
their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
15:18
And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben,
and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and
Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and
Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
15:19
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to
sound with cymbals of brass;
15:20
And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni,
and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
15:21
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and
Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
15:22
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed
about the song, because he was skilful.
15:23
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
15:24
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and
Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the
trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were
doorkeepers for the ark.
15:25
So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands,
went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the
house of Obededom with joy.
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15:26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the
ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks
and seven rams.
15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites
that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the
song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD
with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets,
and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
15:29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came
to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out
at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised
him in her heart.
CHAPTER 16
16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent
that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and
peace offerings before God.
16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings
and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the
LORD.
16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every
one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
16:4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark
of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD
God of Israel:
16:5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah,
and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but
Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually
before the ark of the covenant of God.
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7
Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the
LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
16:
8
Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his
deeds among the people.
16:
9
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous
works.
16:10
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek
the LORD.
16:11
Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
16:12
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders,
and the judgments of his mouth;
16:13
O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen
ones.
16:14
He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
16:15
Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he
commanded to a thousand generations;
16:16
Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his
oath unto Isaac;
16:17
And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for
an everlasting covenant,
16:18
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance;
16:19
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
16:20
And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom
to another people;
16:21
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for
their sakes,
16:22
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
16:23
Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his
salvation.
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16:24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among
all nations.
16:25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be
feared above all gods.
16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the
heavens.
16:27 Glory and honor are in his presence; strength and gladness are in
his place.
16:28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the
LORD glory and strength.
16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an
offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of
holiness.
16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it
be not moved.
16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say
among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
16:32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and
all that is therein.
16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the
LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy
endureth for ever.
16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us
together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks
to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
16:36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the
people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
16:37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph
and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every
day’s work required:
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16:38 And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight;
Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
16:39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the
tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
16:40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt
offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all
that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded
Israel;
16:41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were
chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD,
because his mercy endureth for ever;
16:42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals
for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments
of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
16:43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David
returned to bless his house.
CHAPTER 17
17:1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to
Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark
of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God
is with thee.
17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to
Nathan, saying,
17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt
not build me an house to dwell in:
17:5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up
Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one
tabernacle to another.
17:6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of
the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people,
saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
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17:
7
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even
from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my
people Israel:
17:
8
And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and
have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee
a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
17:
9
Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them,
and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more;
neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at
the beginning,
17:10
And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people
Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell
thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
17:11
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou
must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after
thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
17:12
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
17:13
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my
mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
17:14
But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and
his throne shall be established for evermore.
17:15
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did
Nathan speak unto David.
17:16
And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who
am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast
brought me hitherto?
17:17
And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast
also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and
hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O
LORD God.
17:18
What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy servant?
for thou knowest thy servant.
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17:19
O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart,
hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great
things.
17:20
O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside
thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
17:21
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom
God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of
greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy
people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
17:22
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever;
and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
17:23
Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken
concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for
ever, and do as thou hast said.
17:24
Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for
ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God
to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established
before thee.
17:25
For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him
an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray
before thee.
17:26
And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness
unto thy servant:
17:27
Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and
it shall be blessed for ever.
CHAPTER 18
18:
1
Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines,
and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of
the Philistines.
18:
2
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants,
and brought gifts.
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18:
3
And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he
went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
18:
4
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all
the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
18:
5
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king
of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand
men.
18:
6
Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians
became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD
preserved David whithersoever he went.
18:
7
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of
Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
18:
8
Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,
brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the
brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
18:
9
Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all
the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
18:10
He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare,
and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer,
and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him
all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
18:11
Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver
and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and
from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the
Philistines, and from Amalek.
18:12
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the
valley of salt eighteen thousand.
18:13
And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became
David’s servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever
he went.
18:14
So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice
among all his people.
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18:15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud, recorder.
18:16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,
were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
18:17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
CHAPTER 19
19:1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children
of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
19:2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of
Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent
messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of
David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to
comfort him.
19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest
thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent
comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to
search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
19:4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut
off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent
them away.
19:5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served.
And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And
the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then
return.
19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made
themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon
sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen
out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
19:7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of
Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba.
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And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from
their cities, and came to battle.
19:
8
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the
mighty men.
19:
9
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array
before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by
themselves in the field.
19:10
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and
behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in
array against the Syrians.
19:11
And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai
his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of
Ammon.
19:12
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt
help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then
I will help thee.
19:13
Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our
people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that
which is good in his sight.
19:14
So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the
Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
19:15
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,
they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the
city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
19:16
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: and Shophach the captain of the host of
Hadarezer went before them.
19:17
And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over
Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against
them. So when David had put the battle in array against the
Syrians, they fought with him.
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But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians
seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand
footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
19:19
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the
worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his
servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon
any more.
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time
that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army,
and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and
besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote
Rabbah, and destroyed it.
20:
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 also exceeding
much spoil out of the city.
20:
3
And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with
saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David
with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the
people returned to Jerusalem.
20:
4
And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with
the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai,
that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
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And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son
of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear
staff was like a weaver’s beam.
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6
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great
stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each
hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.
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But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s
brother slew him.
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20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand
of David, and by the hand of his servants.
CHAPTER 21
21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number
Israel.
21:2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go,
number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number
of them to me, that I may know it.
21:3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times
so many more as they be: but, my Lord the king, are they not all
my lord’s servants? why then doth my Lord require this thing?
why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
21:4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore
Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to
Jerusalem.
21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David.
And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred
thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred
threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s
word was abominable to Joab.
21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have
done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of
thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,
21:10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three
things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,
Choose thee
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Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before
thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or
else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the
land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the
coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall
bring again to him that sent me.
21:13
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into
the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me
not fall into the hand of man.
21:14
So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel
seventy thousand men.
21:15
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was
destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and
said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand.
And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan
the Jebusite.
21:16
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD
stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in
his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders
of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
21:17
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people
to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed;
but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray
thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but
not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
21:18
Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that
David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
21:19
And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the
name of the LORD.
21:20
And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with
him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
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And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and
went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with
his face to the ground.
21:22
Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this
threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD:
thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be
stayed from the people.
21:23
And Ornan 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 also
for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and
the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
21:24
And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the
full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor
offer burnt offerings without cost.
21:25
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold
by weight.
21:26
And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he
answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
21:27
And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword
again into the sheath thereof.
21:28
At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in
the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
21:29
For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the
wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season
in the high place at Gibeon.
21:30
But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was
afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
CHAPTER 22
22:
1
Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is
the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
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22:
2
And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were
in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to
build the house of God.
22:
3
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors
of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without
weight;
22:
4
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre
brought much cedar wood to David.
22:
5
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the
house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding
magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will
therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared
abundantly before his death.
22:
6
Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an
house for the LORD God of Israel.
22:
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And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind
to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
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But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed
blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build
an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon
the earth in my sight.
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Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and
I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name
shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in
his days.
22:10
He shall build an 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.
22:11
Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and
build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
22:12
Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee
charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the
LORD thy God.
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Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes
and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning
Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
22:14
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the
LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand
thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for
it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou
mayest add thereto.
22:15
Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and
workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for
every manner of work.
22:16
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no
number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
22:17
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his
son, saying,
22:18
Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you
rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into
mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before
his people.
22:19
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God;
arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to
bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of
God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
CHAPTER 23
23:
1
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son
king over Israel.
23:
2
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests
and the Levites.
23:
3
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and
upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty
and eight thousand.
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23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work
of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and
judges:
23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised
the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to
praise therewith.
23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,
namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
23:7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel,
three.
23:9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These
were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
23:10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah.
These four were the sons of Shimei.
23:11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and
Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning,
according to their father’s house.
23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated,
that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for
ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and
to bless in his name for ever.
23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of
the tribe of Levi.
23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
23:17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had
none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
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23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.
23:21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli;
Eleazar, and Kish.
23:22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their
brethren the sons of Kish took them.
23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even
the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names
by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the
LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his
people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
23:26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle,
nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from
twenty years old and above:
23:28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the
service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the
chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of
the service of the house of God;
23:29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering,
and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the
pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and
size;
23:30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and
likewise at even:
23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in
the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the
order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the
sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the
LORD.
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CHAPTER 24
24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of
Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children:
therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.
24:3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar,
and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in
their service.
24:4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than
of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the
sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their
fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house
of their fathers.
24:5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the
governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God,
were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites,
wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest,
and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the
fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being
taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
24:9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
24:11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,
24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
24:13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
24:14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
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24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
24:18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to
Maaziah.
24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the
house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their
father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of
Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was
Isshiah.
24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah;
Zechariah.
24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah;
Beno.
24:27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur,
and Ibri.
24:28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These
were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of
Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and
Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites,
even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
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CHAPTER 25
25:
1
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the
service 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 the workmen according to their service was:
25:
2
Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and
Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which
prophesied according to the order of the king.
25:
3
Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and
Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their
father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to
praise the LORD.
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4
Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel,
Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and
Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
25:
5
All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of
God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons
and three daughters.
25:
6
All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house
of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service
of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph,
Jeduthun, and Heman.
25:
7
So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in
the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two
hundred fourscore and eight.
25:
8
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the
great, the teacher as the scholar.
25:
9
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to
Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
25:10
The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:11
The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:12
The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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25:13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
25:20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
25:21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
25:26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
25:27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
25:28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
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25:30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
25:31 The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve.
CHAPTER 26
26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was
Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn,
Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
26:3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
26:4 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn,
Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and
Nethaneel the fifth.
26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for
God blessed him.
26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout
the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
26:7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,
whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their
brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and
two of Obededom.
26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief,
(for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the
chief;)
26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the
sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
26:12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the
chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the
house of the LORD.
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26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the
house of their fathers, for every gate.
26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son,
a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate
Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a
day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
26:19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and
among the sons of Merari.
26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of
God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
26:21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite
Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over
the treasures of the house of the LORD.
26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the
Uzzielites:
26:24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of
the treasures.
26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his
son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the
dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the
captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the
host, had dedicated.
26:27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the
house of the LORD.
26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner
the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and
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whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of
Shelomith, and of his brethren.
26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward
business over Israel, for officers and judges.
26:30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour,
a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel
on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and
in the service of the king.
26:31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the
Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the
fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there
were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
26:32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven
hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the
Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every
matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
CHAPTER 27
27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief
fathers and captains of thousands and 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 thousand.
27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of
Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the
host for the first month.
27:4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite,
and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise
were twenty and four thousand.
27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and
four thousand.
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27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above
the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
27:7 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.
27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite:
and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the
Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
27:10 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.
27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the
Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite,
of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the
Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and
four thousand.
27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the
Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were
twenty and four thousand.
27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the
Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites
was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the
son of Maachah:
27:17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites,
Zadok:
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27:18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri
the son of Michael:
27:19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth
the son of Azriel:
27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half
tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
27:21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah:
of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
27:22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the
tribes of Israel.
27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and
under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to
the stars of the heavens.
27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not,
because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number
put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
27:25 And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and
over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages,
and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
27:26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the
ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the
increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the
Shiphmite:
27:28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the
low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil
was Joash:
27:29 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:
27:30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses
was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
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27:31
And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the
rulers of the substance which was king David’s.
27:32
Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a
scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:
27:33
And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite
was the king’s companion:
27:34
And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and
Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab.
CHAPTER 28
28:
1
And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the
tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the
king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains
over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and
possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with
the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
28:
2
Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my
brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an
house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the
footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
28:
3
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name,
because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
28:
4
Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of
my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah
to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father;
and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over
all Israel:
28:
5
And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he
hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the
kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
28:
6
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house
and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be
his father.
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28:
7
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to
do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
28:
8
Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the
LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the
commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this
good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you
for ever.
28:
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 the
LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations
of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if
thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
28:10
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house
for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
28:11
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and
of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the
upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlors thereof, and of the
place of the mercy seat,
28:12
And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the
house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the
treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the
dedicated things:
28:13
Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the
work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the
vessels of service in the house of the LORD.
28:14
He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of
all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by
weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:
28:15
Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of
gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof:
and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the
candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of
every candlestick.
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28:16
And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every
table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
28:17
Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups:
and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason;
and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:
28:18
And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the
pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings,
and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
28:19
All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by
his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
28:20
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage,
and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my
God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until
thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the
LORD.
28:21
And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they
shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there
shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing
skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the
people will be wholly at thy commandment.
CHAPTER 29
29:
1
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon
my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender,
and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the
LORD God.
29:
2
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God
the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of
silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron,
and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set,
glistering stones, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious
stones, and marble stones in abundance.
29:
3
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my
God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I
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have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have
prepared for the holy house.
29:
4
Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and
seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the
houses withal:
29:
5
The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and
for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And
who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the
LORD?
29:
6
Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and
the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the
king’s work, offered willingly,
29:
7
And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand
talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents,
and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand
talents of iron.
29:
8
And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the
treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the
Gershonite.
29:
9
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because
with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David
the king also rejoiced with great joy.
29:10
Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation:
and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father,
for ever and ever.
29:11
Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and
the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the
earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted
as head above all.
29:12
Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and
in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make
great, and to give strength unto all.
29:13
Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious
name.
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29:14
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to
offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of
thine own have we given thee.
29:15
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our
fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none
abiding.
29:16
O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build
thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all
thine own.
29:17
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure
in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have
willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy
people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
29:18
O LORD God of Abraham, 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:
29:19
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 the which I have made
provision.
29:20
And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your
God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their
fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD,
and the king.
29:21
And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a
thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with
their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
29:22
And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great
gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the
second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief
governor, and Zadok to be priest.
29:23
Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of
David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
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29:24
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise
of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
29:25
And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all
Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been
on any king before him in Israel.
29:26
Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
29:27
And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven
years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in
Jerusalem.
29:28
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and
Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
29:29
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are
written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan
the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
29:30
With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him,
and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
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CHAPTER 1
1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom,
and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him
exceedingly.
1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands
and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all
Israel, the chief of the fathers.
1:3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high
place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the
congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had
made in the wilderness.
1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the
place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for
it at Jerusalem.
1:5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of
Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and
Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD,
which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a
thousand burnt offerings upon it.
1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him,
Ask what I shall give thee.
1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto
David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
1:9 Now, O LORD 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.
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1:10
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come
in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so
great?
1:11
And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and
thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of thine
enemies, 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:
1:12
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.
1:13
Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at
Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the
congregation, and reigned over Israel.
1:14
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a
thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand
horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king
at Jerusalem.
1:15
And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as
stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in
the vale for abundance.
1:16
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the
king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
1:17
And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for
six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty:
and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and
for the kings of Syria, by their means.
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the
LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
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2:
2
And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear
burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three
thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
2:
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 an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
2:
4
Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to
dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for
the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and
evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the
solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever
to Israel.
2:
5
And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all
gods.
2:
6
But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and
heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I
should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
2:
7
Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in
silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and
blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with
me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
2:
8
Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon:
for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon;
and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
2:
9
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am
about to build shall be wonderful great.
2:10
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber,
twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand
measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and
twenty thousand baths of oil.
2:11
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent
to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath
made thee king over them.
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2:12
Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that
made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise
son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an
house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2:13
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of
Huram my father’s,
2:14
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 find out every
device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with
the cunning men of my Lord David thy father.
2:15
Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine,
which my Lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
2:16
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.
2:17
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of
Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had
numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty
thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
2:18
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of
burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and
three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem
in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father,
in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan
the Jebusite.
3:
2
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in
the fourth year of his reign.
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3:
3
Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the
building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first
measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
3:
4
And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it
was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the
height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with
pure gold.
3:
5
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid
with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
3:
6
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and
the gold was gold of Parvaim.
3:
7
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls
thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on
the walls.
3:
8
And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was
according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the
breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold,
amounting to six hundred talents.
3:
9
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he
overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
3:10
And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image
work, and overlaid them with gold.
3:11
And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing
of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house:
and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of
the other cherub.
3:12
And one 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.
3:13
The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty
cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
3:14
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine
linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
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3:15
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits
high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five
cubits.
3:16
And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of
the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on
the chains.
3:17
And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right
hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the
right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
CHAPTER 4
4:
1
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length
thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the
height thereof.
4:
2
Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round
in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty
cubits did compass it round about.
4:
3
And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it
round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two
rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
4:
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 sea was set above upon
them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
4:
5
And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like
the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received
and held three thousand baths.
4:
6
He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on
the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt
offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to
wash in.
4:
7
And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and
set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
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4:
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 an hundred basons of
gold.
4:
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.
4:10
And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the
south.
4:11
And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And
Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for
the house of God;
4:12
To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which
were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover
the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the
pillars;
4:13
And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of
pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the
chapiters which were upon the pillars.
4:14
He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
4:15
One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
4:16
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their
instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the
house of the LORD of bright brass.
4:17
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground
between Succoth and Zeredathah.
4:18
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the
weight of the brass could not be found out.
4:19
And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God,
the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was
set;
4:20
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn
after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
4:21
And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold,
and that perfect gold;
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4:22
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers,
of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for
the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple,
were of gold.
CHAPTER 5
5:
1
Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD
was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his
father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the
instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
5:
2
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of
the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto
Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of
the city of David, which is Zion.
5:
3
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king
in the feast which was in the seventh month.
5:
4
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
5:
5
And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the
congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle,
these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
5:
6
Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were
assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen,
which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
5:
7
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD
unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place,
even under the wings of the cherubims:
5:
8
For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the
ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof
above.
5:
9
And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the
staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not
seen without. And there it is unto this day.
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5:10
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put
therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the
children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
5:11
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy
place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did
not then wait by course:
5:12
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of
Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being
arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps,
stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and
twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
5:13
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to
make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD;
and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals
and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he
is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was
filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
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So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the
cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
CHAPTER 6
6:
1
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in
the thick darkness.
6:
2
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy
dwelling for ever.
6:
3
And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of
Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
6:
4
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with
his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father
David, saying,
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5
Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of
Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an
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house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to
be a ruler over my people Israel:
6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and
have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
6:7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for
the name of the LORD God of Israel.
6:8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in
thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it
was in thine heart:
6:9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which
shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my
name.
6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath
spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am
set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built
the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD,
that he made with the children of Israel.
6:12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all
the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
6:13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of 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 congregation of Israel, and spread forth his
hands toward heaven.
6:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the
heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest
mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their
hearts:
6:15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that
which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and
hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
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6:16
Now therefore, O LORD 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 upon the throne of Israel;
yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law,
as thou hast walked before me.
6:17
Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which
thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
6:18
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold,
heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much
less this house which I have built!
6:19
Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the
prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
6:20
That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon
the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name
there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth
toward this place.
6:21
Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of
thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear
thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou
hearest, forgive.
6:22
If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to
make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
6:23
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by
requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head;
and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his
righteousness.
6:24
And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy,
because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess
thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this
house;
6:25
Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people
Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to
them and to their fathers.
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6:26
When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have
sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess
thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
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Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants,
and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good
way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land,
which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
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If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be
blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege
them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever
sickness there be:
6:29
Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of
any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his
own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this
house:
6:30
Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and
render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart
thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of
men:)
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That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live
in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
6:32
Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people
Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake,
and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and
pray in this house;
6:33
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place,
and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all
people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy
people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is
called by thy name.
6:34
If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that
thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city
which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy
name;
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Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their
supplication, and maintain their cause.
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If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,)
and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their
enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or
near;
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Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried
captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity,
saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt
wickedly;
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If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in
the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them
captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their
fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward
the house which I have built for thy name:
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Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place,
their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and
forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
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Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine
ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
6:41
Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou,
and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be
clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
6:42
O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember
the mercies of David thy servant.
CHAPTER 7
7:
1
Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came
down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the
sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
7:
2
And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD,
because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’s house.
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7:
3
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down,
and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed
themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and
worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his
mercy endureth for ever.
7:
4
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the
LORD.
7:
5
And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand
oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and
all the people dedicated the house of God.
7:
6
And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with
instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had
made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever,
when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded
trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
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7
Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was
before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings,
and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which
Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and
the meat offerings, and the fat.
7:
8
Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all
Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
7:
9
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept
the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
7:10
And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent
the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the
goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon,
and to Israel his people.
7:11
Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king’s
house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house
of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
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7:12
And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him,
I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for
an house of sacrifice.
7:13
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the
locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my
people;
7:14
If my people, which 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 forgive their
sin, and will heal their land.
7:15
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer
that is made in this place.
7:16
For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name
may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there
perpetually.
7:17
And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father
walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and
shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
7:18
Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have
covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee
a man to be ruler in Israel.
7:19
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my
commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and
serve other gods, and worship them;
7:20
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I
have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my
name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb
and a byword among all nations.
7:21
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every
one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD
done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
7:22
And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of
their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
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and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served
them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
CHAPTER 8
8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon
had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
8:2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon
built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
8:3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.
8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities,
which he built in Hamath.
8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,
fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
8:6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the
chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon
desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all
the land of his dominion.
8:7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,
which were not of Israel,
8:8 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom
the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to
pay tribute until this day.
8:9 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
captains of his chariots and horsemen.
8:10 And these were the chief of king Solomon’s officers, even two
hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
8:11 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 the LORD hath come.
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8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar
of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
8:13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the
commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons,
and on the solemn 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.
8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the
courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their
charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of
every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate:
for so had David the man of God commanded.
8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto
the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the
treasures.
8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the
foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So
the house of the LORD was perfected.
8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in
the land of Edom.
8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and
servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the
servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and
fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
CHAPTER 9
9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she
came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a
very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in
abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to
Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid
from Solomon which he told her not.
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9:
3
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon,
and the house that he had built,
9:
4
And the meat 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 into the
house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
9:
5
And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine
own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
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6
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes
had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy
wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
9:
7
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which
stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
9:
8
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee
on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God
loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king
over them, to do judgment and justice.
9:
9
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and
of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there
any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
9:10
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon,
which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious
stones.
9:11
And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the
LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for
singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
9:12
And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the
king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her
servants.
9:13
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
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9:14
Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the
kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and
silver to Solomon.
9:15
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six
hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
9:16
And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred
shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the
house of the forest of Lebanon.
9:17
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it
with pure gold.
9:18
And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold,
which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the
sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
9:19
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 kingdom.
9:20
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon 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 not any thing accounted of in the days
of Solomon.
9:21
For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram:
every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold,
and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
9:22
And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and
wisdom.
9:23
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to
hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
9:24
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and
vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and
mules, a rate year by year.
9:25
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot
cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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9:26
And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land
of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
9:27
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees
made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in
abundance.
9:28
And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of
all lands.
9:29
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not
written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of
Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against
Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
9:30
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
9:31
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city
of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 10
10:
1
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel
come to make him king.
10:
2
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in
Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king,
heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
10:
3
And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and
spake to Rehoboam, saying,
10:
4
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou
somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke
that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
10:
5
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And
the people departed.
10:
6
And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood
before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel
give ye me to return answer to this people?
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10:
7
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people,
and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy
servants for ever.
10:
8
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took
counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that
stood before him.
10:
9
And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return
answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease
somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
10:10
And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto
him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto
thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it
somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little
finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
10:11
For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put
more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will
chastise you with scorpions.
10:12
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third
day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
10:13
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook
the counsel of the old men,
10:14
And answered them after the advice 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.
10:15
So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of
God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by
the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
10:16
And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto
them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we
in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every
man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own
house. So all Israel went to their tents.
10:17
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah,
Rehoboam reigned over them.
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10:18
Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and
the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king
Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to
Jerusalem.
10:19
And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
CHAPTER 11
11:
1
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the
house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand
chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he
might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
11:
2
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God,
saying,
11:
3
Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to
all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
11:
4
Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your
brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of
me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from
going against Jeroboam.
11:
5
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in
Judah.
11:
6
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
11:
7
And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
11:
8
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
11:
9
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
11:10
And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in
Benjamin fenced cities.
11:11
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and
store of victual, and of oil and wine.
11:12
And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them
exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
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11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to
him out of all their coasts.
11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to
Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off
from executing the priest’s office unto the LORD:
11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils,
and for the calves which he had made.
11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts
to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice
unto the LORD God of their fathers.
11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam
the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked
in the way of David and Solomon.
11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the
son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of
Jesse;
11:19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which
bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all
his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and
threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and
threescore daughters.)
11:22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be
ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all
the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and
he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
CHAPTER 12
12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom,
and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD,
and all Israel with him.
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12:
2
And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam
Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had
transgressed against the LORD,
12:
3
With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen:
and the people were without number that came with him out of
Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
12:
4
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came
to Jerusalem.
12:
5
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes
of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of
Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have
forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of
Shishak.
12:
6
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves;
and they said, The LORD is righteous.
12:
7
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word
of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled
themselves; therefore 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.
12:
8
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my
service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
12:
9
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took
away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of
the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of
gold which Solomon had made.
12:10
Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and
committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept
the entrance of the king’s house.
12:11
And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard
came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard
chamber.
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And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned
from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in
Judah things went well.
12:13
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned:
for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the
LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name
there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
12:14
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the
LORD.
12:15
Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in
the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning
genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and
Jeroboam continually.
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And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 13
13:
1
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign
over Judah.
13:
2
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war
between Abijah and Jeroboam.
13:
3
And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of
war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set
the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen
men, being mighty men of valour.
13:
4
And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount
Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
13:
5
Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the
kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons
by a covenant of salt?
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6
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of
David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his Lord.
13:
7
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial,
and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of
Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could
not withstand them.
13:
8
And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the
hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there
are with your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
13:
9
Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron,
and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the
nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate
himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a
priest of them that are no gods.
13:10
But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken
him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons
of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
13:11
And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening
burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread 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 the
LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
13:12
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his
priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O
children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your
fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
13:13
But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them:
so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
13:14
And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and
behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded
with the trumpets.
13:15
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.
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13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered
them into their hand.
13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so
there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the
children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD
God of their fathers.
13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him,
Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns
thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof.
13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah:
and the LORD struck him, and he died.
13:21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat
twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,
are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
CHAPTER 14
14:1 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.
14:2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the
LORD his God:
14:3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high
places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
14:4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers,
and to do the law and the commandment.
14:5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and
the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
14:6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he
had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
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7
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make
about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet
before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have
sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built
and prospered.
14:
8
And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of
Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare
shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all
these were mighty men of valour.
14:
9
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host
of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto
Mareshah.
14:10
Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in
the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
14:11
And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is
nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that
have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee,
and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art
our God; let no man prevail against thee.
14:12
So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah;
and the Ethiopians fled.
14:13
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto
Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not
recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and
before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
14:14
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the
LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there
was exceeding much spoil in them.
14:15
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and
camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 15
15:
1
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
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15:
2
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa,
and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be
with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye
forsake him, he will forsake you.
15:
3
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and
without a teaching priest, and without law.
15:
4
But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of
Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
15:
5
And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to
him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants
of the countries.
15:
6
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did
vex them with all adversity.
15:
7
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your
work shall be rewarded.
15:
8
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the
prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out
of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which
he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the
LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
15:
9
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with
them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they
fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the
LORD his God was with him.
15:10
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third
month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
15:11
And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil
which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand
sheep.
15:12
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their
fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
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That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be
put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
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15:14
And they swear unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with
shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15:15
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their
heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of
them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
15:16
And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he
removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a
grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at
the brook Kidron.
15:17
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless
the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
15:18
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.
15:19
And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the
reign of Asa.
CHAPTER 16
16:
1
In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of
Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he
might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
16:
2
Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the
house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent to Benhadad
king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
16:
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.
16:
4
And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of
his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan,
and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
16:
5
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building
of Ramah, and let his work cease.
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6
Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones
of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building;
and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
16:
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
not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king
of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
16:
8
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very
many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the
LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
16:
9
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole
earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is
perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore
from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
16:10
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house;
for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa
oppressed some of the people the same time.
16:11
And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in
the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
16:12
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in
his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he
sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
16:13
And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth
year of his reign.
16:14
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for
himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was
filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the
apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.
CHAPTER 17
17:
1
And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened
himself against Israel.
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17:
2
And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set
garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which
Asa his father had taken.
17:
3
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the
first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
17:
4
But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his
commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
17:
5
Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all
Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and
honor in abundance.
17:
6
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he
took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
17:
7
Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to
Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and
to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
17:
8
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and
Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and
Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them
Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
17:
9
And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the
LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of
Judah, and taught the people.
17:10
And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands
that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against
Jehoshaphat.
17:11
Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and
tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand
and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he
goats.
17:12
And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah
castles, and cities of store.
17:13
And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of
war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.
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17:14
And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their
fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and
with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
17:15
And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two
hundred and fourscore thousand.
17:16
And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly
offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred
thousand mighty men of valour.
17:17
And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him
armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
17:18
And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and
fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
17:19
These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the
fenced cities throughout all Judah.
CHAPTER 18
18:
1
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined
affinity with Ahab.
18:
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 he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him
to Ramothgilead.
18:
3
And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt
thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as
thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in
the war.
18:
4
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee,
at the word of the LORD to day.
18:
5
Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four
hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to
battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will
deliver it into the king’s hand.
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18:
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But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
besides, that we might enquire of him?
18:
7
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one
man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for
he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is
Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king
say so.
18:
8
And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch
quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
18:
9
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of
them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void
place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets
prophesied before them.
18:10
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron,
and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria
until they be consumed.
18:11
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the
hand of the king.
18:12
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 assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of
their’s, and speak thou good.
18:13
And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith,
that will I speak.
18:14
And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him,
Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered
into your hand.
18:15
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that
thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
18:16
Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as
sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no
master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
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18:17
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that
he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
18:18
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the
LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing
on his right hand and on his left.
18:19
And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he
may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after
this manner, and another saying after that manner.
18:20
Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said,
I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
18:21
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all
his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou
shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
18:22
Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the
mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil
against thee.
18:23
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote
Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of
the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
18:24
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou
shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
18:25
Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back
to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
18:26
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
return in peace.
18:27
And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not
the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
18:28
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to
Ramothgilead.
18:29
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So
the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
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18:30
Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots
that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save
only with the king of Israel.
18:31
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw
Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they
compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the
LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
18:32
For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots
perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again
from pursuing him.
18:33
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of
Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his
chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the
host; for I am wounded.
18:34
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 sun going down he died.
CHAPTER 19
19:
1
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace
to Jerusalem.
19:
2
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and
said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and
love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from
before the LORD.
19:
3
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast
taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine
heart to seek God.
19:
4
And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again
through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought
them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.
19:
5
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of
Judah, city by city,
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19:
6
And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for
man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
19:
7
Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed
and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor
respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
19:
8
Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of
the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the
judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned
to Jerusalem.
19:
9
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the
LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
19:10
And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that
dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and
commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them
that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon
you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
19:11
And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of
the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house
of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers
before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the
good.
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the
children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites,
came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
20:
2
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh
a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side
Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.
20:
3
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and
proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
20:
4
And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD:
even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
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20:
5
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and
Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
20:
6
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in
heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen?
and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able
to withstand thee?
20:
7
Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this
land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham
thy friend for ever?
20:
8
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for
thy name, saying,
20:
9
If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or
pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy
presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our
affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
20:10
And now, behold, 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 from them, and
destroyed them not;
20:11
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy
possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
20:12
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.
20:13
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their
wives, and their children.
20:14
Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the
son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph,
came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
20:15
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto
you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude;
for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
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20:16
To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the
cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before
the wilderness of Jeruel.
20:17
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye
still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and
Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against
them: for the LORD will be with you.
20:18
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and
all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD,
worshipping the LORD.
20:19
And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the
children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of
Israel with a loud voice on high.
20:20
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 the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe
his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
20:21
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers
unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as
they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for
his mercy endureth for ever.
20:22
And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set
ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount
Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
20:23
For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the
inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and
when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one
helped to destroy another.
20:24
And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness,
they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies
fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
20:25
And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil
of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the
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dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for
themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three
days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
20:26
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of
Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of
the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
20:27
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and
Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with
joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
20:28
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and
trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
20:29
And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries,
when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of
Israel.
20:30
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest
round about.
20:31
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.
20:32
And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from
it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
20:33
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the
people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
20:34
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold,
they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is
mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
20:35
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with
Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
20:36
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish:
and they made the ships in Eziongaber.
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Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with
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Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were
broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
CHAPTER 21
21:
1
Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his
stead.
21:
2
And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel,
and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these
were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
21:
3
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of
precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave
he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
21:
4
Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he
strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and
divers also of the princes of Israel.
21:
5
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
21:
6
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the
house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he
wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
21:
7
Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David,
because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he
promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
21:
8
In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of
Judah, and made themselves a king.
21:
9
Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with
him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which
compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
21:10
So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this
day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand;
because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
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21:11
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and
caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and
compelled Judah thereto.
21:12
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,
Thus saith the LORD 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,
21:13
But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the
whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren
of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:
21:14
Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and
thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
21:15
And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until
thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
21:16
Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
21:17
And they came up into 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.
21:18
And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an
incurable disease.
21:19
And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two
years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of
sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the
burning of his fathers.
21:20
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he
reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being
desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in
the sepulchres of the kings.
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CHAPTER 22
22:
1
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.
22:
2
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and
he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was
Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
22:
3
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother
was his counsellor to do wickedly.
22:
4
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of
Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to
his destruction.
22:
5
He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son
of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at
Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
22:
6
And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds
which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king
of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went
down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was
sick.
22:
7
And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram:
for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the
son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house
of Ahab.
22:
8
And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon
the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of
the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
22:
9
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in
Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him,
they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat,
who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah
had no power to keep still the kingdom.
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22:10 But 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.
22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of
Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain,
and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the
daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she
was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew
him not.
22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and
Athaliah reigned over the land.
CHAPTER 23
23:1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took
the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael
the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah
the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant
with him.
23:2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all
the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they
came to Jerusalem.
23:3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the
house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall
reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.
23:4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on
the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of
the doors;
23:5 And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the
gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of
the house of the LORD.
23:6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests,
and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are
holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
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23:
7
And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man
with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the
house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he
cometh in, and when he goeth out.
23:
8
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that
Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men
that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out
on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
23:
9
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds
spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s,
which were in the house of God.
23:10
And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his
hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the
temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.
23:11
Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the
crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And
Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
23:12
Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and
praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the
LORD:
23:13
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the
entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all
the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also
the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing
praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
23:14
Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that
were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the
ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword.
For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
23:15
So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering
of the horse gate by the king’s house, they slew her there.
23:16
And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the
people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s
people.
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23:17
Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down,
and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the
priest of Baal before the altars.
23:18
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by
the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in
the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD,
as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing,
as it was ordained by David.
23:19
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that
none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
23:20
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the
governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought
down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came
through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon
the throne of the kingdom.
23:21
And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after
that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
CHAPTER 24
24:
1
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of
Beersheba.
24:
2
And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all
the days of Jehoiada the priest.
24:
3
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and
daughters.
24:
4
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the
house of the LORD.
24:
5
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to
them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel
money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see
that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
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24:
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 collection, according to the commandment of
Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel,
for the tabernacle of witness?
24:
7
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the
house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the
LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
24:
8
And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it
without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
24:
9
And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to
bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God
laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
24:10
And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and
cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
24:11
Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto
the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw
that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s
officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his
place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in
abundance.
24:12
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the
service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and
carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as
wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
24:13
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them,
and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
24:14
And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money
before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the
house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal,
and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt
offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of
Jehoiada.
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24:15
But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an
hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
24:16
And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because
he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his
house.
24:17
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and
made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
24:18
And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and
served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem
for this their trespass.
24:19
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD;
and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
24:20
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them,
Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the
LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the
LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
24:21
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the
commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
24:22
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, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
24:23
And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria
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 Damascus.
24:24
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men,
and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because
they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they
executed judgment against Joash.
24:25
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great
diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of
the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he
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died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him
not in the sepulchres of the kings.
24:26
And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of
Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a
Moabitess.
24:27
Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid
upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are
written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son
reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 25
25:
1
Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his
mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
25:
2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not
with a perfect heart.
25:
3
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him,
that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
25:
4
But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in
the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The
fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die
for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
25:
5
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them
captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to
the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and
he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found
them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war,
that could handle spear and shield.
25:
6
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of
Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
25:
7
But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the
army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to
wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
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25:
8
But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make
thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast
down.
25:
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, The LORD is able to give thee much more
than this.
25:10
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 great
anger.
25:11
And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and
went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten
thousand.
25:12
And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry
away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast
them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in
pieces.
25:13
But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they
should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from
Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them,
and took much spoil.
25:14
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the
slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children
of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself
before them, and burned incense unto them.
25:15
Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah,
and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast
thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver
their own people out of thine hand?
25:16
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto
him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest
thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that
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God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this,
and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
25:17 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 see one another in the face.
25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,
The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in
Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there
passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the
thistle.
25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart
lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou
meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah
with thee?
25:20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might
deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought
after the gods of Edom.
25:21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in
the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh,
which belongeth to Judah.
25:22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every
man to his tent.
25:23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son
of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to
Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of
Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
25:24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of
the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
25:25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death
of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
25:26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are
they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
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25:27
Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the
LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he
fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him
there.
25:28
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his
fathers in the city of Judah.
CHAPTER 26
26:
1
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years
old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
26:
2
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept
with his fathers.
26:
3
Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he
reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also
was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
26:
4
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
according to all that his father Amaziah did.
26:
5
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had
understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the
LORD, God made him to prosper.
26:
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 built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
26:
7
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the
Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.
26:
8
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread
abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself
exceedingly.
26:
9
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and
at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
26:10
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he
had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains:
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husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in
Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
26:11
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to
war by bands, according to the number of their account by the
hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of
Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
26:12
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of
valour were two thousand and six hundred.
26:13
And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and
seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty
power, to help the king against the enemy.
26:14
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and
spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast
stones.
26:15
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be
on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great
stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was
marvellously helped, till he was strong.
26:16
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction:
for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the
temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
26:17
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore
priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
26:18
And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It
appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the
LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated
to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed;
neither shall it be for thine honor from the LORD God.
26:19
Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn
incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even
rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the
LORD, from beside the incense altar.
26:20
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him,
and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him
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out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the
LORD had smitten him.
26:21
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and
dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the
house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house,
judging the people of the land.
26:22
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the
prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
26:23
So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his
fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for
they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 27
27:
1
Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was
Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
27:
2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not
into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
27:
3
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of
Ophel he built much.
27:
4
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the
forests he built castles and towers.
27:
5
He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed
against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year
an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat,
and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon
pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
27:
6
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before
the LORD his God.
27:
7
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways,
lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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27:
8
He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
27:
9
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city
of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 28
28:
1
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in
the sight of the LORD, like David his father:
28:
2
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also
molten images for Baalim.
28:
3
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and
burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen
whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
28:
4
He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the
hills, and under every green tree.
28:
5
Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the
king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great
multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And
he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote
him with a great slaughter.
28:
6
For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and
twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because
they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
28:
7
And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s
son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was
next to the king.
28:
8
And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren
two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also
away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
28:
9
But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and
he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto
them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth
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with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have
slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.
28:10
And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and
Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there
not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
28:11
Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye
have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the
LORD is upon you.
28:12
Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the
son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah
the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against
them that came from the war,
28:13
And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for
whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to
add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great,
and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
28:14
So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes
and all the congregation.
28:15
And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the
captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among
them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and
to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon
asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their
brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
28:16
At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help
him.
28:17
For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried
away captives.
28:18
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and
of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and
Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with
the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they
dwelt there.
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28:19
For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel;
for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
28:20
And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed
him, but strengthened him not.
28:21
For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and
out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto
the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.
28:22
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the
LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
28:23
For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and
he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore
will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the
ruin of him, and of all Israel.
28:24
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 the LORD, and he made him altars in every
corner of Jerusalem.
28:25
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn
incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of
his fathers.
28:26
Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold,
they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
28:27
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city,
even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of
the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 29
29:
1
Hezekiah began to reign 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.
29:
2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
according to all that David his father had done.
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29:
3
He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the
doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
29:
4
And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them
together into the east street,
29:
5
And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now
yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your
fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
29:
6
For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in
the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have
turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and
turned their backs.
29:
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.
29:
8
Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem,
and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to
hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
29:
9
For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our
daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
29:10
Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of
Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
29:11
My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to
stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto
him, and burn incense.
29:12
Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the
son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of
Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and
of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of
Joah:
29:13
And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of
Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
29:14
And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of
Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
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29:15
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and
came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of
the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
29:16
And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the
LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they
found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the
LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the
brook Kidron.
29:17
Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and
on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the
LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days;
and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
29:18
Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have
cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering,
with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the
vessels thereof.
29:19
Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast
away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and,
behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.
29:20
Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the
city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
29:21
And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven
lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and
for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests
the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
29:22
So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and
sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams,
they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs,
and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
29:23
And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the
king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
29:24
And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with
their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for
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the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering
should be made for all Israel.
29:25
And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals,
with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of
David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so
was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
29:26
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the
priests with the trumpets.
29:27
And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the
altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD
began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained
by David king of Israel.
29:28
And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the
trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering
was finished.
29:29
And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that
were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
29:30
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the
Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David,
and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and
they bowed their heads and worshipped.
29:31
Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated
yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and
thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation
brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a
free heart burnt offerings.
29:32
And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation
brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and
two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the
LORD.
29:33
And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three
thousand sheep.
29:34
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the
burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them,
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till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified
themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify
themselves than the priests.
29:35
And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the
peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So
the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.
29:36
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared
the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
CHAPTER 30
30:
1
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to
Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the
LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of
Israel.
30:
2
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the
congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second
month.
30:
3
For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not
sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered
themselves together to Jerusalem.
30:
4
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
30:
5
So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all
Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep
the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they
had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
30:
6
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes
throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment
of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the
remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of
Assyria.
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30:
7
And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which
trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore
gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
30:
8
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield
yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he
hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the
fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
30:
9
For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your
children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive,
so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your
God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from
you, if ye return unto him.
30:10
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.
30:11
Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun
humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
30:12
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do
the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of
the LORD.
30:13
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of
unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
30:14
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.
30:15
Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second
month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and
sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the
house of the LORD.
30:16
And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the
law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood,
which they received of the hand of the Levites.
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30:17
For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified:
therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers
for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
30:18
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and
Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet
did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But
Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every
one
30:19
That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his
fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of
the sanctuary.
30:20
And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
30:21
And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the
feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the
Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with
loud instruments unto the LORD.
30:22
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught
the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the
feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession
to the LORD God of their fathers.
30:23
And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days:
and they kept other seven days with gladness.
30:24
For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand
bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the
congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a
great number of priests sanctified themselves.
30:25
And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites,
and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers
that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah,
rejoiced.
30:26
So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon
the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
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30:27
Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their
voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling
place, even unto heaven.
CHAPTER 31
31:
1
Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went
out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut
down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out
of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until
they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel
returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
31:
2
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites
after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests
and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister,
and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the
LORD.
31:
3
He appointed also the king’s portion of his substance for the burnt
offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and
the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and
for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.
31:
4
Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to
give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be
encouraged in the law of the LORD.
31:
5
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of
Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil,
and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all
things brought they in abundantly.
31:
6
And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the
cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep,
and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the
LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.
31:
7
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps,
and finished them in the seventh month.
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31:
8
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they
blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.
31:
9
Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites
concerning the heaps.
31:10
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him,
and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the
house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left
plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is
left is this great store.
31:11
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of
the LORD; and they prepared them,
31:12
And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things
faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei
his brother was the next.
31:13
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth,
and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah,
were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother,
at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of
the house of God.
31:14
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east,
was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations
of the LORD, and the most holy things.
31:15
And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah,
Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set
office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to
the small:
31:16
Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward,
even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his
daily portion for their service in their charges according to their
courses;
31:17
Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers,
and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges
by their courses;
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31:18
And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their
sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their
set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
31:19
Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of
the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were
expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the
priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the
Levites.
31:20
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that
which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
31:21
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of
God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he
did it with all his heart, and prospered.
CHAPTER 32
32:
1
After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king
of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the
fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
32:
2
And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he
was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
32:
3
He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the
waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did
help him.
32:
4
So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the
fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land,
saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much
water?
32:
5
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was
broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without,
and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields
in abundance.
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32:
6
And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them
together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake
comfortably to them, saying,
32:
7
Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king
of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be
more with us than with him:
32:
8
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to
help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves
upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
32:
9
After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to
Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his
power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah
that were at Jerusalem, saying,
32:10
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that
ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
32:11
Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by
famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us
out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
32:12
Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his
altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall
worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
32:13
Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people
of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any
ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
32:14
Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers
utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand,
that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
32:15
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on
this manner, neither yet believe him: for no God of any nation or
kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out
of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver
you out of mine hand?
32:16
And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and
against his servant Hezekiah.
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32:17
He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to
speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands
have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the
God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.
32:18
Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the
people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to
trouble them; that they might take the city.
32:19
And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods
of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of
man.
32:20
And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the
son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
32:21
And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of
valour, 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
of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
32:22
Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the
hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
32:23
And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and
presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the
sight of all nations from thenceforth.
32:24
In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the
LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
32:25
But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto
him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon
him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
32:26
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his
heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath
of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
32:27
And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he made
himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones,
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and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant
jewels;
32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and
stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and
herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon,
and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David.
And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
32:31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of
Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was
done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all
that was in his heart.
32:32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold,
they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of
Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the
chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And
Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 33
33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
33:2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the
abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before
the children of Israel.
33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had
broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves,
and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
33:4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD
had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
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33:
5
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of
the house of the LORD.
33:
6
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of
the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used
enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit,
and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD,
to provoke him to anger.
33:
7
And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the
house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his
son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all
the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
33:
8
Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the
land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take
heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole
law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
33:
9
So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err,
and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed
before the children of Israel.
33:10
And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they
would not hearken.
33:11
Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host
of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns,
and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
33:12
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God,
and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
33:13
And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his
supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.
Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
33:14
Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the
west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish
gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great
height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
33:15
And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house
of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of
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the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the
city.
33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon
peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve
the LORD God of Israel.
33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet
unto the LORD their God only.
33:18 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
the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of
the kings of Israel.
33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his
sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places,
and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled:
behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his
own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and
reigned two years in Jerusalem.
33:22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did
Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved
images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
33:23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his
father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
33:24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own
house.
33:25 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.
CHAPTER 34
34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in
Jerusalem one and thirty years.
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34:
2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and
walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the
right hand, nor to the left.
34:
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 groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
34:
4
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the
images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves,
and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces,
and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them
that had sacrificed unto them.
34:
5
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and
cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
34:
6
And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon,
even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
34:
7
And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had
beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols
throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
34:
8
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the
land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and
Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the
recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
34:
9
And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the
money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites
that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and
Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and
Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
34:10
And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight
of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that
wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
34:11
Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone,
and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings
of Judah had destroyed.
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34:12
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them
were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and
Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it
forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments
of musick.
34:13
Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of
all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the
Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
34:14
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the
house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of
the LORD given by Moses.
34:15
And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found
the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah
delivered the book to Shaphan.
34:16
And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king
word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants,
they do it.
34:17
And they have gathered together the money that was found in the
house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the
overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.
34:18
Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest
hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
34:19
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law,
that he rent his clothes.
34:20
And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan,
and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a
servant of the king’s, saying,
34:21
Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel
and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for
great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us,
because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do
after all that is written in this book.
34:22
And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah
the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of
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Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the
college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
34:23
And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell
ye the man that sent you to me,
34:24
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and
upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in
the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
34:25
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto
other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works
of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this
place, and shall not be quenched.
34:26
And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the
LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;
34:27
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself
before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and
against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me,
and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard
thee also, saith the LORD.
34:28
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered
to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I
will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So
they brought the king word again.
34:29
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and
Jerusalem.
34:30
And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men
of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the
Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears
all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the
house of the LORD.
34:31
And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the
LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments,
and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all
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his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in
this book.
34:32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to
stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the
covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
34:33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries
that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were
present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And
all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God
of their fathers.
CHAPTER 35
35:1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem:
and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first
month.
35:2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the
service of the house of the LORD,
35:3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy
unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the
son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon
your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people
Israel,
35:4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your
courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and
according to the writing of Solomon his son.
35:5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the
families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the
division of the families of the Levites.
35:6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your
brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by
the hand of Moses.
35:7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for
the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of
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thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the
king’s substance.
35:
8
And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and
to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, 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.
35:
9
Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and
Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto
the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and
five hundred oxen.
35:10
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place,
and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s
commandment.
35:11
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood
from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
35:12
And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give
according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer
unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did
they with the oxen.
35:13
And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance:
but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and
in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.
35:14
And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests:
because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of
burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites
prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
35:15
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to
the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun
the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might
not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites
prepared for them.
35:16
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep
the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the
LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
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35:17
And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at
that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
35:18
And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days
of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such
a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all
Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem.
35:19
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover
kept.
35:20
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of
Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and
Josiah went out against him.
35:21
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with
thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but
against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to
make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me,
that he destroy thee not.
35:22
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but
disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not
unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight
in the valley of Megiddo.
35:23
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his
servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
35:24
His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in
the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem,
and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers.
And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
35:25
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the
singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day,
and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written
in the lamentations.
35:26
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to
that which was written in the law of the LORD,
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35:27
And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book
of the kings of Israel and Judah.
CHAPTER 36
36:
1
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and
made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
36:
2
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
36:
3
And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned
the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
36:
4
And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah
and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took
Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
36:
5
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
36:
6
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound
him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
36:
7
Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the
LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
36:
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.
36:
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 the LORD.
36:10
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and
brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of
the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and
Jerusalem.
36:11
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign,
and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
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36:12
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God,
and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking
from the mouth of the LORD.
36:13
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made
him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his
heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
36:14
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed
very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted
the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
36:15
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his
messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had
compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words,
and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose
against his people, till there was no remedy.
36:17
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who
slew their young men with the sword in the house of their
sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old
man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
36:18
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king,
and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
36:19
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and
destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
36:20
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to
Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the
reign of the kingdom of Persia:
36:21
To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until
the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate
she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
36:22
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the
LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished,
the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he
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made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in
writing, saying,
36:23
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath
the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to
build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there
among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and
let him go up.
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EZRA
CHAPTER 1
1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the ~560 BC
LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD
stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a
proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing,
saying,
1:2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath
given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to
build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him,
and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the REBUILD THE TEMPLE
house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in
Jerusalem.
1:4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the
men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with
goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of
God that is in Jerusalem.
1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and
the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had
raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in
Jerusalem.
1:6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with
vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with
precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the
LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem,
and had put them in the house of his gods;
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1:
8
Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of
Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar,
the prince of Judah.
1:
9
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand
chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
1:10
Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred
and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
1:11
All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four
hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the
captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the
captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto
Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto
his city;
2:
2
Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah,
Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number
of the men of the people of Israel:
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3
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
2:
4
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
2:
5
The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
2:
6
The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,
two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
2:
7
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
2:
8
The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
2:
9
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
2:10
The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
2:11
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
2:12
The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
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2:13
The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
2:14
The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
2:15
The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
2:16
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
2:17
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
2:18
The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
2:19
The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
2:20
The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
2:21
The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
2:22
The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
2:23
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
2:24
The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
2:25
The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven
hundred and forty and three.
2:26
The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
2:27
The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
2:28
The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
2:29
The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
2:30
The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
2:31
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and
four.
2:32
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
2:33
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and
five.
2:34
The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
2:35
The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
2:36
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine
hundred seventy and three.
2:37
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
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2:38
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
2:39
The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
2:40
The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of
Hodaviah, seventy and four.
2:41
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
2:42
The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of
Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of
Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
2:43
The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the
children of Tabbaoth,
2:44
The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
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The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of
Akkub,
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The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of
Hanan,
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The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of
Reaiah,
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The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of
Gazzam,
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The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
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The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of
Nephusim,
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The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of
Harhur,
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The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of
Harsha,
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The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of
Thamah,
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The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
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The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the
children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
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The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of
Giddel,
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The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
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All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were
three hundred ninety and two.
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And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa,
Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s
house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
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The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of
Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
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And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the
children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the
daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
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These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as
polluted, put from the priesthood.
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And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the
most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with
Thummim.
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The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three 42,360 Jews return to Israel
hundred and threescore,
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Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven
thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among
them two hundred singing men and singing women.
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Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two
hundred forty and five;
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Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand
seven hundred and twenty.
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And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house
of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of
God to set it up in his place:
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They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work
threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand
pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
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So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the
singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities,
and all Israel in their cities.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
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.
3:
2
Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the
priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and
builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings
thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
3:
3
And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them
because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt
offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning
and evening.
3:
4
They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered
the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as
the duty of every day required;
3:
5
And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new
moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were
consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill
offering unto the LORD.
3:
6
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt
offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the
LORD was not yet laid.
3:
7
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and
meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre,
to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to
the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
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4:2
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Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at
Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of
Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their
brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come
out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites,
from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the
house of the LORD.
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his
sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in
the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their
brethren the Levites.
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the
LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the
Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD,
after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks
unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for
ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout,
when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house
of the LORD was laid.
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who
were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the
foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a
loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy
from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people
shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
CHAPTER 4
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the
children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God
of Israel;
Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and
said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye
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do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king
of Assur, which brought us up hither.
4:
3
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers
of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an
house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the
LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath
commanded us.
4:
4
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of
Judah, and troubled them in building,
4:
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.
4:
6
And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote
they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and
Jerusalem.
4:
7
And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel,
and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia;
and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and
interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
4:
8
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against
Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
4:
9
Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the
rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the
Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the
Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
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And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper
brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are
on this side the river, and at such a time.
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This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto
Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river,
and at such a time.
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Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee
to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad
city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
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4:13
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the
walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom,
and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
4:14
Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it
was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonor, therefore have we
sent and certified the king;
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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 destroyed.
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We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls
thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this
side the river.
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Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to
Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell
in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a
time.
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The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
4:19
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that
this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that
rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
4:20
There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have
ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and
custom, was paid unto them.
4:21
Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that
this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given
from me.
4:22
Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage
grow to the hurt of the kings?
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Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before
Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went
up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by
force and power.
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Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem.
So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of
Persia.
CHAPTER 5
5:
1
Then 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, even unto them.
5:
2
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son
of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at
Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
5:
3
At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the
river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto
them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make
up this wall?
5:
4
Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of
the men that make this building?
5:
5
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that
they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius:
and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
5:
6
The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river,
and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which
were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
5:
7
They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto
Darius the king, all peace.
5:
8
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of
Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great
stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on,
and prospereth in their hands.
5:
9
Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who
commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
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We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the
names of the men that were the chief of them.
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And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of
the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded
these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set
up.
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But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto
wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the
people away into Babylon.
5:13
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king
Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
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And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and
brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king
take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto
one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
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And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the
temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in
his place.
5:16
Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation 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 finished.
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Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made
in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it
be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house
of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us
concerning this matter.
CHAPTER 6
6:
1
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the
house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
6:
2
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the
province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus
written:
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6:
3
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a
decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be
builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the
foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore
cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
6:
4
With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let
the expenses be given out of the king’s house:
6:
5
And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God,
which Nebuchadnezzar 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 his place,
and place them in the house of God.
6:
6
Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai,
and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the
river, be ye far from thence:
6:
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 his
place.
6:
8
Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these
Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s
goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be
given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
6:
9
And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams,
and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat,
salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests
which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without
fail:
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That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savors unto the God of
heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
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Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let
timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be
hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
Copy
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Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and
their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent,
so they did speedily.
6:14
And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through
the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of
Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the
commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the
commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
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And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, TEMPLE WAS BUILT
which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
6:16
And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest
of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of
God with joy.
6:17
And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred
bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin
offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of
the tribes of Israel.
6:18
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.
6:19
And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the
fourteenth day of the first month.
6:20
For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them
were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the
captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
6:21
And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity,
and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the
filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of
Israel, did eat,
6:22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for
the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king
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of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the
house of God, the God of Israel.
7:
1
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia,
Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
7:
2
The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
7:
3
The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
7:
4
The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
7:
5
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the
son of Aaron the chief priest:
7:
6
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the
law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the
king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD
his God upon him.
7:
7
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the in the seventh year of Artaxerxes
priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the
Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the
king.
7:
8
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the EZRA COMES TO JERUSALEM 457 BC
seventh year of the king.
7:
9 EZRA BRINGS A DECREE OF ARTAXERXES TO ISRAEL (A DECREE OF ASSISTANCE NOT TO BUILD)
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.
7:10
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and
to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
7:11
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave
unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the
commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
7:12
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law
of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
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7:13
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his
priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own
freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
7:14
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven
counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according
to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
7:15
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
Jerusalem,
7:16
And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province
of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the
priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in
Jerusalem:
7:17
That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams,
lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer
them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in
Jerusalem.
7:18
And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do
with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of
your God.
7:19
The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of
thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
7:20
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.
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And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the
treasurers which 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 speedily,
7:22
Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of
wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of
oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
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7:23
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be
diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should
there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
7:24
Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites,
singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it
shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
7:25
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand,
set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are
beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach
ye them that know them not.
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And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the
king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be
unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to
imprisonment.
7:27
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a
thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD
which is in Jerusalem:
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And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his
counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was
strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and
I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy
of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of
Artaxerxes the king.
8:
2
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel:
of the sons of David; Hattush.
8:
3
Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and
with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and
fifty.
8:
4
Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and
with him two hundred males.
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8:5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three
hundred males.
8:6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him
fifty males.
8:7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with
him seventy males.
8:8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and
with him fourscore males.
8:9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two
hundred and eighteen males.
8:10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him
an hundred and threescore males.
8:11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him
twenty and eight males.
8:12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with
him an hundred and ten males.
8:13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these,
Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
8:14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them
seventy males.
8:15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava;
and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people,
and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan,
and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah,
and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan,
men of understanding.
8:17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the
place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo,
and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they
should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
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8:18
And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man
of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of
Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
8:19
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his
brethren and their sons, twenty;
8:20
Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed
for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims:
all of them were expressed by name.
8:21
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might
afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us,
and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
8:22
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and
horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had
spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all
them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against
all them that forsake him.
8:23
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated
of us.
8:24
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah,
Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
8:25
And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels,
even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his
counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
8:26
I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of
silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred
talents;
8:27
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels
of fine copper, precious as gold.
8:28
And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are
holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the
LORD God of your fathers.
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8:29
Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of
the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at
Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
8:30
So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the
gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of
our God.
8:31
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of
the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was
upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of
such as lay in wait by the way.
8:32
And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
8:33
Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels
weighed in the house of our God by 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, Levites;
8:34
By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was
written at that time.
8:35
Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were
come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of
Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy
and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a
burnt offering unto the LORD.
8:36
And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s
lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they
furthered the people, and the house of God.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, MID 457 BC
The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not
separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according
to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the
Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the
Egyptians, and the Amorites.
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9:
2
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their
sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the
people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath
been chief in this trespass.
9:
3
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and
plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down
astonied.
9:
4
Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the
words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those
that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening
sacrifice.
9:
5
And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and
having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and
spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
9:
6
And 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 trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
9:
7
Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto
this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests,
been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword,
to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this
day.
9:
8
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD
our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in
his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a
little reviving in our bondage.
9:
9
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our
bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings
of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and
to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and
in Jerusalem.
9:10
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have
forsaken thy commandments,
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Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying,
The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with
the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations,
which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
9:12
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take
their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth
for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and
leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
9:13
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our
great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than
our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
9:14
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity
with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be
angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be
no remnant nor escaping?
9:15
O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet
escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our
trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
CHAPTER 10
10:
1
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping
and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled
unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women
and children: for the people wept very sore.
10:
2
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam,
answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God,
and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now
there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
10:
3
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away
all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the
counsel of my Lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment
of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
10:
4
Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with
thee: be of good courage, and do it.
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10:
5
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all
Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And
they swear.
10:
6
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into
the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came
thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned
because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
10:
7
And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto
all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves
together unto Jerusalem;
10:
8
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according
to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance
should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of
those that had been carried away.
10:
9
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves
together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, 20TH KISLEV 457 BC
on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the
street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and
for the great rain.
10:10
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have
transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass
of Israel.
10:11
Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your
fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the
people of the land, and from the strange wives.
10:12
Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As
thou hast said, so must we do.
10:13
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 are many that have transgressed in this thing.
10:14
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them
which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed
times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges
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thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned
from us.
10:15
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah
were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai
the Levite helped them.
10:16
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with
certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all
of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first
day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
10:17
And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange
wives by the first day of the first month.
10:18
And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken
strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak,
and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
10:19
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives;
and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
10:20
And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
10:21
And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and
Jehiel, and Uzziah.
10:22
And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel,
Jozabad, and Elasah.
10:23
Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is
Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
10:24
Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and
Telem, and Uri.
10:25
Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and
Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
10:26
And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and
Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
10:27
And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and
Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
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10:28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and
Athlai.
10:29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub,
and Sheal, and Ramoth.
10:30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah,
Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
10:31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah,
Shimeon,
10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
10:33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet,
Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
10:34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
10:35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
10:37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
10:38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
10:39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
10:41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
10:42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
10:43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and
Joel, Benaiah.
10:44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by
whom they had children.
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The Book of
NEHEMIAH
1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass
in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan
the palace,
1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of
Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped,
which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
1:3 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.
1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down
and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before
the God of heaven,
1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and
terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love
him and observe his commandments:
1:6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou
mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee
now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and
confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned
against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the
commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou
commandedst thy servant Moses.
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1:
8
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy
servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad
among the nations:
1:
9
But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them;
though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the
heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them
unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
1:10
Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast
redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
1:11
O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the
prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who
desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this
day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the
king’s cupbearer.
2:
1
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of SAME AS EZRA’S 7TH YEAR
Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the SEE CHAPTER 11
wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad 456BC
in his presence.
2:
2
Wherefore 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,
2:
3
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not
my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’
sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with
fire?
2:
4
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I
prayed to the God of heaven.
2:
5
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant REQUEST BY NEHEMIAH
have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto TO REBUILD JERUSALEM
Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it. GRANTED 457 BC
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2:
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.
2:
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 convey
me over till I come into Judah;
2:
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 palace
which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and
for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me,
according to the good hand of my God upon me.
2:
9
Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the
king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and
horsemen with me.
2:10
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was
come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
2:11
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. AV OF 456 BC
2:12
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told
I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem:
neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode
upon.
2:13
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the
dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of
Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were
consumed with fire.
2:14
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool:
but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
2:15
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and
turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
2:16
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.
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2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Nehemia’s command to rebuild Jerusalem
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.
2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me;
as also 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
this good work.
2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to
scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will
ye rebel against the king?
2:20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he
will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but
ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 3
3:1 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 Meah they sanctified it, unto
the tower of Hananeel.
3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them
builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the
beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and
the bars thereof.
3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son
of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of
Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired
Zadok the son of Baana.
3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not
their necks to the work of their LORD.
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3:
6
Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and
Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and
set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof.
3:
7
And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon
the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the
throne of the governor on this side the river.
3:
8
Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the
goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of
the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
3:
9
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of
the half part of Jerusalem.
3:10
And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even
over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son
of Hashabniah.
3:11
Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab,
repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
3:12
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler
of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
3:13
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah;
they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and
the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung
gate.
3:14
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of
part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the
locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
3:15
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh,
the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up
the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the
wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs
that go down from the city of David.
3:16
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the
half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of
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David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the
mighty.
3:17
After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto
him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his
part.
3:18
After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the
ruler of the half part of Keilah.
3:19
And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of
Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armory at
the turning of the wall.
3:20
After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other
piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of
Eliashib the high priest.
3:21
After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz
another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the
end of the house of Eliashib.
3:22
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
3:23
After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house.
After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of
Ananiah by his house.
3:24
After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from
the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the
corner.
3:25
Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the
tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the
court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
3:26
Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over
against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
3:27
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the
great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
3:28
From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over
against his house.
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3:29
After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his
house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the
keeper of the east gate.
3:30
After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the
sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam
the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
3:31
After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of
the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate
Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
3:32
And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate
repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
CHAPTER 4
4:
1
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the
wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the
Jews.
4:
2
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and
said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will
they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the
stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
4:
3
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that
which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their
stone wall.
4:
4
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach
upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of
captivity:
4:
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.
4:
6
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the
half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
4:
7
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the
Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the
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walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be
stopped, then they were very wroth,
4:
8
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against
Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
4:
9
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch
against them day and night, because of them.
4:10
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed,
and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
4:11
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we
come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work
to cease.
4:12
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them
came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall
return unto us they will be upon you.
4:13
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the
higher places, I even set the people after their families with their
swords, their spears, and their bows.
4:14
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, which is great and terrible, and fight for your
brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your
houses.
4:15
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.
4:16
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my
servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both
the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the
rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
4:17
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with
those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the
work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
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4:18
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so
builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
4:19
And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the
people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the
wall, one far from another.
4:20
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye
thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
4:21
So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from
the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
4:22
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 labor on the day.
4:23
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the
guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving
that every one put them off for washing.
5:
1
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against
their brethren the Jews.
5:
2
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are
many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and
live.
5:
3
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,
vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the
dearth.
5:
4
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s
tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
5:
5
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as
their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our
daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought
unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them;
for other men have our lands and vineyards.
5:
6
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
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7
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the
rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his
brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
5:
8
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our
brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye
even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held
they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
5:
9
Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the
fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our
enemies?
5:10
I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them
money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
5:11
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their
vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth
part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye
exact of them.
5:12
Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of
them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and
took an oath of them, that they should do according to this
promise.
5:13
Also I shook 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 congregation
said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according
to this promise.
5:14
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor
in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two
and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I
and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
5:15
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable
unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside
forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the
people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
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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.
5:17
Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews
and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen
that are about us.
5:18
Now that which was prepared for me daily 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 required not I the
bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this
people.
5:19
Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have
done for this people.
CHAPTER 6
6:
1
Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the
Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the
wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time
I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
6:
2
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us
meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But
they thought to do me mischief.
6:
3
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work,
so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I
leave it, and come down to you?
6:
4
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered
them after the same manner.
6:
5
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth
time with an open letter in his hand;
6:
6
Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and
Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which
cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king,
according to these words.
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7
And thou hast also appointed 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.
6:
8
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as
thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
6:
9
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened
from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God,
strengthen my hands.
6:10
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah
the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet
together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the
doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the
night will they come to slay thee.
6:11
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that,
being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not
go in.
6:12
And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he
pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat
had hired him.
6:13
Therefore 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.
6:14
My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these
their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the
prophets, that would have put me in fear.
6:15
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month CONSTRUCTION FINISHED
Elul, in fifty and two days. 456 BC
6:16
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and
all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were
much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this
work was wrought of our God.
6:17
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto
Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
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For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the
son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had
taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
6:19
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my
words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
CHAPTER 7
7:
1
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,
7:
2
That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the
palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared
God above many.
7:
3
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened
until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the
doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against
his house.
7:
4
Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein,
and the houses were not builded.
7:
5
And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and
the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by
genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which
came up at the first, and found written therein,
7:
6
These are the children of the province, that went up out of the
captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came
again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
7:
7
Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah,
Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.
The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
7:
8
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
7:
9
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
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The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
7:11
The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,
two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
7:12
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
7:13
The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.
7:14
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
7:15
The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
7:16
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
7:17
The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and
two.
7:18
The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
7:19
The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
7:20
The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
7:21
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
7:22
The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
7:23
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
7:24
The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
7:25
The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
7:26
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and
eight.
7:27
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
7:28
The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.
7:29
The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred
forty and three.
7:30
The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
7:31
The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
7:32
The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
7:33
The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
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7:34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and
four.
7:35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
7:36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
7:37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and
one.
7:38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
7:39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine
hundred seventy and three.
7:40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
7:41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
7:42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
7:43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children
of Hodevah, seventy and four.
7:44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
7:45 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, an hundred thirty and eight.
7:46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the
children of Tabbaoth,
7:47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
7:48 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of
Shalmai,
7:49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of
Gahar,
7:50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of
Nekoda,
7:51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of
Phaseah,
7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of
Nephishesim,
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The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of
Harhur,
7:54
The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of
Harsha,
7:55
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of
Tamah,
7:56
The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
7:57
The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the
children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
7:58
The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of
Giddel,
7:59
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
7:60
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were
three hundred ninety and two.
7:61
And these were they which went up also from Telmelah,
Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew
their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
7:62
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of
Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
7:63
And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz,
the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of
Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
7:64
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted,
put from the priesthood.
7:65
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the
most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and
Thummim.
7:66
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three
hundred and threescore,
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Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there
were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had
two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
7:68
Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two
hundred forty and five:
7:69
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven
hundred and twenty asses.
7:70
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The
Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty
basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
7:71
And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the
work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two
hundred pound of silver.
7:72
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand
drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore
and seven priests’ garments.
7:73
So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers,
and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in
their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of
Israel were in their cities.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into READING OF THE TORAH 456 BC
the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra
the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD
had commanded to Israel.
8:
2
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both
of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding,
upon the first day of the seventh month.
8:
3
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate
from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and
those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were
attentive unto the book of the law.
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8:
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 Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his
right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and
Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and
Meshullam.
8:
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:
8:
6
And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people
answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they
bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to
the ground.
8:
7
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,
Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and
the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the
people stood in their place.
8:
8
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the
sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
8:
9
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the
scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the
people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not,
nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of
the law.
8:10
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the
sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared:
for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the
joy of the LORD is your strength.
8:11
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for
the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
8:12
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send
portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the
words that were declared unto them.
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And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the
fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the
scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
8:14
And they found written in the law which the LORD had
commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in
booths in the feast of the seventh month:
8:15
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in
Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive
branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm
branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is
written.
8:16
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 street of the water
gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
8:17
And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the
captivity made booths, and sat under 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.
8:18
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
manner.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of
Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth
upon them.
9:
2
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and
stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
9:
3
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law
of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another
fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
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9:
4
Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani,
Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried
with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
9:
5
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah,
Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and
bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy
glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
9:
6
Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the
heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that
are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest
them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
9:
7
Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and
broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the
name of Abraham;
9:
8
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant
with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the
Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy
words; for thou art righteous:
9:
9
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest
their cry by the Red sea;
9:10
And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his
servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that
they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as
it is this day.
9:11
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went
through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors
thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
9:12
Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in
the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein
they should go.
9:13
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them
from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good
statutes and commandments:
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And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst
them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy
servant:
9:15
And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and
broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and
promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which
thou hadst sworn to give them.
9:16
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks,
and hearkened not to thy commandments,
9:17
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that
thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, 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 of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
9:18
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy
God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great
provocations;
9:19
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the
wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day,
to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew
them light, and the way wherein they should go.
9:20
Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest
not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their
thirst.
9:21
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that
they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet
swelled not.
9:22
Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide
them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the
land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
9:23
Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and
broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst
promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
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9:24 So the children 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 people of the land,
that they might do with them as they would.
9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses
full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit
trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat,
and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and
cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which
testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great
provocations.
9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies,
who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried
unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy
manifold mercies thou gavest them saviors, who saved them out of
the hand of their enemies.
9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore
leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the
dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee,
thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver
them according to thy mercies;
9:29 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 thy judgments, (which if a man
do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened
their neck, and would not hear.
9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against
them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear:
therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
9:31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly
consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and
merciful God.
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Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible
God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble 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.
9:33
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast
done right, but we have done wickedly:
9:34
Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers,
kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy
testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
9:35
For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great
goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which
thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked
works.
9:36
Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest
unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof,
behold, we are servants in it:
9:37
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set
over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our
bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great
distress.
9:38
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and
our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
CHAPTER 10
10:
1
Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of
Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
10:
2
Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
10:
3
Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
10:
4
Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
10:
5
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
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Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
10:
7
Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
10:
8
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
10:
9
And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the
sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
10:10
And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
10:11
Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
10:12
Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
10:13
Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
10:14
The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
10:15
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
10:16
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
10:17
Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,
10:18
Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
10:19
Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
10:20
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
10:21
Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,
10:22
Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
10:23
Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
10:24
Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
10:25
Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
10:26
And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
10:27
Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
10:28
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the
singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves
from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their
sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having
understanding;
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They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse,
and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses
the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments
of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
10:30
And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the
land, not take their daughters for our sons:
10:31
And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the
sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the
sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh
year, and the exaction of every debt.
10:32
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;
10:33
For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the
continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the
set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make
an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our
God.
10:34
And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the
people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our
God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by
year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written
in the law:
10:35
And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all
fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:
10:36
Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in
the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to
the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of
our God:
10:37
And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our
offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil,
unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the
tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might
have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
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10:38 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.
10:39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the
offering of the corn, of the new wine, and 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.
CHAPTER 11
11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the
people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the
holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.
11:2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered
themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
11:3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem:
but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their
cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the
Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants.
11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the
children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of
Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of
Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;
11:5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of
Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of
Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.
11:6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred
threescore and eight valiant men.
11:7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam,
the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of
Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.
11:8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
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11:
9
And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of
Senuah was second over the city.
11:10
Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
11:11
Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of
Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the
house of God.
11:12
And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight
hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son
of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of
Pashur, the son of Malchiah.
11:13
And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two:
and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of
Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
11:14
And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and
eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great
men.
11:15
Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of
Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
11:16
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the
oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
11:17
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of
Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and
Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of
Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
11:18
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and
four.
11:19
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that
kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
11:20
And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all
the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
11:21
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over
the Nethinims.
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11:22
The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of
Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of
Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of
the house of God.
11:23
For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain
portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
11:24
And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah
the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning
the people.
11:25
And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah
dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and
in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
11:26
And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet,
11:27
And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof,
11:28
And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
11:29
And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
11:30
Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields
thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt
from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
11:31
The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and
Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages.
11:32
And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
11:33
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
11:34
Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
11:35
Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
11:36
And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
CHAPTER 12
12:
1
Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah,
Ezra,
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12:
2
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
12:
3
Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
12:
4
Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
12:
5
Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
12:
6
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
12:
7
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests
and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
12:
8
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah,
and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his
brethren.
12:
9
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in
the watches.
12:10
And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib
begat Joiada,
12:11
And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
12:12
And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of
Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
12:13
Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
12:14
Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
12:15
Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
12:16
Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
12:17
Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai:
12:18
Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
12:19
And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
12:20
Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
12:21
Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
12:22
The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and
Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the
reign of Darius the Persian.
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12:23
The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book
of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of
Eliashib.
12:24
And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the
son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise
and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the
man of God, ward over against ward.
12:25
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub,
were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
12:26
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of
Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra
the priest, the scribe.
12:27
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
singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
12:28
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out
of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages
of Netophathi;
12:29
Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and
Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about
Jerusalem.
12:30
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified
the people, and the gates, and the wall.
12:31
Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and
appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof
one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
12:32
And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
12:33
And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
12:34
Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
12:35
And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah
the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah,
the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
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And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,
Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of
David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
12:37
And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went
up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall,
above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
12:38
And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against
them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall,
from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
12:39
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and
above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of
Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison
gate.
12:40
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:
12:41
And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai,
Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
12:42
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and
Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers
sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
12:43
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God
had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the
children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar
off.
12:44
And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the
treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to
gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the
law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests
and for the Levites that waited.
12:45
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God,
and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of
David, and of Solomon his son.
12:46
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the
singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
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12:47
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of
Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every
day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites;
and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
CHAPTER 13
13:
1
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the
people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the
Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
13:
2
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with
water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them:
howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
13:
3
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they
separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
13:
4
And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the
chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
13:
5
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime
they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and
the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was
commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the
porters; and the offerings of the priests.
13:
6
But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and
thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king,
and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:
13:
7
And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib
did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the
house of God.
13:
8
And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff
to Tobiah out of the chamber.
13:
9
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither
brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat
offering and the frankincense.
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13:10
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given
them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled
every one to his field.
13:11
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.
13:12
Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and
the oil unto the treasuries.
13:13
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and
Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was
Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were
counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their
brethren.
13:14
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my
good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the
offices thereof.
13:15
In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the
sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine,
grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought
into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in
the day wherein they sold victuals.
13:16
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all
manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of
Judah, and in Jerusalem.
13:17
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them,
What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
13:18
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.
13:19
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be
dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be
shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the
sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there
should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
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13:20
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without
Jerusalem once or twice.
13:21
Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye
about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From
that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
13:22
And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves,
and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the
sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and
spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
13:23
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod,
of Ammon, and of Moab:
13:24
And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could
not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of
each people.
13:25
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 unto your sons, or for yourselves.
13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among
many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his
God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him
did outlandish women cause to sin.
13:27
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to
transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
13:28
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.
13:29
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the
priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
13:30
Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards
of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
13:31
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the
firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
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CHAPTER 1
1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus
which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and
seven and twenty provinces:)
1:2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of
his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
1:3 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:
1:4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor
of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore
days.
1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all
the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great
and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s
palace;
1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords
of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the
beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and
white, and black, marble.
1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being
diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according
to the state of the king.
1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so
the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they
should do according to every man’s pleasure.
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1:
9
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal
house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
1:10
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 served in
the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
1:11
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to
shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to
look on.
1:12
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment
by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his
anger burned in him.
1:13
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so
was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
1:14
And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish,
Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and
Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the
kingdom;)
1:15
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because
she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus
by the chamberlains?
1:16
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 people that are in all the provinces of the
king Ahasuerus.
1:17
For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so
that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall
be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to
be brought in before him, but she came not.
1:18
Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all
the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus
shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
1:19
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him,
and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes,
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that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king
Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that
is better than she.
1:20
And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published
throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to
their husbands honor, both to great and small.
1:21
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did
according to the word of Memucan:
1:22
For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province
according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their
language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and
that it should be published according to the language of every
people.
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was
appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what
was decreed against her.
2:
2
Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there
be fair young virgins sought for the king:
2:
3
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his
kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins
unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the
custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and
let their things for purification be given them:
2:
4
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of
Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
2:
5
Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name
was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a
Benjamite;
2:
6
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity
which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
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2:
7
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter:
for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and
beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead,
took for his own daughter.
2:
8
So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree
was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto
Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was
brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper
of the women.
2:
9
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him;
and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such
things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to
be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her
maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
2:10
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai
had charged her that she should not shew it.
2:11
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s
house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
2:12
Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus,
after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of
the women, (for so were the days of their purifications
accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months
with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the
women;)
2:13
Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she
desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women
unto the king’s house.
2:14
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, which kept the concubines: she came in unto
the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she
were called by name.
2:15
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of
Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in
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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.
2:16
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in
the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of
his reign.
2:17
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained
grace and favor 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.
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Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his
servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the
provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
2:19
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then
Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
2:20
Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai
had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like
as when she was brought up with him.
2:21
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the
king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the
door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
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And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the
queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.
2:23
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out;
therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the
book of the chronicles before the king.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
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.
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3:
2
And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed,
and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning
him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
3:
3
Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto
Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?
3:
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.
3:
5
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him
reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
3:
6
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had
shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to
destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of
Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
3:
7
In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of
king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from
day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that
is, the month Adar.
3:
8
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people
scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the
provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all
people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the
king’s profit to suffer them.
3:
9
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed:
and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those
that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s
treasuries.
3:10
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman
the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
3:11
And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the
people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
3:12
Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the
first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had
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3:14
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4:1
4:2
4:3
4:4
4:5
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commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that
were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of
every province according to the writing thereof, and to every
people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it
written, and sealed with the king’s ring.
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to
destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and
old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth
day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the
spoil of them for a prey.
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every
province was published unto all people, that they should be ready
against that day.
The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment,
and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and
Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
CHAPTER 4
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his
clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the
midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the
king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment
and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and
fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and
ashes.
So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then
was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe
Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he
received it not.
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains,
whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a
commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
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4:
6
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city,
which was before the king’s gate.
4:
7
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of
the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the
king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
4:
8
Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was
given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to
declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the
king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before
him for her people.
4:
9
And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
4:10
Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto
Mordecai;
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All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do
know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come unto
the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of
his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold
out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called
to come in unto the king these thirty days.
4:12
And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
4:13
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with
thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the
Jews.
4:14
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall
there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another
place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who
knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as
this?
4:15
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
4:16
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 likewise; and so will I go in unto the
king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had
commanded him.
CHAPTER 5
5:
1
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 gate of the house.
5:
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.
5:
3
Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and
what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the
kingdom.
5:
4
And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king
and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared
for him.
5:
5
Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as
Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that
Esther had prepared.
5:
6
And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy
petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even
to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
5:
7
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
5:
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.
5:
9
Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but
when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not
up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
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5:10
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he
sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
5:11
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude
of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted
him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants
of the king.
5:12
Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come
in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but
myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
5:13
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew
sitting at the king’s gate.
5:14
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a
gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou
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.
CHAPTER 6
6:
1
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring
the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the
king.
6:
2
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and
Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door,
who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
6:
3
And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to
Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered
unto him, There is nothing done for him.
6:
4
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into
the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to
hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
6:
5
And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in
the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
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6:
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
thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor
more than to myself?
6:
7
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king
delighteth to honor,
6:
8
Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and
the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is
set upon his head:
6:
9
And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of
the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal
whom the king delighteth to honor, and bring him on horseback
through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall
it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor.
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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.
6:11
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed
Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the
city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the
man whom the king delighteth to honor.
6:12
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to
his house mourning, and having his head covered.
6:13
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that
had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto
him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou
hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt
surely fall before him.
6:14
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s
chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that
Esther had prepared.
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CHAPTER 7
7:
1
So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
7:
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? and it shall be performed,
even to the half of the kingdom.
7:
3
Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in
thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me
at my petition, and my people at my request:
7:
4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and
to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I
had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the
king’s damage.
7:
5
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen,
Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do
so?
7:
6
And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman.
Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7:
7
And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went
into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his
life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined
against him by the king.
7:
8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of
the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon
Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before
me in the house? As the word went out of king’s mouth, they
covered Haman’s face.
7:
9
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king,
Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made
for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house
of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
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So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for
Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
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CHAPTER 8
8:1 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.
8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman,
and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the
house of Haman.
8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his
feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of
Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the
Jews.
8:4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther
arose, and stood before the king,
8:5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have 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
which are in all the king’s provinces:
8:6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my
people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
8:7 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.
8:8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and
seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the
king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.
8:9 Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month,
that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof;
and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto
the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the
provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty
and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing
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thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews
according to their writing, and according to their language.
8:10
And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the
king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on
mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
8:11
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to
gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy,
to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and
province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and
to take the spoil of them for a prey,
8:12
Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely,
upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month
Adar.
8:13
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every
province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should
be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
8:14
So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being
hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the
decree was given at Shushan the palace.
8:15
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal
apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with
a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced
and was glad.
8:16
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honor.
8:17
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s
commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness,
a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became
Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the
thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his
decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies
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of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned
to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
9:
2
The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all
the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought
their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them
fell upon all people.
9:
3
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the
deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear
of Mordecai fell upon them.
9:
4
For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out
throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater
and greater.
9:
5
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the
sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would
unto those that hated them.
9:
6
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five
hundred men.
9:
7
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
9:
8
And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9:
9
And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
9:10
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the
Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
9:11
On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the
palace was brought before the king.
9:12
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 have they done in the rest of the king’s
provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee:
or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
9:13
Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews
which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this
day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the
gallows.
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9:14
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given
at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
9:15
For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on
the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred
men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
9:16
But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered
themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from
their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but
they laid not their hands on the prey,
9:17
On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth
day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and
gladness.
9:18
But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the
thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the
fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting
and gladness.
9:19
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled
towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of
gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one
to another.
9:20
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the
Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both
nigh and far,
9:21
To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth
day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
9:22
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the
month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from
mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of
feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts
to the poor.
9:23
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai
had written unto them;
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9:24
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of
all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had
cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
9:25
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters
that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should
return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be
hanged on the gallows.
9:26
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.
Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they
had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
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The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and
upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not
fail, that they would keep these two days according to their
writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
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And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout
every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and
that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor
the memorial of them perish from their seed.
9:29
Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the
Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of
Purim.
9:30
And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty
and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of
peace and truth,
9:31
To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according
as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and
as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters
of the fastings and their cry.
9:32
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it
was written in the book.
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CHAPTER 10
10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the
isles of the sea.
10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration
of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Media and Persia?
10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great
among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren,
seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
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JOB
CHAPTER 1
1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that
man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and
eschewed evil.
1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand
camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses,
and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all
the men of the east.
1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day;
and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with
them.
1:5 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 cursed God in
their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present
themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan
answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth,
and from walking up and down in it.
1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant
Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an
upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
1:9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for
nought?
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1:10
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and
about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of
his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
1:11
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he
will curse thee to thy face.
1:12
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy
power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went
forth from the presence of the LORD.
1:13
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating
and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
1:14
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were
plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
1:15
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.
1:16
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 servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone
to tell thee.
1:17
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The
Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and
have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge
of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
1:18
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy
sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their
eldest brother’s house:
1:19
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and
smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young
men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
1:20
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell
down upon the ground, and worshipped,
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1:21
And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall
I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away;
blessed be the name of the LORD.
1:22
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present
themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to
present himself before the LORD.
2:
2
And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And
Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and down in it.
2:
3
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant
Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an
upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he
holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him,
to destroy him without cause.
2:
4
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all
that a man hath will he give for his life.
2:
5
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh,
and he will curse thee to thy face.
2:
6
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but
save his life.
2:
7
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote
Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
2:
8
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat
down among the ashes.
2:
9
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity?
curse God, and die.
2:10
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.
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2:11
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come
upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the
Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for
they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with
him and to comfort him.
2:12
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not,
they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his
mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
2:13
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.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
3:
2
And Job spake, and said,
3:
3
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it
was said, There is a man child conceived.
3:
4
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither
let the light shine upon it.
3:
5
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell
upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
3:
6
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined
unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the
months.
3:
7
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
3:
8
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their
mourning.
3:
9
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but
have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
3:10
Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid
sorrow from mine eyes.
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3:11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost
when I came out of the belly?
3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should
suck?
3:13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept:
then had I been at rest,
3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate
places for themselves;
3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which
never saw light.
3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.
3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the
oppressor.
3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his
master.
3:20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the
bitter in soul;
3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than
for hid treasures;
3:22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the
grave?
3:23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath
hedged in?
3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out
like the waters.
3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that
which I was afraid of is come unto me.
3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet
trouble came.
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CHAPTER 4
4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
4:2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who
can withhold himself from speaking?
4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the
weak hands.
4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast
strengthened the feeble knees.
4:5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee,
and thou art troubled.
4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness
of thy ways?
4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or
where were the righteous cut off?
4:8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness,
reap the same.
4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils
are they consumed.
4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the
teeth of the young lions, are broken.
4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps
are scattered abroad.
4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a
little thereof.
4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth
on men,
4:14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to
shake.
4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was
before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
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4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure
than his maker?
4:18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged
with folly:
4:19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose
foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
4:20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever
without any regarding it.
4:21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even
without wisdom.
CHAPTER 5
5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the
saints wilt thou turn?
5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his
habitation.
5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate,
neither is there any to deliver them.
5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the
thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground;
5:7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
5:9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things
without number:
5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the
fields:
5:11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may
be exalted to safety.
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5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands
cannot perform their enterprise.
5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the
froward is carried headlong.
5:14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the
noonday as in the night.
5:15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and
from the hand of the mighty.
5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise
not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
5:18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands
make whole.
5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil
touch thee.
5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the
power of the sword.
5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou
be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be
afraid of the beasts of the earth.
5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the
beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and
thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine
offspring as the grass of the earth.
5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn
cometh in in his season.
5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for
thy good.
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CHAPTER 6
6:
1
But Job answered and said,
6:
2
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in
the balances together!
6:
3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my
words are swallowed up.
6:
4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof
drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in
array against me.
6:
5
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over
his fodder?
6:
6
Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there any
taste in the white of an egg?
6:
7
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful
meat.
6:
8
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the
thing that I long for!
6:
9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let
loose his hand, and cut me off!
6:10
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in
sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the
Holy One.
6:11
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end,
that I should prolong my life?
6:12
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
6:13
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
6:14
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but
he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
6:15
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of
brooks they pass away;
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6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is
hid:
6:17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are
consumed out of their place.
6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and
perish.
6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for
them.
6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither,
and were ashamed.
6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
6:22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your
substance?
6:23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the
hand of the mighty?
6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand
wherein I have erred.
6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is
desperate, which are as wind?
6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
6:28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you
if I lie.
6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my
righteousness is in it.
6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse
things?
CHAPTER 7
7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days
also like the days of an hireling?
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7:
2
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling
looketh for the reward of his work:
7:
3
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights
are appointed to me.
7:
4
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone?
and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
7:
5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is
broken, and become loathsome.
7:
6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
7:
7
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
7:
8
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes
are upon me, and I am not.
7:
9
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth
down to the grave shall come up no more.
7:10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know
him any more.
7:11
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.
7:12
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
7:13
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my
complaints;
7:14
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through
visions:
7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
7:16
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are
vanity.
7:17
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou
shouldest set thine heart upon him?
7:18
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him
every moment?
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7:19
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I
swallow down my spittle?
7:20
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men?
why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden
to myself?
7:21
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away
my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek
me in the morning, but I shall not be.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
8:
2
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the
words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
8:
3
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
8:
4
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them
away for their transgression;
8:
5
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy
supplication to the Almighty;
8:
6
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for
thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
8:
7
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly
increase.
8:
8
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to
the search of their fathers:
8:
9
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days
upon earth are a shadow:)
8:10
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their
heart?
8:11
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without
water?
8:12
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth
before any other herb.
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8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope
shall perish:
8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s
web.
8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it
fast, but it shall not endure.
8:16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his
garden.
8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of
stones.
8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I
have not seen thee.
8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others
grow.
8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help
the evil doers:
8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling
place of the wicked shall come to nought.
CHAPTER 9
9:1 Then Job answered and said,
9:2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
9:3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a
thousand.
9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened
himself against him, and hath prospered?
9:5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which
overturneth them in his anger.
9:6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof
tremble.
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9:7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the
stars.
9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the
waves of the sea.
9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of
the south.
9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders
without number.
9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I
perceive him not.
9:12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto
him, What doest thou?
9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop
under him.
9:14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to
reason with him?
9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I
would make supplication to my judge.
9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe
that he had hearkened unto my voice.
9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds
without cause.
9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with
bitterness.
9:19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall
set me a time to plead?
9:20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I
am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would
despise my life.
9:22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and
the wicked.
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9:23
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the
innocent.
9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the
faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
9:25
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no
good.
9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth
to the prey.
9:27
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness,
and comfort myself:
9:28
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me
innocent.
9:29
If I be wicked, why then labor I in vain?
9:30
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so
clean;
9:31
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall
abhor me.
9:32
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we
should come together in judgment.
9:33
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand
upon us both.
9:34
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
9:35
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
CHAPTER 10
10:
1
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon
myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
10:
2
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou
contendest with me.
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10:
3
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou
shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the
counsel of the wicked?
10:
4
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
10:
5
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,
10:
6
That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
10:
7
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can
deliver out of thine hand.
10:
8
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about;
yet thou dost destroy me.
10:
9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and
wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10:10
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
10:11
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with
bones and sinews.
10:12
Thou hast granted me life and favor, and thy visitation hath
preserved my spirit.
10:13
And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is
with thee.
10:14
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from
mine iniquity.
10:15
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift
up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine
affliction;
10:16
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou
shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
10:17
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine
indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
10:18
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh
that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
10:19
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been
carried from the womb to the grave.
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10:20
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take
comfort a little,
10:21
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness
and the shadow of death;
10:22
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death,
without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
CHAPTER 11
11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
11:2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man
full of talk be justified?
11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou
mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
11:4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine
eyes.
11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
11:6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are
double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee
less than thine iniquity deserveth.
11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the
Almighty unto perfection?
11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what
canst thou know?
11:9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the
sea.
11:10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder
him?
11:11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not
then consider it?
11:12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s
colt.
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11:13
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward
him;
11:14
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness
dwell in thy tabernacles.
11:15
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt
be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
11:16
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters
that pass away:
11:17
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine
forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
11:18
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig
about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
11:19
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea,
many shall make suit unto thee.
11:20
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and
their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
CHAPTER 12
12:
1
And Job answered and said,
12:
2
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
12:
3
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you:
yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
12:
4
I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he
answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
12:
5
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the
thought of him that is at ease.
12:
6
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are
secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
12:
7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of
the air, and they shall tell thee:
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12:
8
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the
sea shall declare unto thee.
12:
9
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath
wrought this?
12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all
mankind.
12:11
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12:12
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
12:13
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and
understanding.
12:14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth
up a man, and there can be no opening.
12:15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he
sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
12:16
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are
his.
12:17
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
12:18
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
12:19
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
12:20
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the
understanding of the aged.
12:21
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of
the mighty.
12:22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to
light the shadow of death.
12:23
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the
nations, and straiteneth them again.
12:24
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth,
and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to
stagger like a drunken man.
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CHAPTER 13
13:1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood
it.
13:2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto
you.
13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with
God.
13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
13:5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your
wisdom.
13:6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
13:7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
13:8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
13:9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh
another, do ye so mock him?
13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
13:11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon
you?
13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of
clay.
13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on
me what will.
13:14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine
hand?
13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine
own ways before him.
13:16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come
before him.
13:17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
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13:18
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be
justified.
13:19
Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I
shall give up the ghost.
13:20
Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from
thee.
13:21
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me
afraid.
13:22
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou
me.
13:23
How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my
transgression and my sin.
13:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
13:25
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the
dry stubble?
13:26
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to
possess the iniquities of my youth.
13:27
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto
all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
13:28
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth
eaten.
CHAPTER 14
14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a
shadow, and continueth not.
14:3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me
into judgment with thee?
14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with
thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
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6
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an
hireling, his day.
14:
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.
14:
8
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof
die in the ground;
14:
9
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs
like a plant.
14:10
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost,
and where is he?
14:11
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth
up:
14:12
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they
shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
14:13
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest
keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest
appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14:14
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time
will I wait, till my change come.
14:15
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to
the work of thine hands.
14:16
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my
sin?
14:17
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine
iniquity.
14:18
And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is
removed out of his place.
14:19
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which
grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of
man.
14:20
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest
his countenance, and sendest him away.
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14:21 His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are
brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
14:22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him
shall mourn.
CHAPTER 15
15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
15:2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the
east wind?
15:3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches
wherewith he can do no good?
15:4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the
tongue of the crafty.
15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips
testify against thee.
15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the
hills?
15:8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom
to thyself?
15:9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou,
which is not in us?
15:10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder
than thy father.
15:11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret
thing with thee?
15:12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink
at,
15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go
out of thy mouth?
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What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a
woman, that he should be righteous?
15:15
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not
clean in his sight.
15:16
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh
iniquity like water?
15:17
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
15:18
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
15:19
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed
among them.
15:20
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number
of years is hidden to the oppressor.
15:21
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall
come upon him.
15:22
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is
waited for of the sword.
15:23
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth
that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
15:24
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail
against him, as a king ready to the battle.
15:25
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth
himself against the Almighty.
15:26
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of
his bucklers:
15:27
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops
of fat on his flanks.
15:28
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man
inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
15:29
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither
shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his
branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
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15:31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his
recompence.
15:32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be
green.
15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off
his flower as the olive.
15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall
consume the tabernacles of bribery.
15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly
prepareth deceit.
CHAPTER 16
16:1 Then Job answered and said,
16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou
answerest?
16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I
could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my
lips should asswage your grief.
16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear,
what am I eased?
16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my
company.
16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against
me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
16:9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me
with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me
upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves
together against me.
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16:11
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the
hands of the wicked.
16:12
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me
by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
16:13
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins
asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the
ground.
16:14
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like
a giant.
16:15
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the
dust.
16:16
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of
death;
16:17
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
16:19
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on
high.
16:20
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
16:21
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for
his neighbor!
16:22
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall
not return.
CHAPTER 17
17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for
me.
17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in
their provocation?
17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will
strike hands with me?
17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt
thou not exalt them.
17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his
children shall fail.
17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was
as a tabret.
17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are
as a shadow.
17:8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up
himself against the hypocrite.
17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean
hands shall be stronger and stronger.
17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find
one wise man among you.
17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts
of my heart.
17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of
darkness.
17:13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the
darkness.
17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou
art my mother, and my sister.
17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is
in the dust.
CHAPTER 18
18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
18:2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and
afterwards we will speak.
18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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4
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee?
and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
18:
5
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his
fire shall not shine.
18:
6
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put
out with him.
18:
7
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel
shall cast him down.
18:
8
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a
snare.
18:
9
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail
against him.
18:10
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the
way.
18:11
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to
his feet.
18:12
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at
his side.
18:13
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death
shall devour his strength.
18:14
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall
bring him to the king of terrors.
18:15
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone
shall be scattered upon his habitation.
18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be
cut off.
18:17
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no
name in the street.
18:18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the
world.
18:19
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any
remaining in his dwellings.
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18:20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that
went before were affrighted.
18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of
him that knoweth not God.
CHAPTER 19
19:1 Then Job answered and said,
19:2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that
ye make yourselves strange to me.
19:4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with
myself.
19:5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against
me my reproach:
19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me
with his net.
19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but
there is no judgment.
19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set
darkness in my paths.
19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my
head.
19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope
hath he removed like a tree.
19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto
him as one of his enemies.
19:12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and
encamp round about my tabernacle.
19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are
verily estranged from me.
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19:14
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten
me.
19:15
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a
stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
19:16
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with
my mouth.
19:17
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the
children’s sake of mine own body.
19:18
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against
me.
19:19
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are
turned against me.
19:20
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped
with the skin of my teeth.
19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the
hand of God hath touched me.
19:22
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my
flesh?
19:23
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in
a book!
19:24
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for
ever!
19:25
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the
latter day upon the earth:
19:26
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my
flesh shall I see God:
19:27
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not
another; though my reins be consumed within me.
19:28
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the
matter is found in me?
19:29
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of
the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
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CHAPTER 20
20:
1
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
20:
2
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make
haste.
20:
3
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my
understanding causeth me to answer.
20:
4
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
20:
5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the
hypocrite but for a moment?
20:
6
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach
unto the clouds;
20:
7
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have
seen him shall say, Where is he?
20:
8
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall
be chased away as a vision of the night.
20:
9
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his
place any more behold him.
20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall
restore their goods.
20:11
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with
him in the dust.
20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under
his tongue;
20:13
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his
mouth:
20:14
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within
him.
20:15
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:
God shall cast them out of his belly.
20:16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
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20:17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and
butter.
20:18
That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it
down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he
shall not rejoice therein.
20:19
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he
hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
20:20
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of
that which he desired.
20:21
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for
his goods.
20:22
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of
the wicked shall come upon him.
20:23
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his
wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
20:24
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall
strike him through.
20:25
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword
cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
20:26
All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall
consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
20:27
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up
against him.
20:28
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow
away in the day of his wrath.
20:29
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage
appointed unto him by God.
CHAPTER 21
21:
1
But Job answered and said,
21:
2
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
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21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should
not my spirit be troubled?
21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on
my flesh.
21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in
power?
21:8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their
offspring before their eyes.
21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon
them.
21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth
not her calf.
21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children
dance.
21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the
organ.
21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the
grave.
21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not
the knowledge of thy ways.
21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit
should we have, if we pray unto him?
21:16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far
from me.
21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh
their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm
carrieth away.
21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and
he shall know it.
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21:20
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath
of the Almighty.
21:21
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number
of his months is cut off in the midst?
21:22
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are
high.
21:23
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
21:24
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with
marrow.
21:25
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth
with pleasure.
21:26
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover
them.
21:27
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye
wrongfully imagine against me.
21:28
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the
dwelling places of the wicked?
21:29
Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know
their tokens,
21:30
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be
brought forth to the day of wrath.
21:31
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him
what he hath done?
21:32
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
21:33
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man
shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
21:34
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there
remaineth falsehood?
CHAPTER 22
22:
1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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22:2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be
profitable unto himself?
22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it
gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into
judgment?
22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and
stripped the naked of their clothing.
22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast
withholden bread from the hungry.
22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man
dwelt in it.
22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the
fatherless have been broken.
22:10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth
thee;
22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters
cover thee.
22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the
stars, how high they are!
22:13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the
dark cloud?
22:14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he
walketh in the circuit of heaven.
22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was
overflown with a flood:
22:17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty
do for them?
22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the
wicked is far from me.
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22:19
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to
scorn.
22:20
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them
the fire consumeth.
22:21
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good
shall come unto thee.
22:22
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words
in thine heart.
22:23
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt
put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
22:24
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the
stones of the brooks.
22:25
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty
of silver.
22:26
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift
up thy face unto God.
22:27
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and
thou shalt pay thy vows.
22:28
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee:
and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
22:29
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up;
and he shall save the humble person.
22:30
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the
pureness of thine hands.
CHAPTER 23
23:1 Then Job answered and said,
23:2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my
groaning.
23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to
his seat!
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23:
4
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with
arguments.
23:
5
I would know the words which he would answer me, and
understand what he would say unto me.
23:
6
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would
put strength in me.
23:
7
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be
delivered for ever from my judge.
23:
8
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I
cannot perceive him:
23:
9
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he
hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
23:10
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall
come forth as gold.
23:11
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have
esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
23:13
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul
desireth, even that he doeth.
23:14
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many
such things are with him.
23:15
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am
afraid of him.
23:16
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he
covered the darkness from my face.
CHAPTER 24
24:
1
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that
know him not see his days?
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24:
2
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and
feed thereof.
24:
3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s
ox for a pledge.
24:
4
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide
themselves together.
24:
5
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work;
rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and
for their children.
24:
6
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the
vintage of the wicked.
24:
7
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no
covering in the cold.
24:
8
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the
rock for want of a shelter.
24:
9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the
poor.
24:10
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away
the sheaf from the hungry;
24:11
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and
suffer thirst.
24:12
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth
out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
24:13
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the
ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
24:14
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and
in the night is as a thief.
24:15
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No
eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
24:16
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for
themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
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24:17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one
know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
24:18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he
beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave
those which have sinned.
24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he
shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a
tree.
24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good
to the widow.
24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no
man is sure of life.
24:23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his
eyes are upon their ways.
24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low;
they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops
of the ears of corn.
24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my
speech nothing worth?
CHAPTER 25
25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
25:2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high
places.
25:3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his
light arise?
25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean
that is born of a woman?
25:5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not
pure in his sight.
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25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is
a worm?
CHAPTER 26
26:1 But Job answered and said,
26:2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou
the arm that hath no strength?
26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast
thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
26:4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from
thee?
26:5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants
thereof.
26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the
earth upon nothing.
26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not
rent under them.
26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud
upon it.
26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and
night come to an end.
26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he
smiteth through the proud.
26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed
the crooked serpent.
26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of
him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
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CHAPTER 27
27:
1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
27:
2
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the
Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
27:
3
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my
nostrils;
27:
4
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
27:
5
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove
mine integrity from me.
27:
6
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall
not reproach me so long as I live.
27:
7
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me
as the unrighteous.
27:
8
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when
God taketh away his soul?
27:
9
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
27:10
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon
God?
27:11
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the
Almighty will I not conceal.
27:12
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus
altogether vain?
27:13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of
oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
27:14
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring
shall not be satisfied with bread.
27:15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows
shall not weep.
27:16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the
clay;
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27:17
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent
shall divide the silver.
27:18
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper
maketh.
27:19
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he
openeth his eyes, and he is not.
27:20
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in
the night.
27:21
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm
hurleth him out of his place.
27:22
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out
of his hand.
27:23
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his
place.
CHAPTER 28
28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they
fine it.
28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the
stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters
forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from
men.
28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up
as it were fire.
28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s
eye hath not seen:
28:8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by
it.
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28:
9
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the
mountains by the roots.
28:10
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every
precious thing.
28:11
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid
bringeth he forth to light.
28:12
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of
understanding?
28:13
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land
of the living.
28:14
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
28:15
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the
price thereof.
28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx,
or the sapphire.
28:17
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall
not be for jewels of fine gold.
28:18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of
wisdom is above rubies.
28:19
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued
with pure gold.
28:20
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of
understanding?
28:21
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the
fowls of the air.
28:22
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with
our ears.
28:23
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place
thereof.
28:24
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole
heaven;
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28:25
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by
measure.
28:26
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of
the thunder:
28:27
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched
it out.
28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is
wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
CHAPTER 29
29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
29:2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God
preserved me;
29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I
walked through darkness;
29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was
upon my tabernacle;
29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were
about me;
29:6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out
rivers of oil;
29:7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my
seat in the street!
29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose,
and stood up.
29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of
their mouth.
29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw
me, it gave witness to me:
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29:12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him
that had none to help him.
29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a
robe and a diadem.
29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I
searched out.
29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of
his teeth.
29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as
the sand.
29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night
upon my branch.
29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped
upon them.
29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their
mouth wide as for the latter rain.
29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my
countenance they cast not down.
29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the
army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
CHAPTER 30
30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose
fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my
flock.
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30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom
old age was perished?
30:3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness
in former time desolate and waste.
30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their
meat.
30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as
after a thief;)
30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the
rocks.
30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were
gathered together.
30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were
viler than the earth.
30:9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
30:10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my
face.
30:11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also
let loose the bridle before me.
30:12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and
they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
30:13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no
helper.
30:14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the
desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and
my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction
have taken hold upon me.
30:17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews
take no rest.
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30:18
By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth
me about as the collar of my coat.
30:19
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
30:20
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou
regardest me not.
30:21
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest
thyself against me.
30:22
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it,
and dissolvest my substance.
30:23
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house
appointed for all living.
30:24
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they
cry in his destruction.
30:25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul
grieved for the poor?
30:26
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited
for light, there came darkness.
30:27
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented
me.
30:28
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the
congregation.
30:29
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30:30
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
30:31
My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice
of them that weep.
CHAPTER 31
31:
1
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a
maid?
31:
2
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance
of the Almighty from on high?
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31:
3
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the
workers of iniquity?
31:
4
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
31:
5
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
31:
6
Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine
integrity.
31:
7
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after
mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
31:
8
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be
rooted out.
31:
9
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait
at my neighbor’s door;
31:10
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down
upon her.
31:11
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished
by the judges.
31:12
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out
all mine increase.
31:13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant,
when they contended with me;
31:14
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth,
what shall I answer him?
31:15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one
fashion us in the womb?
31:16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the
eyes of the widow to fail;
31:17
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not
eaten thereof;
31:18
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father,
and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
31:19
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without
covering;
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31:20
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with
the fleece of my sheep;
31:21
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my
help in the gate:
31:22
Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be
broken from the bone.
31:23
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his
highness I could not endure.
31:24
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art
my confidence;
31:25
If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand
had gotten much;
31:26
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in
brightness;
31:27
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed
my hand:
31:28
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should
have denied the God that is above.
31:29
If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up
myself when evil found him:
31:30
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his
soul.
31:31
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh!
we cannot be satisfied.
31:32
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to
the traveler.
31:33
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in
my bosom:
31:34
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify
me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
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31:35
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the
Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a
book.
31:36
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to
me.
31:37
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince
would I go near unto him.
31:38
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof
complain;
31:39
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the
owners thereof to lose their life:
31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley.
The words of Job are ended.
CHAPTER 32
32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous
in his own eyes.
32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the
Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled,
because he justified himself rather than God.
32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they
had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder
than he.
32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these
three men, then his wrath was kindled.
32:6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am
young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not
shew you mine opinion.
32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach
wisdom.
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32:
8
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty
giveth them understanding.
32:
9
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
32:10
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
32:11
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst
ye searched out what to say.
32:12
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that
convinced Job, or that answered his words:
32:13
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth
him down, not man.
32:14
Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I
answer him with your speeches.
32:15
They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
32:16
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and
answered no more;)
32:17
I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
32:18
For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
32:19
Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst
like new bottles.
32:20
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and
answer.
32:21
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me
give flattering titles unto man.
32:22
For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would
soon take me away.
CHAPTER 33
33:
1
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all
my words.
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33:
2
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in
my mouth.
33:
3
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips
shall utter knowledge clearly.
33:
4
The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty
hath given me life.
33:
5
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand
up.
33:
6
Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am
formed out of the clay.
33:
7
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand
be heavy upon thee.
33:
8
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice
of thy words, saying,
33:
9
I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there
iniquity in me.
33:10
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his
enemy,
33:11
He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
33:12
Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is
greater than man.
33:13
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any
of his matters.
33:14
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon
men, in slumberings upon the bed;
33:16
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
33:17
That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from
man.
33:18
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing
by the sword.
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33:19
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of
his bones with strong pain:
33:20
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
33:21
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones
that were not seen stick out.
33:22
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the
destroyers.
33:23
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a
thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
33:24
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going
down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
33:25
His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days
of his youth:
33:26
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favorable unto him: and he
shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his
righteousness.
33:27
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted
that which was right, and it profited me not;
33:28
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see
the light.
33:29
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
33:30
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light
of the living.
33:31
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will
speak.
33:32
If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to
justify thee.
33:33
If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee
wisdom.
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CHAPTER 34
34:
1
Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
34:
2
Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have
knowledge.
34:
3
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
34:
4
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is
good.
34:
5
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my
judgment.
34:
6
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without
transgression.
34:
7
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
34:
8
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh
with wicked men.
34:
9
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight
himself with God.
34:10
Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from
God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he
should commit iniquity.
34:11
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every
man to find according to his ways.
34:12
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty
pervert judgment.
34:13
Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed
the whole world?
34:14
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and
his breath;
34:15
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
34:16
If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of
my words.
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34:17
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him
that is most just?
34:18
Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are
ungodly?
34:19
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes,
nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work
of his hands.
34:20
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at
midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away
without hand.
34:21
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
34:22
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of
iniquity may hide themselves.
34:23
For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter
into judgment with God.
34:24
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set
others in their stead.
34:25
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the
night, so that they are destroyed.
34:26
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
34:27
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of
his ways:
34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he
heareth the cry of the afflicted.
34:29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when
he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done
against a nation, or against a man only:
34:30
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
34:31
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have born chastisement, I
will not offend any more:
34:32
That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will
do no more.
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34:33
Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether
thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak
what thou knowest.
34:34
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto
me.
34:35
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without
wisdom.
34:36
My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his
answers for wicked men.
34:37
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among
us, and multiplieth his words against God.
CHAPTER 35
35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
35:2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness
is more than God’s?
35:3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What
profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
35:4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are
higher than thou.
35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy
transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
35:7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of
thine hand?
35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness
may profit the son of man.
35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the
oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
35:10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the
night;
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35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us
wiser than the fowls of heaven?
35:12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of
evil men.
35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard
it.
35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is
before him; therefore trust thou in him.
35:15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he
knoweth it not in great extremity:
35:16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words
without knowledge.
CHAPTER 36
36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
36:2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on
God’s behalf.
36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness
to my Maker.
36:4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in
knowledge is with thee.
36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in
strength and wisdom.
36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the
poor.
36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are
they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they
are exalted.
36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of
affliction;
36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that
they have exceeded.
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36:10
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they
return from iniquity.
36:11
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
36:12
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they
shall die without knowledge.
36:13
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he
bindeth them.
36:14
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
36:15
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in
oppression.
36:16
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad
place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on
thy table should be full of fatness.
36:17
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and
justice take hold on thee.
36:18
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his
stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
36:19
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of
strength.
36:20
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
36:21
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather
than affliction.
36:22
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
36:23
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast
wrought iniquity?
36:24
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
36:25
Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
36:26
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number
of his years be searched out.
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36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain
according to the vapor thereof:
36:28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise
of his tabernacle?
36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of
the sea.
36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine
by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
36:33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning
the vapor.
CHAPTER 37
37:1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
37:2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth
out of his mouth.
37:3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the
ends of the earth.
37:4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his
excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
37:5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he,
which we cannot comprehend.
37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the
small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
37:7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his
work.
37:8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
37:9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
37:10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters
is straitened.
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37:11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his
bright cloud:
37:12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do
whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the
earth.
37:13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for
mercy.
37:14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous
works of God.
37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of
his cloud to shine?
37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works
of him which is perfect in knowledge?
37:17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the
south wind?
37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a
molten looking glass?
37:19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our
speech by reason of darkness.
37:20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be
swallowed up.
37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but
the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
37:22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in
power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
37:24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of
heart.
CHAPTER 38
38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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38:
2
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
38:
3
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and
answer thou me.
38:
4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare,
if thou hast understanding.
38:
5
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath
stretched the line upon it?
38:
6
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the
corner stone thereof;
38:
7
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy?
38:
8
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had
issued out of the womb?
38:
9
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a
swaddlingband for it,
38:10
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall
thy proud waves be stayed?
38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the
dayspring to know his place;
38:13
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked
might be shaken out of it?
38:14
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
38:15
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm
shall be broken.
38:16
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked
in the search of the depth?
38:17
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen
the doors of the shadow of death?
38:18
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou
knowest it all.
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38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where
is the place thereof,
38:20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou
shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
38:21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the
number of thy days is great?
38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen
the treasures of the hail,
38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day
of battle and war?
38:24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind
upon the earth?
38:25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a
way for the lightning of thunder;
38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the
wilderness, wherein there is no man;
38:27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of
the tender herb to spring forth?
38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven,
who hath gendered it?
38:30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is
frozen.
38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the
bands of Orion?
38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou
guide Arcturus with his sons?
38:33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the
dominion thereof in the earth?
38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of
waters may cover thee?
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38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee,
Here we are?
38:36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given
understanding to the heart?
38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the
bottles of heaven,
38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast
together?
38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the
young lions,
38:40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in
wait?
38:41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry
unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
CHAPTER 39
39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring
forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
39:2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou
the time when they bring forth?
39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast
out their sorrows.
39:4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they
go forth, and return not unto them.
39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands
of the wild ass?
39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his
dwellings.
39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the
crying of the driver.
39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after
every green thing.
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39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he
harrow the valleys after thee?
39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou
leave thy labor to him?
39:12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather
it into thy barn?
39:13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and
feathers unto the ostrich?
39:14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
39:15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast
may break them.
39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not
her’s: her labor is in vain without fear;
39:17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he
imparted to her understanding.
39:18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and
his rider.
39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with
thunder?
39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his
nostrils is terrible.
39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on
to meet the armed men.
39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back
from the sword.
39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither
believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle
afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward
the south?
39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on
high?
39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock,
and the strong place.
39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there
is she.
CHAPTER 40
40:1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
40:2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that
reproveth God, let him answer it.
40:3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
40:4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand
upon my mouth.
40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will
proceed no further.
40:6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
40:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and
declare thou unto me.
40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that
thou mayest be righteous?
40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like
him?
40:10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself
with glory and beauty.
40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is
proud, and abase him.
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40:12
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread
down the wicked in their place.
40:13
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
40:14
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can
save thee.
40:15
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as
an ox.
40:16
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of
his belly.
40:17
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are
wrapped together.
40:18
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of
iron.
40:19
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his
sword to approach unto him.
40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of
the field play.
40:21
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
40:22
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the
brook compass him about.
40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he
can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
40:24
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
CHAPTER 41
41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a
cord which thou lettest down?
41:2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with
a thorn?
41:3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft
words unto thee?
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41:4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant
for ever?
41:5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for
thy maidens?
41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him
among the merchants?
41:7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish
spears?
41:8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even
at the sight of him?
41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand
before me?
41:11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is
under the whole heaven is mine.
41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely
proportion.
41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him
with his double bridle?
41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round
about.
41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they
cannot be sundered.
41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids
of the morning.
41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
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41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before
him.
41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in
themselves; they cannot be moved.
41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether
millstone.
41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of
breakings they purify themselves.
41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the
dart, nor the habergeon.
41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him
into stubble.
41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
41:30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things
upon the mire.
41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot
of ointment.
41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to
be hoary.
41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
41:34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of
pride.
CHAPTER 42
42:1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
42:2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be
withholden from thee.
42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I
uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I
knew not.
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42:
4
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and
declare thou unto me.
42:
5
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye
seeth thee.
42:
6
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
42:
7
And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto
Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz 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.
42:
8
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks 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: lest I
deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me
the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
42:
9
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the
Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded
them: the LORD also accepted Job.
42:10
And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for
his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had
before.
42:11
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 comforted him
over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man
also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
42:12
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning:
for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a
thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
42:13
He had also seven sons and three daughters.
42:14
And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the
second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
42:15
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters
of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
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42:16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons,
and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
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The
CHAPTER 1
1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful.
1:2
1:3
1:4
1:5
1:6
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he
meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind
driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners
in the congregation of the righteous.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of
the ungodly shall perish.
CHAPTER 2
2:1
2:2
2:3
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel
together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from
us.
2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have
them in derision.
2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his
sore displeasure.
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2:
6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
2:
7
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art
my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
2:
8
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
2:
9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in
pieces like a potter’s vessel.
2:10
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the
earth.
2:11
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
2:12
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when
his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their
trust in him.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that
rise up against me.
3:
2
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in
God. Selah.
3:
3
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up
of mine head.
3:
4
I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his
holy hill. Selah.
3:
5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
3:
6
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set
themselves against me round about.
3:
7
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all
mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of
the ungodly.
3:
8
Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy
people. Selah.
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CHAPTER 4
4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast
enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear
my prayer.
4:2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?
how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for
himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon
your bed, and be still. Selah.
4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the
LORD.
4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift
thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that
their corn and their wine increased.
4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only
makest me dwell in safety.
CHAPTER 5
5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto
thee will I pray.
5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning
will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither
shall evil dwell with thee.
5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of
iniquity.
5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor
the bloody and deceitful man.
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5:
7
But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy
mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
5:
8
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;
make thy way straight before my face.
5:
9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very
wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with
their tongue.
5:10
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;
cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have
rebelled against thee.
5:11
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever
shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love
thy name be joyful in thee.
5:12
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou
compass him as with a shield.
CHAPTER 6
6:
1
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy
hot displeasure.
6:
2
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me;
for my bones are vexed.
6:
3
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
6:
4
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’
sake.
6:
5
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall
give thee thanks?
6:
6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim;
I water my couch with my tears.
6:
7
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all
mine enemies.
6:
8
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath
heard the voice of my weeping.
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6:
9
The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my
prayer.
6:10
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return
and be ashamed suddenly.
CHAPTER 7
7:
1
O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all
them that persecute me, and deliver me:
7:
2
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is
none to deliver.
7:
3
O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my
hands;
7:
4
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I
have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
7:
5
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread
down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah.
7:
6
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage
of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast
commanded.
7:
7
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for
their sakes therefore return thou on high.
7:
8
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according
to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
7:
9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish
the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
7:10
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
7:11
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every
day.
7:12
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and
made it ready.
7:13
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he
ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
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7:14
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief,
and brought forth falsehood.
7:15
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he
made.
7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing
shall come down upon his own pate.
7:17
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing
praise to the name of the LORD most high.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who
hast set thy glory above the heavens.
8:
2
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained
strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the
enemy and the avenger.
8:
3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon
and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
8:
4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,
that thou visitest him?
8:
5
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honor.
8:
6
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
thou hast put all things under his feet:
8:
7
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8:
8
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth
through the paths of the seas.
8:
9
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth
all thy marvellous works.
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9:
2
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O
thou most High.
9:
3
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at
thy presence.
9:
4
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the
throne judging right.
9:
5
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,
thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
9:
6
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou
hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
9:
7
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne
for judgment.
9:
8
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister
judgment to the people in uprightness.
9:
9
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in
times of trouble.
9:10
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou,
LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
9:11
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among
the people his doings.
9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he
forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
9:13
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I
suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates
of death:
9:14
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of
Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net
which they hid is their own foot taken.
9:16
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the
wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
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9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget
God.
9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the
poor shall not perish for ever.
9:19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in
thy sight.
9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves
to be but men. Selah.
CHAPTER 10
10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in
times of trouble?
10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken
in the devices that they have imagined.
10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek
after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of
his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be
in adversity.
10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue
is mischief and vanity.
10:8 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
poor.
10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to
catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into
his net.
10:10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his
strong ones.
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10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he
will never see it.
10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart,
Thou wilt not require it.
10:14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite
it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art
the helper of the fatherless.
10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his
wickedness till thou find none.
10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out
of his land.
10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare
their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the
earth may no more oppress.
CHAPTER 11
11:1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird
to your mountain?
11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow
upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven:
his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth
violence his soul hateth.
11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an
horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance
doth behold the upright.
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CHAPTER 12
12:
1
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from
among the children of men.
12:
2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips
and with a double heart do they speak.
12:
3
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that
speaketh proud things:
12:
4
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our
own: who is Lord over us?
12:
5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now
will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that
puffeth at him.
12:
6
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace
of earth, purified seven times.
12:
7
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from
this generation for ever.
12:
8
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
CHAPTER 13
13:
1
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt
thou hide thy face from me?
13:
2
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my
heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
13:
3
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I
sleep the sleep of death;
13:
4
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that
trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
13:
5
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy
salvation.
13:
6
I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with
me.
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CHAPTER 14
14:
1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt,
they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
14:
2
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to
see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
14:
3
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is
none that doeth good, no, not one.
14:
4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my
people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
14:
5
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the
righteous.
14:
6
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his
refuge.
14:
7
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the
LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall
rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
CHAPTER 15
15:
1
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy
holy hill?
15:
2
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and
speaketh the truth in his heart.
15:
3
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his
neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.
15:
4
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoreth them
that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and
changeth not.
15:
5
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward
against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be
moved.
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CHAPTER 16
16:
1
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
16:
2
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my
goodness extendeth not to thee;
16:
3
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom
is all my delight.
16:
4
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another God:
their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their
names into my lips.
16:
5
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou
maintainest my lot.
16:
6
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly
heritage.
16:
7
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also
instruct me in the night seasons.
16:
8
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right
hand, I shall not be moved.
16:
9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also
shall rest in hope.
16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer
thine Holy One to see corruption.
16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of
joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
CHAPTER 17
17:1
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my
prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
17:2
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes
behold the things that are equal.
17:3
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my
mouth shall not transgress.
17:4
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept
me from the paths of the destroyer. ????
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Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
17:6
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine
ear unto me, and hear my speech.
17:7
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy
right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise
up against them.
17:8
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy
wings,
17:9
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who
compass me about.
17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak
proudly.
17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their
eyes bowing down to the earth;
17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion
lurking in secret places.
17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul
from the wicked, which is thy sword:
17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world,
which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest
with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of
their substance to their babes.
17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be
satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
CHAPTER 18
18:
1
I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
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18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my
God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn
of my salvation, and my high tower.
18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I
be saved from mine enemies.
18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly
men made me afraid.
18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death
prevented me.
18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he
heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him,
even into his ears.
18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the
hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his
mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was
under his feet.
18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the
wings of the wind.
18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him
were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail
stones and coals of fire.
18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his
voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out
lightnings, and discomfited them.
18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the
world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the
breath of thy nostrils.
18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
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18:17
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which
hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18:18
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was
my stay.
18:19
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me,
because he delighted in me.
18:20
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according
to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
18:21
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly
departed from my God.
18:22
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his
statutes from me.
18:23
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine
iniquity.
18:24
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my
righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his
eyesight.
18:25
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright
man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
18:26
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward
thou wilt shew thyself froward.
18:27
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high
looks.
18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten
my darkness.
18:29
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I
leaped over a wall.
18:30
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he
is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
18:31
For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
18:32
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way
perfect.
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18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high
places.
18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by
mine arms.
18:35 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.
18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I
turn again till they were consumed.
18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are
fallen under my feet.
18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast
subdued under me those that rose up against me.
18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might
destroy them that hate me.
18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD,
but he answered them not.
18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast
them out as the dirt in the streets.
18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou
hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not
known shall serve me.
18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall
submit themselves unto me.
18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close
places.
18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my
salvation be exalted.
18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above
those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the
violent man.
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18:49
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the
heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
18:50
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his
anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
CHAPTER 19
19:
1
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth
his handywork.
19:
2
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth
knowledge.
19:
3
There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
19:
4
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the
end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
19:
5
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth
as a strong man to run a race.
19:
6
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto
the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the
testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
19:
8
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the
commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
19:
9
The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of
the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
19:11
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them
there is great reward.
19:12
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
19:13
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not
have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be
innocent from the great transgression.
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19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be
acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of
Jacob defend thee;
20:
2
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of
Zion;
20:
3
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
20:
4
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
20:
5
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we
will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
20:
6
Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him
from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
20:
7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember
the name of the LORD our God.
20:
8
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand
upright.
20:
9
Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
CHAPTER 21
21:
1
The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation
how greatly shall he rejoice!
21:
2
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the
request of his lips. Selah.
21:
3
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou
settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
21:
4
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days
for ever and ever.
21:
5
His glory is great in thy salvation: honor and majesty hast thou laid
upon him.
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21:
6
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him
exceeding glad with thy countenance.
21:
7
For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the
most High he shall not be moved.
21:
8
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find
out those that hate thee.
21:
9
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the
LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall
devour them.
21:10
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from
among the children of men.
21:11
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous
device, which they are not able to perform.
21:12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt
make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
21:13
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and
praise thy power.
CHAPTER 22
22:
1
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so
far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
22:
2
O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the
night season, and am not silent.
22:
3
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
22:
4
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver
them.
22:
5
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and
were not confounded.
22:
6
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of
the people.
22:
7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they
shake the head, saying,
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22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver
him, seeing he delighted in him.
22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me
hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my
mother’s belly.
22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset
me round.
22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring
lion.
22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my
heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to
my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have
inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my
vesture.
22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee
to help me.
22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the
dog.
22:21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the
horns of the unicorns.
22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the
congregation will I praise thee.
22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify
him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
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22:24 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.
22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my
vows before them that fear him.
22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD
that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD:
and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the
nations.
22:29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that
go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive
his own soul.
22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a
generation.
22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people
that shall be born, that he hath done this.
CHAPTER 23
23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside
the still waters.
23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I
will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they
comfort me.
23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
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CHAPTER 24
24:1 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and
they that dwell therein.
24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the
floods.
24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in
his holy place?
24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up
his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness
from the God of his salvation.
24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O
Jacob. Selah.
24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the
LORD mighty in battle.
24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of
glory. Selah.
CHAPTER 25
25:1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
25:2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine
enemies triumph over me.
25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed
which transgress without cause.
25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
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25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my
salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
25:6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy
lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:
according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake,
O LORD.
25:8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in
the way.
25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his
way.
25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep
his covenant and his testimonies.
25:11 For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is
great.
25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the
way that he shall choose.
25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will
shew them his covenant.
25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet
out of the net.
25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and
afflicted.
25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my
distresses.
25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with
cruel hatred.
25:20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put
my trust in thee.
25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
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25:22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
CHAPTER 26
26:1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have
trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
26:3
26:4
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in
thy truth.
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with
dissemblers.
26:5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the
wicked.
26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar,
O LORD:
26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all
thy wondrous works.
26:8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place
where thine honor dwelleth.
26:9
26:10
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
26:11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be
merciful unto me.
26:12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless
the LORD.
CHAPTER 27
27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the
LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me
to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
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27:
3
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:
though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
27:
4
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I
may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to
behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
27:
5
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the
secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a
rock.
27:
6
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round
about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I
will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
27:
7
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon
me, and answer me.
27:
8
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy
face, LORD, will I seek.
27:
9
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger:
thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God
of my salvation.
27:10
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will
take me up.
27:11
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because
of mine enemies.
27:12
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false
witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
27:13
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the
LORD in the land of the living.
27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen
thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
CHAPTER 28
28:
1
Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if
thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
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28:
2
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I
lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
28:
3
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of
iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in
their hearts.
28:
4
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the
wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their
hands; render to them their desert.
28:
5
Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation
of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
28:
6
Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my
supplications.
28:
7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him,
and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my
song will I praise him.
28:
8
The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his
anointed.
28:
9
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and
lift them up for ever.
CHAPTER 29
1
Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and
strength.
29:
2
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the
LORD in the beauty of holiness.
29:
3
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory
thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
29:
4
The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full
of majesty.
29:
5
The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD
breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
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29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a
young unicorn.
29:7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
29:8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh
the wilderness of Kadesh.
29:9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth
the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
29:10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for
ever.
29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless
his people with peace.
CHAPTER 30
30:
1
I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not
made my foes to rejoice over me.
30:
2
O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
30:
3
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast
kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
30:
4
Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the
remembrance of his holiness.
30:
5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping
may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
30:
6
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
30:
7
LORD, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong:
thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
30:
8
I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
30:
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?
30:10
Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my
helper.
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30:11
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put
off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
30:12
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
CHAPTER 31
31:
1
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed:
deliver me in thy righteousness.
31:
2
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong
rock, for an house of defence to save me.
31:
3
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s
sake lead me, and guide me.
31:
4
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou
art my strength.
31:
5
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O
LORD God of truth.
31:
6
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the
LORD.
31:
7
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my
trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
31:
8
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set
my feet in a large room.
31:
9
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is
consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
31:10
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my
strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are
consumed.
31:11
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my
neighbors, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me
without fled from me.
31:12
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
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31:13
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while
they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away
my life.
31:14
But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
31:15
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine
enemies, and from them that persecute me.
31:16
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’
sake.
31:17
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let
the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things
proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
31:19
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them
that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee
before the sons of men!
31:20
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride
of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife
of tongues.
31:21
Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous
kindness in a strong city.
31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:
nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I
cried unto thee.
31:23
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the
faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
31:24
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that
hope in the LORD.
CHAPTER 32
32:
1
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
32:
2
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no guile.
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32:
3
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all
the day long.
32:
4
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is
turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
32:
5
I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I
said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou
forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
32:
6
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when
thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they
shall not come nigh unto him.
32:
7
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;
thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
32:
8
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I
will guide thee with mine eye.
32:
9
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no
understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle,
lest they come near unto thee.
32:10
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the
LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
32:11
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy,
all ye that are upright in heart.
CHAPTER 33
33:
1
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the
upright.
33:
2
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and
an instrument of ten strings.
33:
3
Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
33:
4
For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in
truth.
33:
5
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the
goodness of the LORD.
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33:
6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host
of them by the breath of his mouth.
33:
7
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth
up the depth in storehouses.
33:
8
Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world
stand in awe of him.
33:
9
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
33:10
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he
maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
33:11
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his
heart to all generations.
33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people
whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
33:13
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
33:14
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants
of the earth.
33:15
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
33:16
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is
not delivered by much strength.
33:17
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by
his great strength.
33:18
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon
them that hope in his mercy;
33:19
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
33:20
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
33:21
For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his
holy name.
33:22
Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in
thee.
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CHAPTER 34
34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in
my mouth.
34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear
thereof, and be glad.
34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my
fears.
34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not
ashamed.
34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out
of all his troubles.
34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,
and delivereth them.
34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that
trusteth in him.
34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that
fear him.
34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the
LORD shall not want any good thing.
34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the
LORD.
34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he
may see good?
34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are
open unto their cry.
34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the
remembrance of them from the earth.
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34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out
of all their troubles.
34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth
such as be of a contrite spirit.
34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth
him out of them all.
34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be
desolate.
34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them
that trust in him shall be desolate.
CHAPTER 35
35:1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight
against them that fight against me.
35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that
persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul:
let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my
hurt.
35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the
LORD chase them.
35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD
persecute them.
35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which
without cause they have digged for my soul.
35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he
hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his
salvation.
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35:10
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which
deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the
poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
35:11
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I
knew not.
35:12
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I
humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine
own bosom.
35:14
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I
bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
35:15
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves
together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me,
and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
35:16
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with
their teeth.
35:17
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their
destructions, my darling from the lions.
35:18
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee
among much people.
35:19
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me:
neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
35:20
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against
them that are quiet in the land.
35:21
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha,
our eye hath seen it.
35:22
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far
from me.
35:23
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause,
my God and my Lord.
35:24
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and
let them not rejoice over me.
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35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them
not say, We have swallowed him up.
35:26
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice
at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that
magnify themselves against me.
35:27
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause:
yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which
hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
35:28
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise
all the day long.
CHAPTER 36
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is
no fear of God before his eyes.
36:
2
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be
found to be hateful.
36:
3
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to
be wise, and to do good.
36:
4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that
is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
36:
5
Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness
reacheth unto the clouds.
36:
6
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a
great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
36:
7
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children
of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
36:
8
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house;
and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
36:
9
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
36:10
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy
righteousness to the upright in heart.
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36:11
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of
the wicked remove me.
36:12
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and
shall not be able to rise.
CHAPTER 37
37:
1
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious
against the workers of iniquity.
37:
2
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the
green herb.
37:
3
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land,
and verily thou shalt be fed.
37:
4
Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires
of thine heart.
37:
5
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall
bring it to pass.
37:
6
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy
judgment as the noonday.
37:
7
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself
because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man
who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
37:
8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise
to do evil.
37:
9
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD,
they shall inherit the earth.
37:10
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt
diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
37:11
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in
the abundance of peace.
37:12
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with
his teeth.
37:13
The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
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37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to
cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright
conversation.
37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall
be broken.
37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many
wicked.
37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD
upholdeth the righteous.
37:18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance
shall be for ever.
37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of
famine they shall be satisfied.
37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be
as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they
consume away.
37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous
sheweth mercy, and giveth.
37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that
be cursed of him shall be cut off.
37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he
delighteth in his way.
37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD
upholdeth him with his hand.
37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
37:26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they
are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
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37:30
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue
talketh of judgment.
37:31
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
37:32
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
37:33
The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when
he is judged.
37:34
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to
inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
37:35
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a
green bay tree.
37:36
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he
could not be found.
37:37
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that
man is peace.
37:38
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the
wicked shall be cut off.
37:39
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their
strength in the time of trouble.
37:40
And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver
them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
CHAPTER 38
38:
1
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot
displeasure.
38:
2
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
38:
3
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is
there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
38:
4
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden
they are too heavy for me.
38:
5
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
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38:
6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day
long.
38:
7
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no
soundness in my flesh.
38:
8
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the
disquietness of my heart.
38:
9
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from
thee.
38:10
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine
eyes, it also is gone from me.
38:11
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my
kinsmen stand afar off.
38:12
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that
seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the
day long.
38:13
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that
openeth not his mouth.
38:14
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no
reproofs.
38:15
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
38:16
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:
when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
38:17
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
38:18
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
38:19
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate
me wrongfully are multiplied.
38:20
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I
follow the thing that good is.
38:21
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
38:22
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
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CHAPTER 39
39:1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I
will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my
sorrow was stirred.
39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned:
then spake I with my tongue,
39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days,
what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age
is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is
altogether vanity. Selah.
39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are
disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who
shall gather them.
39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach
of the foolish.
39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of
thine hand.
39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou
makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man
is vanity. Selah.
39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy
peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as
all my fathers were.
39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be
no more.
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CHAPTER 40
40:
1
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and
heard my cry.
40:
2
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay,
and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
40:
3
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our
God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
40:
4
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and
respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
40:
5
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou
hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be
reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of
them, they are more than can be numbered.
40:
6
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou
opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
40:
7
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of
me,
40:
8
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my
heart.
40:
9
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have
not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
40:10
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared
thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy
lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
40:11
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy
lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities
have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are
more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
40:13
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help
me.
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40:14
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my
soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame
that wish me evil.
40:15
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me,
Aha, aha.
40:16
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as
love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
40:17
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art
my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
CHAPTER 41
41:
1
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him
in time of trouble.
41:
2
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be
blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will
of his enemies.
41:
3
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou
wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
41:
4
I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned
against thee.
41:
5
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name
perish?
41:
6
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth
iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
41:
7
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they
devise my hurt.
41:
8
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he
lieth he shall rise up no more.
41:
9
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of
my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
41:10
But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I
may requite them.
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41:11
By this I know that thou favorest me, because mine enemy doth
not triumph over me.
41:12
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me
before thy face for ever.
41:13
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to
everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
CHAPTER 42
42:
1
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul
after thee, O God.
42:
2
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come
and appear before God?
42:
3
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually
say unto me, Where is thy God?
42:
4
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had
gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God,
with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept
holyday.
42:
5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted
in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of
his countenance.
42:
6
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I
remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites,
from the hill Mizar.
42:
7
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy
waves and thy billows are gone over me.
42:
8
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time,
and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the
God of my life.
42:
9
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go
I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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42:10
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while
they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
42:11
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
health of my countenance, and my God.
CHAPTER 43
43:
1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O
deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
43:
2
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off?
why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
43:
3
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring
me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
43:
4
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy:
yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
43:
5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted
within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the
health of my countenance, and my God.
CHAPTER 44
44:
1
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,
what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
44:
2
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst
them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
44:
3
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword,
neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine
arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favor
unto them.
44:
4
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
44:
5
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name
will we tread them under that rise up against us.
44:
6
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
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44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to
shame that hated us.
44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.
Selah.
44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth
with our armies.
44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate
us spoil for themselves.
44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast
scattered us among the heathen.
44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy
wealth by their price.
44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision
to them that are round about us.
44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the
head among the people.
44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face
hath covered me,
44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason
of the enemy and avenger.
44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither
have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from
thy way;
44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and
covered us with the shadow of death.
44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our
hands to a strange God;
44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the
heart.
44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as
sheep for the slaughter.
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44:23
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
44:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and
our oppression?
44:25
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto
the earth.
44:26
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
CHAPTER 45
45:
1
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I
have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready
writer.
45:
2
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy
lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
45:
3
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory
and thy majesty.
45:
4
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and
meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee
terrible things.
45:
5
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby
the people fall under thee.
45:
6
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy
kingdom is a right sceptre.
45:
7
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God,
thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows.
45:
8
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the
ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
45:
9
Kings’ daughters were among thy honorable women: upon thy
right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
45:10
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also
thine own people, and thy father’s house;
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45:11
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and
worship thou him.
45:12
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich
among the people shall intreat thy favor.
45:13
The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of
wrought gold.
45:14
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the
virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
45:15
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter
into the king’s palace.
45:16
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest
make princes in all the earth.
45:17
I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore
shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
CHAPTER 46
46:
1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
46:
2
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and
though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
46:
3
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the
mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
46:
4
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of
God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
46:
5
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help
her, and that right early.
46:
6
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice,
the earth melted.
46:
7
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah.
46:
8
Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath
made in the earth.
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46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the
bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the
fire.
46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the
heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah.
CHAPTER 47
47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of
triumph.
47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the
earth.
47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our
feet.
47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob
whom he loved. Selah.
47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a
trumpet.
47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing
praises.
47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with
understanding.
47:8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his
holiness.
47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of
the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God:
he is greatly exalted.
CHAPTER 48
48:1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our
God, in the mountain of his holiness.
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48:
2
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion,
on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
48:
3
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
48:
4
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
48:
5
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted
away.
48:
6
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
48:
7
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
48:
8
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of
hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
48:
9
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy
temple.
48:10
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of
the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
48:11
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because
of thy judgments.
48:12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
48:13
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell
it to the generation following.
48:14
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even
unto death.
CHAPTER 49
49:
1
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
49:
2
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
49:
3
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart
shall be of understanding.
49:
4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying
upon the harp.
49:
5
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of
my heels shall compass me about?
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49:
6
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the
multitude of their riches;
49:
7
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to
God a ransom for him:
49:
8
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for
ever:)
49:
9
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
49:10
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish
person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
49:11
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.
49:12
Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts
that perish.
49:13
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their
sayings. Selah.
49:14
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and
the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their
beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he
shall receive me. Selah.
49:16
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his
house is increased;
49:17
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not
descend after him.
49:18
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee,
when thou doest well to thyself.
49:19
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see
light.
49:20
Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that
perish.
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CHAPTER 50
50:1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the
earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour
before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he
may judge his people.
50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a
covenant with me by sacrifice.
50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge
himself. Selah.
50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify
against thee: I am God, even thy God.
50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to
have been continually before me.
50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy
folds.
50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a
thousand hills.
50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the
field are mine.
50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and
the fulness thereof.
50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most
High:
50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou
shalt glorify me.
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50:16
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare
my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy
mouth?
50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
50:18
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and
hast been partaker with adulterers.
50:19
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
50:20
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest
thine own mother’s son.
50:21
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest
that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee,
and set them in order before thine eyes.
50:22
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces,
and there be none to deliver.
50:23
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his
conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
CHAPTER 51
51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my
transgressions.
51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my
sin.
51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before
me.
51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy
sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be
clear when thou judgest.
51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother
conceive me.
51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden
part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
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51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be
whiter than snow.
51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast
broken may rejoice.
51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within
me.
51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit
from me.
51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy
free spirit.
51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be
converted unto thee.
51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my
salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy
praise.
51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest
not in burnt offering.
51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of
Jerusalem.
51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer
bullocks upon thine altar.
CHAPTER 52
52:
1
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the
goodness of God endureth continually.
52:
2
The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working
deceitfully.
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52:
3
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak
righteousness. Selah.
52:
4
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
52:
5
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away,
and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the
land of the living. Selah.
52:
6
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
52:
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.
52:
8
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the
mercy of God for ever and ever.
52:
9
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait
on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
CHAPTER 53
53:
1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they,
and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
53:
2
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if
there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
53:
3
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy;
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
53:
4
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my
people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
53:
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 despised them.
53:
6
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God
bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and
Israel shall be glad.
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CHAPTER 54
54:1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my
soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
54:4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my
soul.
54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD;
for it is good.
54:7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen
his desire upon mine enemies.
CHAPTER 55
55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my
supplication.
55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make
a noise;
55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of
the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate
me.
55:4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are
fallen upon me.
55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath
overwhelmed me.
55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly
away, and be at rest.
55:7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness.
Selah.
55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
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55:
9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence
and strife in the city.
55:10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief
also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
55:11
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from
her streets.
55:12
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have
born it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself
against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
55:13
But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine
acquaintance.
55:14
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of
God in company.
55:15
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell:
for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
55:16
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
55:17
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and
he shall hear my voice.
55:18
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against
me: for there were many with me.
55:19
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah.
Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
55:20
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him:
he hath broken his covenant.
55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in
his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn
swords.
55:22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he
shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of
destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their
days; but I will trust in thee.
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CHAPTER 56
56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he
fighting daily oppresseth me.
56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that
fight against me, O thou most High.
56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will
not fear what flesh can do unto me.
56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me
for evil.
56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark
my steps, when they wait for my soul.
56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people,
O God.
56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are
they not in thy book?
56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I
know; for God is for me.
56:10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do
unto me.
56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver
my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the
living?
CHAPTER 57
57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul
trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my
refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
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57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things
for me.
57:3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him
that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy
and his truth.
57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on
fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and
their tongue a sharp sword.
57:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above
all the earth.
57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down:
they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are
fallen themselves. Selah.
57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give
praise.
57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will
awake early.
57:9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee
among the nations.
57:10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the
clouds.
57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above
all the earth.
CHAPTER 58
58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge
uprightly, O ye sons of men?
58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your
hands in the earth.
58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon
as they be born, speaking lies.
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58:
4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf
adder that stoppeth her ear;
58:
5
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so
wisely.
58:
6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth
of the young lions, O LORD.
58:
7
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he
bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
58:
8
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the
untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
58:
9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as
with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
58:10
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall
wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
58:11
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:
verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
CHAPTER 59
59:
1
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them
that rise up against me.
59:
2
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody
men.
59:
3
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against
me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
59:
4
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help
me, and behold.
59:
5
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake
to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked
transgressors. Selah.
59:
6
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round
about the city.
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59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips:
for who, say they, doth hear?
59:8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the
heathen in derision.
59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my
defence.
59:10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my
desire upon mine enemies.
59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power;
and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
59:12 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.
59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and
let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth.
Selah.
59:14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a
dog, and go round about the city.
59:15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not
satisfied.
59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in
the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day
of my trouble.
59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and
the God of my mercy.
CHAPTER 60
60:1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast
been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
60:2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the
breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
60:3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to
drink the wine of astonishment.
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60:
4
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be
displayed because of the truth. Selah.
60:
5
That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and
hear me.
60:
6
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide
Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
60:
7
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength
of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
60:
8
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia,
triumph thou because of me.
60:
9
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into
Edom?
60:10
Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God,
which didst not go out with our armies?
60:11
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
60:12
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread
down our enemies.
CHAPTER 61
61:
1
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
61:
2
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is
overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
61:
3
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the
enemy.
61:
4
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of
thy wings. Selah.
61:
5
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the
heritage of those that fear thy name.
61:
6
Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many
generations.
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61:
7
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth,
which may preserve him.
61:
8
So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily
perform my vows.
CHAPTER 62
62:
1
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
62:
2
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not
be greatly moved.
62:
3
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain
all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
62:
4
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they
delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse
inwardly. Selah.
62:
5
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from
him.
62:
6
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not
be moved.
62:
7
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and
my refuge, is in God.
62:
8
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before
him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
62:
9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a
lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
62:10
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches
increase, set not your heart upon them.
62:11
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power
belongeth unto God.
62:12
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to
every man according to his work.
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CHAPTER 63
63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth
for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where
no water is;
63:2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the
sanctuary.
63:3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise
thee.
63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy
name.
63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my
mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the
night watches.
63:7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy
wings will I rejoice.
63:8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
63:9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower
parts of the earth.
63:10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him
shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
CHAPTER 64
64:
1
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of
the enemy.
64:
2
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the
insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
64:
3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot
their arrows, even bitter words:
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64:
4
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they
shoot at him, and fear not.
64:
5
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of
laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
64:
6
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both
the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
64:
7
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be
wounded.
64:
8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all
that see them shall flee away.
64:
9
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they
shall wisely consider of his doing.
64:10
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and
all the upright in heart shall glory.
CHAPTER 65
65:
1
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the
vow be performed.
65:
2
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
65:
3
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt
purge them away.
65:
4
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach
unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied
with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
65:
5
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of
our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
65:
6
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with
power:
65:
7
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and
the tumult of the people.
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65:8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy
tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to
rejoice.
65:9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it
with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them
corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
65:10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the
furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest
the springing thereof.
65:11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop
fatness.
65:12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills
rejoice on every side.
65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered
over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
CHAPTER 66
66:1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
66:2 Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious.
66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the
greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto
thee.
66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall
sing to thy name. Selah.
66:5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward
the children of men.
66:6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on
foot: there did we rejoice in him.
66:7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let
not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be
heard:
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66:9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be
moved.
66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is
tried.
66:11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our
loins.
66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire
and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy
place.
66:13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my
vows,
66:14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I
was in trouble.
66:15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of
rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath
done for my soul.
66:17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my
tongue.
66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
66:19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my
prayer.
66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his
mercy from me.
CHAPTER 67
67:1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine
upon us; Selah.
67:2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among
all nations.
67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
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67:
4
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the
people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
67:
5
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
67:
6
Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own
God, shall bless us.
67:
7
God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
CHAPTER 68
68:
1
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate
him flee before him.
68:
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.
68:
3
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let
them exceedingly rejoice.
68:
4
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon
the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
68:
5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his
holy habitation.
68:
6
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are
bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
68:
7
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou
didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
68:
8
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God:
even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of
Israel.
68:
9
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst
confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
68:10
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared
of thy goodness for the poor.
68:11
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that
published it.
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68:12
Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided
the spoil.
68:13
Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings
of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
68:14
When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in
Salmon.
68:15
The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of
Bashan.
68:16
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to
dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
68:17
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of
angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
68:18
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou
hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the
LORD God might dwell among them.
68:19
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the
God of our salvation. Selah.
68:20
He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the
Lord belong the issues from death.
68:21
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp
of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
68:22
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my
people again from the depths of the sea:
68:23
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the
tongue of thy dogs in the same.
68:24
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God,
my King, in the sanctuary.
68:25
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
68:26
Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the
fountain of Israel.
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68:27
There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and
their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
68:28
Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that
which thou hast wrought for us.
68:29
Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto
thee.
68:30
Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with
the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces
of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
68:31
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out
her hands unto God.
68:32
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the
Lord; Selah:
68:33
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of
old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
68:34
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his
strength is in the clouds.
68:35
O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is
he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
CHAPTER 69
69:
1
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
69:
2
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep
waters, where the floods overflow me.
69:
3
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I
wait for my God.
69:
4
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine
head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully,
are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
69:
5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid
from thee.
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69:
6
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed
for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my
sake, O God of Israel.
69:
7
Because for thy sake I have born reproach; shame hath covered my
face.
69:
8
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my
mother’s children.
69:
9
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of
them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
69:10
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my
reproach.
69:11
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
69:12
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of
the drunkards.
69:13
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable
time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of
thy salvation.
69:14
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.
69:15
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow
me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
69:16
Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me
according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
69:17
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear
me speedily.
69:18
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine
enemies.
69:19
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor:
mine adversaries are all before thee.
69:20
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I
looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for
comforters, but I found none.
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69:21
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me
vinegar to drink.
69:22
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should
have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
69:23
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins
continually to shake.
69:24
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger
take hold of them.
69:25
Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
69:26
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to
the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
69:27
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy
righteousness.
69:28
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be
written with the righteous.
69:29
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up
on high.
69:30
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him
with thanksgiving.
69:31
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that
hath horns and hoofs.
69:32
The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that
seek God.
69:33
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
69:34
Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that
moveth therein.
69:35
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they
may dwell there, and have it in possession.
69:36
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his
name shall dwell therein.
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CHAPTER 70
70:1 MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE
TO HELP ME, O LORD.
70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let
them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my
hurt.
70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha,
aha.
70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such
as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my
help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
CHAPTER 71
71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to
confusion.
71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline
thine ear unto me, and save me.
71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:
thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock
and my fortress.
71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the
hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my
youth.
71:6 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.
71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honor all the
day.
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71:
9
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my
strength faileth.
71:10
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my
soul take counsel together,
71:11
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is
none to deliver him.
71:12
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
71:13
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my
soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my
hurt.
71:14
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and
more.
71:15
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all
the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
71:16
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of
thy righteousness, even of thine only.
71:17
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I
declared thy wondrous works.
71:18
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not;
until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy
power to every one that is to come.
71:19
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great
things: O God, who is like unto thee!
71:20
Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken
me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
71:21
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
71:22
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my
God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of
Israel.
71:23
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul,
which thou hast redeemed.
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71:24
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for
they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek
my hurt.
CHAPTER 72
72:
1
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto
the king’s son.
72:
2
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with
judgment.
72:
3
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills,
by righteousness.
72:
4
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of
the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
72:
5
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure,
throughout all generations.
72:
6
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers
that water the earth.
72:
7
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so
long as the moon endureth.
72:
8
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river
unto the ends of the earth.
72:
9
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his
enemies shall lick the dust.
72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the
kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
72:11
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
72:12
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and
him that hath no helper.
72:13
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the
needy.
72:14
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious
shall their blood be in his sight.
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72:15
And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba:
prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be
praised.
72:16
There shall be an handful of corn 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.
72:17
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 blessed.
72:18
Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth
wondrous things.
72:19
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth
be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
72:20
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
CHAPTER 73
73:
1
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
73:
2
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh
slipped.
73:
3
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the
wicked.
73:
4
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
73:
5
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like
other men.
73:
6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence
covereth them as a garment.
73:
7
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could
wish.
73:
8
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they
speak loftily.
73:
9
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh
through the earth.
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73:10
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are
wrung out to them.
73:11
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the
most High?
73:12
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they
increase in riches.
73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in
innocency.
73:14
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every
morning.
73:15
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the
generation of thy children.
73:16
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
73:17
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their
end.
73:18
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them
down into destruction.
73:19
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are
utterly consumed with terrors.
73:20
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest,
thou shalt despise their image.
73:21
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
73:23
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by
my right hand.
73:24
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to
glory.
73:25
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that
I desire beside thee.
73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever.
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73:27
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast
destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
73:28
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in
the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
CHAPTER 74
74:
1
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger
smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
74:
2
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the
rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount
Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
74:
3
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the
enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
74:
4
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up
their ensigns for signs.
74:
5
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the
thick trees.
74:
6
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with
axes and hammers.
74:
7
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by
casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
74:
8
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have
burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
74:
9
We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there
among us any that knoweth how long.
74:10
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy
blaspheme thy name for ever?
74:11
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out
of thy bosom.
74:12
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the
earth.
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74:13
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads
of the dragons in the waters.
74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be
meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
74:15
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up
mighty rivers.
74:16
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the
light and the sun.
74:17
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer
and winter.
74:18
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and
that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
74:19
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the
wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
74:20
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are
full of the habitations of cruelty.
74:21
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy
praise thy name.
74:22
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish
man reproacheth thee daily.
74:23
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise
up against thee increaseth continually.
CHAPTER 75
75:
1
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks:
for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
75:
2
When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
75:
3
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the
pillars of it. Selah.
75:
4
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not
up the horn:
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75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west,
nor from the south.
75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it
is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs
thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink
them.
75:9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the
righteous shall be exalted.
CHAPTER 76
76:1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
76:2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
76:3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword,
and the battle. Selah.
76:4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
76:5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none
of the men of might have found their hands.
76:6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast
into a dead sleep.
76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight
when once thou art angry?
76:8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth
feared, and was still,
76:9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.
Selah.
76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath
shalt thou restrain.
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76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round
about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
76:12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of
the earth.
CHAPTER 77
77:1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and
he gave ear unto me.
77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the
night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit
was overwhelmed. Selah.
77:4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot
speak.
77:5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine
own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
77:7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favorable no more?
77:8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for
evermore?
77:9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his
tender mercies? Selah.
77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of
the right hand of the most High.
77:11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember
thy wonders of old.
77:12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our
God?
77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy
strength among the people.
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77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob
and Joseph. Selah.
77:16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were
afraid: the depths also were troubled.
77:17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine
arrows also went abroad.
77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings
lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy
footsteps are not known.
77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and
Aaron.
CHAPTER 78
78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words
of my mouth.
78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
78:4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the
generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and
his wonderful works that he hath done.
78:5 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:
78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children
which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their
children:
78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of
God, but keep his commandments:
78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious
generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose
spirit was not stedfast with God.
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78:
9
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned
back in the day of battle.
78:10
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
78:11
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
78:12
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of
Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
78:13
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made
the waters to stand as an heap.
78:14
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with
a light of fire.
78:15
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of
the great depths.
78:16
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run
down like rivers.
78:17
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High
in the wilderness.
78:18
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
78:19
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in
the wilderness?
78:20
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the
streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh
for his people?
78:21
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was
kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
78:22
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
78:23
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the
doors of heaven,
78:24
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them
of the corn of heaven.
78:25
Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.
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78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he
brought in the south wind.
78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as
the sand of the sea:
78:28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their
habitations.
78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own
desire;
78:30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was
yet in their mouths,
78:31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them,
and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous
works.
78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in
trouble.
78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and
enquired early after God.
78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God
their redeemer.
78:36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied
unto him with their tongues.
78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast
in his covenant.
78:38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and
destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away,
and did not stir up all his wrath.
78:39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth
away, and cometh not again.
78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in
the desert!
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78:41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One
of Israel.
78:42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered
them from the enemy.
78:43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the
field of Zoan.
78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they
could not drink.
78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them;
and frogs, which destroyed them.
78:46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labor unto
the locust.
78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with
frost.
78:48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot
thunderbolts.
78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and
indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
78:50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death,
but gave their life over to the pestilence;
78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in
the tabernacles of Ham:
78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them
in the wilderness like a flock.
78:53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea
overwhelmed their enemies.
78:54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this
mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an
inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their
tents.
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78:56
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not
his testimonies:
78:57
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were
turned aside like a deceitful bow.
78:58
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved
him to jealousy with their graven images.
78:59
When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
78:60
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he
placed among men;
78:61
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the
enemy’s hand.
78:62
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with
his inheritance.
78:63
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not
given to marriage.
78:64
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no
lamentation.
78:65
Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man
that shouteth by reason of wine.
78:66
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a
perpetual reproach.
78:67
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the
tribe of Ephraim:
78:68
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
78:69
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he
hath established for ever.
78:70
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the
sheepfolds:
78:71
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed
Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
78:72
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided
them by the skilfulness of his hands.
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CHAPTER 79
79:
1
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy
temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
79:
2
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto
the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of
the earth.
79:
3
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and
there was none to bury them.
79:
4
We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to
them that are round about us.
79:
5
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy
burn like fire?
79:
6
Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee,
and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
79:
7
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
79:
8
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies
speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
79:
9
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and
deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
79:10
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be
known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the
blood of thy servants which is shed.
79:11
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the
greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to
die;
79:12
And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their
reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
79:13
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks
for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
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CHAPTER 80
80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a
flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength,
and come and save us.
80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be
saved.
80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the
prayer of thy people?
80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to
drink in great measure.
80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors: and our enemies laugh
among themselves.
80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we
shall be saved.
80:8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the
heathen, and planted it.
80:9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep
root, and it filled the land.
80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs
thereof were like the goodly cedars.
80:11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the
river.
80:12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they
which pass by the way do pluck her?
80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the
field doth devour it.
80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven,
and behold, and visit this vine;
80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the
branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
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80:16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of
thy countenance.
80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of
man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
80:18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon
thy name.
80:19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and
we shall be saved.
CHAPTER 81
81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the
God of Jacob.
81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with
the psaltery.
81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on
our solemn feast day.
81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
81:5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out
through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I
understood not.
81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered
from the pots.
81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in
the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah.
Selah.
81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou
wilt hearken unto me;
81:9 There shall no strange God be in thee; neither shalt thou worship
any strange God.
81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of
Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would
none of me.
81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in
their own counsels.
81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked
in my ways!
81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand
against their adversaries.
81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto
him: but their time should have endured for ever.
81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and
with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
CHAPTER 82
82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among
the gods.
82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the
wicked? Selah.
82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and
needy.
82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the
wicked.
82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in
darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most
High.
82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
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83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still,
O God.
83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have
lifted up the head.
83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted
against thy hidden ones.
83:4 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.
83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are
confederate against thee:
83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the
Hagarenes;
83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the
inhabitants of Tyre;
83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of
Lot. Selah.
83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at
the brook of Kison:
83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as
Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in
possession.
83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains
on fire;
83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with
thy storm.
83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O
LORD.
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83:17
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put
to shame, and perish:
83:18
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH,
art the most high over all the earth.
CHAPTER 84
84:
1
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
84:
2
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD:
my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
84:
3
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for
herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD
of hosts, my King, and my God.
84:
4
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising
thee. Selah.
84:
5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the
ways of them.
84:
6
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain
also filleth the pools.
84:
7
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion
appeareth before God.
84:
8
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.
Selah.
84:
9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine
anointed.
84:10
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.
84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace
and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk
uprightly.
84:12
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
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CHAPTER 85
85:1 Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land: thou hast brought
back the captivity of Jacob.
85:2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered
all their sin. Selah.
85:3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from
the fierceness of thine anger.
85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us
to cease.
85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger
to all generations?
85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace
unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to
folly.
85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may
dwell in our land.
85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.
85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look
down from heaven.
85:12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall
yield her increase.
85:13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of
his steps.
CHAPTER 86
86:1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
86:2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant
that trusteth in thee.
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86:
3
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
86:
4
Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up
my soul.
86:
5
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in
mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
86:
6
Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my
supplications.
86:
7
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer
me.
86:
8
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are
there any works like unto thy works.
86:
9
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before
thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
86:10
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
86:11
Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my
heart to fear thy name.
86:12
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will
glorify thy name for evermore.
86:13
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul
from the lowest hell.
86:14
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of
violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before
them.
86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,
longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
86:16
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto
thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
86:17
Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and
be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted
me.
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CHAPTER 87
87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.
87:2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of
Jacob.
87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me:
behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her:
and the highest himself shall establish her.
87:6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this
man was born there. Selah.
87:7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all
my springs are in thee.
CHAPTER 88
88:1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before
thee:
88:2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the
grave.
88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man
that hath no strength:
88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou
rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all
thy waves. Selah.
88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast
made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot
come forth.
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88:
9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called
daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
88:10
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and
praise thee? Selah.
88:11
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy
faithfulness in destruction?
88:12
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in
the land of forgetfulness?
88:13
But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my
prayer prevent thee.
88:14
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face
from me?
88:15
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer
thy terrors I am distracted.
88:16
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
88:17
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me
about together.
88:18
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance
into darkness.
CHAPTER 89
89:
1
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth
will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
89:
2
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness
shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
89:
3
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David
my servant,
89:
4
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all
generations. Selah.
89:
5
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy
faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
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89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who
among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be
had in reverence of all them that are about him.
89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or
to thy faithfulness round about thee?
89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise,
thou stillest them.
89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast
scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and
the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and
Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right
hand.
89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and
truth shall go before thy face.
89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk,
O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness
shall they be exalted.
89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn
shall be exalted.
89:18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our
king.
89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid
help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the
people.
89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed
him:
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89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall
strengthen him.
89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness
afflict him.
89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that
hate him.
89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my
name shall his horn be exalted.
89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of
my salvation.
89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the
earth.
89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall
stand fast with him.
89:29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the
days of heaven.
89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity
with stripes.
89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,
nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of
my lips.
89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful
witness in heaven. Selah.
89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with
thine anointed.
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89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast
profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong
holds to ruin.
89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his
neighbors.
89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made
all his enemies to rejoice.
89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made
him to stand in the battle.
89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the
ground.
89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him
with shame. Selah.
89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath
burn like fire?
89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all
men in vain?
89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver
his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
89:49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swearst
unto David in thy truth?
89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in
my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith
they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
CHAPTER 90
90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
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90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst
formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to
everlasting, thou art God.
90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children
of men.
90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is
past, and as a watch in the night.
90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the
morning they are like grass which groweth up.
90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is
cut down, and withereth.
90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we
troubled.
90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light
of thy countenance.
90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years
as a tale that is told.
90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by
reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength
labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear,
so is thy wrath.
90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts
unto wisdom.
90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy
servants.
90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad
all our days.
90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us,
and the years wherein we have seen evil.
90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their
children.
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And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and
establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our
hands establish thou it.
CHAPTER 91
91:
1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide
under the shadow of the Almighty.
91:
2
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God;
in him will I trust.
91:
3
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from
the noisome pestilence.
91:
4
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt
thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
91:
5
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow
that flieth by day;
91:
6
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the
destruction that wasteth at noonday.
91:
7
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right
hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
91:
8
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the
wicked.
91:
9
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the
most High, thy habitation;
91:10
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh
thy dwelling.
91:11
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy
ways.
91:12
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot
against a stone.
91:13
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the
dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
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91:14
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.
91:15
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.
91:16
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
CHAPTER 92
92:
1
IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE
LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O
MOST HIGH:
92:
2
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy
faithfulness every night,
92:
3
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon
the harp with a solemn sound.
92:
4
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will
triumph in the works of thy hands.
92:
5
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very
deep.
92:
6
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
92:
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:
92:
8
But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
92:
9
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish;
all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
92:10
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be
anointed with fresh oil.
92:11
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears
shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
92:12
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a
cedar in Lebanon.
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92:13
Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in
the courts of our God.
92:14
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing;
92:15
To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no
unrighteousness in him.
CHAPTER 93
93:
1
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is
clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world
also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
93:
2
Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
93:
3
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their
voice; the floods lift up their waves.
93:
4
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea,
than the mighty waves of the sea.
93:
5
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O
LORD, for ever.
CHAPTER 94
94:
1
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom
vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
94:
2
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the
proud.
94:
3
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked
triumph?
94:
4
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the
workers of iniquity boast themselves?
94:
5
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine
heritage.
94:
6
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
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94:
7
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of
Jacob regard it.
94:
8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will
ye be wise?
94:
9
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye,
shall he not see?
94:10
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that
teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
94:11
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
94:12
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest
him out of thy law;
94:13
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until
the pit be digged for the wicked.
94:14
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake
his inheritance.
94:15
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in
heart shall follow it.
94:16
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up
for me against the workers of iniquity?
94:17
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in
silence.
94:18
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
94:19
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight
my soul.
94:20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which
frameth mischief by a law?
94:21
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
and condemn the innocent blood.
94:22
But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my
refuge.
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94:23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut
them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall
cut them off.
CHAPTER 95
95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to
the rock of our salvation.
95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a
joyful noise unto him with psalms.
95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills
is his also.
95:5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the
LORD our maker.
95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the
sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of
temptation in the wilderness:
95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a
people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my
ways:
95:11 Unto whom I swear in my wrath that they should not enter into
my rest.
CHAPTER 96
96:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the
earth.
96:2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from
day to day.
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96:
3
Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all
people.
96:
4
For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared
above all gods.
96:
5
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the
heavens.
96:
6
Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his
sanctuary.
96:
7
Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the
LORD glory and strength.
96:
8
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an
offering, and come into his courts.
96:
9
O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all
the earth.
96:10
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also
shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the
people righteously.
96:11
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar,
and the fulness thereof.
96:12
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees
of the wood rejoice
96:13
Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth:
he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with
his truth.
CHAPTER 97
97:
1
The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles
be glad thereof.
97:
2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and
judgment are the habitation of his throne.
97:
3
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
97:
4
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
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97:
5
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the
presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
97:
6
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his
glory.
97:
7
Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast
themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
97:
8
Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced
because of thy judgments, O LORD.
97:
9
For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far
above all gods.
97:10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his
saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
97:11
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in
heart.
97:12
Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the
remembrance of his holiness.
CHAPTER 98
98:
1
O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous
things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the
victory.
98:
2
The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath
he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
98:
3
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of
Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
98:
4
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud
noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
98:
5
Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of
a psalm.
98:
6
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the
LORD, the King.
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98:
7
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that
dwell therein.
98:
8
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
98:
9
Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with
righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
CHAPTER 99
99:
1
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the
cherubims; let the earth be moved.
99:
2
The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
99:
3
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
99:
4
The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish
equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
99:
5
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is
holy.
99:
6
Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that
call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered
them.
99:
7
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies,
and the ordinance that he gave them.
99:
8
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that
forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
99:
9
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the
LORD our God is holy.
CHAPTER 100
100:
1
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
100:
2
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with
singing.
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100:
3
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us,
and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his
pasture.
100:
4
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with
praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
100:
5
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth
endureth to all generations.
CHAPTER 101
101:
1
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I
sing.
101:
2
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou
come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
101:
3
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of
them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
101:
4
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked
person.
101:
5
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him
that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
101:
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 serve
me.
101:
7
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that
telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
101:
8
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off
all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
CHAPTER 102
102:
1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
102:
2
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble;
incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me
speedily.
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102:
3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned
as an hearth.
102:
4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to
eat my bread.
102:
5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my
skin.
102:
6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the
desert.
102:
7
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
102:
8
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad
against me are sworn against me.
102:
9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with
weeping.
102:10
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted
me up, and cast me down.
102:11
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like
grass.
102:12
But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance
unto all generations.
102:13
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to
favor her, yea, the set time, is come.
102:14
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust
thereof.
102:15
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings
of the earth thy glory.
102:16
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
102:17
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their
prayer.
102:18
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people
which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
102:19
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from
heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
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102:20
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are
appointed to death;
102:21
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in
Jerusalem;
102:22
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to
serve the LORD.
102:23
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
102:24
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:
thy years are throughout all generations.
102:25
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens
are the work of thy hands.
102:26
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:
102:27
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
102:28
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall
be established before thee.
CHAPTER 103
103:
1
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his
holy name.
103:
2
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
103:
3
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
103:
4
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee
with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
103:
5
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is
renewed like the eagle’s.
103:
6
The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are
oppressed.
103:
7
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children
of Israel.
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103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous
in mercy.
103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us
according to our iniquities.
103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy
toward them that fear him.
103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our
transgressions from us.
103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them
that fear him.
103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he
flourisheth.
103:16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof
shall know it no more.
103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting
upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s
children;
103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his
commandments to do them.
103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his
kingdom ruleth over all.
103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his
commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
103:21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do
his pleasure.
103:22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless
the LORD, O my soul.
CHAPTER 104
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104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very
great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty.
104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who
stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who
maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of
the wind:
104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be
removed for ever.
104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters
stood above the mountains.
104:7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted
away.
104:8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto
the place which thou hast founded for them.
104:9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they
turn not again to cover the earth.
104:10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the
hills.
104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench
their thirst.
104:12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,
which sing among the branches.
104:13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied
with the fruit of thy works.
104:14 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;
104:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his
face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
104:16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon,
which he hath planted;
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104:17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are
her house.
104:18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the
conies.
104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going
down.
104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of
the forest do creep forth.
104:21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from
God.
104:22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them
down in their dens.
104:23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening.
104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou
made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
104:25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping
innumerable, both small and great beasts.
104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made
to play therein.
104:27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat
in due season.
104:28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they
are filled with good.
104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their
breath, they die, and return to their dust.
104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou
renewest the face of the earth.
104:31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall
rejoice in his works.
104:32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills,
and they smoke.
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104:33
I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to
my God while I have my being.
104:34
My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
104:35
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked
be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the
LORD.
CHAPTER 105
105:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known
his deeds among the people.
105:2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous
works.
105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek
the LORD.
105:4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
105:5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders,
and the judgments of his mouth;
105:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his
chosen.
105:7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he
commanded to a thousand generations.
105:9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an
everlasting covenant:
105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance:
105:12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and
strangers in it.
105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom
to another people;
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105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for
their sakes;
105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
105:16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the
whole staff of bread.
105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a
servant:
105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
105:19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried
him.
105:20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and
let him go free.
105:21 He made him Lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators
wisdom.
105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of
Ham.
105:24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger
than their enemies.
105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his
servants.
105:26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
105:27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of
Ham.
105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against
his word.
105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of
their kings.
105:31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their
coasts.
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105:32
He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
105:33
He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees
of their coasts.
105:34
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that
without number,
105:35
And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit
of their ground.
105:36
He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their
strength.
105:37
He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was
not one feeble person among their tribes.
105:38
Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell
upon them.
105:39
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the
night.
105:40
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with
the bread of heaven.
105:41
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the
dry places like a river.
105:42
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
105:43
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with
gladness:
105:44
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the
labor of the people;
105:45
That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise
ye the LORD.
CHAPTER 106
106:
1
Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is
good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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106:
2
Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew
forth all his praise?
106:
3
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth
righteousness at all times.
106:
4
Remember me, O LORD, with the favor that thou bearest unto
thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
106:
5
That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the
gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
106:
6
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity,
we have done wickedly.
106:
7
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they
remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him
at the sea, even at the Red sea.
106:
8
Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might
make his mighty power to be known.
106:
9
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them
through the depths, as through the wilderness.
106:10
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and
redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
106:11
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them
left.
106:12
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
106:13
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
106:14
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the
desert.
106:15
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
106:16
They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the
LORD.
106:17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the
company of Abiram.
106:18
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the
wicked.
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106:19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
106:20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that
eateth grass.
106:21 They forgat God their savior, which had done great things in
Egypt;
106:22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the
Red sea.
106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his
chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath,
lest he should destroy them.
106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
106:25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of
the LORD.
106:26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them
in the wilderness:
106:27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter
them in the lands.
106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices
of the dead.
106:29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the
plague brake in upon them.
106:30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the
plague was stayed.
106:31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all
generations for evermore.
106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill
with Moses for their sakes:
106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly
with his lips.
106:34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD
commanded them:
106:35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
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106:36
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
106:37
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
106:38
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of
their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan:
and the land was polluted with blood.
106:39
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a
whoring with their own inventions.
106:40
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his
people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
106:41
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that
hated them ruled over them.
106:42
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into
subjection under their hand.
106:43
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with
their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
106:44
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
106:45
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented
according to the multitude of his mercies.
106:46
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them
captives.
106:47
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the
heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in
thy praise.
106:48
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to
everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the
LORD.
CHAPTER 107
107:
1
O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
107:
2
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed
from the hand of the enemy;
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107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the
west, from the north, and from the south.
107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found
no city to dwell in.
107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
107:6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered
them out of their distresses.
107:7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a
city of habitation.
107:8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for
his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with
goodness.
107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound
in affliction and iron;
107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned
the counsel of the most High:
107:12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down,
and there was none to help.
107:13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved
them out of their distresses.
107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and
brake their bands in sunder.
107:15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for
his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in
sunder.
107:17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their
iniquities, are afflicted.
107:18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto
the gates of death.
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107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth
them out of their distresses.
107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their
destructions.
107:21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for
his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare
his works with rejoicing.
107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great
waters;
107:24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
107:25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth
up the waves thereof.
107:26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths:
their soul is melted because of trouble.
107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at
their wit’s end.
107:28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth
them out of their distresses.
107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
107:30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them
unto their desired haven.
107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for
his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and
praise him in the assembly of the elders.
107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry
ground;
107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that
dwell therein.
107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground
into watersprings.
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107:36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare
a city for habitation;
107:37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits
of increase.
107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and
suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression,
affliction, and sorrow.
107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander
in the wilderness, where there is no way.
107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him
families like a flock.
107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop
her mouth.
107:43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall
understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
CHAPTER 108
108:
1
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with
my glory.
108:
2
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
108:
3
I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing
praises unto thee among the nations.
108:
4
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth
unto the clouds.
108:
5
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above
all the earth;
108:
6
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and
answer me.
108:
7
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide
Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
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108:
8
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of
mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
108:
9
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over
Philistia will I triumph.
108:10
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into
Edom?
108:11
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O
God, go forth with our hosts?
108:12
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
108:13
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread
down our enemies.
CHAPTER 109
109:
1
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
109:
2
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are
opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying
tongue.
109:
3
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought
against me without a cause.
109:
4
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto
prayer.
109:
5
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my
love.
109:
6
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right
hand.
109:
7
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his
prayer become sin.
109:
8
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
109:
9
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
109:10
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek
their bread also out of their desolate places.
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109:11
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers
spoil his labor.
109:12
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be
any to favor his fatherless children.
109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let
their name be blotted out.
109:14
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD;
and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
109:15
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off
the memory of them from the earth.
109:16
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted
the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in
heart.
109:17
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not
in blessing, so let it be far from him.
109:18
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let
it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
109:19
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a
girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
109:20
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and
of them that speak evil against my soul.
109:21
But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake:
because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
109:22
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
109:23
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and
down as the locust.
109:24
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of
fatness.
109:25
I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me
they shaked their heads.
109:26
Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
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109:27
That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD,
hast done it.
109:28
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be
ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
109:29
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover
themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
109:30
I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise
him among the multitude.
109:31
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from
those that condemn his soul.
CHAPTER 110
110:1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I
make thine enemies thy footstool.
110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule
thou in the midst of thine enemies.
110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the
beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the
dew of thy youth.
110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for
ever after the order of Melchizedek.
110:5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day
of his wrath.
110:6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the
dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
110:7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up
the head.
111:1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole
heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
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111:2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that
have pleasure therein.
111:3 His work is honorable and glorious: and his righteousness
endureth for ever.
111:4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD
is gracious and full of compassion.
111:5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be
mindful of his covenant.
111:6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may
give them the heritage of the heathen.
111:7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his
commandments are sure.
111:8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and
uprightness.
111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his
covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good
understanding have all they that do his commandments: his
praise endureth for ever.
CHAPTER 112
112:
1
Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD,
that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
112:
2
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright
shall be blessed.
112:
3
Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness
endureth for ever.
112:
4
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is
gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
112:
5
A good man sheweth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs
with discretion.
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112:6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in
everlasting remembrance.
112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in
the LORD.
112:8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his
desire upon his enemies.
112:9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness
endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.
112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his
teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
CHAPTER 113
113:
1
Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise
the name of the LORD.
113:
2
Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for
evermore.
113:
3
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the
LORD’s name is to be praised.
113:
4
The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the
heavens.
113:
5
Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
113:
6
Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven,
and in the earth!
113:
7
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out
of the dunghill;
113:
8
That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his
people.
113:
9
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful
mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
CHAPTER 114
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114:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people
of strange language;
114:2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
114:3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
114:5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that
thou wast driven back?
114:6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like
lambs?
114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence
of the God of Jacob;
114:8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a
fountain of waters.
CHAPTER 115
115:1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give
glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath
pleased.
115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they
see not:
115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they
smell not:
115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they
walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that
trusteth in them.
115:9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
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115:10
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their
shield.
115:11
Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and
their shield.
115:12
The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will
bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
115:13
He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
115:14
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your
children.
115:15
Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
115:16
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth
hath he given to the children of men.
115:17
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into
silence.
115:18
But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for
evermore. Praise the LORD.
CHAPTER 116
116:1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my
supplications.
116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call
upon him as long as I live.
116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat
hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech
thee, deliver my soul.
116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
116:6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he
helped me.
116:7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt
bountifully with thee.
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116:
8
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from
tears, and my feet from falling.
116:
9
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
116:10
I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
116:11
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
116:12
What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward
me?
116:13
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the
LORD.
116:14
I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all
his people.
116:15
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
116:16
O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son
of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
116:17
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon
the name of the LORD.
116:18
I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all
his people.
116:19
In the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O
Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
CHAPTER 117
117:
1
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
117:
2
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the
LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
CHAPTER 118
118:
1
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy
endureth for ever.
118:
2
Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
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118:
3
Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for
ever.
118:
4
Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth
for ever.
118:
5
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and
set me in a large place.
118:
6
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto
me?
118:
7
The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore
shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
118:
8
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
118:
9
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in
princes.
118:10
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD
will I destroy them.
118:11
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but
in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
118:12
They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the
fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
118:13
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD
helped me.
118:14
The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
118:15
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the
righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
118:16
The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the
LORD doeth valiantly.
118:17
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
118:18
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me
over unto death.
118:19
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I
will praise the LORD:
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This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
118:21
I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my
salvation.
118:22
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of
the corner.
118:23
This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
118:24
This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and
be glad in it.
118:25
Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee,
send now prosperity.
118:26
Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have
blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
118:27
God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice
with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
118:28
Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will
exalt thee.
118:29
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the
LORD.
119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him
with the whole heart.
119:3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy
commandments.
119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have
learned thy righteous judgments.
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119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed
thereto according to thy word.
119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander
from thy commandments.
119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against
thee.
119:12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all
riches.
119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
119:17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy
word.
119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of
thy law.
119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from
me.
119:20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments
at all times.
119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from
thy commandments.
119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy
testimonies.
119:23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did
meditate in thy statutes.
119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
119:25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to
thy word.
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119:26
I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy
statutes.
119:27
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk
of thy wondrous works.
119:28
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according
unto thy word.
119:29
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law
graciously.
119:30
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before
me.
119:31
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to
shame.
119:32
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt
enlarge my heart.
119:33
Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it
unto the end.
119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall
observe it with my whole heart.
119:35
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do
I delight.
119:36
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou
me in thy way.
119:38
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
119:39
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are
good.
119:40
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy
righteousness.
119:41
Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy
salvation, according to thy word.
119:42
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for
I trust in thy word.
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119:43
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I
have hoped in thy judgments.
119:44
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
119:45
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
119:46
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be
ashamed.
119:47
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have
loved.
119:48
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I
have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
119:49
Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast
caused me to hope.
119:50
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened
me.
119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not
declined from thy law.
119:52
I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have
comforted myself.
119:53
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that
forsake thy law.
119:54
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
119:55
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have
kept thy law.
119:56
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
119:57
Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep
thy words.
119:58
I intreated thy favor with my whole heart: be merciful unto me
according to thy word.
119:59
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
119:60
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
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119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not
forgotten thy law.
119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy
righteous judgments.
119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that
keep thy precepts.
119:64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
119:65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto
thy word.
119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy
commandments.
119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy
word.
119:68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy
precepts with my whole heart.
119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy
statutes.
119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold
and silver.
119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me
understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have
hoped in thy word.
119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in
faithfulness hast afflicted me.
119:76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,
according to thy word unto thy servant.
119:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law
is my delight.
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119:78
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me
without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
119:79
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known
thy testimonies.
119:80
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
119:81
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
119:82
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort
me?
119:83
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget
thy statutes.
119:84
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute
judgment on them that persecute me?
119:85
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
119:86
All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me
wrongfully; help thou me.
119:87
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy
precepts.
119:88
Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the
testimony of thy mouth.
119:89
For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
119:90
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the
earth, and it abideth.
119:91
They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are
thy servants.
119:92
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have
perished in mine affliction.
119:93
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast
quickened me.
119:94
I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts.
119:95
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider
thy testimonies.
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119:96
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is
exceeding broad.
119:97
O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
119:98
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine
enemies: for they are ever with me.
119:99
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy
testimonies are my meditation.
119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy
precepts.
119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep
thy word.
119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than
honey to my mouth!
119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every
false way.
119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous
judgments.
119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto
thy word.
119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O
LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
119:109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy
precepts.
119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are
the rejoicing of my heart.
119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even
unto the end.
119:113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
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119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments
of my God.
119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me
not be ashamed of my hope.
119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto
thy statutes continually.
119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for
their deceit is falsehood.
119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:
therefore I love thy testimonies.
119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy
judgments.
119:121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine
oppressors.
119:122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy
righteousness.
119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me
thy statutes.
119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy
testimonies.
119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy
law.
119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine
gold.
119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be
right; and I hate every false way.
119:129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep
them.
119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding
unto the simple.
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119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy
commandments.
119:132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do
unto those that love thy name.
119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have
dominion over me.
119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy
precepts.
119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy
statutes.
119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy
law.
119:137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and
very faithful.
119:139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have
forgotten thy words.
119:140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
119:141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is
the truth.
119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy
commandments are my delights.
119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me
understanding, and I shall live.
119:145`I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy
statutes.
119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy
word.
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119:148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in
thy word.
119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD,
quicken me according to thy judgment.
119:150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy
law.
119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast
founded them for ever.
119:153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy
law.
119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy
word.
119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to
thy judgments.
119:157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline
from thy testimonies.
119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept
not thy word.
119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD,
according to thy lovingkindness.
119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy
righteous judgments endureth for ever.
119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart
standeth in awe of thy word.
119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous
judgments.
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119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall
offend them.
119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy
commandments.
119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways
are before thee.
119:169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me
understanding according to thy word.
119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to
thy word.
119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy
statutes.
119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments
are righteousness.
119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my
delight.
119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments
help me.
119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not
forget thy commandments.
CHAPTER 120
120:1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful
tongue.
120:3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee,
thou false tongue?
120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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120:5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of
Kedar!
120:6
120:7
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
CHAPTER 121
121:1
121:2
121:3
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my
help.
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will
not slumber.
121:4
121:5
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right
hand.
121:6
121:7
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy
soul.
121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from
this time forth, and even for evermore.
CHAPTER 122
122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of
the LORD.
122:2
122:3
122:4
122:5
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the
testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of
David.
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122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love
thee.
122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
122:8 For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace
be within thee.
122:9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
CHAPTER 123
123:1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the
heavens.
123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their
masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her
mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he
have mercy upon us.
123:3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are
exceedingly filled with contempt.
123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are
at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
CHAPTER 124
124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may
Israel say;
124:2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men
rose up against us:
124:3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was
kindled against us:
124:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over
our soul:
124:5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
124:6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their
teeth.
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124:
7
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the
snare is broken, and we are escaped.
124:
8
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and
earth.
CHAPTER 125
125:
1
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which
cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
125:
2
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is
round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
125:
3
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the
righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
125:
4
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are
upright in their hearts.
125:
5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD
shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall
be upon Israel.
CHAPTER 126
126:
1
When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like
them that dream.
126:
2
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with
singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done
great things for them.
126:
3
The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
126:
4
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
126:
5
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
126:
6
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with
him.
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CHAPTER 127
127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build
it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in
vain.
127:2
127:3
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread
of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the
womb is his reward.
127:4
127:5
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the
youth.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not
be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
CHAPTER 128
128:1
128:2
Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his
ways.
For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands: happy shalt thou be,
and it shall be well with thee.
128:3
128:4
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house:
thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the
LORD.
128:5
128:6
The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the
good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
CHAPTER 129
129:1
129:2
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel
now say:
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they
have not prevailed against me.
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129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their
furrows.
129:4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the
wicked.
129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth
afore it groweth up:
129:7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth
sheaves his bosom.
129:8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be
upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
CHAPTER 130
130:1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
130:2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my
supplications.
130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall
stand?
130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I
hope.
130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the
morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy,
and with him is plenteous redemption.
130:8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
CHAPTER 131
131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I
exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
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131:2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is
weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
131:3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
CHAPTER 132
132:
1
Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
132:
2
How he swear unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God
of Jacob;
132:
3
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up
into my bed;
132:
4
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
132:
5
Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the
mighty God of Jacob.
132:
6
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the
wood.
132:
7
We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
132:
8
Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
132:
9
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints
shout for joy.
132:10
For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine
anointed.
132:11
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from
it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
132:12
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I
shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for
evermore.
132:13
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his
habitation.
132:14
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
132:15
I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with
bread.
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132:16
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall
shout aloud for joy.
132:17
There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a
lamp for mine anointed.
132:18
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his
crown flourish.
CHAPTER 133
133:1
133:2
133:3
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity!
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down
upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts
of his garments;
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the
mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing,
even life for evermore.
CHAPTER 134
134:1
134:2
134:3
Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which
by night stand in the house of the LORD.
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
CHAPTER 135
135:1
135:2
Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise
him, O ye servants of the LORD.
Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the
house of our God.
135:3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his
name; for it is pleasant.
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135:
4
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his
peculiar treasure.
135:
5
For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all
gods.
135:
6
Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in
earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
135:
7
He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he
maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his
treasuries.
135:
8
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
135:
9
Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt,
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
135:10
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
135:11
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the
kingdoms of Canaan:
135:12
And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his
people.
135:13
Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O
LORD, throughout all generations.
135:14
For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself
concerning his servants.
135:15
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s
hands.
135:16
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they
see not;
135:17
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in
their mouths.
135:18
They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that
trusteth in them.
135:19
Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of
Aaron:
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135:20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless
the LORD.
135:21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.
Praise ye the LORD.
CHAPTER 136
136:
1
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
136:
2
O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
136:
3
O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
136:
4
To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
136:
5
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
136:
6
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his
mercy endureth for ever.
136:
7
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
136:
8
The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
136:
9
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
136:10
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy
endureth for ever:
136:11
And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
136:12
With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
136:13
To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy
endureth for ever:
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136:14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy
endureth for ever:
136:15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
136:16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his
mercy endureth for ever.
136:17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
136:18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
136:19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
136:20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:
136:21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
136:22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
136:23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
136:24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
136:26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
CHAPTER 137
137:
1
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept,
when we remembered Zion.
137:
2
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
137:
3
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song;
and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one
of the songs of Zion.
137:
4
How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?
137:
5
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
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137:
6
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
137:
7
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of
Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation
thereof.
137:
8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he
be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
137:
9
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against
the stones.
CHAPTER 138
138:
1
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing
praise unto thee.
138:
2
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for
thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy
word above all thy name.
138:
3
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst
me with strength in my soul.
138:
4
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they
hear the words of thy mouth.
138:
5
Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the
glory of the LORD.
138:
6
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly:
but the proud he knoweth afar off.
138:
7
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou
shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies,
and thy right hand shall save me.
138:
8
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O
LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own
hands.
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CHAPTER 139
139:1 O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou
understandest my thought afar off.
139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art
acquainted with all my ways.
139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou
knowest it altogether.
139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon
me.
139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot
attain unto it.
139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from
thy presence?
139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in
hell, behold, thou art there.
139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea;
139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold
me.
139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall
be light about me.
139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as
the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my
mother’s womb.
139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret,
and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
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139:16
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy
book all my members were written, which in continuance were
fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
139:17
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great
is the sum of them!
139:18
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:
when I awake, I am still with thee.
139:19
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me
therefore, ye bloody men.
139:20
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy
name in vain.
139:21
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I
grieved with those that rise up against thee?
139:22
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my
thoughts:
139:24
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the
way everlasting.
CHAPTER 140
140:
1
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the
violent man;
140:
2
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they
gathered together for war.
140:
3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison
is under their lips. Selah.
140:
4
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me
from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my
goings.
140:
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.
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140:
6
I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my
supplications, O LORD.
140:
7
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast
covered my head in the day of battle.
140:
8
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his
wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
140:
9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief
of their own lips cover them.
140:10
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire;
into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
140:11
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt
the violent man to overthrow him.
140:12
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and the right of the poor.
140:13
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright
shall dwell in thy presence.
CHAPTER 141
141:
1
Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my
voice, when I cry unto thee.
141:
2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting
up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
141:
3
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my
lips.
141:
4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works
with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
141:
5
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him
reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my
head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
141:
6
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear
my words; for they are sweet.
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141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one
cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
141:8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my
trust; leave not my soul destitute.
141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the
gins of the workers of iniquity.
141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal
escape.
CHAPTER 142
142:
1
I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the
LORD did I make my supplication.
142:
2
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my
trouble.
142:
3
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest
my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a
snare for me.
142:
4
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that
would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
142:
5
I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my
portion in the land of the living.
142:
6
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from
my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
142:
7
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the
righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully
with me.
CHAPTER 143
143:
1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy
faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
143:
2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight
shall no man living be justified.
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143:
3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life
down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as
those that have been long dead.
143:
4
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within
me is desolate.
143:
5
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse
on the work of thy hands.
143:
6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee,
as a thirsty land. Selah.
143:
7
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face
from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
143:
8
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee
do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for
I lift up my soul unto thee.
143:
9
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide
me.
143:10
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good;
lead me into the land of uprightness.
143:11
Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy
righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
143:12
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them
that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
CHAPTER 144
144:
1
Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to
war, and my fingers to fight:
144:
2
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer;
my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people
under me.
144:
3
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the
son of man, that thou makest account of him!
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144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth
away.
144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the
mountains, and they shall smoke.
144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows,
and destroy them.
144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great
waters, from the hand of strange children;
144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right
hand of falsehood.
144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his
servant from the hurtful sword.
144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose
mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
falsehood:
144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our
daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude
of a palace:
144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that
our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our
streets:
144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking
in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
144:15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that
people, whose God is the LORD.
CHAPTER 145
145:
1
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for
ever and ever.
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145:2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever
and ever.
145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is
unsearchable.
145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall
declare thy mighty acts.
145:5 I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty, and of thy
wondrous works.
145:6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will
declare thy greatness.
145:7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness,
and shall sing of thy righteousness.
145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger,
and of great mercy.
145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his
works.
145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall
bless thee.
145:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy
power;
145:12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the
glorious majesty of his kingdom.
145:13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion
endureth throughout all generations.
145:14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be
bowed down.
145:15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat
in due season.
145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living
thing.
145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
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145:18
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that
call upon him in truth.
145:19
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear
their cry, and will save them.
145:20
The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked
will he destroy.
145:21
My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh
bless his holy name for ever and ever.
CHAPTER 146
146:
1
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
146:
2
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my
God while I have any being.
146:
3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom
there is no help.
146:
4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day
his thoughts perish.
146:
5
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope
is in the LORD his God:
146:
6
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is:
which keepeth truth for ever:
146:
7
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food
to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
146:
8
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth
them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
146:
9
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless
and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
146:10
The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all
generations. Praise ye the LORD.
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CHAPTER 147
147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God;
for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
147:2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the
outcasts of Israel.
147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their
names.
147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is
infinite.
147:6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to
the ground.
147:7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the
harp unto our God:
147:8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the
earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
147:9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which
cry.
147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not
pleasure in the legs of a man.
147:11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that
hope in his mercy.
147:12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed
thy children within thee.
147:14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest
of the wheat.
147:15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth
very swiftly.
147:16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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147:17
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his
cold?
147:18
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind
to blow, and the waters flow.
147:19
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments
unto Israel.
147:20
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments,
they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
CHAPTER 148
148:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens:
praise him in the heights.
148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
148:3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above
the heavens.
148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and
they were created.
148:6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a
decree which shall not pass.
148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
148:9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
148:10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
148:11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the
earth:
148:12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is
excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
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148:14
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his
saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him.
Praise ye the LORD.
CHAPTER 149
149:
1
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his
praise in the congregation of saints.
149:
2
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be
joyful in their King.
149:
3
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto
him with the timbrel and harp.
149:
4
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the
meek with salvation.
149:
5
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their
beds.
149:
6
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged
sword in their hand;
149:
7
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon
the people;
149:
8
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of
iron;
149:
9
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all
his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
CHAPTER 150
150:
1
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in
the firmament of his power.
150:
2
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his
excellent greatness.
150:
3
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the
psaltery and harp.
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150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed
instruments and organs.
150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high
sounding cymbals.
150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the
LORD.
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The
CHAPTER 1
1:
1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
1:
2
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding;
1:
3
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and
equity;
1:
4
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and
discretion.
1:
5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of
understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
1:
6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the
wise, and their dark sayings.
1:
7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools
despise wisdom and instruction.
1:
8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law
of thy mother:
1:
9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains
about thy neck.
1:10
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk
privily for the innocent without cause:
1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that
go down into the pit:
1:13
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with
spoil:
1:14
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
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1:15
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot
from their path:
1:16
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
1:17
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
1:18
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their
own lives.
1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh
away the life of the owners thereof.
1:20
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
1:21
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the
gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the
scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
1:23
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto
you, I will make known my words unto you.
1:24
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my
hand, and no man regarded;
1:25
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my
reproof:
1:26
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear
cometh;
1:27
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh
as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
1:28
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek
me early, but they shall not find me:
1:29
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the
LORD:
1:30
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled
with their own devices.
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1:32
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the
prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
1:33
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be
quiet from fear of evil.
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my
commandments with thee;
2:
2
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart
to understanding;
2:
3
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for
understanding;
2:
4
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid
treasures;
2:
5
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the
knowledge of God.
2:
6
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge
and understanding.
2:
7
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to
them that walk uprightly.
2:
8
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his
saints.
2:
9
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and
equity; yea, every good path.
2:10
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant
unto thy soul;
2:11
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
2:12
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that
speaketh froward things;
2:13
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of
darkness;
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2:14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the
wicked;
2:15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger
which flattereth with her words;
2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the
covenant of her God.
2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
2:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the
paths of life.
2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the
paths of the righteous.
2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain
in it.
2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the
transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
CHAPTER 3
3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my
commandments:
3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck;
write them upon the table of thine heart:
3:4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God
and man.
3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine
own understanding.
3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from
evil.
3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
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3:9 Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all
thine increase:
3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst
out with new wine.
3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be
weary of his correction:
3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son
in whom he delighteth.
3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth
understanding.
3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,
and the gain thereof than fine gold.
3:15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst
desire are not to be compared unto her.
3:16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and
honor.
3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is
every one that retaineth her.
3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding
hath he established the heavens.
3:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop
down the dew.
3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom
and discretion:
3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not
stumble.
3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie
down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the
wicked, when it cometh.
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3:26
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot
from being taken.
3:27
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the
power of thine hand to do it.
3:28
Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to morrow I
will give; when thou hast it by thee.
3:29
Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely
by thee.
3:30
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
3:31
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
3:32
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with
the righteous.
3:33
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he
blesseth the habitation of the just.
3:34
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
3:35
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of
fools.
CHAPTER 4
4:
1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know
understanding.
4:
2
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
4:
3
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of
my mother.
4:
4
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my
words: keep my commandments, and live.
4:
5
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from
the words of my mouth.
4:
6
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall
keep thee.
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4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all
thy getting get understanding.
4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor,
when thou dost embrace her.
4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory
shall she deliver to thee.
4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life
shall be many.
4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right
paths.
4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou
runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy
life.
4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil
men.
4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep
is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of
violence.
4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they
stumble.
4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of
thine heart.
4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their
flesh.
4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
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4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far
from thee.
4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight
before thee.
4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from
evil.
CHAPTER 5
5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my
understanding:
5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep
knowledge.
5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are
moveable, that thou canst not know them.
5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the
words of my mouth.
5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her
house:
5:9 Lest thou give thine honor unto others, and thy years unto the
cruel:
5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the
house of a stranger;
5:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are
consumed,
5:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised
reproof;
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5:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine
ear to them that instructed me!
5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and
assembly.
5:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of
thine own well.
5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the
streets.
5:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
5:19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts
satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,
and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he
pondereth all his goings.
5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be
holden with the cords of his sins.
5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he
shall go astray.
CHAPTER 6
6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy
hand with a stranger,
6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with
the words of thy mouth.
6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into
the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy
friend.
6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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6:
5
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird
from the hand of the fowler.
6:
6
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
6:
7
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
6:
8
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the
harvest.
6:
9
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of
thy sleep?
6:10
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to
sleep:
6:11
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as
an armed man.
6:12
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
6:13
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth
with his fingers;
6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he
soweth discord.
6:15
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be
broken without remedy.
6:16
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an
abomination unto him:
6:17
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in
running to mischief,
6:19
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord
among brethren.
6:20
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law
of thy mother:
6:21
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy
neck.
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6:22
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall
keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs
of instruction are the way of life:
6:24
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue
of a strange woman.
6:25
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee
with her eyelids.
6:26
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of
bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
6:27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
6:28
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
6:29
So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; whosoever toucheth her
shall not be innocent.
6:30
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he
is hungry;
6:31
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the
substance of his house.
6:32
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh
understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
6:33
A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be
wiped away.
6:34
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the
day of vengeance.
6:35
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though
thou givest many gifts.
CHAPTER 7
7:
1
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with
thee.
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7:
2
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of
thine eye.
7:
3
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine
heart.
7:
4
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy
kinswoman:
7:
5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the
stranger which flattereth with her words.
7:
6
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7:
7
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths,
a young man void of understanding,
7:
8
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to
her house,
7:
9
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
7:10
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot,
and subtil of heart.
7:11
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
7:12
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every
corner.)
7:13
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said
unto him,
7:14
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
7:15
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and
I have found thee.
7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved
works, with fine linen of Egypt.
7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
7:18
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace
ourselves with loves.
7:19
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
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7:20
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the
day appointed.
7:21
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the
flattering of her lips she forced him.
7:22
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or
as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
7:23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare,
and knoweth not that it is for his life.
7:24
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the
words of my mouth.
7:25
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
7:26
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men
have been slain by her.
7:27
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
8:
2
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of
the paths.
8:
3
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at
the doors.
8:
4
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
8:
5
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an
understanding heart.
8:
6
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my
lips shall be right things.
8:
7
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination
to my lips.
8:
8
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing
froward or perverse in them.
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8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that
find knowledge.
8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than
choice gold.
8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be
desired are not to be compared to it.
8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty
inventions.
8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the
evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have
strength.
8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find
me.
8:18 Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and
righteousness.
8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue
than choice silver.
8:20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of
judgment:
8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will
fill their treasures.
8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his
works of old.
8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth
was.
8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were
no fountains abounding with water.
8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought
forth:
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8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the
highest part of the dust of the world.
8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass
upon the face of the depth:
8:28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the
fountains of the deep:
8:29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass
his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the
earth:
8:30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily
his delight, rejoicing always before him;
8:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were
with the sons of men.
8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they
that keep my ways.
8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates,
waiting at the posts of my doors.
8:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the
LORD.
8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that
hate me love death.
CHAPTER 9
9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars:
9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also
furnished her table.
9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places
of the city,
9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth
understanding, she saith to him,
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9:
5
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have
mingled.
9:
6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
9:
7
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that
rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
9:
8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he
will love thee.
9:
9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a
just man, and he will increase in learning.
9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the
knowledge of the holy is understanding.
9:11
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life
shall be increased.
9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest,
thou alone shalt bear it.
9:13
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth
nothing.
9:14
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places
of the city,
9:15
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
9:16
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth
understanding, she saith to him,
9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
9:18
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are
in the depths of hell.
CHAPTER 10
10:
1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a
foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
10:
2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness
delivereth from death.
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10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but
he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of
the diligent maketh rich.
10:5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in
harvest is a son that causeth shame.
10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the
mouth of the wicked.
10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked
shall rot.
10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool
shall fall.
10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth
his ways shall be known.
10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool
shall fall.
10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence
covereth the mouth of the wicked.
10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a
rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near
destruction.
10:15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the
poor is their poverty.
10:16 The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to
sin.
10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that
refuseth reproof erreth.
10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander,
is a fool.
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10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that
refraineth his lips is wise.
10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is
little worth.
10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of
wisdom.
10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow
with it.
10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding
hath wisdom.
10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of
the righteous shall be granted.
10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the
righteous is an everlasting foundation.
10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard
to them that send him.
10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the
wicked shall be shortened.
10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of
the wicked shall perish.
10:29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction
shall be to the workers of iniquity.
10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not
inhabit the earth.
10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward
tongue shall be cut out.
10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth
of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
CHAPTER 11
11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is
his delight.
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11:
2
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is
wisdom.
11:
3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness
of transgressors shall destroy them.
11:
4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth
from death.
11:
5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the
wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
11:
6
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but
transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
11:
7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the
hope of unjust men perisheth.
11:
8
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in
his stead.
11:
9
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but through
knowledge shall the just be delivered.
11:10
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when
the wicked perish, there is shouting.
11:11
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is
overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
11:12
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor: but a man of
understanding holdeth his peace.
11:13
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit
concealeth the matter.
11:14
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of
counsellors there is safety.
11:15
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth
suretiship is sure.
11:16
A gracious woman retaineth honor: and strong men retain riches.
11:17
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel
troubleth his own flesh.
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11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth
righteousness shall be a sure reward.
11:19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth
it to his own death.
11:20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but
such as are upright in their way are his delight.
11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but
the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is
without discretion.
11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the
wicked is wrath.
11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that
withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be
watered also himself.
11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing
shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favor: but he that
seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall
flourish as a branch.
11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool
shall be servant to the wise of heart.
11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls
is wise.
11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more
the wicked and the sinner.
CHAPTER 12
12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth
reproof is brutish.
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12:2 A good man obtaineth favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked
devices will he condemn.
12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the
righteous shall not be moved.
12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh
ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the
wicked are deceit.
12:6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth
of the upright shall deliver them.
12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the
righteous shall stand.
12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is
of a perverse heart shall be despised.
12:9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that
honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.
12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that
followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the
righteous yieldeth fruit.
12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just
shall come out of trouble.
12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and
the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth
unto counsel is wise.
12:16 A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth
shame.
12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false
witness deceit.
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12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue
of the wise is health.
12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is
but for a moment.
12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the
counsellors of peace is joy.
12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled
with mischief.
12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly
are his delight.
12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools
proclaimeth foolishness.
12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be
under tribute.
12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word
maketh it glad.
12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of
the wicked seduceth them.
12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but
the substance of a diligent man is precious.
12:28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof
there is no death.
13:1 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth
not rebuke.
13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the
transgressors shall eat violence.
13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth
wide his lips shall have destruction.
13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of
the diligent shall be made fat.
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13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and
cometh to shame.
13:6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but
wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that
maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
13:8 The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not
rebuke.
13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked
shall be put out.
13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is
wisdom.
13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth
by labor shall increase.
13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth
the commandment shall be rewarded.
13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares
of death.
13:15 Good understanding giveth favor: but the way of transgressors is
hard.
13:16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open
his folly.
13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador
is health.
13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he
that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination
to fools to depart from evil.
13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of
fools shall be destroyed.
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13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and
the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
13:23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is
destroyed for want of judgment.
13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of
the wicked shall want.
CHAPTER 14
14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it
down with her hands.
14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that
is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the
wise shall preserve them.
14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the
strength of the ox.
14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is
easy unto him that understandeth.
14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not
in him the lips of knowledge.
14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly
of fools is deceit.
14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with his joy.
14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of
the upright shall flourish.
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14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof
are the ways of death.
14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is
heaviness.
14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a
good man shall be satisfied from himself.
14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh
well to his going.
14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth,
and is confident.
14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked
devices is hated.
14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with
knowledge.
14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the
righteous.
14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich hath many
friends.
14:21 He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on
the poor, happy is he.
14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to
them that devise good.
14:23 In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to
penury.
14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is
folly.
14:25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh
lies.
14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall
have a place of refuge.
14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the
snares of death.
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14:28 In the multitude of people is the king’s honor: but in the want of
people is the destruction of the prince.
14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is
hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
14:30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the
bones.
14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that
honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.
14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous
hath hope in his death.
14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but
that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any
people.
14:35 The king’s favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against
him that causeth shame.
CHAPTER 15
15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger.
15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of
fools poureth out foolishness.
15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and
the good.
15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a
breach in the spirit.
15:5 A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth
reproof is prudent.
15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues
of the wicked is trouble.
15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the
foolish doeth not so.
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15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the
prayer of the upright is his delight.
15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he
loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
15:10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that
hateth reproof shall die.
15:11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then
the hearts of the children of men?
15:12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go
unto the wise.
15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the
heart the spirit is broken.
15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but
the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart
hath a continual feast.
15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and
trouble therewith.
15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger
appeaseth strife.
15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way
of the righteous is made plain.
15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his
mother.
15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of
understanding walketh uprightly.
15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude
of counsellors they are established.
15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in
due season, how good is it!
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15:24
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell
beneath.
15:25
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will
establish the border of the widow.
15:26
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but
the words of the pure are pleasant words.
15:27
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that
hateth gifts shall live.
15:28
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the
wicked poureth out evil things.
15:29
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the
righteous.
15:30
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh
the bones fat.
15:31
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
15:32
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that
heareth reproof getteth understanding.
15:33
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before
honor is humility.
CHAPTER 16
16:
1
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue,
is from the LORD.
16:
2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD
weigheth the spirits.
16:
3
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be
established.
16:
4
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked
for the day of evil.
16:
5
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD:
though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
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16:
6
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the
LORD men depart from evil.
16:
7
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies
to be at peace with him.
16:
8
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without
right.
16:
9
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
16:10
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth
not in judgment.
16:11
A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the
bag are his work.
16:12
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne
is established by righteousness.
16:13
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that
speaketh right.
16:14
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will
pacify it.
16:15
In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favor is as a
cloud of the latter rain.
16:16
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get
understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth
his way preserveth his soul.
16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
16:19
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide
the spoil with the proud.
16:20
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso
trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
16:21
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the
lips increaseth learning.
16:22
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the
instruction of fools is folly.
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16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to
his lips.
16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health
to the bones.
16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof
are the ways of death.
16:26 He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of
him.
16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a
burning fire.
16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief
friends.
16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way
that is not good.
16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he
bringeth evil to pass.
16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of
righteousness.
16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of
the LORD.
CHAPTER 17
17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full
of sacrifices with strife.
17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and
shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD
trieth the hearts.
17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a
naughty tongue.
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17:
5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is
glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
17:
6
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of
children are their fathers.
17:
7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a
prince.
17:
8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
17:
9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth
a matter separateth very friends.
17:10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes
into a fool.
17:11
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger
shall be sent against him.
17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in
his folly.
17:13
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his
house.
17:14
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore
leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,
even they both are abomination to the LORD.
17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,
seeing he hath no heart to it?
17:17
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
17:18
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety
in the presence of his friend.
17:19
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his
gate seeketh destruction.
17:20
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a
perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
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17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a
fool hath no joy.
17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth
the bones.
17:23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways
of judgment.
17:24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a
fool are in the ends of the earth.
17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare
him.
17:26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for
equity.
17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of
understanding is of an excellent spirit.
17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he
that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
CHAPTER 18
18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and
intermeddleth with all wisdom.
18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may
discover itself.
18:3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with
ignominy reproach.
18:4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the
wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the
righteous in judgment.
18:6 A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for
strokes.
18:7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his
soul.
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18:
8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into
the innermost parts of the belly.
18:
9
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great
waster.
18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth
into it, and is safe.
18:11
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his
own conceit.
18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is
humility.
18:13
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and
shame unto him.
18:14
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit
who can bear?
18:15
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise
seeketh knowledge.
18:16
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great
men.
18:17
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor
cometh and searcheth him.
18:18
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the
mighty.
18:19
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their
contentions are like the bars of a castle.
18:20
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and
with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it
shall eat the fruit thereof.
18:22
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of
the LORD.
18:23
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
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18:24
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a
friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
CHAPTER 19
19:
1
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is
perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
19:
2
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he
that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
19:
3
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth
against the LORD.
19:
4
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his
neighbor.
19:
5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies
shall not escape.
19:
6
Many will intreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend
to him that giveth gifts.
19:
7
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his
friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they
are wanting to him.
19:
8
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth
understanding shall find good.
19:
9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies
shall perish.
19:10
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have
rule over princes.
19:11
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to
pass over a transgression.
19:12
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew
upon the grass.
19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a
wife are a continual dropping.
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19:14
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife
is from the LORD.
19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer
hunger.
19:16
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he
that despiseth his ways shall die.
19:17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that
which he hath given will he pay him again.
19:18
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for
his crying.
19:19
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver
him, yet thou must do it again.
19:20
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in
thy latter end.
19:21
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel
of the LORD, that shall stand.
19:22
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a
liar.
19:23
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide
satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
19:24
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much
as bring it to his mouth again.
19:25
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that
hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
19:26
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son
that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
19:27
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the
words of knowledge.
19:28
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the
wicked devoureth iniquity.
19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of
fools.
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CHAPTER 20
20:
1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise.
20:
2
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him
to anger sinneth against his own soul.
20:
3
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be
meddling.
20:
4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he
beg in harvest, and have nothing.
20:
5
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of
understanding will draw it out.
20:
6
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful
man who can find?
20:
7
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after
him.
20:
8
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all
evil with his eyes.
20:
9
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
20:10
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike
abomination to the LORD.
20:11
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure,
and whether it be right.
20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even
both of them.
20:13
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and
thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
20:14
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his
way, then he boasteth.
20:15
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge
are a precious jewel.
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20:16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of
him for a strange woman.
20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall
be filled with gravel.
20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice
make war.
20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore
meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out
in obscure darkness.
20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end
thereof shall not be blessed.
20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and
he shall save thee.
20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false
balance is not good.
20:24 Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his
own way?
20:25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after
vows to make enquiry.
20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over
them.
20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the
inward parts of the belly.
20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by
mercy.
20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old
men is the gray head.
20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the
inward parts of the belly.
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CHAPTER 21
21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water:
he turneth it whithersoever he will.
21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD
pondereth the hearts.
21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than
sacrifice.
21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is
sin.
21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of
every one that is hasty only to want.
21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and
fro of them that seek death.
21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse
to do judgment.
21:8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his
work is right.
21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbor findeth no favor
in his eyes.
21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when
the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
21:12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but
God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry
himself, but shall not be heard.
21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong
wrath.
21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the
workers of iniquity.
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21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall
remain in the congregation of the dead.
21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine
and oil shall not be rich.
21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the
transgressor for the upright.
21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and
an angry woman.
21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise;
but a foolish man spendeth it up.
21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,
righteousness, and honor.
21:22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the
strength of the confidence thereof.
21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from
troubles.
21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud
wrath.
21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.
21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and
spareth not.
21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when
he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh
constantly.
21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he
directeth his way.
21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the
LORD.
21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the
LORD.
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CHAPTER 22
22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favor rather than silver and gold.
22:2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them
all.
22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the
simple pass on, and are punished.
22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and
life.
22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep
his soul shall be far from them.
22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the
lender.
22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger
shall fail.
22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his
bread to the poor.
22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and
reproach shall cease.
22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king
shall be his friend.
22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth
the words of the transgressor.
22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in
the streets.
22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of
the LORD shall fall therein.
22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of
correction shall drive it far from him.
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22:16
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that
giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
22:17
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply
thine heart unto my knowledge.
22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall
withal be fitted in thy lips.
22:19
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee
this day, even to thee.
22:20
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and
knowledge,
22:21
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth;
that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send
unto thee?
22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted
in the gate:
22:23
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those
that spoiled them.
22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man
thou shalt not go:
22:25
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
22:26
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are
sureties for debts.
22:27
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed
from under thee?
22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before
kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
CHAPTER 23
23:
1
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is
before thee:
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23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
23:4 Labor not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches
certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward
heaven.
23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire
thou his dainty meats:
23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to
thee; but his heart is not with thee.
23:8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose
thy sweet words.
23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of
thy words.
23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the
fatherless:
23:11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of
knowledge.
23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with
the rod, he shall not die.
23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from
hell.
23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the
LORD all the day long.
23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut
off.
23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
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23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and
drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy
mother when she is old.
23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and
understanding.
23:24
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that
begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
23:25
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee
shall rejoice.
23:26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
23:27
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
23:28
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors
among men.
23:29
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who
hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness
of eyes?
23:30
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
23:31
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his
color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
23:32
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
23:33
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter
perverse things.
23:34
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or
as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
23:35
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they
have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it
yet again.
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CHAPTER 24
24:1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with
them.
24:2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is
established:
24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious
and pleasant riches.
24:5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of
counsellors there is safety.
24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the
gate.
24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination
to men.
24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
24:11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those
that are ready to be slain;
24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth
the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he
know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his
works?
24:13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb,
which is sweet to thy taste:
24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou
hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation
shall not be cut off.
24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
spoil not his resting place:
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24:16
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the
wicked shall fall into mischief.
24:17
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be
glad when he stumbleth:
24:18
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his
wrath from him.
24:19
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the
wicked:
24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the
wicked shall be put out.
24:21
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with
them that are given to change:
24:22
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of
them both?
24:23
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect
of persons in judgment.
24:24
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the
people curse, nations shall abhor him:
24:25
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing
shall come upon them.
24:26
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
24:27
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field;
and afterwards build thine house.
24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive
not with thy lips.
24:29
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to
the man according to his work.
24:30
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man
void of understanding;
24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered
the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
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24:32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received
instruction.
24:33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to
sleep:
24:34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as
an armed man.
CHAPTER 25
25:1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah
king of Judah copied out.
25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is
to search out a matter.
25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of
kings is unsearchable.
25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a
vessel for the finer.
25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be
established in righteousness.
25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in
the place of great men:
25:7 For better it is 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.
25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the
end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
25:9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself; and discover not a
secret to another:
25:10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not
away.
25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise
reprover upon an obedient ear.
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25:13 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.
25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue
breaketh the bone.
25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest
thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor’s house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and
a sword, and a sharp arrow.
25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken
tooth, and a foot out of joint.
25:20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar
upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink:
25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD
shall reward thee.
25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a
backbiting tongue.
25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman and in a wide house.
25:25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country.
25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled
fountain, and a corrupt spring.
25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own
glory is not glory.
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25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken
down, and without walls.
CHAPTER 26
26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly
for a fool.
26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse
causeless shall not come.
26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s
back.
26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto
him.
26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own
conceit.
26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the
feet, and drinketh damage.
26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of
fools.
26:8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to a
fool.
26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in
the mouths of fools.
26:10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and
rewardeth transgressors.
26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a
fool than of him.
26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the
streets.
26:14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his
bed.
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26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring
it again to his mouth.
26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can
render a reason.
26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him,
is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
26:18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
26:19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in
sport?
26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no
talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
26:21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious
man to kindle strife.
26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into
the innermost parts of the belly.
26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with
silver dross.
26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit
within him;
26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven
abominations in his heart.
26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed
before the whole congregation.
26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it
will return upon him.
26:28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering
mouth worketh ruin.
CHAPTER 27
27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
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27:
2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger,
and not thine own lips.
27:
3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is
heavier than them both.
27:
4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand
before envy?
27:
5
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
27:
6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are
deceitful.
27:
7
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every
bitter thing is sweet.
27:
8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth
from his place.
27:
9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a
man’s friend by hearty counsel.
27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go
into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a
neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
27:11
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him
that reproacheth me.
27:12
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the
simple pass on, and are punished.
27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of
him for a strange woman.
27:14
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the
morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.
27:16
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his
right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.
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27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that
waiteth on his master shall be honored.
27:19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never
satisfied.
27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to
his praise.
27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to
thy herds.
27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every
generation?
27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs
of the mountains are gathered.
27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the
field.
27:27 And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food
of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
CHAPTER 28
28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold
as a lion.
28:2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by
a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be
prolonged.
28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which
leaveth no food.
28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the
law contend with them.
28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD
understand all things.
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28:
6
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is
perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
28:
7
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of
riotous men shameth his father.
28:
8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall
gather it for him that will pity the poor.
28:
9
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer
shall be abomination.
28:10
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall
fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things
in possession.
28:11
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath
understanding searcheth him out.
28:12
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the
wicked rise, a man is hidden.
28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth
and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
28:14
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his
heart shall fall into mischief.
28:15
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the
poor people.
28:16
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor:
but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
28:17
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to
the pit; let no man stay him.
28:18
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in
his ways shall fall at once.
28:19
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that
followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
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28:21
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread
that man will transgress.
28:22
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that
poverty shall come upon him.
28:23
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favor than he
that flattereth with the tongue.
28:24
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no
transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
28:25
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his
trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
28:26
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh
wisely, he shall be delivered.
28:27
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his
eyes shall have many a curse.
28:28
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish,
the righteous increase.
CHAPTER 29
29:
1
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be
destroyed, and that without remedy.
29:
2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when
the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
29:
3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth
company with harlots spendeth his substance.
29:
4
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth
gifts overthroweth it.
29:
5
A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
29:
6
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the
righteous doth sing and rejoice.
29:
7
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked
regardeth not to know it.
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29:
8
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away
wrath.
29:
9
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or
laugh, there is no rest.
29:10
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
29:11
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
29:12
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
29:13
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD
lighteneth both their eyes.
29:14
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be
established for ever.
29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself
bringeth his mother to shame.
29:16
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the
righteous shall see their fall.
29:17
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give
delight unto thy soul.
29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the
law, happy is he.
29:19
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand
he will not answer.
29:20
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of
a fool than of him.
29:21
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have
him become his son at the length.
29:22
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in
transgression.
29:23
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the
humble in spirit.
29:24
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth
cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
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29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the
LORD shall be safe.
29:26 Many seek the ruler’s favor; but every man’s judgment cometh
from the LORD.
29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright
in the way is abomination to the wicked.
CHAPTER 30
30:1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man
spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
30:2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the
understanding of a man.
30:3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath
gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a
garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his
name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their
trust in him.
30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be
found a liar.
30:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor
riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
30:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I
be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
30:10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou
be found guilty.
30:11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless
their mother.
30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not
washed from their filthiness.
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30:13
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids
are lifted up.
30:14
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.
30:15
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are
three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is
enough:
30:16
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with
water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
30:17
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his
mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young
eagles shall eat it.
30:18
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
30:19
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 maid.
30:20
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth
her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
30:21
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it
cannot bear:
30:22
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with
meat;
30:23
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is
heir to her mistress.
30:24
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are
exceeding wise:
30:25
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the
summer;
30:26
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the
rocks;
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30:27
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
30:28
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
30:29
There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
30:30
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for
any;
30:31
A grayhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no
rising up.
30:32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast
thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
30:33
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing
of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth
forth strife.
CHAPTER 31
31:
1
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught
him.
31:
2
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son
of my vows?
31:
3
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which
destroyeth kings.
31:
4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor
for princes strong drink:
31:
5
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of
any of the afflicted.
31:
6
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
31:
7
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no
more.
31:
8
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are
appointed to destruction.
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31:
9
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the
poor and needy.
31:10
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
31:11
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall
have no need of spoil.
31:12
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
31:13
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
31:14
She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
31:15
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her
household, and a portion to her maidens.
31:16
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands
she planteth a vineyard.
31:17
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
31:18
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not
out by night.
31:19
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
31:20
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her
hands to the needy.
31:21
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her
household are clothed with scarlet.
31:22
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and
purple.
31:23
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the
elders of the land.
31:24
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the
merchant.
31:25
Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to
come.
31:26
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law
of kindness.
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31:27
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the
bread of idleness.
31:28
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he
praiseth her.
31:29
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
31:30
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the
LORD, she shall be praised.
31:31
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her
in the gates.
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or the Preacher
CHAPTER 1
1:
1
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
1:
2
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is
vanity.
1:
3
What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the
sun?
1:
4
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but
the earth abideth for ever.
1:
5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his
place where he arose.
1:
6
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the
north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again
according to his circuits.
1:
7
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place
from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
1:
8
All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it: the eye is not
satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
1:
9
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is
done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under
the sun.
1:10
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath
been already of old time, which was before us.
1:11
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be
any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall
come after.
1:12
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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1:13
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning
all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God
given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold,
all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
1:15
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is
wanting cannot be numbered.
1:16
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great
estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been
before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of
wisdom and knowledge.
1:17
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and
folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
1:18
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth,
therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
2:
2
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
2:
3
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting
mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see
what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do
under the heaven all the days of their life.
2:
4
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me
vineyards:
2:
5
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all
kind of fruits:
2:
6
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that
bringeth forth trees:
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2:
7
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house;
also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that
were in Jerusalem before me:
2:
8
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings
and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and
the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of
all sorts.
2:
9
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in
Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
2:10
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I
withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all
my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor.
2:11
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
vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
2:12
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for
what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which
hath been already done.
2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth
darkness.
2:14
The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in
darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to
them all.
2:15
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it
happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said
in my heart, that this also is vanity.
2:16
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for
ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be
forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
2:17
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the
sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
2:18
Yea, I hated all my labor which I had taken under the sun: because I
should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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2:19
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet
shall he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and
wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also
vanity.
2:20
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor
which I took under the sun.
2:21
For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and
in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave
it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
2:22
For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart,
wherein he hath labored under the sun?
2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart
taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
2:24
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink,
and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also
I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
2:25
For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
2:26
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and
knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather
and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God.
This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under
the heaven:
3:
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:
3
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time
to build up;
3:
4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to
dance;
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3:
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;
3:
6
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast
away;
3:
7
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a
time to speak;
3:
8
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of
peace.
3:
9
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?
3:10
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to
be exercised in it.
3:11
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the
world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God
maketh from the beginning to the end.
3:12
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and
to do good in his life.
3:13
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good
of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
3:14
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing
can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that
men should fear before him.
3:15
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already
been; and God requireth that which is past.
3:16
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that
wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity
was there.
3:17
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked:
for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
3:18
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that
God might manifest them, and that they might see that they
themselves are beasts.
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3:19
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one
thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they
have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a
beast: for all is vanity.
3:20
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
3:21
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit
of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
3:22
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man
should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who
shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
CHAPTER 4
4:
1
So I returned, and considered 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.
4:
2
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the
living which are yet alive.
4:
3
Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who
hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4:
4
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a
man is envied of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of
spirit.
4:
5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
4:
6
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with
travail and vexation of spirit.
4:
7
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
4:
8
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither
child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his
eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and
bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore
travail.
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4:
9
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their
labor.
4:10
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that
is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
4:11
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be
warm alone?
4:12
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a
threefold cord is not quickly broken.
4:13
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who
will no more be admonished.
4:14
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born
in his kingdom becometh poor.
4:15
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the
second child that shall stand up in his stead.
4:16
There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before
them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this
also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
CHAPTER 5
5:
1
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more
ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider
not that they do evil.
5:
2
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to
utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon
earth: therefore let thy words be few.
5:
3
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s
voice is known by multitude of words.
5:
4
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he
hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5:
5
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest
vow and not pay.
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5:
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 thine hands?
5:
7
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also
divers vanities: but fear thou God.
5:
8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of
judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he
that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than
they.
5:
9
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is
served by the field.
5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that
loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
5:11
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what
good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them
with their eyes?
5:12
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much:
but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
5:13
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches
kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
5:14
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and
there is nothing in his hand.
5:15
As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go
as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry
away in his hand.
5:16
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he
go: and what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?
5:17
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow
and wrath with his sickness.
5:18
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat
and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he taketh
under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it
is his portion.
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5:19
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and
hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to
rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
5:20
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God
answereth him in the joy of his heart.
CHAPTER 6
6:
1
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common
among men:
6:
2
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that
he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God
giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is
vanity, and it is an evil disease.
6:
3
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the
days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and
also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better
than he.
6:
4
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his
name shall be covered with darkness.
6:
5
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath
more rest than the other.
6:
6
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen
no good: do not all go to one place?
6:
7
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not
filled.
6:
8
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor,
that knoweth to walk before the living?
6:
9
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this
is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
6:10
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is
man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
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6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the
better?
6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of
his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man
what shall be after him under the sun?
CHAPTER 7
7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death
than the day of one’s birth.
7:2 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.
7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the
countenance the heart is made better.
7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of
fools is in the house of mirth.
7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear
the song of fools.
7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the
fool: this also is vanity.
7:7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth
the heart.
7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the
patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the
bosom of fools.
7:10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to
them that see the sun.
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7:12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the
excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that
have it.
7:13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which
he hath made crooked?
7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity
consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the
end that man should find nothing after him.
7:15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man
that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that
prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
7:16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why
shouldest thou destroy thyself?
7:17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest
thou die before thy time?
7:18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this
withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth
of them all.
7:19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which
are in the city.
7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth
not.
7:21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear
thy servant curse thee:
7:22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself
likewise hast cursed others.
7:23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was
far from me.
7:24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
7:25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out
wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of
folly, even of foolishness and madness:
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7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares
and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape
from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
7:27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one,
to find out the account:
7:28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a
thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not
found.
7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but
they have sought out many inventions.
CHAPTER 8
8:1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a
thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness
of his face shall be changed.
8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard
of the oath of God.
8:3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he
doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto
him, What doest thou?
8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a
wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
8:6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the
misery of man is great upon him.
8:7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when
it shall be?
8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit;
neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge
in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to
it.
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8:
9
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is
done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over
another to his own hurt.
8:10
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the
place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they
had so done: this is also vanity.
8:11
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,
therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do
evil.
8:12
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be
prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that
fear God, which fear before him:
8:13
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.
8:14
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just
men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked;
again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the
work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
8:15
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under
the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall
abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth
him under the sun.
8:16
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the
business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither
day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
8:17
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the
work that is done under the sun: because though a man labor to
seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man
think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
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CHAPTER 9
9:
1
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the
righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no
man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
9:
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 unclean; 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.
9:
3
This is an evil among all things that are 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.
9:
4
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living
dog is better than a dead lion.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any
thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of
them is forgotten.
9:
6
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished;
neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is
done under the sun.
9:
7
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a
merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
9:
8
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no
ointment.
9:
9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the
life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the
days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy
labor which thou takest under the sun.
9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there
is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave,
whither thou goest.
9:11
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
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riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but
time and chance happeneth to them all.
9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in
an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the
sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon
them.
9:13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great
unto me:
9:14 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:
9:15 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.
9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
9:17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him
that ruleth among fools.
9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth
much good.
CHAPTER 10
10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a
stinking savor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for
wisdom and honor.
10:2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
10:3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom
faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for
yielding pacifieth great offenses.
10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which
proceedeth from the ruler:
10:6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
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10:
7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants
upon the earth.
10:
8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge,
a serpent shall bite him.
10:
9
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that
cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
10:10
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put
to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
10:11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is
no better.
10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a
fool will swallow up himself.
10:13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the
end of his talk is mischievous madness.
10:14
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and
what shall be after him, who can tell him?
10:15
The labor of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he
knoweth not how to go to the city.
10:16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat
in the morning!
10:17
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and
thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for
drunkenness!
10:18
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness
of the hands the house droppeth through.
10:19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money
answereth all things.
10:20
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in
thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that
which hath wings shall tell the matter.
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CHAPTER 11
11:
1
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many
days.
11:
2
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not
what evil shall be upon the earth.
11:
3
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth:
and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the
place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
11:
4
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the
clouds shall not reap.
11:
5
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the
bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou
knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
11:
6
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine
hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or
that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
11:
7
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to
behold the sun:
11:
8
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him
remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that
cometh is vanity.
11:
9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in
the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in
the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God
will bring thee into judgment.
11:10
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from
thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
CHAPTER 12
12:
1
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the
evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I
have no pleasure in them;
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12:
2
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not
darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
12:
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 that look out of the windows be darkened,
12:
4
And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the
grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all
the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
12:
5
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall
be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the
grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man
goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
12:
6
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the
cistern.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall
return unto God who gave it.
12:
8
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
12:
9
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the
people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set
in order many proverbs.
12:10
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which
was written was upright, even words of truth.
12:11
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the
masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many
books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep
his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
12:14
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret
thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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SONG OF SOLOMON
CHAPTER 1
1:
1
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
1:
2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better
than wine.
1:
3
Because of the savor of thy good ointments thy name is as
ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
1:
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 remember thy
love more than wine: the upright love thee.
1:
5
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents
of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
1:
6
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath
looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they
made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have
I not kept.
1:
7
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where
thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one
that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
1:
8
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth
by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the
shepherds’ tents.
1:
9
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in
Pharaoh’s chariots.
1:10
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains
of gold.
1:11
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
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1:12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the
smell thereof.
1:13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night
betwixt my breasts.
1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of
Engedi.
1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast
doves’ eyes.
1:16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is
green.
1:17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
CHAPTER 2
2:1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
2:3 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.
2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me
was love.
2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of
love.
2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace
me.
2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the
hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he
please.
2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the
mountains, skipping upon the hills.
2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth
behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself
through the lattice.
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2:10
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair
one, and come away.
2:11
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
2:12
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is
come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
2:13
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the
tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and
come away.
2:14
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of
the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for
sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines
have tender grapes.
2:16
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
2:17
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved,
and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of
Bether.
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought
him, but I found him not.
3:
2
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:
3
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said,
Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
3:
4
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom
my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had
brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her
that conceived me.
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3:
5
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the
hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he
please.
3:
6
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the
merchant?
3:
7
Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are
about it, of the valiant of Israel.
3:
8
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his
sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
3:
9
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
3:10
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold,
the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with
love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
3:11
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with
the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his
espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
CHAPTER 4
4:
1
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast
doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that
appear from mount Gilead.
4:
2
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came
up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is
barren among them.
4:
3
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy
temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
4:
4
Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armory,
whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
4:
5
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed
among the lilies.
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4:
6
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to
the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
4:
7
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
4:
8
Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon:
look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon,
from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
4:
9
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast
ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy
neck.
4:10
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is
thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all
spices!
4:11
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk
are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the
smell of Lebanon.
4:12
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a
fountain sealed.
4:13
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits;
camphire, with spikenard,
4:14
Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of
frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
4:15
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from
Lebanon.
4:16
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 pleasant fruits.
CHAPTER 5
5:
1
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered
my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my
honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink,
yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
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5:
2
I sleep, but my heart waketh: 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, and my locks with the
drops of the night.
5:
3
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my
feet; how shall I defile them?
5:
4
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my
bowels were moved for him.
5:
5
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with
myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the
handles of the lock.
5:
6
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself,
and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I
could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
5:
7
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me,
they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil
from me.
5:
8
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that
ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
5:
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 charge us?
5:10
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
5:11
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as
a raven.
5:12
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed
with milk, and fitly set.
5:13
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like
lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
5:14
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright
ivory overlaid with sapphires.
5:15
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his
countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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5:16
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my
beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 6
6:
1
Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women?
whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with
thee.
6:
2
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to
feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
6:
3
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the
lilies.
6:
4
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem,
terrible as an army with banners.
6:
5
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy
hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
6:
6
Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing,
whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren
among them.
6:
7
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
6:
8
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins
without number.
6:
9
My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her
mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters
saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and
they praised her.
6:10
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon,
clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
6:11
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley,
and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates
budded.
6:12
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of
Amminadib.
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6:13
Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon
thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of
two armies.
CHAPTER 7
7:
1
How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the
joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a
cunning workman.
7:
2
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy
belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
7:
3
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
7:
4
Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of
Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
7:
5
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like
purple; the king is held in the galleries.
7:
6
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
7:
7
This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters
of grapes.
7:
8
I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs
thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and
the smell of thy nose like apples;
7:
9
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that
goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to
speak.
7:10
I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.
7:11
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the
villages.
7:12
Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish,
whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth:
there will I give thee my loves.
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7:13
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of
pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my
beloved.
CHAPTER 8
8:
1
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my
mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I
should not be despised.
8:
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.
8:
3
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should
embrace me.
8:
4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor
awake my love, until he please.
8:
5
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her
beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother
brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
8:
6
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love
is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof
are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
8:
7
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it:
if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would
utterly be contemned.
8:
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?
8:
9
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she
be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
8:10
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as
one that found favor.
8:11
Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto
keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand
pieces of silver.
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8:12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must
have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy
voice: cause me to hear it.
8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young
hart upon the mountains of spices.
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ISAIAH
CHAPTER 1
1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning
Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and
Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken,
I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled
against me.
1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel
doth not know, my people doth not consider.
1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers,
children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they
have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone
away backward.
1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and
more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness
in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not
been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
1:7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your
land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as
overthrown by strangers.
1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a
lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant,
we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto
Gomorrah.
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1:10
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the
law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
1:11
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith
the LORD: I am full 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.
1:12
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your
hand, to tread my courts?
1:13
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me;
the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot
away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
1:14
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they
are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from
you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands
are full of blood.
1:16
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from
before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
1:17
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the
fatherless, plead for the widow.
1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they
be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
1:19
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
1:20
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for
the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
1:21
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment;
righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
1:22
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one
loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the
fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
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1:24
Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of
Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of
mine enemies:
1:25
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy
dross, and take away all thy tin:
1:26
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, the faithful city.
1:27
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with
righteousness.
1:28
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be
together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
1:29
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and
ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
1:30
For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that
hath no water.
1:31
And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and
they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
CHAPTER 2
2:
1
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and
Jerusalem.
2:
2
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the
LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains,
and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto
it.
2:
3
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to
the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of 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 the LORD from
Jerusalem.
2:
4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many
people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their
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spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
2:
5
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the
LORD.
2:
6
Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob,
because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like
the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of
strangers.
2:
7
Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of
their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any
end of their chariots:
2:
8
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own
hands, that which their own fingers have made:
2:
9
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth
himself: therefore forgive them not.
2:10
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the
LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
2:11
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of
men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in
that day.
2:12
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is
proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall
be brought low:
2:13
And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and
upon all the oaks of Bashan,
2:14
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are
lifted up,
2:15
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
2:16
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
2:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness
of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in
that day.
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2:18
And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
2:19
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of
the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty,
when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
2:20
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,
which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and
to the bats;
2:21
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged
rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when
he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
2:22
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is
he to be accounted of?
CHAPTER 3
3:
1
For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from
Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of
bread, and the whole stay of water.
3:
2
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet,
and the prudent, and the ancient,
3:
3
The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor,
and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
3:
4
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule
over them.
3:
5
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and
every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly
against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.
3:
6
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his
father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this
ruin be under thy hand:
3:
7
In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my
house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the
people.
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3:
8
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue
and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his
glory.
3:
9
The shew 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 rewarded evil unto themselves.
3:10
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they
shall eat the fruit of their doings.
3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his
hands shall be given him.
3:12
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule
over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err,
and destroy the way of thy paths.
3:13
The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
3:14
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his
people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard;
the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
3:15
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the
faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
3:16
Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are
haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes,
walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their
feet:
3:17
Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head
of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret
parts.
3:18
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling
ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires
like the moon,
3:19
The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
3:20
The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and
the tablets, and the earrings,
3:21
The rings, and nose jewels,
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3:22
The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples,
and the crisping pins,
3:23
The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
3:24
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be
stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair
baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and
burning instead of beauty.
3:25
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall
sit upon the ground.
CHAPTER 4
4:
1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying,
We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us
be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
4:
2
In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious,
and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them
that are escaped of Israel.
4:
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:
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 of judgment, and by the spirit of
burning.
4:
5
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount
Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the
shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a
defence.
4:
6
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from
the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and
from rain.
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CHAPTER 5
5:
1
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching
his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful
hill:
5:
2
And he fenced 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 made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring
forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
5:
3
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I
pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
5:
4
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not
done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth
grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
5:
5
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will
take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break
down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
5:
6
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there
shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
5:
7
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and
the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment,
but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
5:
8
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till
there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the
earth!
5:
9
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall
be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
5:10
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an
homer shall yield an ephah.
5:11
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may
follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame
them!
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5:12
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in
their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither
consider the operation of his hands.
5:13
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no
knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their
multitude dried up with thirst.
5:14
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without
measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and
he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
5:15
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man
shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
5:16
But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that
is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
5:17
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places
of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
5:18
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as
it were with a cart rope:
5:19
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may
see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and
come, that we may know it!
5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness
for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet
for bitter!
5:21
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in
their own sight!
5:22
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength
to mingle strong drink:
5:23
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the
righteousness of the righteous from him!
5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame
consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their
blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law
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of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of
Israel.
5:25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and
he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten
them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the
midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but
his hand is stretched out still.
5:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss
unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come
with speed swiftly:
5:27 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:
5:28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’
hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
5:29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions:
yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it
away safe, and none shall deliver it.
5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the
sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and
the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
CHAPTER 6
6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting
upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
6:2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain
he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with
twain he did fly.
6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the
LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and
the house was filled with smoke.
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6:
5
Then said I, Woe 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, the LORD of hosts.
6:
6
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his
hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
6:
7
And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy
lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
6:
8
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and
who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
6:
9
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but
understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
6:10
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 understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
6:11
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be
wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the
land be utterly desolate,
6:12
And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great
forsaking in the midst of the land.
6:13
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten:
as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they
cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
CHAPTER 7
7:
1
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 toward
Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
7:
2
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate
with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his
people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
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7:
3
Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz,
thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the
upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;
7:
4
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be
fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the
fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
7:
5
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil
counsel against thee, saying,
7:
6
Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach
therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of
Tabeal:
7:
7
Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come
to pass.
7:
8
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is
Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be
broken, that it be not a people.
7:
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.
7:10
Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
7:11
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or
in the height above.
7:12
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
7:13
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for
you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin
shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
7:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil,
and choose the good.
7:16
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the
good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her
kings.
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7:17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon
thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that
Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for
the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for
the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate
valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and
upon all bushes.
7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired,
namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the
head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a
young cow, and two sheep;
7:22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall
give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat
that is left in the land.
7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be,
where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall
even be for briers and thorns.
7:24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the
land shall become briers and thorns.
7:25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall
not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the
sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
CHAPTER 8
8:1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write
in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
8:2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest,
and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
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8:
3
And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a
son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name
Mahershalalhashbaz.
8:
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 taken away before the king of Assyria.
8:
5
The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,
8:
6
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go
softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
8:
7
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters
of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his
glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his
banks:
8:
8
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he
shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings
shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
8:
9
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in
pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye
shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in
pieces.
8:10
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word,
and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
8:11
For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed
me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
8:12
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall
say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
8:13
Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and
let him be your dread.
8:14
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and
for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a
snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
8:15
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and
be snared, and be taken.
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8:16
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
8:17
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the
house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
8:18
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for
signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which
dwelleth in mount Zion.
8:19
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have
familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter:
should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
8:20
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light in them.
8:21
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it
shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret
themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
8:22
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and
darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
CHAPTER 9
9:
1
Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation,
when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the
land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by
the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
9:
2
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they
that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the
light shined.
9:
3
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they
joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice
when they divide the spoil.
9:
4
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his
shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
9:
5
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and
garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of
fire.
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9:
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, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.
9:
7
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,
upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and
to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even
for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
9:
8
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
9:
9
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of
Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
9:10
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the
sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
9:11
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against
him, and join his enemies together;
9:12
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall
devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned
away, but his hand is stretched out still.
9:13
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do
they seek the LORD of hosts.
9:14
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch
and rush, in one day.
9:15
The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that
teacheth lies, he is the tail.
9:16
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are
led of them are destroyed.
9:17
Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither
shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is
an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For
all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out
still.
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9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and
thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall
mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
9:19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and
the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his
brother.
9:20 And he 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:
9:21 Manasseh, 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.
10:1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write
grievousness which they have prescribed;
10:2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right
from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and
that they may rob the fatherless!
10:3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation
which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and
where will ye leave your glory?
10:4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they
shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still.
10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is
mine indignation.
10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical 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.
10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it
is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
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10:
8
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
10:
9
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not
Samaria as Damascus?
10:10
As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose
graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
10:11
Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to
Jerusalem and her idols?
10:12
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath
performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I
will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and
the glory of his high looks.
10:13
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my
wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the
people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the
inhabitants like a valiant man:
10:14
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as
one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and
there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or
peeped.
10:15
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or
shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the
rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff
should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
10:16
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat
ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the
burning of a fire.
10:17
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a
flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one
day;
10:18
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field,
both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer
fainteth.
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10:19
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may
write them.
10:20
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel,
and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again
stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
10:21
The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the
mighty God.
10:22
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a
remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall
overflow with righteousness.
10:23
For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even
determined, in the midst of all the land.
10:24
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that
dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee
with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner
of Egypt.
10:25
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine
anger in their destruction.
10:26
And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to
the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was
upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
10:27
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken
away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and
the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
10:28
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath
laid up his carriages:
10:29
They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at
Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
10:30
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto
Laish, O poor Anathoth.
10:31
Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves
to flee.
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10:32
As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand
against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
10:33
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with
terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the
haughty shall be humbled.
10:34
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and
Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
CHAPTER 11
11:
1
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a
Branch shall grow out of his roots:
11:
2
And the spirit of the LORD 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 the LORD;
11:
3
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the
LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither
reprove after the hearing of his ears:
11:
4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with
equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with
the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
the wicked.
11:
5
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness
the girdle of his reins.
11:
6
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie
down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling
together; and a little child shall lead them.
11:
7
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie
down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
11:
8
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the
weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
11:
9
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters
cover the sea.
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11:10
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for
an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest
shall be glorious.
11:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his
hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people,
which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from
Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from
Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
11:12
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble
the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
11:13
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of
Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah
shall not vex Ephraim.
11:14
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the
west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their
hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey
them.
11:15
And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian
sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the
river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over
dryshod.
11:16
And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which
shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he
came up out of the land of Egypt.
CHAPTER 12
12:
1
And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though
thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou
comfortedst me.
12:
2
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the
LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become
my salvation.
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12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of
salvation.
12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name,
declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is
exalted.
12:5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is
known in all the earth.
12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy
One of Israel in the midst of thee.
CHAPTER 13
13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
13:2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto
them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the
nobles.
13:3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my
mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
13:4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people;
a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together:
the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the
LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole
land.
13:6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a
destruction from the Almighty.
13:7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:
13:8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of
them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be
amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and
fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the
sinners thereof out of it.
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13:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give
their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the
moon shall not cause her light to shine.
13:11
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their
iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and
will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
13:12
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than
the golden wedge of Ophir.
13:13
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out
of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of
his fierce anger.
13:14
And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh
up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every
one into his own land.
13:15
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that
is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
13:16
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their
houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
13:17
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not
regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
13:18
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall
have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare
children.
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’
excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
13:20
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from
generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there;
neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
13:21
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall
be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs
shall dance there.
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13:22
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate
houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near
to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
CHAPTER 14
14:
1
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose
Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be
joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
14:
2
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and
the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for
servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose
captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
14:
3
And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee
rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard
bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
14:
4
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon,
and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
14:
5
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of
the rulers.
14:
6
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that
ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
14:
7
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into
singing.
14:
8
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
14:
9
Hell 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.
14:10
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak
as we? art thou become like unto us?
14:11
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy
viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
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14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the
nations!
14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will
exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the
mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most
High.
14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider
thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that
did shake kingdoms;
14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities
thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
14:18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one
in his own house.
14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as
the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword,
that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under
feet.
14:20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast
destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers
shall never be renowned.
14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers;
that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the
world with cities.
14:22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut
off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew,
saith the LORD.
14:23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water:
and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD
of hosts.
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The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought,
so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
14:25
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains
tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and
his burden depart from off their shoulders.
14:26
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and
this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
14:27
For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it?
and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
14:28
In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
14:29
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that
smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth
a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
14:30
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie
down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall
slay thy remnant.
14:31
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for
there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in
his appointed times.
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What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the
LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in
it.
CHAPTER 15
15:
1
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid
waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is
laid waste, and brought to silence;
15:
2
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep:
Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads
shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
15:
3
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the
tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl,
weeping abundantly.
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15:
4
And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even
unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his
life shall be grievous unto him.
15:
5
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar,
an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with
weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall
raise up a cry of destruction.
15:
6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered
away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
15:
7
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they
have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
15:
8
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling
thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
15:
9
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more
upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the
remnant of the land.
CHAPTER 16
16:
1
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the
wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
16:
2
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the
daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
16:
3
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in
the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that
wandereth.
16:
4
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them
from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the
spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
16:
5
And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon
it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment,
and hasting righteousness.
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16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his
haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be
so.
16:7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the
foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are
stricken.
16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the
lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof,
they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the
wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the
sea.
16:9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of
Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh:
for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
16:10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and
in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be
shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I
have made their vintage shouting to cease.
16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine
inward parts for Kirharesh.
16:12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on
the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he
shall not prevail.
16:13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab
since that time.
16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as
the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned,
with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small
and feeble.
CHAPTER 17
17:
1
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from
being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
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17:
2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which
shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
17:
3
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from
Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of
the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
17:
4
And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall
be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
17:
5
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and
reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth
ears in the valley of Rephaim.
17:
6
Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree,
two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five
in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of
Israel.
17:
7
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have
respect to the Holy One of Israel.
17:
8
And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither
shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or
the images.
17:
9
In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an
uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of
Israel: and there shall be desolation.
17:10
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not
been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant
pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
17:11
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning
shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a
heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
17:12
Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the
noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing
like the rushing of mighty waters!
17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God
shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as
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the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing
before the whirlwind.
17:14
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is
not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them
that rob us.
CHAPTER 18
18:
1
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers
of Ethiopia:
18:
2
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes
upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation
scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning
hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the
rivers have spoiled!
18:
3
All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye,
when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he
bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
18:
4
For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will
consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like
a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
18:
5
For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape
is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with
pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
18:
6
They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to
the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and
all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
18:
7
In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts
of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from
their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot,
whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the
LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
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CHAPTER 19
19:
1
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift
cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be
moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the
midst of it.
19:
2
And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall
fight every one against his brother, and every one against his
neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
19:
3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will
destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to
the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the
wizards.
19:
4
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel Lord;
and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of
hosts.
19:
5
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted
and dried up.
19:
6
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence
shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
19:
7
The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and
every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and
be no more.
19:
8
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angel into the
brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters
shall languish.
19:
9
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave
networks, shall be confounded.
19:10
And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make
sluices and ponds for fish.
19:11
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise
counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto
Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
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19:12
Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee
now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed
upon Egypt.
19:13
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are
deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the
stay of the tribes thereof.
19:14
The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and
they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken
man staggereth in his vomit.
19:15
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail,
branch or rush, may do.
19:16
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid
and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts,
which he shaketh over it.
19:17
And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that
maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the
counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
19:18
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language
of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called,
The city of destruction.
19:19
In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the
land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
19:20
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts
in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of
the oppressors, and he shall send them a savior, and a great one,
and he shall deliver them.
19:21
And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall
know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation;
yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
19:22
And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and
they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of
them, and shall heal them.
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In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and
the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into
Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
19:24
In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria,
even a blessing in the midst of the land:
19:25
Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt
my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine
inheritance.
CHAPTER 20
20:
1
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king
of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
20:
2
At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz,
saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off
thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and
barefoot.
20:
3
And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked
and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and
upon Ethiopia;
20:
4
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners,
and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot,
even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
20:
5
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation,
and of Egypt their glory.
20:
6
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is
our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the
king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
CHAPTER 21
21:
1
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south
pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
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21:
2
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer
dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam:
besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
21:
3
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold
upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed
down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
21:
4
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my
pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
21:
5
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye
princes, and anoint the shield.
21:
6
For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him
declare what he seeth.
21:
7
And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses,
and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much
heed:
21:
8
And he cried, A lion: My Lord, I stand continually upon the
watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
21:
9
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of
horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; END-TIMES-PROPHECY.ORG
and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the
ground.
21:10
O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard
of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
21:11
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman,
what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
21:12
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye
will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
21:13
The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O
ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
21:14
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was
thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
21:15
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from
the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
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21:16
For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to
the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
21:17
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the
children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel
hath spoken it.
CHAPTER 22
22:
1
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou
art wholly gone up to the housetops?
22:
2
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain
men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
22:
3
All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all
that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
22:
4
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labor
not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my
people.
22:
5
For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity
by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down
the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
22:
6
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and
Kir uncovered the shield.
22:
7
And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of
chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
22:
8
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in
that day to the armor of the house of the forest.
22:
9
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are
many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
22:10
And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses
have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
22:11
Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old
pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had
respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
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22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to
mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
22:13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating
flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we
shall die.
22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely
this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord
GOD of hosts.
22:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this
treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
22:16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast
hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a
sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a
rock?
22:17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity,
and will surely cover thee.
22:18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large
country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory
shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.
22:19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he
pull thee down.
22:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
22:21 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 Jerusalem, and to the house of
Judah.
22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so
he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall
open.
22:23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a
glorious throne to his father’s house.
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22:24
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house,
the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the
vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
22:25
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened
in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the
burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath
spoken it.
CHAPTER 23
23:
1
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid
waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of
Chittim it is revealed to them.
23:
2
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of
Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
23:
3
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is
her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
23:
4
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the
strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children,
neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
23:
5
As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained
at the report of Tyre.
23:
6
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
23:
7
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her
own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
23:
8
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city,
whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable
of the earth?
23:
9
The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all
glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
23:10
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is
no more strength.
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23:11
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the
LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to
destroy the strong holds thereof.
23:12
And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin,
daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou
have no rest.
23:13
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the
Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set
up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he
brought it to ruin.
23:14
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
23:15
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 shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
23:16
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been
forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest
be remembered.
23:17
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the
LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall
commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the
face of the earth.
23:18
And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it
shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for
them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for
durable clothing.
CHAPTER 24
24:
1
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste,
and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants
thereof.
24:
2
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the
servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress;
as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the
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borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to
him.
24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the
LORD hath spoken this word.
24:4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and
fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they
have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the
everlasting covenant.
24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell
therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are
burned, and few men left.
24:7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted
do sigh.
24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth,
the joy of the harp ceaseth.
24:9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter
to them that drink it.
24:10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that
no man may come in.
24:11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the
mirth of the land is gone.
24:12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with
destruction.
24:13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people,
there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning
grapes when the vintage is done.
24:14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the
LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
24:15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the
LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
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24:16
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even
glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe
unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the
treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
24:17
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the
earth.
24:18
And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the
fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst
of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high
are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
24:19
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the
earth is moved exceedingly.
24:20
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed
like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;
and it shall fall, and not rise again.
24:21
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish
the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth
upon the earth.
24:22
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.
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Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when
the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem,
and before his ancients gloriously.
CHAPTER 25
25:
1
O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name;
for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are
faithfulness and truth.
25:
2
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a
palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
25:
3
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the
terrible nations shall fear thee.
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4
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy
in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat,
when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
25:
5
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry
place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the
terrible ones shall be brought low.
25:
6
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all
people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat
things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
25:
7
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast
over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
25:
8
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe
away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he
take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
25:
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 the LORD; we have
waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
25:10
For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab
shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down
for the dunghill.
25:11
And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that
swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring
down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
25:12
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down,
lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
CHAPTER 26
26:
1
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a
strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
26:
2
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the
truth may enter in.
26:
3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on
thee: because he trusteth in thee.
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26:
4
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is
everlasting strength:
26:
5
For he bringeth 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.
26:
6
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the
steps of the needy.
26:
7
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh
the path of the just.
26:
8
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for
thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance
of thee.
26:
9
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit
within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the
earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
26:10
Let favor be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn
righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and
will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
26:11
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they
shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire
of thine enemies shall devour them.
26:12
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought
all our works in us.
26:13
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over
us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
26:14
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not
rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all
their memory to perish.
26:15
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the
nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the
ends of the earth.
26:16
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer
when thy chastening was upon them.
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Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her
delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in
thy sight, O LORD.
26:18
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.
26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they
arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the
dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
26:20
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy
doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until
the indignation be overpast.
26:21
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the
inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall
disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
CHAPTER 27
27:
1
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword
shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that
crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
27:
2
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
27:
3
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt
it, I will keep it night and day.
27:
4
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me
in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
27:
5
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with
me; and he shall make peace with me.
27:
6
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall
blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
27:
7
Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he
slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
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27:
8
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he
stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
27:
9
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is
all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of
the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and
images shall not stand up.
27:10
Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken,
and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he
lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the
women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no
understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on
them, and he that formed them will shew them no favor.
27:12
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off
from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall
be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
27:13
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall
be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the
land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall
worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 28
28:
1
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose
glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat
valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
28:
2
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest
of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters
overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
28:
3
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden
under feet:
28:
4
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley,
shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer;
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which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his
hand he eateth it up.
28:
5
In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and
for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
28:
6
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and
for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
28:
7
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink
are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through
strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the
way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in
judgment.
28:
8
For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no
place clean.
28:
9
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to
understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and
drawn from the breasts.
28:10
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line
upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
28:11
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this
people.
28:12
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the
weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
28:13
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept,
precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,
and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be
broken, and snared, and taken.
28:14
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule
this people which is in Jerusalem.
28:15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and
with hell 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:
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a
foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure
foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
28:17
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the
plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the
waters shall overflow the hiding place.
28:18
And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your
agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge
shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
28:19
From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by
morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a
vexation only to understand the report.
28:20
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.
28:21
For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall 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.
28:22
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong:
for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even
determined upon the whole earth.
28:23
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
28:24
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break
the clods of his ground?
28:25
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad
the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat
and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
28:26
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
28:27
For the fitches are not threshed with a 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.
28:28
Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor
break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
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This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is
wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
CHAPTER 29
29:
1
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to
year; let them kill sacrifices.
29:
2
Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow:
and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
29:
3
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against
thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
29:
4
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the
ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice
shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and
thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
29:
5
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust,
and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth
away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
29:
6
Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with
earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame
of devouring fire.
29:
7
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all
that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall
be as a dream of a night vision.
29:
8
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he
eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty
man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and,
behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the
multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
29:
9
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are
drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong
drink.
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29:10
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep,
and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers
hath he covered.
29:11
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book
that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying,
Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
29:12
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read
this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
29:13
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me
with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have
removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught
by the precept of men:
29:14
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among
this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom
of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their
prudent men shall be hid.
29:15
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the
LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth
us? and who knoweth us?
29:16
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the
potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made
me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had
no understanding?
29:17
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?
29:18
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the
eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
29:19
The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor
among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
29:20
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is
consumed, and all that